The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

to Mr. Long, a friend of Mr. Prother:-,_:'s. These
the material facts of the case—h,2 did not stop to detail
others ; but what he had stated intr3t he sufficient to
satisfy any reasonable mind that the object of the
prisoner was, through threats of this infamous kind, to
extort money from Mr. Protheroe. Then the prisoner
stated to the porter of the club, "I am sorry I did not
take tl-e 51. which w•,s offered to me, but unless I get
rll remunerated, I intend to follow it up." Mr.
Courtnay, upon receiving the communication, rent for
the priionor, who 11,t,N)ded, and admitted writing the
letter. A b:11 was returned last se,nion a;:ain,t the

prisoner for the charge, and it was arranged that ho
should be taken in:o custody, and brought before the
Court this session on the charge.

Mr. Protheroe was then examined at considQrable
length. and deposed to the material facts in the speech
or the Learned Counsel, lie indignantly denied that
there was the sligh-tit truth in the imputations cast
upon him by tha prison r. _ _

He was titer, cross-examined by the prisoner, who was
not defended by Counsel.—ln r, ply to a number of pies
tions, he stated that he had no recollection of meeting the
prisoner in St. James's Park on the la.t Lord Mayor's
day, and walking pl-4 and then returning close to him
and speaking as if he (Mr. Protheroe) knew him, and Of
the prisoner siying he had not the ple,ure of knowing
him, and of his (Mr Prot heroe's) " I am Mr.
Protheroe, a 3,1,-mb,,r of Parliament—call at the Tra-
vellers' Club and you will find a note for you." fli.l not
treat him to brandy and wa'er at Cl-,ester,qintre, and
allow him to sit on the same sofa, and treat him
like a gentleman. The prisoner then went On to make
the most disgusting charges against the prosec:it,T, and
to repeated acts of the greatest familiarity and indecency,
all of which were denied by Mr. Protheroe. Had no
recollection of travelling wall him in a first•class car-
riage, but it was possible the train was the expres,,, and
that therm were no second.cla,s carriages. Never offered
him 5i., or gave him any money except on account of
his set vices as a valet, and to pay for other expenses in
connexion with the journey.
The prisoner briefly addressed the Court, and per-
sisted in his charges, and said a similar offence had been
committed, and aspersed the characters of Sir George
Hamilton and of the pros cutor's groom.
Mr. Courtnay, the valet, Thomas Stephenson, Mr.
Hildyard, the porter, having been examined, but stated
no material fact,

The CHIEF BARON summed up, and the jury found the
prisoner Guilty.
The prisoner was put back for a short time, when he
was brought up for judgment, and the CHIEF BARON,
after stating that he had been convicted of a most atro-
cious offence, and that he entirely concurred in the ver-
dict of the jury, sentenced him to be transported for
twenty years.
_ _ _

The prisoner, as he left the bar, said, " Thank you;
my Lord."

At the sitting of the Court Mr. Payne applied to
postpone the trial of a person charged with committing
a forgery upon the Bank of England, until the next
session. The grounds upon which he made the appli-
cation were, that the bill had only been found against
the prisoner on the previous day, that the indictment
was a very long one, and that the prisoner's attorney
hart not had sufficient time to become acquainted with
the precise nature of the charge.
Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed for the prosec-
tion, said that if the Court thought the reasons that had
been urged were sufficient grounds for a postponement
of the trial, he had no objection to offer.
The CHIEF BARON thought they were quite sufficient.
In an ordinary civil action a party had eight days al-
lowed to prepare a defence, and on a charge of telony,
involving such serious consequences to the accused,
surely some similar indulgence might be allowed, par-
ticularly when the application was made by the pri-
soner, who would in the meatime remain in gaol.
The trial was accordingly postponed.