The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-12 00:00:00

presentative
Saturday, Mr. Cl
the chair, -7 _
Mr. BROOKS called attention to the dilapidat `ed
state of the road platting of Oxford-street, betwea 'n
Duke-street and Bond-street, and suggested
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Mr. MITCHELL said he had a resolution to sub-
mit in connexion with this subject, which he
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thought might prove advantageous.
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Oxford-street,
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Bond-street, to the paving committee, it be also an
instruction to the committee to ascertain hew far
it will be desirable to lay down Aerie tramways
along Oxford-street between Duke-street and Bond--
street." He believed that a flat stone trarnevay
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would not only be a matter of convenience and
comfort to those who travelled over it, but that .it
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beneficial to the parish in point of economy.
The motion having been seconded,
beloinngg.
thought of this subject, and he believed that such a
tramway as that proposed along Oxford-street
would be very desirable; but he thought the dis-
tance between Bond-street and Duke-street would
not be of sufficient length to practically test its me-
rits in Oxford-street. Although this was his view'
of the matter, at the same time he should not oppose
the motion.
Mr. WINGFIELD said he should oppose the mo-
tion because it was to be done at the expense of the
parish; whereas he supported Mr. Train's plan
because he most liberally offered to lay his tramway
down without putting the parish to any expense.
Mr. TAVENER held that the distance proposed
would not be a fair test, but at the same time he
it was a step in the right direct on,
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Mr. GRANGE said,
stone or iron.
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h:taon, because he belived the4tio
field's opposition on the ground of expense to the
parish, he should support the laying down these
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stone tramways, on the ground of the great a_I.ME-a.--
they would effect. Stone, in his c. vicat
much better than iron ; and as to the cost to a rich
parish like Marylebone they ought to be abnYe
accepting the offer of any individual to lay down
and keep their roads for them.
Mr. ABRAHAMS said he would oppose this stone
tramway scheme as strenuously as possible, be-
cause, in the first place, he was quite certain that
it would be far better if Mr. Train's plan was
adopted. More especially it would be a matter of
gross injustice to Mr. Train to permit such a thing
to be done until the time had expired when his
plans were to be again considered.
Mr. FREETH took a similar view of this matter.
They had, as a public board, agreed to defer the
question of Mr. Train's proposal for street railways
for three months, and it would be neither fair nor
honest that so soon after that resolution they should
refer it to the paving committee to adopt street
tramways. Indeed, it would be a complete breach
of faith with Mr. Train if that board entertained
any such proposal.
Mr. HODGES said he would go farther than Mr.
Freeth, and say that this proposal, if adopted,
would not only be a breach of faith towards Mr.
Train, but towards the London General Omnibus
Company, and to Mr. Curtis, who had all proposed
to lay plans for street railways before that board
at the expiration of three months. He moved as an
amendment, " That in common justice to Mr. Train
the discussion on the subject of street tramways be
adjourned till that day week."
Mr FILMER denied that this was any breach of
faith with Mr. Train, as it did not interfere in the
slightest degree with his system. Mr. Train's
system was a railway with a flange wheel, and thio
was entirely different. It appeared, however, that
Mr. Train's street railway at Birkenhead was com-
plained against already. He (Mr. Filmer) held
in his hand a Liverpool paper, which stated that
there were great public complaints against the
street railway.
Mr. ABRAHAMS rose to order. It was very
singular that at Birkenhead the railway had met
with the same class of opposition as it had in
Marylebone, namely, from the clergymen. (Hear,
and Oh, oh.) The statement from the Liverpool
paper had, however, been refuted by Mr. Train on
the previous day at the Lambeth Vestry, who ex-
plained that the opposition was got up solely oei
the ground that the carriages ran on his tramway
on Sundays.
The Rev. J. H. GURNEY was not ashamed of his
reverend brethren at Birkenhead for the course they
had adopted in this matter, and he believed they
were as good judges as other classes of the commu-
nity- as to whether these street railways were good
things or not.
Mr. MITCHELL, in reply, denied that he had any
desire to commit a breach of faith with Mr. Train..
Nor would this proposal do so, as it was wholly'
and entirely different from his plan. He felt,
however, that something should be done to relieve
the traffic in Oxford-street, and he considered that
no harm could be done in trying the effect of these
stone tramways as an experiment between Duke-
street and Bond-street.
The amendment was negatived, and the motion
carried by a majority of 33 to 19.

GREAT ROBBERY, AND CAPTURE OF

THE ROBBERS.

Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Fri-
day night watches and jewellery to the value of
about £l,OOO were stolen from the shop of Mr.
Cohen, watchmaker and jeweller, High-street,
Sheffield, and a few hours later the robbers were
cleverly apprehended, and the whole of the booty
recovered. The circumstances are these :—Mr.
Cohen, whose shop is about the middle of the prin-
cipal street in Sheffield, has a house in the outskirts
of the town, where his family reside. His custom is
to sleep on the premises in High-street. About 11
o'clock on Friday night he went home to supper,
securing the back door of the High-street premises
with an ordinary lock. On his return, about an
hour afterwards, he found that the lock had been
picked, the premises entered, and a large quantity
of watches and jewellery had been taken from one of
the front windows of the shop. The thieves had
evidently conducted their operations with great
haste, and on leaving had ignited a large quantity
of paper which they found on the premises, in th©
hope of setting fire to the shop, and thus effectually
concealing the robbery. In this . object, however,e
they had not succeeded. Information of tyeeroorcerg
was conveyed to the police, and detective
Airey and Brayshaw quickly obtained inform
of
which induced them to go into a populous0 reaching the
the town known as the Park. formation
bottom of Duke-street they
d heard
themselves in a
footsteps, and immediately
areaching before they
position to see the persons app
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d of rapid
Hawley, alias Darby_t_aanes,
were themselves observede•
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a scale presser, aged 31
the men as notorious
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age,
ran up.
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thieves, the detectives
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and ordinary
searched them.
prisoners,ng how-
ever, •
house door key, and nothing .else. Havi
ever, other reasons for suspecting the
officers lodged them at the police-court, and took
the two keys found upon them to High-street. One
of the keys was found to exactly fit the lock of Mr.
Cohen's back door, and the officers conjecturing that
the prisoners had been into the Parleto plant their
booty,
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street, Park, and they at once hurried off to the
house. The old woman appeared at the bedroom
window in answer to their knocking, but delayed to
come to the door. Impatient to be within, the
officers tried the other key found upon the pri-
soners, and it unlocked the door, Having made
their way upstairs, to prevent the old woman dis-
posing of anything there might be in the house,
they commenced a minute search of the promises,
and in a " set pot" in the kitchen they discovered
an old bag containing the whole of the stolen pro-
perty, of which the following is a list :-34 gold
watches (15 ladies' and 19 gentlemen's), 41 silver
lever watches, 20 gold chains, 14 gold Albert
guards, 26 gold pins, 17 wedding and three guard
rings, 18 gold pencilcases, and several other
small articles. The value of the property. is
resti-
mated at £l,OOO, several of the watches being very
valuable. Peras was apprehended .
Smith,
on the discovery of the booty, and ~iyiltnr the male
prisoners was brought before Mr.
at the police-court duciing Saturdayl.:ll‘lifir
about being'
chief constable, said he had no douaJackson,
able to make oat a complete. case against all the
I nothing in
three prisoners. The prisoners
defence, and were remanded.

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at a reasonable cohaf
must be worthy
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ftteon' tthioense.
guines, the mechanics' watch for two guineas, and the-
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or vertical) at various prices—all displaying the
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