The Sun.
London, England, 1858-08-27 00:00:00

vious morning he watched him, and seeing him approach
the old lady and receive something from her and leave her,
he went and asked her what had occurred. On her telling

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him, he pursued the prisoner, mid saw him pass through the
booking-office in a hurried manner and run down the in-
cline, cross over the road into the Borough-market, and turn
into York-street. He then looked round, and, seeing that
witness was following him, he bolted across the road again,
up the incline into the booking-office, where he purchased
a ticket for Shalford, and was about to proceed to the plat-
form, when Inspector Moy of the R division took him into
custody. The old lady lost the train in consequence.
The prisoner here declared that he never saw White,
and having 25 minutes to spare, he thought he would do a
little business at a shop in the Borough-market before he
purchased the old lady's ticket. He could assure his worship
he, was a respectable, honest man.
White said he did not enter any shop or stop anywhere
until be returned to the booking-office. He believed the
prisoner to be the same person who obtained amen of money
from a little girl on the platform a few days ago under
similar circumstances. Then he did not return, as no per-
son was watching him. The poor girl cried very much,
having no money to pay her fare home ; but Mr. Dyne,
the station-master, hearing of the circumstance, with his
usual kindness put his hand in his pocket and paid her fare.
Inspector Moy, B division, said that on searching the
prisoner he found 56 pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to
great-coats, umbrellas, travelling rugs, a gold watch, chains,
and other property, pledged in different parts of London
within the last nine months. He wished for a remand, as he
believed the prisoner to be connected with a gang infesting
the railway stations for plunder and fraud, and that most of
the articles pledged were stolen from railway passengers.
The prisoner declared those suspicions to be false. He
was a gentleman, and resided at Perry-street, near
Gravesend.
Mr. Combe asked him what means he had to live as a
gentleman, as the pawnbrokers' tickets did not show that
he was very well off ?
He replied that be had not much means. In fact, he had
been a merchant's clerk, but at the present time was out
of employ; but the officers were wrong in their suspicions.
Mr. Combe told him whether or no they were right or
wrong, he had some suspicion as to his conduct ; therefore
he should remand him until Wednesday next. He would,
however, accept bail for his appearance, and if he was a
gentleman, as he styled himself, he would have no difficulty
in finding parties to become his surety.
Bail not being forthcoming, he was sent to gaol.

LAMBETH.—OMNIBUS RITALRY.—Mcch of the time
of the Hon. G. C. Norton was occupied in hearing sum-
monses against the conductors of omnibuses for unlawfully
and improperly delaying their vehicles on their journeys.
It appears that up to a few weeks past the proprieters of the
Camberwell and Peckham omnibuses enjoyed a perfect
monopoly of the road from these places into the City, and
the consequence was a charge of sixpence fare for any dis-
tance, however short, beyond the Elephant and Castle.
Some weeks ago, however, Messrs. Wood and Fox started a
number of omnibuses—the Havelocks—to run from the end
of Manor-place, a considerable distance along the Walworth-
road, to the Ringsland-gate, doing the whole journey for
the moderate fare of twopence; and the consequence is that
' many of the merchants and others living on this line of route
go to and from the City at one-third of what they had been
in the habit of paying. The speculation became so pro-
fitable, and the opposition so successful, that the Cam-
berwell and Peckham 'buses found it necessary to lower
their fares, and censiderable rivalry has resulted. As soon
as a " Havelock" pulls up for passengers at its starting
place, a Camberwell or Peckham 'bus is instantly driven
alongside, and one won't go without the ether; and when
they do go, they keep hanging on so as to commit the
offence of "loitering" on their journey, and for this several
summonses have been taken out by the police against the
parties, pro and con.
hear-
Yesterday, two summonses were appointed for
ing, the one against George Drew, and the other
against William Low, and a third against George
Longhorn, all conductors in the service of Messrs. Wood
and Fox. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Binns, attended
for the defendants ; and Mr. Superintendent Lund was also
in attendance on a summons taken out by the defendants'
attorney.
When the cases were called on, Mr. Sleigh took a legal
objection to the first summons, on the ground that the
place where the alleged offence had been committed was
not set out, the parish of Newington being merely men-
tioned, and contended that it was most important and abso-
lutely necessary to the defence that the defendant should be
made acquainted with the place of offence by setting it out
in the summons. For this omission he called on his worship
to discharge the summons.
Mr. Norton considered it essential that the place of the
alleged offence should be set nut in the summons, and
should dismiss the case if pressed by Mr. Sleigh, but, if he
did so, a fresh summons would be taken out, so that the, de-
fendant would not be placed in a better situation.
Mr. Lund said that if the summons was dismissed on the
objection urged by the learned counsel, he certainly should
at once apply for another in which the omission should be
supplied.
Mr. Sleigh, however, persisted in his objection to this
summons, as well as a second of a similar description against
William Low, and both were dismissed.
A third summons against George Langham was next en-
tered on, and from the evidence it appeared that the omni-
bus of which lie was the conductor, after leaving Manor-
place, was three initiates going 80 or 90 yards, and the con-
ductor of the opposition omnibus had on a former day been
fined fur the offbnce.
Mr. Sleigh addressed the Court, and characterised the
alleged offence as of so trifling a character that he hoped
his worship would dismisi the case.
Mr. Norton, however, considered that a case of loitering
had been preyed, and convicted the defendant iu a penalty of
ss. and costs,
Mr. Lund, addressing the magistrate, said that he had been
served with a summons, not only to appear in the cases that
had just been before his Worship, hut to produce his books
containing all reports made to him respecting the Camber-
well and the Havelock omnibuses, and the consequence was
that himself and his clerk had been kept up as late as 12
o'clock on the night before tracing out the reports in ques-
tion. The object, as he understood, in calling for such re-
ports was to show that he (Mr. Lund) had exhibited a par-
tiality in favour of the Camberwell vronibuses ; but if such
had been the inteutien, the reports themselves and the re-
sults that followed would prove a perfect contradiction t'
such a supposition.
Mr. Binns assured Mr. Lund that no idea of partiality
on his pert had been entertained, and said the summons had
been taken out by him under a different feeling.
Mr. Wood begged that the objection made to the other
two summonses might 'be waived, and that they inight be
keard at once, observing at the same time that the sum-
monses, the cost of defending them, and the penalties en-
forced, were most ruinous.
Mr. Sleigh told him that if he thought proper to take the
case out of his !lauds, and act ceunter to the objections lie
had raised, and which led to the dismissal of the summonses,
lie might do so, and go on with the cases if he lined. (The
learned gentlemen here left the court.)
Mr. Wood, however, persisted in his request, and said there
was a considerable difference between his cases and those of
the Camberwell omnibuses, as the former while at Manor-
place had not started on their journey—that being the
starting-place—while the latter were in the performance of
their journey. All he required was a few minutes, such as
might be fixed by his worship, at the starting-place, and
with that he would be satisfied. .
Mr. Lund said the time fixed on by Sir Richard Mayne
was three minutes, and this was not objected to so long as
there was no complaint on the part of the public or the in-
habitants; but as regarded the starting-place, at the end of
Manor-place, there was, in point of fact, not any starting-
place appointed, nor had there been any representation
made to Sir Richard Mayne on the subject.
The two cases were then entered on, and resulted in the
defendants being ordered to pay the expenses of the
summons,
Mr. Norton remarking he hoped that some arrangement
respecting the starting-place at Manor-place would be
speedily come to, and that lie should have no more of these
summonses.
Mr. Binns sincerely thanked his worship for the kind and
liberal judgment lie had given, and begged to place before
him a memorial, followed by the names of .merchants, pro-
fessional men, and tradesmen, possessing property far ex-
ceeding one million sterling, approving in the highest
manner of omnibuses by which persons were enabled to
travel several miles for the moderate sum of twopence,
while others of a similar description were charging three
and four times as much for a less journey ; and if Mr. Lund
would have the kindness to take charge o it, and place it
before the commissioners, he would be doing a great service.
This Mr. Lund promised, and the proceedings terminated.

THAMES.—A CASE FOR THE BENEVOLENT.—Mr.
Selfe handed to our reporter a letter he had received from
Mr. Charles Dyke, of No. 6, Eaton-square, and dated Aug.
24,1858, in reference to the lamentable case of a poor blind
boy, named Daniel Regan, which came under the notice of
the magistrate some time back. The lad, a destitute and
harmless creature, was in a smithy in Whitechapel whets a
drunken and half-insane ruffian entered the place, took up
a ponderous hammer and strcick the boy on the head with it,
inflicting a severe wound and fracturing the skull. The
boy was in a precarious state for some time, and upon his
partial recovery gave evidence of the savage and unpro-
voked assault committed upon him. His evidence was con-
firmed by several witnesses, and the fellow who assaulted
him was committed for trial, and ultimately Convicted at
the Clerkenwell sessions and sentenced to a long term of
imprisonment. Mr. Dyke in his letter states that the boy
had been admitted into an institution for promoting the
general welfare of the blind, 127, _Euston-road, as a pupil,
and was already earning something for himself; but it was
very trifling. The association had admitted tile boy into
the institution and taught him a trade perfectly gratis, but
had no funds for lodging or feeding him during the time he
was a pupil. Mrs. C. Dyke had given £5, and a gentle-
man had kindly promised £1 more towards this end, and
all that Mr. Dyke would ask now was that the magistrate
would make the case known to the world through the me-
dium of the press, as it would be lamentable to fail in
teaching the boy—who had displayed great intelligence—
the means of supporting himself in his affliction, fur the
want of a few pounds to lodge and feed him whilst he was
receiving instruction for nothing.
Mr. Selfe said he knew the case referred to by Mr. Dyke
to be a most deserving one, and he should be most happy to
receive the subscriptions of the benevolent to carry out the
objects aimed at by Mr. Dyke. He was glad to hear that
the unofiending boy bad recovered from the terrible wound
inflicted upon him, and that he had found a refuge in the
excellent institution of which Mr. Dyke was a promoter and
supporter. Mr. Selfe also announced the receipt of 2s. 61.,
—" A mother's mite from Tunbridge-wells;" and a cheque
for £1 from Mr. William Watling, for the benefit of Mrs.
Spurling, whose husband, a recruiting sergeant, married her
on the 9th inst., and, after ill-using her, abandoned her on
the following day, taking with him a gratuity of £lO pre-
sented to her by the committee of the Indian Relief Fund,
in consideraiion of her first husband, Patrick Readdy, hav-
ing been killed while serving with the army in India. An
acknowledgment of the subscriptions was requested to be
made in the journals.
PRECOCIOUS VILLANY.—Henry Phillip, aged 16,
and George Phillips, 13, were brought before Mr. Selfe
charged with stealing £4 in gold and silver, the property
of au old Irish couple named Sloane.
It appeared that the old man Sloane, who has been in
the army, and has received medals for his good conduct and
bravery, and his wife, a laundress, and a very industrious
and thrifty woman, were removing from 34 to 42, J atnaica-
street, on Wednesday afternoon. Mts. Sloane engaged the
boy George Phillips.to carry goods from one house to the
'
other. While the removal was going on the elder pri-
soner proffered his services, and George Phillips said
Henry Phillip was his brother, which afterwards turned
out to be quite untrue. Among other goods removed_
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was a large box, not locked, containing a quantity of
clothes. The box also contained a tea caddy, and in
tltowdelerre
five half-sovereigns, eight half-crowns, a
money, a soldier's medal, pawnbrokers'flori n,
duplicates,an and
other things. When Mrs. Sloane got to her new lodgings,
No. 42, she took the tea caddy out of the box, unlocked
and took out the 2s. piece in presence of the boys, and stud
to the younger prisoner, " Come along', and pay you,"
and she changed the florin and gave him 7d., but did not
give Henry Phillip anything, because she had not employed
him. Directly afterwards her husband called her to pro.