The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-09 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

The Assistant-Judge has, with the approbation of Se-
cretary Sir G. Grey, appointed Mr. Bliss, Q C., to pre-
side in his place until the latter part of September.
The grand jury have found a true bill against Emma
Calley, 14 ; Jane Jones, 14 ; Ann Sullivan, 14 ; and
Elizabeth Hill, 16, for unlawfully and indecently' expos-
ing themselves in Regent's-park ; and against Thomas
George Gosling for inciting them to the commission of
that offence. There are three counts in the indictment.
A certiorari for the removal of the proceedings to the
Central Criminal Court has been lodged in the clerk of
the peace's office.
Jolot Green, 20, barman, was indicted for stealing one
shilling, the money of Michael Walker, his master.
Mr. Ribton prosecuted ; Mr. Metcalf appeared for
the prisoner.
The prosecutor was the landlord of the Corner Pin
public-house in New-street,. St. Martin's-lane, and sus-
pecting the honesty of the prisoner, who had been in
his service but a short time, he marked some money—
part of which was afterwards found in the prisoner's pos-
session.
Mr. Metcalfe made an earnest appeal to the jury for
the acquittal of his client, who he said was a young man
of good character, just entering upon manhood, and
who would be ruined for ever by a conviction.
The juryf ound the prisoner Guilty,-but strongly re-
commended him to mercy.
Mr. Bliss said he felt great pleasure in giving full
effect to the recommendation, and sentenced the pri-

Boner to one month's hard labour. '
The prosecutor said the prisoner had robbed him of
at least 301. altogether, and applied that 71. 104. found
in his box might be given up to him (prosecutor).
Mr. Bliss said he could not order it to be given to him,
but he might apply to the Sheriff, who would deal with
the matter as he thought right.
(Before Mr. Creasy.)
Ellen Rygon, 21, was found guilty of robbing children
of their clothes in Victoria-park. She had been previ-
ously convicted of an offence of the same description,
and there were now five cases against her.
Mr. Creasy sentenced her to four years' penal servi-
tude.
Charles Ballard, 16, was indicted for stealing five
sovereigns and a half sovereign, the moneys of George
Jackson, in his dwelling•house.
Mr. Laurence was for the prosecution, Mr. Sleigh for
the prisoner.
The prosecutor was a baker, and be and the prisoner
occupied the same room: The charge was that the pri-
soner took money out of prosecutor's box, but there was
doubt in the matter, and the jury acquitted him.
Elizabeth 11411, 20, was indicted for stealing a watch
from the person of Robert Spencer.
The prosecutor, a cabman, had been drinking in the
company of the prisoner and another woman, when he
lost his watch, and he charged them with stealing it.
The other woman was discharged at the police court.
The jury acquitted the prisoner.
Mr. Logie prosecuted ; Mr. Gent was for the defence.
Ann Eaton, 40, and Elizabeth Smith, 43, were indicted
for fraud.
Mr. Logie prosecuted.
It appeared that the prisoners were systematic swind-
lers. They took lodgings, and upon some pretence or
other induced tradesmen to send them goods, and then
decamped. There were three charges of this description
against them.
The jury found them guilty, and
Mr. Creasy sentenced them each to five months' haid
abour.

RECOVERY OF TREASURE FROM THE
WRECK OF THE STEAMER PACHA.

" Our readers will remember that at midnight of the 21st
July, 1851, the steamer Erin ran into thesteamer Pacha
off Mount Formosa, in the Straits of Malacca, the col-

lision being attended with frightful loss of life. The
Pacha sailed from Hong. Kong and Singapore for Penang
and Calcutta with a full and valuable cargo, amongst
which was a large amount of treasure. The precise spo t
where the calamitous collision took place was not known,
and would in all probability have remained so but for an
enterprising engineer, Mr. Levi, who arrived by the
overland mail in 1853, and after making inquiries here
and at Malacca returned to Europa to perfect his plans
for raising the large amount of treasure on board the
Pacha at the time of the accident. Mr. Lovi and his coad-
jutor, Mr. Marshall, for several years past have been
engaged in removing sunken vessels obstructing the navi-
gation of harbours in Europe, Navarino, Sumo, Constanti-
nople, and elsewhere, and, notwithstanding the great
depth of water the Pacha sank in, as also the strong and
varying currants which prevailed, Mr. Lovi felt sanguine
ef success, his opinions being strengthened by the eminent
engineering and scientific talents which he commanded.
Atter much time lost in treating with the various insur-
ance offices in which the treasure had been insured, as to
the share which the skilful undertakers would receive in
the event of success, Mr. Lovi entered upon the arduous
task. He equipped and despatched from Malta his
schooner the Wizard, which vessel is fitted up with every
kind of apparatus and all appliances for submarine
explorations, and on the 14th June, 1854, the Wizard ar-
rived at Singapore. On the 25th of the same month the
Wizard proceeded to the Straits of Malacca, anchored off
Mount Formosa on the 29th, and commenced a vigorous
search for the wreck. The search was continued until the
23d of July, nearly one month, without success, and as
the south-west monsoon had then set in, all further at-
tempts to discover the wrecked steamer were abandoned,
and the Wizard returned to Singapore. Nothing daunted
by the fruitless labour of a previous careful search, the
exploration was renewed on the 2d Nov., and continued
without interruption until the 3d of May, 1855, when
their efforts were crowned with success. The wreck was
found several miles distant from the spot eenerally as-
signed as the scene of the collision. After fixing buoys
t mark the locality, the Wizard returned to Singapore
on the 7th of July to refit and await the advent of favour-
able weather for carrying on operations. Oa the 11th
Jan., 1856, the Wizard again sailed for Mount Formosa,
and found the buoys gone. The search for the wreck was
renewed, and on the 20th they were successful. Between
the last mentioned date and the latter end of March the
divers went down frequently, but owing to the muddy
state of the water all attempts to examine the condition
of the wreck were in vain, until March 27th, when they
succeeded in finding the treasure room. Operations were
pushed forward, but the progress was necessarily slow, the
time during which the divers could descend to carry on
their explorations being very limited. The chief director
of the work, Mr. Lovi, proceeded to Singapore in April,
and on his return to the schooner, in an open boat, he
was attacked by coup de soleil. Mr. Lovi quitted
the schooner for medical aid at Singapore, where he
expired a few days after his arrival. The operations
were continued under the directions of Mr. Marshall ;
much treasure was secured, but the weather becoming
unsettled, on the 26th of May they were obliged to
desist from all further attempts to obtain more, having
already brought up about four-fifths of the entire quan-
tity on board at the time of the collision. Many of the
treasure boxes were destroyed by marine animals, and
their contents were scattered about the treasure-room.
On the 29th May the Wizard anchored at New Har-
bour, and on the next day the following were landed,
conveyed to town under an escort of the 38th Madras
Native Infantry, and lodged in the Oriental Bank, viz. :
—37 boxes of gold (bar, leaf, and dust), 26 ditto of
silver (sycee), 17 bags of silver (sycee), 2 ditto of dollars.
According to the Paella's manifest the following tree-
eine was on board when she sailed from this port :
From Singapore for Penang, 1 box dollars, and 1 box
treasure. From Singapore to Calcutta, 9 boxes gold
dust. From China to Calcutta, 42 boxes (bars and leaf),
6 boxes sycee, 1 case diamond rings, and 1 case silver-
ware.
We have been somewhat minute in detailing particu-

lays' of the Wizard's operations, because we conceive
that the present affords an instance of the triumph of
science and patient zealous application. between
60,0001. to 65,0001. of treasures, which, in all proba-
bility, would have remained at the bottom of the sea
but for the scientific talents and persevering exertions
of Messrs. Lovi and Marshall, extending over a period
of two years in the face of difficulties of such magnitude,
that had not success crowned the effort, the world at
large would have said—as most folk expressed them-
selves at the time—none but insane men would conceive
the idea or attempt the task. We believe the whole of
the treasure will be sent to Calcutta in the state in which
it was recovered from the wreck, at a depth of one hun-
dred and seventy-four feet below the water ! Whether
the Wizard will return to the scene of the wreck, and
the operations be extended, will, we hear, depend on
the amount still under the water being sufficient to jus-
tify the Wizard's waiting until next season. The exact
value of the recovered treasury is not known—the boxes
being sealed ; bat, as stated above, it is estimated at
four-fifths the total amount on board at the time of the
catastrophe.—Straits Times.

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