The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Mr. Kinnct, the deputy-postmaster of Raleigh, who
had been remanded from Tuesday, on a charge of steal-
in(). a Si. note from a letter directed to Mr. Chambers, at
Raleigh, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine this
morning.
Mr. Peacock appeared -for the prosecution, and Mr.
Parry for the prisoner.
Captain Osborne William Chambers said, that on the
28th March last, he wrote a letter (the same that was
now produced), in which he enclosed a five-pound note.
He took down the particulars of that note on a slip of
paper, which he had since lost. The number of the note
was 94,497, and the date Nov. 14, 1845.
Here a difficulty arose in proving that the letter was
directed to Mr. Chambers. The envelope was not pro-
duced, and Mr. Parry objected to the admission of
secondary evidence.
Mr. Peacock called several witnesses, clerks in
the Secretary's department at the Post-office, to
show that the envelope had been lost. It appeared
from their evidence that an envelope had been received
at the Post-office, being enclosed in a letter to the Post-
master-General—that this envelope had been sent to the
postmaster at Folkestone, and being returned to the
secretary's department here, had been sent to Paris.
Since that time it had not been seen. A diligent search
had been made for it, but had failed.
Mr. JARDINE said that this evidence would not afford
sufficient ground for admitting evidence as to the super-
scription on the envelope. Not only was there no satis-
factory evidence of the envelope having been lost, but it
appeared pretty clear that it had been sent to Paris, and
was there still.

Mr. Peacock said he had written to Paris about it,
and he found the envelope had been sent posted in a letter
to the post-master at Folkestone.
_ _

Mr. JARDINE said, that if that could be proved, and
if evidence was given that a search had been made at
Folkestone, a case for the admission of secondary evi-
dence would be established.

Mr. Peacock said, that if time was given he could
give much evidence. In the meantime he was pre-
pared to trace the letter into the possession of the pri-
soner. Mr. Peacock then called

Mr. Cullins, mail-master at Folkestone, and Thomas
Hart, a Custom-house officer at the same place, who proved
the recept there of the letter-box, bring letters by the
Queen of the French steamer on the 28th of March. It
was forwarded in the usual manner.

Mr. Chambers, being re-called, proved that he him-
self had put the letter in the box at Boulogne on
that e,ay.
_ _ _

Mr. Peacock, being unable to carry the evidence
further this day, applied to have the prisoner remanded
to Tuesday.
Mr. JARDINE said, he had no doubt that the prose-
cutors would use all diligence to complete the case by
that day, and that if they could not do so, they would
not propose to carry it further.
Mr. Peacock said, that of course all diligence would
be used.

The prisoner was accordingly remanded to Tuesday.
Before he was removed from the dock, he applied,
through Mr. Parry, to have restored to him the 5/
country bank-note which had been taken from him by
the officer of the Post-office constabulary, but upon
which no charge bad been founded.
Mr. Peacock said that there could be no objection to
that, as no suspicion whatever any longer attached to
the prisoner on account of that note. On the contrary,
he understood from Mr. Parry, the clergyman from
Raleigh, who paid it to the prisoner, was present to give
evidence, if required, as to the mode in which it came
into his possession.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John James Knight, a well-dressed boy, was brought
up by Mr. Allenby, 195, Regent-street, who charged
him with embezzling various sums of money, to the
amount of at least 13/. Bs.

The complainant said the boy was cash taker in his
shop, and for some time had been entering the sums in-
correctly. The books were made up and balanced every
night by the boy at the bar in company with another,
who called over the sums in the small check-book. In
one case the several items were properly and truly en-
tered, but summed up 3/. 17s. instead of 41. 175., the true
amount, but the boy called over the latter sum instead
of the one he had put in the cash-book, showing that
the error was intended. On Monday night they found
on balancing the books that there was a deficit of 5/.
The boy absconded on that day. He had been, in the
same shop for two years.
The prisoner admitted he had put down the wrong
sum and pocketed the difference.
The case was remanded till Tuesday next.

MARYLEBONE.--(THIS DAY.)
John Barker was charged with stealing three half-
quartern loaves from a baker's basket in Weymouth-
street this morning.
The owner of the basket having been informed of the
theft, he and another baker went in quest of the prisoner,
who, returning, dropped the three loaves into the basket
again, and made off:

—Policeman 77 D took the prisoner into custody.
The prisoner said he had not broken his fast since
yesterday morning, and admitted having taken two loaves.
Mr. RAwLiNsoN said one loaf would have satisfied
the cravings of nature, therefore he must commit him
for trial.

MARRIED.—On Thursday, at All. Souls, Maryle-
bone, Richard Patten, Esq., collector of C9stoms at
Goole, to Idiss Booker, of the same place.
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE BRANDING JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—SUNDERLAND, WEDNESDAY NIGHT.—
On inquiry being made this afternoon, at Monkwear-
mouth, relative to the state of Hall and Henderson, the
enginoman and fireman who were severely injured by the
accident on this railway (a branch of the York and New-
castle), on Monday morning, parties were ieformed that
they are " doing well." At fir,t they were not ex-
pected to recover; they have been attended by Mr.
Gregory, surgeon, who now entertains the strongest
hopes of their complete restoration to health. They
cannot give any further account respecting the accident
than has been already published. It appears that a
young girl, who was one of the passengers, was also
slightly injured. The line was cleared, and the broken
rails replaced on Monday night, since which time the
trains proceeded regularly. The engine has been removed
to Gateshead, where the crank pin of the connecting lever
will be replaced.
DEATH OF THE DUKE OF ATHOL.—This noble-
man, who has been suffering for some time under a
mental disease, expired on Tuesday last, at his residence
at St. John's rood. The deceased (John Murray) was
Duke, Marquis, and Earl of Athol, Marquis and Earl
of Tullibardine, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardale,
Viscount Gleneldmond, Balquhidar, and Glenlyon, Baron
Murray, of Tullibardine, Lord Balvenie and Gask, in the
peerage of Scotland ; Earl Strange, Baron Strange, and
Baron Murray, of Stanley, county of Gloucester, in the
peerage of England, and hereditary sheriff of Perth-
shire. He was born on the 26th of June, 1778, and
succeeded to the family titles and estates on the death
of his father in September, 1830. The late noble duke
was never married, and is succeeded by his nephew,
Lord Glenlyon, who is an officer in the Dragoon Guards,
and was married in 1839 to a dau:ihter of the late George
Home Drummond, Esq., of Blair Drummond, county of

Stirling.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE OXFORD, WORCESTER,
AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY WORKS.—DUDLEY,
WEDNESDAY.—A dreadful and fatal occurrence has hap-
pened at the works of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway, near to this town. It should be
stated that this line of railway passes under a large
portion of the town of Dudley by a tunnel, and it was in
the construction of this tunnel that the accident hap-
pened. The particulars may be very briefly stated. It
appears that three men were employed, yesterday, in one
of the tunnel pits, one of whom was a
workman named
Talbot John Bridge.
Inn, in Hal Itr
The
pit
waseet and
, wassituated
numberedatthe backc The
fthhee
men, it appears, had prepared a " shot," and Bridge was
ascending the shaft of the tunnel in a skip or basket,
when, from some fatality, which cannot at the present
moment be accounted for, he fell out of the skip head.
foremost to the bottom of the shaft, a distance of forty or
fifty yards. His companions immediately proceeded to
raise him to the mouth of the pit, but he appeared quite
dead, his head being literally crushed to pieces and almost
severed from his body. The body was conveyed to the
Talbot Inn, at d medical help was promptly at hand, but
the poor fellow was beyond all human aid.
POST-OFFICE NoTIcE (Tuis DAY).—" General
Post-office, Sept. 18, 1846—Hurstperpoint having been
made a post town, on and after the 23d inst. that office
will be opened for the issue and payment of money
orders."
ACCIDENT AT AN IRON FOUNDRY.—Yesterday an
accident, attended with very serious consequences, hap-
pened to John Donahuge, aged 44 years, residing in
Hooper street, Westminster-road. He was employed in
the iron foundry connected with the engineering esta-
blishment of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, of Westmihs-
ter-road, and while rolling an immense iron plate from
the workshop to the yard, he slipped, and the whole
weight fell upon his legs, and when released by the other
workmen he was found to have sustained an extensive
laceration of the right leg, and dislocation of the ancle
joint. He was removed with all speed to Guy's Hos-
pital, where he is progressing as favourably Ali can be
expected,