The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-28 00:00:00

SOUTHTVARK.

James Cox was placed at the bar, charged with break
ing into the premises of J. Armstrong, Esq., at Peck-
ham, and stealing rix carriage lamps and four cushions.
It appeared that, at an early hour that morning, the
prisoner was met in Kent-street, Southwark, carrying
the above articles, and not giving a satisfactory account
for the possession be was taken into custody.
Inspector Campbell, P division, stated that, within
the last week. the premises at the rear of Mr. Arm-
strong's dwelling. at Peckham, were broken into and
robbed, although they are inclosed by a wall eleven or
twelve feet in height. Information having been
given at the station-house, a policeman was
placed inside the premises on the previous
night, with a view to detect the parties if an-
other attempt was made to plunder the place. Not-
withstanding the policeman's vigilance, the complainant's
coach-house was entered the very night, the thieves
having succeeded in carrying off the coach lamps and
the cushions of the vehic!e. The inspector added, that
he had no doubt the articles found on the prisoner were
the produce of the robbery.
The prisoner, who appeared perfectly careless, and
laughed while at the bar, was remanded, as he is sus-
pected to belong to a gang of housebreakers, who have
entered several houses in the outskirts of the town.
GREENWICa

On Thursday Wm. Darts, a fireman in the service of
the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com-
pany, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Traill, charged
with neglecting his duty, and thereby endangering the
lives of the public, and causing great injury to the pro-
perty of his employers.
Mr. Sutton, solicitor, who appeared to support the
complaint, stated that the offence with which the pri-
soner was charged came under the 17th section of Lord
Seymour's Act, which provides certain penalties for any
person in the employ of the company who did or neg-
lected to do any act whereby the lives or limbs of per-
sons might be endangered.
Mr. May, solicitor, of Deptford, defended the prisoner.
Andrew Stiven, being sworn, stated that he is fore-
man of the engineers at New Cross. The prisoner was
directed to get the steam up of No. 20 engine, to go with
ballast at nine o'clock. The duties of a fireman are to
get the steam up, to oil the works, and stay by the engine.
Cross-examined—lt would take two or two hours and
a half to get the steam up. It was the duty cf the pri-
soner to keep the regulator shut; its being open would
cause the engine to more on. The prisoner was a sober
and attentive man; he had been under witness's charge
for three weeks, but had been employed by the Croydon
Company seven weeks.
Re-examined—lt was the prisoner's duty to have the
breaks on; if they had been, the engine could not have
gone along the line.
George Simpson, a switchman at New Cross, stated
that it was his duty to look to the points, to keep the
main line clear, and to put engines coming from the wharf
to the sidings. He saw the prisoner's engine on a
siding. The prisoner came to the switchman's box nbout
half-past eight. Witness asked him if the steam was
nearly up? as witness had another engine to put into the
sidings. Prisoner replied that the water was only luke-
warm, and remarked that that engine took a long while
to get the steam up when cold water was put into the
boiler. It was not unusual for persons to come into that
box whilst in charge of an engine; and he never heard
a complaint made of their being there by the last wit-
ness, or any other person. He had seen Stiven come to
the box for an engineer or stoker, and take no notice of
his absence from the engine.
By Mr. TRAILL—He had known firemen and engine-
men come to the box when the steam was up. The dis
tance from the prisoner's engine to the box was about
forty yards. The engine started at a quarter past nine,
while the prisoner was in the box. When the engine
started he said to the prisoner "Is that your engine
moving?" Prisoner replied, " No, I don't think it is;
there is one in front of mine." The engine was at that
time going on. As soon as he found the engine was
going, he remarked to the prisoner, there was an engine
going without giving a signal, and that he did not think
there was any one on it. The prisoner then went to
look for his engine. By that time the engine was mak-
ing a little speed. An engine had just come down from
London, and, as soon as the engineman had changed his
lights he went in pursuit. If the prisoner had been on
his engine it could not have happened. He had not to
move 'the points to let the engine out.
Stiven being re-called, said he never knew an instance
of an engineman or fireman being in the switchman's
box at the same time, when in charge of an engine. The
ballast engines had no one but the fireman to get the
steam up.
By Mr. May—lf the fireman had left his engine in a
op
ffr ofpoerr
hpaol sfon
an hour.
By Mr. Sutton—He should consider it great neglect
i there would be no objection to his going
on the part of the prisoner to be in the box at a quarter
ti
past nine, when his steam was to have been up at nine
o'clock. Prisoner would not have started with the ba'

last engine till the quarter past nine train had passed;
the engine starting as it did might have caused great
injury to persons and property. Witness knows the
parcel office at London-bridge. There are buffers at
the end of the line, and a platform of three yards wide
between the buffers and the parcel office. The buffers
have been smashed to shivers, and the wall of the par-
propped up to prevent its fall-
eel office is obliged to be
ing. Thero was a horse-box_ in the way, which broke
the force, but it is completely smashed. The engine
went up on the proper line.
Robert &Anon, an engineman, who had just returned
to New Cross from London, stated that he was in the
switch-box, when he heard an engine going. It had at
that time gone 10 or 15 yards, and was going at the
rate of about three miles an hour. He said to Darts,
That must be your engine going." Bat the prisoner
said it could not be. Witness told him ho had better
see ; upon which the prisoner ran off, and came back,
saying it was. There was an engine on the line at the
time, and witness spoke toHopkins, the engineman, logo
after it. Hopkins then changed his lights, and with the
prisoner and witness went after the prisoner's engine.
When they came near the Bricklayers' Arms junction
the whistle was blown, and the signalman put up that
they must go on that line. The whistle was again blown
to reverse the signals, and they were ordered to stop.
They then went up at a slow rate to the signalman, and
explained that an engine had gone up without a
driver. They were then allowed to go on, and came up
with the runaway engine within 300 yards. When they
approached the signal lights at the Spa-road station,
they were again ordered to stop, which they did, and
having also explained to the signalman there, again went
on, and did not reach the engine till the damage de-
scribed by the last witness had been done. When they
started in pursuit from New Cross the engine was about
400 yards ahead. The runaway engine could not be
going at more than ten miles an hour.
By Mr. Tnan,L—Thought there must have been a little
action on the break, or the engine would have made more
way. Brought the engine back to New Cross, and did
not go on it till it came there. Saw that the tender was
smashed, and the wheels doubled up ; the breaks were
also destroyed, the regulator was open, but he thought
it might have been opened beyond its usual position by

the concussion. Should consider it a, serious offence
to leave an engine without the rertlat‘r shut and the

breaks on.
Mr. Sutton said the published rules of the company
ordered it not to be done.
Mr. TRAILL remarked that this was a melancholy
case. People in the capacity of the prisoner, although
they had rules to guide them, put their own construction
on them in practice, and it was quite providential that
serious injury to life and property had not resulted.
The prisoner urged that he had se, n no rulei since he
had been in the service of the company, and the practice
of the Croydon Company was not for the fireman to get
the steam up.
Mr. TRAILL said that was the only mitigatory circum-
stance in his case ; and, as he had hitherto borne
good character, it would have some effect in his favour.
He should, therefore, only commit htm for one month to
the House of Correction.
Mr. May applied for a fine instead of imprisonment ;
but

Mr. TRAILL said he had taken the most lenient view
of the case, and it was necessary to protect life and
property.
The damage is estimated at upwards of 3001.

MARKET NE WS-( 'V ESTERDAY.)

CORN-EXCHANGE.
The supply of English Wheat on sale was on the in-
crease, the arrivals this week having exceeded 5,000 quarters,
owing to which the trade was heavy, at barely, but at no-
thing quotable beneath, Monday's prices. Free foreign
Wheat was held for previous rates, but the transactions is it
were very trifling. In Corn under lock nothing doing. The
supply of Barley was not large, yet it was quite sufficient for
the demand, which ruled heavy, at barely late rates. The
demand for Malt was very stow, and some difficulty was ex-
perienced in effecting sales at late rates. Oats, Beans, Peas,
and Flour commanded very little alteration.
ARRIVALS.
Barley.
1,9 :0 qrs.
700
960
Malt. 610 qrs.
SDICITHFIELXI.

English ......
[rish ........
Foreign ......

Wheat.
5,030 qrs.

2,420

Oats I Flour.
1,680 qrs. I 1,860 sks.
9,550 I and
1,040 I 10,200brls

The supply of Beasts on offer to-day being extensive, and
the attendance of buyers small, the Beef trade was exceed-
ingly dull. The few prime Scots, &c., on show, produced full
prices, but all other qualities were again somewhat lower.
From Holland, we received 370 Beasts, 1,460 Sheep, and 14
Calves. From Spain, 30 Oxen. The number of home-fed
Sheep were small, yet the inquiry for them was in a very
depressed state, at barely Monday's quotations. Calves, the
supply of which was limited, moved off slowly, at barely
stationary prices. In Pigs, comparatively little business was
transacted, at late rates. Mach Cows were very dull, at
from 161 to 1815 s each.
Per Ms. to si
s. d. s. d.
[nferior Beasts .... 2 4 2 6
Second quality ditto. 2 8 3 0
Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 8
Prime Scots
Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 2
Prime small ditty .. 4 4 4
Suckling Calves ..18 0 28 0
Inferior Sheep
SUPPLY AT
I Sheep.
3,180

Ink the offal.

s. d to s. d.
Second qualityditto 4 0 4 4
Coarse-woolled ditto 4 6 410
SouthdownWethe. 5 0 5 4
Ditto out of the wool
Large Hogs .. 3 8 4 4
Small Porkers .... 4 6 4 8
Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 18 0
Lambs .. .••. .. 0 0 0 0
3IABBET.
I Calves. Pigs.
186 380

Beasts.
1,112

NEWGATE AND LEADENHELLIL.
We had a very dull trade here to-day, at barely sta.
tionary prices :

At per stone, by the Carcase.

8.11. to s. d. s. d. to s. d
Beef, inferior. • .... 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 3 4 3 8
- middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. 310 4 2
- prime large •• 3 0 3 2 k - prime .... 4 4 4 6
- prime small .. 3 4 3 6 i Pork, 1arge........ 3 4 4 0
Ve................3 6 4 8 1 - small •• •• •••• 4 2 4 8

Lamb. Os Od to Os Od.
BOROUGH HOP MARKET.
In the finest parcels of new hops, the show of which is not
to say large, a fair amount of business is doing, at full prices.
In other kinds very few sales have taken place this week, at
barely previous quotations :—New Sussex Pockets, 31. 12s.
to 41. 10s.; Weald of Kent ditto, 31. 18s. to 41. 10s.; Mid and
East Kent ditto, 4/. Bs. to 61. 6s. per cwt.