The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-26 00:00:00

thelh. M. CHAMBERS now moved, with the permission
Vkrdict Learned Judge, for a rule to show cane why the
should not be set aside, and to eater a verdict for
nee defendant on the second issue, on the ground thi.it
ht
"leori g of way was established by grant or mil'. He
moved fur a new trial on the ground of misdirection
or of the verdict being against the evidence and in ar-
t:fat° judgment. The case had reference to the right
way claimed by the plaintiff, who was possessed of a
/‘lll't known as Beale's or Peas wharf, on the banks of
eaii„Th"nes, over and across a certain other wharf,
tC" aay's W, av's-lane, which was a üblic
4aughfare inharf theto neighbourhood and the principal
uPtvoach to the plaintiff 's wharf.
The COURT granted a rule.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.)
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE ROBBERIES.
The two men, James Garratt and John Johnson, who
',Ba,tettlft37 pleaded guilty to indictments charging them
41" u robbing the London Docks Company, were this
()Jlll,ing brought up to receive the sentence of the Court.
be:uns°ll urged in mitigation of the sentence that on
, g taken into custody be had confess( d his guilt, and
Zit every reparation in his power by giving t'tiforma.
hu9 to the dock company respecting the robberies; that
01...ettd a wife and four children totally dependent upou
z°r support, and that ho had already been a con-
e arable time in prison.
to The other prisoner, Garratt, observed that all he had
2%8:7, Wes that he had been in custody ever since the
vr.of..;slov.ember, last.
brs-• Justice COLERIDGE said the prisoners had been
fcrugh, t before him to receive the sentence of the law
14144'14es to which they had respectively pleaded
elte. James Garratt, having pleaded guilty to two
Jcbes of stealing pepper at different times, and Joh.n
sit 10n
stealing coffee. They were both of them in
~eistori of
trust and confidence. The property was
dud c from the docks of the London Deck Company,
teiti.th,e quantity of property deposited in those docks
in the ,t absolutely necessary for them to repose trust
cf ti 7 Persons who were employed to have the custody
tcel, d
° Property, and to deliver it when sold or rc-
en greater care might have been
by °37 them, or some better plan devised,
might wuich the subordinate officers in their employment
ab be more effectually watched, he was really un-
hue:: ay; but he could easily believe that, from the
goE(ress of the concern and the immense quantity of
a that
eteoce, must be deposited there, it must almost
de. not to an impossibility to prevent fraud and plun-
atieteoless either on the one hand the honesty of ser-
of tbB Was their protection, or failing that, the severity
sticie'aw restrained wicked men from the commission of
it Considering these circumstances, how necessary
in :Tat avast amount of property should be deposited
teighlt/I._""ks, and the frequency of the crime which
posai,,,od anticipated to result from that fact, it was ina-
ro
in r the Court to look on this, or to visit it as
to pron—arY ease of stealing, for the Court felt compelled
eatreie,ethrteizeutihtye amount of punishment in some de-
with which the crime was committed,
sot;eireptation which there was to commit the crime, the
also thence reposed in the person who broke the law, and
sot b„livalue an& amount of the property. He could
(Iva:: ;eel, also, that the prisoners must have, in some
kn:vs been removed beyond the temptation of absolute
bore The
respectable appearance which one of them
both at that
moment, and the way in which they had
81ePressed themselves, in all probability gained them
44,trtiituations. They had previously a good character,
good c°mPany supposed they were acting good that
hete character, while the appearance) of that cha-
whictl' which they did not deserve, was one of the means
110, enabled them to commit the crime. The Court,
hililer, took into account what they had both stated,
to bet. from what passed yesterday, it had every reason
1101,e 'eye to be true. The prisoner, John Johnson had
kitteZhatever he could to repair the crime he had corn-
and had given assistance to the company, with a
ttl3„ their protection for the future; and the Court
the,`,?°k into account what they had both stated—that
tak4Cad already suffered some amount of imprisonment.
4,114 r these circumstances, the Court would have passed
howeveenee for a much longer term of imprisonment. He,
roitids r, hoped that their example would operate on the
eot,.°! Persons who filled similar situations in dock
ittO "flies. His Lordship then sentenced John Johnson
labctPrisonment in the House of Correction, with hard
tlsolltr, for nine calendar months, and James Garratt
tare, ilnPrisontnent in the House of Correction, with
mod labour, for four months on the first, and four
Ptite',B on the seeond indictment, the last term of im-
fbutnent to commence after the expiration of the first.
the
offic Prisoners were then removed in the custody of
ers.

'ra,ttEXTRAORDINARY, CIRCUMSTANCE.—COMBAT
ANDAN C EA.
N. A PAIR OF bTouat
:37rinur Saturdaylaude, —CCAROy.tMrnoarATCupoNEN:.
of A. last, as two men were at work in the par
Esq., Rose-hill, Rawmarsh, their. atten__-
44,beearne directed to a large tree at a short distance off,
pro.earing a confused noise of some small birds. They
i Q.Y:(I to be a pair of "storm. cocks" (missel thrush) making
The' ea attack on a carrion crow,inthaat was robbing their nest.
young bird, and made
aff„a!t!ailant succeeded in tie
attitL hit. The. parent birds,
ohoonigwever, made a determined
k`., tube delinqu . d pelled it to drop its prizde
tii:o seek for
.safety in flight. In about an hour afterwar s
fil,,etow, nothing daunted, repeated the visit, and stole two
l',? nestlings securing them by the wings. But the
t„,' Duds renewed the
.attack with increased vigobr„ and.
:17.t the enemy off, again compelling him. to drop
,his prize
.7e to the tree. The attack was again renewed at six
b„%ck in the evening. But the men already mentioned were
`Doncaster
to learn the result of this extraordinary circumstance.
`4Joucaster Gazette.
4y' distressing
ACCIDENT AT AYR.--Yesterday morning a
4;),:distFessing and somewhat singular accident occurred at
resulted in the death of a steady and respectable
hiEiceWOjaffieche named Young, while engaged in the discharge
:tif". duty. I.'
The Circuit Court is at present sitting there,
Dit7,3'oes.teray more than. usal anxiety was evinced on the
V,04`.. t the public to gain admittance to the interior of the
del,`,.! Hall, it being known that an important trial for mur-
Ztl was to come on before the Lord Chief Justice Clerk. At an
4111-). boar, accordingly, the main entrance was
tvery much
I,Ned, and the police had considerable d ff_i hazards in keep-
tli, ukk the crowds that
proceedingswerepressing at all into
preeBeourt before the
ttoio
3.h, had commenced. The
1 great, for, at the time
bile4l,r,e_ Must have been
nal as'ne mob were pushing on the outside of the gateway,
tiki,"4.o police on the inside endeavouring to keep them
NO the iron gate gave way, beha.roihngitawloansg with is a stone,
iiia.about six feet high, to w. i
.•, - attachphetildsfarc,hTweshaies.
qe4Bel. d officer, who was immediately d down by the mass, which behindacrtohses
lleri,laer this would in itself have occasloneNdvahyisndoewatohl,ettirs:
kal;,`4l3a doubtful, for the mob, finding tne
tat,'" in by hundreds, many of 'them
When he was
liftglnnate officer who lay among theirfeet.
trampling over the
diari„illiaii:lsPobe was. quite dead, though but liltleeraellisotitgtuhreedo,thheisr
es Ppearing to be all internal. Sea,
tii,to les at the gates were also injured, though none of
T seriously.—North British Mail.
The new alms-
-11044 PISRMONGERS' ALMSHOUSES.—
Roith erected by the Fishmongers' Company, at Wands-
Ir(lta being finished, the almspeople have
Elephant
lb eeanadrecmasol-ele,d
es,;ge olct building, ,opposite the
ktat'Lt°n) and are now in comfortable occupationonsas
willolb
theire
1
~azecllad
on Tuesd wholesome dwellings. The old a Itro
ay. It is said the ph parishesfor
rotu hthe
erection
tll)iabi are about to unite to obtain t esefo TH e baths and washhouses.
Nts t BRITISH MUSEUM.—The totals number of
,1,41‘98 at the British Museum this week was 53,912—viz.,
471,.,°11 Monday 3,649 on Tuesday, 9.813 .on Wednesday,
ttlaitl'll Thursda' and 6,770 on is riday.
_T.ne giailllevrayscotnho-
-I.llier ~An sculptured antiquities from nev
‘cisth,""Jact of attraction. The Museumv.i-ill ebe open on
110111a)-4,11aeltt, but it will be closed during the. week,th for the
Csa()a- °f„,having the whole of the interior roughly
E.' agea-' -the trustees issued a notice yesterdayaitsho,atfoirt will
'at-ia to-opened on Monday, May
''l'!ialle' the public will be admittedsintwohthewue
iltihbrsaorayff.
a•iltheii gallery, which is now encumbered scaffolding
albsalb, ave the whole removed. The.dad3a,,yfsroomf altielmo,iosisolockn
011 Monday Wednesday, and Fri
el,ll44.i'ettt?",°en O'clock k P.M. The public should be cautioned—
ilildr ,ttLY visitors from the country and
'sort" ander eight years of age are not adfumreitigtende.rs,Ftriloamt
htt:llea of this order it frequently happens that parties are
T Ouch •inconvenience.
Zota )a
pt h:"AltaY-BAITING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
:°a7ele"'N'e just had another of those harping and intermi-
e: discusions" which are ever and anon coroinsg.oo.n
doings
e4ala'sillaranna about Mr. Barry and his
:4 riii; and his doing; too little progress
—his
to
1114E1'4 hand or to the left of that mean line of irecttioosne,
IS4l4t43ov:it,tiiton-ifoary be, resultant from the sum total of. h
Vter eaposedees,p opiniohn and of resolution to. which he
g was lately agaiist him. becausew
kilt il
littttc:cks B.lll3pliheel too little water to the reservoirs:
larger
iPlarei;--rated becausee the supply is to:) great—" a _
4‘44,,0 li4,ll"lltdetd, than would be afforded to a town of 14,s0re
haQtarn,,„l.• Before on several occasions,
.most expen i
abN'ecti,.`"4B,ancl improvements of the original . plan. s were
tt.Ztlie iztl‘neen Rouse •: now, nothing but grumbling is
.heard
the original estimates. A particular
',otos: ryetehedsHouse in the outset : now, the cthaat
tibT:st-irt an.
and
req-uis.iete details which go to make up
ettirt;dtib'soti:t.inAaconstitute one of its essential features, are
is rirraat7tioott (1 it been osistent with propriety of style.
tall fsei,
of to make Commonstheco House perfectly plain
suCh a rich display as that in the House of
fall' , 685
betel !mild hahvedbceen represented as a delibe-
ammons of this kingdom.
1-irteilir istinguis e .
pled °ft apaitlll.ntly,qufeationed the propriety of " scr,pi
14„711,re . „ nut.' 0,, ourse the House might exercise
to?,s,t-rah.: 'Tat point. c They will not convert all the gild
',l•4e r,„-"' it, however into much of the solid gold granted
, -IJEAr:I'Pose of laying it on.—Builder.
-,t 41, ; '01.4,0 AL ATTEMPT
TO MURDER ORII,.IAMHT.a—r-
Ilt' EC Anchester Borough Court yesterday, William_
Niz kilor,
wascommitted
dehla f(4 atte
foth, 114 vs_ tnPting to f
s4,Tarly,„Lurnat of Agnes Gor ontat
otoefodar trial at the nextlaiverpaooiodl
kti'd..Vkblvanin jated, but who, abou n onthsago,lc t
had
.arwooomman with whofmhihnet
I)4t
.! it waned to another man. Since they parted he i
er
iti
~,le iud.astated in evidence. f c uent overtures
hteo
hiand,
tilitt;asslii7.e_liesttanntetalyterigduseiod tdoorrtclen to them, and
la a`lndat ~-,,,,,,,,, nt to Smithfield-market, eta, k where he tound
1101,l'ealer a stall of earthenware and g
d lass, in which she
bodily
injury. her°
can 'of h ' and after some conversation he suddenly. took
iiarliqtioe(Fwerbiteriliado,,athid. tried Not tkonpoowuirotghe contents of a small tin
what it contained sh.
Cif h.,_illld 0,„. nim, and managed to jerk the can out of his
141,1: face, 'l'l'4l,, small portion of the linvid fell on one side
s e also fell on a baby
that
saber turn,'Nil? oeeffectsarmf;thue liquid soon disclosed
iiit°3'ed her-c.lotheq,and t°llose of the child were le
toe 11).414111er wounds became painful, though, fortunately,h
th,, 8 es are not extensive. The man was appre endd
al Pot._ _ - •
ta-4r* Watts- -
town a gene
,r, M.P. for Nottingham, some time ago
rinda r4id .41- invitation to his constituents to visit his
tril-I,t.he C„e,,„„68, Russell-square, any day during the To -
al,rt(iloa
of,g,z-cat xhibition continues open. This kindly in-
li:cleti?‘btl._t ise inetenatidededhotospiittoallze
eisventoyt limited Wel- to electors
AIN " borough.-- conducted re--
Nottinghamshire Guardian.
41a rAlta
,bat is ~
b, °T.—A. certain sharebroker has a parrot
*("t ""uh accustomed to hear its master talk of shares,
kiaP°ll asto -
are ia,,ds uishea some persons with his information.
klsatt (I°Wn,attre 111)," says he, " London and North-Westerns
her.,
..,„..,`a4Dovers are up." " East ast Lanc,a,s_b_eirsel are
4, ratherlencotaissAbnetaiuttoisfunl,tcatatlict)
iyours." Y," says