The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-18 00:00:00

ITALY.

In the sitting of the 11th of 'the Chamber of De-
puties of Turin, the Bill for the subdivision of
electoral colleges was voted by 87 to 43, after two
days' discussion, but with some amendments,
among which one by M. Torelli, enacting
that no section shall contain less than 40 voters.
In the same sitting of the Senate the Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs presented the Bill for the
ratification of the treaty of peace with Austria,
which had already been adopted by the Chamber of
Deputies. Senator Balbi Piovera moved that, in
compliance with the urgency demanded by Ministers,
the Senate do adjourn immediately to the bureaux,
and vote the law afterwards without discussion. tut
several senators having objected to this course, the
Chamber passed to the order of the day.
The military commandant of Leghorn has issued a
notification, enforcing the police regulation by which
innkeepers and landlords are directed to inform the
police within twenty-four hours of the names of the
strangers lodging in their houses.
The Statuto of Florence of the Bth doubts the ac-
curacy of the statement lately given by the Risorgi-
mento to Turin, concerning a treaty between the
Grand Duke of Tuscany and the Austrian Govern-
ment for the indefinite occupations of Tuscany by
imperial troops.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
BELGIAN FllNDS.—Baussims, Jan. 15.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ..........
Loan of 1840, Five per Cent ••••• • •• •• 97%
Loan of Thirty Millions,FourporCent.• •.
Ditto Threeper Cent • • • • • • • • •• ........
Ditto Thirty-sevenMillions,ditto
Ditto,ditto,lB4o •• • •
Ditto,lB42, 5 per Cent ••••.•.• • • •• •• 97%
Ditto, 1844, 4% per Cent.......... ••. 90%
Ditto, 1836, 4 per Cent •••••••• •• • • •• •• 85
Ditto, 1833, 3 per Cent •• .......... •• 66%
Ditto, 1848, 5 per Cent.. •• •. • .... 95%
Ditto of the City, 1832 ............ ....
Ditto, 1843 ••••••• • • • .• .• •• .• •. 96%
Bank of Belgium•• .• •• ••• •• •• •• •• 79%
Issue of 1841 ............. ........... 107
Exchange on London, 25.47%.

HAMBURG/1 FUNDS, Jan. 12.
Bills. Money.
Hanoverian New Loan,s per Cent. •• •• 10634 106
Ditto, 334 per Cent. •• • •
Bank Shares •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • •
Prussian 5 per Cent. ••••..• • • •• •• 106% 106
Anglo-Russian Loan • —,• •• .• •• .. 1064 106
Hamburgh, 3% per Cent .. ••.•.• .• •• 8674 86%
Lubeck Loan (1850) .......... ..... 9734 9734
Russian 5 per Cent. Certificates.. •• .• 99%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • •
Ditto Stleglitz •••••• • • •• • • • •.•. • .• 85 84%
Belgian Loan, 234 per Cent. •••••• • • • • •
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •••• • • 71 70%
Ditto, in 1001. Shares .... •• • • •• . • 72 7134
Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... • • 96 9534
Anglo-Swedish Loan 98
Ditto, Transport Loan •• ..... .••• • • •
East Gothland 4 per Cents •• • • .... 94 94
Norwegian Loan, 1848 ••••• • • • • •• •• 993 994
Spanish New 5 per Cent•• •• • • • • 12 11%
Ditto, 3 per Cents. ..• • 2934 29
Ditto, 1846 .. •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2% per Cent • . •
Dutch Actual Debt, 23% per Cent. ••• • •
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • •
National Bank Shares ••••••• • • • • • • •
American, 6 per Cent. •••• • . • . ...... 10534 1053{

HULL TOWN-COUNCIL MEETING,
THURSDAY, JAN. 10.
The usual monthly meeting was held this day, at
half- past two o'clock in the afternoon. The Mayor,
T. W. Palmer, Esq., was in the chair.
THE EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ART AND INDUSTRY OF
ALL NATIONS.
The MAYOR said—Had I considered that the mo-
tion I have the honour to introduce was likely to
occasion any difference of opinion, it would not, in
that case, have emanated from the chair. At the
meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of all
England, when held at York, I had the gratification to
hear the address of his Royal llighness Prince
Albert, which evinced an amount of practical and
enlarged agricultural knowledge not only genial to
the feelings of that most important and influential
assemblage, but which betokened also a degree of
judgment and ability which shadowed forth the
impreK ion that, should opportunity offer, his Royal
Highness might be destined to fill, in the page of truth-
ful and impartial history, even a position still higher
than that of the father of a long line of kings. By
the movement which has originated with his Royal
Highness, in favour of an exhibition of works of art
and industry of all nations, in 1851, his Royal
LEghness has not merely lent the cheering in-
fluence of his elevated position to promote the
well-being of the people, but has placed himself
at the head of the age—not as in distant
countries, at the head of the chivalry of Europe,
on the plains of Palestine—but as the leader of
the combined intellect and intelligence of this
Augustan age of art and science (for such most as-
suredly it is) throughout the whole range of civilisa-
tion. Vast impetus must necessarily be thus given '
to the advancement of every kind of art in manufac-
ture, in which the industrial, inventive, and intellec-
tual energies of the Anglo-Saxon race are now what
they ever were ;no rivalry need they fear—or do
they fear. Although Hull is not, as yet, eminent a:
the seat of any important manufacture, yet there is
no community more deeply interested in the prospe-
rity and development of manufacturing industry than
this ancient port—the tonnage engaged in the export
of manufactures to Europe being far larger than that
of any other port in the kingdom. A 3 a peace move-
ment, the fusion of all nations in the metropolis of
Great Britain, during the summer of the ensuing
year, will have a more enduring and beneficial
tendency than any mere parchment treaty, because
prejudices will be removed, courtesies exchanged, and
mutual confidence and respect become based on the
mutual interests and well-being of mankind. To our
beloved Queen the position her Royal Consort has
assumed cannot, to so intellectual and high-minded a
woman, be other than a source of pure and unalloyed
gratification, as a wife, a mother, and also as a queen.
I now move that a congratulatory address from this
council be presented to his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, for originating the movement in favour of an
exhibition of arts and manufactures of all nations, in
1851.
Mr. Jacons seconded the motion, and said that
after the able and eloquent manner in which the
mayor had introduced this motion to the council, he
felt it quite unnecessary to dilate upon the excellence
of the object in furtherance of which the motion had
been made. He congratulated the mayor upon being
the first gentleman who, in such a capacity, had ori-
ginated a congratulatory address of this nature, and
he felt deeply gratified that the ancient and loyal
borough of Hull would be the first place in the king-
dom to set an example to the other municipal cor-
porations throughout the kingdom. He had himsell
been in correspondence with Mr. Digby Wyatt, the
.ecretary of the committee appointed for carrying
out this splendid and magnificent idea, and Mr.
Wyatt said he should be most happy to have any
other communications from this locality.
Mr. RICHARDSON wished to ascertain whether the
Corporation was likely to be called to spend any
money in connexion with this exhibition.
The Towst-CLEns. satisfied Mr. Richardson, by
saying the Corporation could not legally spend money
on this object.
The motion was carried unanimously.
On the motion of the MAYOR, the following form
of address was adopted as the address of this Council,
the common seal affixed thereto :
"TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, OF SAIL
COBURG AND GOTHA.
" The respectful and congtatulatory address a the
Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of
Kingston upon-Hull, in Common Council assembled.
" We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the
borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, filled with admiration
of your Royal Highness's character, and in partienlar
with the fostering care and encouragement that the
tine and productive ails have ever received from
your Royal Highness, since you became a resident
in this kingdom, beg t) congratulate your Royal
Highness on your happy conception of the idea of an
exhibition of works of art and of industry of all nations,
proposed to be held in London in the year of our Lord
1851; and upon the talented and able manner in which
that excellent suggestion has been, by your Royal High-
ness, introduced to the notice t f the public.
"In thus fostering the arts of peace, your Royal
Highness has exhibited enlarged mental endowments,
and set an example to sovereign princes which the people
iif this realm cannot' ail to appreciate and felicitate
themselves upon, whilst you will have secured to your-
self the lasting and heartfelt esteem of all classas of h(r
Majesty's subjects.
"We beg to assure your Royal Highness that w (
-hall give every support, encouragement, and assistants
in our power to carrying out the plan so ably conceived
by your Royal Highness; and sincerely do we hope the,
the Almighty may grant to you and our; beloved Queeti
the blessing of a long life of united happiness, and do-
mestic as well as political tranquillity and felicity.
The following motions were then put by the
MAYOR seriatim, and carried unanimously :
" That a committee be formed in this town to aid tie
commissioners, to whom the carrying out of the (aid
exhibition is or may be entrusted, in such ways as may
lie in their power, in reference to this town and neigh-
bourhood."
" That such committee do consist of the Mayor,
Aldermen, and Councillors, of this borough, the mem-
bers of the council of the Hull Literary and Philo-
sophical Society, and of the committee of the Mechanics'
awaitthheysumchaygaedndtletromtehaL
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to
time."
" That such of the courts, council-room, and commit-
. tee-rooms at tt e Town-hall, as may not at the time be
required f)r other business, be placed at the disposal of
the said committee, for the business of the said commit-
tee, or for any public meetings of the inhabitants the
committee may promise t) be held, in reference to the
proposed exhibition."
" That the Town-clerk do summon an early meeting
of the said committee, to choose their chairman, secre-
ary, and other officers, and to add to their number, after
which the business of the said committee shall be con-
ducted by its own officer,."
It was moved by Mr. CARRICK, seconded, and car-
ried unanimously, that the Mayor be requested to
present the address in person, or by such deputy as
he might appoint. —Hull Advertiser.

TIDAL LIGHTS.
Our remarks on the subject of tidal lights having
attracted the attention of the Times and The Sun,
there is now some reason to hope that Mr. Rettie will
get justice done him in London.
The question has been put to us—" What advan-
tages do Mr. Rettie's tidal lights possess over those
now in use ?" This question was put to Mr. Rettie
by the Tidal Harbour Commissioners in 1845, and
intensityabnu:Teerhreee,dutshingus—
of light, and the management of the
proper reflectors, and bringing a per
feet colour therefrom, and also so simplifying the
whole arrangements, by making one lamp do where
they now on some lines use three or four laMps ;
therefore, by my system, I enable one man to attend
more correctly and with certainty of effect, bee.ause
less complex in the plan, quicker in action, and not
liable to go wrong or to be misapplied, and my ar-
ararengneomw in ar-
rangements
by any other party, though they have
are entirely different from those which
used part of my system, as to the colours."
Again, he was asked—" Do you consider that the
reflector and burners which you propose are pecu-
liarly applicable to piers and harbours ?" to which
he replied—" Yes, this new one is expressly made
for that purpose, so that one uniform pier and harbour
light may be used all over the world." Ile was fur-
ther asked—" What is the nature of the present
lights ?" and he answered—" They are upon no uni-
form plan : some are small, some large, some bright
red, some dark red, some green ; while in other cases
there is total darkness for six hours while the tide is
down. They also depend entirely upon the careful-
ness or carelessness of servants whether they are
attended to or not."
Of his own invention Mr. Rettie said, as he
showed a model to the Commission—" This simple
light that I have brought forward, I propose to
be uniformly red and green, and permanent ; until
the tide rises, the green colour, denoting the
depth of water, gradually appears; and as the
tide recedes again it falls, leaving the perms•
nent red light in its place, showing with
the utmost regularity the depth of the water in the
harbour, so that a captain coming before the port
sees at once the state of the tide in the harbour,
whether it will allow him to enter with safety." This
beautiful an 4 simple invention would be self-regu-
lating, and according to Mr. Rettie's evidence, "would
be seen fur or five miles, although it is not necessary
that it should be seen more than two miles off."
In testimony of the practical value of this invention,
Commander Smith, R.N., of the Rattler, on board
which the lights were shown to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, saye__t. They surpass anything of the
kind I have read, heard, or seen. ' Commander Cris-
pin, R.N., of the Victoria and Albert, thinks—" Their
introduction into general use would be attended with
the most beneficial results." These opinions apply
to Mr. Rettie's marine signals as well as his tidal
lights, and are quoted as a sample of many others
equally strong and authoritative.
But it is with the tidal lights which we have more

particularly to do at present. The subject is one of the
most vital importance, and we cannot but hope that
the benevolent, as well as the mercantile public,
will see that no time is lost in getting these lights
brought into general use. The Harbour authorities
at Dundee should at once give them a trial, and
those of Montrose, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh,
should adopt them also, in preference to the tidal
lights now in use at these ports. It would be honour-
stile for the east coast of Scotland to set this ex-
ample, and it is but due to the talented and humane
inventor, that the real practical value of his invention
should be first demonstrated at home.—North of
Scotland Gazette.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 17.
(Sittings in Banco.)
ATKINS V. KINNIER.

This action, wbien was brought to recover damages
fir a breach of covenant, was tried at West ninst tit on
Saturday la't, befJre Mr. Baron Rife, when a verdict
.vas f quid fir the p'aintiff fir 1,0001., with leave tn
reduce the damages to one shilling. The plaint if and
'efindant ha 1 been in partnership for a short Feriod as
surge ens and apetiecaries, and carried on their business
At Dorset-Jresceut, but the defeadttet g ive up his share
in it to the plaintiff, and mitered into a stipulation not to
practise within a distlnce of t miles and a ha'f,
Agreeing to f ay, if he broke this agreement, the sum of
1,0001. The breach was that, before the commencement
.f the suit, he eas residing at 44, Trinit;.-sqnare,
which, measuring by the usual streets and thoroughfares
t was alleged was within two miles and a-half of
Dorset-crescent. The plaintiff's re tident..e was situated
At the angle of two roads, and there were two ways of
approach, the one which was selected by the plaintiff
being within about thirty yards of the pre‘cribed dis-
tance, and the other, which the defendant contended
eight to be chosen, it being the most frequented way,
.vas slightly beyond it. The Judge held that the plain-
tiff was entitled ti measure by any usual public way,
mud accordingly directed a verdict fir the plaintiff.
Mr. HIIRLESTONE now moved for a rale to reduce the
larnages ti one shilling, or, in the alternative, for a new
on tho ground of misdirection; that the stipulation
as to residence in the covenant was void in law, and that
the damage found by the jury was not a liquideted
damage but a penalty. He contended that the words in
the indictment, " the usual ways of approach," were to
be construed as meaning the most frequented ways; and
it appeared that omnibuses and other descriptions of
traffic were generally accustomed to go the longest way,
the reason being that there was a turnpike on the other
road. _

Mr. Baron ALDERSON observed that he was in the
habit, on leaving the court, of sometimes riding home
through the park, but it could not be said that that was
the most frequented way.
Mr. HURLESTONE said that many, in coming to ti.e
courts of law, took a near cut through liunge.f)rd
Nlarket; but all knew that Charing-cross was by far the
most crowdel thoroughfare. The restriction as to resi-
lence he submit el was illegal and void, on the ground
••f public policy, Lecause it deprived the public of the
services of the defendant as a physician.
The CHIEF BARON said it E e med t ) him that, under
the covenant, any ordinary street might be taken for
he purposes of measurement, and t'at though there
were two ways, one within and one beyond the dista•.ce,
the plaintiff might resort to either. The covenant %at
entirely lega'. The direction cf Mr. Baron Rolfe al,-
peared to him to be perfectly right, and he thercf,re
thought there was no ground for a rule.
The other Judges concurring, the application was
rt fused.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Mr. Kinnersley Hooper, of the firm of Hooper and
Sons, wine-merchants, at Queenhithe, and son of Mr.
Alderman Hooper, was summoned before Sir Chap-
man Marshall for having assaulted a Mr. Hoey, on the
7th inst., under the following circumstances :
Mr. Edward Hoey, landlord of the Beehive public
house, New North-road, Hoxton, said,—ln Novem-
ber, 1848, I dealt with Messrs. Hooper and Co. I
continued to deal with them until August, 1849,
having had foreign spirits, &c., to the amount of 911.,
which was paid, all but a small balance of 144. 6d.
Of that amount 461. was in advance, or rather
transfer. On the sth of January I received a letter
demanding payment of the 14s. 6d. before
the expiration of a week, in consequence of
which I went, on Monday, the 7th, to the &fen-
dant's counting-house to settle the matter, and,
having produced my book to be receipted, laid
down a sovereign and received the balance (si. 6d.)
in change. Mr. Hooper was present, and I
then thanked him for past favours and expressed,
my regret at beieg obliged to leave off dealing with
the firm, as I could not pay the high prices that were
charged, and that I also felt much aggrieved that Mr.
Harten, their collector, should have made a remark to
another person in the trade, that I was a shabby fel-
low to leave Mr. Alderman Hooper after the favour
that had been granted to my child (admitted into a
public school). Mr. Hooper came down from his
desk and said, "If you had said as much to me as
you did to Mr. Herten, I would have knocked you
down 7," and he added, while standing with his back
to the fire, "and I should not be particular in doing so
now." I replied, " You will not do so without receiv-
ing provocation," and was buttoning up my coat,
when he seized me by the collar, at the back of the
leek, saying, " Gat off my premises," and walking
me through the warehouse, thrust me into the street.
Mr. Hooper said the facts of the case were, that Mr.
[Joey had dealt with their house for spirits to the
amount of from 281. to 301., and that 50/. had been
lent. The complainant had become offended and left
them because they charged him sixpence per gallon
more for foreign spirits than they did another person,
and the reason for so doing was that his credit was
extended nine months. With respect to the assault,
Mr. Hoey certainly complained of the conduct of
Elarten, and he remarked that if complainant had
made the same remarks to him as he did to their col-
lector he would have knocked him down. He
,re-
fused to leave the premises when desired to do so by
the defendant, and he only used a slight force to eject
him. In fact, he only walked the complainant to the
door.

In support of this statement, Mr. Hooper called
Charles Allen, a clerk, who said he was present,
and receipted complainant's book. Defendant twice
desired Mr. Hoey to leave the premiseE, but he would
not until Mr. Hooper, after allowing him to get his
hat, led him out of the place.
Sir C. MARShALL thought the complainant had
been ill-advised in the course he had adopted.

Tne summons was dismissed.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Joseph Whiteside, Henry Prosser, James May, and
William Hughes, four labouring men, were brought
before Mr. Bingham, charged with having forcibly
and illegally taken possession of the White Bear
lintel, Piccadilly.
Mr. Beckett, a solicitor, said it would be necessary
to make a short statement to show the character of
the offence the defendants had committed. Some
time ago the lease of the White Bear Hotel was pur-
chased by a person named Jones. The new lessee
put in a manager, named Jackson, who, up to the
present time, carried on the business of the hotel.
Jones made alterations in the house, and was obliged
to borrow money. The Law Life-office lent 1,0001.
on the lease, &c., and Jackson became security for
the amount. Jones became embarrassed and could
not repay the 1,000/., and, consequently, the Law
Life-office put in a bill of sale, and took possession.
Jones was out of the way, and could nowhere be
found. Mrs. Jones, however, had that day made
her appearance, with the defendants at the bar,
turned the occupiers and lodgers out of the hotel, and
taken possession of it. The defendants were given
into custody, and brought to that court to answer for
their conduct. Mrs. Jones had locked herself in one
of the rooms and refused to open the door.
James Thomas Jackson said he was the present
owner of the White Bear Hotel. The licence was in
his name. lie had been in possession for the last
nine months, and during all that time had acted as
owner, buying and selling in the house. No one be-
sides witness had exercised acts of ownership. That
day Mrs. Jones and a body of persons had entered
the house and turned everybody out of the bed-rooms.
The persons who were with Mrr. Jones said they had
the authority of Mrs. Jones for what they did. Mr:.
Jones turned one of the lodgers out of his room and
locked herself in, declining to make her appearance in
a court of law.
Mr. Bust:mos—She does not want a court of law.
She is a court of law in herself, and able to decide
the whole matter in her own wuy. Well, what have
you to say to the charge ? The defendants replied,
they had been authorised by Mrs. Jones to act as her
servants.
Mr. BINGHAM said he suspected that would be their
defence. However, he would tell them that whoever
had advised Mrs. Jones in this matter had badly ad-
vised her; or, perhaps, she had not been advised at all.
It was his duty to declare there was no warrant under
the laws of England for what had been done, and the
defendants had rendered themselves liable to severe
punishment for their conduct. If, however, they were
reasonable men they would not hesitate to give him
an assurance that they would not go near the house
again; and in that case, with the consent of the pro
secutor, he would release them from custody. It
they refused to give this assurance he should require
them to find bail to keep the peace for three months,
which, of course, meant that they were not to go
near the house again. If there ,vas any dispute about
the right of possession the parties must go to a court
of law, and not take the law into their own hands.
The defendants gave the requisite promise ; and,
on entering into their own recognizances, were libe-
rated.

LAMBETH.
Thomas Kay and Charles Green were• placed at
the bar for further examination on a charge of re-
ceiving a vast quantity of property, stolen in Leeds
and its vicinity, and forwarded to town, with a guilty
knowledge.
Mr. Games attended for the prisoner Kay, and Mr.
Robinson for Green.

It appears that since the apprehension of the pri-
soners six persons, named Joseph Kitchen Christopher
Peters, alias Sheffield, Benjamin Wooler, John Ack-
royd, Matthew Sellers, and William Rhodes, all well
known to the police of that place as notorious bur-
glars, have been apprehended at Leeds and charged
before the magistrates there with being guilty of
several acts of housebreaking, and forwarding the
property, they had stolen to London, and they have
been remanded on those charges.
Upon the prisoners Kay and Green being placed at
the bar, Childs, the inspector of the Leeds detective
police, requested that they mieht be transmitted to
Leeds to be examined there with the other prisoners
on a charge of receiving, with a guilty knowledge,
the property the latter had stolen.

Mr. Games expressed a hope that tl'..e worthy
magistrate would not consent to the officer's request,
unless, indeed, there was placed before him much
stronger testimony against his client than that given
on a former day, and, at all events, giving him (Mr.
Games) an opportunity of putting some further
questions to the officer Childs ; and, with this view,
he should wish to hear the evidence given on the
former day read over.
Mr. Noarars assent d to the r.-quest of the latter
gentleman, in so far as reading over the evidence
taken on Saturday last.
Mr. Gunn, the magistrate's clerk, here read over
the evidence, and in his cross-examination by Mr
Games, Childs said that the parcel direetNi to the
residence of the prisoner Kay he first saw at the rail-
way station at Leeds ; and he opened it in the pre-
sence of Mr. Read, the superintendent of police at
Leeds. He also exhibited it to Mr. Joseph Bate-
son, the mayor, and, having sealed it up in the
same state as before, returned it to the station, to
be for warded as originally directed. Was acquainted
with the prisoner Kay for twenty years, and had
many a glass with him, but not so many as 100.
Never knew him to follow the trade of a greengrocer,
but had frequently seen him in the Leeds market
following his usual occupation—namely, that of a
pickoocket. It was considered by all the constables
that Kay attended the market for the purpose of pick-
ing pockets, though he (witness) had never taken
him into custody on that charge, for he did not see
him do enough to justify his apprehension. About
ten days ago he met the prisoner in town, and made
an appointment to meet him at Harry Broom's on
that night, and had three glasses of brandy and water
at his expense. Did not take Kay into custody on
that occasion, but told him he held a warrant against
him for an assault upon Mark Green, an officer, at
York, and asked for 21., which the complainant
consented to take, as the assault took place three
or four years before. Had seen Kay frequently
between the time the warrant had been placed in
his hands for his apprehension and the night he
named, but he did not attempt to take him.
On the last occasion did not ask for 2/. for himself
besides the 21. due to Green, the constable ; but he
told Kay that if he did not pay the 2/. he should
bring the warrant from Leed., get it hacked in
London, and apprehend him. At Broom's he told
the prisoner Kay he had seen him at a funeral,
though he had not so seen him. He would repeat
that he did not ask Kay for 21. in addition to the 2/.
for Mark Green, the officer. He did not follow the
prisoner into a yard at Broom's and take him into
custody, but the prisoner became what he called
0 bounceable," upon which he told him that he could
be " bounceable " too, arid that if he did not mind
what he was about he should take him. It was on
the prisoner's return from the yard that he said that
if he did not give him the 2/. for Green he should
go to Leeds for the warrant, return with it, get it
backed, and take him into custody. He had seen
the prisoner at Epsom Races, and drank with him ;
but did not tell him he should not let him stop there,
unless he gave him money. He also met the pri-
soner at liowden Fair once some time ago, but did
net then say that he should not let him stop unless
he gave him a sovereign.
Mr. Games—Now, recollect you are upon your
oath, and upon the solemn obligation of that oath, do
you mean to tell the worthy Magistrate and this Court
that you have never received any money from my
client here ?

Kly—For your f ,rbearance as an officer ? Childs
—I do tell his Worship so; I never have.

M. Games—Pray, have you ever been suspended
from your situation as an officer? Childs—l have.

Mr: Games—Pray what for? Childs—Why be-
cause a teetotaller said I had been drinking too much.
Mr. Games—And how long did you remain su -
pended ? Childs—Three days and a half.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Robinson commenced to cross-examine the
witness as to the grounds upon which the Mayor of
Leeds granted the warrant for the apprehension of his
client Green, but was stopped by
Mr. NORTON, who told him that there was a right
to presume that the warrant was granted on legal
grounds, and thereore, his cross-examination was
irregular. If he (Mr. Robinson) denied the fact that
his client was one of the persons mentioned in the war-
rant, he should not hear him on that point.
Mr. Robinson replied that he could not do this,
but he understood his client had been apprehended
on the grounds of a few remnants of cloth having
been found in his house, and he was prepared with
witnesses to show where he had purchased it.
Mr. NORTON observed that he could not go into
such evidence. From a letter which he had seen on
that morning from Leeds, he (Mr. Norton) had no
doubt the whole of the cloth found in the prisoner's
possession would be most sati-fictorily identified as
portions of large robberies committed there, and he
should now hand over the prisoners to the officers, to
be conveyed to Leeds, and there dealt with by the
local magistracy.
Mr. Games made application for a portion of the
1801. in the officer's hands, belonging to Kay, to
enable him to conduct his defence, but Mr. Norton
refused the application.
So extensive and frequent were the robberies at
eds that it had been suspected that one or more of
the local police were implicated in them, and a few
mouths ago an application, it is said, had been made
to Government to issue a commission, with a view of
having a most searching investigation into the matter.
From intercepted letters passing between the thieves
and receivers, and other information which has reached
the officers engaged in the investigation, it appears
that a great portion of the stolen plate, jewellery, and
watches, have been forwarded to the receivers in town,
imbedded in York hams.