The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-02 00:00:00

CRIMINAL corßp—This Day.

OLD. COURT.
(Beforo Mr. Justice Blackburn).
THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING THE SHIP SEVERN.

The trial of the four prisoners charged with scuttling
the ship Severn with intent to defraud various insurance
companies was resumed this morning. The case for the
prosecution having closed, the remainder of the day was
occupied by Mr. Sleigh addressing the jury for the pri-
soner Webb.

The verdict is not expected before Tuesday morning.

POLICE INTELLIGErTCE.--This Day.

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THAMES.

ATJDACIOUS ROBBERY BY A SERVANT GlRL.—Julia Ryan,
an Irish girl, aged 17, was charged with stealing a variety
of property belonging to Mr. William Rayner, the land-
lord of the Lord Campbell public-house in Campbell-road,
Bow, and Mrs. Mary Vincent, his mother-in-law.
The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Rayner for
a fortnight only, and her general conduct had been so bad,
and so many articles were missing, that Mrs. Vincent, a
widow, on behalf of her son-in-law, gave her notice to
quit yesterday. As the hour for her departure approached
she became very uneasy, and appeared to increase in bulk.
Mrs. Vincent missed other property to a considerable
amount, and sent for a police constable named Nicholls,
430 K, who took her into custody. On the way to the
station-house the prisoner gave up eight foreign coins, two
handkerchiefs, a piece of lace, and a pair of scissors, all
being the property of Mrs. Rayner. She was searched
at the station-house by Matilda Fountain, the wife of a
police-constable, to whom she represented that she was in
the familyway. Mrs. Fountain immediately delivered her
of two shawls, four pairs of stockings, a pair of boots, a
shirt, a child's frock, three pieces of calico, a flannel bag,
and a piece of sheeting, all fastened round her waist under
her petticoats by a piece of string. All the property was
identified by Mrs. Vincent, and she valued the various
articles at £5.

The prisoner offered no defence, and said she was guilty.
The magistrate said the prisoner was a most audacious
thief to have stolen property valued at £5 in one day, be-
sides the property she had stolen at other times. lie com-
mitted her for trial.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Railways.

Miles O- peered. Heuer 'B.
1866. 1867 18(6
90./ 1.917 .:0i
49 532 60
i 6 1,778 1,•70
64 1,122 1,111
121} 5,671 5,637
562 31,202 .52,8 6
130 ,983 2,0i9
310 249 3,5
20 343 315
61 101 134
25 196 107
651 1,541 1.526
17 111 262
15/ 48 87
63 1,3 9 1.318
75 3,423 1.493
36 232 230
108 2,293 2,567
30 261 260
85 4,690 4 5:6
.C. 49 8,94 J 10,213
4172720119:1 239:
',05589:724884: 3382-5 .:598? 8810633072
128 U (5,004 61,013
246 2,519 2,742

1867.

Belfast and N. Counties 9)l
Belfast and County Down l9
Blyth and Tyne . 36
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter l3ll
Caledonian, Scottish Central 552
Cambrian
Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 314
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l
Cork and Limerick Direct
Cornwall 6s}
Deeside •
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast Junction ... • 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6
Forth and Clyde Junction
unF
,ittu Glasgowrnrynepheo.srss
t'.
j&&a
uncSouth-Westernna.&c Carlisle
diii tsraliei:,c.
h.Perthar.
.. .
Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E.Union
Great Northern .... . .. ,
Great North of Scotland . .
lit Northn. & Westn.(lrel.) B4l
itt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) ll9l
Great Western
Highland ................
Hoy lake
Irish North-Western ........ 1451
Isle of Wight • • 12
Lancashire & Yorkshire....., 403
Limerick and Ennis... ....... 211
Limerick and loynes ........ 26i
Llanelly
46
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
bond. Brighton, &S. Coast 3l 5
London, Chatham, & Dover; i 1054
all Metropolitan Extension i 131
Do. Kent L oast ......... ... 27
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend .. 421
Londonderry and Coleraine 354
Ilan.,Shellield,& Lincolush
• 2894
Metropolitan .... . ,
Mildlated (incl. N.,Wectern)„ 677
Midland Gt. Westn. of Irltid 2col
slonmouthsh, Rail, & Canal 44
D"L:1 ▪ 12732201
yN.oaErntadhspteßurriidtolesnehd:
.s.t,ca;
4,t, .
n'orth Ldtide ii
_...141 ....
ba ll
tfOrth Staffordshire
Pembroke and Tenby. ..... ... 274
ithymney ................ 221
Scottish North-Eastern ll3
Somerset and Dorset.
South Devon
uouth•Eesterti 6,.....A.. 3lO
Tlaft' valt. -•-: . .:;,;,, .. ..;::. p
imttr.:l:..ii, .. .1:: ..... .... . lni
Vale of Clwyd. ...... 101
Waterford and Kilkenny. .... 31
Waterford and Limerick .... 77
West Cork. l7l
Wrexham )fold, &c ii 14 ',31 183
liPttven,CleaterAEL•trcitito l9 10 560 597
P.piMits,si 'Old ti i-10k;itiTtifti,
Austrian B2B B`,:g e. 938 31,11.1 s
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J Unction 264 281 231 349
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306 9,376 11,251
Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 4,75.4 4,7 f
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1(431 4,849 5,312
Eastern of France
. . 1141.1i8094 11158112070
468g6;:4654
813 '43,:5°4' ;.551
Eastern Bengal 46 ••• 6.. n. a a.
1237 :)50.1.111 2304,2633;
insula MI 590 20,338 35.8-8
134 134 4,298 5, 61
Great Luxembourg
India
79
315
1128;:832802343
118:,:711560978
GreatClaragtl't 1 .S 1 ilodlui tait
nnh' eke :I of fi a.
Ci.n.
..
....' 1 12_145 79 772 t 3 i
Great Western of Canada..
6345
Madras
GGrreettatt ClneliditarnaiPtCn eigiut .
•• • 8 6 0 ,241 983
615 323
....... 8,1 431 10 6 I
, 854
Ottomsa .. ...........
217
leditera..ean 0 20i 6 135,437 135.494
Paris, Lyons, & a
.. 1832 ,818
NNarErrattrhhied.errnnsaoortfailoarnsasanadoe,ta
....................
•• ••
87:843 6:4917811: 6
,17(
60,767
Sc nee
2 -,6 i 7 26,972
254 251 12,186 14,185
Victoria
RPNaoeerrlfsveeagannidadn°Slar'nircul;c. ..... col 1;1 ..0....•
1,7,117,5
107074 721%41711 627,
:688367i
......... 115 25
16W:ecuistitialurC-11::. aonleFe .r.a.n. c—e
...
'1:2;6 81259135 4 47,8 7 45,285

145 1,656 1,701
8 1, 4 130
403 42.310 Z:9,e65
24179
264 198 78
92
464 51.6 624
201 745 6.5
12911 102 977 1C0,115
49(; 18,8.1 19,868
2931 16,491 17,739
131 1 7,•14 7.614
12 j 1,43 1,9 0
27 450 741
421 9'6 1,056
331 278 278
286 16,8911 19,659
91 1,277 1,518
28 1,371 1,404
31 4,182 3,719
0171 44,949 50,144
2001 4,430 4.669
44 2,701. 2,878

717.
12 7
11
21P
1 If
22f
138

21,5 7 23,812
56,791 6 ,29J
4,652 4,316
6,711 5.018
193 75
1,071 3,011
1,032 1,083
3.212 3,685
21;067 22,8b8
6051 13,5A0
3468 285 i
135 116
492 209
1,165 965

SIR ROBERT PEEL ON REFORM. —On Wednes-
day evening, at the annual meeting of the Fazeley
Reading-room, Tamworth, Sir Robert Peel occupied the
chair, and in his address to those present ho said that if
tho working classes applied themselves to the oppor-
tunities which were offered to them of cultivating their
minds they would have more power and more influence
throughout the kingdom, and the exercise of that power
would contribute to the interests of the State. There had
been a great deal said about conferring the elective fran-
chise upon the working classes. For several reasons he
had approved and supported the reduction of the franchise,
and be saw no reason whatever to regret the course
which he had taken. Lord Grey, who had well considered
the question, said with regard to the direct representation
in Parliament of the working classes, that they should be
enabled to send a limited number of members who should
directly represent them in the House. When such words
came from so high an authority as Lord Grey, he (Sir
Robert Peel) thought they deserved the most serious con-
sideration of the Government. Whatever scheme of Re-
form might be brought forward, they would find him
always bearing in mind the great importance of the
working s
a a Ho was glad to see that
the r
ti
middle 'were taking a more lively
aircnl
andsse s e
classes country Ho
interest than hitherto in the improvement of their social
and political condition. The income of the working
classes was very large, and therefore it was very import-
ant that they should be fairly and fully represented in th•
House of emulous,