The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-08 00:00:00

Mr. Metcalf, the barrister, prosecuted on behalf of the
Great Eastern Railway ; and Mr. T. Beard, of Basinghall-
street, defended the prisoners.
It may be briefly stated that the male prisoner has been
committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court, for re-
ceiving stolen property, which had been forwarded to Mr.
Stevens of Wisbeach and Mr. Starling of Lowbudgeworth,
and the wife on two other charges of receiving some pro-
perty, which had been delivered to the company for con-
veyance to Norfolk, but had never come to hand. Mr.
Superintendant Russell, of the Company's police, and In-
spector Standage of the K Division, as already stated,
discovered a large amount of goods in the prisoner's shop,
respecting which the following additional charges were
preferred :
The first fresh case gone into was against the male pri-
soner, Henry Buckle, for being concerned in the robbery
of some rolls of ribbon and blue velvet, which had been
sent by Messrs. Ryles, of Cannon-street, City, addressed
to Messrs. Butcher, drapers, of Wisbeach. The package of
goods was delivered to the Great Eastern Railway on the
ith of September, and on arriving at Wisbeach the parcel
was found to be torn, and the ribbon and velvet missing.
A roll of ribbon was at the bottom of the truck. Mr. Rus-
sell, the Company's Superintendent, deposed to finding the
rolls of ribbon and velvet.
The prisoner reserved his defence on this charge, and
the magistrate (Mr. King) committed him for trial.
Tho next charge proceeded with against Buckle was for
receiving ten pairs of black kid gloves which had been
sent, by Messrs. Dent, of Wood-street, Cheapside, to Mr.
Linsey, of Swaffham, in Norfolk. The goods were for-
warded by the Great Eastern Railway, through Sutton's
agency, on the 15th of September. Ono of the parcels was
missed at Swaffham, and another was found to be torn
open. The twelve pairs of gloves forwarded by Messrs.
Dent were stolen, and the ten pairs of kid gloves discovered
in the prisoner's house were identified.
Mr. Beard said ho would not offer any remarks on behalf
•pf the prisoner to this cLarge.
The magistrate accordingly committed-- him on this
fourth case.

The prisoner was then charged with stealing a roll of
elastic indiarubber. Three rolls of this material were sent
by Messrs. Barrow, of Aldermanbury, by the Great Eastern
Railway, addressed to Samuels, of Rotterdam, via Har-
wich. The rolls of indiarubber produced wore found by
Inspector Standage, K division, in the prisoner's shop.
The prisoner was remanded on the charge.
_ _ _

Mr. Beard offered no objection.
Caroline Buckle, the female prisoner, was placed at the
bar charged with stealing and receiving two ostrich
feathers which had been sent by Messrs. Parson, of St.
Paul's Church-yard, to Mr. Arnold, of Swaff ham. They
were stated to have been packed in a box and forwarded
by the Great Eastern Railway on the 31 January, when
it was found that the box was broken open, and the
articles in question abstracted.
Mr. Beard said the prosecution of this woman reflected
little credit on the railway company. The prisoner was a
married woman, and, under the circumstances, should have
been protected, instead of being exposed to persecution.
She was married only 10 months, and has received an ex-
cellent character.
There was another charge against the prisoners of steal-
ing a syphon, which had been sent by Mr. Bailey, of
Oxford-street, to a gentleman at Swaffhani.
The prisoners were remanded on these two last charges
also.

THE LATE Mn. PHINN, Q.C.—The funeral of
the above learned gentleman took place yesterday,
when his remains were removed from his chambers in
Pall-mall to the cemetery at Sensal-green at half-past 11
o'clock. The funeral procession consisted of the hearse and
four morning coaches, and the mourners comprised the Rev.
Charles Ph inn (half-brother), the Rev. 3lr. Stirling (brother-
in-law of the deceased), the Lord Chief Justice of England
(Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bart.), Mr. E. Lichfield, Mr.
Lichfield, Hon. Mr. Cavendish, Mr. Vance, Mr. Tuke, Mr.
Wittle, Mr. Merrywether, Mr. Birch, Ste. Out of respect
to the deceased gentlemen the blinds of the Oxford and
Cambridge Club and the Guards Club were drawn down
till after the funeral, and several of the tradespeople re-
mained closed until two o'clock in the afternoon. On the
arrival of the funeral procession at Kensal-green Cametery
many personal friends of the deceased assembled to pay the
last tribute of respect to his memory, and tho chapel was
completely filled by them. Subsequently the coffin was
deposited in a brick grave near to that of the late Sir Chas.
Eastlake, president of the Royal Academy. On Sunday
last a very impressive funeral sermon was preached in the
Temple Churoh, Mr. Phinn having been one of the benchers'
of the Inner Temple.
CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST LORD F. J. Rus-
SELL.—At the Maidenhead Petty Sessions; 'before the
Mayor, Mr.'H. Durrant, Mr. J. Higgs, and Mr. J. Smith,
Lord Francis John Russell appeared in answer to a sum-
mons charging him with assaulting Joseph Wise, his coach-
man, on Oct. 18. Some altercation having arisen in con-
,bequence of the temporary absence of the complainant, his
lordship, as was alleged, gave him a box on the ear. The
defence was that the complainant was a drunkard aid
was insolent. The defendant called his gardener as a wit-
ness; and after some other evidence had been gone into,
the bench consulted for some time, and when the public
were readmitted, the Mayor said the bench had carefully
considered the case, and were unanimous in the opinion
that there was great provocation on the part of the com-
plainant, who was drunk. They considered the assault
was justifiable, and therefore dismissed the case.
DR. LANKESTER ON THE MIDDLESEX MAGIS-
TRATES.—Last night, Dr. Edwin Lankester, the
coroner for Central Middlesex,resumed theinquiry into the
death of John Noyce, at the Middlesex Hospital. The
deceased, who was employed at the Berner-street Dispen-
sary, died suddenly, having exhibited previous to death all
the symptoms of having taken poison. The inquiry was
adjourned for the purpose of the intestines of tha deceased
being analysed. Dr. Lankester now said that he had
written to Mr. Huish respecting the analysis, and he had
'replied, stating that his fee would be 10 guineas, but he
(Pr. Lankester), through the meanness of the Middlesex
Magistrates—the magistrates of the richest county in the
kingdom-- was unable to give this amount. He was there-
fore obliged to send to another gentleman, Mr. Rodgers,
the professor of Toxicology at the London Universityan
Hospital, who had consented to perform the analystilse,mand
whom the magistrates might thank. To this genm
fee
ef
he was only able to give the ordinary
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two guineas, and for an analysis of the naturte teqmunh.
did not consider the fee Mr. Huish demanded
neofoorward
no!
• course professional gentlemen would not
less properly remunerated for the case, nedolhe was obliged
to depend on professional friends to undertake this work,
Ile might add to these remarks the
fact that
if he ordered
• the exhumation of a body, he bad to pay t e expense
• of his own pocket. He trusted that these remarks, through
the medium of the press, would come to the knowledge of
the public generally. He should, individually, at all times
for the sake of justice being done, wish to remunerate
professional men adequately for their fikil and services.