The Sun.
London, England, 1848-03-23 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Wm. Weston was charged with stealing a quantity of
water-closet basins and pumps from the shop of Messrs.
Milligan and Turner, in Chancery lane.
It appeared that the prisoner entered Messrs. Milli-
gan and Turner's shop last evening, and exhibiting an
order signed by Mr. Kirk, a solicitor, took possession
and removed the stock of the shop to a sale room. This
seizure was made on the part of Mr. Themas Milligan,
the lather of Mr. Milligan, ono of theTrosecuters, on an
agreement of which. he alleged the latter had committed
a breach.

Mr. HALL said that it was impossible for him to treat
a case like this as a felony.
A solicitor's clerk, who appeared for the prosecution,
inquired what was to be done with the property? It was
now in the possession ^f the police.
Mr. lieu, said that as far as he was concerned, the
property might remain where it was, and the claimants
might get it how they could. It was for the police to
consider to whom they %would give it up, and he would
not interfere with them.

The prisoner was discharged, and the parties left the
court.

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY)

Jane Johnson, a woman possessed of at least a dozen
aliases, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with
having obtained the sum of rit. from his Royal Highness
the Duke of Cambridge, under false and fraudulent re
presentations.
William Horsford, the active• and intelligent officer i
in the employ of the Mendicity Society, said,
in consequence of a desci iption he received'
from the servants of the Doke of Cambridge,
he went to a house in Old rye-street, West-
minster, last night. He went up et. irs into the first
`floor front room, where he saw the prisoner.
,He'
said, " Mrs. Johnson, I want you for' obtaining 51.
from his Royal highness the Du,lce of Cam-
bridge, and you must go with me." She "If I
um to go, I must." On their way to Cambridge House,
he told her that there were several other c %sea against
her for a similar offence. The prisoner the a told him
that she was the person who had got the mon. 'ty, but she
should not have gone there had not her husban, d been ill.
He then told her that she had obtained 2/. ft.( an a Mr.
Thomas, in the City, and the like sum from a Captain
Shaw, residing near Hyde Palk-gate. Ile th en asked
her who was with her when she received tho money ?
She said, " Long Jack," and she had given him 4 sove-
reign of the money. Witness then took her 1,0 Cam-
bridge House, where she was identified by his Royal
Highness's footman.
Major Baron Knesebeck, Equerry to his Roy 0.1 High-
ness, said—About the 15th inst. the prisoner came to
his room at Cambridge House, with a petition stating
that her mother was a dairy woman at Barnes, a nd that
six of her cows had been poisoned by some evil•d: isposed
persons. The petition bore the names of the rtt v. Mr.
,Reeves, the rector of Mortlake; Mr. Penrhya, one of
the county magistrates, and several other pets o: as well
;known to witness. He laid the petition before bit • Royal
'Highness, and by his command gave the prit c nner 5/.
He mentioned to her that the Duke thought it a very
distressing case, and was very sorry that he c mid not
give a more liberal subscription. The prison er then
expressed her gratitude, and left the house. In conse-
quence of another petition witness received on the
following day from Kingston, he went to Moi 'flake,
and found that the petition was a fabrication, al 3ct the
names all forgeries, and that such a circumstattc e as
that: described by the prisoner had never hap p. fined
at or near Barnes. On his return to town, witness im-
mediately forwarded a description of the prisoner to the
Mendicity Society.
John Pratt, footman to his Royal Highness the I hike
of Cambridge, identified the prisoner as the woma n he
showed into Baron Knesebeck's room.
The prisoner admitted the charge, and urged it t ex-
tenuation of the offence, that her husband was ill, and
that she had four children to support.
Mr. BINGIIAM committed her to the House of C or rec.
tion for three months.

DARING ROBBERY.—A robbery of a most dt Ting
kind took place on the morning of the 22d instant, on
the premises of Messrs. James Murra,y and Co , the
chronometer watchmaker, 30, Cornhill. The th. ivies
having obtained entrance to the second fist, whit k is
used as a manufactory, carried off a large quantit- 7 of
unfinished work, consisting of gold and silver casea,:ctc
amounting in value to some hundred pouustis„ an I
although the foreman sleeps on the premises, with a o
little noise was it managed that he knew nothing of it
until the morning.

STRIKE AMONG THE MASONS AT LINCOLN.— 21.76
stonemasons at work in Lincoln have struck for a, 1 ad-
vance of wages. They have been paid 245. per we-ok
up to this time, and now they want 275 per week, v In
sum they have been receiving at the Corn Exch: tame
building. We hear the masters are willing to give t
best workmen the amount required, but they re 'use
to work unless all are paid the same.—Lincolns, Vire
Chronicle.