The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-30 00:00:00

SUN, LoNDON, WEDNESDAY E,v,tzNING, SEPTEMBER so, 1857

Fortescue, promoted to ba Major unattached, un-
der the 13th clause of the Royal warrant of Nov. 3,
1854 ; Lieut. G. S. Harward to be Second. Captain,
vice Calvert.
His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief has been pleased to appoint Second Captain
and Brevet Major P. W. L'Estrange to be Adjutant
provisionally under the Royal regulations contained
in the General Order of Feb. 5, 1826, in the room
of Street, promoted ; dated Sept. 15, 1857. Capt.
Anketell is therefore posted to Capt. Evan's com-
pany, sth battalion, vice L'Estrange. Lieut. W.
T. Moore bag been permitted to resign his commis-
sion, dated Sept. 18, 1857. Lieut. S. Dunlop, 6th
battalion, is raised to increased pay therein, vice
Moore, resigned.
In consequence of the above-named promotions
and appointments officers commanding the Royal
Art llery at the stations and in the districts con-
cerned will obtain the sanction of the officers com-
manding the troops to the following removals—
viz., Lieut.-Col. Graves, from Malta to Woolwich ;
Capt. Street, from Woolwich to Malta; Second
Captain Harward, from Woolwich to Malta ; Lieut.
De Moleyns has been ordered to rejoin Major Len-
nox's company, Ist bat., at Guernsey ; and Lieut.
G. Arbuthnot, of Capt. Crofton's company, 7th
battalion, has been posted to Major Grant's com-
pany, 11th battalion, in his stead. An exchange
of c mnpanies has been sanctionedbetween Lieu t. A.
P. Joy, of Capt. Boltoa's company, 4th battalion,
and Lieut. H. B. Maule, of Brevet Major Booth-
by's company, 6th battalion. The following
named transfers of officers have been ordered to
take effect, viz., Lieut. R. H. Newbolt, from Capt.
Bent's company, 3d battalion, to Capt. Wrazge's
company, 2d battalion ; Lieut. R. Biddulph, from
Cap'. Leslie's company, 11. bat., to Capt. Child's
company, 2d battalion ; Lieut. F. E. Shea, from
Capt. Romer's co mpany, 10th bat., to Capt. Colomb's
company, 9th bat. ; Lieut. W. L. Yonge has been
posted to Capt. Nixon's company, 2 bat.
The freight ship Demerara has commenced ship-
ping targets from Woolwich for Hobart Town, and
the Malabar, in the London docks, is embarking
military stores for the Ea=t India Company for Bom-
bay. The convict hospital ships Unite and Sulphur,
lying off the Arsenal, Woolwich, are ordered to be
conveyed to Chatham to be broken up.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :
Lieut. C. B. C. Dent, to the Urgent ; Alex. T.
Collier, midshipman, to the Diadem.
Tneßight. Hon. Sir C. Wood, M.P., arrived at
his official residence at the Admiralty last evening
from Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Sept. 29.

(Before Mr. Creasy at Westminster.)

William Brewster, 46, was indicted for feloniously
embezzling three small sums of money, which ho had
received on account of Henry Lovibond, his maser.

Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Rib-
ton for the prisoner.
The prozectator was a brewer at Chelsea, and the
prisoner was in his service as carman and collector.
The receipt of the money he was charged with appro-
priating to himself, instead of paying over to his master,
way clearly proved.
The Jury found him Guilty, and Mr. Creasy sentenced
him to ten months' hard labour.

The prosecutor stated that his loss altogether amounted
to about 1501.

Isaac Hadfield, 22, midehipman, was indicted for steal-
ing two rings, of the value of 1/. 55., the property of
Mary Ann Medley, single woman.
Mr. J. P. Doyle prosecuted. Mr. Metcalfe 'appeared
for the prisoner..
It appeared that the prosecutrix, who belongs to that
class f females termed "Ray," fell in with the prisoner,
who had th recently come ashore, in Regent-street,
and they proceeded to the Surrey Gardens, and ulti-
mately passed the night together at a house where she
lodged, in Milton-street, Dorset-square. Next day he
took her to the Crystal Palace, paid the fare and all
expenses out of his own pocket, treatsd her well, but-, un-
fortunately fell in love with two rings which she was
wearing. While playing with her hand he asked her to
take the rings off that he might try if they would fit his
fingers ; she objected to do so, but at last yielded to
his solicitation, and took them off. He got them on
his fingers, and then protested he could not get them off,
and regarding this as a mere joke, she allowed him to
wear them for the day. On arriving► at London-bridge
on their return from Sydenham, be toll her to wait for
him a few minutes; but having waited nearlyan hour she
gave up all hope of his return, and wended her way home-
ward minus the rings. Some weeks afterwards she met
him in the Haymarket, when she took him by the
collar, and said she would give him into custody.
He twisted himself out of her grasp, dodged under a
cab horse, and got clear away. A week afterwards she
again met him in the Haymarket, and demanded her
rings. He refused to give them up or say what he had
done with them, and on her threatening to give him into
cast .dy he said if she further annoyed him he would give
her in charge. A policeman was close by, and the pro-
secutrix charged the prisoner with the felony, and he was
locked up. He addritted having had the rings, but de-
nied that he had acted feloniously. .The prosecutrix
stated in her evidence that the money with v hich the
prisoner paid for what they had at the Crystil Palace be
obtained from her, and in fact took her purse" as well as
the rings. . . . .

Mr. Metcalfe, in his address to the jury, said what-
ever opinion they might enter►ain of the prisoner's con-
duct, it would be going too far to say that be had been
guil.y of a deliberate felony. He was a midshipman,
bound on a merchant ship, and having leave ashore, he
got into the cHnpany of- this young woman, and bad
foolishly got himself into this scrape. There could ba
no pretence for charging him with felony.
Witnesses to character were examined.
Mr. Creasy told the jury they must acquit the pri-
soner, unless they were clearly of opinion that at the
time he induced the prosecutrix to part with the rings,
it was his intention to steal them and make them his
own. Even if they thought he had no such intention at
the time, there could be no doubt that hii conduct was
shabby and contemptible in the ea•reme. .
The jury found the'prisoner Not Gail y.
Mr. Creasy told the prisoner that if he had any manly
or proper feeling about him, he would nia,te restitution
of the rings, or give the prosecutrix their fu'l value.
Mr. Metcalfe said the solicitor who Instructed bim
would take care that such should be done.

The prisoner was then discharged! He bad been in
custody since Aug. 4.
Jeremiah Callaghan, 23, was indicted for attempting
to stab Robert White, a police constable, in the execu-
tion of his duty.
The prosecutor was on duty in the Broadway, West•
minster, when the prisoner knocked him down, and
pu led out a knife. Alter he had knocked him down, and
while he was on the ground, he made several stabs at
the policeman's legs, but the thickness of the leather
of his boots prevented the knife penetrating. His trou-
t.ers were cut through in several places.•
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Mr. Cree=y said in every can which came before him

wherein a kite had been used, or a person had been
kinked in a brutal and unmanly manner, he should with-
out hesitation pars a severe sentence. In this case ho
phouli give the prisoner double the term he should have
d•mne had he not used a knife. He then sentenced him
to one year a hard labour.
Will am Harris, 30, draper, pleaded guilty of em-
bezzling the sums of N. 14: 6i., 11 74. 6:1 , and 51 Br.,
received by him on account of John Casper Ruttingen,
his master.

Mr. Creasy sentenced him to ten months' hard labour.
Mary Glidden, 40, anfJosiah Gliddell, 32, were in-
dicted with Ann Brown, 18, for stealing a copper, value
16i., the property of David Seward.
Tao copper was seen safe at past ten o'clock one night,
and was soon, after missed. The police traced footmarks
to the door of a room where the three prisoners lived,
and inside they found the stolen copper.
The two Gliddells, 'in their defence, said the other
p•i,oner lodged in the same room as they, and brought
the copper there without their knowledge. They called
a li.ile boy, son of the female, to prove their assertion.
Brown said the Gliddelis did the robbery, and were
trying to screen themt•elves by putting the blame upon
her. They had tutored the boy what to say.
The jury found them all guilty, and previous °envie,
Lions were proved against Brown and Josiah Glidden.
A sergeant of the D division stated that the elder pri-
soner had been for years a tutor of young thieves in the
neighbourhood of Lisson-grove, and doz-ns owed their
ruin to her. There was no previous conviction against
her.

Mr. Creasy said it was clear they formed part of a
confederacy of Weyer, which it was necessary to break
up. He sentenced Mary Glidden to eight months' bard
labour, Josiah Glidden to four years' penal servitude,
and B own to three years' penal servitude.
Josiah Giddell said every word Brown had said was
false, and if his lordship had t iven her 20 years, it would
❑ot have been a bit too much.
There was another indictment against the prisoners.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 29.

BOW-STREET.

THE CHARGE AGAINST THE SERVANTS OF CLUEING-
CROSS HOSPITAL.—ShortIy after the night charges were
dieing:id of, !,tr. E. A. Bennett, house Burgeon at Char-
ing-crone HoFptal, waited on Mr. Jardine, in order to
mai.* a statement rehtive to the charge preferred by
Nlr. Sprague, of Valiere-.trot, against the servants of
that hstitution.

Mt. Bennett, after referring to a communication made
by his worship to the secretary, said—ln consequence
t your note, the secretary wished 1113 to cal and offtr
an explaLe,tion of tte facts, that there might be an in-
vestigation if you" think it neces-ary. There appears
to have been s ,me little confusion and tni;unders:and-
log. Toe gentleman brought the girl round at about 1
o'clock. The porter was asleep in his room, and being
woke up out of big sleep was perhaps a little confused.
Instead of bringing the woman in at once he went to
fetch me. The gentleman was Idlowtng him into the
private part of the hospital, when the nurse stopped
Li'n and told him that ho could not go that, way as it
was private. I put on some of my clothes and went
down, when I found the gentleman had gone away. I fo!.
lowed and spoke to •hity, but be was so agitated that I
do not think he noticed me in the c mfn,ion. lie says
the porter we's intoxicated, but he decidedly was not.
1 never knew him otherwise than sober.

Mr. Jardine—Of course I cannot tell which way the
truth is, but the constable also said the porter Was
drunk. • I have no power to order any investigation, but
I think it ought to be inquired into by the authorities
at the hospital.
Mr. Bennett—The secretary has inquired into it, sir,
and is satisfied that the man was sober. The nurse, too,
is a very respectahle woman.
Mr. Jardine—lt has gone bah that the porter was
drunk. The report in the papers is c)rrect. The con-
stable, the complainant, and another gentleman, all
three stated thil he was drunk. However, I do not
wish to say anymore about it.
Mr. Bsonett, after observing that the witnesses were
certainly mistaken, as the man was perfectly suber,
bowed to the magistrate a7d withdrew.

MARYLEII3ONE.—THE LATE GREAT FRAUD IN
BANKRUPTOY.—The court was ranch crowded, in conse-
quence of its having ,been the day appointed for the re-
examination of John Mark., coachbuilder, Bell-street,
Elgware road; S.tmuel Marks, his brother ; and Abra-
ha,u Simmonde, alt of whom stood charged with having
been concerned in the disposal of property to the amount
of upwards of 16,0001. after a fiat of bankruptcy bad
been issued. _ _

Mr. Poland, in the absence of Mr. Giffard, attended
on the part of the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigh for Samuel
Marks and- Simmonds ; and Mr. Solomon for the pr.',
soner John Marks ; Mr. Wildy also attended to watch
the case on behalf of toveral creditors.

After some disnussion as to the course of proceedirg,
it was agreed that evidence should be given with respect
t) the goods which had been placed in Kent-street, and
th, nee transferred to Reigate.
Alfred Mandev.lle said be lived in Kent-street,
Birougb, ani that his business was that of a ropemaker,
and that Sitnmonds, with whom he had been acquainted
seven or eight years, came to him in November last, and
requeste l that he would oblige him by t skin charge of
some goods, which he consented to do, and the; were
delivered to him on his premises. A carman shortly
afterwards brQu•bt some goods to his h iuse in a van,
and he believed that the said van•was accemdanied by
Satnutl Marks and Simmonds. He imagined that some
of the cases c intained something light. Samuel Marks
tild- him that he bad purchased the goods from a person
who was in want of money, and that be would require
him to keep thern•for six months, as be did not wish to
send them to market immediately. There were abut
eight packages delivered to hi:r. In August as S,moel
Marks called on him in Kent-street. It was he, b:-
lieved, on. Frii!ity ; and he stated that he intended
t► fetch asay his things oa the following Monday.
Oa the latter day, be (Hark) did call, and engaged
him (Nitnese) to take away the goods in the van, al
stated by the witne.,B Molloy, who was examined on the
previous Tuesday. Some offi!ers from the Court of
Bankruptcy came and esiarnined his premises to.diecover
it any of the bankrupt's property was there, but they
t found none.
.Some days aflerwards Samna Marks
Icalled onhim and 'stated th.at ho was" sorry laihad been
nconvenienced by the caliing of the officers from the.

cause alluded to, and that it would be his ruin if the
goods were seized as he had paid for them.
George Fairman, receiving clerk at the Bricklayers
Arms Station of the South EAsteru Railway, said that
he received a large number of packages from Samuel
Marks, about the 15th July last, and he remembered
at the latter date, being instructed by some other of the
parties to forward the goods to Reigate Station, and by
their direction addressed cards, which he placed on the
backs of the cases, addressing them to " Mr. Fordiclo,
Reigate."
Mr. Bennett FOrdicks was called, and proved that be
received the goods in question at Reigate, by request of
Simmonds. lie placed them in a barn, not having ac-
commodation for them in his house. Simmonds subse-
quently removed them. He (witnes-) could not under-
take to swear what the packages contained. Tnere was
a large number of them, and many were very bulky.

The additional evidence was in a great measure corro-
borative of the preceding testimony ; and, after some
further proceedings,
Mr. Poland said he felt called upon, on the part of the
prosecution, to request that the magistrate would not
allow Samuel Marks and Sinamonds to be again admitted
to b it ; and he grounded his application upon the addi-
tional evidence of so strongly criminatury a nature which
had been adduced.

Mr. Sleigh c )ntended that hia clients, having attended
on previous occasionF, were entitled to be allowed to
renew their bail. _ _

Mr. Broughton, having carefully reviewed the case,
and paid the most particular attention to the evidence
throughout, did not feel himself justified in acceding to
the request of the learned counsel (Mr. Sleigh), the
offence charged being of a most grave and serious nature.
Toe prisoners were then all remanded till Tuesday
next.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GRgAT
NORNIERv RAILWAY.

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST.
TUXFORD, Tuesday.

Again this morning, at the hour of 11 o'clock, ae pre-
viously agreed upon, the county coroner and jury assem
bl-d at the Newcastle Arms Inn, by adjournment irsoi
Friday. After a great mate of evidence had been gouu
through,
Col. Wynn, the Government Inspector of Railways,
was sworn. He said he had been inspector to Govern-
ment about 10 years, and was directed by the Board of
Trade to inquire Into the circumstances of this accident,
and came here on Saturday morning about eleven, and
spent between four and five hours on the road. He fund
the whole di,tence on the line had been reformed. He
had it opened out again -and every sleeper swept. From
the north end of the bridge, and going north, he per-
teived the places where the carriage wheels had struck
the sleepers. At 24 yards further, except at the end of
one sleeper, there were no marks. The marks corres-
ponded with the line in which the telegraph post was
knocked down, 15 yards beyond. 48 yards from the
bridge there was ballast knocked in the hedge, indicating
that a carriage had been off the line. Tne indentations
on the sleepers were pointed out to him, but he did not
place much cenfileece in them. Going over the bridge,
and south of it, there were indicitions that carriages had
is en off theliee. He thought the order of the accident was,
that the van went off first. At the point (43 yards)
where it struck the sleeper it threw off the two carriages
before it, and when they struck the bridge it would de-
tach the tivo carriages that went over the bridge. Be
believed the van itself was first detacaed by striking the
sleeper t 63 yards from the bridge. Re had ex twined
the carriages and found but one bent axle, which he be-
lieved had been done by the accident. The carriages were
in excellent condition and made of first-rate materials, and
very strong He had this morning found that one of the
axles of the second-class carriage was heated, but he did
nut see that whorl it was in the garden ; and be believed
the heating took place in going back to Sheffield. There
was no indention of the wheels. From Retford to the place
of accident he had ridden on an engine at a speed of over
60 mi es an hour, and never went steadier. He bad
travelled over a good deal of the line, and it was almost
steadier than any other he knew. He had not tried the
experiment, but he was satisfied that a train of itself
could not travel at a speed of 55 miles per hour down
an incline of lin 200. He was a great advocate of the
communication between the guard and the driver, hut
in this instance he did net believe it would have been ofany
use. He did not believe there was anything in the speed
f these trains on the Great Northern, considering the
state of the line, at all to alarm the public. Too danger
is increased at the same ratio as the speed. He thought
it would be well if there was a maximum speed beyond
which drivers should not drive ; but the locomotive
euperintendent thought the speed here was not too
great. What they bad to deal with was the momentum
in going down an incline, and if the weight of the engine
was counterpoised by a heavy break it would not add to
the steadiness of the tram. Looking at the good state of
the road where the accident took place, he believed that
a similar accident might hare befallen a train travelling
at only 40 wiles per hour.
In reply to a juryman, Col. Wynn said it was unasual
to make any change or alteration who; o the accident
had taken place until the jury had seen it.
It was stated that the guard could not give evidence.
. .

The Coroner then summed up. Ile said the cause of
the ac,..ldent could not be ascertained, but he had no
doubt that the jury would arrive at such a conclusion
as would satisfy in every possible way the mind of the
public.• There was no law as to the epee i at which
they should travel, and the people who travelled at that,
speed took the responsibility up an them6e ves, if all was
done that could be done by the company to convey them
with proper cau:ion to the pace they bid contracted to
take thew. If they (the railway company) neglected
this point and were careless in what they did, then they
were answerable for it.
THE VERDICP.

The jury, after half an hour's cocsiderati in, returned
a verdict of " Accidental death ; and also that in giving
their fullest consideration to the details connected wzth
this melancholy accident, wecannet srparate without stat-
ing that it appears there is not sufficient caution given
to the engine-drivers working express trains, and that
they are entrusted with the exercise of a very large and
dangerous discretion, and that there should be a maxi•
mum speed at which the driver of an engine shall not
tinier any circumstances exceed ; and we further desire
the coroner to communicate the verdict to the B and of
Trade, and request them to bring the subject under the
ear:y consideration of Government."
We understand that niece this most unfortunate acci-
dent, her Majesty the Queen has written, through Col.
Phipps, to the Great Northern Railway officials, inquir-
ing into ,the cause of the accident, and requsting that
t%e result of the inquiry should be iornesiia.tely made
,flown to her.

Any. 1, July 29,
-- 1357. 1857. Increase. Decrease.
£ ££
_
Bank of England 19,855,858 19,368,311 £ _
49',587
Private Banks
Joint-stock Banks • • 2,939,031 2,900,755 : 8,259
-....
Total in England . •
Scotland •.. 3,992,177 3,932,997 59,480
Ireland .. ••. • .... 6,453,705 6,224,810 208,895
.-----. —.—. __—_— --.
United kingdom .... 36,844,029 35,893,205 950,1124

Showing a decrease of 632,4491. in the &I-en
lation of notes in England, and a decrease o;
950,8241. in the circulation of the United Kingdom,
when compared with the month ending the Ist oi
August; and, as compared with the month ending the
30th of August, 1856, the above returns show a decrease
of 808,8871. in the circulation of notes in England, and
a decrease of 634,358/. in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the
29th of August was 11,318,6951., being a decrease of
283,3911. as compared with the previous month; and
a decrease of 1,124,7631. when comparel with the same
period last year. V
* The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
during the month ending the 29 of August, was
3,821,426/., being a decrease of 38,3511. as compared
with the previous return, and 'an increase of 9,1251
when compared with the corresponding period last year

Major-General the Exrl of Cardin.n the I ,a; eet or
General of Cavalry, has returned train hi 3 visit to the
French camp at Chalvnr.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

WHITEHALL, SEPT. 26.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Baron of tip United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto James, Earl of Fife, and the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of
Baron Skene, of Skew), in the county of Aberdeen.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George
Moss as Consul at St. Helena for his Majesty the King of
Sardinia.