The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

Corporal William Jones, of the Ist Regiment of Life
Guards; was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton,
f re•examination, on the charge of having broken
o en a box in a room in the Regent's-park barracks,
ci
o 4
d stolen therefrom upwards of 221. in gold and silver,
belonging to Troop Corporal Major Henry Jones, a part
of whose duty it is to pay the men of his own troop.
The particulars of what transpired upon the first ex-
amination have already appeared, and it will be remem-
bered that at the period of the cash being missed, the
prisoner had gone down upon a day's leave of absence
to Windsor, in which town he had paid several sums of
money to tradespeople. The circumstances under which
the robbery was committed had a strong tendency to
show that the prisoner was the perpetrator thereof, and
shortly after his arrival in town (his leave of absence
haying expired) he was taken into custody by Inspector
Haines of the detective police.
;It was yesterday shown that other robberies had been
pqrpetrated at the barracks, and that suspicion had been
entertained for some time past as to the prisoner being
the guilty party.
The prisoner stands committed upon two charges, but
will be brought up again on Monday next.
WORSHIP-STREET.
IA young man named Thomas Bailey, well known to
thie police, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill,
charged with having been concerned with two other
mkn, not in custody, in assaulting and robbing Mr.
Henry Haynes, a brassfounder, in Chapman-street, St.
George's in the East.
lit appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor was
passing through Wentworth-street, Whitechapel, on his
way home, at a late hour on the preceding night, when
the prisoner and two other men suddenly rushed out
from a dark passage, and one of them instantly
struck him a stunning blow between the eyes,
which caused the blood to gush from his nose,
aid felled him to the ground. Before he had
doe to recover himself, they all threw themselves upon
him, and commenced rifling his pockets, from which
they extracted all the loose silver he had about him,
acid darted off in different -directions. His cries of
"!Murder" arrested the attention of Police constable
Powlei, who was hastening to his assistance, when ho
slim the prisoner, who had been walking rapidly from
Oat direction, enter a low lodging-house in the neigh-
bburhood, to which he immediately conducted the pro-
cutor; and, upon milking their way into an upper
Qom, -they found the prisoner in the act of changing
s dress, and having been instantly recognised by the
osecutor a 3 one of the thieves, he was taken into ens-
dy- There were several beds in the room, occupied
characters of the worst description, and in one of
vsecredhcronchrpg
hicla:the prisoner declared that he had been sleeping;
t, vii turning down the another man was dis-
tat liillte es ..and the
i beneath' them, with his boots and all
prOsecntor expressed his belief
lame w'-`1•all") -mle of the robbers, although he was
ironer, some money weal unir upon him, correspond-
s with part of that takei
positively to identify h. Upon searching the
so a silk handkerchief -
hich.the officers entertained"
_
The prisoner positively
1
( another robbery.
:fTtontahethienpitrio:slsecu„toHr.,
ita.n,d,,
dehied all knowledge of the
no doubt was the produce
/ •
,bbery, but it was
_too eonaliiiively established to admit
' any doubt, And --
Mr. Ilamauta. ordered him
..to be Sally
' -
committed to
etc. %tra tor. trial_.... - ...... -
A- middle-aged man; named Samuel.Lewis, ww,
isr,,,rn
ed with having cruelly maltreated Le
d o -
iildren, and. also-with cuttiegsrMd wounding eof
his
a married
-oman,. named Williams, who. interfered for its peace. oa.

prosecutrix,
: It_appeared from the evidence of
Ithose, wrist was covered with bandages, that the neigh.
e
sequencewh oltour h od
owia. was thrownhe
violentiat ‘Coanladruinctamf excitementth
,65 seen to dash his child's. head roitclocatthedl).s•targeeati.nstTthhee
her 1 ilwp iotnh thehis
loor, and, finally, to fling it out. into
iiwriutut
aeisistyr
when
eont ht(h.res
prisoner,
risoTiremonstrateder, after
assailing withlli
cilescittho3e, caught up a knife, and madea v.ihionivfele.artetdsdtatbo
at her through the window pane, which he
pieces, and. before she had" time to escape,
frightful gash in her wrist, Wh-.cli had since depriv'cedeh a
of the use of the arm. The witness was conveyed to theer
surgery of Mr. Wildbore, by: whom her wounds were
dressed, and the policeman who captured the prisoner,
upon searching his place, discovered a knife, which he
produced in court, much blood stained.
• The prisoner generally denied the charge, declaring
th© prosecutrix had caused the injury by dashing her
hand through the window.
But this was positively contradicted by a witness
named Smith, and the prisoner's own wife havingclaimed
__thea.,lroteetion of the Magistrate for herself and children
ase:i,ntnettiiittnhi,arunbhifiusib.rtae nh;shdavditohalaegtnce, which she represented as
o, continual
r r. occurrence.
completion oford're
the •
d him toaibinte
evidence. wouldar no I
n opportunitytded most probablyofexcbr e.
for the formal

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
1101)MIN.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
After the examination of two other witnesses, the
Committee
o'clock to-morr adjourned at the usual hour, till eleven

The height of the throne for the Archbishop of
Canterbury is nearly forty feet, and the cost of its erec-
tion about 1,200/. Who ;pays for this splendid gim-
crack? If it is erected at the expense of the Chapter,
it is manife,t they have more money at their disptsa•
than they"know how to make a (-rood use of.—Sheffieid,,
Independent.

CHARTIST MEETING ON CLER-

KEN WELL GREEN.

A numerous meeting of Chartists was held yesterday
afternoon onClerkenwell green, for the purpose ofelecting
three delegates to represent the metropolis in the
Chartist Convention, which is about to hold its sittings at
the Literary Institution, John-street, Tottenham-
court-road. Before the hour appointed for com-
mencing the business of the meeting an indivi-
dual named Salmon took upon himself the task
of explaining the six points of the Charter, and
detailing the regulations that would be adopted next
Monday in conveying the monster petition to the
House. He then moved a resolution, pledging those
who were present to join in the procession that
would accompany the petition, armed each with trun-
cheons or thick sticks, to preserve order, and prevent
unnecessary interference on the part of the police.
At the close of the preliminary proceedings a waggon
was drawn up in the centre of the green, and a Mr.
Dixon was voted to preside.
The esentmAN, having briefly exhorted the meeting
to observe order in its proceedings and support the chair,
proceeded to introduce a number of well-known Char-
tists, who proposed that Messrs. Cuffay, Tapp, and Child
should be elected to represent them in the delegation.
The CHAIRMAN asked if anybody wished to propose
any one else ?
Mr. SALMON, the party who had before enlightened
the meeting on the merits of the Charter, said he
would propose that Mr. Bronterre O'Brien be elected a
delegate.
The motion having been duly seconded,
A Mr. JENNINGS proposed that Dr. M'Docram. be
elected a delegate.
Mr. CLARKE said the Doctor had already declined to
sit on the delegation.
The names were then put to the vote, when
The CHAIRMAN declared the show of hands to be in
favour of Messrs. O'Brien, Cuffay, and Child.
The meeting was then addressed by Mr. ERNEST
Jorras and several other fiery Chartists, after which
the assembled multitude quietly dispersed.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, April 3.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.

PETITIONS.
Lord STANLEY presented several petitions from
members of Odd Fellows' Societies, praying that their
societies might fie legalised.
The Earl of FALMOUTH presented several peti-
tions against the imposition of legacy duties on
charitable bequests.
Lord Campbell, Lord Redesdale, the Earl of
llardwicke, and Lord Beaumont, presented several
petitions praying for the legalisation of Odd Fellows'
Societies.

ODD FELLOWS.
Lord' BEAUMONT gave notice that to-morrow
he should bring in a Bill to legalise Odd Fellows'
Societies. •
INCREASE IN THE EXPENDITURE.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, in allusion to
the subject on which he had addressed the Ilause on
a former evening, complained again of the increase
which had taken place in various departments.
The Earl of AUCKLAND again explained the
cause of the increase in the Admiralty department.
The Earl of .ELLENBOROUGH complained of
the appointment alluded to by the Noble Marquis the
other evening of an old woman, as letter-carrier in
some remote village, for unless she carried 2,401
letters additional per "annum, her, appOititmetNt was a
loss to the public. `
After a few words from Earls Gain' and ELLEN-

BOROUGS, -
The MarqUis of LANSDOWNE defended the
appointment of " the old woman," as conducing to
the accommodation of the public, more particularly

of the poorer classes.
The subject then dropped.
AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA.
The Earl of ABERDEEN begged to remind their
Lordships that a copy of a declaration made to the
Austrian Government by her Majesty's Government
had been laid on the table of the House, in
which it was stated that her - Majesty's Go-
vernment would not look upon any aggres-
sion in the territory of Sardinia with indiffer-
ence. He knew not if a declaration had been
made to Sardinia of a similar nature, but it

ought to have been made. The King of Sar-
dinia had been the first power who had violated
the public law of Europe, invading the country •f
an ally without provocation; and he thought that
this ought not to be passed unnoticed by those who
wished to preserve the public peace _of Europe. It
should be remembered that Lombardy had been
under the Government of 'Austria for three cen-

turies, and therefore Austria could hardly be con-
sidered as a usurping power ; and he wished to ask if
her Majesty's Government had expressed to the Sar-
dinian Government that any aggression of this de-
scription could not be ♦iewed by Great Britain with
indifference ?

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would not follow
the Noble Earl in his general observations, but in an-
swer to his question he would state that the advice
given to the King of Sardinia had been thought to ob-
serve a perfect neutrality. He would also state that the
King of Sardinia had not interfered uptil it had been
almost certain that the Austrians could not maintain

themselves in Lombardy, and it was not for him to
say whether, if the Austrians could not maintain
themselves- there, it would be advantageous to

Europe for tits King of Sardinia to continue in his

interference.

Lord STANLEY said he thought it desirable that
that House should have been afforded an opportunity of
expressing its disapprobation of conduct which, it gene-
rally imitated, would lead to the most fatal consequences,
by establishing a system of interference in the internal
affairs of other countries, under the pretext of assisting
them to reform their institutions, and thus recognising a
propagandism which could only result in a general and
sanguinary war. He hoped that the House recollected
that he had called their attention to a late Act passed in
Canada,:relative to emigrants under the Passengers Act,
and particularly as it affected Ireland so much; for
every adult has been obliged to pay hitherto the sum of
ss. to the Canadas, and 7s. to New York. He thought
it most unjust that such a charge should be made on all,
without any distinction of age; but when he looked
upon that as unjust, he would ask their Lordships how
much more unjust was it now, when 20s. was to be paid
per head after the 10th of September, 30s. after the
30th of September, and 40s. beyond that time, and
that the master of the ship is obliged to give a bond
of 201. that he will not take any person who has not
relations in the country, capable of giving him support
iw
fiiiefinreuec ex
right
.staerymillgenrpTilsrrniht:totpteseuhiegereatoshdisneungaghtlthhesptoathrthcfeocoortmhosneemesseeidedcltimleh.laelriegnesgasdr,dfaraaintaonnhtnmdsya:tytwdhtoehiaeosterteehgatecrhsteoeoesaslohototnhuieal
ndst
ex-
orbitanth sayav et that he
ihnne spreadtcho
sys-
tem of emigration, so long beneficial to the Canadas,
will be thus put an end to. He thought it highly un-
just that the colonies should inflict such a heavy taxa-
tion on their fellow-subjects. He wished to know
whether her Majesty's Ministers intended to assent to
such penalties being imposed on British subjects who
might emigrate?

Earl GREY said, that at the time of the lest discus.
sion relative to the Passengers Act, he did not think
that any such barrier would be raised against emigrants
from this empire, and therefore did not allude to the
Oanadas.

Lord STANLEY said, that in the case of emigrants
who were deaf or blind, or affected with any disease that
might incapacitate them from working or supporting
themselves, the Custom-house officers were, by the Act
to which he alluded, obliged to investigate whether they
had relatives capable of supporting them, else the master
of the ship was liable to a penalty of 51. for having taken
them out. He thought this a hardship, because the
master of the ship could not know the peculiar affections
of each passenger, nor whether they had relatives able to
support them.
Earl GREY said that he knew nothing more respect-
ing Canada than that he had received a dispatch from
Lord Ebrington that this Act, to which the Noble Lord
(Lord Stanley) alluded, had passed the House of As-
sembly, and that it was likely it would pass the Legisla-
tive Council. He, for his part, thought that it was a very
unjust and injudicious Act, especially as far as it related
in the firth section to the masters of ships. He was well
aware that the sum of 70,0001. had been contributed by
this country, through the income-tax, for defraying
the expenses incurred by the Canadians for the relief
Of emigrants. He admitted that there were many
sufferers in the persons of the clergy, the officers of
customs, and the mayors of different towns; and that,
the-ref,re, it was natural they should protect themselves
against a recurrence of such diseases; yet he did not
agree that under such circumstances, so heavy a tax
should be imposed on emigrvnts. He certainly consi-
dteetienrdietyill;etthts:htiostuhAledeust,iu:vsietrsbncr.meypoeinn;tl what it should be, but
was satisfied that it would not continue more than ono
those objectionable clans
e,rraetbghtra,,,ttsthietadrwetoooufslwedeeabtihe,
ahtof thetow theuld
recommendN obl Lard t
o (Lordalter
f the
Canadas, because emigrantsblicearer F
leaving
benefit
tthis
British Legislature would be
jle
ecosutnattr:s..,
adopting
Much more restrictive measures tha'antanaisiy"o•efrtehs
not even excepting New Yolk, and he therefore hoped
yet received
as u r
ed
that the Canadas would miaskse,)tihmeuerfooesin.staartsyhaht h e w alterations.ould
allusion to it at present. but.
lie should also told, that the informnactei
, eol
ta tmi vaekteo
atoh)i.s
• the House that as soon as tho dispatch arrived that lie
l would lay on the table every particular respecting it, for
n
the consideration of the House,
ot
eethc;ffinrii efficient tdwei
tiehdatlhtt
altering
that
agi
Lord MONTEAG LE said, though he strongly dP pr
ested such an act, yet tie felt confident that her M::
jesty's Government would do all in their power to con•
travene its evil effect, and should they prove inefficient,
he was pleased to be assured by the Noble Earl (Earl
Grey) that it would not op
e SrateWEEPS. more than for one year.
Y

I Lord LYTTELTON asked the Government whether
they intended to take any steps to prevent lotteries,
palled " Racing Sweeps," being held in public-houses?
no considered them contrary to the law, and he was
;supported in that impression by the opinions entertained
by some eminent lawyers. He wished to know whether
the Government intended to introduce any measure for
the suppression of those " Racing Sweeps."
Lord EtiLINTOUN said that a more honourable and