The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-03 00:00:00

- BIAl?RITZ.

A letter from Biarritz, dated August 30, says
the Court is expected there on Wednesday. There
has been a good deal of hesitation and doubt
whether their Majesties would visit Biarritz at all
this summer ; and Biarritz, whose season, owing
to causes already mentioned, has been anything
but what it was in past years, was for some time
in considerable anxiety. Unpleasant rumours cir-
culated of an epidemic prevailing, among children
in this plaCe, and of great mortality among them.
There was much exaggeration in these statements ;
the good people of Biarritz, in fact, denied there
was any foundation whatever for them, and they
were attributed to the malevolence of individuals
hostile to the Imperial family, and to the jealousy
of the rival watering-places in the Pyrenees or on
the coast that this spot should enjoy, as it were, a
monopoly of Court favour. Be this as it may, it
was proper to take every precaution when the
health of the infant Prince was concerned. A
physician was sent down express from Paris to ex-
anune and report on the sanitary condition of Biar-
ritz. He arrived here some days ago, and at once
set to work. He went carefully over the registry
of deaths in the district for some weeks past, and
had several conferences with the local practitioners,
as well as with those of Bayonne. The epidemic
in question was a throat disease, popularly
known as the grouppe, and is the engine of chil-
dren. The Court physician ascertained that no case
of the kind had appeared at Biarritz, but that at
St. Esprit, now a sort of faubourg of Bayonne, and
separated from it by the Adour, a certain number of
children of tender age died of the disease within a
comparatively short period. The physician returned
to Paris on Friday, and made his report in the
sense I have indicated. It may be presumed that
it was considered favourable, as on Saturday even-
ing a telegram was received by the authorities an-
nouncing the intended visit of their Majesties, and
ordering the preparations for their reception to be
continued. The frame of the triumphal arch, close
to the Imperial residence, was erected some weeks
ago, and covered with shrubs and flowers. The
leaves, however decayed ; the flowers faded ; and
it presented on the whole so withered an appear-
ance that when it was officially known that their
Majesties would come, it was decided to yenew the
foliage and other horticultural ornaments on this
and other similar structures along the road and at
the entrance of the town—to the great contentment
of the nurserymen in the neighbourhood.
The first of the series of bull fights, which will
be held during the sojourn of the Court in these
parts, took place at St. Esprit yesterday. A new
circus has been erected with especial care for that
purpose in the square of this Hebrew town ; and such
a sacrifice on the part of the Impresario, in provid-
ing for the amusement of her Majesty and the float-
ing Spanish population, gave to all who are partial
to the national sport of Spain favourable expecta-
tions of what is to come. The Corrida of yesterday
was admitted by competent persons to have been
decidedly the best hitherto exhibited on this side
of the Bidassoa. The bulls were selected with
care from the well-known ganadsrios, or breeding
grounds, of Guidulin and Pajules, of Navarre,
which generally furnish the animals for the
rings of the North of Spain. The weather.
was a little threatening in the morning, to the
manifest disquietude of the amateur. These were
greatly 'relieved, however, when, as the day ad-
vanced, the watery-looking clouds melted away,
and the sun shone out brilliantly, though not
intensely or inconveniently hot—an important con-
sideration for those who must take their seats in
the tendidos, exposed as they are to the rays of the
sun. The performance was to begin at 4 o'clock,
and at three o'clock the circus was crowded to the ut-
most. The select boxes were filled with rows of
fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen, not all
Spanish nor French ; the valeincillas contained gen-
tlemen dressed in a style of independent dandyism
—the calcines hat, red silk sash, and peculiar shirt
collar, meant probably to make the stranger be-
lieve in the Andalusian .nationality of the wearers,
but the light complexion, bushy sandy whiskers,
and unmistakeable accent, betrayed a decided Anglo-
Saxon origin. The tendidos above-mentioned were
occupied by the clamorous members of that class
which M. Thiers would probably denominate the
multitude, without the epithet. Two military bands
played alternately some soothing pieces of music,
and served to beguile the tedium of waiting for the
spectacle, and to keep in tune the boisterous im-
patience of the public. It is but fair to say that
punctuality was rigorously observed. Precisely as
the great clock of the Cathedral struck 4, the signal
was given, and the Enadrilla, or troop of bull
fighters, headed by the Alguazil in his picturesque
costume, entered the arena. The first and second
_Espadas, or matadors, were Pedro Fernandez, better
known to the fancy as the Moreno (the dark com-
plexioned), and Juan Sanchez, who, I believe, has
not yet attained the honour of a soubriquet, which is
generally given to Spanish favourites. The dart-
men and flagmen (Banderillos y Mules) were
Joaquin Viega, el Chat°, or the flat-nosed ; Ruiz,
Martin, Argcl Fernandez, Rodrigues, Peraz, Meli,
Montero. The cachetero was Manuel Bidales. The
picadores, or mounted lancemcn, Were Pedro Mo-
rales (el Tragabulas), Manuel Rizio (Poco Trampa ),
and Jorge Vergara (Pau y Leche), with a Cabal-
lero en Plaza, Jose Puntas, surnamed the Salado.
The first bull was of the class of the Abantos,
that is, sly, gentle, but treacherous at the outset;
and who turns on you at the end with the enve-
nomed rage of a detected hypocrite. He received
about a dozen thrusts from the picador Tragatablas,.
whose horse he killed ; and nine from Rao, the
Pocotrampa, with a similar loss. The animal was
then taken in hand by Vergara, who had his steed
slightly wounded. Six pairs of bandilleros, or darts,
were planted between the horns, in his neck, with
great dexterity, by Eugenio Martin and Ruiz, two
slender and exceedingly- nimble young men. The
first espada executed some curious passages, suertes
as they are technically termed, with his cloak, and
then—for the animal must not leave the ground
alive—the signal for his death was given. The
Moreno assumed the red flag, and the long straight
sword ; he went towards the box of the Mayor to
demand, as is the custom, that functionary's per-
mission to slay the bull. The graceful matador took
off his Montera cap, shook it, flung it in the air, cry-
ing out "A las lindas hijas de Bayonne"—" to the
charming girls of Bayonne," meaning that he offered
the bull as
a homage to Bay-onnese beauty, bowed
his obeisance to the Mayor, and set to work. The
bull had evidently something of the disposition of
the Irish rebels in '9B, who, as a member of the
Dublin lawyers' cavalry corps bitterly complained,
would never stand steady to be cut down. The ani-
mal—the Spanish bull I moan, and not the Hiber-
nian—could not for sometime be forced or wheedled
into the right place or position to receive his quietus.
El Moreno, after several times waving his crimson
mulita, at last slew his beast with a mete y saca,
which the applause that greeted it showed to be
one of much artistic merit. The mete y saca con-
sists in waiting motionless until the bull almost
touches your breast, avoiding the tip of the horn by
an imperceptible movement of the body, and, while

doing so, planting the sword and taking it back with
lightning rapidity. This is the favourite sucrte of
the matador El Salamanquino. I would not recom-
mend a mere amateur over 18 stone to try it.
The second bull was the neatest and the bravest
animal that has ever figured in a Bayonne circus.
From the first he seemed determined to avenge the
fall of his late comrade. He gave very hard work
to the lancemen, who fought, all of them, gallantly ;
but, in spite of all of their efforts, skill, and cau-
tion, six horses lay dead on the sand before even
flag and cloakmen were called to face him. The
noble brute, still terrible, and goaded to frenzy by
lance thrusts in the shoulders, eyed his new assail-
ants fiercely. Sanchez advanced, waving his light
blue mantle for a while ; he threw it aside, and
executed, in the twinkling of an eye, the well-
known salto de la garrocha, which was the specialite
of the famous Months. In this perilous feat the
bull-fighter runs towards the bull with a pike in hig
hand, plants the sharp point of it in the ground,
mid raising himself on it, leaps over the furious and
bewildered beast. The bull, who had taken five
pairs of banderillos and two of parches, that is, a
sort of bouquet made of ribands, which is covered
with wax so as to stick to the animal's neck, was
killed by Sanchez, after two thrusts—the first a
fruitless attempt at a descabelle ; the second pro-
nounced a tolerable volapies.
The third bull was the one that gave most
trouble to the mounted lancemen. The swarthy
Andalusian, Morales, fought with untiring ardour
and persistence. Twenty times did the bull dash
him to the ground, and each time he rose from
under his horse, with the utmost coolness mounted
another, and set to work again. His feats of horse-
manship in the deadly encounter, and his strong
and admirable proportions were remarkable ; he is
little over 25 years of age. The Banderilleros ex-
hibited wonderful agility in the hairbreadth escapes
from their enemy ; but the Mutador was generally
pronounced unequal to his task, and the bull, like
his predecessor, showed the greatest repugnance to
be despatched by sword, or, indeed, by any other
weapon. He was, of course, at length, mastered,
nolens volens.

The sixth Toro was fought in a different man-
ner from the preceding. The ordinary bull
fighters retired to the corner of the ring, and a
Caballero en Plaza (Jose Puertas), habited in the
picturesque fashion of the time of Charles v., such
as the Emperor might have worn when he
lanced his bull in Valladolid in honour of the birth
of an heir to his Spanish dominions—or of Philip
11., made his entrance into the circus mounted on
a handsome steed. Before the Tauromaquia be-
came a regular calling, the hidalgos and nobles of
the. Spanish Court used to fight bulls as a pastime,
and this remnant of the old customs of Spain is
sometimes (though rarely) witnessed in our day.
The last occasion when the Caballeros en Plaza
figured was in Madrid, on the occasion of Queen
Isabella's marriage, and the fight took place, not
In the ordinary ring outside the Alcala gate, but
in the grand square (the Plaza Mayor) of the city.
The Caballero of yesterday, his scarf fluttering in
the air, galloped several times round the bull,
throwing • darts at him, all of which told, and at
last slew him with two or three thrusts of his lance.
The dexterity with which he evaded the attacks of
the bull, who now followed, now met Min full in
front, was greatly applauded, and the cham-
pion rode slowly out of the ring unscathed. In the
troop of bullfighters there were half-a-dozen of
Portuguese toreros dressed as Indians, who exe-
cuted some new feats with the last two bulls.

On the whole, it was pronounced by competent
judges (Spaniards, not French) that the seven bulls
of yesterday's Corrida were excellent ; the Pica-
dores and Banderilleros deserving of praise ; the
Portuguese very dexterous for Portuguese ; but
that the Espadas were deficient in knowledge and
experience.
The etiquette of the Plaza de Toros is rigorous,
and cannot be violated with impunity. The first
Espada forgot himself so far as to enter the ring
with a cigar in his mouth. If he had done so in
Spain he would have to pay a heavy fine. It is
against all rules of tauromachy ; shows little re-
spect for the public ; and, as a retired veteran of
the ring angrily observed, sets a very bad example
to the younger members of the Cuadrilla. The
Spanish part of the spectators protested loudly
against such an infraction of good manners, and
after a loud cry of " Fuera el czgarro !" the weed
was laid aside.

As the Empress is expected this week, two other
bullfights will take place in her Majesty's honour.
The amateurs express the hope that new Espadas
will have the direction of the troop, as the present
are not considered up to the mark.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 2.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Edwin James, a well-
dressed fellow, of good address and of about 19
years of age, an adept at smashing, was brought
before the Lord Mayor, charged with having passed
a counterfeit half-crown, at the shop of Mr. Pollard,
a tobacconist, in King William-street.
Mr. W. Ellison said—l am an American mer-
chant, and reside at No. 33, Abingdon-villas, Ken-
sington. Yesterday afternoon I was assisting my
brother-in-law, Mr. Pollard, in his business, when
the prisoner entered the shop and asked for a
couple of cigars, at the same time helping himself
from a box on the counter. We have lately taken
several bad half-crowns. From a signal that I re-
ceived from Mr. Pollard I-suspected the prisoner,
who tendered me a half-crown in payment. I im-
mediately discovered that the half-crown was a bad
one, and seized the prisoner by the collar, and told
him he would have to go with me. He said he
should offer no resistance, and I told him that if he
did it would be of no use. He said, " I don't deny
having given you that half-crown, search me."
When he selected the cigars he took from his waist-
coat a small pocket-book containing other money.
I told him I had no doubt his other money was
good. When he opened the pocket-book he gave
me the bad half-crown out of the centre of the
other money. I marked it and gave it to the officer.
I should think the prisoner has lately passed a
pound's worth of bad money at our establishment.
Prisoner—l tendered the half-crown and laid it
down on the counter. I had not the least notion
that it was a bad one. The gentleman picked it
up and said to me, " I believe you have been here
before." •
Mr. Ellison—My brother-in-law will be here
directly, and will prove that the prisoner also passed
him a bad half-crown a few days ago.
T. Allen, constable, 448—Yesterday afternoon I
took the prisoner into custody by direction of the
last witness. I searched him at the station-house,
and found on him two half-sovereigns and seven
half-crowns, all good money. He gave his address
at 7, Arbour-terrace, Camberwell-road. I went to
Camberwell last night, but could find no such place
as Arbour-terrace.
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, why did you give
the officer a false address ?
Prisoner—l certainly gave him a wrong address.
I have left my situation about a fortnight. I have
not been near my mother since, and I should be
very sorry to wound her feelings by letting her
know I was in trouble. (Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor—Why did you give the officer
the trouble of going to Camberwell ? Why did
you not tell him that you would not give him your
address, instead of sending him all that way ?
Prisoner—l didn't want my real address known.
Officer—This morning ..I have been to Kenning-
ton, where he (prisoner) said he lived, but I also
found that address to be false.

Mr. T. Pollard—l carry- on the business of a
tobacconist at 85, King William-street. The pri-
soner of late has been in the habit of coming to my
shop very frequently, and I know him well. We
have lately taken about a pound's worth of bad
money. We -did not know who to suspect until
about ten days or a fortnight ago, when the pri-
soner entered the shop. He asked for some to-
bacco, and was supplied with it, when he gave me
the bad half-crown (which I produce) in payment.
As soon as I received it I discovered it was a bad
one ; but as lie was a respectable-looking young
man, I hesitated before accusing him. Igave him
his change, and he went away.
The Lord Mayor—Did you not give him into
custody.

Witness—No, my lord ; I marked the half-
crown. I took it for granted that, if he was doing
this intentionally, lie would shortly pay me ano-
ther visit.

The Lord Mayor—Did you allow him to leave
the shop ?
Witness—Yes, with the change and the tobacco.
I then told my brother-in-law I had no doubt the
prisoner would shortly pay, us another visit, and
yesterday afternoon he again entered the shop. I
immediately gave a signal to my brother-in-law,
having previously given a description of the pri-
soner to him.
The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, have you been in a
situation ?

Prisoner—Yes, in the City.
The Lord Mayor—What part of the City ?
Prisoner—l would rather not state that.
The Lord Mayor—You seem to have been carry-
ing on a very flouris'Aing trade. We shall find out
who your master was, if you had one, and who your
connections are. So you had better give us a cor-
rect address.
Prisoner—No, that would disgrace them so ; and
then see how it would upset my poor mother.
(Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor—l trust that the press will give
an accurate description of your appearance. I shall
remand you till Tuesday, next, and I trust that any
persons who may read, this- case in the newspapers,

and who have been victimised by you, will attend
here on that day _ _ _

The prisoner has light hair and fair complexion,
with his shirt collar turned down. He is dressed
in a black frock coat and waistcoat, and dark
speckled trousers.

GUILDHALL.—George Martin, a cheesemon-
ger, of 21, Wakefield-street, New-road, and Rich.
IVebbe, a watchmaker, of Eagle-house, Woodford,
ap2cared on bail, charged with creating a
disturbance in Bride-lane, Fleet-street. _ _

Policeman 347 said he was engaged on Wednes-
day afternoon in clearing Bride-lane of betting
men, when he saw the prisoners fighting. He be-
lieved they were fighting about horse-betting. He
found two betting books and about £5 on Webbe,
and One betting book and about £l2 on Martin.
The prisoners said they were not fighting, for
they were personally known to each other ; they
were merely sparring in fun.
The officer said the inhabitants complained very
much of the nuisance occasioned by these betting
men asse:nbling in the narrow thoroughfares of
that neighbt;urhood, and as fast as the police drove
them from one street they assembled in another
close behind him.

Green, a detective officer, said he knew Martin
as a skittle and card sharper, and had warned him
from that place, where he sometimes loitered for
the purpose of picking up countrymen.
Martin indignantly denied the accusation, after
which the prisoners were ordered to find. one surety
each in £5O to keep the peace.
Henry Palmer, described as a clerk, residing at
3, White Post-terrace, Gravesend, was charged with
stealing a coat and waistcoat, the property of Mr.
George Imperial Sharp, a silk-mercer, of High-
street, Gravesend, from a bedroom at 40, Basing-
hall-street, where the prosecutor was staying.
The coat was produced by a pawnbroker with
whom it had been pledged, and the prisoner having
admitted taking the property he was committed for
trial.

Servant Moy, No. 48 of the R division of Me-
tropolitan Police, said he found on the prisoner 52
pawnbrokers' duplicates relating to property in
pledge, consisting of gold watches, diamond studs
and rings, and almost every description of jewellery
and wearing apparel.
A solicitor, who attended to ask for an adjourn-
ment, said the property had already been adver-
tised, and from the number of applications respect-
ing it he thought there would be other charges of a
much more serious character against the prisoner.
The prisoner was accordingly remanded for a
week.

Mr. William Thomas Barnes, the son, and Mrs.
Lucy Barnes, the wife of Mr. Zanies, the picture-
dealer and auctioneer, of St. Paul's-churchyard,
who stand charged with conspiring to defraud Mr.
Robert Herries Peter, of Hyde-park-square of
£1,200 in money and a bill of exchange for £l,OOO
during the months of May, June, and July last,
appeared yesterday by arrangement for the pur-
pose of renewing their recogmsances in order that
the case might stand over until Friday (this day)
week, the act of Parliament limiting the adjourn-
ments in such offences to eight days. The inquiry
will, therefore, be resumed on Friday, Sept. 10.

CLERKENWELL.James Melvin, a big, rough-
looking fellow, a drover, was charged at the in-
stance of Mr. W. Love, the chief constable of the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, with the following brutal treatment of
bullocks :

It appeared from the evidence of Guest and Skey,
two of the Royal Society's officers, that they were
at the New Cattle Market, where they saw the
prisoner in charge of several bullocks, which were
in one of the alleys. The prisoner was in
the act of untying the animals from the rails,
and, as each animal got loose, he struck it a terrific
blow over its nose, which caused the blood to gush
out. He then commenced beating each of those
which were tied up with a large stick over the
head and eyes in such a manner that the poor ani-
mals groaned with pain, and the officers had a diffi-
culty in restraining him from further violence.
They produced the stick, which was a formidable-
looking weapon, about a yard and a half long, and
of great thickness, having a sharp point at one end
of it.

In reply to the charge the prisoner, in a sullen
manner, said he did not believe that he hurt the
bullock much.

Mr. Tyrwhitt characterised the prisoner's con-
duct as being at once most brutal and cowardly,
observing that this abominable kind of cruelty ap-
peared to be on the increase, and it was evident that
punishment by fine made 'no impression upon such
brutal fellows. He should therefore commit the
prisoner for one month to the House of Correction
with hard labour.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Sarah Fossey, a well-
dressed person of middle age, residing in Bartlett's-
buildings, Finsbury, was charged with having as-
saulted Mary Ann Trigg.
A gentleman from the offices of Messrs. Shaen
and Roscoe, solicitors to the Associate Institution
for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for. the Pro-
tection of Women, stated that he was instructed to
inform the court of particulars in connexion with
this case. The complainant was the mother of a
young girl who was recently violated by a German,
named Herold. The offence was brought before
this court, and sent to the last sessions of the Old
Bailey, where Mr. Justice Willis sentenced the
offender on conviction to penal servitude for the
term of his natural life, at the same time observing
that it was one of the most gross cases he had ever
tried. A most vile defence was set up for the pri-
soner, and four witnesses, inhabitants of the same
buildings, where the parties now before the court
then resided, were called in support of it. These per-
sons were shown to be the personal enemies of the
girl's mother, and were very severely reprimanded
by the judge, who expressed his indignation at
their testimony. Mrs. Trigg had long before the
trial been subjected to great annoyance by the con-
duct of Mrs. Fossey and others, and since then it
had rather increased than otherwise, terminating,
as would be proved, in an assault, although Mrs.
Trigg had actually removed from the neighbour-
hood. It was under these circumstances that the
society trusted the magistrate would exert his au-
thority in such a way as would be most likely to
put a stop to such a disgraceful course of behaviour.
The assault, inflicted with a tray on the occasion
of complainant's passing through the buildings,
having been fully proved, the defendant was se-
verely reprimanded, and after a caution from the
bench to be careful how she expressed her opinions
on the punishment inflicted when an English jury
had decided on the evidence, was ordered to find
sureties to keep the peace for three months.

SOUTHWARK.—WiIIiam Kelly, a well-dressed
man, who described himself as a horse dealer and a
cornchandler, of 97, London-road, Southwark, was
charged with being concerned, with others not in,
custody, in hocussing Mr. John Fisher, a green-
grocer, residing at Lewisham, and stealing a horse,
his property, worth £l5.
Mr. Downey appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Solomon for the prisoner.
The prosecutor said that on Friday morning, the
27th ult., he left home with two horses to sell at
the New Cattle Market. One was a chesnut horse
and the other a grey mare. He drove the latter in
his cart. As he approached a unblic-helre called
" The World Turned Upside Down," in the Old
Kent-road, a man named Fielding called him, and
asked him if he was going to sell the chesnut horse.
Witness replied that he was, when Fielding said he
.knew a man in the London-road who was a buyer,
and he then got into the cart and went with him
to the cattle market where he sold the grey mare
and exchanged the chesnut horse for a bay cob.
They afteTwards returned with the latter, and in
the London-road they stopped, when the prisoner
came to Fielding, who said to him, " This is the
horse that I spoke to you about, does it
suit you ?" Witness said that he did not 'want to
sell the horse, as he required it in his business. The
prisoner then asked him how much he would want
for it if he intended to sell it ? He replied £l5. The
prisoner then said, "You mean £12." He then got
into the cart with them, and they went to the
'World Turned Upside Down, where the horse and
cart were plaacedd
amptnhtenyf asrtdnu mt-hliNl_easthseenytalill7.
ent in
the parlour, n
The
prisoner then offered him 13 sovereigns for the
horse, which he refused to take. He afterwards
drank a glass of the beer, and he then became sud-
denly insensible. When he recovered his senses he
was lying on the sofa at home, and lie did not know
how he
asked him what time it was when he
how l•3lre.
dranki replied—Between
a—ssßoeftNee
stoutvn ?
five and six in the evening,
and when he recovered his senses it was past 12.
Mr. Solomon—Now, was there not a sale between
you and the prisoner respecting this horse ?
Prosecutor—No, there was not.
Mr. Solomon--Did you not sign a receipt ?
Prosecutor—l can neither' read nor write, and I
have no recollection of putting my hand to any
paper.
Mr. Solomon here handed in a dirty piece of
paper, on-which was attached a receipt stamp, of
which the following is a copy :
" 27 August, 1858. Sold a horde (dun cob) for
£l3, and received, in part payment, £l.
" JOHN FISHER (his mark)."
Mr. Combe—Did you ever see that before ?
Witness --I have no recollection of seeing it, and
I don't recollect receiving £l. When-I recovered
my wife handed me a sovereign, which she said she
found in my waistcoat pocket wrapped up in a

piece of paper, on which was written as follows :
—" I 0 U £12., William Velley." I positively
swear I don't recollect receiving that, as I never
intended to sell the horse.

William Palmer, 125 L, said he took the pri-
soner into custody, and he ascertained his address
to be false. When told what he was charged with
he said that he had bought the horse in the
usual way, but had not the opportunity of paying
the whole of the money. He also said that he had
a few horses for sale at BarnetFair, and afterwards
he intended to pay the £l2. The witness asked
him where the horse was, when he replied that it
was at grass at Guildford, and if the prosecutor went
with him there he would give the horse up to him
on paying about £2, the expenses. On searching
the prisoner he found the receipt produced.
_ _

Mr. Solomon here submittedtohi; worship that
it was a mere debt, and no doubt the prosecutor
would soon have the money.

Mr. Coinbe was of a different op:lnion, as the pro-
secutor had sworn that he had never entered into
any contract for the sale of the horse. It was a case
that required further investigation, therefore he
should remand the prisoner until Wednesday next.

HAMMERSMITH.—WiIIiam Axton and Peter
Hammond were brought up on remand, charged
with conspiring to defraud trade :amen of their
goods.

On the last occasion three cases were gone into,
which showed that Axton represented himself as a
member of Lloyd's, and the other -In isoner as his
coachman. Goods were supplied to tarnish stables
at No. 2, Ducking-pond-mews, May-fair, by Mr.
Richardson, a furniture-dealer, of 'Victoria-road,
Pimlico, to the amount of £34 2s. 53 d. Mr. Joseph
Sharp, a saddler, of King-street, H arrunersmith,
supplied goods to the amount of £52 10s. 2d, and
Mr. Leonard Rymer, a saddler, of :Burton-street,
Bond-street, to the amount of £7 18s . 6d.
Mr. Martin, who appeared for the :prosecution on
behalf of Mr. Sharp and Mr. Richari ..son, said he
did not intend to offer any further ev. idence, as the
property in these cases had been reurned. His
client did not feel warranted in bearing the great
expense of a prosecution for conspiracy, and as the
goods had been returned he hoped his worship
would consent to their withdrawing the charge.
Mr. Dayman said if the parties did not think
proper to proceed further the prisoners would be
discharged upon those cases. His worship then
inquired if there were any other cases against the
prisoners.

The constable said Mr. Rymer was present, and
if he had known the other two cases would have
been withdrawn he could have produced other cases.
Mr. Gordon, a saddler, of Piccadilly, was present,
and he supplied them with goods.
Mr. Bramwell, who appeared for Axton, said he
had seen Mr. Gordon on the previous night, and he
stated that he did not intend to prosecute, as the
goods were to be returned. With respect to any
other cases he denied that they could be proved.

Mr. Alex. Gordon was examined, but his case
failed, as being one entirely of credit.
Mr. Dayman said he thought the case of Mr.
Rymer proved, and he should send the prisoners
for trial if he (Mr. Rymer) wished. However, if
he declined to prosecute, he should discharge them,
because the police had no right to speculate upon
them being committed. If there were other cases,
they should have brought them. Besides, a great
deal of negligence had been shown by the trades-
men in not making the proper inquiries, and he
could not help remarking that it was quite marvel-
lous the way in which goods were supplied on
credit.

Mr. Rymer said he was a poor man, and could
not afford to bear the expenses of a prosecution.
He, therefore, should decline to proceed any further.
Mr. Bramwell said Mr. Rymer's goods should
be returned, or the money paid.
Mr. Dayman then discharged the prisoners.

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