The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-24 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

FORGERY UPON LORD DUDLEY.-Mr. F. A. Farrar, of
6 and 7, Clement's-lane, City, described as a solicitor, any
Mr. John Hullett, a clerk, residing at Waterloo, near
Cossham, Hants, have appeared before the Lord Mayor,
on remand, at the justice-room of the Mansion House, on
the charge of being concerned in forging and uttering a
bill of exchange for £BOO, purporting to be accepted by the
Earl of Dudley, with intent to defraud. At the last ex-
amination it was proved that the prisoner Farrar began
an account at the bank of Messrs. Williams, Deacon,
and Co. on the 10th of July last with £2lO ; that it bad
been increased from time to time ; and that two of the
cheques, proceeds of the discount of the forged bill, for
£250 and £155, were paid in there. Many cheques were
cashed paythle to Hullett—altogether amounting to £3OO.
The hank had now a balance in hand on the account of
£221 Bs. 2d. The solicitor to the Earl of Dudley gave his
opinion that the signatures were forgeries. Lord Dudley
was six days' journey from London. After hearing the
evidence of several more witnesses, tending to discredit
the signatures, the Lord Mayor remanded the prisoners
for a week, and declined to take bail.
A SWINDLER.—A man of military appearance, said to be
the son of General Warren, has been charged at the Mary-
lebone Police-court with obtaining goods under false
pretences. It was shewn that he went to Messrs. Thomp-
son's, in Comluit-street, and ordered an outfit for India to
the value of £450, pretending that his name was Daniel,
and that he was an officer in the 3rd Dragoons, and had
been ordered to go abroad at once. A gentleman named
Daniel had been gazetted to the 3rd Dragoons, and on a
letter being addressed to him the fraud was discovered.
The prisoner had also obtained goods of value from other
shopkeepers. He was remanded that their cases might be
investigated.

The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo has accorded
to the shopkeepers of Madrid the permission to open their
establishments on Sundays and fête days.

THE DEAN OF ST. PAUL'S.—The health of
the Very Rev. Dr. Milman is gradually though slowly
improving.

The Dublin Corporation have adopted the
rams resolution passed by the Cork Town Council, express-
ing an opinion that "the time has come for the liberation
of the Fenian prisoners confined at home and abroad."
THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—It is stated that
in consequence of danger being apprehended to the inte-
rests of the preference shareholders by the proposal of the
directors to pay a further dividend upon ordinary stock,
and the unsatisfactory character generally of the principles
adopted in the accounts just published, further legal pro-
ceedings are in course of being taken against the company
with the view of obtaining a judicial examination of the
books and officials of the company, and a decision upon
the alleged illegal practices adopted.
The Miliwall Shield has stood another severe
test triumphantly. After having previously received
fourteen rounds from the 9-in, and 10-in. guns without a
single important damage to its interior side, it was attacked
on Tuesday by the 12-in. gun at 70 yards, with battering
charges of 7441 b. of powder. The tremendous GOO-pounder
Palliser shot was stopped dead, embedded 22in. in the iron
and baking of this splendid structure, although the whole
shield was driven back at one blow a distance of six feet.
The Gibraltar shield was destroyed in ten rounds from
the 9-in. gun.
CHILD MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—On
Tuesday evening a married woman named Culross, resid-
ing at Edinburgh, killed her child, a girl about a year
old, by cutting its throat from ear to ear. She also
attempted to take her own life by wounding her neck in
several places. Her husband, who is a sculptor, left this
country for America about eighteen months ago, and he
had repeatedly urged her to join him there. She, however,
refused to leave Edinburgh. She has been in ill-health
for some time, and the medical gentlemen are of opinion
that she was insane when she committed the murder.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY EXTENSION. The
Government Inspector of Railways, Colonel Rich, accom-
panied by Mr. J. Allport, the general manager, Mr.
Barlow, the engineer, Mr. Campion, the resident engineer,
and Mr. S. Waring, the agent for the contractors, has
completed his official inspection of the Midland Railway
Extension from Bedford to- London. The works were
found to be satisfactorily executed, the permanent way
being ready for traffic. A large number of workmen are
now engaged in preparing the approaches to the terminus
in anticipation of the opening of the line on the Ist of
October.

SUDDEN DEATH FROM HURRYING TO CATCH A
TRAIN.—On Sunda} morning Mr. H. Jennings, carrying
on business in High-street, Strood, left his residence in
company with his wife and daughter, with the intention
of proceeding to Woolwich for the day. Soon after enter-
ing the train at Strood Mr. Jennings was seized with a
fit, and on the arrival of the train at the Higham station
he was removed from the carriage for the purpose of being
conveyed back to his residence. A vehicle having been
obtained he was driven to Strood, but before he could

regain his residence he had expired, death having resulted
from apoplexy, brought on, it is thought, by the excite-
ment of his hurrying to catch the train.
THE KING OF SIAM AN ASTRONOMER.—A letter
from Bangkok, dated August 2, says :—" The Supreme
King of Siam is a very observant astronomer. His collec-
tion of scientific instruments would do honour to any
European philosopher. He himself edits the• almanac
which is published at Bangkok ; and lie now, with a num-
ber of the most intelligent persons of his Court, has left
his capital for \Vai-Wan, in the Gulf of Siam, where he
will direct the observations of the total eclipse of the sun.
It will be curious to compare the report of an intelligent
Oriental sovereign with acme of the various missions who
have been carrying 0.1 their investig itions in different tro•
pical regions.".