The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-09 00:00:00

J u trlY 9, 1851.

ing. The greatest exertions are being made to get
her ready for sea. Mr. Davis, the master attendant
of the Clarence victualling-yard, loaded and sent over
to her yesterday morning, by ton o'clock, four lighters,
laden with provisions, &c. She has her topsailyards
crossed, and will probably by this evening be all ready
to proceed to Cork.
Fantome, 12, Commander John H. Genny 4, arrived in
Simon's Bay from Rio on the 12th May, and sailed again
on 28th for New Zealand.
Calliope, 28, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart, C. 8., ar-
rived in Simon's Bay on 16th May from Devonport, and
sailed o❑ 28th for Hobart Town.
Orestes, 14, Commander H. S. Hawker, left Simon's
Bay on 27th May for Port Natal and Mozambique.
Pandora, 6, surveying-vessel, Commander Byron
Drury, arrived in Simon's Bay from Devon port on the
15th May, and sailed again on the 28th for Sydney.
Desperate screw-ship, has proceeded from Sheerness to
Portsmouth, to remain there as an advanced steamer.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Minden convict-ship
arrived at Spithead this morning from the river to em-
bark prisoners from this port, Cowes, and Portland, for
Swau River.

Wind, S.S.W.; fresh breezes and cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY.—IIer Majesty's ship Caledonia
was yesterday warped from her moorings to the jetty,
where her ballast will be taken out, preparatory to plac-
ing her in dock.

The steam-vessel Magicienno arrived yesterday from
Pembroke.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
Robert Young, who was convicted on Monday of
embezzlement, was brought up for judgment, and sen-
tenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one
year.
Jeremiah William Callan, 22, described as an engineer,
was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Charnock conducted the pro-
secution; Mr. Ribton appeared for the defendant.
The prosecutor of this indictment was Mr. Joseph
Softlaw, formerly the proprietor of the Bridge House
Hotel, and who at the time of the occurrence was ma-
nager of the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. It will
be remembered from the report of the proceedings at
Guildhall, that the present prosecutor was charged by
the defendant with an odious offence, but upon the
second examination, in consequence of the contradic-
tory statements that were made by the defendant and
a man who came forward as his witness, the falsehood of
the charge became apparent, and it was consequently dis-
missed, and Mr. Softlaw immediately preferred the pre-
sent indictment. The nature of the case renders it im-
possible to give a detail of the evidence that was ad-
duced, and it will be sufficient to state that it established
in the clearest possible manner the entire groundlessness
of the charge that had originally been made by the de-
fendant. _ _ _

The jury, without a moment's hesitation, found the
defendant Guilty.
The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said that the
prisoner had been convicted upon the clearest and most
satisfactory evidence—upon evidence which completely
satisfied his mind and also that of the jury—of ono of
the worst offences that could possibly be committed. It
was not only an offence against the administration of
justice and truth, but was of the most cruel and reckless
character, for he n:A only swore falsely, but ho did so
to fix a charge upon a man of so heinous and hateful a
character that if he had succeeded he would have con-
signed him to disgrace and ruin for the rest of his life.
The manner, however, in which the prosecutor had
given his evidence was most satisfactory, and the other
evidence was quite conclusive of his innocence, and he
would leave the court without the slightest stain on his
character. After some further remarks upon the atro-
cious nature of the offence, the Learned Judge sentenced
the prisoner to be confined in Newgate for one day, and
then to be transported for seven years, this being, he
said, the extent of punishment which the law allowed
him to inflict.

PIE IV COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
John Schultz, 28, waiter, was indicted for stealing a
gold watch and chain from the person of Mr. Henry
Howe.

Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine and Mr.
Metcalf defended.

The prosecutor in this case, Mr. Howe, the comedian
of the Haymarket Theatre, said that on the evening of
the 23d of June ho was at Vauxhall Gardens, and as he
was passing into the Rotunda ho felt a pressure against
his breast, and a man like the prisoner, but wearing
moustachios, made away from him. Having a child
with him whom he wished to protect from the crowd,
he did not feel for his watch, which he expected was
gone, until he got inside, and he there found that his
suspicion was correct. e saw his watch shortly after-
wards in the hands of the police-constable.

Sergeant Goff said that he heard a disturbance near
the barrier where the horses enter the ring; he went
there, and found prisoner in the custody of Hayes. Pri-
soner took a watch from his pocket, and laid it on a
table close by. Witness shortly afterwards discovered
that the watch was the property of Mr. Howe.
Mr. METCALF said the question was, whether pri-
soner's was the hand that took the watch.
The jury, after some deliberation, acquitted the
prisoner.
He was again indicted for stealing a watch and chain
from the person of John Jackson Crossley.
In this case the prosecutor, a country gentleman,
was near the barrier, when he felt a twitch at his
pocket, and instantly saw his watch in the hand of
the prisoner, hanging by the chain. Witness collared
him, when he let it drop, and at the same time had
his (prisoner'sY'own watch lying on his. He told pro-
secutor he was a gentleman, and dared him to give him
in custody.
The jury found him Guilty.
There were two other indictments for stealing watches
from other persons in the gardens. He had only that
day come out of prison for attempting to pick pockets at
the Exhibition, and had been committed for a month.
He had also been convicted in this court in 1849.
Sentence, seven years' transportation.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Cornelius Upton and Joseph Gutteridge, two decently
dressed youths, were placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold,
charged with having wantonly and maliciously placed a
stone upon the line of the Eastern Counties Railway,
whereby the lives of the passengers travelling thereon
had been seriously endangered.
This was the first case of the kind since the passing of
Lord Campbell's Act, which has just received the Royal
assent, and by which any person convicted of laying
anything upon the rails, or doing anything calculated to
endanger the safety of persons travelling upon any rail-
way, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and liable to a sen-
tence of transportation for l►fe; but in this instance the
company determined to proceed under a milder statute,
the 3d and 4th of Victoria, chap. 97, by the 11th section
of which any personi'guilty of a like offence is deemed
guilty of a misdemeanour, and liable to any term of im-
prisonment not exceeding two years.
Walter Capes, one of the railway guards, stated, that
while proceeding in charge of his engine down the line
of the Blackwell and Woolwich Railway at twelve
o'clock on the preceding day for the purpose of taking a
train of coke to Stratford from one of the sidings on to the
main line, he saw the prisoners stooping down over the
points immediately in front of him, one of which was
drawn out up Upton, while the other prisoner delibe-
rately dropped some large substance between the tongue
of the point and the rail. The engine was at that mo
went in the act of running from the main line on to the
siding the points were attached to, but he fortunately no-
ticed the obstruction in sufficient time to enable him to
warn the driver to stop the engine, which was immedi-
ately done, and on proceeding to the spot and examining
the points he found the large stone now produced firmly
jammed between the tongue of the point and the rail;
and the point was so driven out that, but for
the timely discovery of the wanton act, the
engine must have been inevitably thrown off the
line, and the lives of himself and the driver probably
sacrificed. The instant the prisoners found they
were detected they started off across the adjoining fields,
but were pursued by witness, who speedily overtook
Gutteridge, who, upon being charged with the act,
denied that he had done it, and said that the offence had
been committed by the other prisoner, which the latter
admitted upon being taken into custody some time after-
wards, but alleged that he had placed the stone there at
the instigation of Gutteridge. The witness produced the
stone in question, which was a large piece of flint, of such
dimensions as must have produced the most serious re-
sults, but for its fortunate discovery and removal.
The prisoners declined offering any answer to the
charge, and the depositions having been partially taken
by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, they were ordered to be
brought up again for their formal completion.
HAMMERSMITH.
TV. Hayes, a watchman in the service of Mr. Alexis
Soyer, proprietor of the Universal Symposium, Gore
House, Kensington, was placed at the bar, for examina-
tion, before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing a quantity
of wine glasses, wine napkins, &c., the property of Mr.
T. Symonds, who provides the establishment with similar
articles.
The prisoner was remanded to Monday next, in order
to have the depositions taken against him.

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