The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-25 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday Frederick Cornelius Lewis, a young man of
respectable appearance, was placed at the bar before Mr.
A'Beckett, charged with stealing two 5/. Bank of England
notes, and two sovereigns, from the purse of John Jen-
nings, a seaman, recently paid off from one of her
Majesty's ships.
Mr. Clarke, box keeper of the Victoria Theatre, stated
that on the preceding night, while in the box-lobby of
tne theatre, his attention was drawn to the complainant,
who was sitting between the prisoner and a female in the
saloon. The complainant appeared to have been drink•
ing, and he held in his band a 51. note, which was torn in
the middle, and he asked the prisoner to give him up two
other 5/. notes which ho said he had belonging to him.
Witness, uron seeing the state of the complainant, acrd
hearing him demand the restoration of his money, want
up and spoke to the prisoner, asking him if had the
sailor's two Si. notes. The prisoner immediately
produced two 5/. notes, and said the complainant gave
them to him to keep, adding that the sailor was a friend
of his, and that they both came up that day from
Rochester by the train. Witness took the two 51. notes
from the prisoner, who wanted them back again, ex-
claiming that he was only keeping them sate for the
owner until he was sober. The prisoner also asserted
that the woman sitting with him was his sister, and the
sailor having afterwards stated that the prisoner had
some gold belonging to him, he (witness) called forward
Murray, the officer of the theatre, and gave the prisoner
into custody.
The prisoner here ejaculated—" As the case has taken
so serious a turn, I should wish to have a solicitor
in attendance to defend me from such an accusation."
Mr. A:BECKETT—Do you wish to put any questions
to the witness?
Prisoner—The greater part of what ho states is
wrong. I was not sitting by the sailor's side at the time,
nor did I say the woman was my sister.
In reply to Mr. A'Beckett, the witness said he had
the
confirmedsalo that
n.
correctly described what toofokthpelace
Murray, the cote
portion of Mr. Clarke's evidence which related to the
theatre, in
prisoner having asserted that the sailor was his friend—
that they had come up by the train from Rochester the
same day, and that the woman in company was his
sister. Murray
added that he searched the prisoner,
and in his pocket found a phial half fall of laudanum, a
sovereign and a half in gold, besides some silver and a
knife.

The sailor was next examined, and he stated that he
was paid off from the Wellesley,' and came up from
Chatham on the previous day. When the train arrived
at London bridge he was looking after his luggage,
when the prisoner came up and offered to assist him,
and a woman whom he called his sister was with him.
They all left the terminus together, and they afterwards
went into several
.public-houses and had beer and rum,
and finally the prisoner proposed that they
should visit
one of the theatres. They then went to the Victoria
and while in the theatre the prisoner and the woman
asked him how much money he had, and he told them
he had three 5/. Bank of England notes and three sove-
reigns. They then advised that he should give one of
them the money to keep for him in case of accidents,
and as he supposed the woman to be the prisoner's cis-
ter he handed her over the notes and sovereigns. He,
however, on reflection, thought he had done wrong in
entrusting his money to the hands of strangers, and he
was in the act of demanding it back, when the first wit-
ne!s came into the saloon and interfered; that when he
called upon the woman to restore the money she refused,
and the prisoner pulled one of the notes, that which was
torn, out of his pocket and gave it to him, but he refused
to give up the others until they were demanded by the
boxkeeper, and he then gave up the two other 51. notes
to that gentleman.
Mr. ATECKETT, in allusion to the phial of laudanum
found on the prisoner, asked the sailor what liquors he
had been drinking in the company of the prisoner and
the woman, and whether they had an opportunity given
them of mixing anything of a deleterious character in

the drink.
The complainant, in reply, said in some places they
had beer and rum before the bar, and at other houses
they went into the parlour and had liquor there; that he
did not attend much to what they were doing, as he was
so overjoyed to get ashore.
Mr. ATECKETT—Then the prisoner did not come up
with you from Chatham? Complainant—l never saw
him until he offered to assist me with my luggage at th•
terminus at London-bridge.
In reply to other questions, he said that he had paid
for all the liquor they had; that he believed he changed
a sovereign for the purpose.
Mr. ATECKETT inquired what had become of the,
woman whom the prisoner called his sister, and who
acted such a prominent part in the transaction?
Murray said that she was not taken into custody. That
he saw her in the court before the case was called on,
but that she had since left the place altogether.
Mr. ATECKETT (to prisoner)—Do you wish to ask
the sailer any yestions? Prisoner—l only wish to
ask him whether I did not advise him at our house to
take soda water instead of grog, and that I paid for it?
The complainant said he had no recollection of such $
circumstance.
Prisoner exclaimed—My character is at stake. I
wish to have the matter sifted before auy decision is pro-
nounced.
Mr. ATECKETT—You may depend upon it that the►
whole of the circumstances shall be thoroughly investi-
gated, and for that purpose I shall remand you until
Thursday.

LAMBETH.
THE EGG THROWING ON THE OAKS DAY.—Yester-
day, Mr. Henry Dimsdale, who had been apprehended
on this day week by Saunders, one of the officers of
this court, on a warrant charging him with assaulting
Mr. Jarman and others, by pelting them with eggs on
the Oaks day, but who was admitted to bail, drove
up to one of the avenues leading to the court
in a shut cab, intending to appear before Mr.
Elliott in discharge of his bail; but the instant the
vehicle was stopped, a sheriff's officer stepped up, arrested
him for debt, and drove him off to the Queen's Bench
Prwn. Some time after Mr. Jarman and several others
who bad been assaulted by Mr. Dimsdale and his friends,
attended, and Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, who attended
for the accused, mentioned to the magistrate the mishap
of his client's arrest. The Learned Gentleman also said
he understood that Mr. Jarman had preferred a bill of
indictment against Mr. Dimsdale and others, for the as-
sault, at the Central Criminal Court, and that the parties
so indicted had put in the required bail to answer to the
charge. If this was so, he (Mr. Ballantine) begged to
suggest that, as the justice of the case would be fully met
and answered by his appearance at the proper time in
discharge of his recognizances, he hoped that under the
peculiar circumstances of the case, his Worship would
permit that course to be adopted.
Mr. Jarman said he felt it to be but right and proper,
after the treatment which he had experienced, to prefer
a bill of indictment for the assault upon himself, against
five individuals, amongst whom was Mr. Henry Dims-
dale. That bill was found a true one, and the parties
had, as the Learned Gentleman had stated, put in bail
to meet that charge at the proper time. He (Mr. Jar-
man), however, begged to state the fact, that in the
first instance, notwithstanding the indignity and an-
noyance to which he had been subjected, he had
pursued the mildest possible course by only applying for
a summons against the offenders, and had they exhibited
a corresponding spirit, and met the charges as they
should have done, an indictment at the Old Bailey might
never have been thought of. He (Mr. Jarman) wished,
however, to add that the indictment only referred to the
assault upon himself, while there were eight or ten per-
sons in the court at that moment to prove charges or as-
sault against Mr. Henry Dimsdale and the other persona
accused.
Mr. Ballantine admitted that in the first instance
Mr. Jarman had adopted the
mildest course, and he
felt certain that no fault could be found with his mode
of proceeding, but as Mr. Dimsdale was then in the
hands of the civil ra, and that as,
power, therefore, it was
not in his power to be present
. - -
in discharge of his own
recognizances, nor could his securities produce him in
acquittance of their bail, he trusted the magistrate
would sanction the course be (Mr. Ballantine) had sug-
gested.
Mr. Jarman observed that he should not wish to as-
sert that it was so, but the act of arrestmight be a mere
trick to get rid of
the charge in so far as the judgment
of the magistrate was
Jarman's) !BeeStion, an
had been similarly assaultedbut it was his (Mr.
'
concerned;
also the intenticn of others who.
, on public grounds to fol..
low up te case.
nh llsntine assured the Court that there was not
Mr. -a
slightest collusion between the officers of the sheriff
the
and the defendant and his attorney, and in proof of this
be begged to say that the solicitor who was with him at
the time of his arrest, and who had instructed him (Mr.
Ballantine), had gone away to prepare affidavits to lay
before the Court, with the view of getting Mr. Dimsdale
discharged from custody, on the ground that the arrest
Was not legal. In conclusion he (Mr. Ballantine) begged
it to be distinctly understood that he was not there to
justify the conduct attributed to some of the parties in
this transaction, as he held it to be disgusting and
abominable. His client, Mr. Dimsdale, denied to him all
participation in the offence with which be was charged;
but if the complainants proved the contrary by legal evi-
dence he must take the consequences.
Atter some further ob,ervations, Mr. ELLIOTT con-
sented to enlarge the recognizauces for a week, observ.
ing at the same time that, whether gentlemen or not, the
parties charged had not acted in that manner that per-
sons in their station ought to have done.

WICK, JUNE 19.—The herring fishing at this
place has made an early and good beginning. On Wednesday
night four boats were out, when Mr. Donald Bain, Bankhead,
who is generally the earliest and most successful fisher, caught
from six to seven craps, live crans of which he sold at 21s. per
cran. Another boat had two crans sold in retail at a some-
what higher figure. The quality is said to be remarkably
good for this early season. Several boats have returned here
from the Lewis since our last, and they all bring tidings of a
short fishing there. The fish are positively bad, and scarcely
can be cured. Preparations are still going on briskly at Wick in
boatbuilding, barrelmaking, barking and preparing nets, &c.
About 100 new boats will be turned out here this season ; and
the preparations in other materials are on a corresponding
scale. To those lately engaged as high as 10s. per crap an 4
5/. bounty have been promised.-- Wick Paper.

LAST WEEK BUT ONE OF M. JULLIEN.
GRAND FLOWER SHOW THIS DAY.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
Every evening (Saturday excepted), Jullien's latest and most
favourite compositions, including the Enfant Frodigue and Exhibi-
tion quadrilles, Crystal Fountain and Indian Polkas, Amazon and
Tiger Galop, and a choice Selection from the Ancient Composers.—
Danson's Colossal Picture of the Temple. of Janus—Superb
Menagerie.—Performing E'ephants.—" Euti-i-noor" Fireworks, by
Rout!thy.
Mr. H. Wells, Professor of the Royal Academy of Music, will play
a Solo on the Flute; (his 2d appearance in public.)
Doors open from Nine A..M.—Feedin4 the Animals at Half-past
Five.—promenade Concert, conducted by M. JULLIEN, at Seven.—

Fireworks et Ten.
TIIIS DAY (Wednesday), the 25th inst., the SECOND GRAND
FLOW CR SHOW of the Royal South London Floricultural Society
for a Miscellaneous Show of Fruit, Flowers, and Vegetables, exhibited
under splendid Tents and Pavilions, attended by a Military Band,
&o. Nb pains have been spared to render this Show worthy the
Patronage of the distin:uished Visitors now in the Metropolis.
Admission as usual, only One Shilling.

OH WaTE!: Al LONDON MUDGE
rn's ''ast Morning 38 min. after 10 Evening 8 min. after 11
Te"""w —Morning 38 min. after 11 'Evening 0 min. after 0

OFFICIS, JUNZ 25.
Taguatoourrirn, SHADS.
70—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
73... this day, at noon.
BAnoritamn, 30.33.
won) vv.—cloudy, with sunshine occasionally.

RER,
DAILY WEAT
d Wea TABLE.
State of the Wind an ther at each of the followingning—The stations
places at Nine o'clock yesterday
are arranged in order of latitude.
KINGSTOWN ( DUBLIN)-- -W
_ind S.W., gentl e...reeze—overcast
PLymoirrit—Wind S., gentle bretlee.... cloudless.
e
SO RTSMOUTH—WindPartially cloud
, gen
Beica-Wind—Wind N.W., calm—Partially
partia r y ticloudy, y.
liesriziGs—..Wind N.W., aentle breeze—partially Cloud_.
SourrxiasyroN—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially Cli);udy.
FOLK EsToNE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast,
TUNBRIDGE—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—Partially cloudy.
BASINGSTOKE—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy,
GREENWICH—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy,
SwiNnoN—Wind N.W., light airs—partially cloudy
COLCHESTER—Wind N.W., gentle breeze —partially cloudy.
C4SUIRIDGE—Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
VlEv—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
aaloirrn—Wind N. W., strong breeze—overcast.
C°l"Alr—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
RO LYHRAD—
Wind S.S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
LANcAßran..—Wind W., gentle breeze—principally clear.
WilrrßY--Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
D...r.urfGrolf—Wind W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.:
i/ind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BlirATTOCK—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
':'i.,o returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and 7aather on Monday morning at nine
o'c!ock :
LraimucK—Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CAurA)w—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—
POOLE—Wind W., gentle breeze— Y.
partially cloudy.
COLCHESTER—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Runny—Wind W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
PETE RBONOUGH--WiLld S. W., gentle breeze—partially
cloudy.
CaEwE— Wind N.Y., fresh breeze—partially cloudy.
Yoas—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Lavica.szza—Wind N. W., strong breeze_partially cloudy.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean daily
reading of the barometer was above 30 in. on Tuesday and
Wednesday; and the mean of the week was 29.941. The
mean daily temperature, which fluctuated between 549 and
56° on the first four days, was on each of these days below
the average of the same clay (as derived from ten years), and
on Wednesday it fell 69 belo,v the average. On the follow-
ing day the mean temperature rose to 65'-2, and on this and
the two subsequent days was from 59 to 89 above the average
of the respective days. The mean of the week was 60°•2.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the wind was for the most part
in the north-west. On other days it was in the west and
south-west.

Examtlori or 1851.—Mr. Posey yesterdAy
brought up the agricultural labourers on his estates. They
were—from Pusey, ; Liangworth, .39; West Hanney, 40;
BMA Hanney, 64; Denchworth, 35; Tyford, 7; Charney,
; Ch 411017, 27; Stautord, 93; lislford, 40; total, 445. _