The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

the knowledge of his owner will be struck out by the
time prescrined, unless specially ordered to remain in,

NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14.
Th e NEWMARKET HANDICAP. Forfeits to be declared
on or before the last Tuesday in January. Clermont
Course.

Age et lb Age st lb
King of Trumps.. a 8 12 Jolly Marine 4 6 12
Rattle
Mr Sykes 6 A 8 Siding'
GrreculusEsuriens 4 8 2 Kaffir 5 6 8
Bonnie Morn 4 8 0 Crnwn Pigeon ... 4 6 6
Eulogist
Defiance
Speed the Plough 6 7 12 Besika
Clotilde
Hercules
Border Chief 4 7 9 La Victime
Little David 6 7 8 Fisherman 3 5 9
Pugnator
Ba,roneino
Lord Alfred
Capucine ......
Bright Pbcebus
Alembic 5 7 6 Prince of Orange 3 5 0
Mishap
Roscommon
Parris 5 7 4 Absolution
Ottspaw 6 7 4 Disraeli
Bloorninglieatber 4 7 4 Cby Red Hart
M ary 1 7 3 Evasion
Saraband
Simony
\Vantage ...., 4 6 12 Pretty Boy
Paletot
* These two weights were misprinted in the Sheet
Calendar.

Racing Fixtu:
FE BRE

res for 185 6.
VARY•

- •
Lincoln
Derby Spring l9

MARCH.

Nottingham Spring 4 Catterick
I
Warwick Spring 10 Coventry 24
Salisbury l3 1 Northampton 26
Essex lB I

APIZIL

Doncaster Spring 1
Thirsk
Croxton Park 3
Epsom Spring lO
Durham l4

Newmarket C l4
York Spring 22
Malton
Newmarket F S 2B

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan. 21.

ADDRESS or THE BAR ON TUE LATE SERGEANT ADAMS.
Yesterday the adjourned general January quarter sea-
:shells for the trial of prisoners commenced at the Guild-
hall, Westminster, before the newly-appointed Assis-
tant-Judge, Mr. Pashley, Q.C. There was a good
attendance of the magistrates of the county, and of the
members of the bar, and amongst the former we ob-
served Mr. Pownall (the Chairman), Mr. Witham, Mr.
Carpenter, Mr. Turner, Mr. Payne, Mr. Kempett, Mr.
Stillwell, Mr. Alsey, &c. &c.
The calendar is rather heavier than usual, owing to
the adjournment of the court, consequent upon the
death of Mr. Sergeant Adams. It contains the names
of 73 prisoners for trial, of whom 05 are charged with
felony, and 8 with misdemeanour. The state of their
education is thus defined :-21 can neither read nor
write ; 19 can read ; 4 can read and write imperfectly ;
08 can read and write wells and one has received a
superior education.
After the jury had been sworn,
Mr. Payne, the barrister, rose and said that, as eenier
rusenber of the bar present, he could not allow that oppor-
tunity to pass without publicly expressing on the part of
himself and his friends the deep regret they all felt at the
less they had sustained by the late assistaeit-judge, Mr.
Sergeant Adams. He remembered, in the course of the
30 years that he bad practi,ed in that court, no less than
four as ditant-judgee—Mr. Cain, Mr. Morgan, Mr.Roohe,
and Mr. Sergeant Adams ; and for the latter he could
say that, take him for all in all, he might vie with all
who had preceded him. Although occasionally he might
show little ebullitions of temper, he was satisfied that
he entertained mutual esteem for them all, and, al-
though "he nothing extenuated," he (Mr. Payne) felt
certain that he " set down naught in malice." He
little thought when, a few weeks since, he, on behalf
of the bar, addressed some words of condolence to
him on the loss of his gallant nephew, that in so short
a space of time he should have to speak of him instead
of to him. With respect to his successor, he would
only say, in the words of Bacon, " that, though our sun
has gone do an, no light has fallen,"
The Assistant-Judge said that although he had not
attended much to the court when the criminal business
was going on, still he had seen much of the late assist-
ant-judge when appeals were being heard, and for him-
self he could say that he had never had a single cross
word with him. After stating that he trusted he should
receive the assistance of the bar and magistrates, he
concluded by saying that the bar had better arrange
when it woull be convenient to take the appeal costs.
Wm. Tobin, 23, pleaded guilty to an indictment
charging him with having unlawfully assaulted John
Mitchell, a police constable, in the execution of his duty.
There was a second charge against him for an assault on
a private individual.
The prisoner urged that he was drunk when it oe-
cuered, and he hoped he should be dealt lightly with.
The officer said the prisoner had already suffered six
months for an assault.
The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to nine mouths'
hard labour.
John Yens, 28, servant, was indicted for stealing 14
spoons, and other articles, value 1001 , the property of
the Hon Patrick Herbert Crighton Stuart, commonly
called Lord James Stuart.
Mr. Giffard appeared for the prosecution. The prisoner
was not defended.
It appeared that in March last year the prisoner en-
tered the service of Lord James Stuart, whose residence
is No. 0, Whitehall-place, as valet and butler, and re-
mained in that capacity until one day in July, when
having applied to his lordship for leave to go out, and
obtained it, he went and did not return. After he was
(time, he sent grossly insulting letters to his lordship,
in one of which he enclosed a number of pawnbroker',,
duplicate t relating to articles of plate which he had
purloined 'ram his master's pantry ; and in the other
lie said he was about to be united to a wealthy lady,
with whom he was going into a foreign c .untry, and he
would remit the amount he had got on the plate to his
lordship as soon as he got there: In the month of Do-
cembfr, however, he was seen in Piccadilly by a per-
son who had some suspicion that it was the same person
who had stolen the plate, and he folio ved hi n to a public
house and asked jr his name was not Venn He denied
that it was, but his voice sati-fied the inquirer, who
went outside, and spoke to another person. Observing
this, the prisoner said his name was Venn, and asked the
individual who accosted him to take something to drink
with him, but he declined, and give him in charge. On
being taken to Lord James Stuart's he was recognised
by the coachman, and he then admitted that he had
pledged the plate to raise money to pay debts he had in-
curred before he entered his lordship's service, through
being so long out of place, that he applied to his master
for an advance of 40/., to be stopped out of his wages,
with which he meant to redeem the property, the prin-
cipal and interest not amounting to more than 35/. The
articles to which the tickets related were produced by
the various pawnbrokers.
The prisoner in his defence said he hoped his lordship
would not press the charge, as he certainly took the ar-
ticles with the intention of redeeming them, and should
have done so, had his lordship acceded to his application
for a loan of 40/., which was to have been deducted from
his wages, and at that time there was a quarter's due.
His lordship refused the loan, and one morning rang his
dressing-room bell, and when he entered he sbut the
door, placed his hack to it, and cursed and swore at him,
so much so. that the servants below thought he had him
down in a fit.
Lord jettues Stuart, on being asked, said the prisoner
did apply for a loan but he did not grant it.
Mr. Gifford suggested that his lordship should be
asked whether there was any truth in the prisoner's as-
sertions as to his language.
The Assistant-Judge said the prisoner had merely
made nn assertion, and had declined to ask any question
about it.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and
The Assistant-Judge sentenced hinr to 18 months'
hard labour.

THE PHEASANT SHOOTIIVG CASE AT
TILIIANSTONE AND THE BOY VOILE.

A good deal of sympathy has been expressed on be-
half of this poor uneducated "rook boy,"—the victim of
justices' justice. But it is not generally known that
ever since the charge was preferred against him, before
the \Vingham bench of magistrates, of havingshot a phea-
sant, and he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment
(but fortunately released through the generosity of a
few friends), he has been deprived of the means of sup-
porting himself—his master " not requiring his ser-
vices." This fact, however, is easily accounted for ;
One of the convicting justices—Mr. D'Aeth—is the
landlord of the farm upon which young Hoile worked.
So the lad is sent home to his father's (a farm la-
bourer), who has a bed-ridden wife and two daughters
to support out of the small sum agriculturists pay
their servants. That the boy was no poacher the evi-
dence upon which he was coorov'cted abundantly proved,
and which is supported by the general opinion of the
village, excepting, of course, the noir,. On" prosecutor
in the case (Mr. Rice, M.P. for Dover), shared in even
by the reverend incumbent of the parish of Tilwanstone,
who has known the lad for the last 13 years, and speaks
well of his general character. He has heard none, the
slightest imputation against Hoile, arid does not believe
that ho is, or ever has been, a poacher. The ruling
powers, however, of the neighbourhood Lave closed the
avenues of honest employment against the lad ; and un-
less others act like the generous Lord Londeshorough,
who considerately forwarded 5/. to be appropriated to
his benefit, there is no telling what the issue may be.
The case, however, is left in the hands of the public,
who, it ri ay fairly be expected, will see justice done. It
is a somewhat I.( inarkable circumstance that the parish
in which this led has been brought up cannot boast of
a single day school, nor is there one within a circuit of
two miles. This is not to be attributed to the want of
exerti,,n on the part of the earne-t and honest vicar,
lout to the absence of a corresponding feeling of regard
for the interest and welfare of the working classes on
the part of those whose duty it is to assist in making
such provision.