The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-12 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

THE LOAN SOCIETY.—At Guildhall, on Tuesday, Rdid
and Jones, the secretary and collector of the National
and Provincial Union Assurance and Loan Society,
of which most of the directors were gentle-
men's servants, were brought up on remand to
answer the charge of conspiring to defraud. One
witness said that about the month of September last a
man was in possession of the furniture of the office for the
purchase money of it. About the month of December a man
was in possession for the rent, and Mr. Reid told him that
he had advertised for a collector. 0 ther evidence was given,
and some amusement was created by the reading of two
letters from one of the so-called directors; Walter Taylor,
who had given his master's address in Eaton-square as
his own, a course naturally displeasing to the real
As soon as the case appeared in the
papers the master, who was away, sent to the
ambitious servant a copy of the Telegraph, with the account
of " High Life below Stairs" underlined. Taylor's
letters strongly entreated his friends to make the best of
his case, and to let him know what they had said, that he
might keep to the same story. The case was adjourned
for the production of the director Kiddie as a witness.
:HIGHWAY ROBBERIES AT THE EAST-END OF LONDON.—
For some time past there has been a great increase of
crime in the East-end of London, and the magis-
atrates at Worship-street Police-court have made
many remarks on the number of charges of
robberies from the person, "snatches," and assaults with
robbery. On Tuesday there were no less than five cases
of this description among the other night matters. Three
of the prisoners who were proved to have committed rob-
bery with great violence were committed for trial at the
Central Criminal Court. Two others were remanded.
John M'Carthy, aged 18, was charged on remand with
having stolen a watch from the person of Henry Green.
Mr. Ellison gave him the option of pleading there, or
going for trial. He chose the former, pleaded guilty, and
Mr. Ellison sentenced him to six months' imprisonment
with hard labour.

owner.

The Recorder of Manchester (Mr. West, M. P)
made a very serious statement in his charge to the grand
jury at the city sessions, on Monday. "It was a fact," ho
said, "that whilst the rest of the country was improving
in sobriety, and in general obedience to the law, Lancash:re
was going backwards." He appears to have Lased this state-
ment upon "the general statistics of the country." •

The excitement in Cork appears to have had the
effect of hastening the voluntary departure for America of
several of the Fenian prisoners lately released. Patrick
Barry, of Fernley, and Michael O'Ryan, of Roscarberry, who
had been in confinement under a sentence of seven years'
penal servitude, have sailed from Queenstown for the
United States.

The Belfast rapers mention that the guns and re-
volvers stolen from the shop of Mr. Neill, a gunmaker in
that town, have been found in the house of a man named
Berry, who, along with his son, is in custody. The articles
discovered were seven revolvers, one four barrelled
repeater, two double-barrelled pistols, two daggers, three
gun-swords, a powder flask, shot bag, and a box of ball
cartridge. Beneath the floor, in another place, two bretch-
ioading double-barrelled guns wets found. Both the men
in custody are Protestants.

The banquet to Mr. Wise anti Mr. John hardy,
the ConServative memters.for South Warwicksh!re,.bas been
.Exed to take place on the Ist of June. It is supposed that
the gathering will be the largest of the kind which Las taken
place in Leamington for many years. The Earl of Warwick
having declined to preside, another eminent Co-aservative
has been wkel to take the chair. All the Conservative,
mem! ers in Warwick. hire, and On. Conservative cand'clates
Iu the lat.) con:t t t tor Riminghan), are to he invit •elas
guests. Sir John Paldngton, Gatlibrue Hardy, and
other:, aro else expect( (1 to 14,
DE PA RTC LE or EMANOPATED SLAVES FROM

LIVERPpOL.-- 011 rrlieklay th,:, Aft Royal Mail stcanier
Athenian left the Mersey with the mails, pas.F.;etigcrs,
fur Madeira, Teneriffe, and tl:e Went {'oast of Africa.
Among the passengers on board the Athenian were several
Legroes and negresses, who, after a long term of servitude
in Cuba, are now returning to the newly-formed free
colony of emancipated slaves at Lagos. The released
slaves, so far as the female portion are concerned, are
clrtainly above the ordinary standard of their type, so far
113 intelligence and attire go. They, by industry and fru-
gality, purchased their freedom in Cuba ; and are now,
with a good competency, going home to Lagos to commence
business in the new colony. Mr. Edward Button, from
the Anti-542y... Society, Loadori, and
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