The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-14 00:00:00

prisoner had obtained admission to the premises from the
river by opening the window of the taproom. In the bundle
in the boat a set of bagatelle balls were found. They had
been stolen from the parlour.
The prisoner made no defence, and said be was guilty.
Mr. Scife—l can't try this case here.

hlarshali said the prisoner was detected a few nights since
in entering the office of the superintendent of the London
Docks at Wapping. The prisoner was enter;ng at the
window when he was detected by the watchman on duty
there and arrested, but be contrived to make his escape.
Mr. Selfe—This is such a clear case of burglary tbat the
prisoner must go for trial.
Shaw was then committed.

LANIBETII.—SERIOITS CHARGE OP DETAINING A
POST LETTER.—George West, a singular-looking person,
who was described as a painter, residing at No. 54, Webber-
row, Westminster-road, was placed at the bar before the
Hon. G. C. Norton on a charge, as it appeared in the police-
:beet, of "fraudulently detaining a post letter delivered at
43, Duke-street, Westminster-road, on the 19th of July
last, the property of John Bridges, in the parish of St.
George the Martyr."
Mr. Binn appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Neale
for the defence.

The proceedings in the case were somewhat lengthy, but
the brief facts were these :—On Saturday, the 17th of last
month, Mrs. Caroline Bridges, the present complainant,
applied at this court for some assistance out of the poor-box
to enable her to bury her daughter, a girl of 14 years of age,
who died at Guy's hospital from the effects of injurieswhieh at e
received at the fire-work explosion in the Westminster-roati.
The case appearing to be one deserving of sympathy, Mr.
Elliott ordered the applicant 10s. from the poor-box, and
the fact of her application having been made public various
sums were forwarded to the parents of the deceased. The
prisoner, who, up to this time, was a perfect stranger to the
parties, came forward and proffered his services to assist in
collecting subscriptions for them ; and the fact of their
having been received led to the present charge. It appeased
that on the 10th of July (the uay on which the case ap-
peared in the newspapers), Mrs. Bridges, her husband, in
company with the prisoner's wife, were from home, and
during their absence a gentleman called at their house
who was observed to give some money to the
prisoner, and the latter was also observed to take two post
letters that were delivered there. For these two letters be
(the prisoner) had never accounted, but said he had received
one letter from a gentleman, which he had lost, but when
pressed on the subject he denied receiving any letter by
post, and the one he received from the gentleman he said
had been picked out of his pocket in the New-cut._ The
complainant having ascertained that two letters had come
by post, and that only one of them came into her hands,
a suspicion of dishonesty on the part of the prisoner was
created in her mind, and that led to the present inquiry.
Samuel Ayles, a letter carrier, deposed to having de-
livered a letter, addressed to Mrs. Bridges, at 43,
Duke-street, Westminster-road, between the hours of six
and seven o'clock on the evening of Monday, the 19th of
last month, but coeld not say the prisoner was the person
who took it In.

Mrs. Norfolk, a person living next door to Mrs. Bridges,
deposed that on Monday, the 19th of July, at about 12
o'clock, she saw a gentleman come up to the door of the
complainant and give something to the prisoner, who ran up
to answer him, and that something the prisoner put into hie
pocket. She also saw the prisoner take two post letters from
two different postmen, the one between six and seven, and
the other between eight and nine. He put them into his
pocket and walked away with them.
This testimony was in some particulars corroborated, yet
Mr. Neale, for the defence, contended that there was
nothing to affect the character of his client, and declared the
whole proceeding a vile conspiracy against him.
Lockyer, one of the summoning officers, said that on
taking the prisoner to the station to have the charge en-
tered against him, and while the sergeant WN taking the
charge, he (the prisoner) said, " I do not think that is the
postman who delivered the letter "upon which the sergeant
asked what it was he said, and tile prisoner replied, " I re-
tract what I have said, and shall state what I have to say
before the magistrate."
Mr. Norton, in remanding the prisoner until Thurs-
day next, observed that It would aid the present inquiry
materially, and also promote the ends of justice, it the
writers of the letters forwarded by post to the complainant
at 43, Duke-street, Westminster-road, on the 19th of last
month, could be brought forward on the next examination.
This, hel thought, might be accomplished by a request to
that effect being added to the report of the case, and if the
reporter would kindly notice the matter it doubtless would
have the desired effect.

The prisoner was then remanded, but was told that good
bail would be accepted for his appearance on Thursday next.

LETTERS FOR EGYPT.—Henceforward letters for
Suez, forwarded by British packet, either by way of Mar-
seilles, or by way of Southampton, may be sent unpaid or
paid to destination, at the option of the seeder. The post-
age of a letter addressed to Suez is—Via Southampton, not
exceeding loz., 6d. ; above /oz. and not exceeding loz., is.;
above loz. and not exceeding 2ozs., 25.; and so on, adding
ls. for every additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce. Via
Marseilles, not exceeding loz., ls.; above loz. and not ex-
ceeding ioz., is. 9d. ; above :loz. and not 'exceeding loz.,
2s. ; above loz. and not exceeding lioz., 3s. 3d. ; above lioz.
and not exceeding 120 z., 3s. 6d.; above loz. and not ex-
ceeding 3s. 9d. ; above 11oz. and not exceeding 20z.,
4s. ; and so on, adding ls. British postage, for every addi-
tional ounce or fraction of an ounce, and 3d. French postage,
for every additional quarter of an ounce.