The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-19 00:00:00

MONDAY EVENING,

INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREE7'.

Funnell has also discovered a black shawl and two
blue bags at the prisoner's lodgings in Earl-street, one of
them, and the shawl, caactly corresponding with the
description given by no less than four witnesses, viz.,
Edwards and Walter Smith, the porters at Wincester,
and the two witnesses above alluded to.
The variation in the statement of the prisoner's wife
as to the cause of his leaving home is also a strong cir-
cumstance of suspicion against him.
It is believed that the whole matter is now in fair
train of being brought to a satisfactory issue in a short
period.

LYNCHING 11V- CALIFORNIA.
Two men were hung on the Cosunmes, on Friday
night last, for stealing horses. The circumstances are
as follows :—The same night, about ten o'clock, a team-
ster came up to the rancho of Messrs. Gage and Almond,
and informed them that " some men were below at-
tempting to cross the river with stock, and were having
ah—of a time." These gentlemen at once seemed to
be impressed with the idea that the men were
horse theives, and they started for the spot. On
arriving there they discovered two men whom they
hailed, " What horses are those you have?" They re-
plied that they were some horses of their own, and that
they had brought them from Dry Creek. "Are they
all yours ?" said Mr. Gage. They replied, " Yes, all
but one." " When did you leave Dry Creek?" said Mr.
Gage. They replied that they " had left there late
this afternoon" (Friday), and that they were taking
the horses over to the American Fork. Messrs. Gage
and Almond, in company with two or three others, saw
at once that the horses had been stolen from their own
rancho, and belonged to themselves. They said to
the thieves " God d— you, you must have stolen these
horses," and they at once arrested them. The men
and horses were then taken back to the rancho of Gage
and Almond, opposite Rhoades', where strict inquiry was
instituted. An examination was made of the brands on all
the stock, and the brands were identical with those used
by that firm, and each and every animal fully recog-
nised, not only by Gage and Almond, but by others in
attendance. The prisoners were then arraigned, and a
motion made to give them a trial by jury, but the
proposition was hooted down by the incensed crowd.
A motion was then made that they be hung at
once, which was carried by acclamation. They were
called on to make a confession, being told that they
had but half an hour to prepare for the
solemn change that awaited them. They gave their
names as James Baxter, of Maine, and Charles Sim•
mono, of Massachusetts; the names, however, may
have been assumed. The prisoners were then told
that their time had nearly elapsed. They seemed to
be much excited, and begged, " For God's sake let
us live a little longer." Five minutes more vr(re
given them, during which time one of the prisoners
called on the other, saying, in a low tone of voice, "Let
us tell them all about it;" to which the other replied,
" No, no, hush." When the half hour had elapsed, they
were told their time had come. Lariats were brought,
nooses made, and the guil y wretches hung up. This
took place at twelve o'cl ck last night (Friday), and the
bodies were still suspended this morning when our in-
formant left, although persons were engaged in digging
two graves.—Sacramento Transcript.

TUE LACE TnADE.—Since our last report we have
had a number of buyers here from London and other places,
but their purchases are unusually small. There have been a
few American orders received since last week.—Arottinshgm
.7ournoe4

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
NEW COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Joshua Smith, who was indicted for breaking and en-
tering the warehouse of Josiah Lowe, was Acquitted.
He was again indicted, with a man named John Lang-
ford, for being concerned in a burglary at the house of
a Mr. Edmonds, a wholesale silk weaver in Spitalfields,
when nearly 6001. worth of property was stolen.
Mr. Parry defended Langford.
In this case the girl Ball was the chief evidence, and
through her instrumentality the prisoners had been
taken, and also a portion of the property traced. She
was partly confirmed by a servant of the prosecutor's,
who saw the two prisoners hanging about her master's
premises, and watching the windows through which the
entry had been effected.

The jury found them both Guilty.
It was proved that the prisoners formed part of a re-
gular gang of notorious housebreakers, a great number
of whom had been transported.
They were both transported for ten years.
The case occupied nearly the whole day.
POLICE

GAMING-HOUSE PRACTICE.—Joseph Belasco, 4, Little
' Catherine-street, and Isaac Belasco, of the Fountain
public-house, Little Catherine-street, were brought be-
fore Mr. Hardwick, the first prisoner charged with hav-
ing
/ violently assaulted Nicolaus Papafi, an Hungarian
refugee, and also with being concerned in defrauding
him of 701. and his watch, by inducing him to play with
' false dice at a gaming-house, No. 4, Leicester-place, and
the last prisoner, the father, charged with attempting to
' rescue his son from the police.
The prosecutor, through the assistance of an inter-
preter, described himself as an Hungarian refugee, liv-
ing at No. 42, King-street, Soho. For some time he
had frequented a coffee-house and gaming-house, No. 4,
Leicester-place, for the purpose of play. Altogether, on
various occasions he had lost about 701. in money, and his
gold watch and chain. On Thursday night he went to the
house and played at faro with dice, and lost about 71.
Having his suspicions that he had been cheated
throughout, he took up the dice, and on examining them
discovered they were false dice, and was deficient of the
highest number, a fraud that made loss inevitable to
players. The defendant Joseph Belasco, who acted as
treasurer, seeing him in the act of examining the dice,
knocked them out of his hand. He then left the house
and returned to his lodgings. On Friday he went to
another house, 24, Cranbourn-street, where he saw the
prisoners, and in the presence of several persons he ex-
plained how he had been cheated. A person named
Wagner came in, and threatened to horsewhip him if he
did not retract his words. He refused, and Wagner
then struck him a severe blow on the face, and left the
house. He left the place and procured the assistance of
a constable to accompany him to the gaming house
where Wagner lived. Not finding Wagner there, he
returned into the street, and seeing Joseph Belasco, he
pointed him out to the constable, who took him into
custody. The prisoner, however, before this was
effected, struck him two severe blows between the eyes.
Police-constable Blunt, C 164, said the prosecutor,
when he saw Joseph Belasco, called out to him loud
enough for the prisoner to hear, " Here comes one of
the thieves who robbed me." As soon as witness had
the prisoner in custody, the elder prisoner came up and
laid hold of witness's collar in order to rescue his son.
Witness gave the father into custody.
Mr. Davies, fur the prisoners, denied that any fraud
had been practised at the house, where the prisoner
Joseph was only a servant at the wages of 11. per week,
but he admitted that Joseph Belasco had struck the
complainant when he heard himself called a thief.
Mr. HARDWICK said, in consequence of the provoca-
tion given he should not inflict the full penalty.
The penalty of 31. was inflicted on Joseph, and 40s
on Isaac Belasco.

Mr. liennwicK further requested the police to look
after the house in Leicester-place, and if evidence of
gambling could be had, to indict the parties im-
mediately.

THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Since the last examination of the prisoner (William
Pamplin) at Winchester, on Friday last, the detective
officers of the city of London, Funnell, Trew, Hug-
getts, and Brett, under the direction of Mr. Superin-
tendent Hodgson, have been unremitting in their efforts
to trace the stolen property, and several new facts have
come to light which will tend to connect the former evi-
dence, and more firmly,fix upon the prisoner the charge
of a guilty knowledge and participation in this deeply
laid and cleverly executed robbery.
As has been already stated, a person answering the
description of the prisoner arrived at Mr. Eldred's, the
Railway Coffee-house, Shoreditch, in a cab from the
South-Western Railway, on the morning of Friday, the
Bth inst., at about five o'clock; and it has since been as-
certained that when the person alighted from the cab he
would not allow the driver or any one else to assist him
with his luggage, consisting of a bag and a parcel, but
carried them into the house himself. He placed them
upon a seat in the coffee-room, upon which Mr. Eldred,
seeing that his customer was a traveller, offered to take
charge of them, but he imperatively desired him not to
touch them, stating that he would take care of them
himself. His face was muffled up with a black shawl,
which covered a great part of it; and althotigh he
was supplied with a chop and coffee, he only momen-
tarily removed the shawl. During his stay he called
the coffee-shopkeeper by name, but his manner after-
wards indicated that his having done so was an act of
inadvertence or accident. When he was about to leave
with his luggage he remarked that he wanted a cab,
upon which the coffee-shopkeeper volunteered to call
hint one, which courtesy was declined, his visitor stating
that he could get one for himself, and he went to the
door and got one. When it drove up Mr. Eldred and
the cabman wished to assist him to the cab, but he again
declined their services, and himself placed the two par-
cels in the vehicle. This cab, it has been ascertained,
was driven to the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail-
way, at London-bridge, shortly before seven o'clock, and
on its arrival there, the porter No. 39, William Wardle,
opened the door, and was about taking out a parcel and
a blue bag, when the person inside put out his hand and
pushed him oft; saying, I will take them out myself."
The porter describes the bag as a similar one to that
used by lawyers, and tied with a black curd, and it ap-
peared to be very heavy. He then entered the booking-
office, where the porter noticed him for some little time,
and he thought it rather strange that he did not take a
ticket. He was met there by a man, with whom he en-
tered into conversation, and the porter left them to-
gether. The train then started, and upon this point a
great deal of farther intelligence has been received, but
at the present moment its publication might have the
effect of defeating the ends of justice.
On Saturday morning Edward Fennell, the officer,
accompanied by Mr. Eldred, the keeper of the Railway
Coffee-house, left London for Winchester, and proceeded
to the county gaol, where, in the presence of Mr. Bar-
ber, the governor, and Mr. Sheppard, the superinten-
dent of the Winchester city police, Mr. Eldred positively
identified the prisoner Pamplin as the person who had
come to his coffee-shop on the Ftiday morning in ques-
tion with the blue bag and a parcel, and who afterwards
left his house in a cab in the manner described. Mr.
Eldred spoke with the greatest confidence to the person
of the prisoner, as he knew him by his voice; which
means of identity was strongly dwelt on by the witness
William Edwards in his examination at Winchester on
Friday last.