The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-14 00:00:00

GERMANY.

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A Frankfort journal of the 11th states that more
political arrests have been made at Hamburgh. The
engineer of the English steamer the Elbe having been
arrested, and his papers seized, there were found in
them some information which led to the several other
arrests.

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the The Voss Gazette, of Berlin, states that the Prus-
sian Chambers are to meet on Nov. 20.
A letter from Berlin states that the German Diet
have authorised the different states of Germany to abo-
lish the censorship of the press, provided due provi3ion
ne made by the law against the abuse of liberty.

HOLLAND.
THE HAGUE, OCT. 1852 The Commission for exa-
mining the e 1852-3 has given in the follow-
ing report :
The present system of taxation calls fur ameliora-
tion, but by no moans for a radical reform. It would be
desirable to abolish some duties and to substitute others
in their room, but the Government project of abolishing
the duty on combustibles does not appear feasible. The
duty on provisions of every kind falling chiefly upon the
lower classes, it would be best to commence the reduc-
tion of taxmion in that (porter."

Then follows the fist of articles in which the
sections proposethe abolition of duty, and likewise a
list, in which it is proposed a fresh duty shall he
levied.

On the discussion of the surplus fund of th 3 revenue
of the coionieq, amounting to 9,800,0001!., the Chamber
were of opinion that a portion of this sum should be
7:tillree:lot:tthl:eipzisilealtittir:f. the interest on the colonial
Prince Renry
i an, aucl the remainder go to meet the current expen-
,
the Grand Duchy
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opened the Legislative Session of
o' Luxemburgu on the 9th
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pon the necessity ot its
some projects of coranaercial. improvementd.

ITALY.
A letter from Rome, in the Lombardo Veneto of 1
the 4th, states that the Pontifical Government is still
trying, though in vain, to form a Papal army. The
revival of the Order of Malta is spoken of at Rome ;
but the chief obstacle to such a measure is the disper-
sion of the vast property formerly belonging to the
Order, in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Austria,
and Poland. The writer adds, that in conse-
quence of the refusal of the Federal Council of
Berne to allow a Papal army to be recruited in
Switzerland, the King of Naples will send his
own Swiss regiment to the Pope, which are to pass
for having come fresh from Switzerland, thus
eluding the article of the convention passed between
the four Catholic powers, which stipulates that no
Neapolitan troops are to occupy the Roman States.—
In another part of the letter it is stated that among
the various persons lately arrested at Rome and in
other parts of the Pontifical States, there are two
monks, one of whom was found inscribed in the
muster-roll of Garribaldi's legion.
The Giornale dells Due Sicilie announces the death
of Prince Don Giuseppe Maria, Count of Lucerne,
one of the sons of the King of Naples, which occurred
on the 28th ult. The Prince was only three years
and a half old.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Robert Sergeant, aged 13, and Robert Caswell,
aged 16, were brought before Sir Peter Laurie for
final examination upon the charge of having robbed
Mr. Deputy Hale, of Queen-street and Gresham-
street, of gold and silver amounting to 191. or 201.
Upon the first examination it was proved that the
warehouse of Mr. Hale, in Queen-street, was robbed
by some person, who it was believed had, before the
warehouse was closed, hidden himself on the premises,
and at night escaped through the window, leaving a
candle burning in a gallipot ; that Robert Sergeant,
who was an errand boy in the house, had not made
his appearance whe❑ the men were discharged from
the house ; and that he and the other prisoner were
apprehended at Greenwich, having in their possession
sovereigns and silver and new clothes.
Inspector Mitchell of the City Police, who had in-
vestigated the case, and caused the boys to be appre-
hended, produced two other boys who had been com-
panions of the prisoners.
The new witnesses, each of whom was thirteen
years old, said that before the robbery was committed
Sergeant had told them that he intended to rob his
master, and that Caswell was to wait for him outside;
that they were invited to be of the party, but refused
as they did not relish the job; that the way in which
the robbery was to be effected was as follows :—Ser-
geant was to hide himself in a shed in the premises,
and to wait there till the men and master were gone,
after which he was to let in Caswell, and they were
then to break open the counting-house door, and to
take away the gold, lots of which were in the desk,
but they were not to meddle with the bank notes.
Inspector Mitchell said the thief had not taken any
bank-notes from the desk.
The usual caution having been given,

The prisoner Caswell —said—The fact is, we all
agreed to rob Mr. Hale for some time, but Sergeant
put it off from night to night. It was to have taken
place on the night when the Lord Mayor was elected.
I had promised Sergeant to be outside on the night
the robbery was done, but I did not go. He, however,
called upon me afterwards, and told me he had suc-
ceeded, and so we went off together, and were appre-
hended at Greenwich, with some of the money about us.
The prisoner Sergeant—These boys wanted me to
get some money, and I agreed to rob my master. I
got between the ceiling and the roof of the warehouse
until the men and the master were all gone, and then
I got down and I called to Caswell who promised to
be outside, but as he did not answer me I went down,
opened the counting-house door, broke open the desk,
took the sovereigns, opened the window and got out,
leaving a candle burning. That's all.
Sir PETER LAURIE asked the police whether they
suspected that any men were concerned in inducing
these children to engage in such an undertaking ?
Inspector Mitchell believed the prisoners to bo
quite capable of undertaking a burglary without any
uther assistance, and that Sargeant, although so very
young, had been in custody in April upon the charge
of having stolen a horse and cart.
The prosecutor said he had employed the boy be-
cause he knew his father to be a very honest and
industrious person.
The prisoners were then committed for trial.
BOW-STREET.

An elderly female named Rachael Menzies was
brought before Mr. Jardine on a warrant, charged
with having, on the 30th of April last, obtained the
sum of 501. under the false pretence of making inte-
rest to procure an office in the gift of the Lords of the
Admiralty.
Mr. S wainson, from the office of the solicitor to the
Admiralty, conducted the prosecution.
Alexander Beale said, I reside at No. 1, Welling-
ton-terrace, Clapham-rise, and have been in the ser-
vice of a solicitor as a clerk. On the 17th of last
April I caused an advertisement to be inserted in the
Times newspaper offering a douceur of 2001. to any
person who could procure for me a situation under
Government, or other situation, legally attain-
able, and about the middle of the same day re-
ceived a letter by post, signed with the initials
"R. F.," and dated from 9, Denmark-street, Soho,
inquiring if an appointment in Somerset-house, the
salary commencing with 901., and progressing to seve-
ral hundreds, or a situation in a commercial establish-
ment, commencing with 701., and progressing to
5001. would suit the advertiser; that a deposit of 501.
would be required at the first, 50/. when the nomina-
tion took place, and the remainder when the duties
of the office would be entered upon, at the same
time requesting that the advertiser would state his
exact age ; in reply to which I sent an answer agree-
ing to certain modifications of the terms, and then re-
ceived another letter, mentioning that it would be
necessary to see the Secretary to the Admiralty and
some influential persons at Lloyd's, but all the great
people were then out of town, appointing that I should
call on the following Tuesday, adding that her claims
on both establishments were of a much higher order
than the situation in question. In accordance with the
appointment I called, and was shown into a room
where the prisoner was, when she said, " I suppose
you are astonished at finding you have to treat with a
lady. lam the person with whom you have been
corresponding." I had previously received a commu-
nication signed Rachel Fisher to the effect that her
father had been a Captain in the royal navy, and re-
ceived a valuable piece of plate from Lloyd's for ser-
vices rendered to the shipping interest, and at his
death promises were given by Government to his
family, which they had recently renewed, together
with expectations of greater value from Sir F. Baring
and other persons high in office. During the inter-
view, I said I prefemal an appointment in the
Admiralty, upon which she said a deposit
of 50/. would be required to defray her ex-
penses in town. and to serve as " a golden key" to
the clerks in the shape of fees, for the information
they could furnish respecting vacancies that might
occur ; and on telling her that I would require some
security for the deposit in the shape of a bill of ex-
change, she said she had no doubt her landlord, Mr.
Menzies, would give his acceptance, at the same
time producing letters from Sir F. Baring and the
other authorities at the Admiralty. After making
arrangements when I was to call again, to come to
some conclusion about the deposit and bill, I left, and
shortly after I received a note mentioning that her
landlord was quite agreeable to lend his name, and
that the situation could be immediately entered upon
when the deposit was made, appointing a time to pay
another visit, which .1 did, and she said it was usual
to give some money to bind such an agreement, when
I gave her a sovereign, out of which a stamp was
purchased, and I drew on William Menzies for 501.
at six months, which I left with her, upon promising
not to ask for any additional security in her name.
The next day she called at my house with the bill,
and I handed her 47/. 155., deducting the sovereign
and interest, at the same time giving her a memo-
randum to pay the remainder when the situation was
conferred upon me. The money consisted of a 20/.
Bank of England note, two 10/. notes, and the re.
mainder i❑ gold and silver.

Mr. JARDINS—It was left open to you which es-
tablishment you would prefer being appointed in ?
Witness—l preferred the Admiralty ; but she said she
should see the secretary before she mild give me an
answer.

Mr. Swainson said that the name of the First Lord
and the Secretary to the Admiralty having been re-
peatedly used, although no specific engagement had
been made by the prisoner, the Learned Counsel who
had been consulted upon the subject was of opinion
that the case ought to be proceeded with.
Mr. JARDINE said that the prosecutor had certainly
entered into a contract by giving the bill, and even
the negotiation for the sale of a situation in a public
office might be a criminal act, but it was well known
that Lloyd's was not an establishment under the Go-
vernment; and the safer course to pursue would be to
look upon it as a misdemeanour, and call upon the
prisoner to find bail until he could look over the Acts
of Parliament bearing upon such a change.
The prisoner said that when the bill became due it
would be taken up, and being provided with the re-
quired sureties she was ordered to be in attendance
when called upon.
CLERKENWELL.

Garrotty Connor and Thomas Smith, well-known
thieves, were placed at the bar before Mr. Combe,
charged by Mr. Henry Price, of the African Chief
public-house, Wilstead•street, St. Pancras, with hav-
ing burglariously entered his dwelling-house, and
atolen Cl. in copper money.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Price, that
on Sunday night last, at twelve o'clock, he deposited
W. in copper money, rolled iu papers, in a cupboard
behind the bar, when he retired to rest witu his family

and servants. At about four o'clock in the morning
he was alarmed out of his sleep by the police, who
informed him that thieves had entered the house, and
that the prisoners were in custody. Oa getting up he
missed the property from the cupboard in which he
had deposited it on the previous night. The thieves
had entered the house through a revolving fan-light
over the entrance-door.

Police-constable Pearse saw the prisoners loitering
about the premises in the course of the morning, and
eventually he observed Connor to leave the prosecu-
tors' house with a parcel, which he dropped, and a
quantity of copper money fell on the ground. He
stopped the prisoner and asked him what he had got?
He said, " What somebody had given to him." He
seized him, on which he resisted. Witness sprung his
rattle, which brought the assistance of other con-
stables, and he was taken to the station-house. The
prisoner Connor's cap was found in the house.
Nye and Clarke, S division, proved having seen
the prisoner Smith with the prisoner Connor prior to
the robbery, and he was traced to a receptacle for
thieves in Somers-town, where he was apprehended.
Mr. Price and his barman identified both prisoners
as having been in the house the night before, and
Connor knew well where the money was kept. 3/. 3s.
in copper money were found on Connor.
The prisoners reserved their defence, and they were
fully committed for trial.
LAMBETH.

John Ladwize Plaiston Texpand, alias Count de
Chahane, alias :the Marquis de St. 41arinee, a tall,
dark, middle-aged man, of rather remarkable appear-
ance, who described himself as having been an officer
in the East India Company's service, and who had
been taken at the Exhibition on Saturday evening
last, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, o❑ a
charge of giving a false character to William
Wardell, by which he had obtained a situation in the
service of Mr. Joseph Haydon, a magistrate and
banker at Guildford.

Mr. Haydon deposed that at the latter end of the
month of August last he caused an advertisement to
be put in the Times for an in-door male servant, and
in reply received a communication from William
Wardell, the person who was at present under exa-
mination at this court on a charge of attempting to
defraud the South-Western Railway Company out of
201. Wardell having presented a three years' cha-
racter, signed "the Marquis de St. Alarinee," and
strongly recommending him as a sober, honest, and
excellent servant, he engaged him, and he (Wardell)
remained in his house until taken into custody by
Sergeant Goff on the charge of attempted fraud.
Police-constable Richard Taurle, 163 L, said that
he had known the prisoner for some years as Count
Chabean, and understanding that a warrant had been
taken out against him for giving a false character, he
took him into custody on Saturday afternoon at the
Exhibition. 'When witness first knew the prisoner
he lived at Melbourne-square, Brixton, and at that
time he thought Wardell was in his service. This
was about the latter end of the year 184 d, or the be-
ginning of 1847, and in 1847 he knew him to be in
the Queen's Bench Prison. In 1849 witness knew
the prisoner to live in the Palace New-road, where he
went by the name of the Marquis de St. Marinee.
Sergeant Goff said that in a writing-desk, which
the prisoner Wardell claimed as his property, he found
several letters written by the prisoner, and amongst
them the draft of the character he had given him to
Mr. Haydon. He had also found in the possession of
the landlady of Wardell (Mrs. Steers) a quantity of
letters belonging to the Marquis (the prisoner),
which he had not yet sufficient time to look through.
From inquiries he had made he (Goff) found out
that at the very time the prisoner gave the character
to Wardell he was a prisoner in Maidstone Gaol for
debt, and had been there for some time. Respecting
Wardell he (Goff) bad, in addition to the present
charge of attempted fraud on the railway, three dis-
tinct charges of felony to prefer on a future day. He
should further, he thought, be able to prove that War-
dell had been tried and convicted at the Old Bailey,
and he very much doubted that the " Marquis" was
wholly unacquainted with his real character.
The prisoner admitted that Wardell had not lived
in his service altogether for more than two years,
though he had given him a character for three, but
said that he always believed him to be a man of ex-
cellent character.

In reply to a question from Mr. ELLIOTT in re-
ference to assuming the different titles, the prisoner
said that, though born in England, he was the son of
a Sardinian gentleman who had been for many years
a resident in London, and also for some years of his
life a magistrate for the county of Middlesex ; and
added that he was entitled to the dignities he (the
prisoner) had assumed in right of his father. In
proof of this, he said be had no doubt there would be
found amongst his papers a communication from
Prince Albert in reply to a communication from him
excusing himself from not attending her Majesty's
Courts on account of his pecuniary difficulties. He
was, however, engaged in a Chancery suit, where
property to a large amount belonging to his family
was involved, and was in daily expectation of an ad-
vance of 1001. from the City.
Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that, according to the pri-
soner's own showing, the character given to Mr.
Hay don of Wardell was a false one, and he should
therefore remand him until the day Wardell would
be brought up, but should have no objection to re-
ceive good bail for his appearance.:_