The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-23 00:00:00

distressing thing, arid he hoped the magistrate'
would assist him.

Mr. Arnold said he had no power whatever to
interfere, but would recommend the poor man to
apply to the board of guardians.

MARYLEBONE.—John S. Cookson, cab pro-
prietor, was charged with haying been concerned in
stealing a box containing property of considerable
value, from the warehouse of Mr. Samuel Solomon,
Sutton-place, Edgware-road.

The box, which was the property of Mr. Solo-
mon's brother, who, with his family, were about to
sail for Australia, had been left with other pack-
ages. It was missed, a reward of 51. was offered
for its recovery, and very soon a part of the box
and some of its contents were found at the prisoner's
house. As the police had suspicions with regard to
other property in his possession he was remanded
till Wednesday.

SOUTHWARK.-.Edward Atkins, a middle-
aged man, a plumber, was final'y examined on the
charge of attempting to murder Elixsbeth Fore-
man, by cutting her throat with a razor.

The complainant, whose throat was bandaged up,
stated that she lived at 3, Union-street, Bmrough-
road, and until six weeks ago she htd cohabited
with the prisoner. The prisoner left some of his
property at her house, and meeting him on Mon-
day, the 6th inst., she told him to call at her house
the next morning and fttch the things away. He
said he would, and on the 7th, while she was in bed,
be entered her room, and then she got up, and he
took a razor, and shaved himself. After he had
done so, he told her to fasten the door, which sha
refused to do. He then asked her to come and sit
by him cm the sofa, and she declined doing that ;
but she went and sat near the window looking into
the street. While there she felt the prisoner push-
ingeometbing violently against her side, which she
at first thought to be his knuckles, but afterwards
she perceived it to be a knife, which she took from
him, and told him to keep away for the future. He
then seized her suddenly by the neck, and forced
her head on the bed, and he then cut ber throat
and face with the razor he had shaved with.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

THAMES.—Capt. Simonds, the master of the
ship Neleus, lying in the river, came before Mr.
Yardley, and stated that he shipped nine China-
men at Foo-Chow-Foo, and they assisted in navi-
gating the ship to the port of London. He had paid
them their wages and kept them on board the Ne-
leus at work ever since. The ship was about to
sail, and had been taken up by the Government as
a transport, and he was not permitted to take out
Chinamen as part of his crew. He wished to know
if be should be justified in discharging the Chinese
and paying thew the wages due to them for work-
ing on hoard.

Mr. Yardley said the captain was bound to send
them back to their own country in another ship,
and enable them to enter into a fresh agreement in
accordance with the original agreement which they
entered into with him at Foo-Chow-Foo, and not as
passengers.
Capt.- Simonds said he had already obtained
berths for them in a ship about to proceed to China,
and he wished to ascertain whether he ought to
pay them off at once, and discharge them.
Mr. Yardley said he would strongly recommend
the applicant not to discharge the Chinamen into
the streets, for it he did they would most assuredly
become mendicants or thieves, or both.
' Mr. J. W. Roche, a pawnbroker, No. 1, Com-
mercial-road East, appeared to answer the coin
plaint of Thos. Brandon, a mechanic, to whom be
had refused to deliver a double cased silver watch
with the name of Edwards engraven thereon, and a
silk handkerchief.
About a year ago Brandon raised 10s. on his
watch at Mr. Roche's shop, and on his wife and
daughter going to redeem it a few days since a watch
of about half the value of his was handed to him.
The pawnbroker now insisted that the watch was
the one which Roche bad left with him.
The magistrate, however, ordered him to pay
the complainant 30s. on account of the watch, and
2s. 6d. on account of the handkerchief,