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as well as travelling expenses in Russia from one town to Gore drove his employers' horse and cart into the St. Katha-
another, and, by the expiration of this contract, travelling rine Dock, the cart contained 16 packages he had received
expenses back from Russia to London. (Signed) Baron A. at another dock. The gatekeeper asked Gore as he entered
Baillot and James Beale." the dock how many packages he had in his cart, to vrbich
On signing these agreements they were told to keep them- be replied 18, and that two were in excess. It was afterwards
selves in readiness to sail on the 21st of June, and they re- ascertained there were only 16 packages in the cart when it
ceived £4 each to procure necessaries fir the voyage. As entered the dock.
the time arrived they were told they could not go for some Mr. Selfe said the packages ought to have been counted
time longer, and the excuse urged was that the extensive as the cart entered the duck.
machinery ordered by the baron was not quite finished ; Mr. Mumford said it was not always practicable to do
and in this way they were put off from time to time until at that. A cart might have 50 or 100 packages in it when it
length they went to the residence ofßaron Brunnow,and from entered. the dock; and if the contents of every waggon,
the secretary of that nobleman learned that Baron Amedce van, and cart was to be counted, they must be first tm-
%Mot had not in any way received either the sanction or the loaded.
patronage of the Russian Government; that he was an ad- Mr. Selfe thought there was not a sufficient check to pre-
venturer, and could not carry out his project, and they were vent valuable merchandise being stolen and taken out of
strongly advised to apply to a magistrate and complain of the dock.
the manner in which they had been treated. They were Mr. Mutnford—We rely principally on the integrity of
Asti told that if they applied to the magistrate Baron Brun- our servants. Every possible precaution against fraud and
now would take up the matter. In reply to the questions of robbery is taken by the dock company, and they have a
the magistrate the applicant Beale said he had been in very efficient police, which costs them £4,000 per annum.
the service of Mr. Dorrett, of Liwehouse, for four years, Mr. Selfe thought if no means were taken to test the
and left his excellent employment to engage with Baron accuracy of a carman's statement as to goods in his cart
Baillot, and the second man, James George Ball, upon entering the dock which he was to take out again,
gas engineer, said he had been engaged at the Lon- there was no protection for goods in the dock.
don Gas Works for 14 years, and that he also had been Mr. Young contended that Gore went to the dock for a
induced to leave his employment for the tempting offer bag of coffee, and that one was delivered to him, and if
of the baron of £2OO a-year. They further stated that they there was any mistake it was on the part of the dock
had been to the Home-villa, Hampstead, the late residence company's servants.
of the Baron Baillot, to see him, but found that he had dis- Mr. Selfe said this was a proper case to go before a jury,
appeared from there, and they further ascertained that and he should commit both prisoners for trial.
while the baron was writing to them from Paris he was in Mr. Mumford, however, having said he expected to trace
London all the time. Ball said he had a wife and child to Elsden, the offender who had absconded,
support, and was very badly off, and Beale also said he was The magistrate again remanded them until next Friday,
in great distress, having parted with everything he had; and reluctantly consented to take bail.
and both applicants said they much feared they were not Messrs. Peek's 'foreman, Mr. Lee, and another person
the only victims to the baron's rosin gas project. bailed Gore, and he was liberated.
Mr. Norton considered their case an exceedingly bard THE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT.—William Clark, a
one, and hoped that something would be done to compel the brewer in Welleloseasquare, St. George's-in-the-East, ap-
baron to pay them, not only for the time he had engaged
them, but also to compensate them for the loss of the lucre- peered before Mr. Selfe, to answer an information exhibited
by Mr. Steed, superintendent of the H division of police,
tive situations they had given up. which charged him with having a furnace on his premises
The applicants thanked his worship for his kind wishes, so constructed as not to consume or burn its own smoke.
and very much hoped they might be realised. Mr. Wm. Sandeson, the Government engineer, proved
AN ATTORNEY'S FEE.—On Thursday evening a case that he had inspected the defendant's premises, and found a
of assault was heard before Mr. Norton in which the par- large furnace and a 150-gallon copper in operation. There
ties were of the humbler class from the neighbourhaod was no smoke-consuming apparatus applied to the furnace,
of Lock's-fields. Mrs. Ann Fellows was the complainant, which communicated with a large chimney shaft. The fur-
and Mrs. Catherine Burton was the defendant. Mr. Rum- tutu smoked very badly.
sey, an attorney, attended on behalf of the complainant, Police-sergeant Cleary, 8 11, had seen large volumes of
and while the case was being heard one of the most unfor- dense black smoke issuing from the defendant's chimney
tunate of the squad of stamping " touts" who infest ibis shaft, daily and hourly, for some months past. The chimney
court and its avenues, who had taken his place just behind was often smoking for 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes.
him, was observed several times to prompt the learned The defendant said he had made alterations in his furnace,
gentleman. The case, as before stated, was one of the most which were completed yesterday.
common and ordinary description, the squabble between the Mr. Selfe—There is no defence at all.
parties having originated in some difference between their The defendant—Except the correct plan.
children; and Mr. Norton considering both equally to Mr. Selfe fined the defendant X,5.
blame, and wishing to prevent a repetition of the row, ordered Mr. Bodkin--Mind, the next penalty for &second offence
bath to find bail for their peaceable behaviour. The parties will be £lO.
were removed from the court, but soon after were brought Mr. Robert Bailey, ironfounder, Folly-wall, Poplar, was
back, by Cook, the gaoler, who informed the magistrate charged with negligently using a furnace constructed so
that on taking them back to await the attendance of bail, as to burn or consume the smoke.
both parties shook hands and expressed their deep regret A gentleman, who attended for the defendant, said he
that they should have made such fools of themselves, and was under heavy liabilities to get barracks made for the
both expressed forgiveness. The complainant, said Cook, East India Company, and hence arose the negligence. The
says she agreed to pay her solicitor his fee of five shillings, defendant had been at great expense with a view to comply
and gave him two shillings on account. The other three with the law.
she should have to pay, and she was therefore without the Mr. Selfe fined the defendant 40s.
means to pay the bail fees. The other poor woman was in a
similar predicament, not having a farthing, and both were
sorry for what had occurred and were ready to premise that
there should be no repetition of the disturbance. He
(Cook) thought he should take his worship's opinion re-
specting them.
Mr. Norton observed that he was glad to find that both
had come to their proper senses, and, expressing a hope that
they would keep their promise, discharged both.
The parties then left the court together, and whether Mrs.
Fellows paid the remaining portion of her lawyer's fee or
not did not transpire.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL CORN-AuG. 27.

The attendance of millers and dealers was rather small, and the
Passing business was limited. Wheat and flour were held firmly,
and no reduced price would be entertained. On the whole the ge-
neral feeling was towards steadiness in price, and a genuine good
demand for present consumption.

WAKEFIELD CORN—Ava. 27.

SOUTHWARK.—EXTENSIVE PLUNDER BY A BAR-
MAN.—Henry Howes, a respectable-looking young man,
under barman to Mr. William Sudell, a licensed victualler
at the Noah's Ark, 360, Blackfriars-road, was brought be-
fore Mr. Burnham for final examination charged with
robbing his employer to a serious extent.
Mr. Solomon appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.

The show of samples of new wheat offering were not in good
condition, and prim were rather lower ; for old the prices of last
Friday were firmly held. All other articles as before, and they
were fully as dear.

Edwin for the prisoner.
The prosecutor said that the prisoner bad been in his
employ twelve mantbs as potman and under-barman. It
was a portion of his duty to attend upon customers behind
the bar and put the money in the till. On Tuesday night
last, about 9 o'clock, while witness was at supper in the bar
parlour, his brother brought the prisoner into the room by his
wrist, exclaiming, " I have caught him," and at the same time
two shillings dropped from the prisoner's hand. Witness
sent for a constable, when the prisoner wanted to go up stairs,
but he prevented him, and on the arrival of the constable
he was searched, and 255. 10d. found on him in silver and
copper, and a half-sovereign, besides a set of gold studs and a
purse. He then sent up stairs for his box,which, being opened,
a smaller box was found, and the prisoner was asked what
that contained. He replied, " Eighteen pounds which he
had from his uncle, and that it had never been opened while
he had been there." The contents of that box were counted,
and amounted to £l6 in gold, and £2 in silver. Among
the gold he identified a sovereign and a half which had been
in his possession during the last six weeks. In the large
box was also found a new watch and chain, a pint and a
half of brandy, and a quantity of cigars. There were also
numerous articles of new clothing, which appeared to have
been recently purchased.
Mr. Burcham asked what wages ,he bad given the pri-
soner ?
Mr. Sudell replied that he paid him ss. a week, with his
his board and lodging, and presents at times.
Mr. Solomon asked how much he had paid him since be
had been in his service ?
Mr. Sudell said, about £l2 wages and £3 gratuities.
By Mr. Edwin—He never told me that he had any
money of his own until his box was searched.
Mr. Henry Sudell said he lived with his brother (the last
witness), and on Tuesday night was serving in the bar
About nine o'clock he saw the prisoner take two shillings
from the till; and as he was about to serve a customer, be
(witness) seized hold of him by the wrist, and forced him
into the bar-parlour, where his brother was at supper. The
two shillings then dropped from his hand.
The prisoner's uncle was here called forward, and he
denied having at any time given him £lB. On Sunday last
he did give him half a sovereign.
Edwin Smith, 66 L, said he took the prisoner into cus-
tody for stealing two shillings from his master's till. He
told witness he did not mean to steal the money ; he in-
tended to put it back into the till. Witness searched
him, and found 255. 10d. on him. In his boxes were found
upwards of £22, snaking altogether £24, besides a silver
watch and chain, a pint and a half of brandy, and a bundle
of cigars. The prisoner said £lB was given him by his
uncle.
Thr prisoner, by the advice of Mr. Edwin, his solicitor,
pleaded guilty, and asked his worship to deal with him
under the New Crimical Justice Act.
The prosecutor also made a similar application.
Mr. Burcham told the prisoner that he been guilty of
a very serious offence, and had it not been for the wish of
the prosecutor he should have sent him to the sessions for
trial. Under all the circumstances he should sentence him
to six months' hard labour, and order all the money and
property to be handed over to the prosecutor.
The prisoner was then removed.
IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS AND THEIR CLOCKS.—
George Linford, a highly-respectable licensed victualler,
proprietor of the Royal George, Great George-street, Ber-
mondsey, was summoned by the police for unlawfully
having his house open for the sale of beer, spirits, &c., before
the hour of one o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the 15th inst.
Mr. Solomon appeared for defendant.
Edwin Coleman, 53 M, said that on the day in question be
was on duty in Great George-street, near Bermondsey Old
Church, and about nine minutes to one he saw defendant's
potman coming from the house with a can containing about
a pot of beer. He was nearly opposite the church then, and
on looking sideways be perceived the defendant's doors open.
He proceeded there, and saw the front of the bar crowded,
and people being served with beer, &c. He told Mr. Lin-
ford that he had done wrong by opening before one. He
replied, "It is past one—look at my clock." Witness did
so, and that was 10 minutes past. In doss-examination
Coleman said that when he saw the doors open he could
only see the house sideways by standing close to the wall,
and he could just see the church clock.
Mr. Solomon here contended that, in the situation the
officer was in, it would be impossible to see the church
clock distinctly, consequently he might be mistaken as to
the time.
Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, said he knew the locality
well, and he thought it would be difficult for the officer to
distinguish the church clock where he was standing. At
the same time, he knew that the clocks varied very much
in that locality.
Mr. Solomon said that his client was a highly respectable
licensed victualler, and had ne idea of breaking the law.
He had instructed him to say that, in order to get his house
clear by 12 on Saturday night, the hands of the clock were
put forward 10 minutes, and he believed the barman forgot
to put them back on Sunday morning.
His worship thought there was a doubt in the case, there-
fore defendant must have the benefit of it. The summons
was therefore dismissed.

THAMES.—ROBBERY IN THE ST. KATHARINE DOCK.
—Charles Gore, aged 30, late in the employ of Peek,
Brothers, and Co., importers and wholesale tea, coffee, and
spice dealers, of Eastcheap and Love-lane. City ; and Ben-
jamin before
Smith, 62, a labourer in the employ of the St. Ka-
tharine
Mr. Selfe, charged with Dock Company stealing a bag of raht up w
co on rft., me
weighing
1 cwt. 3 qrs. albs.
last the
tesisrs. Peek, his employers,
latf
appeared Charles
from Young,the solicitor,
evidence defendedatnn
Wednesday Gore.
prisoner Gore was directed by
neDdnteok.them from the D
The prisoner
to fetch a bag of raw coffee
warehouse of the St.
and cart into the dock, and
' r a loop hole of the D ware-
after backing the cart unae
Katharine °n slg
drove his employers' horse
house, where
it was not usual to deliver coffees, he went
into the warehouse, and had some conversation with Smith
and a man named Elsden. soon a fterwar d
"a false bag
of coffee," weighings
1 cwt. 3 qrs. 4 lb., was lowered from
the loophole of the warehouse into Messrs. Peek's cart.
The prisoner then drove
drove his horse and cart away, and
backed his cart under
another oop eof the warehouse,
and h
called out "Coffee, coffee. A real bag of coffee con-
signed to Messrs. Peek was here delivered to him, and he
was about to leave the dock, when he was stopped by Mr.'
the superintendent of the deck company's
gNtioulitcnef"d'
,and taken into custody. A man named Charles
Hagen, a marker in the employ of the dock company,
who saw the whole transaction, and who suspected a rob-
bery was intended, when he saw the prisoners and
Elsden earnestly conversing together in the ware-
house, narrowly watched the three rogues, and gave infor-
mation to a watchman, who communicated with Mr, Mum-
ford. The superintendent of police went to the yard at the
back of the warehouse and took the false bag of coffee out
of the cart, and asked Gore how be came by it, to which he
replied that he knew nothing about it, that he came for a
beg of coffee and had got a bag of coffee. Mr. Mumford
added that Smith and Elsden had no right to deliver a bag
of coffee at all, and that the one they had delivered was
made up for the purposes of plunder. Elsden had absconded.
Mr. Selfe asked what was meant by a false bag of coffee ?
to which Mr. Mumfard replied that the bag r f coffee im-
properly delivered to Gore by Smith and Elsden was not a
cargo bag, and had no marks or rotation number upon it,
but was filled with raw coffee plundered from bulk in the
warehouse. It was intended by the thieves to have two
bags of coffee from the warehouse.
Mr. Selfe could not understand how the thieves could
have managed to get out of the duck with two bags of stolen
coffee if they had been put into Messrs. Peek's cart, unless
forged passes had been written and signed by an officer of
the dock company.
Mr. Mumfard explained the case at considerable lengtb,
and said the scheme to obtain possession of the bags of
coffee was a most artful one. A delivery order for one bag
of coffee, consigned to Peek, Brothers, wr,s left at the ware-
house in the morning, and upon that Messrs. Peek's carman
received an identity note to be delivered to the warehouse
keeper. On the delivery of the bag of coffee the carman
would have to obtain a written pass-note, to be given to the
gate-keeper on leaving the dock. On Wednesday, when