The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-21 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD

The Right Rev. the Bishop of Lichfield died
suddenly on Saturday night at his episcopal rcti-
deuce, Ecclesha]l Castle.

Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day.

Market opens strong, with a good demand. Esti_
mated sales, 15,000 bales or more.

THE INVASION OF THE PAPAL STATES.

ROME, Oct. 19.
It is announclA that, after a fierce engagement,
the Papal troops re-occupied Nerola, last Dlglit.
The Garibal, Hans sustained heavy loss.Js in killed
wounded, and prisoners. ,

MIDDLESEX SESSIONF.—This Day.

(Before the Assistant-Judge.)

STEALING TILE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS'S
[The following appeared in our Latest Edition en Sa.tur.
day evening.]

John Thomas Bell was placed at the bar charged
with stealing six valuable rings, the property of the
Marchioness of Hastings, from her ladyship's
boudoir at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle.
street.

The Marchioness of Hastings having identafied
the riugs as her property,

Inspector Silverton repeated his evidenze with
respect to the apprehending of the primyaer, and
also the same version of the matter which the
soner repeated to him as well as Mr. Lampert.
Mr. Sleigh then summed up the tavideucc which
he had adduced to prove the case.

Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for the prisoner.
He said the matter was of the most vital import,.
auce, and a sensational character had been given to
the prosecution in consequence of the comTlnnts
that had been made upon it in some of th.e daily
newspapers. The learned counsel for the prosecu-
tion contended that he had satisfactorily proved
the case, but ho did ii)t think that
they would be of that opinion. His learned friend
had told them that the prisoner had stolen the
property, and that it could not have been given
to him. But were they clear on that matter. It
seemed to him (Ur. Ribton) out of the question
that the prisoner should have been enabled
to obtain the property, because it was quite
impossible that he could have entered the
hotel, and proceeded to the Marchoness's bed-room,
and their rifled her jewel case without observation.
Then, again, if the prisoner had stolen the rings,
was it at all feasible he would have been found
attempting to dispose of the property without the
slightest attempt at concealment. The version of the
prisoner that the rings were given to him by a lady
was not so absurd as the counsel for the prosecu-
tion wished them to believe. If the rings had been
stolen the thief would, without doubt, have
taken the jewel-case with its contents en-
tire, and not have left about twenty other rings.
remaining in it. There were a great many families
staying at St. George's Hotel, each of whom, of
course, had a lady's maid, and there was no know-
ing what some of these persons might not have done.
The prisoner might have been invited into the hotel
by some one, and that person might have been
liberal to the prisoner out of Lady Hastings' jewel-
case. The present was not a case of receiving—it
was for stealing ; and if they could not find tho
prisoner guilty of stealing they must acquit him.
The Assistant-Judge summed up the case to the
jury, and remarked that everything that could be
said, and a great deal which it had been better should
never been said, had been addressed to them, but strip-
ping the case of the fringe that had been attached
to it, it became one of the most simple that
had been submitted to the jury. The prisoner was
found in the possession of stolen property, and it
was for him to satisfactorily account for it. With
respect to the observation of the learned
counsel, about selecting six rings instead of
taking the whole, it appeared to him that
had the thief done so he would have had to have
carried the case with the marchioness's crest about
with him for some time, the discovery of which
would have been proof positive on his
being captured, and another reason why he
did not do so was, that if the box hal been
carried off the robbery would have been very soon
discovered, instead of its being some time before
only some of its contents were discovered to
be missing. If the jury believed the story
the prisoner told with respect to the lady giving him
the rings then they would acquit him, but if not
they would find him guilty of the present charge.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a
verdict of guilty.
A former conviction of an hotel robbery at
Bishopwearmouth during the present year
.was
proved against the prisoner.
➢ir. Sleigh asked the Assistant - Judge
whether he would not respite the prisoner's
sentence until the next session, in order that
the prisoner might give any information as to
whether he had any accomplice in the robbery.
The Assistant-Judge said, the case being closed,
he could now state his opinion ; he did not think the
prisoner had an accomplice, but he thought some
person had given him information as to the con-
struction of the building.
Mr. Sleigh said it had been stated in the news-
papers that the present trial had been postponed
in order that tho Marquis of Hastings might
be present at Newmarket races. Such was not the
fact ; the trial had been postponed in order
that the former conviction might be pro-
cured from Sunderland. He would take
that opportunity of informing the court that
the prisoner was an adept at billiards, and by that
means he was enabled to get sufficient means to
lodge at hotels. Previous to the present charge
he had been found in the upper apartments
of another west end hotel, near to a large quantity
of jewellery, but be was fortunately discovered, and
his excuse for being on the staircase was that he
had strayed a little too high for the billiard
room.

The Assistant-Judge said, under all the circum-
stances he should sentence the prisoner to five yeare
penal servitude.

MONOPOLY OF THE LAND.

In the course of a lecture CI "Labour and Capital" de-
livered by Mr. Ernest Jones to a largo audience in the City
Hall, Glasgow, he made the following remarks :—" In 1770
there wore 250,000 landlords in the United Kingdom ; now
there aro less than 30,000, of whom nearly 9,000 aro in Ire-
land. Five mon—the Earl of Breadalbane, the Dukes of
Argyll, Athol°, Sutherland, and Buccleuch—own one-
fourth of all the land in Scotland ; twelve mon possess the
half ; and half of England belongs to 150 persons. 30,000
mon, say, to 30,000,000 people—here you shall plough and
sow and reap, and there not : here you shall build and
plant and work, and there not : hero you shall breathe
and live and die, and nowhere else, except where we per-
mit." Ho concluded by saying, "I seek not to in-
fringe the rights of property ; 1 seek not to confiscate a
single acre; n•r is there the slightest need for any such
proceeding. But Ido say the rights of private property
in land have their limits. Those limits have been recog-
nised by Parliament. They wore recognised when the
Legislature drove a railroad through the landlord's acres
against his will. if it is right to send the people through
his acres, it is right to send them to his acres also. They
were recognised when the Legislature established the En-
cumbered Estates Court, and sent one-seventh of all Ire-
land to the auction mart. They are recognised when a
man is unable to manage his own • property wisely —tho
law steps in and manages it for him. I say no man has a
right, whore labour is redundant and food deficient, to keep
fruitful land out of cultivation. The men who du that aro
criminals; every such uncultivated acre is a national crime ;
every such uncultivated acre is a landlord's theft. I lay
down the axiom that no man has a right to more land tlrmn
he has capital or means to cultivate. \V hoever keeps an
acre out of cultivation keeps the loaf from the poor man's
cupboard—takes a span front the poor man's life. He has
uo right to that acre, I care not who ho is. Though a
king gave it to him, who gave it to the king? The title to
the laud is culture, God is the only landlora, awl our
labour is the rent wo have to pay,"

THE CHAMPIONSIIIP.—The Stakeholder has do-
cidod that each man must draw his stake. The money
will be handed over at the office of Bell's Life to-morrow.

Telegraphic communication is about to be pro-
vided between the chief police office in Scotland-yard and
the chief station of the fire brigade et Watling-street, in
order to facilitate the transmission of iliformation as to firce
fa the metropolis by the police.