The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-03 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, DuENBEi 1.

EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 231. 58.-
Airdrie
eand Bathgate, 4/. Bs.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-
Dittol Halves, 15/. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.-
Ayr and Galloway, 11. Bs. 6d.-Belfast and County Down,
35.-British and Irish Union, 21.35.-Caledonian, 28/. 153.
-Ditto, New, 21.45.--Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 1/.
17s. 6d.---Clydesdale Junction, 341.-Cornwall and Devon
Central, 1/. 155.-Decide Railway, W.-Direct Northern, 1/.
198.-Dundee and Arbroath, 401.-Ditto, New, 281.-Dundee
and Perth, 251.-.-Ditto, New, 101.-East Indian Railway, 12s.
3d.-East of Fife, 11. 159.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 15s.
-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 761.-Ditto, Halves, 211.-Ditto,
Quarters, 191.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. 10s.-
Ditto, Preference, 211.-Edinburgh and Northern, 151. 15s.
-Ditto, Newport, 4/. 50-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 153.-
Glasgow and Ayrshire, 69/.-Ditto, New Stock, 381.-Ditto,
Quarters, 17/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 81.-Glasgow, Dum-
fries, and Carlisle, 51. Is. 6d.-Glasgow and Dundee Junc-
tion, 11. 163.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 411.-Glasgow General
Terminus, 11/. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Greenock, 171.-Ditto
New Stock, 8/. 55.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glasgow,'
Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 18s.-Great North of Scot-
land, 11. 199.-London, Bristol, and South Wales, 1/. 38.6 d.
-London and York, 21. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves, 11. 17s. 6d.
-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 341. 109.-North British,3sl. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Halves,
151. 103.-Ditto, Thirds, 31. 125.-Ditto, Quarters, 31. 9s. 6d.
-Ditto, ditto, New, scrip, 1/. 12s. 6clo-Ditto, Fifths, 61. lls.
6d.-North Staffordshire, 51. 7s. 6d.-North Wales Mineral,
191.-Ditto, New,lol.--Scottish Central, 221.-Scottish Grand
Junction, 153.-Scottish Midland, 13/. 103.-Shrewsbury and
Hereford, 125.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 6/. 10s.
-Stirling and Dunfermline, 31.-Stirling and Midland, 2/.
108.-Strathern Junction, 3/. 18s.-Wishaw and Coltneas,
48/. 10s.

GLASGOW, DECEMBER 1.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 18%—
Caledonian, New, 435. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire,
38s. 6d.—Clydesdale Junction, W.—Direct Bombay and
Madras, 6s. 9d.—Dundee and Perth, New, 101.—East of Fife,
35s.—East Indian Railway, 1 ls. 9d.—Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, Quarters, ISLA—Edinburgh and Northern, Newport,
87s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 681.—Ditto, Quarters
(5 per cent. guar.), 171,x—Glasgow' Dumfries, and Carlisle,
5/. ls.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 40s.—
Great Southern of Madras, Bs. 3d.—Manchester and South-
ampton, 28s. 6d.—North British, Thirds, 725. 6d.—Ditto,
New Quarters (scrip), 31s. 6d.—Scottish Central, 19%
Strathern Junction, 78s.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
MANSION-HOUSE.

A very serious system of plunder was a few days ago
detected by mere accident. A policeman observed a
drunken man in King-street, Cheapside, on Wednesday
evening last, with a parcel under each arm ; and, find-
ing that he was unable to take care of himself, took him
into custody, and from that circumstance arose an inves-
tigation which led to the apprehension of two persons
in the employment of extensive tradesmen in the city.
Yesterday Hugh Roberts and William Marshall were
placed at the bar, the former charged with having robbed
his employer, Mr. Evans, of No. 131, Cheapside, of
bandanas and other handkerchiefs, to a very con-
siderable amount, and the latter charged with having
received the goods, well knowing that they had been
stolen.

Mr. Humphrey appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Hobler attended for the prisoner Marshall.
George Todd (City policeman 709) stated that on
Wednesday evening he took a man named Upson, whom
he found drunk in the street, to the station-house, in
Bow-lane, and found the black kandkerchief with white
spots produced upon him. Upson was subsequently ad-
mitted as evidence against the two prisoners at the bar.
Mr. Evans, of No. 131, Cheapside, warehouseman,
stated that the prisoner, Roberts, was in his service.
On Thursday last, Everett, a policeman, called upon
him, and, in consequence of a communication which took
place between them, he went to speak to Roberts, who
was then in the warehouse. Having shown to Roberts
the handkerchief alluded to, he said that a man, was in
custody about it, that prisoner said " I may as well con-
fess to you that I have taken a piece of handkerchiefs.
You may as well prosecute me, for I am tired of my life.
I have not had a moment's peace for some years." Wit-
ness asked him if he was sure that he had not taken any
thing else, to which he replied, that he had taken nothing
else.

John Upson, of No. 88, Queen-street, Cheapside,
stated that he had been in the warehouse of Messrs.
Swan and Pearce of St. Paul's Church-yard, as porter
for thirteen or fourteen years. He had known Roberts
for several years. The handkerehief produced had been
taken from him by a policeman. (The three other
handkerchiefs were produced.) He bought the whole of
these handkerchiefs from Roberts, about two months
ago, for 3s. 9d. each. (A shawl handkerchief produced
had been also bought by him from the same person
about twelve months ago.)
Everett, policeman (63) deposed as to the admissions
made by Roberts, and stated that he afterwards went
to Messrs. Swan and Pearce's, where he received from
Mr. Swan three handkerchiefs, which corresponded with
that found upon Upson.
Sophia Smith, housemaid at Messrs. Swan and
Pearce's, stated that she had given to Mr. Swan the
three handkerchiefs produced, which she had taken from
a drawer in the kitchen, and which she had deposited
there at the request •f Upson.
Mr. John Marston, clerk to the prosecutor, stated
that after Roberts was in custody he went to the Bull's
Head Inn, Wood street, where Roberts lodged, and
having heard the name of Marshall, the other prisoner,
mentioned, he went to the house of Mr. Slater, in whose
service Marshall was. He there saw Marshall, who, in
answer to questions, said that he knew Hugh Roberts,
and had purchased goods of him, for which he had bills
of parcels and receipts. Upon being told to produce the
papers, he appeared to be going to do so, but he halted,
and said he had not got them. He stated that he had
purchased of Roberts to
_the amount of about 1001. in
blaek silk handkerchiefs and printed bandana handker-
chiefs. Witness took Marshall to the station-house, but
before he went away he said he considered it a privilege
he had to buy or sell goods. At the station-house
Marshall was searched, and, amongst other papers
found upon him, was a small label, with the
names of " James and Ferdinand Jackson" upon it,
who were persons for whom Mr. Evans sold in com-
mission. Witness did not exactly know what Marshall
said, but he seemed to justify himself as if possessed of
the privilege of buying or selling for himself. In Mar-
shall's lodgings were found some handkerchiefs of the de-
scription sold by Mr. Evans, and which witness believed
to be his property.
Mr. Hobler—ls it not usual for persons in the situa-
tion of the prisoner Marshall to buy to sell again? Wit-
ness—l should say not.
Mr. Hobler—Do not other houses permit their ser-
vants to do so? Witness—Other houses may allow it,
for what I know, but it is not to my knowledge by any
means the practice.
Mr. Hobler said Mr. Slater, in whose employment
Marshall had been for some time, was present, and ready
to give him an excellent character.
Mr. Slater having entered the witness box,
The LORD MAYOR said to him—Do you, Mr. Slater,
allow Marshall to buy or sells goods on his own ac-
count? Mr. Slater—No, but when I engaged him he
said he had been selling goods on his own account.
The Low" MAYOR—Did you forbid him to do so?
Mr. Slater—Certainly; but seeing that he appeared to
live above his means I intended to get rid of him. The
proceedings here account for that.
The LORD MAYOR observed that Mr. Slater's testi-

mony told against Marshall.
Inspector
.Woodruffe, who searched Marshall in the
station. house, produced the label of the house alluded
to for which Mr. Evans sold on commission, and con-
firmed the evidence of Mr. Marston, as to the acknow-
ledgment of Marshall that he had bought goods to the
amount of 1001. from Roberts. The inspector also
stated that Marshall said he sometimes met Roberts in
the street, and sometimes at the Bull's Head pnblic.
house, and sometimes he gave orders and received the
goods in the street, sometimes in one place and some-
times in another.

Roberts, who was undefended, said he had nothing to

say.
The LORD MAYON said the evidence disclosed a sys-
tem of robbery, by servants, of a most atrocious kind.
It was evident that the plunder had been going on for
a considerable time, and by a sort of contrivance which
was calculated to enable those engaged to enrich
themselves at the ruinous expense of their greatest
benefactors.
Mr. Marston stated that considerable deficiencies had
occurred upon taking stock within the last two or three
years.

Mr. Hobler submitted that there was no identity as
to the goods, and that Marshall's conduct had been open
and undisguised, and betrayed no consciousness of
guilt.
Mr. Humphreys said it was for a jury to decide, whe-
ther there was not quite enough to satisfy them that
Marshall was a receiver in the foul stratagem for plun-
dering the prosecutor.
The LORD MAYOR.—I am quite satisfied that the case
of Marshall, as well as of Roberts, must go to a jury
and I commit both prisoners for trial.
It ORS HIP-STRE E7'.
portly,Agham,charged
respectable-looking man, named John Phillip
Western, described as a gentleman, and residing at
Frimley, in Surrey, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Bingham, w
assault
u p having
oa
a re
s peccommittedtab la anyo unprovokedaag
woman
named Mary Mackintosh, living ith her married sister,
and violent
in Buck's row, Whitechapel.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant, a
delicate-looking person, whose eye was much swollen
and discoloured, that bet Ween three and four o'clock that
morning she was hastening to procure the attendance of
the family surgeon for her sister, who had been su Idenly
taken with the pains of labour, but had scarcely gone 20
yards from the door when she was met by the defen-
dant, who, without uttering a word, seized her by the
shoulders, and shaking her violently, threw her heavily
upon the pavement. He then commenced kicking her
in a savage manner, and as she attempted to rise struck
her a violent blow in the face, which again knocked her
down and rendered her insensible. On recovering her
consciousness she found the defendant in the custody of
a constable, who appeared to have witnessed the trans-
action, and by whom he was at once conveyed to the
police- station.
Police- constable 254 K deposed to having seen the
complainant thrown down in the manner she had de-
scribed, and instantly hastened to her assistance, but was