The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-22 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

WHOLESALE PLUNDER OF FURNISHED LODC/NGS.—At
the Middlesex Sessions, before Mr. Payne, Deputy-assistant
judge, Emma Minney, 24, was indicted for stealing a
sealskin jacket and other articles, value £4O, the property
of Dmeille Kenlock, in a dwelling-house. A second indict-
ment charged her with obtaining by false pretences, from
Sarah Fisher, a basket containing a gown and other ar-
ticles, value £lO, with intent to defraud. A third indict-
merit charged her with stealing a table-cover and other
articles, value £7, the property of Alice Suffert. The
prisoner pleaded guilty to all the indictments. In the
case of Kenlock, the articles were stolen from the
room of a lodger, in the house No. 11, Westmore-
land-place, Pimlico, and consisted of a sealskin jacket,
cloaks, linen, child's clothing, and other articles, the
sealskin jacket being alone valued at twenty--six guineas.
This jacket was pawned by the prisoner at Messrs. Dobree
and A vants, 43, Drury-lane, for £l. In the case of Mrs
Fisher, the prisoner went to her house in Marchmontl
street, Brunswick-square, and said she had been sent by
Mrs. Young, the laundress, for the washing, as she was
unable to come herself, and obtained aricles to the value
of £lO. as well as the latter amount for the last week's
work, which bad been left unpaid. In the case of Mrs.
Wert, the robbery was committed in the same house as
that upon Mrs. Kenlock, from which place the prisoner
look a large number of articles, and in addition to that
Tdfbetppeh a writing desk with, a screw-driver, and took
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sdme small articles found therein. There was no doubt
she was led to a belief that this desk contained money, but
in that she was disapPointed.—William Franklin,
20 E, said hs was present at the - sessions of
this court in January, 1864, when the prisoner was con-
ticted of robbiink children in the street of clothes,
and sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for five years.
;Ars. Howe, 'warder of the House of Correction, West.
iiiinster, also proved two other convictions against the
prisoner—one for nine months' and one for twelve months'
iMprisopment and hard labour. The judge said every
kind of punishrapit bad failed to be a sufficient warning to
the prisoner, and the sentence upon her was that she be
kept in penal servitude for ten years.

SIR WILLIAM BODKIN. —Sir William Bodkin, the
assistant judge at the Middlesex Sessions, has been pro-
gressing very favourably. In all probability. he will be
able to attend to his duties at the Middlesex Sessions-
house early in the ensuing month.
THE SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS.—At the annual
meeting of the Society of Engineers, Mr. Latham 9.1,id he
looked upeta the proposal to take the telegraphic system
under the control of the Post Office al a measure of a cen-
tralising tendency, and therefore not to be accepted with-
out the most careful consideration. He repeated the
assertion made that the success of the Germans in manu-
factures arose from their superior education. Referring to
sanitary matters, he observed that a most important
improvement that had yet to be looked after was sewer
ventilation, as it was quite clear that the volume of water
poured into a sewer always displaced an equal amount of
mephitic air. This fact had been completely overlooked
by the constructors of the old sewers, and sewers must be
constructed with the fault remedied.
Warwick Lass, entered for 30 SOT'S, was sold to Captain
Reeve for 55ge, after winning a Selling Chase at Reading
on Wednesday.
James Grimshavf has entered into an engagement to
ride for the French stable, and Count Lagrange has now
the first claim on his services.
A lot of Mr. Naylor's horses have arrived at E.
Weever's stables, Bourton Hill, near Moreton-in-the-
Marsh, to be trained for their engagements.
A veterinary certificate, signed by John Fryer, of Fleet-
ham, M.R.C.V.S.L., of the age of M. A. de Montgomery's
br f La Charantonne, 2 yrs_ old, has bon lodged at. the
officio.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ANTICIPATED WEIGHTS FOR THE CHESTER

CUP.

Mr. Topham announces that he will publish his weights
for the Chester Cup and Liverpool Grand National to-
morrow, and the Telegraph gives the following anticipa-
tion of the first-named handicap:—
Age st lb
Lecturer ... 5 9 0
Gomera 6 8 10
Knt of the Garter... 4 8 9
Beeswing 5 8 9
Dalby a 8 5
Patricien ... 4 8 4
Strathconan 5 8. 4
Caithness ... 5 8 0
Mandrake ... ... 4 8 0
Viridis ... 4 7 13
Tormentor ... 5 7 12
Romping Girl 4 7 11
Bliukhoolie ... 4 7 11
Tynedalo ... 4 7 10
Goodwood 4 7 10
Duke of York 5 7 9
Fervacques ... 4 7 9
Curporal 4 7 t)
Miss Havelock .. 4 7 9
Belmant 5 7 8
Ceylon ... 5 7 8
Knight Erraut 4 7 8
Ackworth ... a 7 7
Brown Bread ... 6 7 7
Treasure Trove ... 5 7 5
Sevil'e 4 7 4
Holiest's!, ... • ... 4 7 2
A her-geld ie 5 7 2
()wain Glyndwi ... 4 7 2
.hggravator ... 4 7 0
Special The ... 5 7 0
Bracken ... ... 4 7 0
Rescue The ... 4 6 13
Beauty ... ... 3 613
Feodor 4 6 12
Fidelite a 6 11
Christmas Carol ... 6 6 11
Bandmaster ... 4 6 11
Nelaton ... 4 6 11
Ailesbury ... 4 6 11
Palisade ... 4 6 11
Empress of India... a 6 10
Planet s.. ... a 6 10'
Deceit ... 4 6 10
Grand Cross ... 4 6 10
Clarice ... .. 4 610
Minster Bell 4 6 10
Kidderminster ... 4 6 9
_Nidderdale ... 6 6 9
Lord of the Dales 4 6. 9
Captain Kidd 4 6 9
Priest, The 4 6 9
Redcap a 6 9
Mayflower 4 6 9
Goojerat ... 5 6 9
Thalia ... 5 6 .9
Proserpine ... 5 6 9
Weather Star ... 4 6 9
See Saw... ... 3 6 '8
Jezabel 5 6 8
Lord Hastings ... 4 6 8
War ... ... 5 6 8
Sportsman ... 5 6 8
Little Ben ... 4 6 8
Conundrum, ... 5 6 8
Yardarm 3 6 8
Stokeley ... 4 (5 7
Clown, The ... a 6 7
GreysStocking ... 5 6 7
Fortunio ..._4 6 7,

Age st lb
Numa Pompilius... 4 6 7
Attack colt 4 6 7
Stradbroke .. 4 6 7
Beanstalk ... ... 4 6 7
Slieve Carne 5 6 7
• Nu 6 6 7
Scavenger... 4 6 7
Mendicant ... 4 6 7
Neroli 5 6 7
King of the Fairies 4 6 6
Purveyor .. ... 3 6 6
New. Guinea ... 4 6 G
Fire-eater ... 3 6 6
Malcolm, f by
Mauteuvre ... 4 6 6
Gipsy King 4 6 5
Tribune ... 5 6 5
Ca uthleen 4 6 5
Breach The 4 6 5
Lictor 4 6 5
Mack Diamond ... 3 6 4
Sister to Vedette-. 4 G 4
Surney 6 6 1
Charuwood 3 6 4
Julio ...4 6
Mercury 3 6 3
0 wen Roe- • ' ... 5 6 3
lona 4 6 3
Child of the.- Wands 4 6
Paul Jones • 3 6 2
...4 6 0
Contempt ... 3 6 0
Affection 3 6 0
YiscountSt.Albans 4 6 0
Milton ... 3 5 13
Kettleholder ... 3 5 12
Cork Jacket 3 5 12
Viscount ... 3 5 13
Prince Regent 3 5 12
Demonstration - ... 3 5 11
Cecil .. 3 5 11
Weather Isle ... 3 511
Vortigern ... 3 5 10
Forest. King The... 3 5 10
Scotchman s Pride 3 5 10
Re-ady Money 3 5 10
Bossy Dix.ou. ... 3 5 10.
Beaudesert 3 5 10
Aquila- 3 -5 9
Chelsea. ... 3 5 9
Mariner The 3' 5 7
13irdseekee.:. 3 5 7
Returned, The 3 5 7
Rhine Wine 3 5 7
Cymbal ... ... 3 5 7
Cactus ... 3 5 7
Helen a' 5 7
Tibicen .... 3 5 7
Eleonora 5 7
Redivivus .. 3 5 7
Fan -4. 8 5 7
Landscape -.. 3 5 7
Ilammerton 3 5 7
Papillon ... 3 5 7
Golden Gift ... 3 5 7
Lais . 3 5 7
President Lincoln 3 5 7
Shrew The ... 3 5 7
Demon ... 3 5 7

The complete list of the Spring Handicaps will appear
in our Third Edition of Thursday evening.

CORRECTIONS TO NOMINATIONS AND ENTRIES.

The following are the corrections of the nominations,
am., published in tho last Racing Calendar, of the various
races that have appeared :
NEWMARKET.—In the Two Year old Plate, for Mr.
Harlock ns Pinto; read Fiction ; Mr. Malcolmson's
Sake), is out of Sooloo, not Looloo ; and Mr. Rayner's
Dutchman is out of Palmeria, not Palmyra. In the Cri-
terion Stakes, for Lord Vivian s Lady Nyassa, read Mr.
J. Dover's.

BRIGHTON.—In the Corporation Stakes, for Mr. Nlor-
gan's Nutbreaker (31b), read (51b).
CHESTER.—In the Tradesmen's Plato, omit Mr. Samuel's
Chivalry; and in the Two Year Old Plate, for Mr. Saxon's
Albert, by Albemarle, read by Lord Albemarle.
DERBY.—To the Steeplechase add—Mr. Welfitt's Green-
land, aged; to the Harrington and Chesterfield Stakes
add—Sir P. Johnstone's Fenian.

READING.—In the Abbey Stakes, for Mr. Mackenzie's
Balnakeelie, read Balnakeelie.
DONCASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING.—To the sweepstakes
of 10 soya each add—Mr. T. V. Morgan's Dryad.
NORTHAMPTON. —ln the Northamptonshire Stakes, for
Blueskin, 4 yrs, read 3 yrs.

• _ .
NOTTINGHAM.—To the Hurdle Race add—Mr. Welfitt's
Turmoil, 4 yrs, and Nothing Moro, 6 yrs; to the Little
John Stakes add—Sir F. Johnstone's Fenian ; and to the
Robin Hood Stakes add—Mr. Ruff's Miss Bagot.

YORK SPRING MEETING.—To the Great Northern Han-
dicap add —Mr. J. Osborne's b f Sister to Little Agnes, 3
yris • and for ch g East Lancashire, reid oh h.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.—In the Prince of Wales and
Gimcrack Stakes, for Mr. Robert's Glenalniond, &c., read
r. Fobert's.

A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.—At the Liverpool Police-
Jourt,.yesterday, Henry Hallington, quartermaster on
board the African mail steamer Calabar, was charged,
under the 230th section of the Merchant Shipping
Act, with having smuggled a quantity of lucifer
matches on board that vessel. 'The owners of the
Calabar were bound, under contract with the Govern-
ment, not to carry anything which-would endanger
the safety of the mails. -They did, however, carry
gunpowder, but for this purpose, the ships were fitted
up with magazines similar to a war ship. The matches
in question were discovered in the forecastle, within a
few inches of 40,0001 b of gunpowder. It is supposed
that the very high prices seamen. obtain for matches
on the coast induced the prisoner to oommit this
offence. lie denied having taken the matches on
board ; the contrary, however, was proved, and ho
was sentenced to four months' imprisonment.
PRESBYTERIANISM IN SCOTLAND.—Mr. Moncreiff,
M.P., delivered a lecture to the Edinburgh Young
Men's Christian Association on Monday night, in
which he pointed out the general characteristics of
the Presbyterian party in Scotland during the
struggles for the independence of .the people in the
seventeenth century, .and maintained that the
Presbyterian party were not justly liable to
many imputations which had been brought
against them, and that the germs of our
civil liberties were to be found to a large extent
in the struggles of that party in Scotland in the six-,
teenth and seventeenth centuries. He also defended
the Scotch Covenanters and Presbyterians from the
charge of intolerance, contending that their conduct
contrasted favourably with that of any other party in
power at that period. Mr. Moncreiff received a cordial
vote of thanks for his lecture from the association.
TIIE LORD LIEUTENANCY OF CHESHIRE. —The re-
signation by the Marquess of Westminster, K.G., of
the high office of Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire, is an
event which will come With a painful feeling of regret
on the public mind. The same high sense of duty
which has actuated the noble Marquess throughout the
long: period of his tenure of office, induces him to ask
to be relieved from its cares, when he feels, though
no one else has perceived any indication of the
fact, that advancing age may by and by make
it impossible for him to continue -at the head of
the county administration with the same advan-
tage to the public service for which his Lord
Lieutenancy has hitherto been distinguished. While
sensible that Lord Westminster's loss cannot be easily,
if indeed at all adeqUately in all points replaced, we
cannot allow our regret
.for the fact to outweigh the
c•msideration that •no public man has better earned a
title to honourable repose. Rumour already points as
the probable new Lord Lieutenant to a nobleman
whose large stake in the • county, coupled with his
high reputation and business habits, would make his
selection a very popukrone to fillthe vacancy so much
regretted. —Chester Couiant.
THE CASE OF MATILDA 'GRIGGS. —Mr. Ruskin, in
enclosing a cheque-for £4O to•the editor of a con-
temporary,. for the :purpose of •.procuring • Matilda
Griggs's release from custody, says Except in
Gil Bias I never read of anything Astrrean on the
earth so perfect as the story in your foUrth article to-
day.
I send you 'a• cheqbe for the•ChancellOr. If
40, in legal terms, means 400,
ycu must explain
the further requirements. to your impulsive public."
:
£4O is all that is required, and OUP contemporary has
received the same sunsfrom another gentleman,o
who says :—" My first impulse was to go
and personally release the poor debtor ;.bsuiotn,
;upfwoonr
reflection, I considered , that your mission mi'iswoke
it was your kind interference
sympathy. Moreover, I send
When I receive a
the spirit of a happy father, and _ m
pets,
the meanis of release in
• tin°. kiss, and Good night, dad, from y.
par
shall feel I have been enabled to bestow a similar
the parents of poor Matilda."
blessing to-morrow upon
umford
It is expected that the young wymanivite will be discharged
from custody by the registrar of
County Court this day.
A FATAL LEar.---l'esterday morning a fatal acci-
lent haprned at the Shrub-hill Railway Station, at •
‘Vorcester, through a passenger alighting from a train
ehcu in motion. It appears that on the previous
afternoon a special train left Glocester for Eirming-
!tam, calling at Wormaer and other intervening.
itations, tasking passengers' to Birmingham for the
pantomime, and returning next morning. The train
was a heat), one of between twenty and thirty carriages,
and on reaching Worcester was stopping at Shrub-hill
Station, when a carpenter named Steed, residing at
Nlerryvale,in that city, imprudently opened the door
of the carriage in which he was riding, and jumped
out before the train had come to a stand-still. The
result was that he was twisted round and fell back
upon the line, the wheels of the carriages passing over
his legs and inflicting fearful injuries on other parts of
his person. On the train cowing to a stop he was
extricated in a fearfully mangled state, and, a stretcher
having been procured, was carried at once to the Wor-
cester Infirmary insensible and apparently in a dying
state. In fact he only lived three or four hours, when
death put an end to his sufferings. The accident occa-
'sioned the grehte4G cousteraAiQu among the
pas-
bengers,