The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

John Humphries, a respectable•looking young
man, appeared upon his recognizance to answer a
charge of obtaining a cheque. amounting to 71. 10s.,
under false pretences, from the South-Eastern Rail-
way Company.
The examination lasted for some hours, but the
following is a brief summary of the particulars :—lt
appeared that the above company, being indebted to
Messrs. Kelly, the publishers of the Post office Di-
rectory, transmitted a note, describing that the
money-71. 10s.—was ready to be paid when
they thought proper to send for it, on the
production of a receipt. This letter, however, in-
stead of reaching the firm for whom it was in-
tended, was left by mistake at the residence of a
Mr. Henry Kelly, of King street, Queen square.
Shortly afterwards the prisoner made application
at the accountant's office of the railway company,
and, producing a blank receipt, filled it up, and was
paid over the above amount. Some clays subsequently
to that, Mr. Giles, the agent to Messrs. Kelly, the
publishers, called for the sum due to his employers,
when the discovery was made that the prisoner had
no right to receive money, and he was given into
custody. On the former examination the prisoner
asserted that he received the blank receipt signed
" Colin Kelly" from a person in Mr. Henry Kelly's
employ, with directions that lb! was to take it to the
railway company's offices and receive the amount,
which he did ; and that the cheque, being a crossed
one, was subsequently cashed by a solicitor.
The case was therefore remanded, in order to give
the prisoner an opportunity of bringing forward the
person from whom he asserted he had received direc-
tions with regard to the cheque.
A clerk belonging to the railway company stated
that, on the 17th ult., he addressed a note to Messrs.
Kelly, No. 24, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury-
square, stating that if a receipt was sent the money
(71. 10s.) was ready to be paid, but the prisoner sub-
sequently called and was paid the above amount by a
cheque, and be gave the receipt now produced. In a
few days afterwards a Mr. Giles called from Messrs.
Kelly, the publishers, and on being shown the receipt
given by the prisoner, he said that no person belonged
to the firm or the name of Colin Kelly, which was
attached to it.

In reply to Mr. A'BECKEIT, the witness said that
he did not put any questions to the prisoner at the
time he gave him the cheque ; that he did not ask him
whether he came from Messrs. Kelly, the publishers,
or as to what the money was due for.
Hugging, a City policeman, stated that he took
the prisoner into custody, and that when informed of
the charge against him he at once admitted that I.e
had received the money, and asserted that he received
the note and a blank receipt from a brother of Mr.
Henry Kelly, with instructions to proceed to the
rail way and get the bill adverted to in the letter ; that
he did so, and the prisoner took him (witness) over
to Mr. IL Kelly's office for the purpose of pointing
out to him the person under whose directions he acted
on the occasion, but when they got there he said that
he could not see the person, and Mr. 11. Kelly, who
was present at the time, remarked that he knew the
person to whom the accused alluded, and that he was
not a brother of big, but a ma❑ in his employ. Mr.
Kelly on that occasion, on being shown the receipt
signed " Colin Kelly," said it was his father's name,
and that it was evidently an imitation of his
signature.

-The postman proved that he had delivered the
letter from the railway office, on the subject of the
debt duo by the company to Messrs. Kelly, by mis-
take, to Mr. Henry Kelly, thinking at the time that it
was for him, and he saw that person break open the
seal, and after a hasty glance at its contents he re-
marked that it was all right. A few days afterwards
witness accompanied Mr. Giles, the Messrs. Kelly's
agent, to the residence of Mr. IL Kelly, and beard
the latter admit having received the letter, the fact of
his opening it, and he added, that on subsequently
finding it was not for him he left it on the desk of
his office, and when he came to make inquiries for it
afterwards it could not be found.
Mr. Giles confirmed the latter part of the above
statement, and Mr. H. Kelly being present was
asked if he wished to give any account of the
transaction, but he was not compelled to say anything
to criminate himself.

Mr. H. Kelly said that he had no wish to conceal
anything relating to the part he had taken in the
transaction. He then stated he received the note as
described by the postman, together with another from
a gas company, in the hurry of business, and thinking
it was one of those circulars sent round at this season,
he retained possession of it, and having afterwards
discovered his error, he placed the note on his desk,
intending to send it back; but the next morning, on
looking for it, he could not find it, and thought no
more of the matter until the following Saturday,
when some of the railway authorities, accompanied
by a City officer, called upon him on the subj-et, and
he gave the same account to them that he now did to
the magistrate. He then explained to the magistrate
that Humphries was a collector in his employ, and
that the man from whom the latter asserted he had
received the letter addressed to the railway company
was also in his employ, and that his name was Thomas,
but that he had since absconded.

Mr. Games, on behalf of the prisoner, said that evf.r
since he was in custody he had shown every inclina-
tion to give all the information he could in reference
to the transaction ; but it was evident Thomas, the
man alluded to, was the offender, and this supposition
was strengthened from the fact of his having absconded
from his employer's service.
Mr. A'l3Ecxnrr said, ;h.-I'e was no wide: ce to
prove that such a person as Thomas was in Mr. Kelly's
employ, except the mere assertion of the latter, and the
man now under charge. As far as Humphries was
concerned, he (the magistrate) was of opinion that
this was a case for a jury, anti that with regard to the
part Mr. Henry Kelly had taken in the transaction,
his conduct was not free from sugpicion, and th,:ref;,re
"11 j'itr) to find two suroies of 1001.
each, and himself in 2u01., to appear at the eouri, on
Wednesday next, Humphries's former reoognizances,

wece o' a slEni!a.- amouw-, were enlarged un'il

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1-_7El)`-..: JAN. I.—Cu:-drirj wind, have kept Llcls
to-fl ..y are smell of every
I;“ at a fal: r,cinfs:A, at r her over Friday's
y shady in value 13,aus fully as d, ar.
fth, r art.cl,s es bi.tlore. Arrivals —Whcat, 2,746;10at5,
b:rl, y, 154; beans, 227; Rape s,cd, 402.
EDINBZ'RCH MEAL MARKET, JAN. I.—There wer
in :le clailict to-day 44 sacks oatmeal, each weighing
2801bs whereof 34 sold thus:-0 at 11 6s Od,
0 at 1/5s 6d, 9 at 1/ 53 Od, 10:at 114 s 6d, 11 at 114 s, and
4 at 113 s 6.1; average price of the whole 1/ 4s 4d 2-12ths.
2 sleks flour, whereof 1 sold at 295, and 1 at
27s Od. 2 sacks barley meal, which sold at 17s Od. 16
sacks pot-barley, whereof 15 sold thus:-1 at 11 6s 6d,
1 :It 11 4s Od, 6 at. 11 2s Od, and 7 at 1/ is Od.

FDINEURGII HAY AND STRAW MARKET, JAN. I.
Suppit, s of all kinc'k s.ti,l large. Oat straw, from 7s 6d to
10i 01 per kenaple of 16 stones trop; wheat ditto, 7s Od
to 88 01; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay, from 8i
to tbd per stony.

DALKEITII MEAL MARKET, DEC. 31.—There were
2C6 hags of oatmeal, 11 of barkymeal, and 3 of pot-
barley at this day's market. Sales ready. Oatmeal
3cl per b,.1.g down; barhlmeal, 6d to 31 per bag lower;
rern:Jin.(l unsold.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. I First Second

imperial ..
3arleyrneal, per ditto
:)ewerneal
l'oL barley ...

.. 23s Sd 22s 9d
.. lis Od 16s 6d
.. —s Od —s Od
... —s Od —s Od
.. —s 0 —5 Od

Third
215 il,l
—s Od
—s Od
—s Od
—a Od

COAL MARKET YESTERDAY.
Buddle's W. Hartley.. Iss 6d Hutton
Carr's Hartley
Chester Alain l6s 36 ~. Hetton Lyons .. ... 17s 6d
Davison'sWest Hartley 15s Cd Russell's Hetton ...... 183 6d
North Percy Hartley lss 0,1 Stewart's
New Tanfield . ...... ... 14s fid ‘Vhitwell ... l7s 3d
Ravensworth'sW.llart 15s 6tl Caradoc ..... ..... 188 Od
,infield Moor
ratdield Moor Butes... 14s td Ileugh Hall .. l7s 6d
Walker's Primrose ... 13s . d Kelloe
o:est Hartley .. ...... Ifs tic South Kelloe l7B 3d
Wall's End, &c. North Hartlepool 163 3d
801 l and Brown .. 168 Od West Hetton 173 3d
Buraton Killingworth 17s Odl Whitworth l4s 6d
Clennell lss 6dlMaclean's Tees
Go,forth ..
Hotspur ... .. l6s Odi West Cornforth
Heston
Washington
Leighton Primrose ... 17s 9d DerwentwaterHartley 15s 6d
Bell
Belmont l7s 9d Cardiff ......... ..... 21s Od
Breddyll
Hetton ... lB. 9o,WhitworthCoke ...... 20s 6d
Ships a' ~ ark.i. 128.

^ ETS
BRISTOL, JAN. 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was firmer than of late.
The only alterations in prices were—Bristol and Exeter,
Thirds, 12A dis.—Midland Stock, 45.
LivEnrouL, JAN.*.2.
sTocx Excastsron.—The share market opened firm this
morning, but towards the close became dull, and prices
showed a downward tendency. The transactions were al
follow :—Bolton and North-Western (A.), guaranteed 6 per
cent., B, 171 —East Lancashire, 11% Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 27!.,4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol., 55--
Ditto, Fifths 74. dis. —Ditto, (W. R. U.), 7 dis.—London
and N orth-Western, 1091 —DitV‘, New Quarters, Ils. 3d. P.
Ditto, Fifths, p. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln,
Preference, 714—Midland, 44—Ditto, Halves, 13s. 9d. dis.
--South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. Ss. 9d.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 2.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market opened firmly, but during
the day it declined, and closed about the same as on Monday.
The following are the quotations :—Lancashire and York-
shire, Fifths, 7 s dis.— London and North-Western, Man-
cheater and Birmingham, Quarters (C ), c. p.—North
Siaffordshire, 10 1.16 dis.—South Eastern and Dover (NO.
4), Thirds, 6 5 16 n.— Ditto, Scrip, 6% c.— Bolton, Black-
burn, Chitheroe, and West Yorkshire (No. 1) s—East Lana"
shire, 11%.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 2.
STOCK: EXCIIANGE.—Business was somewhat brisk to.day•
The transactions were as follow :—South Staffordshire, 3%
dis.—Alidland (Bristol and Birmingham), 1233/—Loudon
and North-Western, ill.

YORK, JAN. 2.
lirocs EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as
follow : Great Northern, Preference, 10% Caledonian,
10 —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 165p—Ditto, Nevi'
castle Extension, 11 1/8.

FIRE AT A LICENSED VICTUALLNIt'S•--Shortly
before one "'clock this morning a fire broke out in the
Ship:-in-Distress Tavern, the property of Mr. Pearce,
aituate at No. 36, Waidour-strect, boho. It appeared
that a+ ter the houae was closed for the night, the laud.
lord was in the act of filling one of the vats in the bar
with gin, the ladder upon which he was standing mud:
slenly snapped asunder, which caused him to fall, and
the gin he was pouring into the vat fell upon the floor;
the vapour coming in contact with a lighted candle the
spirit bicarne ignited, and ran round the bar with the
rapidity of lightning, firing simultaneously the other
rats filled with .pirits. Mr. Pearce made an attempt to
coegner the flames, but finding he was unable to do so,
he was about to make his escape, when recollecting tbe&
the barmaid was in the upper flour asleep, he made .to
that part of the premises, and being unable to awake her
by calling, he burst her door open, but could not WAe
her sensible of the great danger to which she was ev.
posed until he had pulled her out of bed. The flames hl.
that time were rushing up the staircase; but by dint oft
greet exertion Mr. Pearce fortunately succeeded in fore"
ing his barmaid out of one of the windows, and by deer
ging her over the parapet, both parties were enabled to
affect a safe retreat. In spite of the exertions of O:
firemen, the flames were not extinguished until the
of tha stock in trade, &e., was totally consumed.
praprietor was fortunately insured in the Sun Fire
otlice for 1,000/. About filteen months since the sso3e
premises were partially destroyer! by fire; but on that
ccasi It the origin of the misfortune could not be
scertained.

THE BERMONDSBY MURDER.--on Saturday 184
Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the flora.
Department, directed that the police and other parties
who were active in prosecuting Manning
and his wite,
should be rewarded for their exertions in bringing the
murderers to justice. Accordingly those officers and parties who had net received rewards from the Colo"
missioners of Police, were paid yesterday, from the
Treasury, the following sums :—lnspector John Initeej
of the M division, who had charge of the witnesses on
prosecution, received 201. ; Sergeant Hunt, 26
M, 1°4,15
John 'Wright, 63 M, 81; Police-constable Baker, 141 0"
Si.; James Sopp, 126 11, 2/ ; and Kirk and the other
cabman U. each. The whole of the property found oa
Mrs. Manning, besides the contents of the boxes dir
covered at the Brighton Railway station, still remain 'II
the possession of the police at the Stores'-end stati°,l4
but it is expected that within a few days the whole ca
~1.
will be disposed of by the Government, who will pay tii"
solicitors some portion of their demands which they have
memorialized for, and the remainder, if any, will most
likely he handed to Mr. Edward Manning It is suPPc)sea
that the property (among which are French Retries'
valued at 701.) will realize 150/.
SUPPLY OF PURE WATER.—A correspondent states'
that a pap nt right 'or bringing water on the respecti/he
;hes of railway into London and other cities, from tug,
elevations and pure sources, in metallic and half
tubes, to supply the wants of the public at one-half the
present price, and in a much
purer state than hitherto
obtained, has been granted to Mr. Lamplough, and test
a^rangenints are now beiug made for the laying dovill
of pipes on the respective lines of railway into London'
on a fixed rental on the income derived, thus adding
permanently to the railway return, and preventing „t$
needless outlay of capital in the purchase of property for
a canal or aqueduct, or both conjoined, nearing also the
water from injurious impregnations and the absorption of
gases. The principle of syphonio action is put into
requisition, and by meass ot a hydraulic pump, a vacuum
is caused and a continuous and uninterrupted flow ot
necessary of life is obtained so long as the founiniP
maintains its supply.—What we want is pure water'
w, wo care. n.a. It is a fact undeniable, that the Dv;
habitants of Lambeth and Southwark have little bett!,,
than sewage water to drink, and that in proportion
the impurity and scanty supply, ceteris paribus, so thq
suffered in the late epidemic.—Budder.
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BIRTHS.
On the 30th ult., at Lansdowne-crescent, Mrs. Francis
Walsh, of a son.

On the 3lst ult., at Windsor-terrace, Maida-hill, the wife
of J. Stewart Lamb, Esq., M.D., of a son.
On the 31st ult., at Clapham-park,Mrs.Wodehouse Raven'
of a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, the wife
of A. C. Lambert, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRED.
On the Ist inst., at St. James's, Paddington, William ,--- t
beck, EN., of Howley-place, Westbourne-terrace, to Jel,
l,
daughter of the late htuart Donaldson, Esq., of Craven-D 1
Hyde-park.
On the Ist inst., at St. John's, Westminster, W. K. Parker'
Eq., of Pimlico. to Elizabeth. youngest daughter of Lwow
Jeffery, I:A., of Westminster.

On the ''.oth ult DIED
~ in Dublin, the
,Hon. Mrs. o.twat Otago'
of Castle Otway, in the county of I ipperary, widow O'
Hon. Robert Otway Cave and eldest dauhter of the le e
Sir Francis Burdett, nart., g
elf
On the 30th ult., at Hertford, John Green, Esq., forni
of Ware, Herts, aged 7". 0 y
On the 2 )th ult., at Apsley-guis, Bedfordshire, Mary An
relict of the late E. W. Ashfield, Esq., aged 55. lr
On the ..).(qh ult., aged 68, John Howard, Esq., of Brereto
ball, Cheshire, formerly of Hyde.
On the 29th ult., at Highgate, Lieutenant-Colonel Arc_b2a-
bald Irvine, C. B 'hector of Works to the Admiralty
late of the Bengult.. at the l
Priory,Enginers. Aighurtb, near Liverr 001,
On het 2 lh
egol 5 , 11:itti,•tt Morn v wit', of J. Southern, Esq. w•isoo,
On the ult., Ne ton Abbott, Devon, S• "1
Esq., formerly of Waltham-cross, aged 68. • of
On the .Bth ult., at Hayes, Middlesex, Jane, the Wlf
R. Andrews, Esq.
• .
At Cheltenham, on the 27th ult., Miss Hodgson, meter _
f
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the late S. Hodgson, Esq., of Poston.
On the 21st ult., at Bedford I Bastin
Esq., aged 5 Bedford- ace,gs, Morricet

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