The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-01 00:00:00

sence.

The prisoners were then placed at the bar.
Mr. Rees, in addressing the magistrate said,
that he had laboured under a misapprehension as
to what took place on a former occasion as to the
course to be pursued to-day, and he now asked, in
consequence of certain observations made by the
coroner on Tuesday, that some further delay of
an hour or so should take place before the exami-
nation of the pi foners should be further proceeded
with.

Mr. Traill said that the examination was
adjourned on a former occasion to enable
evidence to be produced before him rela-
tive to the telegraph arrangements on this line
for the prevention of accidents ; whether on this
occasion they were attended to or had been ne-
glected, and by whom ; the rapidity of the train's
motion, and other matters. To enable the com-
pany to supply the requisite information he ad-
journed the inquiry over two days instead of one,
and did not now feel disposed to permit further
delay.

Mr. Rees said that in consequence of the inti-
mation of the learned magistrate he would send for
witnesses, that the investigation might proceed to-
day, though he very much feared he would not be
able b attend. The examination of the witnesses
by the hon. magistrate might, however, tend to
facilitate the object they all hail in view.
Mr. Traill said that he would delay the inquiry
to a later hour, to allow the attendance of the
witnesses referred to by Mr. Roes• _ _

Mr. Burgom called the attention of the magis-
trate to bail being in attendance for the prisoners,
in the event.of the learned magistrate thinking after
he had heard the evidence that he could bail them,
and he (Mr. Burgom) alked that the bail might
then be examined, instead of them having to wait
till the conclusion of the day's proceedings for that
purpose. The names of the bail had been for-
warded to the company, who bad no objection to
them.

Mr. Rees said it was true that the railway com-
pany did not object t 3 the prisoners offering them-
selves on bail, but it was right that the magistrate
should know that the persons who offered them-
selves were engine-drivers in the service of the
company.

Mr. Traill said that he declined then to enter on
the consideration of bail. At first he considered
the charge would not admit of his taking bail, but
if what he had since heard. be true, the' charge
against the prisoners would assume a less serious
complexion, and in that case he might be induced
to take bail. • _

The conversation then dropped, and the further
investigation of the charge was adjourned to a
later hour in the day.

TBE ENROLLED PENSIONERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN

SIR,—As you have given a very prominent place in
your paper to the gross misrepresentation of the United
Service Gazette regarding the Enrolled Pensioners, I call
on you, in the name of common justice, to give an equally
prominent place to its refutation, which need not occupy
a large space.
That the country has derived no very striking benefit
from the. Pension Force, is to be attributed to a fact for
which we must all feel most thankful—that there has
been no invasion. Had such an event occurred, to whom
would nineteen sane men out of twenty rather have en-
trusted the safety of the nation—to 20,000 of the oldest,
and therefore best-trained soldiers in the country, and to
their officers, or to twice that number of men fresh from
the cart's tail, and to their officers ?
Although the Pensioners will be thought by every
unprejudiced person to be at the least twice as effective
as the militia to resist invasion, they cost the country
rather less than one-third of the latter force, numbers
for numbers ; and even that cost might be still
further diminished, RA two or three drills in the year
would be quite enough for them, just to make the men
know their places ; for the truth is, the moment an En-
rolled company marches off its private parade it is fit to
fall in with any battalion in the service.
The Pensioners are certainly not so moveable as
younger troops ; but even that is of much less conse-
quence now than it would have been before we possessed
rsauiclhroaexdt;enasnivde,
amseaftcncsoordfilungovtiongNiaaprigee bodies of men by
Napier, the heaviness of
a fire chiefly depends upon the nerve and discipline of
the firers, I think that their superiority in these re-
spects would make them, for defensive warfare, more
effective than even young regiments of the line.
That the Pensioners have not relieved the regular
troops from any amount of ordinary work is very true ;
but it is so, simply because they were never intended
for that purpose, and wherever they have been called
out to suppress riots they have performed that dis-
agreeable duty as well as any force could possibly have
done— witness Glasgow, Taunton, &c,--I am, sir, your
most obedient servant,

AN OLD SOLDIER.

78th HIGHLANDER&

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

Sits, —I perceive by your paper of the 27th inst.,tbat you
state the 73d and 43d are at the Cape. It should be
the 73d and 45th Regiment!, not the " 43d," who are in
lAdia ; and I quite agree with you respecting the relief
of the 78th from India, they being out there much longer
than they ought.

I am, sir,
Your obtdient servant,
MILES,33

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.)

SOUTH WA RK.
BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Richard Cotter
and William Jones, two smart looking young fellows,
well known housebreakers, were charged with breaking
into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Margaret Richardson,
at 59, Bland street, Great Dover Road, and stealing
therefrom a writing desk and cellaret. Jones was also
charged with committing an outrageous assault upon
Mrs. Richardson, and threatening to murder her and her
servant.
The prosecutrix, a widow lady, who fxhibited two
black eyes and a severe bruise on her forehead, stated
thatshe resided at 59, Blend•street, and on Sunday night,
the only persons in the house were herself and a female
servant, and on their retiring to rest everything was safe
in the house. About half•past one on Sunday morning
she heard a noise in her room and • saw a flash of light.
Believing there was a storm coming en she called to
her servant, ," Mary, how it lightens." Suddenly
the light went out, and then she felt certain that
some thieves were in her room. She instantly
jumped up and seized hold of Jones as he was trying
to hide himself under the bed. He turned round upon
her and making use of a fearful oath, said he would
murder her if she did not let him go, • Junes then
,truck her two violent blows between the eyes which
nearly stunned her, and she was compelled to let him
go. She then heard him and another man leave the
house, and immediately afterwards she went to the
street door and admitted a constable. She then found
that her house had been entered by forcing a hack win-
dow, and that the parlour bad been ransacked. She
missed from the latter two writing desks an i a cellaret, j
produeed by the police. She did not Fee anything of
the prisoner Cotter until he was brought to her house
with Jones a few minutes after she admitted the police.
In the struggle with Jones she pul!ed out a large quan-
tity of hair from his head, and she roust have over-
powered him hal the servant come to her assistance•
Eliza Santon, a young girl about sixteen, said she
heard her mistress call out to her about the lightning•
She instantly got nut of bed, and in descending to her
room she saw Jones etruggiirg with Mrs. Richardson.
who was calling out for assistance. As she was going
towards her, the prisoner Jones met her in the passage
and seized her by the throat, telling her that if she
resisted or called out, he would do for be-. She was so
struck with terror that she dropped down on the fluor,
and then he went away and left by the back door.
Witness afterwards found a screw driver under Mrs.
Ricbardson'e bed, which she handed to the constable.
John Day, an old and steady officer. No. 187 M,
stated that he was on duty in Bland-street about two
o'clock on Monday morning when lie heard a female
calling out "Police" and " Murder." He immediately
went to No. 59, when Mrs. Richardson admitted him
into her house, and said that it had been broken into,
and that the thieves had attempted to murder her and
her servant. Witness entered the place, and being told
that the thieves had escaped by the back door, he
climbed over the walls of the adjacent houses, and found
the prisoner concealed in the water closet at the rear of
a house nine doors off. As soon as be saw them there
bath of them called out, " aon'e hurt us ; we
will go quietly with you." Witness, with the assistance
of a cabman, took them both into custody, and
on searching them he found a key and a candle on Jones,
andlsorae lucifer matches on Cotter. In the water-closet
he discovered the writing desk and cellaret, which Mrs.
Richardson identified as her property. Both prisoners
said that they knew they had done wrong, and they
hoped he would ❑ot strike them with his staff.
The Magistrate asked what was known of the pri-
soners

Dennis Clark, 108 M, said that Cotter was tried at
the Westminster Sessions, in April, 1854, for house-
breaking, and sentenced to 12 months' bard labour.
Jones was tried and acquitted for burglary in May last,
and they were both connected with a desperate gang of
burglars.

Ile prisoners, who did not deny the charge or the
officer's statement, were fully committed for trial, and
all the witnesses bound over to prosecute.
The Magistrate complimented the courageous conduct
of Mrs. Richardson, the prosecutrix.