The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-24 00:00:00

tioa was whether the defendant had committed an of-
fence for which he was specially liable, not whether he
had been guilty of carelessness generally, for the conse-
quences of which he might be amenable by action at law.
He certainly agreed with Mr. Binns that that was not a
case which it was necessary should have been brought
forward on public grounds, there being no such misbe-
haviour to entitle the matter to be treated in that way,
or enable any person to take merit upon himself for pro-
secuting on behalf of the public. There was no other
carriage, it seemed, in Halkin•street when defendant was
first observed, and therefore nothing to induce him t
fear collision when in the middle of the road, while the
brougham turning into the street at a tolerably rapid
pace there was hardly time afforded to prevent the car-
riages coming into collision. Although a man ought to
be on his own side he could not say that defendant had
been guilty of that sort of carelessness which would jus-
tify him in imposing a penalty upon him, although lya or
the owner of !the cab might probably be civilly respons-
ible for the amount of damages.
The summons was accordingly dismissed.

MARYLEBONE.—M ary Anne Lynch, and Emma
Burcher, paupers in Marylebone Workhouse, were charged
with riotous and disorderly behaviour in that establish-
ment. The prisoners, on being asked what they had to
say, replied that the master came to them, and when he
ordered them to go to bed be bad a whip under his arm.
Burcher said she was going, when he seized hold of her,
and called for the two porters, and then gave Green some
money to buy some canes. He brought some back, and
Green and Brown, who had one each, commenced beat-
ing the whole of the girls that were there, and the reason
why they (prisoners) were locked up was because they
had no marks of violence on them, and there ware three
°there who were so dreadfully cut about that the officers
were afraid to bring► them before the magistrate. Bur-
chell added that she was obliged to wash the face of one
of the girls, who was in much pain from the injury which
she had received.
Mr. Ryan said he was compelled in self-defence to
order the porters to use the cane.
Mr. Broughton sent for the three girls, who, on being
examined, were found to have weals and bruises upon
their backs, shoulders, and other parts of their bodies.
Mr. Broughton, after a careful investigation of the
facts brought forward on each side, said he looked upon
the case as one of considerable importance, inasmuch as
neither the master of a workhouse nor any parson acting
on his authority wartjustified by law in inflicting per-
sonal chastisement on adults. He should adjourn the
case for a week, and in the meantime the board of guar-
dians and directors would of course have all the facts of
the case placed before them at their next sitting.
The prisoners were taken back to the workhouse, as
were also the girls who deposed to the caning inflicted
upon them.

LAMBETH.—Mrs. Alice Mills, the wife of an omni.
bus driver, was charged with having in her possession a
silver-gilt dessert spoon, bearing the arms of George or
William IV., cf which she could not give a satisfactory
account.
The spoon was supposed to be a part of the property
stolen on Saturday, the 15th March last, in front of the
Masons' Arms public-house, Porchester-street, Padding-
ton. A box containing plate, belonging to the Royal
nursery, was taken from a van while the latter was on
its way from Buckingham Palace toWindsor Castle, and
Inspector Wilcher, of the detectives, was in consequence
in attendance to hear the evidence.
Police-constable Thomas Norman, 195 L, said he was
called into the shop of Mr. Kitchards, pawnbroker,
Westminster•road, and the prisoner was pointed out as
having just offered in pledge the dessert spoon produced.
The shopman, observing the royal arms on the spoon, sent
for him (witness). He questioned the woman, who said
that her husband was an omnibus driver, and that about,
three weeks before his conductor found the spoon in the
omnibus, and made her a present of it. This statement,
together with her admission that she came from her resi-
dence in Camden-town to Westminster-road to pledge it,
did not satisfy him, and he took her to the station-house.
In reply to the harge the prisoner said the facts were
those stated by the officer, and said her husband was in
attendance to corroborate them.
Mr. Elliott declined to examine the husband, but de-
sired that the conductor spoken of might be sent for.
Francis Drake said he was conductor of one of the
yellow omnibuses plying between Hungerford-market
and Camden-town, of which the prisoner's husband was
the driver. About a fortnight ago, while going along the
Tottenham-court-road he stopped at the end of Goodge-
street to put down a passenger, and while doing so he
bear,' something drop from the omnibus, and picked up
the spoon in question. He carried it to the er.d of his
journey, and asked all the passengers as they got out
whether it belonged to them, but none of them owned it.
He then carried it to the house of the prisoner and her
husband, with both of whom he dined on that day, and
told Mrs. Mills, the prisoner, to place it on the shelf,
and that any one claiming it might have it. He did not
make the prisoner or her husband a present of the spoon.
Mr. Wilcher requested a remand, to give time for fur-
ther inquiry.
Mr. Elliott complied with this request, and remanded
the prisoner on bail to Saturday next.
Charles and Henry Taylor, uncle and nephew, who
had been remanded from Monday last on a charge of
shooting two fowls, the property of Mr. Adams, a gen-
tleman residing on Peckham-rye, surrendered to their
trial in discharge of their recognisances.
The magistrate was rather disposed to treat the charge
as one of intended felony, but ultimately convicted the
defendants in a penalty of one guinea each.