The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

DARING ROBBERY AND OUTRAGE.—A. ticket of leave
man, a ioffionly looking fellow, named William Free-
man, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with
being concerned in a robbery, and a-saulting Mr. Hyman
Hyams, clothier, in the employ of Mr. Simon Moses,
clothier, in the Whitechapel-road.
Mr. Hyaws said he left his wife at the door to look
after the goods expo.ed for sale, when he heard a cry of
" Thief," and was informed that a pair of trousers had
been stolen from the door. He went out and saw the
thief running away with the trousers in his hand. He
pursued him, and had nearly come up with him when
the prisoner made his appearance, put out his leg, and
threw him heavily on the ground. The prisoner was
about to strike him with a stack, but was prevented
doing so by the bystanders, who interfered and took
him into custody. He should have overtaken the thief,
and secured him, and obtained re-possession of the pro-
perty, if the prisoner had not stopped him.
William Penny, a young man, confirmed the statement
of the last witness, and stated that he assisted in securing
the prisoner. _ _

Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was
formerly one of the most dangerous thieves in the dis-
trict, and had been transported.
Mr. Yardley—What has ho been doing lately ?
Roche—l don't know, sir ;heis a ticket of leave man,
and I don't think he has been long away from one of the
convict prisons.

The prisoner said he had nothing to do with the rob-
bery. _ .

Mr. Yardley—No, but you prevented the capture of
the thief, and by your daring act of violence caused him
to escape with his booty.
The prisoner—l had only come out of a penny show,
your Worship.
Mr. Yardley—No place you were more like to come
from.

Mr. H. James said that similar robberies were of fre-
`quent occurrence, and that the trousers stolen were
valued at 18s.

Mr. Yardley—l shall commit the prisoner for trial for
stealing a pair of trousers' and it is right the prisoner
and others should know that a person assisting in the
escape of a thief is to be considered'rq a participator in
the offence.

The depositions were then taken, and the prisoner was
formally committed to the Clerkenwell Sessions for trig'.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, SEPT. 7.
INTERMENT OF THE LATE PRESIDENT OF QUEEN'S.

The interment of the remains of the late president of
Queen's College took place th:s day in the college chapel,
with the impressive ceremonies naturally consequent
thereon.

The body had been deposited in the college ha'l in the
course of the night, and thenze, about 11 o'clock, the
melancholy but impressive pracesdon started. The
funeral procession passed round the first court of the
college, and at the entrance of the chapel was received
in solemn form by the Rev. W. G. Searle and the Rev.
W. M. Campion, officiating ministers.
Choral service as celebrated, and amid the deep re-
gret of all acquainted with the late pre,ident in life, rid
with all due university solemnity, the remains of one of
her most distinguished and respected sons were lowered
to their last resting place.

MARKET NEWS.— (This Day.)

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 4/ 8s; clover,
3i 10. s to 51 103; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load.
Trade steady.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 183 to 4/ 8s; clover,
31:15s to 5/ 83 ; and straw, 11 Gs to 1/ lOs per load.
A moderate supply.

WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 4/ 83 ; clover,
31 153 to 51 103; and straw, 11 6s to 1/ 103 per load.
Trade dull.

COLONIAL.

TEA—The market is firm but quiet, and previous rates
are fully supported.
Sul:un--The dullness in this market continues and only
a few small parcels have b•-:en disposed of by private C3ll-
are
ondon withoffer
aanadobwotnlwitatrlde
tract at prices rather under previous quotations. Prices
aro still higher than they were at this time last year. The
business is doing. Fully previous rates, however, are
tßeenfidneendoy.market
fieswipnaareetievlse
all good qualities, and plantation Ceylon is
current
tEfEo—r Very
firm.
RlCE.—There is a rather better inquiry, and prices have
improved.
Rum.—An active business has been transacted, and full
rates aro current. Coed Demerara realises 2s 7d to 2s Sd
per proof gallon.
TALLOW.—The market is quiet, aaa prices aro steady.
P.Y.C., on the spot, 62s 6tl to 63s • and last 3 months,
604 per cwt. The stocks aro 2,400 calls more than at this
this time last year, and prices considerably higher,

Total withdrawn'', {r-t.33 the format'on
of +he Society i i September, 7, 1852,
to Sep' ember 5, 1857
.C 47,471 12 9
The t Auras of the Resister of Order of P;ghts are vs
Follows :
Complet.d. Di..wa: Seniority.
2,528 2,765 1,4311
Dedu. t exerc'sel on e. -
tat, bullfrog advance 7, &c.

Total.
6,724

4,002

Unexercisel Cghts
The lest share on the Register of Rights by seniority
after the drae'ng of the Bth inst. will be about No
7,072, and the last share teken up to the sth gust. v.-as
No. 13,554.
There have bean two allotments of estates during the
current quarter, the first on the 18th of June with the
Maidstone estate, West Kent, and Redhill estate, East
Surrey, and the secoad on the 26th of August with the
Battersea estate, East Surrey. On the last mentioned
day, several eligible ground rents were offered to the
holders of rights of choiee, besides two villas at Enfield
and two leased shop.; at Putney. The sale of land hes
been attended with sa,is`...ct)ry results ; the amount
from the la,t 13:-lance sheet up to Saturday the sth of
September, being 17,7421. 17s. 3d., making the grand
totals from the formation of the society to the sth the
large sum of 209,9751. 10s. sd.
The Executive Committee regret that owing to indis-
position they will. lose the advantage of the assistance of
Robert Steven, Esq., a member of the board from the
very commencement of the society, in the approaching
annual audit; but they have the pleasure to state that
they have elected Newnham Winstsnley, Esq., as the
succe-.,sor of Mr. Steven, and that Benjamin L. Sowell,
Esq., of the Bank of Engfl, hrs been re-elczted. The
members at the present quarterly meeting have to elect
on their part-. two auditors to audit the accounts of the
society for the current yere ending the 29th inst.
One-third of the Executive Committee will retire by
rotation at the annual general meeting next December,
' the retiring members of the board, however, being eligible
for re-election.
The allottees are reminded that objections to their
votes at the ensuing Registration must be duly for-
warded with the requisite deeds to the society's solici-
tors, who will support the claims of the members, free
of expense. Holders of plots on the society's estates
should be careful in specifying the polling district at
which they wish to vote.
The Executive Comm.:ee congratulate the members
on the commencement of the sixth year of the society's
operations. There will be more than three weeks' re-
ceip:s to complete the Michaelmas quarter, and the re-
turns already exceed these of Midsummer. The opera-
tions of the entire yet r have been prosperous, which will
be shown in the balance-sheet to be brought under the
notice of the shareholders at the annul meeting next
December. The further extension and development of
the business of the society have been under the consi-
deration of the commit'ea for some time past, and they
have come to the conclusion that the time has
arrived when a more extended field can be entered
upon. The high rate of interest for money offers in-
dueements to make generA' building e dvances and loans
on approved security. The expediency of receiving
depoetts rod allowiog thereon a fixed rate of interest
without any p r *e'pation in the profi' of the society,
with spscial air .--ements for the prompt withdrawal of
sums so deposi'.cdpy investors, hes forced itself on the
att .motion of the cc mmit"ed. Without at all therefore
chaug:ng the presat syst-m of inves'anent in shares
under the exist lag some eght me3'fication in the
latter will enable the society iocreese its ephere of
us-efulnes-, st 1 reeint the c )und commercial
pi ieCpl( wi 'n, cmbi lc I with economy end caution 'n
the maer.zeine-it, lave enabled the Conservative Le-id
Society ti reta'n is I 'Or porn or, and ent;tlcl it to the
confiden a of "le pubic.
(S^gned) RANELAGII, Chairman.
(GA- l'ereigoed) C. L. GIIIINEISEN, Secy.
Offices-33, Not 70'k-street, Strand, W.C.
London. Sep'. 8, 1857.
A resolution for the adoption of the report was unani-
mously agreed to.

Mr, GRILNERSEN, the secretary, real a requisition for
a general meeting, for the purpose of aliening certain of
the rules of the society. The subject will be taken into
consideration at the meeting in December next.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro.
ceedings.

WORKING OF THE PURCHASE SYSTBM.

General Sir James Simpson is a stout champion
of the purchase system. In his evidence before
the commissioners, he advocated it d l'outrance.
No fault could be found to it. To be sure, when
pushed hard in cross-examination, he confessed to
a few flaws. But on the whole, he would not hear
of giving it up. General Sir James Simpson, then,
will ba credited when his evidence goes to show
that the purchase system does not always save us
from commanders in their dotage. Here is what
_he says on this point :--

Sir Harry D. Jones—ln the course of your servica
have you ever met with any field officer in command of
a regiment that was very much below par in point of
age, and who may have attained that rank by pur-
chase ?—I have known several officers who were un-
equal to the command of the regiments that they held.
I cannot say whether they purchased or not.
Generally speaking, you do not find that field officers
in command of regiments are boys ?—No, some are
young men ; but some that I have had to deal with are
pretty old and useless, but whether they purchased or
not, I cannot say. I have had to report upon cases of
that kind several times.

You would say, that taking the British army gene-
rally, without regard to purchase, the field officers may
to generally considered t. 3 a very efficient set of men
—I think so.
And generally, so far as age goes, quite capable of
perform;ng their duties ?—I should say so.
Sir H. J. W. Bentincl—You stated that you have
bad occasion to repoit c .ses where officers were ineffi-
cient ?—Yes.

Was your report attdnded to ?—ln two instances that
I recollect, not very long ago ; one man died, and ano-
ther is serving now. It is not very easy, I believe, for
the authorities to deal with this eubjeat,
Chairman—Why ?—I think it is difficult for the Com-
mander-in-Chief just upon an inspm ion report of a ge-
neral officer to score a man's name out of the army.
Sir De Lacy Evans—But out of the command of a
reg:ment ?—Evea to do 'hat, they are more anxious to
try them on a LtVe while.
Chairman—When en officer is reported even as unfit ?
—Yes.

Then the public service suffers very much from that,
doe 3 it not l—Yes ; no doubt of it.
Then the good-nature of the commanding officer puts
the public to great di .rdvantage in that case I—The
officer may have red( ein'ng queties.
The command of a regiment is a very important situ-
ation I—Yes.
Mr. G. Cm Glyan—ln point of fact that neutralises
the value of the reports I—An inspecting-general gets a
new regiment into his hands, and very likely he has not
had it more than two or three months before his inspection
report becomes due, and then he finds an old gentleman in
command of this regiment, not very acute, unfit, and
useless, and he is bound to notice it. In those two in-
stances that occur to me now, I did notice it ; one of
those mentioned died and the other remains.
Sir De Lacy Evans—The man who died was not re-
moved I—No ; I think he would have been removed. I
do not know how that might have been.
Col. E. R. Wetherall— Would it not be very hard to
remove a man from the command of his regiment, except
upon some specific charges rgainst him ?—There is the
tiling. The Commander-in-Chief very likely says, "It
is all very well, General Simpson, reporting this man as
unfit, but I must have something more tangible than
that ; something that I can act upon."
Or unless they increased the retie ement very largely,
you would send a man to poverty ?—Yes.
Mr. G. Carr Glyn—The commissioners have been told
in evidence that there is great value in the reports of the
inspecting general officer; but it turns out that, in point
of fact, those reports, are not regarded at the Horse
Guards, and their vatue goes for nothing I—There is
great attention paid to the inspecting-general's report in
most cases ; but that is a very difficult point to deal
with, that a man is to be ruined and scored off upon this
mere ipso dixit ; they would naturally wait until they
had a second report from another general. I think that
is the feeling in the Horse Guards.
Colonel E. R. Wetherall—Do you think that if retire-
ments were increased, and an officer could retire open
the full pay of his rank which he held it would be less
objectionable I—Yes ; only an officer would probably
take offence upon a report. Those aro just the men who
give trouble, and who would require a court-martial, and
thenit is very difficult to deal with them.
iSir De Lacy Evans —ls it neces.iary to have a court
martial to remove an officer from the command of a
regiment I—No, I do not 'say that it is ; but most of
Urfa) men value themselves just as highly as the best