The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-16 00:00:00

POLIO INTELLIGENCE-April 17.

MANSION-HO USE.—Mr. Wm: Bray, a re-
spedtable-looking man, was charged before the Lord
Mayor by police-constable Thomas Stevens, No. 17,
with assaulting and obstructing him in the due
execution of his duty. • s
The officer,. having been sworn, said—About
half-past three o'clock yesterday afternoon I was
on duty on Cornhill, when the defendant and three
or four worn-n surrounded me, one of whom ac-
cused me of detaining her daughter. I told them I
knew notitirig of her, and desired them to go away.
The defendant followed me, and called me a
scoundrel and a vagabond. He also struck me se-
veral times, upon which I took him into custody.
The Lord Mayer (to the defendant)—What have
you to say in answer to this charge
Defendant—My lord, he has broken up my
home three times. He is now. living
,with my wife.
While I was travelling with goods in Yorkshire,
my errand boy found him in my house, and saw
his coat hanging up in the passage.
The Lord .Mayor—Where do you reside
Defendant--In Lambeth-walk.
The Lord Mayor-.—How long is it since the
matter to which you refer took place ?
Defendant—About two years and. a half ago.
The officer was in the police force at that time.
Officer—lt's false. I never was in a house in
Lambeth-walk.

Defendant—l can prove that he stopped with
my wife four days, and then took her away with
him.

Officer—The young woman has been keeping this
man by prostitution for years past. I have known
her myself More than five years.
The Lord Mayor—Do you mean to say that she
is not his wife ?

Officer—She is not.
Defendant--She is, my lord. When I asked
him for my wife he seized me by the collar and
struck me in the face. I deny that I struck him
first.

Susan Clark was then called as a witness for the
defendant; and said—l never saw the defendant
till yesterday, when the policeman collared him
and struck him, of er which he pulled his nose,
and said to him, ." You ---, I want you. I'll lock
you up. I saw the whole transaction, and went to
the station-house, and the policeman turned me out
three times. A person named Emma Burgess was
present when the policeman seized the defendant,
and she produced the likeness of her daughter (de-
fendant'e. wife) as well as that of the policeman.
Mrs. Emma Burgess—l am the mother of the
defendant's wife, whom I have seen with the police-
man a great many times. He took her from her
home, and she has been living with him. He has
t ken lodgings for her at two different places, at
one of which he agreed to pay 15s. a week. This
was at a brothel, and she used to go out of an even-
ing with the girls that lodged there. I succeeded in
getting het away from this brothel, but he has since
got hold of her. The policeman's wife is a prosti-
tute. A few days ago the policeman took my
daughter to a house over the water, and passed the
night with her. I produce a daguerreotype likeness
of the policeman, which I took from my daughter.
The Lord Mayor said he had heard quite suffi-
cient to justify him in sending the matter, as re-
garded the conduct of tbe policeman, to be inquired
into by the Commissioner of Police ; and in the
meantime the further hearing of the present charge
would be postponed. The Lord Mayor directe
Inspector Mitchell, who was in court, to reportthe
proceeding's to the Commissioner of Police.

GIIILDELALL.—Maria Burling, an elderly wo-
man of a bloated and repulsive appearance, was
charged with sending letters demanding money
under threats of an abominable description to a
number of merchants and others in the City.
A policeman went to No. 3, George's-buildings
Albion-buildings, Goswell-street, and found the
prisoner and four young' females.
Alderman Copeland—What were those young
females doing there ?
They came there to have their fortunes told.
Alderman Copeland—ls it possible?
The prisoner said she was a fortune-teller.
Alderman Copeland—What kind of persons were
the females who were with her ?

They were very respectable persons--.in a superior
position. I should think they were the daughters of
respectable tradesmen.

Alderman Copeland—Have you taken tb air names
and addresses, because we may want them to attend ?
Yes, sir, I have taken them all. The officer said
he looked into a cupboard and found two letters
upon brown paper, similar to those produced. One
of these was addressed to Mr. Hitchcock, of St.
Paul's-churchyard, and the other to Jarvis, the de-
tective, at Bow-lane Station.
Alderman Copeland—Have you any questions to
ask the witnesses I

Prisoner—What am I to say ? What am I accused
of ?

Alderman Copeland—The charge against you is
for sending letters threatening to accuse gentlemen
of the most disgusting offences, unless they com-
plied with your demands.
Prisoner—No, sir ; all I know is that I have
written letters for a tall, dark woman, who could
not write ; and when I saw what she wanted me t
write I objected, and she said it was all right ; it
was only nonsense. But I never wrote any on
brown paper.
Alderm in Copeland—l never met with such a
gross case in all my experience as a magistrate, and
I have made up my mind upon the evidence as it
stands to send this case ultimately for trial, and I
shall direct the City Solicitor to prosecute.
The prisoner was then remanded.

BOW-STREET.--GeraldineLongley, a consta-
ble of the A division, formerly a police officer and
assistant-groom of the stables, at Scotland-yard, was
charged with having absconded from his employ-
ment with his livery and uniform.
The defendant had been in the force about four
years. A short time ago he applied for leave of ab•
sence, with the view of getting married, but he
never returned to his employ ; and it having been
found on inquiry that he had absconded both from
his situation and from the girl whom he hal pro-
mised to marry, he was pursued and apprehended,
it having been suggested that a more serious charge
might be preferred against the defendant for hav-
ing obtained money by false pretences from the
young woman in question.
Mr. Henry directed her to be placed in, the wit -
ness-box.

Abigail Cook deposed that she was a servant, at
present residing at Dorking. She first made the
acquaintance of the defendant more than four years
ago, at G-odalmiug Vicarage, in Sussex, where they
were fellow-servants. They had kept company ever
since. The defendant left the vicarage to take a
situation in the London police. A time was fixed
for their marriage, and defendant promised to get
leave of absence. He represented to her that. he
had some money invested in a buildingearning
society
which he was loath to disturb, as it was
pur_
as "earning
more money," so she lent him in,
cha4ing a great many thingq, and sending them to
him by his order, amounting to 51. or 61. more.
A Sunday or two ago he borrowed herßible and
Church Service, and a lawn handkerchief, and he
induced her to let him have her watch and gold
chain, with a sovereign, under. pretence that he
would exchange the wc!tch, Sic., for a very hand-
some one. Ho had given the watch to her four
years ago, but the gold chain was purchased by
herself. He had now deserted her altogether.
It was understood that the defendant had formed
another connexion,
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge of
absconding. He said he forgot to delver up the
uniform, and had since lost it. The suit of livery
was still on h's back. With respect to the girl, the
watch was fprinerly his own, and he meant to
pay
back her money.
Mr. Henry regretted that his conduct to the girl,
although very heartless, could not be treated as a
criminal offence ; but for absconding with tbe uni-
form he must be committed for one month.

LAMBETH.--Wm. Jackson, who has been in
custody for some weeks on a charge of being con-
cerned, With his brother and a female with whom
the latter cohabited, and who are not in custody, iu
drugging a gentleman named Byford and robbing
him of three Bank of England notes of 201. each,°
and about 101. in gold and silver, was again
brought up.
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in the dark, minus his money, but, singular to say,
the thieves had overlooked his gold watch and chain.
On the. day after the robbery the whole of the
notes had been changed a the shops of fashionable
drapers at the west-end of the town, and, on mak-
ing '.
inquiries there, the officers Could not receive •
the slightest clue as to the persons who had passed. ' '
them, as it does not appear to be the custom at
these places to take the names or addresses of those
offering them.
Mr. Salomon, who appeared for the prosecution, .
remarked with some severity upon this practice, as
one affording peculiar facilities for getting rid of
stot-n notes.

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Mr. Elliottobserved that he did not believe it
to be the practice of marking notes at such places ;
and it being his impression that the identity of the
prisoner was not so satisfactory as to lead to a con-
viction, he ordered his discharge.
An application was made to have 5/. odd found
on the prisoner restored to him, but Mr. Elliott
refused to make any order on the subject.

WANDSWORTH.—Sarah Dickinson, a stout
middle-aged woman, the wife of a master baker,
carrying on business at Barnes, 'and who is also the
keeper of a post-office, appeared before Mr. Ing-
ham, at the instance of the South-Western Railway
Company, to answer a summons charging her with
travelling upon the line from Waterloo station to
Wandsworth, without paying the fare, with intent
to avoid the payment thereof.
The circumstances of the case were of a very pe-
culiar description, and exhibited a method by which
railway companies might be defrauded to a very
great extent.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. William
Tewsby, the station-master at Wandsworth, and
other servants of the company, that 011 Thursday,
the 2d inst., he (Tewsby) was watchinir the arrival--._
of the 9.53 train from Barnes, at the Wandsworth
station, when he saw the defendant alight from a
second-class carriage. He requested the porter to
take particular notice of the ticket which the de-
fendant would hand to him upon leaving the sta-
tion. .The porter, after he had gathered the tickets
and thepassengers had left the station, brought him
the half of a return ticket from Barnes to Wands-
worth and back, which he said the defendant had
given him upon quitting the platform. Just before
the quarter to 12 o'clock train left Wandsworth sta-
tion for Waterloo, the defendant came up and asked
for a single second-class ticket for Waterloo. She
received one, and paid the usual fare, 6d., for it.
The station-master, who had been watching her,
suspected her design, and followed in the same
train with the defendant to London. He remained
at Waterloo station until she returned and took her .
seat in the quarter-past 2 o'clock train. He and
an officer followed in the train with her to Barnes,
and upon her alighting she gave the remaining half -
of the double ticket from Barnes to Wandsworth.
The officer followed her and asked her if she had not
Made a slight mistake in the ticket she had given ;
she at first denied that she had made a mistake,
but afterwards said she had made a mistake and
ought to have paid from Waterloo and, that she
would return and pay the fare. He told her that
she need not do so, as she would hear further from
the company.
Mr. Tewsby said the company had been defrauded
of .the fsie from Waterloo to Wandsworth, which
was 6,1. If she had taken a return ticket from Wands-
worth to Waterloo and back, the fare would only
have been 10d., and she would only have had to
pay 4d. more.
The deflindant said—At the time the was not•
aware that there was any other demand. She saw
now that she ought to have taken a return ticket

from Wandsworth. It was quite an error on her
part. _ _

Mr. Ingham asked Mr. Tewsby if he was certain
be heard the defendant ask for a single second-class
ticket.?
Mr. Tewsby said he was quite certain, as he was
watching her carefully.
The defendant positively denied that she asked
for a single ticket. She never used the word single.
Mr. Ingham wished to know the reason of his
having watched her.
Mr. Tewsby said he had suspected her for some
time, and was upon the watch for her. He could
prove a similar case.

The defendant denied having done so before.
This was the first time she had committed such an
error.

Mr. Ingham thought he should have some evi-
dence to show that the act was intentional,
Mr. Tewsby then said-.—On the 26th Dec. last the
defendant rode up in a train from Barnes to Wands-
worth to Waterloo. He communicated with the
men at Barnes station by letter, but from an acci-
dent she was allowed to pass without notice being
taken of the ticket. He had also seen her several
times purchase single tickets from Wandsworth to
Waterloo, after having given up the half of a return
ticket from Barnes to Wandsworth, but he had not
seen her return.

Mr. Ingham said, from the evidence be was per-
fectly satisfied that it was intentional on the part
of the defendant, and he fined her 20s. and costs. ,
The defendant, in paying the money, thought it
very hard she should be fined.

Mr. Ingham said it was still more hard upon the
company to be defrauded of their fares in that sys-
tematic manner.

THE EUPHRATES RAILWAY OR TRE
SUEZ CANAL-WHICH SHALL IT BE?

Political ascendancy wants to rest its foot upon
private enterprise. What should be reserved for
the protection of the commercial relations of coun-
tries is misused to thwart their developmetlf.
Rapid communication with our Eastern empire is
within our reach as a "nation of shopkeepers," but
beyond our control as a " nation among nations."
M. Lesseps and Mr. Andrew advocate practical
measures in a cosmopolitan spirit ; and unpractical
diplomatists, greedy of present fame and of imagi-
nary future power, add their bitter drop in the
shape of national jealousy.
The 'Viceroy of Eypt has granted to M. Lesseps
a charter to construct a canal across the Isthmus of
Suez. The Porte is not allowed to ratify it.
The Porte has ceded to Mr. Andrew the right to
make a railway from the Mediterranean to the Eu-
phrates—a short link, useful only as a local line.
Foreign influence prevents its becoming a transit
route.

The projectors have each published their book
showing the advantages of more rapid communica-
tion with India, -moneyed men have rallied round
them, but—there is a dead lock—influences, whose
object is unknown, whose action is only hinted at,
have scotched the wheels and 801V11 discord on the
road. Diplomacy has at last found the " engineer-
ing difficulty," which committees of both houses
are accustomed to hear ignored—at least in evi-
dence.

The English people can find a moral in this state
of things; they pride themselves upon their repre-
sentative institutions, and the powerof the voice of
the country ; were this matter a parochial griev-
ance public opinion would soon have sifted the
truth and corrected, the " influence." How is it
that because it affects the interests of an "empire"
the battle is left to two energetic men, each riding
his hobby, and more inclined to tilt at each other
than to face that " influence" which works in the
dark ? .

The truth is, we forget that.the immense exten-
sion of our commerce necessitates an extension of
oui• foreign relations, and until a gross breach of
covenants, such as, caused the Russian war and the
Chinese brawl, becomes a party cry, we resign the
care of the sources of our most important commer-
cial wealth to the hands of the most unpractical and
least understood .department—the Foreign-office.
Treaties are made, not enfdrced, or annulled with-
out Parliament being informed. Commerce is
checked, or facilities denied it, through what
Can only be aptly termed "la force d'inertie."
Public discussion can alone check this tendency to
irresponsible state craft ; we must have the best and
quickest means of access to India and Australia ;
the countries we pass through are disposed to grant
us these facilities, and we have a right to insist that
no diplomatic jealousy shall prevent the true merits
of; what may appear to some to be, rival routes,
being fairly brought before public opinion for
judgment.
The Euphrates Valley is said to be peopled by
wild tribes of Arabs, the Suez Canal requires large.
artificial harbours on difficult coasts ; the practi-
cability of subduing the one and overcoming the
other offers a. fair field for discussion, but we
strongly recommend the promoters not to add to
their difficulties by trying to forestall a railway,by
a telegraph, as. Mr. Andrew proposes to do, and
leave his real project subject to the objections which
madesueh a country is open
to India, the pre-
taotf
.elefraapthi
eepgerraspeh throughcan be
sent overland route is evidently the one to follow.
—Morning Paper.

How TO MAKE AN ANGEL.-:-Tilt dvenir, of Nice, re-
lates an extraordinary instance of superstition, which,
however, in the face of witchcraft in England, will not
so lima surprise as shock the reader. A servant in a
consibting of a young man, his wife, and an in-
fant, was found squeezing the head of the infant to a
jelly, by Way, as he said, of making an angel of it.
Either, he said, the child will die and go to Paradise, er
t Wil survive and be innocent ever after.

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1857.
EXTRA NIG TIT, THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, April 16.
SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, LFTTT, BENEVENTANO, and
POCCHINI.
Opera—LA F AVO RITA.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.

For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and my be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price one guinea and one guinea and a half.
Madlie. PICCOLOMINI has arrived. Due notice will be
given of her first appearance.

THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for the EASTER HOLIDAYS.
Immense Attraction for Positively Six Nights only.—
Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will
appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the
week. supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal
members of the Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies.
THIS EVENING, HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon.

After which. GOOD FOR NOTHING. Miss WoolgarA
The Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5. Private
boxes, 21. 2e., 11. lle. 6d., 1/. Is., and to hold two persons,
10e. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ;
upper circle, ls. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, ls. • second
gallery, 6d. Half price to all parts, except stalls and upper
gallery, at 9 o'clock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, will be performed

Shakespere's tr3gody of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
Ring Richard IL, Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new
Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Comp-
ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn-
ter. Fitzwilliam, &c.
After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story, un-
dfr the Apple-lation of ATALANTA ; or, The Three Golden
Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Tertian, her
first appearance in London.
Concluding with GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND
BRADS II AW. Mr. Buckstone.
In future the prices will be :
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the

evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. e. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes. 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ........ ... ... 3 0 Upper 80xe5....
Pit .
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 €No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
r THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and
original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE
STRANGER. Mr. Wright. Mr. Paul Bedford, Sze.
Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will
make her first appearance
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

TRAND TRE AT E.—Manarier, Mc. T.
• Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed
RUTH OAKLEY.
After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames
Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, dtc.
To conclude with a Farce.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING, the new drama of THE IRON ARM.
After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING.
To conclude with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS
MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATILE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called
DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c.
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G. Vining, &c.
Commence at half--past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROY AL AMPHITHEATRE.
411._ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (First week), a New and Grand Mili-
tary Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of
trained Horses, kx., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS ;
or, The Battle of Constantine.
After which, a novel Series of EQUES*TRIAN ACTS in
the CIICLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear.
Appearance of M. Croneste. the inimitable Clown, and. of
Signor Curelli and Family.
To conclude with TILE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH.
Commet.ce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
/loxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from It., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2e. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
t;ox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. 'W. Cooke, jun.

MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THE WEA.THEF—"ityx Ornent, APRIL 16.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
53—highest sines noon yesterday.
41 —lowest this morning and during the night.
49 —this day st noon.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road,—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
hiz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
-.'elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, he., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. Jon.:,,hmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Conj. Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. lime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
torn; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Woks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers, dre., until twelve o'e:ock.

MIS DAT—Morn. 42 rain. aft. 5 —Evening 3 mid. sft. 6
r(r.Moitnow—Morn. 29 min. aft. 6—Evening 57 rain.aft.

BAROMETER, 29'85.
Wnro.—Variable from S. and S.E. to East. Squally,
with fitful weather—rringgy, rain and sunshine.
THREE o'CLOCK.—Wind, S.W., with rain.

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