The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

BOBBED:Sr BY A SERVANT.—Mary Bennett, a girl about
11 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget charged
with stealing two frocks, two pairs of drawers, three
petticoats, one pinafore, an apron, and a pocket handker-
chief, the property of Caroline Griggs, her mistress.
The prosecutrix was very reluctant to give evidence,
and said she did not wish to hurt the poor girl, but only to
get her property back.
Mr. Paget said she must either give her evidence or
withdraw from the prosecution.
She then went on, eta ing that she had no desire to give
any testimony at all, only to obtain her property ; on which
Mr. Paget said that unless she did give her evidence he
must discharge the prisoner. She then said the prisoner
had been in her service for three weeks, and that she had
recently missed the property above mentioned. The
articles were taken out of a box which was never locked.
She identified a handkerchief, taken Jrora the prisoner's
neck by Mrs. Collins, a female searcher.
Mrs. Etty Gough, the wife of John. Gough, and landlady
of the house No. 4, Alfred-street, Stepney, where the last
witness and her husband rent apartments, discovered the
prisoner taking away a piece of carpet yesterday, and asked
her what she was going to do with it, when she replied,
To sell it." She afterwards missed a chemise and towel.
Martha Connor, a leaving-shop-keeper, produced Mrs.
Gough's chemise land towel, which she bought of the pri-
soner yesterday morning.
The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Paget committed
her for trial.

CRIME AND REMORSE.—Mary Cole, a young woman, was
brought up on remand charged with stealing wearing ap-
parel and other property, valued at £5, from a room in a
house No. 14, Wellclose-square.
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The prisoner obtained admission to the house by means
of a false key, and opened the door of the room, which she
plundered with another false key. She was about to leave
the house with her booty, when another lodger discovered
her, raised an alarm, and gave her into custody. Sho had
several keys upon her, and could have entered every room
in the house. There had been two robberies in the same
dwelling before, and the prisoner was suspected to have
been concerned in them.

Childs, a police-constable of the TI division, recognised
the prisoner as an old offender. She was troubled with
remorse after her committal to the House of Detention on
remand, and made an attempt to commit suicide, in which
she very nearly succeeded. She appeared to be very ill,
and was again remanded for a week.

The "Sunday Evenings for the People."

Yesterday afternoon a case was brought before
the chief magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, at the
Bow-street Police-court, upon four summonses
against the proprietors of St. Martin's Hall, Long-
acre, under the Act 21 Geo. 111., c. 49, entitled " An
Act for Preventing certain Abuses and Profanations
on the Lord's Day, called Sunday," for keeping a
disorderly house; the specific charge being that
upon four occasions " entertainments" were given
on Sunday, admission being by the payment of
money, or by tickets sold for money. Sir John
Bowring and Mr. Jas. Haywood, F.R.S., occupied
seats on the bench. The prosecution was conducted
by Mr. Poland, instructed by Messrs. Baxter, Rose,
and Norton ; Mr. Dangerfield, of the firm of Dan-
gerfield and Fraser, appeared for the nominal de-
fendant, the proprietor of St. Martin's Hall ; and
Mr. Besley, instructed by Messrs. Sham and Roscoe,
of Bedford-row, for the parties conducting the
alleged " entertainment." Mr. Poland, in opening
the case proceeded to state that the provisions of
the act imposed a penalty of £2OO, recoverable by
action at law, against any person keeping a house
or place in which entertainments or amusements
were provided on the Sunday, and also provided
that they might be proceeded against for keeping
a disorderly house. Now, the entertainment with
respect to which these proceedings were taken
was beyond question a musical entertainment, at
which also lectures were delivered. He was
bound to say that: at all these entertainments
there was no disorder in the usual sense.
The audience were well behaved. The pro-
ceedings were conducted with strict propriety, if
lawful on the Sabbath-day. The bills which were
distributed stated that the admission was free, and
no doubt free seats were provided. The hall held
about 2,000, and the free seats, which, of course,
were the worst seats, were soon filled, then
persons who had been unable to obtain admis-
sion to those free seats found that by paying their
money or buying tickets they could obtain admis-
sion to other parts of the hall. It could not be
at all pretended that these entertainments were
in any way in the nature of religious services,
being clearly matters of amusement. There
was nothing in the nature of religious worship,
although the music, it must be admitted, was en-
tirely of that class known as sacred music. But if
these things were to be allowed they might, after
commencing with sacred music, proceed by easy
gradations to the secular and profane. The great
point to settle was whether these proceedings were
legal or illegal. After some discussion as to the
fitness of the tribunal before which the case was
brought, it was agreed that a case should be drawn
up for a superior court, and the proceedings were
closed for the present.

In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets,
during the last few days, there has been a very limited
amount of business entered into. Sugars, however,
have remained at steady rates ; for coffee late prices
have been in most instances well supported ; while
rice has been dull, and at rather lower rates. Tallow
has been in better demand, and quotations for pre-
sent and forward delivery tend upwards.
FATAL ...A.CCIDENT TO A RICHMOND TRAINER: On 'Wed-
nesday, Mr. Charles Wiuteringham, the well-known trainer,
died at Richmond, in consequence of injuries received on
Sunday morning. Ho was returning from the Rich-
mond training ground, riding his two-year-old filly,
Castaway, accompanied by one of his stable boys. About
a hundred yards from the Belleisle (Mr. Watson's
training stables), the filly stumbled and fell, rolling
over her rider. The lad immediately hurried towards Mr.
Watson's, and obtained some assistance. A medical gen-
tleman was fortunately in the vicinity, and under his
directions Mr. Winteriugham, who was bleeding freely
from the mouth, but still sensible, was removed in a cab
to his house in Richmond. The injuries received were
principally internal, and iu spite of all that medical skill
could do for him he gradually sunk, and died on Wednes-
day. Dlr. WilaWrthshara was in biz forty-ninth year,

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liEll MAJESTY, &e•

The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace,
yesterday afternoon.

The Grievances of the London Cab-drivers.

Last evening a meeting attended by upwards of
200 cab-drivers took place at the Waterldo Tap,
under the large arch contiguous to the South-
Western Railway Station, " to take into considera-
tion the present most disgraceful state of the
laws that ,govern the cab trade of London, and
to propose a series of resolutions with a view to
shake off some of the trammels, under which
cab proprietors and drivers now laboured, and
which seemed in a fair way of being increased."
The placard announcing the meeting contained
a notification—" To masters and men.—Now is
your time or never. Let us make use of the words of
the great Iron Duke : ' Up boys, and at them.' "
Mr. B. WRIGHT, a coach-builder, was voted into
the chair, as an independent man—neither master
nor driver. In opening the proceedings he said
that the time had arrived when some steps should
be taken in behalf of industrious, sober, honest, but
much maligned down-trodden men—the masters and
cabmen of the city of London. If a proof of their
honesty be required, let them go to Scotland-yard
and see the amount of lost property that was left
there in the course of 12 months. What did cabby
get out•of that ? (" Hear, hear," and loud derisive
cries.) He (the chairman) had been in the West
Indies, and had seen the state of things in that
country, both before and after the freedom, and he
never saw slaves work so many hours as the London
cabmen did, though they received better pay. (Hear,
hear.) There was no class of men who received
fewer halfpence and more kicks than the poor cab-
men.. (Applause.) He contended that the laws
that governed the masters and drivers of cabs were
most disgraceful, most oppressive, and most unjust.
For each cab driven in the streets of London 3655•
a year was paid for duty, £1 a year for a plate, and
ss. a year for a badge. Was it not a disgrace that
a man should be compelled to get his living under
such circumstances? He exhorted all those who
were interested in this movement to remain firm, to
march on in battle arruy, to keep boldly on in the
front, and the day would be their own. (Cheers.)
Mr. BARNES, a cab-driver, who moved the first
resolution, said he had been given to understand
that there were people outside ready to molest them
with bags of flour, black-stuff, and yellow ochre.
He thought it advisable that they should be made
acquainted with this fact, in order that they
might be prepared to punish the offenders should
they present themselves. (Loud applause, and
expressions of indignation.) The resolution he
had to move was to the effect that the meeting pro-
tested against the statements made at the recent
meeting of the Society of Arts—to wit, that London
has the worst cabs of any town in the kingdom, and
that it is difficult to find an honest cabman ; the
statements being injurious to the future prospects
of both masters and men. There were 6,100 cabs
in the metropolis, and he was prepared to assert,
after being connected with public vehicles in the
various cities of Europe, that he never found all
town better supplied with cabs than London NW'
(Hear, hear.) He had been driving a cab for 10 or
12 years and had never seen a cab with two cushions
of different colours, as described by Mr. Cole at the
meeting of the Society of Arts, or open to the va-
rious other objections raised by that gentleman.
For 13 years Sir Richard Mayne had had.tbe con-
trol of the London cabs, and if he asserted that they
were deserving of the reproaches cast upon them, be
condemned hinlself, and it was quite time that some-
body else took his place. (Hear, hear, and cheer.)
The speaker continued to defend his craft from the
many accusations that were continually levelled
against all who follow it, and asserted that country
cousins often cheated the cabmen.
Mr. BATES, a driver, seconded the resolution,
which was carried unanimously.
Mr. TURNER, a driver, moved the next resolu-
tion—" That the present law relating to cab-driverS
was harsh, cruel, and tyrannical, and requiredalte"
ration ; that they were Englishmen, loyal subjects,
and good citizens ; that they ought not to he
hounded about by the police, but should enjoy 0'
same privileges which were extended to other mem-
bers of the community." He entered into statistine:
to show the amount of money invested in the Lo
don cab trade, and contended that the owners an
part of
drivers of cabs contributed one-seventieth

the entire sum raised by taxation.
Mr. TOWELL, a driver and proprietor, seconded
the resolution, protesting against the taste whicii.
guided Sir Richard Mayne in presiding at the la"
meeting of the Society of Arts.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. SMITH, a member of the South London Cab-
men's Club, complained that the large sum °$ f
£8,394 was paid in London for the inspection
cabs, and the duty was most inefficiently performed_
As an illustration of this fact, he urged that in 5
teCl 011 e
particular instance a cab had been insp
rok
ee
Thursday, and on the following Saturday it b
down when empty. (Cheers and laughter.)
The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to

the chairman

MARKETS. -- this day.

MARK-LANE.
The supply of English wheat on sale at our markoduce
et to-
day was very moderate, buthe whole,n t the codit
heion
trade of truled quiet
he pr
was tolerably good. On t
at Monday's prices.
With foreign wheat the market was moderately Sup'
plied. The business transacted was to a fair extent, at
previous quotations.
There was a fair demand for floating cargoes of grain,
at late rates.
Barley was in fair supply and slow request, at previous
quotations.
The malt trade was quiet, at late rates.
The
The market was extensively supplied with oats.
trade was dull, and quotations rather lower.
The supply of beans on sale was moderate. The trade
ruled quiet, at late rates.
Peas in moderate request, on former terms. The market
was very moderately supplied.
Flour moved off slowly, at late prices.
SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.o
English and Scotch 1,120 580 1,910 47
Irish
Foreign 2,380 2,990 43,420 I,74__Osbarcik• e

NEINGA.TE AND LEADENHALL.
The supplies of town and country-killed meat on saiitely,
at these markets are fairly extensive. The trade Belle'
is quiet, at our quotations :
Per 81b by the carcase.
ad s d
Inferior beef 3 2 3 4
Middling do. 3 6 4 0
?rime large do * 2 4 4
Prime small do 4 6 4 8
Veal 4 4 5 4
Lamb. Os u

d "I 6
A Interior mutton...• 3 'a -4 4
Middling mutton•• 3 6 3 Bpi
Prime do ..........0
Large pork ........ 6 4
Lmaltdi upork. .....
003 .. .3)0 4
d

BOROUGII BOP•
The trade remains much the same as previously
In all qualities sales progress slowly, at irregular pric.es.
There is, however, no doubt that although m the esistl
state of affairs the quotations may fluctuate, the Present
range of prices will eventually be thinly maintained. t
Mid and East rents ............• 170 s to 231 s per C'sr '
Farnham and country ............ 1703 to 2253 ~
Weald of Kent ..................... 168 s to 18is
Sussex ............................... 164 s to 175 s ~
Yearlings .............................. 105 s to 15s )7
quoted.
Olds .................................... 56s to 953 "

COLONIAL.
TEA.—Since the conclusion of the public sales of China
there has been a very moderate business entered into, blit
late rates are supported.
SuGAß.—There have been no public sales a import-
auoe, only a moderato quantity having been brought for-
ward. West India descriptions, however, generally iv-
tain former rates.
COFFEE.—For colonial descriptions there has been
moderate inquiry, and plantation Ceylon has in most ia"
stances maintained previous rates.
IticE.—Business has been very dull, and to effect sales
ac
holders have bad to accept rather lower rates.tivity,
of 0
TALLow.—The market has shown rather more
and prices have tended upwards. P.Y.C. on the sp
quoted 435., March to June Os. 9d. to 435., atni last three
mouths} 430. 94. per cwt.