The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

APOLLONICON.
Miss Poole, Miss Messent, Misses Emma, Victoria, and Rosin*
Collin, 11r. Grattan Cooke, Mr. Collins, and Muter Joseph Chilli's;
also, the Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family), pupils of Mr.
Frederick Chatterton.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at Two;
EVENINGS, at Eight.
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of the above delightful Artists, in addition to the Apolloulcon per-
ferinauces.

Pending the alterations consequent on the addition of The Great
Tut,a Mirabtils to this already extraordinary Instrument, Mr.
Mather will give extemporaneous performances.
ROYAL MITSIC HALL.
ADELAIDE STREET. STRAND.
(Adjoining the Lowther Arcade.)
Condactor . . . . Mr. Grattan Cooke.
TO-MORROW.
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
Ipollonicen—lntroduction - - - Mather.

Trio—The Misses Collins
Song (Morning)—Miss Victoria Collins
Song (Evening)—Miss Poole
Apollonicon (Morning)—Mr. Mather—Favourite Airs
Juvenile Harpists (Evening)—The Lockwood Fa-
mily —Trio, Fanny, Ernest. and Adolphus
Lockwood - - -
Song (Morning) —Miss Emma Collins
.ong (Evening) —Miss Messent
Solo—Oboe—Mr. Grattan Cooke
Divertissement—Mr., Master, and the Misses Collins.

F. Chatterton,

PART 11.
Apollonicon—Mr. Mather—Overtwe
Duet—The Misses Emma and Victoria Collins
Solo, Violin—Miss Rosins Collins
Apollonicon (Morning)—Fantasia
Juvenile Marpists (Evening)—The Lockwood Fa-
mily—Trio, Fanny, Ernest, and Adolphus
Lockwood—Scottish Fantasia - -
Song (Evening)—Miss Poole
Solo, Concertina—Miss llodna Collins
Song (Evening)—Mies Messent
Sole, Violoncello—Miss Victoria Collins
Trio—The Misses Collins—Flute Obligato, Mr.
Collins—Natalie - J. Collins.
The wonderful mechanical powers of the Instrument will be illus-
trated q its performahce of Mozart's Overture to " Figaro ;" or
Weber's celebrated Overture to " Der Freyschutz."
Admission, Is.; Reserved seats, Is. 6.1. ; Stalls, 2s. Gd.
Doors open at Half past One, and Half-put Seven.
Carriages may be ordered Mornings, at Four ; Evenings, at Ten.

- Mather.

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F. Chatterton.

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sweetness and purity to the breath.

Price 2s. 9d. per box. Beware of spurious imitations. The genuine
article has the word "A. r.owland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden,'
engraved on the Government stamp allied on each. Sold by them
and by chemists and perfumers.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRCUIT.—Gewes, March 13.
Wore the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)
At the conclusion of the trial of the Ucktield burglars
last night, Edward Isaacs, 99, another of the same gang,
was indicted for a burglary at Hayward's Heath.
There was also a charge against him an Brooks of
having feloniously assaulted a police-constable with in-
tent to prevent the apprehension of the latter prisoner.

Mr. Johnson prosecuted.
The approver Hamilton was again examined as a
witness, and the charge of burglary was clearly estab-
lished by his evidence and by independent corroborative
testimony.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty; and a previous
conviction for felony being proved against him, ho was
sentenced to be transported for life.
James Gulver, alias Bull, Elizabeth Howes, James
Edward', 50, and Mary Edwards, 50, his wife, were this
morning placed at the bar, the first-motioned prisoner
being charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of
Thomas Baker, at Rotherfield, and the others with re-
ceiving the property, well knowing it to have been stolen.
Mr. Johnson again appeared for the prosecution. The
evidence of feloniously receiving the property was clearly
established, and it appeared that the prisoner Howes was
the sister of Broults, who was convicted on Wednesday
of the Efektield burglary, and that this prisoner was the
nephew of the Eiwardses, and the existence of a most
extensive system of plunder appeared to be established.
It would seem that most of the unit were occupied as
hawkers travelling about the country, and they wore oc-
cupied, under the cover of this apparently honest occupa-
tion, in obtaining information of the places that wet() the
least protected, and the most likely to afford plunder; and
when the robberies were committed, places of conceal-
ment for the stolen property were provided by other
members of the gang.
The jury found James Edwards, Howes, and Gulver,
Guilty of receiving, and Acquitted Mary Edwards, upon
the ground that she had acted under the influence of her
husband.

The Learned JUDGE sentenced Gulver and Howes to be
transported tornjourteen years, and James Edwards was
ordered to be i prisoned and kept to hard labour fur two
years.
Mr. JoHNSoN said that there were several other
charges of burglary contained in separate indictments,
but as the whole of the prisoners were now convicted, he
did not think it advisable to occupy the time of the pub-
lic by proceeding with them.
The LORD CHIEF Jutrrxcu sanctioned the course sug-
gested, and he at the same time observed that he thought
it right to state that the Learned Counsel for the prose-
cution had conducted the cases with great cleverness,
firmness, and intelligence, and that himself and the
country were much indebted to him for the ability he
had displayed. Ills Lordship then said that he hoped
the example that had been made at these assizes of the
parties guilty of such outrages would deter others from
following; the same courses, as they roust be aware that
it was clear they c.nild not escape severe punishment if
they persevered. The whole country had been kept iu
a state of alarm by those occurrences, and he did not
wonder that people had been actually 'afraid to go to
their beds. The police appeared to have acted with
very great zeal and intelligence, and he thought it right
to order them a reward fur their activity and good be-
haviour. (The amount was not stated.)
One or two other eases were subs( fluently disposed
of, and this closed the business of the Sussex assizes.

OXFORD CI UI T.—Stafford, March 12.
The busmess bean on the civil side to-day, at tnelve,
before Mr. Justice I)atteson. The cause list was about
the average, containing fifteen common
tied five special
jury causes. Doe deco. listi!ibrigge v. 13,tinbriggv. again
appears in it. At present it is said to be doubtful whe-
ther this will be tried at all during the present assizes;
but if it be, it will be after the close of the business at
Gloucester, when his Lordship may return here to dis-
pose of it. Ouly four cases were disposed of during the
day—one was referred to arbitration.
In the Crown Court the business which engaged at-
tention the greater part of the day was charges of as-
saults arising out of public-house rows. Several of these
were disposed of. Both courts rose soon after six o'clock.
CROWN COUNT.—(Before Mr. Justice TALFOETRD.)
Joseph Ferns, aged 26, a labourer, was indicted for the
manslaughter of Joseph Phillips, on the 22d of Sep-
tember, at the parish of Alton.
Mr. Kynersley conducted the prosecution ; Mr. It,
Thomas appeared for the prisoner.
The deceased was an elderly man, 70 years of age,
and a near neighbour of the prisoner, and on the above
day came to the prisoners and grossly abused his (the
prisoner's) father. The prisoner unfortunately became
greatly excited, and struck the deceased a blow under
the left ear, which killed him on the spot, but on seeing
the poor man dead, he expressed the deepest regret, and
vowed if he got off this once he would never lift his
hand against man again. He was immediately taken
into custody, and had remained in custody ever since.
He was found Guilty.
His Loansiiir, in sentencing him, said his conduct in
striking an old wan was most improper and indefensible,
yet he could not forget that it was done in a father's
Cause, and when such feelings were exhibited they ought
to be regarded with respect. He could see from the
prisoner's demeanour, and
in gather from what he had
said, that he suffered more mental anguish from the
sad consequences of his act than he could from any pu-
nishment which the law could impose upon him. In con-
sideration of his long imprisonment, and all the circum-
stances of the case, the sentence would be a fortnight's
imprisonment.

Before Mr. Justice Coeuatrooe
March 12.
MIDLAND ClUCUlT.—Nottingliain
CIVIL SIDE.---(
CURT ANY ANOTHER V. THE AMISERCATE, NOTTINGHAM,
BOSTON, IND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
This was an ac,ion on a contract under seal to deliver
3,900 tons of iron railway chairs hetween the month of
January, 1847, and May, 1848, at 6/. 15s. per ton. The
alleged breaches were two7first, that the defendants had
not psid for the chairs,
which had been delivered; se-
condly, that though the plaintiffs were ready to deliver
the remainder, the defendant+. had prevented the plain-
tiffs from delivering, and refused to receive them. As
to the first breach, the defendants had paid 1591. into
court, and it was admitted that that covered the balance
due for the chairs actually delivered. As to the second
breach, the defendants pleaded—first, that the plaintiffs
were not ready and willing to deliver the chairs; se-
condly, that the defendants had not prevented the plain-
tiff. from deieering or refused to receive them.
Mr. Huinfrey. Q C., and Mr. ‘Villmore, appeared for
the plaintiffs; Mr. Macaulay, QC., and Mr. Denison,
for the company.
In the end of 1846 the defendants entered into the
contract in question for th.e. supply of a quantity of
chairs which would bo sutheteht for the whole length of
the line then contemplated-45 miles. Since that time
they had abandoned the idea of making any portion of
the line except that between Nottingham and Grantham.
Only 1,737 tons had been delivered, and the company
new declined to receive the remainder. By the terms of
the contract a curtain quantitywas to be delivered per
month, and payment yes to ho made after a month's
credit upon the certificate of the engineer. Ia the course

of 1847 the payments were generally in arrear, and at
the end of 1848 above 2,0001. were due to the plaintiff..
Early in 1817 they received intimation from the engi-
neer not to deliver so rapidly, and ultimately were
stopped altogether. It was proved that for the per-
pose of performing their contract the plaintiffs had taken
premises and established works at Chesterfield, and
entered into sub-contracts with other iron musters
—to one of whom they had paid 300/.
by way of compensation fur not accepting iron
acclrdiug to the sub-contract. The delivery of
the chairs continued at intervals to December,
1849, and the railway was opened from Nottingham to
Grantham in July, 1850. Evidence was givea on the
part of the defendants to show that as early as March,
1848, the company had given notice to the plaintiffs that
no more chairs would be required than were necessary
to complete the line to Grantham; nail that one of the
plaintiffs had then said that they might take as many as
they pleased. The secretary of the company swore that
at. that time the plaintiffs were paid 500/. on condition
that the company should not be compelled to take more
of the chairs than they required, but in the entry of the
payment in the minutes no mention was made of that
condition. Since the date of the contract the value of
iron railway chairs had fallen It/. per ton; and the plain-
tiffs roughly estimated their loss by the breach of con-
tract at between 3,0001. and 4,000/.

Mr. MACAULAY, on behalf of the defendants, sub-
mitted that as the contract was under seal the plaintiff.
mid not be discharged or exonerated from the perform.
ance of any part of that contract, except by some other
instrument under the seal of the company, and that they
were therefore bound to have tendered the chairs to the
company for acceptance before they could maintain this
action.

The Learned JUDGE, however, held that they were not
bound to tender the chairs, after they had received no-
tice from the company's engineer that no more would be
accepted, and he directed the jury to consider the acts
of the engineer as the a2ts of the company.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages,
1,8001. , _ _ _

• Merck 13.
(Before. Mr. Baron ALDZRION.)
Edward Jeffries, aged 25, was indicted for the wilful
murder of Jonathan Brett.

Mr. Barker conducted the prosecution; Mr. W. H.
Adams defended the prisoner.
It appeared that on the night of Saturday, the Ist of
February, the prisoner and the deceased were together
at the Bed Lion publie-house, at Worksop, in which
town they both lived. At about a quarter-past twelve
they were both turned out of the public-house; and
there was no doubt that both were to some extent in-
toxicated. They went together into the house of the
deceased, and soon afterwards quarrelling Ras heard.
A. witness went into the house, and they were found
standing up as if to fight. They had been quarrelling
about cards. A man of the name of Grieves was also
in the house, and the prisoner said, " I will finish you
both," That was about one o'clock. The prisoner
then left the house, and was next aeon running in a
direction towards a place called the gaahouate which
was kept open all night, and where there was a fire and
lieht. Oe his way be was met by a man, to whom he said,
" Jonathan Brett and another has been punching me,"
and " I'll fetch a mete to give it him." At the gas-house
there W 43 a man named Parker lying down fast asleep,
and one named Coulton lying awake. Both had been in
company with the prisoner and deceased that evening at
thepublic-house, and had left it about the same tittle. The
prisoner stared at Coulton; and then took from the cor-
ner of the gashouse a gun belonging to Parker. That
was a gun which would take to pieces without disturb-
ing the charge if it was loaded. Parker had discharged
it with powder only on the Friday before, and had not
loaded it since. Ho stated that it was broken, and he
should have been afraid to discharge it loaded with shot.
That gun was taken away by the prisoner, and soon
afterwards the report of a gun was heard. Tho wife of
the deceased went home about two o'clock, and found
her husband lying on the fluor of an upstairs room,
wounded in the bead. A surgeon was called in, and
upon examination found a gun-shot wound over the left
eyebrow. A part of the hair and scalp of the head hcd
been carried away and fixed to the ceiling of the room.
From the position of the mark on the ceiling and the
character of the wound, it was clear that the gun had
been fired by some one standing close to the door of
the house, which was below the window, and a little to the
left. One shot only was lodged in the scalp, and one in the
brain of the deceased, who lingered till the following Tues
day. The rest went into the ceiling of the room. The pri-
soner on the night in question went home to his sister's
house, where be lived, about two o'clock, and went to bed.
In his room was found Parker's gun, and also in the house
another gun, which belonged to the prisoner, coil a 7owder-
flask. Parker's gun appeared to have been recently dis-
charged. The prisoner, upon being first charged, said,
" I was at home ever since nine;" to which the con.
stable replied, " I myself turned you out of the Red
Lion at half-past twelve," but at that time the pri.oner
still appeared to be in a state ot• intoxication. After-
wards he said that he fetched the gun from the gai-
, house, that he went to Brett's and called him up, that
Brett put his head to the window, and that he fired the
gun off, but not with the intention of hurting him—
merely to frighten him.
Mr. Atones, in addressing the jury for the prisoner,
contended that the statement made by him was consis-
tent with all the circumstances of the case. He bud per-
been guilty of es very foolish and wicked tier; but
there was no reason to suppose that he intended to kill
the unfortunate deceased. There was no evidence that
he had loaded the gun; and it was not likely that he
would have taken Parker's broken gun instead of his
own, if he bad known that it was loaded with shot. If
ho had intended to kill Brett, ho would have chosen a
better position for taking aim than that which he had
taken; and the motive suggested was one which would
account fer an intention to frighten the man who had
offended him, but was altogether insufficient to account
for the deliberate intention to take away his life.
The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence; and

the jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter.
His Lotossnir expressed his concurrence with the ver-
dict; and sentenced the prisoner to be transported fur
ten years.
The business of the assizes terminated about one
o'clock, and the Learned Judge proceeded to Derby, to
open the commission for that county.

NOR 111ERIV CIRCUIT.7york, March 12.

CROWN COURT.—(Beforo Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Alexander Preston and William Marshall were charged
with having ut Bradford, on tho 4th of January last,
feloniously assaulted and robbed one William Mawson.
Mr. Campbell Foster appeared for the prosecution;
Mr. llearsley defended the prisoner Preston; the other
prisoner was undefended.
On Saturday night, the 4th of February, the prosecu-
tor, who is the son of a blacksmith near Bradford,
having heard that his uncle, who lived at Bradford-moor,
was very ill, was proceeding to his uncle's leatse about
eleven o'clock; when ho got near the moor he passed
three men, one of whom spoke to Lim, and asked him if
they were going the right way to Leeds. And no sooner
had he spoken than he received a violent blow on the
face, and was felled to the ground; and they rifled his
pockets of his watch and some silver. Two of the men
then went away, leaving the third standing over •him,
who said if he did not lie still while ho went away, he
would give him something that would make him. The
prosecutor identified the prisoner Preston as the man
who stood over him, for, though the night was dark,
there was a great glare from the Bowling Iron Work's
furnace, which enabled him to see him distinctly. 111
then went on to see his uncle, and on his return to
Bradford gave information to the police, with a descrip-
tion of the robbers. One of the Bradford police bad seen
the two prisoners on the road about eleven o'clock. The
prosecutor picked out the prisoner Preston from amongst
a number of others in the gaol. Ile could not identify
the prisoner Marshall, but a witness named Raistrick
saw him the day after the robbery take a watch out of
his pocket, and go and hide it in a hole in the wall of
the Spink-well Tunnel, and subsequently Raistrick went
there with another man, and found the watch hidden,
which was the identical watch of which the prosecutor
had been robbed.

Mr. DIURSLEY addressed the jury for the prisoner
Preston.

His LORDSHIP having summed up.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
A previous conviction having been proved, his Lonp-
suir sentenced them to be severally transported for ten
years.
Julia Eaaterby Swale: was indicted for embezzling
divers sums of money. amounting to 1401., the property
of his masters, the Yorkshire Banking Company, in
whose service be was in the capacity of a clerk.
Mr. Blanchard and Mr. Hale prosecuted; Mr. Joseph
Pollock defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner was a clerk in the York-
shire Banking Company, at their branch at Thirsk, and
that at certain times, when notes which were worn too
much for use were returned to the bank, they were not
re-issued, but when a sufficient 'paucity was collected
they wore done up in bundled, for the purpose of being
sent to the main office to be cancelled; and the manner
in which they charged the prisoner with having em •
bezzled the money was, that when he received money
over the counter, he abstracted some of such money
from time to time for his own purposes, and then, in
order to make his cash balance, he went to the bundle
of notes which had been placed on one side to be sent
for cancellation, and took enough for that purpose, arid,
altering the label, which described how many notes the
bundle contained, then he re-issued the notes. The
strongest point against the prisoner was, that his salary
was only 41. a month, and ho bad paid away money in
notes of the company.
At the close of the opening of the Learned Counsel
for the prosecution, Mr. JosErn PoLLocx submitted
that there was uo case for the jury.
His LORDSHIP said they had better hear the evidence.
At the close of which his LORDSHIP intimated that it
was not sufficiently clear to bring
the case home to the
prisoner, and that the whole difference might i have arsen
through a mistake in adding up the notes which had
been placed in the bundle and labelled. The jury, there-
fore, Acquitted tho prisoner.

GENERAL DH NOZA.—The Danish General de
Neza, by whom the battle of Idstaid was decided, is an
Israelite, a native of Copenhagen.—Jewish Chronicle.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

William Bacon, a lad about 17 years of age, was
brought up before Alderman Wire for final examinaion
charged with stealing three spirit lamps, and a variety
of other articles, the property of Mr. But:on, chemiar,
Holborn-hill, and Charles Gibbons, a marine store
dealer, was charged with receiving the same, knowing
them to have hewn stolen.
Alderman WIRE •aid the evidence was so strong
against Gibbons that he felt no hesitation in at once
coininiting him fur trial with the prisoner Bacon. With
re,,,Tard to three reams of paper found on Gibbon's pre-
mises, evidence was produced to show that it was the
property of the Government Stationery-office, and that
it could not possibly have come properly into the posses-
sion of the prisoner, as it was of a peculiar make, such
as the Government only use. Witnesses appeared, who
proved the three reams to be a portion of 500 seams de-
livered into the Stationery-office in the latter part of
last year, and also the re-delivery to the Government
printers, from whose premises it must have been stolen.
Gibbons declined to account for the manner in which h•
came possessed of the paper, and he was accordingly
committed for trial for having unlawfully in his posses-
sion three reams of paper, the property of her Majesty's
stationer, without being able to render a satisfaetory
account of the same.

Alderman Sslomons rose to make the following appli-
cation to the sitting magistrate, Alderman WIRE:—He
said that what he was about to mention was a question of
considerable importance to the public, who expected on
every occasion that justice should be administered dis-
creetly and impartially, and that the poor .hould meet
with that protection that wealth gives to the rich. He
was sitting at the Old Bailey Court on Saturday with
the Recorder, and as the Court was about to break up a
poor old woman came in in a most pitiable state of mind,
having just learnt that her son, who had been tried in
the course of the morning, had been convicted and sen-
tenced to transportation, uud that, too, without having
one word said in his defence. She said she bad paid a
man repesenting himself as a solicitor 35., that being all
the money she had, to procure counsel to depend her son.
'lia'told. bar that wit; net -enough, and she accordingly
went home, and after selling off everything she possessed
in the world, and by dint of burrowing from friends, she
succeeded in raising a further sum of ISs., which she
handed over to the same person. No counsel appeared,
and the poor woman, having been fleeced of her all, was
now in a perfectly destitute state. Harding, 3, police-
sergeant, went to this person's address, and was there
informed that he had left early in the mo! ning and had
not been back since. It was suggested that a warrant
should be issued for his apprehension, but of ter some con-
sultation, the Recorder and he (Alderman Salmons)
came to the decision that it would perhaps be better to
take the middle course, and issue a summons to require
him to appear and explain his conduct. On the after-
noon of a subsequent day the person alluded to appeared
in the court, and acknowledged having received the
money of the unfortunate creature, and promised to re-
turn it. lie had not done so, and the worthy Alterman
thought he was only doing his duty as a magistrate to
the public in applying for a summons against him.
Alderman WIRE said that he could have no hesitation
in such a caso in granting a summons. Ho thought the
public would feel indebted to his friend Alderman Salo-
mons for having brought the matter under the notico of
this court.

In the course of the afternoon the prisoner Gibbons
applied to be admitted to bad.
Alderman WIRE said he should increa.e the amount
from what it was before to a very heavy sum, as there
were two cases against him.
Bail was then put in, two sureties of 2001. each,
and himself in 400/., to appear and answer the charge at
the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey.
WORSHIP-STREET.
David Pemberton, a fellow of dissipated appearance,
was charged with a brutal attack upon his wife.
The wife, whose face was strapped up with adhesive
pluister, and who appeared to have been very cruelly
treated, stated, that while doing her family's washing
on the preceding evening the prisoner, who was con
stantly in she habit of wasting his means in the gratifi-
cation of his drunken propensities, staggered into the
house in a state of intoxication, and. advancing to the
fireplace, on which was a saucepan filled with boiling
water, lifted off the lid, in tho expectation of finding
something in it to rat. On seeing that there was not, be
seizA the saucepan, and hurled it, and its boiling con-
tents into tbo tub at which she was standing, and, on
her darting back to escape being scalded. ho dealt bee
such a ferocious kick on the lower part of the stomach,
that she was partially lifted off her feet, and fell heavily
upon the floor. Not satisfied with this act of brutality,
the instant she had tallen he struck her a violent blow on
the side of her bead with his fist; and, on her attempt-
ing to rise, dealt her such a terrible blow in the face, as
to slit her nose completely down. The blood imme-
diately gushed out over her clothes, but by a violent
effort she succeeded in getting on to her feet, and, rush-
ing out of the house, made the best of her way to the
police-station, from which one constable was dispatched
to effect the prisoner's apprchensioe, while a second was
sent with her to a surgeon's to get her injuries dressed.
The poor woman added that she had been moat cruelly
beaten by her husband many times before, without
more provocation than she had given him upon
-this occasion, and expressed her apprehension that,
if he were not properly restrained, one of his at-
tacks upon her would be attended with most serious
results.

The prisoner pleaded his intoxication as an excuse
For his conduct, but

Mr. HAMMILL considered that an aggravation rather
than the reverse, and sentenced him to pay the extreme
penalty of 51., or in default to stand committed to the
House of Corn ction for two months, and furthermore
ordered him at the expiration of that term to put in
two substantial sureties in 251. each for his peace-
able conduct towards his wife for the succeeding three
months.

The prisoner was unable to pay the pecalty, and was
therefore earried away in clip van.

THAMES.

James Spencer, alias Black Jem, alias Jena the Logger,
a well-known thief, about 28 years of age, was brought
before Mr. Ingham, charged with stealing 561. from the
person of Eliza Fordhaus, the wife of a wheelwright re-
siding at Stratford, while she was on her way from the
Bank of England to her own home on Wednesday, the
26th of Febtuary.
A lad named James Green is in custody charged with
being concerned in the robbery, and the evidence
against him was that he was apprehended by Mills, 306
K, and on the officer making him acquainted with the
charge, and asking him whether he would be taken to
the house of the prosecutrix fur her to identify him, or
be conveyed to the station-house, he chose the former
ulternative, and she immediately recognized him as ono
of the persons near her when she lost the money. Green
then said to Mills I'll tell you all about it; myself', 'rim
Cassidy, and Tom Acheson, were in the Mile-end-road,
when we met Jem Spencer, and ho told us to go and pick
that pocket, and pointed to a lady among the crowd
looking at a Cheap Jack (a ttavelling vendor) near the
Mile.end-gate, and we did pick her pocket of a lot of
gold and gave it to another. Sp-neer snatched it
away, and gave us 21. each. We all bought a suit of
clothes at a shop near Shoreditch Church, and we took
a cab next day, and went to Rumford, and there spent
the remainder of the money?' On this statement Mills
detained the boy, one of a numerous juvenile gang that
infest the streets, and Mr. Yardley remanded him till
Monday. Police-sergeant Kelly, No. '2 11, having heard
that Black Jem was waiving, sought after him in the
neighbourhood of that infamous haunt of thieves, Went-
worth-street, Whitechapel, and on Wednesday evening
met him in Brick-lane, a few yards from Wentworth-
street, with several desperate thieves. Sergeant Kelly,
who was in plain clothes, prudently followed him until
be met with another detective, named Wigley, No. 141
H, a powerful man, who, upon a signal from Kelly, had
the fellow in his grasp in an instant. The gang by
whom he was surrounded attempted a rescue, but, after
u desperate conflict, they were beaten off, and Spencer
was secured and conveyed to the station-house.
Mrs. Fordham, wife of John Fordhate, of Stratford,
stated, that on the 26th ult. she went to the Bank of
England with her husband and received some money,
which she deposited with some bank papers in a white
pocket-handkerchief, and put the parcel in her pocket.
She parted from her husband in Cheapside and went to.
wards home with her sister. She stopped at a crockery-
ware stall in the Milt-end-road, and directly after she
had made a purchase and left it missed the weight of
the gold from her pocket, and, to her dismay, found it
had been abstracted. She was then next door to the
Blind Beggar public-house. She recollected some boys
and a man wore standing about her while she was at
the crockery-stall. The man engaged her attention
about a teapot she was about to purchase, and slid
there was something the matter. She thought the man
was stouter than the prisoner, and nut dressed to
A police-constable was appealed to, and he refusedwell.
to
interfere or to arrest the man she pointed out, because
ho eel not oa duty.
Ann Dolby, sister of the last witness, was present when
she lost her gold, and told her sister to keep an eye
upon the man whom she suspected while she went an
quest of a policeman, who was standing near the place at
the corner of North-street, and who would not give any
assistance what,ver. The witness was asked to look at
the prisoner, and after doing so said the man who was
near her sister when she was robbed looked much clearer
in the face.
Mr. Nowt said that upon this evidence he did not
see how ho could detain the prisoner.
Kelly said the prisoner was a returned transport and a
well-known thief. lie believed the prisoner had been
twice transported. He knew him to bo the companion
of thieves, anti be was in company with two burglars
when ho took him into custody.
Mr. INGIIAM—That may be all very true, Sergeant
without
evidence. but I cannot detain any man on suspicion
thout
evidence.

fills said the prisoner had given a false address, and
that he was not known at the place whore he said ho
lived.

Roche, the gaoler—Every stitch which the prisoner
had on is (Hite new, your ‘Vors.hip.
Mr. INGUAht said the only tittle of evidence against
the prisoner wa,, that he had given a false address.
Kelly entreated of the magistrate to remand the pri-
soner till Monda
37
brought up. , when Green would b© again

/---e;7-:
Mr. INnnAm—No, I entr,,,t; the erldee . 114\ir t
an I. 0446-
,) wstrt a loa;; remantl. .;Jall rem-
ortik,y only., . .
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e/ly —lf I brieg any wort:, old, nee tt.),-. -,
...._,.,,.
WorsJip be so Liod as to h. ar it? '1,":07117:-,'I'L.- -47,,.. ';.l 0
Mr. INGHAM—C,rtainly. Let the pristi"kc 4,,,i,1t
up :lb: the present. ~. • .-,,.7 ,
,_-,,. -:,-
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.
In the afternoon Spencer was again rlfatl- in . 4'N'
dock, arid a boy of d•buhtful charattler, na;neef.4ysph
Williams, aged 15, was brought forward hr ii,ll)7"goir'A.,,
put into the witness-box. His evidence was very curious
He said—l was present last Siiturday when Sp. nc-i met
Green, and he said to him, " I'm hlowed if )00 are rapt
the best dip I (,ver mot, J( ru. You did that stout moll
(the prosecutrix) of the heavy (g.,,1d) at. Ciw”,l) Jark's,
in Mile-end-road, awl you are such .4. clev.,r fellow that
I'll take you in the country whit toe." Gr. e, .I,sw(•ri.d
" No, I would rather stop at fhtley's; y 4 -u ..ni, g, to us
21. each out of the 56 eouttn (sovt,tei:l ,)." 'ffir, wit
ptint.e,l bi;!ri, (~ff, rirg a
ness aided that he s,tw one of th,.
reward of 101., in a pork4hop next day, and ante itdor-
mation to Mills, wl,tolt 1-. A to the uppreh,ll6l,ll of
Greene.

Mr. INGHAM asked for the pro.ecurix, and was
that shu had ,one home, and was so much atf c ed al ;he
serious los.• she had sustained that she had b, e 3 v,-ry ill
ever since !he robbery, and that she was glad to get
away from Ihe court as soon Eli pcssiblp.
Kelly said he expected to bo in possession of further
evidence ugaintt Spencer and Green on Mcoday.
Mr. INGITAM—I will re ward the prism or till MoLday

DOCKYARDS, &c.
(Peoria the Times.)
The main geestion between the Dockyards aed the
public, however it may be mysiitied, is as simple as it is
weighty. A. demand of 2,011.307/. is made for ship-
building and repairing during the current year. The
charge, so far from being extraordinary, is recommended
by the First Lord expressly on account of its unusual
moderation. We generally spend a good des] more than
this, so that 2,000,0001. is decidedly a low average to
take in discussing the nature of the outlay.. I: is asserted,
then, that the wear and tear of the navy in these times
of peace is fairly and economically represented by the
aforesaid !unmet charge. Unfortunately it is hardly r os-
bible to bring these figures to the test of any p. pubic
calculation; but we may, perhaps, approximate to sonae-
thing like a grasp of the case by the considerations fol-
lowing:—lt used to be reckoned that a shiesof-ear
cost in round numbers 1,000/. a-gun; that is it say, that
a three-decker stood us in some 120 0002; a fitat-elass
frigate, 60,0001., and so on. In acme points of censtruc-
tion and outfit it is not improbable that the expense may
have increased of late yeers, but, taking into account the
lessons of experience and the reduced price, not only
of provisions, but of many kiuds of atoress, we may
fairly assume t the total computation 'ought
certainly not to be' exceeded at the ye esent day.
Suppose, then, that we launched-annually a three-decker,
a 90, and three first-class frigates; these would mount
together 360 guns, and the cost would be 360,0001. Add
five smaller craft, with au average armament of 20 guns
each;—these would absorb 100,000/. more. Steamers
are not so readily appraised, but if we allow an expen-
diture of 240,0001. on such censtructioes, and leave
300,0001. for repairs, we shall find that upwards of a
million remains unaccounted for in the groLs charge of
the year. We shall he told that the " stores" alone
would consume this surplus, and that there are many ex-
penses which we have overlooked. Very likely; but
what we assert is that these expenses and these stores
ought to be regulated by the ascertainable wear and tear
of the navy, and nothing else; and that it is precisely in
proportion as they exceed this measure that they are
superfluous and extravagant. 'Shipbuilding charges
should be simply charges for repairing damages, and
supplying tnaeuiverthy vessels by new ones—making
illowatate, of eourse, for the possibility of an in-
creased demand upon the reserve. Let it ho certi-
dial how long, on the average, a ship should last,
and what should be this effective strength of the fl:et.
The calculation cf the yearly w.ar and tear would then
he easy, and we venture to say tile nothing like such a
supply as we have assumed aliove would be found rsally
necessary. Does anybody believe that a three decker,
a 90, three 50's, four 28's, and steamers in proportion,
become fairly superannuated and disabled in the course
of every successive year? 11'e should like to see the
estimates of the Atlantic and Oriental steam fleets for
such contingencies. As to " repairs," as they are
termed, Sir Charles Napier's letter will explain a good
deal of that business.

We make bold to say that there is no single charge
in the whole expenditure of the country which is so little
defensible as this, for, as Mr. Cubden properly observed,
to appreciate its true enormity we should remember the
capital already sunk in the concern. We have al-
ready an immense procisien of ships, stores, basins,
docks, and foundries. We are is the position of an es-
tablishment well settled, with its premises and ma-
chinery paid for, and its business in smooth order, so
that, in fact, the demand of 2,000,000/. is merely to
keep the concern going. It is the very minimum of our
liabilities; it can never bt material less, though the
.03sllest provocation may make it indefinitely greater.
Yet this is the charge which is allowed to pass without
exciting half as touch opposition us a railway extension
Bill! Where were the Financial Roformers on Monday
evening? Our metropolitan Members have lately been
dunning us with the violence and clamour of their gas-
conades. They have formed themselvi a into a kind of
i• brigade" with the attests d resolution of extorting re-
trenchments from Government at any hazard and any
coat. 'nil Lave discarded argument altogether, and
have declared their unalterable purpose of storming
every Cabinet which shall attempt to retain eertaie taxes
or to substitute any others in their place. Where were
they on Monday night, when the votes were taken of
which taxation is sue natural and inevitable sequel?
What became of all the platform pledges so desperately
thundered at the Marylebone meetings ? No sooner
will Sir Charles Wood appear with his unfortunate
Budget than we shall find these gentlemen running
a muck at his proposals and denouncing one impost after
another, although the expenses to be defrayed out of
them are no longer within control. But what is the use
of protesting against an outlay after the charge has been
actually incurred? and what is the value of that seal
which is only conspicuous in repudiating or eluding ob-
ligations, and becomes invisible or silent when practical
retrenchment is at stake? Mr. Cobden has laid it down
as the result of his anxious reflections that nowhere but
in these estimates can any material saving be
made. To this conclusion we suggest a corollary:—
that nowhere but in the materiel and management of
the services is any large proposal for economy likely to
be carried. The time for action, therefore, was last
Monday night: yet an enormous amount was then voted
away with only a single division, and on that division a 8
voices only were raised for economy. Mr. Cobden and
Mr. Hume did, indeed, record their protests, though
alter a suicidal fashion, but not a syllable had our re-
port to show from any of those oratoYs who. ten days
before, had stunned all London with their vociferous pro-
testations.

We trust the Honourable Member for the West
Hiding has by this time learnt a lesson of legitimate
tactics." If his true object is really to reduce
our expenditure, and not to weaken our defences,
he cannot avoid discerning that he has mistaken
his line. It is a delusion, he says, to expect a re-
duction of outlay except from a reduction of force. The
delusion is exactly thee other way. It is death hopeless,
as two years ofexperime nt must have shown him, to an-
ticipate a re-adjustment of our defensive establishments
he has suggested. We need not inquire
upon the settle
more closely into the causes of this result. In whatever
convictions it may have originated, the tact is perfectly
evident that he carries with him neither the House of
Cemmons nor the,country in his proposal for cutting
down the two services as excrescenoes upon the structure
of the nation. But if, instead of directing his attack. upon
seamen and marines, ho had wade a skilful disposition of
his forces, and reserved his onslaught fur the shipbuilding
charges, he would have encountered no opponents be-
yond the officials committed to the system—a phalanx
i
which we have seen, of late days, it s not very difficult
to overthrow. The question is not one of caprice, or delu-
sion. We see where the money goes to, even before we
are presented with the bill. The facts before our eyes.
no less than the testimony of good authorities, teach us
that there is gross mismanagement, that mitmausgement
brings waste, and waste taxation. Yet, in defiance of all
these plain truths, the mischief is perpetrated still, and
while one party goes atter its own inventions, and anothe r
evaporates in platform oaths, the money fur which all are
scrambling is glibly voted .way.

WHAT TO DO {PITH THE SURPLUS.
Literally, the real etnbarrassmeet of the Government
has been an embarras des richesses; for the chief diffi-
culty of the Cabinet has been what to do with the sur-
plus? lled it been a deficiency the Ministers would
Charmellor 6
have been used to it, for they would only have bad to
fill up the hole in the Treasury from the pubde pocket
but the surplus seems to give as much trouble as the
it—ts f principle
sewage, fur nobody knows how to dispose of it. The
first idea, and a very unhappy one, of the
0. tax.ation
the Exchequer, was to distribute it so very lightly of
was
to
be distributed.
is the
over.
the country that nobody wouldad tteoelbe c
which, though very judicious in the case
his surplus as a waiter
where there is an unpleasant le
distributed.
Sir
c .
wof o
aloud
b politic,ega begun
whered,el t ao
gbewnietfiht
ry
.eutt it into such
at Vauxhall deals with a t,at-n—b cutting
attenuated slices, that half the
nothing at all, and the few, who e.eelpients would taste
the flavour, would only have a relish engendered for
more, by their appetites being
satisfied. whetted instead of
As the Chancellor of the E
look to our pag i
es .n the xehequer will, probably,
course of the week fur sugges-
tions for his Budget Friday, we will fay,,
to
-ho exposed to public view
.on
favour him with a hint or two, for. which
he he ought to, and ,
us. Instead
of
taskingPr spsvwerilti;ohae,vedriyssamtiuseilhedobliyhglnyttto.
invit-
ing the whole public toe stand o)utside his cook's shop
d inhale the vapours emanating from the good things
within, and telling us we ought to be as well satisfied as
if we had made is capital meal, we strongly recommend
him to give a hearty good feed to those who want it
most, and trust to the patience of the rest to wait till
their turn comes. Let him take off the window-tax at
one blow, and if there is anything. more to spate, let
him devote it to introducing a principle. of something
like justice into the imposition ot the income-tax. As
this arrangement would give nothing to our unfortunate
friends the agriculturists, and as
it is unpleasant to hoar
constantly the melancholy roaring of the British Lion,
we would propose to stop that noble but lugubrious aid-
mars mouth with a lollipop, in the shay of an equalisa-
tion of the poor-rate.
If the Chancellor of the Exchequer would proceed to
the performance of
.the first part. of our suggestion, and
hold out the promise proposed in the last,we will
rantie himself and his Budget a f hy"ha-
rarlitiMelatary Train, cud a happy se
passage-t 2.
delivery at the termi-
nus of the session.--Punch,

The Esrl of Besborongh had an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday.