The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-03 00:00:00

porter said that he had seen Mr. Guthrie, who repudiated
all knowledge of the document ; and the prisoner was
told that the bill would be detained. He then
requested that some acknowledgment should, be given
to him that the bill had been detained; but witness de-
clined doing so, and told him to send the gentleman from
whom he had received it. No person calling about it,
in the oourse of an hour or two witness and the porter
went to a coffeehouse in New-street, Covent-garden, to
see if the gentleman was to be found there. The gen-
tleman not being found there, it was decided that the
prisoner
should be taken into custody, which was accord-
ingly done.
Abraham Thomas Hopson, porter to Messrs. Hoare,
the bankers, said, that he was in the banking-house on
the morning in question when the bill was presented by
the prisoner, and observing that there was some diffi-
culty about it, and that Mr. Harrison was showing it to
several other gentlemen, he remained in the way. Ulti-
mately it was settled that he should take a cab, and, ac-
companied by the prisoner, go to Mr. Guthrie's house
and see if all was right. He did so, and on showing the
bill to that gentleman, and asking him if any portion of
it was his writing, he said it was not, and that he hoped
the bill would not be paid. He and the prisoner then
left and returned to Mr. Harrison, and having commu-
nicated what had transpired the prisoner was allowed to
depart.
Alderman HUNTER wished to know the nature of any
conversation that had passed between the prisoner and
witness.
Hopson replied, that both on going to and coining
from Mr. Guthrie's the prisoner gave his address, and
said that he saw the person who gave him the bill write
his name on the back of it. He was a stranger, and he
did not know either his name or address, as he only met
haps used againstgen thicicorn
him at a coffee-shop, where ho went to get his meals
(alluding to the house in New-street). He declared that
he had never seen the man before; in fact he was a
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state that, being is the coffee-shop mentioned, he was
back of the bill was "F. Fer e Above that ap-
Guthrie.
Dalton stated that there was a ;witness who could
prove that the bill was given to the prisoner, and who
saw the party alluded to endorse it.
Mr. Alderman HUNTER. called this witness, who
ess, gave
his name as
John Henry Huisgen, the owner of the coffee-shop in
New-street, Covent-garden. He said that on Wednesday
ithe prisoner came to him, and wished to know if he could
:give him any employment, and he told him to call the
inext morning, which he did about ten o'clock. An elderl
iman catered y
immediately after, and called for a cup of
whether
teoffee, after which he asked witness his son was
'in, and on receiving a reply in the negative, he turned to
the prisoner and asked him if he had any objection to go
as far as Fleet-street and get money for a bill. The pri-
soner said he would go, and he (witness) saw the elderly
man write his name on the hack of the bill. The latter
person he (witness) had seen two or three times before,
but he had never seen the prisoner and him together.
Alderman HUNTER said, that as Mr. Guthrie would
be a necessary witness, and an adjournment must take
place ifor his attendance, he thought the better course
would be to remand the prisoner until Tuesday, without
going into further evidence ; at the same time he would
have no objection to allow the prisoner out on bail,
himself in 80/. and one surety in 404
In default of bail he was taken to prison.
BOW-STREET.
James Grant, a'messenger at the Masters in Chancery-
offices, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, his
two children (a little boy and girl), and Ann Baker, the
laundress to the chambers, were charged with stealing
5001 b. weight of law reports, Acts of Parliament, papers
Parliamentary reports, &c., from the rooms to which
they had access.
During the week a negro vendor of waste paper was
taken into custody on suspicion of stealing a quantity of
printed sheets found in his possession, IN owing to cer-
tain disclosures made by him Police Sergeants Thompson
and Pocock were induced to make inquiries of a Mr.
Frewin, a cheesemonger and dealer in waste paper,
living in High Holborn, from whom they ascertained
that the bundles of papers and reports produced had
been purchased4from time to time, of the prisoners at the
bar, who had represented themselves as entitled to the
same, as :perquisites, when the Masters had no further
use for them. He had known the Grants for many
years as customers, and had been in the habit of :occa-
sionally purchasing waste paper of the children and the
laundress for about two years, or probably more. He
gave 2d. per lb. for it, which was the trade price. He
had sometimes questioned the laundress, but never sus-
pected that the Grants had no right to the things which
they brought to him for sale.
A clerk in the office, named Roden, identified many of
the reports and papers as the property of Mr. W. Wing-
field, the Master in Chancery, although, not having oc-
casion for them, they had not been missed from the
shelves until the police-officers drew his attention to the
circumstance. It appeared that, of the immense quan-
tity of papers and reports produced, many belonged to
Sir W. Horne and Mr. Farrer, and other Masters in
Chancery.
I The elder prisoner, Grant, admitted that he had sent
his children to dispose of dirty, useless, unbound publi-
cations, for which he had the sanction of a Mr. Smith,
till lately a clerk in the office; but he denied all know-
ledge of the sale of the books and reports.
Baker said, that whatever she had sold to Mr. Frewin
was received from either Grant or his wife or their
children; and the latter said that they only sold the
sweepings of the offices.
Mr. HENRY doubted if Frewin ought not to be placed
in the dock with the prisoners, for his share in the trans-
actions, and he should therefore require him to enter
into his own recognizances to appear at the next exami-
nation.
The prisoners were then remanded.
The magistrates, as well as all the officers of the
Court, have been detained till midnight, during the
early part of the week, in the event of any disturbances arising from the probable congregation of Chartists and thieves in the streets of the metropolis after dusk.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET
Thomas Barnard, whose real name is said to be Ram-
hall, a solicitor, living at 11, President-street, Goswell-
road, was brought up for final examination, charged with
having committed various robberies at the Great Western
Railway station.
The first charge was for stealing a portmanteau, con-
taining a quantity of wearing apparel and a cheque for
1,800/., the property of the Rev. Francis Attree, Eaton-place.
The prisoner said he would not say anything in the•
absence of his professional adviser.
He was fully committed on this charge.
The prisoner was again charged with having stolen a.
portmanteau from the Great Western Railway station,
the property of Mr. John Davis, land agent, of Banbury..
The prosecutor said, on Monday, the 15th of May, he.
arrived at Paddington by the Great Western Railway..
He missed his portmanteau, containing wearing apparel
and other property of the value of between 301. and 40/..
Police.sergeant Gray said he produced a portmanteau,.
pledged for ss. by the prisoner. Witness found the•
ticket in the prisoner's pocket.
Mr. Davis identified the portmanteau.
George Smith, assistant to Mr. Ashman, said, the'
prisoner pledged the portmanteau on the 30th of May
for ss.

The prisoner was fully committed on this charge.
There were four or five other cases of a similar nature,.
which the prisoner was believed to be concerned in, but.
Mr. Collard, the superintendent, said, these two cases,.
being quite clear, would for the present be sufficient.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EASTERN UNION.
The first general meeting of this company since its:
amalgamation with the Ipswich and Bury Company Was. held yesterday afternoon at Radley'sllotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriars. J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P., in the chair.
The report stated that the Eastern Union Railway
Acts authorised the construction of a line from Colches-
ter to Norwich, with branches to Harwich, to Had-
leic,rh. and to Bury, making 98 miles of Railway..
The main line from Colchester to Haughley (31i- miles).,
and the branches to Bury (12 miles), and to Had •
leigh (7 miles), had been completed and opened. Th.e
continuation of the main line from Haughley to Nor-
wich (33 miles, including the branch to the Yarmouth
line), was in course of construction : a portion of it to.
Finningham on the road to Dias, 6 miles beyond Stow-
market, will be opened for traffic early in June. The
line to Long Stratton, ten miles from Norwich, might if
the funds were brought forward, be without difficulty-
opened in the course of this year; and to Norwich by
Midsummer, 1849. Tho branch to Harwich (eleven_miles), had been contracted for, part of the materials
were were already on the ground, and the lino
of theo u
ne
imme-
diately be under construction. The cost of
wwhole
those lines when completed, including plant and perma-
nent stations, and all the extra expense entailed by severe
Parliamentary contests, would not exceed 2,0001. per
mile. The traffic upon that portion of the line which is
at work had been found to exceed considerably the esti-
mated amount; and justified the conclusion that the line
when opened to Norwich would, with a greatly reduced
per centage of working expenses, yield a satisfac-
tory return upon the capital expended on it. It
being most essential that the line to Norwich
should be opened with the least possible delay, and
that tbe capital of the company already expended should
thereby be rendered at an early period productive and
remunerative, the directors recommended the share•
holders to raise among themselves, on bonds for three
years, under the company's borrowing powers, the sum
required for the immediate and vigorous prosecution of
the works to Norwich. With the same view, the di-
rectors submitted to the consideration of the shareholders
the expediency either of postponing
,the payment of the
interest authorised by the company's Act to be made up
out of capital for the year, 1848, until after the
opening of the line to Norwich, taking credit
for the same, and for interest thereon in the