The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-19 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron RoLFE and Alderman Thomrsox.)
PERXRY.—Mr. Bormatx, on the part of bliss Coutts Bur-
dett, applied to the Court this morning that the amount of
hail might be fixed which it would be necessary for Mr.
Richard Dunn, described as a member of the Iri,h bar, to
give that he would surrender to take his trial on the charge
of perjury. We understand that a true bill was found yes-
terday before the grand jury against Mr. Dunn for perjury,
in an affidavit which he fled in the Court of Bankruptcy,
swearing that Miss Coutts Burdett, as a partner in the firm
of Coutts and Co., owed him the sum of 100,000/ The pro-
cess, we understand, was entered upon, which in due time
would, if unimpeded, have duly ended in Miss Coutts Bur-
dett finding herself in the Gazette.
The COURT ordered Mr. Dunn to enter into his own re-
cognisances in 1001., and two sureties in 50/. each, to appear
at the next sessions.
POST- OFFICE.— John Tarnur was placed at the bar on four
charges of robbery committed on the Post-office carriages
on the South-Eastern and London and Birminghamßailways,
and another for robbing the Post-office at Gravesend.
The prisoner pleaded Guilty on the first four charges.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, who appeared to prosecute, said
that, unwilling to occupy unnecessarily the public time, he
would not press the remaining charge.
As there is a woman implicated in the same charges, who
will be tried next sessions, the Court deferred sentence till
the particulars were then laid before it.
John Charles Young, described as a chemist, was placed at
the bar, indicted for stealing a post letter, containing a half-
sovereign " and a shilling, the property of the Postmaster-
General.
Mr. W. Scalthorpe, one of the presidents of the London
District Post-office, said, in consequence of some suspicions
he posted two letters at the Aldgate receiving-office, one of them
directed lo "Mary Donoughue, Mr. Doolan's public-house,
Ssckwell-street, Dublin, Ireland," and containing a half-
sovereign and a shilling, marked. Another of the letters
was addressed to "Miss Coventry, North Brixton." If these
had been posted at the Aldgate receiving-office before 8
o'clock in the morning of the 20th, they ought to have
reached the General Post-office about 25 minutes past 8.
Witness was at the General Post-office that morning, and
examined the letters sent from the Aldgate receiving-office,
and found Miss Coventry's letter on the top of the bundle of
paid letters ; to the Irish letter two stamps bad been af-
fixed, and that letter was not found at all. The bill ac-
companying the letters should give an account of the
stamped letters, and that was found to correspond with the
letters sent. The witness, taking with him the letter in-
spector who posted the two letters, and a constable, went to
the Aldgate receiving-office, where he found the prisoner, to
whom the witness discovered himself, and said that there was a
letter which had not been sent. "Oh yes," he said, "
sent it; Miss Coventry's was sent." He was asked what had
become of the Dublin letter, which had been dropped into the
the marked half-sovereign and shilling, together with the
letter, the seal of which was broken, were found upon the
prisoner.
Other witnesses were called, who confirmed the testimony
already given.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballan-
tyne was retained for the defence.
A technical point of law was raised on the wording of the
indictment, and the circumstances of the case, as compared
with the terms of the Act of Parliament. The question
raised was, whether the letter in question was a post-letter,
in the terms of the Act, the address being fictitious.
Baron ROLFE reserved the point for the opinion of the
Judges, and directed the jury to find a general verdict
against the prisoner of stealing half-a-sovereign, which, ac-
cording as the Judges decide will be, of stealing from a post-
letter, or of stealing a half-sovereign, the property of Mr. W.
Scalthorpe.
The jury found accordingly, and sentence was deferred.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

DIRECT LONDON AND PORTSMOUTH.
Gumprorm, CHICOESTEIL, PORTSMOUTH,

AND rAnsaraisivr.

Their Lordships met this morning, as usual, at eleven o'clock, in
Room A (New Houses of Parliament). Lord Beaumont in the chair.
All the Members attended.
Mr. ALEXANDER then addres4ed the Committee on the part of the
landowners petitioning against the Bill.
Mr. Cubitt was recalled, and examined by Mr. TALBOT, as to the
practicability of ajunction between the proposed line and the London
and Epsom, which he said could be made within the limits of devia-
tion of the plans of last session, but not within the limits of the plans
of this session. The reason why the junction was not practicable
was, that the levels of the two lines would be different. It would be
practicable to hoist the goods, &c., from one line to the other. Ile
was not aware of any difference in the levels until his attention was
drawn to It by the evidence of Mr. Lock.
Mr. COCKBURN then proceeded to address the Committee on the
part of the Guildford and Chichester.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.

The Committee met this morning at the usual hour, the Hen. E
Yorke in the chair. _ _

Mr. HATHERTON commenced the opposition of the South-Western
to this project by calling
Mr. J. Houghton, fanning about 347 acres of land, at Broom-hall,
Sunninghill, Berks, about seven miles from the Woking station of the
Great Western. Ile said sheep did not go in great quantities from
Weyhill and other fairs to the north, their course being from east
to west and vice versa. Driving sheep was preferable to sending
them by railway, and if the railway were made, he did not think it
would be used for their transmission. He did not use the Great
Western for this purpose on account of his objection to sending them
by rallwa . Driving did not injure them, in fact. Sand obtained
trom the Isle of Wight. he considered, would not be conveyed to the
north by the proposed line as the least expensive mode would be by
Gloucester.
The Casa/mute inquired of the witness, if a gentleman carrying on
business in the Potteries had stated that he should save several
hundreds in the course of a year by having sand transmitted to him
from the Isle of Wight by the proposed line, whether he should con-
sider him a madman or a lunatic?
The witness said if lie had stated this, he should certainly consider
him out of his senses.