The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Oct. 31.

GUILDHALL.—David Evans, a bill-poster, in
the employ of Mr. A. Scott, of Burleigh-street,
Strand, was brought up before Alderman Hum-
phery, charged with stealing a quantity of posting
bills belonging to the London, Brighton, and South
Eastern Railway Company, under the following
circumstances :

Mr. Scott said he had been employed by Messrs.
Waterlow, of London-wall, to post bills of the
opening of the new railway station at Pimlico, and
on the 30th Sept. he received 2,500 for that purpose.
He and the prisoner, with the assistance of four
others, posted them. The prisoner had 200 given
to him to post, and if he could not find places suffi-
cient for them all, it was his duty to return the
remainder to witness.

Sergeant Spittle, of the detective force, said he
accompanied Mr. Waterlow, Inspector Hamilton,
and Sergeant Rickards to the warehouse belonging
to a Mr. Soames, in Harper's-mews, Theobald's-
road. They found there two quarters and 7lbs. of
paper, and among it a quantity of railway bills,
announcing the opening of the Victoria-station at
Pimlico, and the cheap Sunday excursions to
Brighton and other places. Mr. Soames said he
bought them off the prisoner, and produced an in-
voice to that effect, showing that he had paid the
prisoner at the rate of 7s. per cwt. Witness then
went to the New North-road, where he apprehended
the prisoner, and took him at once to Mr. Waterlow.
Mr. Sidney Hedley Waterlow said the prisoner
was in the habit of coming for the bills to post for
Mr. Scott, and when Spittle brought him to the
warehouse he (witness) told him that the bills had
been found at Mr. Soames's, and he admitted he.
had sold them to Mr. Soames. He then gave him
into custody...

A person from the rail way company said this
system of depredation had been carried on to such
an extent that the company were determined to
prosecute, and for that reason they wished the case
to be remanded to enable them to make further
inquiries.
Mr. Soames was present, and explained that he
bought the bills of the prisoner believing they were
out of date.

Alderman Humphery said any one could see that
the bills were not out of date by the facts which
they announced.

Mr. Soames said he did not look at the date at
all, but he supposed they were old, and therefore
useless for the purpose for which they were origi-
nally issued.

The prisoner said he thought he might keep any.
bills he could not post, and if Mr. Soaves had in-
ti,:nated to him that it was not right he would have
take, them back to his employer, but Mr. Soames
said he wasquite right in selling them.
Mr. swims denied saying anything of the kind.
With regard to the last transaction, after he had
seen the officer he told the prisoner he might leave
the 13;ils if he thought proper. He acted under
the officer's instructions.

Alderman Humphery said that was all very well,
but Mr. Soames had bought other bills of the pri-
soner at half their value before he saw the officer,
as some of them were found in his possession.
Mr. Soames said he thought they were out of
date bills, and after he had sold them he got them
back as soon as he heard how the prisoner botained
them, so as not to get another person into trouble,
and those were the bills found at his warehouse.

♦lderman Humphery said it was all nonsense for
Mr. Soames to pretend he did not know that the
prisoner Ind no right to sell such bills. However,
the railway company were resolved to prosecute,
and he would have to take the consequence of his
imprudence. Tie should remand the prisoner, and
require Mr. Soames to enter into recognisances to
appear, and recommended him to bring his books
to show what amount of bills he had bought, and
how he had disposed of them.

WESTMINSTER.—IMPORTANT QUESTION RE•
SPECTING VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN.—George Nelson,
toll collector at Vauxhall-bridge, was summoned for
unlawfully demanding and taking twopence toll
from Mr. Henry Francis Smith, a private in the
Victoria Rifle Corps, he being exempt from the pay-
ment of such toll and claiming exemption.
Mr. Metcalfe appeared in support of the com-
plaint, and Mr. Prendergast for the defence.
Mr. Metcalfe said the present proceedings were
taken under the 6th of Geo. IV., cap. 31, a statute
passed to alter and amend the local acts relating to
Vauxhall-bridge, the 18th section of which imposed
a penalty of £lO upon any toll collector who should
commit the offence with which the defendant stood
charged. The learned barrister, after dilating upon
the advantage conferred upon the country by the
establishment of Volunteer Rifle Corps, urged the
propriety and duty of acceding to them every ad-
vantage which the law allowed, adverted to the
clauses giving exemption, and pointed out that the
present question was one of considerable import-
ance to the whole of the volunteers. The question
to ba tried in the present case was whether a gentle-
man in the Victoria Rifle Corps was exempt from
toll while returning in his carriage from duty. It
had been decided at that court in the case of Mayne
v. Gould, that a volunteer was exempt from toll
while on foot, and other cases had been tried con-
firming the decision, which could admit of no doubt.
It could not be disputed that a cavalry volunteer
would be entitled to the exemption, and therefore
why not a volunteer riding in his carriage drawn
by one horse.
Mr. Arnold suggested (en passant)—Supposing
the gentleman had chosen to have a carriage and
six ?

Mr. Metcalfe thought that putting an extreme
case. He repeated, that every indulgence which
the law allowed ought to be afforded to this valu-
able body of men, and urged that these movements
were far from being disadvantageous to then who

had an interest in tolls, as theymaterially increased
the traffic upon roads.
Mr. Smith was then ,called, and said that the corps
to which he belonged reset at Kilburn on Saturday,
the 13th, for a field day, in the course Gf which they
proceeded a considerabi e distance. At the conclu-
sion of the day's exercie e his servant met him with
the phaeton at Kilburn., and having occasion to pass
over Vauxhall-bridge, he claimed exemption from
the toll, which was, however, refused. He was at
the time in the usual uni form, furnitures and accou-
trements of the corps, acid claimed exemption on
that ground.

Incross-examination by Mr. Prendergast,
Complainant said he had on his regimental great
coat and had a sword—not a rifle—the latter being
left at the ground by regulation,
Mr. Metcalfe observed that his client had not
brought this matter forward with a view of press-
ing a penalty, but with a desire to have the magis-
trate's judgment upon a point so important to the
body.

The acts of Parliament •relating to Vauxhall-
bridge were carefully referred to by the magistrate
and Mr. Metcalfe, and the result was, that both
gentlemen were of opinion that the penalty was
only recoverable by civil action, there being no
clause to empower the magi:: trate to enforce it.

Mr. Prendergast was ciui•te willing, on the part
of those he represented, to take the magistrate's
opinion upon the subject.
Mr. Arnold declined to give an opinion upon a
matter over which he had no jurisdiction.

Mr. Metcalfe thought that, the best way to try
the question would be for :riflemen to refuse pay-
ment, and it would then come up for decision in
another form. Under the 97th section of the 49th of
George 111., c. 142, a former act belonging to Vaux-
hall-bridge, any person unduly claiming exemption
was subject to a penalty of £5, or a question of
assault might arise out of th e detention and endea-
vour to obtain the toll.

Mr. Arnold dismissed the summons, on the ground
of want of jurisdiction, an d pointed out that the
parties might bring an attic in for the penalty in the
county court.

CLERKENWELL.—Mary Williams and Ida
Jameson, two fashionably-attired females, were
charged on remand with picking the pockets of
Susannah Hutchinson in an omnibus in the City-
road.

Mr. Beard attended for the prosecution, instructed
on behalf of the London General Omnibus Com-
pany ; and Mr. Metcalfe, barrister, appeared for
the prisoners.
The facts of the previous examination have al-
ready appeared in this journal, and the case was
adjourned for the attendance of
Mr. George Alfred, who stated that he was a
farmer at Loose, in Kent, and was in the omnibus
on the day in question. From the suspicious way in
which the prisoners acted he watched them, and
saw a lady get into the omnibus and sit beside the
prisoner Jameson. She had no sooner done so than
Jameson pulled her cape higher about her, and then
began to pull the lady's dress towards her. She got
the lady's pocket near her hand, and then the lady
moved, and the prisoner appeared to be very uneasy.
The prisoner then pretended to rub her foot, and
then worked her hand up the lady's dress. He saw
her move her hand suddenly away from the lady's
dress, but she had nothing in it. During the whole
of the time the prisoners were making signals to
each other. When they got out he asked the ladies
if they had missed anything, and frdm what he
heard he informed the conductor, and Eaw the pri-
soners given into custody.
Mr. Alfred Davis said he saw the prisoners get
out of the omnibus, but before this he saw them
signaling to each other. He saw the prisoners
brought back, and heard one of them offer the con-
ductor a fiver (or £5 note) to square the matter,
and not to give them into custody.
Mr. Beard said he should be able to prove two
former convictions for felony against the prisoners.
Mr. Barker fully committed the prisoners to the
sessions for trial.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER RACES—YESTERDAY.
Handicap Plate of 25 sovs. Five furlongs.

Mr. Copperthwaite's Zingari, 3 yrs, 7st 31b.. (Grimshaw) 1
Mr. Sadler's The Gift, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Sadler) 2
Mr. Green's Vulture, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Mitchell) 3
The following also ran :—Constance filly, Barege, Cha-
noine, f by Sweetmeat—Coquette, and Malvern Hill.
Betting-5 to 2 agst The Gift, 4to 1 agst Chanoine, 6to
1 each agst Zingari and Vulture, 7 to 1 each agst Con-
stance filly and Barege. Won by a length, the same be-
tween the second and third; the Constance filly fourth,
well up ; the Sweetmeat filly and Chanoine next.
The Hurdle Race, a handicap of 5 soya each, with 30 added.

Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 27 subs.

Mr. Rowan's Bucephalus, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b.. (Mr. Grillan) 1
Mr. Jacob's Waterford, 3 yrs, 9st 41b (Nightingale) 2
Mr. Swindell's Pactolus, 5 yrs, list (Palmer) 3
The following also ran :—Norma, Romeo, Magenta, Dia-
mant, Estella, Wee 'Willie, Victor Emmanuel, Cheery
Chap, Arcanum, Birdbolt, Marwell, Irish Emigrant, fby
Collingwood, Brine, Mayfield, and Queen Bess.
Betting— 5 to 2 agst Brine, 5 to 1 agat Wee Willie, 7 to
1 agst Estella, 8 to 1 each agst Birdbolt and Queen Bess,
10 to 1 agst Pactolus, 12 to 1 each agst Emigrant, Buce-
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phalus, and Cheery Chap. Won by two lengths, a head
between the second and third, a good fourth.
The Shores Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added.
Optional selling weights. T.Y.C. A straight half mile.

11 subs.
Mr. Halford's Yafa filly, 2 yrs (30), sst 71b (J. Daley) 1
Mr. Copperthwaite's Zingari, 3 yrs (X3O), 6st 131 b

(Adams) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Sloth, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 71b .... (Parsons) 3
Duplicity, Libellous, Forest Hind, Ellen, Pescatore, and
c by Tempest also ran.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Duplicity, 4to 1 agst Zingari, 6to 1
agst Sloth, 7 to 1 each agst Libellous, Yafa filly, and Ellen.
Won by half a length, a neck between the second and third.
The winner was purchased by Mr. Byrne for 50 guineas.
The Autumn Flying Stakes, a Handicap of 5 sous each,
with 40 added. The second saves his stake. Up wards of
half a mile. 35 subs.
Mr. Mellon's Sporting Life, 2 yrs, 7st 61b (inc. 71b ex.) _

(Charlton) 1
Capt. Christie's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (G. Fordham) 2
Mr. Thompson na Earl of Essex, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Grimshaw) 3
The following also ran :—Dog Rose, Ripon, Von Stroom,
Conqueror, Promotion, Miss Fanny, Miss Dunstable, Wee
Polly, Camerino, and Sherborne.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Earl of Essex, sto 1 agst Sporting
Life and Miss Julia, 9 to 1 agst Sherborne, 10 to 1 agst any
other offered. Won by a neck, a length between the second
and third, a good fourth.

The Worcestershire Grand Annual Steeplechase, a handi-
cap of 20 sovs each, h ft, and only 5 if declared, with 100
added. Winners extra. The second to save his stake
About four miles of fair hunting country. 14 subs., 3of
whom declared.
Mr. T. Golby's Jerusalem, aged, 9st 101 b .. (G. Stevens) 1
Mr. Francis's Tumbler, aged, 9st 71b (Norwood) 2
Mr. Shoolbred's Shylock, aged, 9st ...... (Pcarcey) 3
The following also ran :—Tartar, Abd-el-Kader, Medora,
Heads-or-Tails, and King William.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Jerusalem, 3to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader,
sto 1 agst Heads-or-Tails, 7to 1 agst any other. Won
easily by three lengths ; the same between the second and
third. Tartar a very bad fourth. The others did not pass
the post.

A. Free Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sous each, with 30

added. Two miles. 32 subs.

Mr. B. Land's Red Rover (h b), 4 yra, gat 101 b
(B. Land, jun.) 1
Mr. Barling's Curate, aged, list 61b (Eatwell) 2
Mr. Lewis's Alfred the Great, aged, lOst 81b.... (Oliver) 3
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The following also ran :—Hazard, Magenta, The Tattler,
Gipsy King, Red Miner, Lottery, Sunbeam, and The Em-
peror.

Betting-7to 4 agst Lottery, 4 to 1 agst Red Rover, 6 to
1 agst Sunbeam. Won by three lengths ; a bad third.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESIXRDAY.

The racing at Worcester was the prihcipal feature to-day.
Occasionally the Liverpool Cup was mentioned, and a little
business was done upon it. Summerside was backed at 12
to 1, and Herne had a few friends at 100 to 7. At one time
Petra appeared to be in force, but nothing of importance
was done; nor do we anticipate much doling until nearer
the end of the week. Closing prices :
LIVERPOOL CUP.
12 to 1 agst Summerside (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst Heiress (offered)
100 to 7 agst Herne (taken)
100 to 7 agst Killigrew (offered)
16 to 1 agst Petra (taken)
16 to 1 agst Golden Pippin (taken)
25 to 1 agst Highwayman (offered)

LIVERPOOL CUP.—FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS.---
Gray's selection for the above event will win
by aat t Wm.
distance if required. The horse won the trial easier
tan Weatherbouni, his selection for the Cambridgeshire.
25 to 1 can be obtained, and £5OO can be won with a little
outlay. Terms to the end of season, ss. ; one week, 2s. 6d.
Subscribers are requested to send per centage on Weather-
bound, and Heiress for a place. Those omitting to do so
will not receive advice for Liverpool. Address-15, Char-
ing-cross, London.

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