The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

taken on my truck to my malthouse in St. Aldate's,
by Jackson, my man. I paid Blagrove in gold and sil-
ver. It was about eleven o'clock in the morning when
this occurred. There was a man with Blagrove, to whom,
I think, he gave part of the mOkey. On the 29th of
July Blagrove came to my malthouse again, and said
he had a pocket of hops and some malt he would sell
me ; would Igo and look at it ? I went with him
to the Aiichor Inn, and saw the malt in the stable.
forbsti iktp, much there way. He said,
." Five quarters
followed me, and said; woUrd tbein he would
have a few barrels of beer, as he thought he could get
me a customer or two in Abingdon. After a few words
a bargain was struck that I should have them for 211.;
Blagrove to have a barrel and a half of ale and one
barrel of strong beer, the remainder to be paid in cash.
I then went with him and my man to the Anchor, and
fetched away the malt and hops in my truck. While we
were removing Blagrove said, " Have you any silver,
Mr. Miller?" I said, " Yes." He said, " Will you
give me half-a-crown?—l want it to pay the hostler for
warehouse room." I did so, and took the malt and
hops home to my brewery. I gave Blagrove a cheque
on Messrs. Wootton's bank for 15/. 155., and he was to
let me know when he would have the beer. He after•
wards sent word that he would take three barrels of
beer, which made a difference of 4s. 6d. in favour of
Blagrove, to whom I after Wards sent the beer and
4s. 6d. by Mr. Payne's waggon. This bargain was re-
duced to writing, and signed by Blagrove, on a blank
leaf of my brewing-book, and I have now a copy of it.
These were the only two transactions I had with Bla-
grove. I did not understand how long the malt and
hops had been at the Anchor, but from seeing him pay
half-a-crown for the warehouse room, I thought it had
been there some time.
The evidence implicating Evans was that of
Samuel Tyte, formerly hostler to Mr. Crosier, of the
Wheatsheaf Inn, St. Aldate's, Oxford, who remembered
Blagrove bringing malt to the Wheatsheaf, which-was
put into sacks, and the empty ones taken away by Bla-
grove. The malt thus brought was fetched away by
Mr. Evans's people. Evans used to come when Blagrove
was there, but had never seen him at any other time.
Whiteing, the carrier, sometimes brought malt there for
Evans. It was generally removed the same day. Bla-
grove brought a horse and cart there, with four sacks of
malt, about six months ago. Witness never remem-
bered hops being brought there but once, obout five years
ago. Blagrove always paid bim for his trouble. There
were never less than two sacks brought at a time. Should
think about twenty quarters had been brought there
altogether. Witness never knew any one except Mr.
.Toel Evans's men take away the malt brought by
Blagrove.
John Hambidge and Richard Brooks deposed to similar
facts ; and Whiteing, the Oxford and Abingdon carrier,
proved having taken malt in sacks to the Wheatsheaf fur
Blagrove and Evans.
The prisoner Blagrove questioned all the witnesses in
the most impudent manner, interlarding his questions
with such ;expressions as, " what a pretty figure you'll
cut before the judge, if you go with that tale ;" " I
won't be transported by myself : we'll have it right; I'll
draw others into it as well." Addressing the witness
Tyte, on Friday, lie said, " I'll keep you here until 10
o'clock at night. I'll put it in you worth the money
to-morrow. I'll give it you tidy. If you swear until you
are black in the face, you will only be a liar. I shall
stand up before the judge from morning till night, so I
tells ye."
John Hazen deposed, that Blagrove had frequently
hired his horse and cart at a very early hour in the
morning to remove malt, which he told him on one occa-
sion came from Miss Spendlove's, but there was so much
there that it would not be missed.
It is calculated that Blagrove has plundered to the
amount of several hundred pounds.
Mr. Brunner, solicitor of Oxford, made application
to admit Miller to bail, as lie was prepared with sureties
to the amount of 5,0001. or 6,0001. ; but uuder present
circumstances the magistrates did not feel justified in
doing so.

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HEREFORD.—Mr. William H. Cooke, of the Ox-
ford circuit, has been appointed, by the Dean and Canons
of Hereford, to succeed the late Sir Charles Wetherell as
counsel to that cathedral.
THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER COMMISSION.—With
reference to the paragraph which appeared in a morning
contemporary, relative to the formation of a permanent
committee for the control of the financial affairs of the
Duchy of Lancaster, we understand that the scheme had
been in contemplation for a considerable time previous to
the change of Ministry ; and that in thus assimilating
the practice to that in force in the Duchy of Cornwall,
the sole object was to ensure a full and competent super-
vision of the revenues without in any way interfering
with the political management or patronage of the
Duchy. The new Commissioners are Earl Spencer,
Lord Portman, Sir James Graham, and the Earls :of
ilardwicke and Lincoln. Lord Campbell continues to
preside as Chancellor of the Duchy, with the exclusive
control of the patronage.—Observer.
ATTEMPTED ENORMOUS BRIBERY OF A RAILWAY
OFFICIAL.—We understand that some singular disclo-
sures are likely to occur respecting an attempt to bribe
a railway official of high standing to betray the interests
of his company. We are in a position to state that the
sum offered was 25,0001. ! The offer was, however, re-
ject( d with indignation.—Sunday Times. [Our Contem-
porary is perfectly correct. The terms offered were
"20,0001. or 25,0001., to purchase the gentleman an es-
tate, and enable him to ietire." We are in possession
of the whole facts of the case, and know that the party
who made the offer had a narrow chance of being thrown
out of the window, and having his neck broken, by the
official to whom the insulting and scandalous offer %NEW
made.—Morning paper.]