The Sun.
London, England, 1857-06-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day)'

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
ROBBERY BY A SOLICITOR'S CLERK.—Benjamin 1
per, a lad 17 years of age, was brought before In
Beadon, charged with stealing two 51. notes, a pair °
gold sleeve studs, two coats and other articles, the 104/,.
perty of Mr. Edward Lewis, solicitor, Great gar'
borough-street.
Mr. Lewis stated that the prisoner was until recerl
ono of his clerks. O's the eveniug of the 12th instant
he received a cheque for 201. and two 51. notes froin:
client, and, as it was then too late to pay it int° his
I
banker's, he directed the prisoner to do so on t'"
following morning. On arriving at his office
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morning he missed the notes, and questi°,rnbe•
the prisoner as to what had become of them
prisoner denied all knowledge of them, and said he
the
never touched them or seen them after he had left 0
previous night. From the prisoner's manner, he didi.".o-i
at the moment suspect him, but eventually circutustaewlo
came to his knowledge, that induced him to dismiss hict
from his situation. A day or so after prisoner bad lei;
prosecutor missed two coats, two pairs of trowsers'ol.
pair of gold studs, and other articles. He at Once c 0,..
municated with the police, and the result was the
soner was taken into custody last night with the g"ny
studs in his povession. He was not prepared With•
further evidence at present, and wished to have the Pr-
eoner remanded. •

The prisoner was remanded for a week.
SO UTHWARK.
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DESPISLSATISbn
ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
Morgan, a repulsive and powerful looking no° rii° •
brought before Mr. Combe charged with having e",,,a
witted the following daring and desperate attereqo
highway robbery. Elizabeth Chadwick, the wife c'ee
gas-fitter, residing in York-buildings, Bermondsey-'llBo,
road, stated on Tuesday last, between 12 and 1 oclor
at noon, she was proceeding along the Great-I),Y°
age,
road towards home with her daughter, 12 year 3
She had at that time a small basket in one band ail r,
pertwonnaie, containing gold and silver in the citu„ege
When nearly opposite the Virginia Plant publitehe'-1
the prisoner passed between them, and Weh-e
towards a brush-makers' shop. Suddeulf both
turned round and seized hold of her by roe
hands and made use of a dreadful oath at the sae,
time, telling her ho would do for her if she called° ,
She, however, struggled very hard with bin), and,orlea
leased one of her hands, when he caught hold of her e.es
watch and pulled it out of her pocket. ller ~rbe
brought a female towards the spot when he let go
ere
watch and ran away. Witness and her daughter W. eo
so frightened that neither of thent could follow llini'tbe
that he made his escape. Aft,erwards she went to tit
police station and gave informatren 'of the outrage, got
a description of the prisoner, whom she pointed
among many others at the station-house on Sate for
night. The prisoner here declared that the prosectiti,
was mistaken as to his identity. He was not the Prat.
The daughter of the prosecutrix said she saw the yet
soner seize hold of her mother's bands and snatch, 01
watch. She called out " Murder and "Police!' fie,
on a female coming up he ran away and made his esc3r
She was positive that ho was the man. a 9 e
In answer to the charge the prisoner said be ll
baker, and got his livelihood honestly. It was net 'lice
that he should commit such an offence . tb°l
Downes, the gaoler, here informed hie IlrorsbiP re!
the prisoner was a notorious thief, and had been sele
times convicted for street robberies. cos'
Churchill, 148 M, said be took the prisoner int°tberi
tody, and when he was placed along with several e.otel
in the station-house, Mrs. Chadwick attended and P°l
him out.
Mr. Combe committed him to the sessions for VI
THAMES. A Eel,
MURDER AT CHINGFORD HATCH, g
barbarous murder was committed yesterday reelVetehl
the dwelling of Mr. and Mrs. Small, Chingford
Essex, Mr. and Mrs. Small went to church, °' ofo
their usual c.astoin, leaving the dwelling in the care 04
female named Mary White sister of Mrs. Solari. die'
the return of Mr. and Mrs. 'Small from church, We,"i: cett
covered the body of their relative, with her tbro'",tcti;
lying upon the floor near the door, and missed a weelle°
and 6/. in money. The police were immediatel.9 5, 0°
in, and from an examination of the body there 11 oral'doubt the unfortunate lady had been most barbs event
murdered by some villain who has for tbe 13:;0108'
eluded the search making for him by the :r
The knife with which the horrid deed 15,0131 v
posed to have been committed, was found in ae'o'n
hand basin. A young man, of whom the police i, eor
pursuit, and who was seen to leave Chingford, nc),
posed to have committed the murder. This aftern,:epillg
wan named Charles Davies, who was found In
it
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on some benches in front of a public-house in
End-road, and who answered in many respof); up
scripting of the. alleged murderer, was brougbt i
id di°
custody of sergeant Smith, 28 K. The officer sad tbo
suspicions bad been removed, and he ascertaiotr% eio
the prisoner was a person of goad character. "'„
Abe
suspected, when taken into custody, to be the flO"t
tb
committed the inhuman niurder of Miss White, btibeceo
man had given an account of himself, and where,ro
yesterday morning, which turned
thenut to be.quite ,ree
Mr. Selfe was glad to hear prisoner was 013;31011f
good character, and advised him not to be sleel%gel
forms in the open air again, or he would render „rbl
liable to be punished under the vagrant act. .I".e
charged the prisoner.

SCARCITY OF COTTOY.
A large public meeting of the Cotton Sli-ber
Association was held at the Town-hall MO"
i
tar, on Friday. to consider the present nade(log
supply of cotton, and the best means of extc°ster,
its growth. Mr. J. Watts, Mayor of Manebejeff
presided, and there were present Lord Sty 13~
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M.P. ; Colonel W. Patten, M.P. ; Mr.
Rornby, ; Mr. Kershaw, M.P. ;Mr
Ramsay, M.P. ; Mr. James Platt, M.P. ;
A. Turner, M.P., and many influential gen-
connected with the town and district. +: re' 6'
Mr. J. A. T URNER, M. P., moved the first
f
lution, which was as follows : lf
"That, in` he opinion of this meeting, the Stilleol/
cotton to this country is inadequate to the requireA
of manufacturing industry, and being almost 05 of]

derived from one source,dis uncertain in qlla°titili;64,,
unduly fluctuating in price. That this meeting srice
the colonial and other dependencies of Gren,t,L, elur,
afford ample resources for the cultivation and "Walt
ment of the cotton plant, and that is the duty as,,,,joti°,,
the interest of the British nation to aid in the Pt",„" ay%
of those efforts by means by which its g row"' 'os
extended not only in the British dominions,but
accessible countries." "(I
In moving this resolution Mr. Turner der a 01 he
the apathy of the trade upon the subject, only
that unless they could devise means to sull'bo
present deficiency of cotton the evils wouluturio
gravated and the prosperity of the manufo
districts would very rapidly decline. I,a PI
Mr. 0. HEYWOOD having seconded
or
lution.
Lord STANLEY remarked upon the import/fit°
the sutject, and entered into various stati°tiflii!
dhow the increase of our productive puvre°'
at the same time the supply of cotton was heeq o 4
more deficient. The noble lord remarked thsotiol:
s pply of cotton involved some political con side.ol
which were sufficiently obvious. Without iv 111000
to overstate the case, he considered that our fora ollf
exclusive dependence on the United States 01"
cotton was neither desirable nor safe, hoWelea
probable it might be that the supply would o'ceiis
terrupted either by war, by a social disturWerd,'
the Southern States, or by a failure of the,ivel'
This state of dependence was of corapao";eor:
recent origin, and it was increasing year by 9, h°
In considering how we were to remedy the ev:,,ilt°
by no -means recommended exclusive atteritlo-1. fl°
one part of the world, but, after all, whatev,..ol6
could do elsewhere, it was to-British India Oirefir
must chiefly look. There we had the gowil
ment in our hands, a people singularly c„,l
and not unfitted for industry, a coutto'oo
labour which was practically unlimited, of
vast districts comparatively, if not wheWo't,
cultivated. Colonel Patten, M.P., Dr. Otlinf tb
Bombay, and Mr. T. S. Mort (late member of
Legislative Council of Australia), also aliPPoolj
the resolution, which was agreed to unaniu3.„ofe
Mr. E. W. Watkins, M.P. for Yarmouth,
the second resolution for° r
"That this meeting hails with satisfaction thebote t;
tion of the Cotton Supply Association in gailefole°to
and pledges itself to use its best endeavours to
the of of that association, and that the pe`Ze pe`4,
the House of Commons now read in support of t7joill'e
tion of Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., upon the affairs o' )0 t1)1
so far as that motion has reference to an increase.
supply of eaten from that country, be adopted PI
meeting." co
The petition recited the importance as the tlio,„
manufacture, amounting last year to niOrei.
38,000,0001. ; that the raw material last Ye„i',o c„oe'
900,000,0001 b., of which 700,000,0001 b. Nlr:iottw,
D
ceived from the United States ; that the Leg"oiv;
abolished slavery without providing for rolef
ing free labour ; and concluded with a P,lfe
for the removal of obstacles to a better $T o°'
cotton from India ] Mr. James Platt, 0,
conded and Sir A. Ramsay supported the r"
lion which was agreed to. at
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SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON AND DR. Panit.--,-;;IN
Dugald Stewart's that Sir William met v.", 100",
and as I have heard it reported, astonished the 00-boP''
philologist by evincing a range and accuracy of 8,." Pcb
ship not inferior to his own. The erudite doe
bably in gracious condescension to the society it,ll
he found himself had at first discoursed of Gres 1: ;reiv;';
sophy, his knowledge of which was certainly es.,veritY'„.l
but Jin.,ling he did not achieve any decided superlfi°"eil;
this chosen walk, betook himself to an abseil";
learning, where he naturally expected to reign 1040'r;
led the conversation towards the later ancrlee9fiettefl
Latin poets, with their imitators at the revival 0, caret
and in still more recent times, but he soon di;co°til
that even here his companion was at home ; "yoe",;',
length, finding that, turn where he would, libe etelj
advocate before Mtn could not only follow step. PYO sae
but was actually able to continue his quotatio.",'?
correct his references, his imperturbable superiol.lvroiri;
way, and he was startled into the sudden
aft
" Why, who are you. then, Sir I" The doctor.
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wards appeared, did not forget Sir William 0%000
nor lose the impression his extraordinary aegnir
had made %ikon Spencer Baynes.