The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-02 00:00:00

NEW INDIAN BIS:CUP:RICR.

A strong appeal is to be made to the Government
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lon-
don, and the other ecclesiastical dignitaries and
distinguished laymen who compose the governing
body of the Society for the Propagation of the Gos-
ptl in Foreign Parts, and the Church Missionary
Society, to subdivide the diocese of Calcutta before
appointing a successor to that see, which has be-
come vacant by the death of Dr. aniel Wilson.
The s< e of Calcutta was erected in 1814, and was at
first contin, d to the territories tinier the govern-
ment of the East India Company, and it was sub-
sequently ex-ended by letters patent, so as to com-
prise all the possessiorp of the Crown within the
limits of the Company's charter, and in 1824 the
Sa Llan Bd. o
jurisdiction of the bishop was extended to the
Dcolony of New South Wales, with its dependencies,
mbSaiyn,cowitttasteTteimrael
diocesesirnaof mie aleas n'
aliothers, have been created ; the
thein including ud i rag
extreme length of
the present diocese of Calcutta in a •
straight
line
from Peshawur to Singapore is nearly
almost as great as the distance from London3,°°° miles,J
to Jeru-
salem. Ins area, excluding tLe native States under
British protection and garrisoned for the most
par t by British troops,
is more than 510,000 square
miles, or more than five •
times as large as Great
Britain, with a population of 91,506,000 ; but,
including those
States,
extends over a space of
1,089,000 square miles, with a population of
136,000,600. So long ago as 1842 Bishop Wilson
strongly urged the necessity of a subdivision of his
diocese by the appointment of a bishop for the
North-West Provinces, Bnd in 1844 he addressed
to the President of the Board of Control a letter in
which be set forth the many reasons which made
the division of his diocese a measure of imperative
nece3sity. It is to be urged upon the Government
that, even if the North-West Provinces, Oude and
the Punjaub, be separated from it, the diocese of
Calcutta will be of a most unwieldy extent, but
that at the present moment it is in the North-West
Provinces and the Punjaub that the want of episco-
pal supervision is most urgent, and that for each
of those districts the appointment of a bishop is
imperatively required, the seats of the new sees
being respectively at Agra and Lahore. It is
thought that as early as circumstances will admit
the diocese of Calcutta should be still further re..
duced by the establishment of the following
Ole: for
One for Arraean, Pegu, and TenaSSOO
'lifer Orissa;
Assam and the north-asst frontier ;
ope
ened districts
the c
and one for Berar, Saugor,
ou the Nerbudda.

-----
CRYSTAL PALAOII.—ONZ SHILLING DAY.—MONDAY,
Feb. I.—Admissions cm payment, 697 ; ditto by Roma
ticket's, 263 ; total viaityrsi

MANSION-HOUSE.—George -Richard Retold,
a respectable-looking young man, clerk in the ser-
vice of Messrs. Mockford and Kennard, merchants,
carrying on business at Kennard-wharf, Upper
Thames-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor
Seett, the detective officer. charged with having
fOrged and uttered a cheque for :AZ upon the Lon-
don Joint Stock Bank.
Mr. Clarke, solicitor to the bank, appeared for
the prosecution.
Mr. Be Lake said--I am one of the cashiers at
the London Joint Stock Bank, in Princes-street.
On the 19th ult. I paid a cheque for 301. on ac-
count of Messrs. Mockford and Co. who are cus-
tomers of the bank. At the time I paid it I con-
sidered it a genuine cheque. I know the prisoner
from his being in the habit of coming from Messrs.
Mockford and Co., but I cannot say that he is the
party who presented the cheque. I gave him in
change for it the 10/. and the 5/. note produced
by
the officer, and the remainder in gold. It is the
custom of our bank to enclose the cheques after
they have been entered, in the pocket of the pass-
book, to be returned to the customer.
Mr. Clarke—And a very bad custom it is too.
Examination continued—lt is not my business
to place the cheques in the pass books. The
cheques, when I have paid them, are examined and
taken away by another clerk.
Mr. W. G. S. Mockford, one of the prosecutors,
said—l keep an account at the London and Joint
Stock Bank. The prisoner has been a clerk in our
establishment for the last five years. We have an•
other clerk of the name of Boisson. Until the last
few days, it was part of the prisoner's duty to keep
the cheque book and to fill up the cheques before I
signed them. It was also his duty to go to the
Bank for the pass book. which I used to send for
about once a week. On Monday the 18th the pass-
book was all right, and I did not again see it until
Wednesday the 27th. In the interval the prisoner
had been absent several days from the office.
When I examined the book on the 27th, I found
an item debiting me with a cheque for 30'. of
which I knew nothing. The prisoner had the book
in the counting-house when I came in. I looked in
the pocket for the voucher of this item, and could
not find it. I communicated to the prisoner what
I bad discovered. When Mr. Kennard was about
checking the cash book with the banker's book, the
prisoner asked for leave to go home early, saying he
was unwell. Next morning I went to the bank,
andreported that I was debited with a cheque which
was not in the pocket of the pass-book. I prcduce
the cheque-book and the counterfoils. The prisoner
had access to the book. I find there is a counterfoil
of a cheque in blank between the 15th and
16th January. I have a good knowledge of
his handwriting. On the top of the 10/.
note produced are the words G. Muller, 30,
Threadneedle-street," which I believe to be in the
handwriting of the prisoner, although it is feigned.
The prisoner cross-examined this witness, but did
not shake his testimony.
The Lord Mayor—You say that he complained of
being unwell on the 27th, and left. Did he absent
himself altogether, or return again ?
Witness—He returned next morning.
Mr. Henry William Vernon, an articled clerk of
Messrs. Warter, Burn, and Co., solicitors, of Carey-
street, said—On Tuesday week last I supped with
the prisoner at two places, one in Holborn, and the
other in the Haymarket. On that occasion I
changed for him the 5/. note produced by the offi-
cer, and I endorsed it on the following morning
with my own name. I afterwards gave it to one of
the clerks in our office, and ho paid it into our bank.
I was in his company some h)urs that evening,
Mr. Charles Primrose—l live at No. 1, Green-
street, Leicester-square, and have been a midship-
man. I was in company with Mr. Vernon and the
prisoner when Mr. Vernon gave him change for a
5/. note. I cannot distinctly remember what even-
ing it was, but it was about a fortnight ano.
The Lord Mayor—Were you present at both
suppers ?
Witness—Yea, my lord.
The Lord Mayor—Did you not have enough to
eat at the first supper ?
Witness—No, my lord.
_ The Lord Mayor—Th erefore you wanted a second.
What time elapsed between the one and the other ?
Witness—The first was about 11 at night. 20451
The Lord Mayor—And at what hour was the
other ?

Witness—About 3 o'clock the following morning.
(Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor—lt is high time that these sup-
per-rooms were closed or put under the cognisance
of the police ; and there is no doubt that that will
very shortly be done. If they are to be allowed
to take in customers at all hours of the morning
there is no reason why public-houses should not be
allowed to do the same thing. (To the witness)—
Did the prisoner stand treat for you all 3
Witness—No ; each paid his own expenses.
The Lord Mayor—More evil is done at these
refreshment rooms than in any other places that
exist. How long had you known the prisoner
before the night in question ?
Witness—l first became acquainted with the
prisoner the day before.
The Lord Mayor—And howlong had you known
the witness, Mr. Vernon ?
Witness—A long time.
The Lord Mayor—He was a friend of yours
Witness—Yes.
The Lord Mayor—And the primer was a new
acquaintance ?
Witness—Yes.
The Lord Mayor—Where did you meet him first?
Witness—At a place where I dine in the city.
The Lord Mayor—And you thought that suffi-
cient to justify you in associating with him, and
supping with him first at 11 at night, and again at
3in the morning.. How many times have you had
supper in the Haymarket at 3 o'clock in the morn-
ing since this occasion
Witness—None at all.

G. Scott, the detective officer, said—On Saturday
between 1 and 2 o'clock, I was with Mr. Vernon in
Upper Thames-street, where I saw the prisoner.
Mr. Vernon told me in the prisoner's,presence that
he had changed the 51. note for him. I then toDk
the prisoner into custody. I found on him at the
station-house 2/. ss. 6d., a watch, chain, ring, and
pin. While searching him he threw the piece of
paper I produce upon the floor. It has the word
"London," and part of the word "Joint" on it.
I have examined that piece of paper with the
cheque book produced, and I believe that it once
formed part of a cheque of the Joint-Stock Bank.
I have inquired at the address mentioned on the
101. note, anti cannot find anybody of the name of
"Muller" there.

Cross-examined by the-prisoner—The piece of
cheque I produce dropped from you, if you did not
throw it down.

The prisoner was remanded.

GIIILDHALL..Richard Rider, 38, managing
clerk to Me3srs. Coote and Buckten, proctors, of
2, Great Knightricler-street, Doctors'-commons, in
whose employ he has been for the last nine or ten
years, was charged with feloniously receiving 1391.,
and iorging receipts for the same, with intent to
defraud his employers.

Mr. Henry tilia;ies Coate (une of the prt, sec -tor.)
said,—.l charge the prisoner with intercepting
letters of advice referring to remittances from the
country, and receiving them without our authority,
There are three several sums, amounting in all to
1391., which have been paid into Dimsdale's bank
to our credit, and the prisoner has drawn the
money and forged our names to the receipts for
those amounts.
Mr. J-* gam,, a•Clerk in the county department
of Messrs. Diundale's bank, said,—We received
letters of advice from the North Wilts Bank on the
19th of
October, 1656 January,
and the 11th of A • , the 12th of 1857,
para plowing, directing us to pay
to Messrs. Coate
ferent Burns of 321 n 1700" on application, the
261. 105. 51, all cf whiBc.ll6l" 81/. 12s. 10d., and
and paid in the usual alnotvits were applied for
cannot say to whom theco
urse
of business, but I
ymovrnere pa;d. I saw the '
person applying for the
the requisite
checks to enable bias to draw etyll sign
Mr. Coate, recalled, said,-...lkenraonteye*
prisoner's
write. The
handwriting, having frequently seennwo
receipts produced are in his handwriltlang, but not
written by our authority, nor have
we received
either of these amounts.
Mr. Buckten ,Y v withave similar teitimene
.0
- regard
to the handwriting on the checks.
Green, the detective officer, said—When I took
the prisoner into custody and told him the charge,
lie , said he was sorry for it, but he thought Mr.
Coate had settled the matter with his (prisoner's)
son.

Some farther evidence of a formal character hav-
ing been taken, the prisoner, who reserved his de-
fence, was committed for trial,

BOW-STREET.--21r. Henry Edward Legge ap-
peared in discharge of his bail on the charge of
yearlB-
- embezzled, in the
passed °s,sums of the
public money which hadthrough..his hands
as paymaster of the 2d Royal Surrey
Mr. R. C. Kirby, Accountant-General to to . the
Away, deposed that he was in 1855 chief
of army accounts, and defendant's quarterly returns
passed through his hands. He had examinedurdnes-
fendant's accountg, charging him with the checks
drawn by him (defendant) on the agents), Cox and
Co., with nine checks drawn
,by Capt. De Tessier,
and with sundry other sums of which he had ac-
knopledged the receipt. These charges amounted to
2215171. 9s. Sid. He had given defendant credit
fotall he claimed except the cliarge4 fox offictr4
i

The complainant appeared with her head bound
up ; the defendant, who was respectably dressed,
had her two much disfigured by scratches and
bruises. The complainant, when she got into the
witness box was immediately recognised as belong-
ing to a gang of women beggars, who waylaid
elderly and respectably dressed ladie', and intimi-
date them by their manner of soliciting money.
The complainant has been repeatedly convicted for
being drank, begging, and using horrible language
when a'ms were refused.

The complainant said she was in Newman-street
with a companion on Saturday evening, selling
pencils, when she asked defendant to purchase a
pencil of her. The defendant, who was walking
with a friend, drove her away with bad linguage,
and finished by striking her repeatedly on the head
with her clogs, by which great injury was inflicted.
Mr. Nutkins, Newman-street, said he heard a
disturbance, and on going out of the house saw the
defendant striking the beggar-woman with her
clogs.

The defendant, in reply to the charge, said she
W. 13 passing through Newman-street with a neigh-
bour's wife, when she was ace ested by complainant,
who was evidently drunk, and who did not ask her
to buy a pencil, but to give her money. She said
to the complainant she would give her nothing ; she
would rather bestow her charity upon a really poor
person than on such a class of beggars as she
evidently belonged to. The complainant imme-
diately assailed her with language too filthy to
repeal-, and struck her a violent blow on the face.
The other woman who was begging with the com-
plainant, seized her mantle, tore it from her shoul-
ders, and robbed her of 14s. Gd. She called to her
friend to fetch a policeman, as she had been robed.
Her friend went in search of a constable, and while
she was gene the complainant and her companion
threw Ler down on some door steps and scratched
her face and otherwise maltreated her. To
defend herself she certa'nly did use her cl gs, but
she did not use them until she had been beaten and
robbed by the complainant and her companion.
Two respectable witnesses corroborated all the
main points of the defendant's statement.
Mr. Beadon was satisfied that the defendant's
story was the true version of the case. The com-
plainant was known at that court as one of the
most drunken, violent, and foul-mouthed beggars
in the distrie, and he should therefore order the
defendant to be immediately discharged.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Lewis Abrahams, 36,
de=cribing himself as a silver refiner, was charged
with the following savage brutality.
Charles Newhouse, a quiet-looking young man,
groom in the service of Messrs. Wildbore and
Roper, surgeons in Bishopsgate-street, stated,—
My duties being over last night at 9 o'clock, I went
into a public-house close to nay employer's premises.
I was reading a paper by myself without int?rfering
with any one, when the prisoner, another man,
and a woman made such insulting observations
about me and the paper that I offered to give up
the paper to them. The second man immediately
flung up his cap, challenged everybody in the house
to fight him, called one abominable namss, and
then threw my glass of ale in my face. I indignantly
asked him what he meant by that, when the pri-
soner came between us, walked up to me, said
something I could not hear, grasped hold of me,
and forcing me down on a settle, bit my ear off.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—What ! bit your ear off
Prosecutor—Yes, sir, nearly all of it ; all the
middle of it.
Inspector Breckuell—The quantity bitten away
was full the size of a penny-pieta, Sir.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Aud what became of the piece ?
Inspector Brecknell—He must have swallowed
it, sir, for a strict search has been made f_r it, and
it could not be found.
Prosecutor—l lost a great deal of blood with my
ear, and went to my employer's, whose assistant
dressed the wound as it is now. I had not given
the slightest offence to any of them, and they were
enfre strangers to me. Several persons were so
indignant at the prisoner's cruelty I thought they
would have killed him, and so would I myself, it I
bad been able, the pain was so dreadful.

George Tucker, a cabinetmaker—l was a witness
to this occurtenc., and heard the disgraceful lan-
guage of the prisoner, who, after the ale had been
flung into the prosecutor's face, advanced towards
him, and a struggle taking place, they both fell. I
was close to theta at the time, and saw the prisoner
biting the man about the neck, as I thought; but
when the prosecutor got up 1 saw that a part of
his ear was gone and the other part bleeding. I
I old tile "r he 3 a rascal, and he was
pushed outside, but as soon as he got out he at-
tacked some other man, and was obliged to be
forced away by the police, the prisoner's compa-
nion, who had assaulted the prosecutor in the first
instance, trying all he could to rescue him.
Cramp, 240 G—When I got up I found the pri-
soner obstinately holding another man's throat,but
I pulled him away and took him. He bad been
drinking, but had the use of his faenbies, and said
he had been robbed, and that he had not bitten the
prosecutor's ear off. I, however, saw the blood on
the back of his hand, as though he had wiped the
blood off of his mouth. _ _

Mr. Smith, the landlord oithe house, described
the language and conduct of the two men as infa-
mous and intentionally insulting, and said that the
prisoner had swill )wed the quintity (zo ear he had
bitten off. Mr. Smith added that there was another
witness in attendance who was ready to prove that
the prisoner hadibeen guilty of a like act of bru-
tality before.
Mr. D'Eyncourt, however, did not think that
evidence could be strictly imported into this case ;
and the prisoner, who totally denied all that had
been stated against him, was ordered to be re-
tnanded, that the depositions might be taken for
bii committal for trial.

labou —.—
T ti AmEs
Elizabeth
rer, acyed
.—Williarn Brown, described as a
hi, Away robbery, attended with great vi Acme.
Amelia Clarke, an elderly woman, who
appeared very ill and greatly agitated stated that
she was
alivivi
ind'ow and had sip children to maintain,
and was employe'das a charwoman
She was - ' at No. 7, Green-street, Stepney.
Lary of 30/. per au
house at a saat the Custom-
she received a fortnight's salary, annum•
and sd. in copper.
On Satttrd►y
put into a bag, with us. besid..
7 and 8 o clock
5s , which she
pockethand-
She was on her way home between
with her hag containing the mc7n
kerchief, and a cup and saucer:l a
strings to her right arm, and had jastencd by two
rseached the
back of the London Hospital, cIOE-outsto
Church, when a sudden attack ma,3 madet.iii%iliP'4
by the prisoner and two others, who rusheduf herm
the corner of a street. The prisoner dravedrtoh
bag from her with great force and broke thee
strings. As lie turned round with the bag in Lis
hand she seized his coat-tails and scraarntd, on
which he s'ruck her a violent blow on the breast
aaci knocked her civwn. Silo laid 11941 of Lino. a

second time, and he seized her and flung her to the
gratin(' with great violouce. She called out " Stop
thief," and the prisoner was punued and given into
custody.

In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the pro-
sec at rix said she was very much hurt by the violence
used towards her. The bag and its contents were
not recovered. She believed that directly the pri-
soner knocked her down he gave her big to one of
his ceilfJlerates. She had toot the whole of her
fortnight's earnings, and 6s. sd. besides.
The prisoner—I own I took the bag from her,
but I did not knock her down ; some of the others
did that.

Mr. George Day, of No. 31, Whitechapel-road,
stationer, said that he heard the cry of "Stop
thief," anil s the prisoner running. Mrs. Clarke
seized the prisoner's coat-tails, and called aloud
for help, and the fellow either knocked her down
or flung her on the ground. He and another pur-
sued the prisoner, and after a run of 150 yards
overtook him, secured him, and conveyed him to
the station-house. reatii
The Prisoner—l did not strike the woman. I
own again I took her bag
Mr. Day,—When I seized the prisoner he said,
"It's not me that robbed the woman, but some one
else who was with' me, and I was running after
him."

A police constable saki the prisoner was a very
bad character, and had given a fictitious address.
Mr. Yardley said this was a case of highway rob-
b3ry, with violence, on a poor woman, and com-
mitted the prisoner for trial.

Mrs. Clarke then handed a paper to the magis-
trate, and
Mr. Yardley, after reading it, find you
to b 3 a deserving woman and of good character.
You shall have a sovereign from the poor-box fund
in consideration of the loss and injury you have
sustained.

FTTTESDAV EVENING, FEBRUA