The Sun.
London, England, 1869-10-02 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

AN EDITOR IN DIFFICULTIES.—John Stanton, dens/
as the editor of the Hackney Independent, was on
aid
brought up at the Thames Police-court, chargea oof
uttering forged cheques, and defrauding several yell°4l
various sums of money. It seems he was forolegetot
clerk in the Hackney Union, and afterwards coedo,
of the Hackney Independent, which he left nine inoethl of
After some evidence had been given, the prisoecr,ce or
committed for trial, reserving his defence by the 011

his solicitor.
VELOCIPEDES IN THE STREETS.—At "wit r
Friday, two lads were fined ss. each for racing eael'49sol
on the pavement with velocipedes. The magistrate ere
they were foolish things, and in crowded streets they
dangerous
to horses as well as to foot passengers. „„
A PAINFUL STORY.—A young woman named Bii--„,1).4
Gough was charged at Lambeth Police-court with etpc,t-aer'
several articles entrusted to a laundress wilt, 0n.P1,-;010
some time, o%d
in her favour. The prisoner was in very weak heal
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fainted while being questioned. She confessed A:1;0
stolen the things in order to send money to a corP°boie
the army, with whom she was acquainted, al'd
letters to her asking for money were handed to the 0,1
trate. She was sentenced to six weeks' imPris°ll
without hard labour. tf9rl;
ACTION FOR FALSE hiT'RISONMENT.—At the m- tio;11-
County Court a day or two since, an action IN." bl:t
the
by Mrs. Bleazby, a dressmaker at Twickenham, agail'r-il
agent of Messrs. Patteson and Cobbold for false irel'‘,
ment, damages being laid at £5OO. The plaintiff, b 9 the
a tenant of Mr. Cobbold's, was given into custodY
defendant on a charge of arson, the h°llg° toy~bi
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she occupied having taken fire. She was talc-ell 000;
police-station and locked up for a day, being 'if"! 05
discharged by the Brentford magistrates. Her bits
e,
was alleged, was injured in consequence. The.nidgiet;Ocs
hearing some conflicting evidenee, held that wilfg
eotitie "
to
was not shown, but that the plaintiff was
nee
verdict. Damages £l5 and costs. , of
ROBBING LETTERS.—A Post Office messenge4,sters
McKidd, has been charged with carrying on 9' st 3.„; ote':
theft at the Gateshead Post Office. Half of 9'
box containing jewellery, Bs. in postage stanaps, 911 9`
suspicious articles were found on him when searcl'e
was remanded.

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Hitherto no Jews have been admitted
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Austrian university as professors. This Pr°llibitiliss° bee.n:
now been removed, and the first Jewish professor list,
appointed in the person of the well-knoivnf
°°ll
°Plio,3lol
Mauthner, who has obtained the chair o
surgery in the University of Innsbruck.
EXTENSIVE COUNTERFEIT COINING. ,0 ,01',`,
of Paris have just made an important •capture °'
and titterers of base coin. The chief of the Ong' of soctfr•
residence a number of moulds and a crialltitLlOl,ll
were seized, appears to have been known ill31°;:u; 01:01
federates as Le Bijoutier, La Marchand° de Caiclto%'o%-ef
Tante; with him have been arrested fourteen V 117,01701
women, the latter all light character, by
was put into circulation. It is estimated til"
45,000 f. has been passed on tradesmen of Paris, Pll,OOlO
tobacconists and keepers of small cafés and dini°so.v°t;
CLEVER DEFEAT OF A STREET 11°133311'; ge°li;
Friday afternoon, about three o'clock, as an elaer.„; t 0
man was passing along the Westminster-rona,3„, 11'cio
end of Mead's-row, ho was suddenly pounced. 114,0
daring thief who had crossed the road. The rfprt
a desperate snatch at the gentleman's A"; 10 00
and possessing himself of both it and the "nt c 04
down Mead's-row at the top of his Wel 100
instant of his escape, Augustus Sowellcarillgoi,
man employed on a daily newspaP°r, the
outcry of the gentleman, started from one bar :1104
in active pursuit. The thief, after passing t'l,oo :01
crosses Mead's-row, finding himself gained toe '`PA ir4
the watch and chain behind him. They were 000
seized upon by his pursuer. The gentleman/
up, was rejoiced to find his watch (a gold
pow),°ne
and its appendages (also of considerable Ivry!
hands of Sewell, who restored them tohr thst tb,,for
curious circumstance attending this capture--ojec
each
the third thief taken by the same young nl3eijig °I3
ing circumstances in each case, the robbers "
occasion convicted. reee so
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A STATE SECRET.
—The genera'-`) t_en
opinion has been that the fondness which the Q 11:
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long and so steadfastly manifested far the aetubo
origin, in the first instance, in the profound adraa! is
late Consort had conceived for Scott's novels's:
secolst
ocre'
at realising the associations they inspired. lea tO etioo'
ever, that this is not the case. We are indebt
oioss
spondent of the Northern Ensign for the true Qo°P)fccif
He asks :—" Why, by the way, had sho at
I°co/
a Highland residence ? Palmerston--3 01.
us
lover of his country, every lover of libert
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ence °eel)
insisted, in fact commanded, a Highland re
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D_tof
time; and he enforced his argument on the reluctant ne
ts fed!,
by his resistless logic The men who W
et On DrPiof
Charles Stuart, when a heavy price was.° 1,100,11°,„"
will, if necessary, shed the last drop of
.iiirat 0,0iNt.0513000
When he got her in the North, and knell' -tie, it stlifoac,
there, did he or did ho not order Lord vEmperor' of
op,
I love, to call upon the now dying , ifloine
and deliver a certain peculiar message?" I:teoce.o‘. thl:
state secret is dimly alluded to in the lasts roo, '4eti
for the sake of posterity, if for no other r is Ort.
BUW"
correspondent not say more? Sir Henry
.133 to
on a biography of Lord Palmerston; let 11!__or
bitwo
be does not mar the completeness of las
iwa
holding the fullest explanation of this i
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