The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY SEVENING, APRIL .11, 1861.

LAW' IN7'ELLIGEN E—( nis Day)

SHERIFFS' COURT.
(B ,:ore Mr. Grit-Ms.)
ACCIDENTS TO DOMESTIC SERVANTS_IMPORTANT DECI-
SION-ALT...MUDGE V. ROUNTREE.
Plaintiff is a domestic servant, and she sought to recover
one month's wages from defeNdant, who is a pUblican.
Plaintiff slated that she had been engaged by defendant,
and worked for her one week.
Mr. Buchanan (for defendant)—Now, did the defendant
discharge you?

His Honour—How cams you to leave, tiaeU ?
Plaintiff—l left of my own accord. The fact was I met
with an accident and could not work.

His Honour—l am afraid the law is against you.
Plaintlfr—l told Mrs. Rountree that I could not work.
His Honour—How did the accido-Lt ^ecar ? -
Plaintiff--I fell down the cellar stairs. The barman had
left the cellar flap open. I fell down and hurt my leg..

Mr. Buchanan—The fact, as I am instructed, are these
—Plaintiff did fall down the stairs, and when my client
heard of it she sent immediately for a doctor, and the
plaintiff would not wait, but went away directly, so that
when the doctor arrived there was no patient.
His Honour (t 9 plaimiff)—lt is a very hard case, but the
law is against you.

Mr. Thompson (clerk sitting for the chief clerk) made a
suggestion to his Honour, who replied—" I know there is a
week actually earned, but the wages are payable monthly,
and the hiring was monthly, and the defendant sent for
competent medical assistance. It is a hard case, but I
must find for defendant, who will, I imagine, not ask for
costs.

Mr. Buchanan—Of course not; and I would suggest
that your Honour do order the plaintiff to have back her
fees. It is a hard case.

His Honour (after consulting Mr. Thompson) ordered a
return of the hearing fees.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

KNOCKER WRENCHING.-A MORNING'S AMUSEMENT.

—Four well•-dressed young men, who gave the names of
Edward Harrison and George Williams, of 27, Stanley-
street, Brompton ; William Fuller, of 63, Warren-street;
and Frederick James Collins, of 6, Upper Fitzroy-street,
clerks, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wrenching
the knockers off several doors in Regent-street, Little
Rupert-street, George-court, Warwick-street, &c.
The knockers in a heap were placed in front of the wit-
ness box, and on the prisoners being placed in the dock they
seemed themselves not a little astonished at the extent of
their spoil. The court was crowded with persons whose
knockers had been taken off.

Peacock, 99 C, said—About three o'clock this morning,
while at the top of Rupert-street, I saw the prisoners going
along the street, two on each side, larking with one another.
I placed myself in a doorway and saw the prisoners in pairs
go up to the houses 17 and 44, Harrison and Williams
being at 17 and Collins and Fuller at 44. After trying
almost every door in the street apparently pulling at the
knockers, they went into Little Rupert-street, and Harri-
son and Williams went up to the door of 73 and took hold
of the knocker,' and then came back towards me, the other
two still trying the knockers on the opposite side of the
street. I saw Fuller and Collins go to No. 38, Rupert-
street, and each of them took hold of the knocker and tried
to wrench it off. I then took Harrison and Williams into
custody and to the station. They appeared to have been
drinking. After they were charged they said they had not
wrenched any off, but had only been rying to do so. I
afterwards went back and missed the knockers from the
doors of 22, 17, 44, 45, and 50 in Rupert-street, one from
17, George-court, and one from 9, Little Rupert-street, and
one from 79, Arundel-street. The knockers were all safe
on the doors at ten o'clock. I afterwards apprehended
Collins and Fuller, and they had been drinking, and just
where they were taken three knockers were found on the
ground. Three other knockers were brought to the station
by the road sweeper, and some were found in the cell—
twelve in all.
Varrow, 140 C, said—After Harrison and Williams were
put in a cell I went into it an 3 found three knockers under
the seat. Harrison said the others had taken them off and
given them to them.
Mr. Webb, Inspector of C Division, said the owners of
several knockers were in court and could identify them.
Here a number of persons stepped forward and identified
their knockers—one of them statinf, that it was the third
time in four years that he had had his knocker taken, and
that they seemed t' have'a fancy for his knocker.' (Laughter.)
Sergeant Draper said that while the charge was being
taken, he saw Harrison stoop down and a knocker was
found near his f,et.

Mr. Tyrwhitt having cautioned them, asked them if they
wished to say anything,
The pi isoncrs having made a few remarks not of a ma-
terial nature, not denying the charge,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was such a wholesale ease that it
was a fair case for trial—it was clearly a taking away of
property, but he wou3d take bail.

THE BUDGET.

(From the City Article.)

Although its totals are more favourable than
had been anticipated, the Budget met with a
very cold reception in the City yesterday morn-
ing. A large portinn of the trading community
feel great disappointment that the opportunity
afforded by the surplus has not been made use of
to justify the experiment of a reduction of the
tea duties and an equalisation of those on sugar,
which might have resulted at the end of one or two
years, as on previous occasions, in producing an in-
crease rather than a diminution of revenue. On
every side the feeling prevails that the present mo-
ment is scarcely a fitting one for the entire abolition
of any of our sources of income, and that therefore
all lightening of taxation should have been effected
by operating upon items which would allow the
prospect of the loss being speedily made up. In
tea and sugar that prospect would have been cer-
tain, while it is also seen that the Income Tax offers
the advantage of being easily increased in case of
emergency. The feature of Mr. Gladstone's speech,
however, which has excited the strongest remark
consists in the reiteration virtually of a notice that
the country shall not be allowed to look for any
improvement in its fiscal arrangements that might
enable the Income Tax to be wholly or partially
removed so long as it is (4 its pleasure to be go-
verned" at a cost of between £70,000,000 and
£75,000,000 a-year. The answer of the city to that
taunt is that it is not the pleasure of the coun-
try to be governed at any such cost, that the coun-
try would be very glad to find that the administra-
tion of its affairs could be conducted without any
expense whatever, but that it is sensible of the
value of its commerce, its dignity, and its indepen-
dence, and that, however tremendous may be the
sacrifice required in the shape of insurance to prevent
the loss of those blessings, the country is sufficiently
wise, prudent, and economical to insist that the
sacrifice shall be made. It is the business of Mr.
Gladstone and his colleagues to see that this object
is gained with as little waste and immorality as
possible, and not, at a time when every family feels
the pressure occasioned by the overwhelming ar-
maments of a neighbouring nation, to hint to the
industrious people of England, in return for their
patriotism, that the estimates are simply framed to
pander to an outlay which can be kept up or aban-
doned according to the impulses of their taste.

RAILWAY IN7TLLIGENCE.

MARYPORT AND CARLISLE.

A special general meeting of this company was
held at Maryport on Monday, Mr. J. P. Stenhouse
in the chair.

The object of the meeting was to obtain the sanc-
tion of the shareholders to the construction of a
branchline of railway, previous to appearing before
a committee of the House of Commons in opposition
to a similar project by the Silloth and Carlisle
Railway Company. The branch projected by the
Maryport Company was through the adjacent coal
fields in the direction of Ireby and Bolton.
It was stated ;by the secretary ;that they had
reason to believe that, if the branch were made, the
proprietors of the coal fields would develop their
resources to a greater extent ; and it had been esti-
mated that it would yield, 100,000 tons of coal per
annum for upwards of 100 years.
Several shareholders expressedthemselves favour-
able to the project, which was opposed only by one,
on the ground of the expense of opposition and the
probable exhaustion of the coal fields before the
expenseincurred could be repaid.
The proposition of the directors was carried.

I NIPE REAL PA "ILIA MENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THis PAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock.
LORD PALMERSTON.

Lord PALMERSTON, who was introdUced :by Sir
G. Grey and the Lord Advocate, took the oaths and his
seat for Tiverton. The noble lord was received -with
cheers from both sides of the house.

MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE' S SISTER.

Several petitions were presented in favour of legalising
marriage with a deceased wife's sister, and some to the
contrary, the former considerably preponderating.
TUE MONUMENT
...BEFORE WESTMINSTER