The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

Mr. Alfred Hill, the landlord of .he King's Head
public-house, Little White Lion-street, Seven Dials;
Charles Goldsmith, upholsterer, address refused ;
George Linton, whitesmith, Smith-street, West-
minster ; Henry Mills, costermonger, no fixed ad-
dress ; William Hayes, seaman, no fixed residence ;
Robert Cummins, labourer, no fixed residence ;
and Anne Winter, prostitute, Cross-street, City-
road, were placed before Mr. Flowers, this morning,
at Bow-street, charged with having in their posses-
sion a quantity of counterfeit coin.
The prisoners, it will be recollected, were
apprehended by Inspector Brannan, at the
house kept by the first-named prisoner. They were
found stting round a table, on which were displayed
a number of counterfeit coins, viz., five crown
pieces, 42 half-crowns, 91 florins, and 271 shillings.
As the officers entered the room two of the prisoners
saw them, and made signs to the woman, who could
not see them, as she had her back to the door. In
obedience to those signs she threw a quantity of
what appeared to be money on the fire. Inspector
Brannan rushed over to the grate, got the coins
out, and found them, though damaged, to be still
recognisable as counterfeit money. A rush was
made to the door, and two of the prisoners got
out of the room. One of these was Linton, the
other was Cummins, who is a returned convict.
He (Cummins) was concerned with Agar, and
" Jim the Penman," in the celebrated gold rob-
bery, for which he was transported. He has un-
dergone sentences of six years for uttering forged
bank notes, and one year for stealing a silver cup
from a carriage at Epsom Races, in addition to
numerous summary convictions. The two were
recaptured, and brought back to the room. One
of the prisoners, Mills, when he was apprehended
asked the inspector when he was captured whether
if he " split" he would be let off, but he was
told no inducement could be held out to
him, and from further observations he made it
appeared that his great desire was to be admitted
a witness against the others, but up to the present
time nothing further has transpired in the matter.
When the prisoners were placed in the dock this
morning, Mr. Abrams, who appeared for one of the
prisoners, asked that the case might be remanded,
as the sessions at the Old Bailey commenced next
Monday, and that it was the custom to dispose of
the Mint cases during the first days of the sitting.
If the examination was gone into the result doubt-
less would be a committal, and then he should have
to apply to the Court for a postponement of the
trial, because it was utterly impossible he could get
up the prisoners' defence by Monday or Tuesday.
Mr. Pollard, who attended on the part of the
Treasury, said all the witnesses were in attendance,
and he was well prepared to go on with the case.
It was not usual on the part of the Crown to object
to a remand under such circumstances, although
he could not see the use of postponing the examina-
tion. He, therefore, left it entirely in the hands of
the Court.

Mr. Flowers asked the prisoners whether they
wished for a remand. If they were committed from
that court to-day their trials at the Old Bailey
would likely take place next week. If a remand
was granted, it would, more than likely, not take
place for a month.

Cummins and some of the other prisoners said
they wished the case to go on.

After some conversation, however, the prisoners
were again remanded for a week.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

THAMES.

A DISHONEST SHIP-REEPER.—Mark Barker, a man about
45 years of age, twas brough before Mr. Paget charged with
stealing two bottles of capers, a pot of fat, 31b of arrow-
root, and a tin of baking powder, the property of the
owners of the ship Hastings, in the London-dock.
The prisoner was detained as he was leaving the dock
by a gatekeeper nained Hunwick, and all the property was
found concealed about his person. He said he was ship-
keeper of the Hastings, and there was no moral doubt the
various articles had been taken from the store-room of the
vessel.

Mr. James Plater, the chief mate of the Hastings, sai
he could not identify the property. He had not missed any
thing whatever.

Mr. Paget said there were difficulties in the way of send-
ing this case before a jury, but he had no doubt the articles
were part of the stores of the Hastings, and he should
sentence the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

A gentleman, who said he was a city missionary, said
the prisoner was a worthy, respectable, and honest man,
and he had never known him to act with dishonesty.

Mr. Paget had no doubt the city missionary acted from
the best of motives, but he saw no reason to alter his sen-
tence. Here was a man without the pressure of want, in
a situation of trust, guilty of gross treachery, and stealing
property to which he had access and was bound to pro-
tect. The sentence was two months' imprisonment and
hard labour, and not a day less, and it was quite inadequate
for the serious offence committed by the prisoner.

Liverpool Cotton Market—TLii Lay.
Market opens quiet. Sales probably 6,000 or
7,000 bales.