The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-23 00:00:00

MAUYLsEBONE.

TILE LATE GrNINsSION (4' A MURDER OF ONE or
THE COAST GUARD MANY YEAR: AGO Yest4-rday
John Lane was brought up froni the! 1•Iouse of De-
tention and placed at th- bar beiort Mr. Broughton,
frr re-exarninAtion, on the charge preferred against
him, upon his own conf,st,ion, with having been im-
plicated, with a numh,r of smugglers, 18 years :4g°, in
an affray at Elstboarne with the cast guard, when
one of that body wa
_ . .

It will he rei.nemhered that on the 15th instant the
prisot,er gave hinaelf up at the Portland police sta-
tion-house, when he voluntw iiy stated that he was
employed by the smugglers to assist in keeping back
the coast guard while they (the former) were carry-
ing away casks of spirits ; he was questioned by the
magistrate as to why he had not made the confession
before, to which he replied that in 1842 he went to
Brighton, in the expectation of seeing Lieu-
tenant Hall, who belonged to the coast guard
when the murder was committed, and if he
could then have found hint he should have told him
all about it ; he was remanded, and Inspector
Chambers, of the S division, was directed to institute

inquiries as to the prisoner's habits and state of mind,
as also to elicit such other particulars as might bear
upon the matter in question ; he (prisoner) seemed in
a very low and desponding state during the inquiry,
and the impression upon most of those in court was
that bis intellects were impaired.
Yesterday, upon his being brought from the lock-
up room in the yard, and placed in the dock by Mit-
chell, the gaoler, his appearance, generally, indicated
much more fully than before that he was not in his
right mind.
Two gentlemen from her Majesty's Customs, and
another gentleman, a missionary, to whom the pri
soner was known, Were in attendance.

Many questions were put to the prisoner in relation
to the affair, and his answers were of a very vague
and incoherent nature; in short, he had no distinct
recollection of anything which he had stated at the
station, or when first he was charged at the court.
The missionary above alluded to said he had known
the prisoner nearly four years. He mentioned many
particulars with respect to his (prisoner's) recent be-
haviour, and in his (witness's) opinion the poor man
was not sane.

This opinion was concurred in by the magistrate
and the gentlemen from the Customs, the latter of
whom put the bench in possession of the facts in con-
nexion with the coast guard man being shot in the
affray, and said that one man only had ever been
taken up on suspicion of guilt, and he was discharged
without trial, as no one could identify him. Under
all the circumstances they, after some conversation
with Mr. Broughton, felt that it wac not such a case
as could be followed up with the slightest chance of
a conviction, and that, therefore, it would be useless
for them to prosecute. •
The MAGISTRATE discharged the prisoner, and
gave him up to the care of his wife, a respectably-
dressed woman, carrying on the business of a laun-
dress in Portland-town.
WORSHIP-STREET.

John Williams, a diminutive Lascar mendicant
of most repulsive aspect, was placed at the bar
before Air. Hammill, charged with an outrageous
attack upon a young lady, named Catherine Mather;
fourteen yearsof age, the daughter of a Dissenting
minister, residing in Welbeck-street, Cavendish

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Mr. HAMMILL said he should order the prisoner to
be brought up again in a week that the attendance of
an interpreter might be procured.
CLERKENWELL. _

It was so arranged by Mr. Combe that the Misses
ll—, the orphan daughters of a medical officer, at-
tached to the 14th Dragoons, should appear at this
court for the purpose of receiving the donations which
had been forwarded by benevolent persons who sym-
pathised with them and their distressing case.
Having received an intimation from an officer of
the court that their attendance was required, they
arrived about eleven o'clock, and had a private inter-
view with Mr. Combe, and Mr. Mallet, the chief
clerk ; and they were subsequently introduced into
the public court, when
Mr. COMBE addressed them as follows :---I have in-
quired into your case. I find, so long ago as the year
1540, you wrote a letter to a noble lady, a Duchess,
soliciting charity. A friend of that lady made in-
quiries, and has placed in my hands his report, which
is to the following effect :—You then lived at No.
6, Palace-yard, Pimlico ; you after Wards removed to
No. 7, Arbour•terrace, Commercial-road ; and to
No. 15, Gloucester-terrace, Commercial-road. When
you had been there some time your landlord wished
to get rid of you, but you refused to go. You were
ejected by process of law, which cost the landlord
101. The Duchess was therefore advised that you
were not proper objects of her bounty. You have re-,
fused parish relief, and another asylum which has
been offered to you. Under these cireumstances
must decline further interference in your behalf ; but,
as I have received altogether for you 651.33. 6d., the
account of which I have closely examined, and you
have already received 241., I shall not withhold the
balance of 411. 3s. 6d from you. Mr. Norton has
also received some money, which you may apply to

him for..
Oae of the sisters was in so excited a state that she
could scarcely stand. The 411. 34. 6d. was handed
to her sister, and she expressed her gratitude for
what had been done for them.
Mr. COMBS said he did not want them to say any-
thing after what he bad said ; and they left the court
with painful feelings.
Our reporter saw the ladies subsequently to their
leaving, when one of the sisters seemed almost dis-
tracted in consequence of the ordeal which she had
gone through, They did not deny that in the year
1840 their father was in bad health, and that they
exhausted their means, when an application was
made to the Duchess of Buccleuch ; but that was the
only application they had made f relief before or
after their father's death, up to the time they had
made their :personal application to the Honourable
Mr. Norton, and since their father's death they had
suffered great priyalions. They denied the charges
made against them, and courted proper and
impartial investigation to negative anything
that might be alleged against them, and expressed
their determination to enter into a full and truthful
explanation in order to set themselves right with the
public.
Mr. COMBS, in reference to the Lucas family,
for whom: subscriptions had been sent, said the
father bore a respectable character, and received 15s.
per week. Some portion of the family were old
enough to assist, being from 23 to 25, and 17 and 19
years of age. Two of the boys had been in custody
for stealing fruit, and the girls were in the habit of
stopping out late at nights. The visiting clergyman
and Mr. Twinning had relieved them.
Mr. Mallett said no more than 81. had been sub-
scribed for them.
Mr. COMBS said the case was not so deserving as it
at first appeared to be.
Mr. Mallett suggested that, as the father bore a
goad character, the 81. should be delivered over to
him.
Mr. COMBE assented to this.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL. JAN. 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was again firm to-day,
and a good business has been done, but the only alterations
in prices were—Great Western, Quarters, 10 13.16—Ditto,
171. Shares, 4% 46—Wilts, Son-met, and
Weymouth, 10% I.lis -Berke and Hants_Extension, 1/2 die.

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 22.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market opened with consider-
able firmness this morning, but afterwards declined; the
principal lines, however, remained firm at the close of the
market The transactions were as follow Caledonian,
Preference, 81. Bs. 9d. Great Westel-n, 701,4 c.--Ditto,
Quarters, 16 4—Lancashire and Yorks-hire, Fifths, 74 dis.
—Ditto. 311. shares, 94 dis.—Ditto, Fifths (W. R. U.), 634
dia. London and North-Western, 11814 Ditto, New
Quarters, 21/g p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3 p.— Midland, 444
Ditto, Halves, 16s 3d. dis. South-Eastern and Dover
(No. 4), 6/. 16s. 3d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Ori-
ginal N. and B). 17—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per
cent. till 1850, 4% dis.
MANCHESTER, JAN. 22.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The market opened steadily this
morning, but declined somewhat in the af ernoon. There
has been a fair business done. The transactions were as
follow :._Caledonian, Preference, B—Eastern Counties, 7
Great Northern (13.), guaranteed 6 per cent. 3,k, die—Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 59—Ditto (Manchester, 13olton, and
Bury), 100!., 41 dis.—London, Brighton, and South Coast,
84'4 c.—London and North-Western, 118'4—Ditto, New
Quarters, 214 p. Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarters (C), I,a p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire Quarters (No. 1), 9 - Ditto, Preference, 8 7-16 - Ditto
LSheffield and Lincolnshire), Ditto (Manchester and
incoln Union), 725. dis.—North Staffordshire, 9 13-16
North Union, 233—South Staffordshire, 37„ dis. South-
Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 634.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 2.
STOCK ExCaANGH.—There was little business done to-
day, and prices were much the same as last quotations.
STOCK Excliatio2--°TithKe' JAN.
transactions
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to-day were as
follow:—Great Northern, 7%—Lancashire and Yorkshire,