The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-29 00:00:00

29, 1858.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 28.

WANDSWORTH.—Richard Williams, a col-
lector of tolls at the King: ton turnpike-gate, ap-
peared before Mr. Ingham to answer a summons
charging him with unlawfully demanding and
taking toll from Mr. Alfred AuaustusKibblewbite,
the landlord of the Hope public-house,e Gravel lane,
Sou hwark, when he was exempt 133, having pre-
viously paid a i. another gate.
The complainant stated that on the 10th inst. he
accotnpa,nied a party of friends to Hampton Court
races in a four. wheeled carriage, drawn by one
horse. Witness sat near to the driver, and paid
the toll of 3d. at the Stag gate, in the NYandsworrh-
road, and received a ticker, which mentioned that
they would be exempt from payment at the King-
ston-gate. Oa arriving at the gate there was great
confusion, in consequence of the immense
number of vehicles passing through. He
(defendant) was the collector, and witness
called out the number of the ticket, which he held
open in his hand. The defendant said, "That
won't do, I want 3d." Witness then said, " Will
the ticket do ?" and held it up so that he might
look at it. The defendant would not look at the
ticket, but merely said, You know, 3d." He
then gave him the money, and when they re-
turned the defendant again demanded the toll,
but witness got down and showed him the tickets.
When witness paid the second toll, the defendant
gave him half a ticket, the purport of which he
did not understand. When he wished for an ex-
planation of the toll being taken, the defendant
said he knew all about his business, and then
threatened' to have witness locked up if be inter-
fered with him.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

Yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock, the Grenadier
Guards were mustered in Hyde-park and reviewed
by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, at-
tended by Col. Seymour, Lord Rokeby, and a nu-
merous staff of officers.
The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Lord
Burghersh and Colonel Foster, went to Aldershot
yesterday and reviewed the whole of the troops at
the camp. There are now upwards of 6,000 men
under canvass, including artillery, etec.
The 2d Life Guards and 11th Hussars are ex-
pected to arrive at Aldershot in a few days. It is
also rumoured that her Majesty will inspect the
troops about the sth of July.
The ceremony of presenting a set of new colours
to the Ist or Chatham. Division of Royal Marine
Light Infantry took place yesterday morning in the
presence of a large number of spectators. The en-
tire battalion of the division, numbering upwards
of GOO strong, assembled on their parade-ground at
12 o'clock, under the command of Colonel W. H.
Parke, the commandant of the division. The old
colours of the division were presented by his late
Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in the year
1827, at which time he was Lord High Admiral,
his Royal Highness considering that it was the
highest compliment he could pay to so distinguished
and valuable a body of men. The old colours were
yesterday borne to the front of the division for the
last time by Second Lieutenants R. J. Pascoe aud.
H. M. Kay, being guarded by a colonr-uard of 100
mou, umlcm the command of Captain h. S. Browne,
the senior captain of the division. Shortly after 12
o'clock -Vice-Admiral of the Red E. Harvey, Corn-
mander-in-Chief at the Nore, accompanied by
Major-General S. R. Wesley, Depu,y Adjutant-
General, Royal Marines, witu Captain G. Guld•
smith, C. 8., Superintendent of Chatham De ck-
yard, arrived on the parade-grouud, and was
received with a general salute. The old colours
were then advanced to the front and saluted by the
entire division, after which they were matched off
the ground, the band playing "Should auld. ac-
quaintance." After the new colours had been un-
furled and laid across the drums, the ceremony of
what is termed "consecrating" them was performed
by the Rev. Allen Fielding, M.A., Chaplain of
Chatham Dockyard. Admiral Harvey thou took
the colours and handed them to First Lieutenants
C. Stark and F. S. Boxer, briefly remarking that
he felt highly honoured in being deputed by the
Lords of the Admiralty to present the new colours
to so distinguished a corps, who would make it their
pride to keep them unsullied. The colours-were
then saluted by the entire battalion, and trooped
t:Le 7.):t 1:1 tt,,l !.f r we'ea
ended, and the battalion was dismissed. The oia
colours will be taken to Greenwich Hospital, where I
they will be preserved.
The embarkation of the large number of rein-
forcements which the authorities have determined
on despatching to India is still proc e iing at Graves-
end. Yesterday the Commandant of Chatham
Garrison proceeded. to Gravesend for the purpose
of inspecting those vessels which have been taken
up for the conveyance oftroops. The first vessel
inspected was the Blenheim, Capt. F.
Atkinson.
She is a fine vessel of 1,400 tons, and will embark
the following troops for Calcutta this day—viz,
one officerand 230 men of all ranks of the 23d Riyal
Welsh Fusileirs, from Chatham ; 138 men of the
Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles, and 30 men of the
2d Battalion 60th Rifles, from Winchester ; 2 offi-
cers of the 77th Regiment, from Jersey ; and 1
officer of the 6th Foot, from Colchester ; total, 3
officers and 398 men. The Merchantmln, 1,018
tour, will embark the following troops fur Calcutta:
—33 men of the sth Fusiliers, 134 men of the 6th
Foot, 152 men of the 34th Regiment, and 24 men
of the 38th Regiment, from Colchester ; total, 343
men.

The dtfeadant, in answer to the complainant,
said he did not wilfully take the toll. There was
always great confusion on the race day, and he
did not see tho ticket.

The complainant said he was served a similar
trick by a toll collector on the day of the Epsom
races, and he was determined to be very careful
on the next eccasion. He therefore had the ticket
open in his hand, and the defendant must have
seen it. There had been a great many complaints,
even in his own neighbourhood, where double toll
had been demanded on the race days, and as many
persons would not come forward to prosecuteithe
system fell heavily upon the public.
Mr. Ingham was very glad the witness had
brought this case before him, as he had heard
from the police of grave complaints made by the
public of being charged double toll on the race
days. He should fine the defendant 20s. and 10s.
c( sts on this occasion, but if he ever appeared again
the full penalty of N. would be inflicted.
The money was immediately paid.

Lieut.-Colonel Congdon, Capt. Webb, First
Lieutenants Delacombe and Lane, Adjutants Ellis
and Fraser, 6 sergeants, and 100 rank and file of
the Woolwich division of the Royal Marine Light
Infantry wera...yesterday ordered to be in attend-
ance iu Deptford Dockyard at 2 p.m. to form a
guard of honour for the reception of her Majesty
on her visit to the Great Eastern. The Queen's
co!ours were borne by Lieut. Lane. Colonel
Hamilton Fleming, Acting Comteaudant of the
division, likewise attended her Majesty at Dept-
ford. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, in command of
Commodore Shepherd, yesterday proceeded to
Deptford in the service of the Court.
Admiralty instructions were yesterday received
by Commodore Shepherd, at Wo:,lwich, to ascer-
tain the amount of extra moorings necessary to ba
laid down at Greenhithe for the temporary station
of the seamen's floating hospital Dreadnought,
ordered to be removed to a puler atmosphere.
The steam-frigate Penelope, 22, Capt. Sir Wil-
liam Wiseman, arrived at Spithead, yesterday from
the Cape of Good Hope, which she loft April 16 ;
arrived at St. Helena May 3, and sails d the 7th ;
arrived at Ascension the 13th, and sailed the 15th.
At St. Helena were the United States corvette
Portsmouth, the American barque Chameleon,
and the English ship Saladin. The ship Napoleon
111. was under repairs, and about to be hove down.
A sad accident occurred on board the Penelope on
tiring the salute yesterday noon in honour of her
Majesty's Coronation-day. The 8-inch gun at the
pert gangway, by some means unexplained, was
tired before the man charged with loading it had
withdrawn from the muzzle ; the consequence was
the man was blown into the sea ; on being re-
covered it was found that his hand was blown off
between the wrist and the elbow. He was sent t.ff
immediately in the ship's cutter to Hasler Hospital.
The Victor Emmanuel freightship way surveyed
at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday by the medic d
and other authorities preparatory to taking in her
troops this day for ludia, as before reported.
ointments were made yester-
The following app
day a•.. the Admiralty
Captain Sir G. Broke, to the Centurion, vice
Captain Fanshawe, invalided • Commander F. H.
Stevens and Commander A. it. Henry, to be In-
specting Commanders of the Coastguard ; Lieut.
F. S. Stevenson, to the Scourge ; Lieut. J. W.
James, to the Illustrious, from the Bullfinch; T.
13radbridge, Paymaster to the Scourge ; C. W.
Harris, Paymaster, to the Victory ; and E, Loney,
,Assistant-Surgeon, to the Omar.

military authorities might be obtained, 20 clerks were suc-
cessively sent down to Weedon, but the accounts for
1856-7 were not yet settled. It appeared that the accounts 1 woß—
ati_
P-STREET7—Timothy Howard and
w
of stores kept at Weedon were most scandalously kept
that no day books were forthcoming, and that ono and the Sophia Stevens, nine and seven years of age, were
same officer had the receipt and issue of these stores with- charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt, with stealing a
out any check (upon him. Captain Gordon was sent to sheet. the property of a washerWonian named
relieve Mr. Elliott as storekeeper, and yet the latter re-
Mar Connell
tamed his higher salary of 850/. a-year. The hon. and . The children, who were cleanly and decently
,y
gallant member entered at length into a statement
to show the malpractices which had been resorted to • dresz'ed, although belonging to persons in very
in the way of procuring boots, kits' and accoutre- humble circumstances, appeared perfectly be-
meats,
oandthe poumch
hobl e arm at a contract price,
and wildered as they stood b:..,fote the magistrate, and
price. These facts had been proved before
posing fth at a highly advanced ' their mothers behind them in tears were almost
as
, h
mittee, and it would be highly prejudicial to the public mu" so.
service to permit the conduct, of which the storekeeper A sergeant of the H division of poli.'e informed
I had been guilty to pass unreproved. The 'committee had the court that the charge was abandoned, and
had great difficulties to encounter, and they bad detected
them was not any prosecutor.
a system pursued at Weedon at once disgraceful and disre- Mr. D'Eyncourt inuired how long they
the had
putable. He proposed a commission, with an efficient
q
actuary at its bead, which should probe the evil to its root. been locked up, and was told they had been
at
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") i station house since Saturday evening, the time the
Mr. C, GILPIN corcrially seconded the motion, thanking charge was preferred.
the hon. and gallant member for the promptitude with Mr. D'Eyncourt—Why were they not admitted
which he had come forward to correct a gross abuse. He to bail 1 Their parents should have been sent for.
hoped that if any opposition was to be offered to the
um •
S.,refeant—Theparents
were present,i sr, and I
lion, it would not be on the part of any members of the 0
late Government, under whose administration many of used every persuasion to accommodate the facts to
these evils of malversation bad occurred. On this inquiry the children's age, but the charge was persisted in,
would depend the very principle of administrative reform, and the superintendent thought it better to refuse
of which he regretted that much had not recently been bail, as it was a case of felony. The b.)y admitted
heard of late.
Gen. PEEL had not the slightest intention to oppose the the theft,
motion, but he did not augur those great results from in- Mrs. Howard—Why the boy is strictly honest—
quiry which his hon. and gallant friend seemed to antici- the sheet was found afterwards. I offered sixpence
pate, He had himself caused inquiries to be made on ac- towards it before then.
ceding to his present office, and had ordered that the sol-
diers should have have their kits at a proper price. The
' p, and we did
system of clothing had also been changed, (Hear.) He care of
children were very well takenf at the station,
your worship,
hoped the commission would do justice to all. (Hear.) He not know under the circumstances what course to
had no desire to screen any persons. The department to adopt.
which he belonged, indeed, was deeply interested in hay- Chief Clerk—Why, the little things might have
ing all these matters conducted satisfactorily. The reports none into fits at being kept from their homes.
he had received from other establishments were of a satin- D Mr. D'Evncourt--They certainly should have
factory character. With regard to Weedon, he thought,. e
the fault lay not in the ordnance regulations themselves, been allowed to leave upon bail. However, they
but roust be ascribed to their evasion. (Hear.) are now in the hands of their parents, who will
Mr. A. BARING said that Mr. Elliott had utterly dis- take them home.
regarded the ordnance regulations, and the consequence The mothers caressed the youngsters and has.
was that the accounts were in a complete state of confu- tuned away.
sion. He hoped the house would suspend its judgment
until the commission had reported.
__
Mr. JACKSON thanked the Minister of War for the
readiness with which he had granted the commission, that
form of enquiry on the spot being the only method of
eliciting the truth. (Hear.)
Mr. CONINGHAM hoped that justice would be done to
Sergeant Brodie, who had been instrumental in bringing
about these inquiries. Next session, he trusted that the
system of patronage pursued at the Horse Guards itself
would be brought under investigation. (On.) A searching
inquiry into the practices m all the public departments
would be the only way of securing economy. The Horse
Guards must be brought to book. (Oh, oh, and cries of
" Question.") Ths hon. member, amidst repeated cries of
" Question," said he bad heard it recommended that the
Thames should be turned into the Horse Guards--(a laugh)
—but he would not turn it on them in its present putrid
state. (Laughter.) The Horse Guards must be turned in-
side out. (Laughter.)
Mr. D. NICOLL extolled the conduct of Sergeant Bro-
die. and
The Motion was agreed to.
The Chief Justice of Bombay Di 1 was read a third time
and passed.
The Herring Fisheries (Scotland) Dill was read a second
time.
CONFIRMATION OF EXECUTORS, Sec., BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
THE ART UNIONS ACT AMENDMENT BILL.
This bill was also read a third time and passed.
The house then adjourned at a quarter past one o'clock