The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-19 00:00:00

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reigner, was brought before Alderman ' :' , ;'• • -..:
remarkable charge. Al -I s
Mr. John Lipscomb, clerk to Mr. Henry 7earsaii"
Maples, of No. 5, Arthur-street, said—On the 25th of
March I received from the traffic manager of a railway
with which the firm is connected a letter in the prisoner's
handwriting, requiring compensation for the loss of a
carpetbag, and two or three days afterwards I saw him,
and he told me he had registered his carpet bag in Paris,
pa\ ing the customary fee of one shilling. I had then the
ticket in my possession' and I showed it to him. He
observel to me that he had had two bags, one of which
he had registered, and the other he had wearing round
him as a parch ; and he also said that he had not
s,en the carpet bag after he had left Paris, but a com-
panion of his voyage had told him that his bag was out-
side the
•Custom-house at Newhaven, and he bad ,better
take it. He mentioned that he told his friend that his
bag having been registered for Loudon he had no con-
trol over it till it reached London. I told him that
every endeavour had been made to recover his bag, and
that we should persevere in our efforts. He afterwards
called two or three times, and on one ocaasion,he pro-
duced an invoice which had been given back to him,
and which he stated was a receipted invoice of articles
he had purchased at Chester, and which he had been
obliged to purchase in consequence of the loss of his
carpet bag and its contents. He asked me then to pay
him 101. on account of the 191. which he claimed as com-
pensation for his lost bag and clothes. I returned him
hie invoice, and told him I could make no arrange*
merit of that kind. On the 29th of March he called
again, and all efforts to find the bag were unavailing.
I, believing that he had really lost his bag, offered him
as a co,npromise the sum of 101., which he accepted, and
for which he gave me a receipt. We have ascertained
that he subsequently made a claim for the balance of his
demand to the managers of the French Railway, between
which and the English Railway there exists an arrange-
ment.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Ald:rman Wire—Has the registered bag been found I
Witness—lt has been found in the prisoner's posses-
sion. I shall be able to prove that the bag produced by
the officer who apprehended the prisoner bears the coun-
terpart of the ticket for the bag upon which the prisoner
claimed this compensation. I was-present last night at
the prisoner's lodgega at 40, King 'William-street, City,
when the bag produced was found in the chamber occu-
pied by him. There has been an attempt to obliterate
the indicatio❑ on the ticket, but the identity has not
been destroyed. Its contents, which consisted of cloth-
ing and documents, were examined, and the bag was
found to have the custom-house mark upon it.

A inetropolitin detective officer who took the prisoner
into custody said that some of the clothes which the
prisoner had got at Chester, and which had not been
paid fir, were found in the bag, and requested that time
should be allowed to get together the witnesses.
Al lerman Wire said that the officer should be supplied
with all the necessary facilities for completing a case of
such public importance, and reminded the prisoner, who
by the advice of his solicitor made no answer to or corn.
ment upon the charge.

WORSHIP-STREET.— William, Barber was charged
on remand with stealing 6 sovereigns from the person of
Mrs. Matilda Wright, in one of the Stoke Newington
omnibuses.

The evidence given on the former occasion was, that
on Monday, the 7th inst , the prisoner entered the vehi-
cle on its starting for town, taking his seat next the door.
Mrs. Wright, who resides at Dalston, got in at Kings.
land-gate, and took the only vacant sitting by his side.
Prisoner appeared busy during the iiurney reading a
i,ew,paner, and alighted near Shoreditch Church. Mrs.
Wright almost instantly missed 6 sovereigns from her
dress-pocket, which had been cut by some sharp itntru-
nient, the Porte-monnaie containing the gold being still
in the po-!ket.
Jones, the conductor of the omnibus, deposed to the
accused being a frequent passenger of his to and from
town, and gave such such information as led to his appre-
hension three days after the robbery.
Another lady, named Abbott, was now in attendance
to describe a precisely similar depredation upon her in
one of the Kingsland omnibuses a few weeks since by a
man in every respecr answering the description of the
prisoner, who, from his sober suit and white neckcloth,
she mistook for a Dissenting minister. His features, as
on the other occasion, were concealed by an unfolded
newspaper, which partly covered her dress, as he ap-
peare i intent on reading it ; but after he alighted she
found her dress cut and a silk purse, containing seven
sovereigns and some silver, was missing.
Inspector Brennan, of the G division, said tbat he had
known the prisoner for many years to have been carrying
on this system of plunder, and he had frequently seen
him tried at the sessions and charged at the police
c ,vrts. Witness believed he had been transported, but
could not at present adduce evidence on that point.

Mr. Hammill intimated his intention to further re-
mand the accused.

MARLBOROUGH-STRE ET. —Mr. Frederick New-
enham, the historical painter, was brought ,o this court
for the purpose of having the magistrate's order to re-
move him to a lunatic asylum, the unfortunate gentle.
man having recently manifested unequivocal symptoms
of aberration of intellect, which renders restraint an
indispnsable proceeding.
A. day or two ago Mr. Newenharn went into Mr.
Graves's shop, and used such threats as led Mr. Graves
to believe that some mischief would result in Mr. New-
enham being at large. An application, it was under-
stood, was made to Bethlehem. Hospital, but there were
difficulties in the way which prevented the authorities
from receiving him. The asylum at Peckham was then
applied to, and arrangements were made for sending
him there. The delusion under which Mr. Newenham
labours appears to be of a very singular character. One
Hof his mania is, that he conceives himself to be the Sr t
historical painter in the world ; another, that he has
discovered the way to pay off the national debt ; and a
third, that he is the Prince Imperial of Austria. The
following letter, among other epistles to high personages,
was directed to Lord Palmerston :

" 72, Newman-street, the 16th day of Arra.
" Beloved and most respected Lord,—l believe I possess
the means of clearing off the national debt at one fell swoop.
I know not as yet of the means I may possess of doing so,
but will convey the precise position I am in in a week from
this, when I will communicate with you through the Emperor
of Austria.

"My dear and most respected lord, your truly humble
servant, " FREDERICK NEWENIIAM,
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