The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE:NING, APRIL 11, 1861.

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national Exhibition building was to have been of
stone. IrL the, belief that the masons strike is likely
t 4 last, arrangements are already being made to
alter in most cases the stonework to iron. If these
alteration s are so made, they will be final, and if the
strike finishes this very week there will at least be
this great mass of work irrevocably lost to the
trade. So, with regard to many large buildings
now in progress, which were to have been faced
with stone or stone cornices and ornaments, con-
tracts have already been made for completing these
with terracotta. Thus the strike is daily driving
employers into expedients to supply the masons'
work, and though this may not be continued
after the strike has ceased, yet the masons will
find to their cost that these efforts to supply
their labour have already most seriously reduced
the amount of work previously in the market, Of
course this evil, before a month is over, will be felt
equally by the hardworking man and the idler, and
passive, unreasoning tools of :the trades union
demagogues who have ordered them out on strike.

All tlie employers are now entirely agreed with
the course taken by Messrs. Lucas and Kelk. They
would willingly have given them any assistance
which they required, but this was unnecessary, as
the strike was so partial and is already apparently
dying out. The only fear that now exists is that,
as in 1859, there should be a general strike against
all firms to make another effort for the nine hours'
limit. But for the extremely reduced state of the
trades unions' coffers there is not the least doubt
but that the leaders would make this attempt.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Apra 10,

only administer the law as he found it, he had no
alternative but to dismiss the summons.

The defendant said he distinctly told the com-
plainant that the fare would be ls.
Alderman Rose said that might be, but he dis-
played a placard conspicuously outside that the
fare from Edgeware-road to:4ndon-bridge railway
station was 3d.. Hundreds of persons travelled
daily by omnibuses where the fare was 3d. who
could not afford, or were not disposed, to pay ls.;
and the effect of exhibiting such a placard outside
was to lure people into travelling by the defendant's
omnibuses. If a scale of fares had been painted
inside the omnibus, in addition to the sliding plate,
he should have fined him severely; but as that was
otherwise, there had been a literal compliance
with the Act, though he was bound to tell the
defendant and the company that the practice of
exhibiting a fare outside four times less than they
meant really to charge operated as a fraud upon
the public.
The summons was then dismissed.

The defendant asked to be repaid for his loss of
time in attending the court, but Alderman Rose
peremptorily refused, under the circumstances, to
entertain the application.

GUILDHALL.—'Edward Chater, 52, who was
described as a traveller and collector in the employ
of Messrs. North, Simpson, and Graham, of New
Bridge-street, appeared on bail to answer the charge
of embezzling the nominal sum of £3l, but the total
amount of his defalcations was stated during the
inquiry to extend to several thousands of pounds.
Mr. Giffard, instructed by Mr. Humphreys, jun.,
appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis, jun.,
for the defence.

Ald. Humphery decided that, as this was a pre-
liminary examination, he should consider defendant
as the servant of the prosecutors, and remand the
case for further inquiry.

WORSHIP-STREET.—George Wm. Sloper, a
gentleman-like man of 32, was charged with the
following robbery:
Mrs. Maria Ellis said—My husband is a whole-
sale druggist in Bridport-place, New North-road,
and the prisoner is my brother. On the, 28th ult.,
at 12 in the day, he called to see me, and as he had
been some time out of an engagement,which, as he
told me, he had not at that time obtained, we con-
versed together upon his prospects for a few mi-
nutes, when I left the room to go to the kitchen,
leaving him in the back parlour, where wehad been
talking. I had scarcely got down stairs when I
heard the sound of footsteps in the front parlour,
which I knew I had left shut, and these were fol-
io wed by others along the passage to the street door,
which was opened in a quiet, stealthy sort of man-
ner, and I suspected something wrong, and hastened
up stairs just in time to see the prisoner's back as
be descended the steps into the street. He had not
been more than seven or eight minutes in the house
altogether, and, as I thought it strange that he
should go away without taking leave of me in some
manner, it struck me to open the parlour door, and
on looking round the room I missed my husband's
watch from over the mantlepiece, where it had
been safe only a short time before the prisoner came
in. Nothing more was seen of him till to-day, when
my husband, I believe, met him in the City and
gave him into custody.
City Constable 251—1 received custody of the
prisoner to day, and on telling him the nature of
the charge he said he was entirely innocent. No
trace of the watch has as yet been obtained.
Mr. Leigh (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask
the witnesses any questions ?
Prisoner—None whatever, Sir, but I wish to re-
peat to you now that lam entirely innocent, and
that on the Thursday my sister refers to I did not
reach her house till one o'clock in the day, and
that I sat in the back room all the time till she left
me. I did not go near the front parlour. I never
saw the watch, and my hastily leaving the house
will be seen to be well accounted for when I state
that I had to meet some gentlemen in Brook-street,
Holborn, from whom I had every confidence of re-
ceiving an appointment, and suddenly found myself
almost too late to see them.

Mr. Leigh ordered the prisoner to be remanded,

THAMES.—Peter Debock, aged 35, of No. 4,
Sclater-street, Bethnal-green, silk dealer ; Joseph
Barker, 29, of No. 2, Hope-street, Spitalfields,
shoemaker ' • William Crane, 41, late porter in the
servive of Messrs. Drakeford and Co., silk mer-
chants in Great Winchester street, City, and who
at the time of his apprehension was dwelling at
No. 8, Brunswick-place, Holton ; and John
Newton, 59, silk throwster and proprietor of silk
mills in Derby, were brought up on remand,
charged, the first three with stealing ten bales of
China raw silk, value £l,OOO, and Newton with
feloniously receiving the same, he well knowing it
to be stolen.
Frederick Charles Agg, the landlord of the
Clown public house, near Sadler's-wells Theatre,
and James Hunter, landlord of the Red Deer pub-
lichouse, Cambridge-heath-road, Bethnal-green,
who sold the stolen silk to Newton, who are
seriously implicated in the robbery, and for whose
apprehension warrants have been granted, have
not been taken. They fled to Boulogne when they
discovered that Debock and Barker were arrested
in Derby with £lOO in their possession, part of the
money received for the silk, and they are supposed
to be still in France.
Inspector Holloway, ofthe H division of police,
said that on the afternoon of Saturday, the 23d
ult., he went to the premises of Messrs. Drakeford
and Co., silk merchants, in Great Winchester. street,
City, where Crane had been for many years em-
ployed as a porter. He saw Crane, called him into
the street, and informed Lim that he had waited
upon him to make inquiries relating to ten bales of
silk stolen on the river in the course of their transit
from the West India Dock to the St. Katharine
Dock. He asked the prisoner if the ten bales of
silk had anything to do with the firm of Drakeford
and Co. The prisoner replied, "No ; they have
nothing whatever to do with it, and know nothing
about it." He then cautioned the prisoner, and
asked him what he had to say about the ten
bales of silk. The prisoner in reply stated,
" Very well ; a man I don't know came to
me last Monday at the end of the street, and asked
me which was the best way of sending goods into
the country. I asked him what description of
goods they were, and the man replied ten bales of
silk. I said Pickford and Co.'s vans would be the
best 'and safest conveyance to send them by, and
the man said, 'Very well ; if you will go along.
with me they are in Hope-street, Spitalfields.' The
prisoner also said, " I went along with the man,
thinking it was no harm, and that it wes only a
friend assisting a friend." He asked Crane if he
knew the man he had accompanied to Hope-street,
Spitalfields. Crane said, in answer to that question,
" No, I never saw him before or since ; he was a
perfect stranger to me." He then took the prisoner
into custody and conveyed him to the station-
house in Leman-street. In answer to Mr. Hudson,'
the insilector said that the names of Messrs. New-
ton and Sons, of Derby, or John Newton, of Derby,
were not mentioned by the prisoner in the conver-
sation which took place. He did not ask Crane if
he knew to whom the goods were consigned, or if
he knew they were going to Derby. He was not
aware that the prisoner had been for many years
in Drakcford's employ. He had heard so.
Mr. Charles Rowbotham, the landlord of the
George Inn at Derby, said,—On Tuesday,the 19th
of March, the day mail from London arrived at 10
minutes to one o'clock. A few minutes afterwards
Debock and Barker came to my house, and each
asked if they could have a bed. They were
told there was only one spare bed in
the house, and that one of them could be accommo-
dated with a sofa in my parlour. Debock agreed
to sleep on a bed and Barker on a sofa.
While Debock and Barker were partaking of some
refreshments Mr. Newton came into my house. He
took no notice of Debock and Barker, and they took
no notice of him. They did not seem to know each
other. My wife gave Debock a light and pointed
out the way to his bedroom. Debock, on receiving
the lighted candle, pointed to Newton, and said,
"I know that gentleman at the bar-door; it is Mr.
Newton ; but he does not know me. Don't say I
have been asking for him ; don't tell him I have
gone upstairs, or he will perhaps want to come to
me." That was all that took place that night. I
called them both up in the morning--I mean Barker
and Debock, and after breakfasting they asked me
where Mr. Newton's mill was. I directed them to
Agard-street, Derby, and they paid their reckoning
and left. About 8 the same evening both men came
into my house. Each called for a glass of ale, which
they drank. Debock got up from his chair, advanced
towards me, and took from his pocketbook a £lOO
Bank of England note, and asked me to read it for
them. He had other banknotes in his pocketbook.
He attempted to talk French as well as he could.
It was not French with an English accent, but
rather English with a French accent. I read the
note, and I told him it was a £lOO Bank of England
note tend a genuine one. When I told him that, he
continued his foreign accent, and said " Thank you.
I am very much oblixed to you ; I cannot read
your English ndtes. I have received it in town."
I asked him if he received it in a business trans-
action.
more words he said, "No ; I misunderstood
He said, yes ;
you. I have not received it in a business transac-
tion ; I have taken it in change for other cash." I
said I should not like to have done so myself to s
stranger, not knowing it was a note. I went out of
the room, Barker and Debock went into another,
and when I came back they were gone. I thought
there was something• very suspicious about the
affair, and I sent for the police. I was present when

Barker and Debock were apprehended; it was done
through my instrumentality. I saw the prisoners
searched by Fearn and Vessey, two of the Derby
police ; they took three £lOO Bank of England
notes and two sovereigns from Debock, and from
Barker one halfpenny.
In cross-examination by Mr. Leech, the witness
said that Newton was a silk manufacturer and bro-
ker in a large way of business at Derby.
Wm. Tooth, a carman in the employ of Pickford
and Co., said that on Monday, March 18, he took
10 bales of silk from No. 2, Hope-street, Spital-
fields, into one of his employers' vans. He had 30 or
40 bales of silk in the van. The rest of his load
came from respectable houses in the city. He went
to Hope-street by the direction of the prisoner
Crane. 'He had suspicion about the transaction
when he saw bales of silk coming out of a small
dwelling house in Hope-street, but when he saw
they were directed to a well-known name—John
Newton, Derby—his suspicions vanished, and he
thought it was all right. Crane helped him to load
the van in liope•street, and gave him a shilling as
a gratuity for his trouble. He took the silk to Cam-
den-town, and delivered it at the railway goods-
station there. He had known Crane many years as
porter to Drakeford and Co. Crane gave him a de-
livery note with the ten bales of silk, and he acci-
dentally lost it on his way to Camden-town.
In cross-examination by Mr. Leech, the witness
said he knew a publican named Agg, who was for-
merly in the employ of Drakeford and Co. He
believed Agg was formerly a buyer of silks for
Drakeford and Co., and left them to keep the Clown
publichouse, near Sadler's Wells Theatre. He was
not aware that Agg was a dealer in silk since he
kept the Clown, but he could have dealt in it with-
out witness knowing it.
Mr. George Hilton, superintendent of the borough
police at Derby, gave evidence of the apprehension
of Newton, Barker, and Debock at Derby • to find-
ing three £lOO-notes on Debock, and to the seizure
of the stolen silk in Newton's mill. The prisoner
Newton admitted that he had bought the silk of
Agg, and that he had had dealings with him and
Hunter, whom he knew only as silk dealers.
Mr. Selfe said that enough evidence had been
given to justify him in remanding all the prisoners
until Thursday next.

SOUTHWARK.—Sophia Jenkins, a showily-
dressed woman, was brought up for final examina-
tion, charged with stealing a watch from John
Cordes, a tradesman, residing at Mile-end.
It appeared that the prosecutor and his wife, with
a friend, had been on a visit at Walworth on Sun-
day evening, and about half-past 11 they went to
the Elephant and Castle to seek an omnibus to con-
vey them home, but they had all left. He then
called a cab, and while bargaining with the driver
to carry them the prisoner came rushing between
them, and said she had hired that cab, and if they
took it she must ride with them. She, however, sud-
denly ran away, when the prosecutor missed his
watch, it having been twisted off at the bow in the
usual thieves' way. The prosecutor's friend fol-
lowed her, and on overtaking her, charged her with
stealing the watch, when she handed it to him,
begging him to let her go; he, however, took her
back and gave her into custody. She was reman-
ded, as it was stated that she had suffered four
years' penal servitude for a similar robbery.
Mr. Burcham now asked whether there was any
evidence of that, or any former conviction ?
Denis Scannell, 177 M, a detective officer, said
that he had been informed that she had served four
years, but he had not had sufficient time to obtain
the facts ; he, however, knew her to be one of the
most expert thieves in the metropolis.
She pleaded guilty.
Mr. Burcham told her had any former conviction
been proved against her he should not have given
her that option, but have committed her for trial.
Under all the circumstances, he should punish her
with the utmost severity of the law by sentencing
her to six months' hard labour.

HAMMERSMITH.—Cium. CON. EXTRAORDI-
NARY—AN EASY-GOING HUSBAND.—Charles Pike,
a genteel-looking young man, wearing a moustache,
who was stated to be a floor joiner, was placed in
the dock before Mr. Ingham, charged on a warrant
with committing an assault on William Burgess, a
plumber.
Mr. Martin—l appear for the defendant, and I
would suggest the propriety of females in the court
withdrawing, as it is a case of trim. con, extraor-
dinary.
Mr. Ingham (laughing)—Mr. Martin suggests
that the ladies should retire if they think proper.
Upon this announcement all the females in the
court made a rush for the door, with the exception
of one little girl, who seemed inclined to remain
behind. However, at his worship's direction, she
was called upon to leave the court, which she
obeyed with apparent reluctance.
The complainant was then sworn, and said—l
live at No. 2, Beaumont-street, Shepherd's-bush.
The assault was committed on the night of the 17th
of March. The defendant had been lodging with I
me for eighteen months, and I left a notice
on the chimney-piece in his room for him
to leave. He came to my door while I was in bed
with my wife, and asked if I wanted to sea him. I
said No, and he then used strong expressions, and
said he would treat himself with about two feet of
steel. (The witness here very carefully unwrapped
a large workman's tool, apparently like a chisel, and
told his worship he (the defendant) had it in his
hand outside the door.) Finding I would not come
out he said he would draw a glass of Burgess's ale.
He went down stairs and provided himself with a
glass of my ale, a cigar, and a newspaper. He then
returned and sat outside my door, smoking and
drinking. (Laughter.) He then called " Lucy,"
meaning my wife, and she did not answer to him.
I said she had better go to him, and she replied,
" She could not leave her husband." (Increased
laughter.) Prisoner said she was deceitful, and
called her a— . I said, " Lucy I must have an
explanation," and she said, "William, it is true." I
did not know what to do when I heard it, and any
other man would not have known what to do in
such a case. (Laughter.) I begged of him to get
into his room, and 1 went to Notting-hill Police
Station for two constables, as I did not wish to have
murder while I was in the house. The defendant
accompanied me, but the police refused to take the
charge, because I did not make a disturbance in the
street. (Loud laughter.) We went home together.
I did not know what to do.

Mr. Ingham—But come to the point where he
assaulted you.
Witness—l am going to tell you. (Laughter.)
Of course we had a few words together. I was sitting
having some bread and cheese, and he threw a carv-
ing knife for me to stab him for the injury be had
done me, as the knife I was using was not large
enough to stab him. I did not know what to do ;
many men would have committed murder, but I did
not. (Laughter.) He then pulled my nose. Of course
I took no notice of that —(roars of laughter)—it
takes a great deal to offend me. He threw a sove-
reign on the table to prove my wife a —, but I
did not want to make the case worse than it
was. He next spat in my face; there are not many
men who would like that, but I allowed that to pass
over. (Laughter.)
Mr. Ingham—Then that is the assault you com-
plain of, pulling your nose and spitting in your face P
Witness--Yes, sir. Since then I sent him a bill
for £3 10s. 6d., and stating that if he answered it
and returned the likeness I would not appear against
him.

Mr. Ingham—Then you have taken out this sum.
mono to compel him to pay the bill ?
Witness—Yes. I wish him to return. the portrait
of my wife he took away.
Mr. Ingham—You will give up the portrait ?
Mr. Martin—Oh yes, sir. It appears that this
unfortunate woman took poison after the affair, and
a medical man was called in, and in the bill sent to
my client by the husband are charges for the medi-
cine and five days' attendance.
Mr. Ingham—Well, as the object of this proceed-
ing was to get the payment of the bill, I shall be
justified in dismissing the defendant on his reoog-
nisance in the sum of £lO to keep the peace.
Mr. Martin—l hope, sir, without costs. My
client was never served with the summons, and
knew nothing of it until he was apprehended ou
the warrant.
Mr. Ingham—As the complainant forgave him I
will forgive him.
Complainant—Can I county court him for the
bill ?

Mr. Ingham—Yes, you can do that.
The complainant then retired amidst the laughter
of the court.

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Tasker, a well known and esteemed member of the Com-
mittee of Spanish American Bondholders, and also of the
Committee of Spanish Certificate holders. Mr. Tasker
was likewise a director of the United Mexican Mining
Association.

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