The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-02 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

Yesterday, Thomas Dale, an athletic young man, was
brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being con-
cerned, with ten other men, in the commission of a daring
highway robbery, on Tuesday evening last, in Bruns-
wick-street, Dover-road.

The particulars of the outrage and robbery were de-
tailed in the newspapers cf the following day, since
which the prisoner has been taken into custody.
Mr. Burroughs, of the Emigration Office, Thames-
street, the complainant, stated that in the course of th©
morning 116 was sent for to the station-house, and in-
formed that a second man was apprehended on the
charge of being one of his assailants. That in order
that their might be no mistake in the identification of
the prisoner, the latter was placed with several other
men, and he (complainant) was then directed to point
out the man concerned in the outrage, upon him, if he
was enabled so to do. Complainant examined the men,
and selected the prisoner from amongst them. In reply
to Mr. Bingham. the complainant said that he believed
the prisoner to bo the man that he saw cross over the
street when his two first assailants left him, and it was
his impression at the time that the prisoner was on the
watch while the outrage was being perpetrated.
Policeman 156 M stated that on the evening in ques-
tion the three men suspected of the offence ran from the
direction where the complainant was robbed and mal-
treated, and passed him (the policeman) before he heard
the alarm given by the former gentleman, but they all
escaped at the time.

Mr. BINGIIAM—IIaye you any reason to believe that
the prisoner is one of the men that ran away from the
direction where the alleged outrage was committed?—
Yes.

Sergeant Watkins stated that he took the prisoner into
custody on the previous night, coming out of the Black
Horse, in Kent-street, the house in which Skinner, the
man examined at that court on Wednesday, was cap-
tured. He (the sergeant) had knowii the prisoner for
a length of time to be the constant associate of Skinner,
and also had known him to have been frequently in cus-
tody, and summarily convicted of offences.
Mr. BINGHAM said that the alleged robbery appeared
to be one of a very daring character, and that it would
be most important for the ends of justice thatthe offenders
should bo apprehended. The magistrate then asked
the prisoner if he was desirous of saying anything?—The
prisoner said he was a cooper by trade, but out of em-
ploy, and that he knew nothing of the offence with which
he was charged. He could not deny that he knew
Skinner, but that they were not together on the night of
the robbery.
The prisoner, who declined saying anything further,
was remanded.

William Saunders, a man of respectable appearance,
who described himself as a "watch and clock maker, in
Webber-street, Lambeth, was charged with stealing a
purse containing 151., together with a gold Spanish
piece, and two half-crowns, from the person of William
Aldous, a coffee and eating-house-keeper, in Fore-street,
Cripplegate.

Tlie complainant stated that being about to dispose of
his house and business, the prisoner called on him on
Friday last on the subject, and a meeting was proposed
at a house in Blackfriars-road on the following Monday.
Complainant was there at the appointed time, and saw
the prisoner, who induced him to accompany him to the
Flying Horse beer-shop, in Webber-street, to witness a
bet that was made by two men on throwing heavy
weight. He(complainant) was then taken to the skittle-
ground of the above house, where he observed other
men, who appeared to bo acquaintid with the prisoner,
and they all endeavoured to prevail upon him (com-
plainant) to drink and to play skittles, both of which he
refused to do, and the latter game was commenced by
two of the men, one of whom appeared to be losing a
great deal of money. He (complainant), not much re-
lishing the aspect of things, and suspecting he had
fallen into dangerous company, was about to
quit the place, but before ho had time to
carry his intentions into effect a row was pur-
posely got up, when four men suddenly rushed
upon him, and in an instant ho was robbed of his
purse, containing fifteen sovereigns, a gold Spanish
piece, and two half-crowns. The next moment he saw
his purse in the hands of the prisoner, and he made an
effort to go towards him in order to insist on his deli-
vering up the possession of it, but he was restrained by
the other men, who held him back, and the prisoner got
away. The complainant added that he left the house
soon afterwards, and gave information of the robbery.
Sergeant Gough, L division, stated that haying re-
ceived information of the robbery he went to the Flying
Horse beer-shop, and found an empty purse concealed
in the skittle-ground. The purse was here shown to the
complainant, who identified it as the one which con-
tained the money of which he had been plundered.
The prisoner said that a nephew of his had been re-
cently left some property in the country, and that being
anxious to set up in business in London ho (prisoner)
was about to enter into a negotiation for the purchase
of complainant's premises, when this unpleasant
affair occurred. The prisoner then went on
as a watch and
te say
that he was in respectable business
complainant clock-maker in Webber-street, andthatonthtehdeaynmyienng-
tioned he and the
insenrtwent asserted into
that he did not
la s
Horse; and although
while ththeatt ere, he (tho prisoner) could
enymgaTisetrate that he did, and lost in bets be-
tween at
erneBt/ha. and 91., which was won fairly from him, but
that he wanted the money back again, and this being
refused, he trumped up the present charge; that he
(prisoner) was informed only that morning by the land-
lord of the beer-shop that the complainant had been
there and accused him (prisoner) of stealing his purse
and money, and that, acting upon this information, ho
immediately proceeded to the station-house in Cripple-
gate, in which he heard the complainant resided; and
having stated to the inspector on duty the nature of the
charge alleged against him, he voluntarily gave himself
into custody, and was sent over to this court. Ho
added most emphatically that he was entirely innocent
of the charge, and that it was untrue that he had the
complainant's purse in his hands.
The complainant was recalled, and he repeated that
his statement was perfectly correct in all particulars; and

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he added that he had no doubt ta " plant " wail put
pun him to get him into the skittle-ground in order to.ts
oh him.
A policeman of the L division, in plain clothes, stated ,
that a few weeks ago he saw the prisoner in the company. ~,,!„
of two men, one of whom had been since taken into ens. ;..,'"./s.-11,.'
todv for fraud.
The City police officer produced four unfinished
watches and a clock movement, which the prisoner had
witn him when he called at the station-house.
• ~.': The prisoner said that he was taking them to Clerktna-
, 4..-
R eil from his house, and he again asserted his innocence .1,
I,cl-
of the alleged charge.
Mr. BINGHAII said that he should remand the prisoner,
who applied to be permitted to give bail for his appears
ance. The Magistrate assented, observing, that as the
charge was one of a most serious character, to secure his
attendance on the next examination he should call upon
him to enter into his own recognizance in 100/, and to
find two securities of 501. each.
The required security not being forthcoming, the pri-
soner was remanded.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant IV. 11. J. Browne (1847), late of the
Enterpri6e, to the Resolute, fitting at Woolwich fur
Captain Austin's Arctic expedition. Mr. 13rowne
served in the Sulphur, under Captain Sir E. Belcher,
at the destruction of the forts of the Bocce Tigris,
and in the operations against the capture of Canton.
IL served alsoi in the Semarang, under ISiri.E.Belcher,
during her surveyof the River of Sarawak, in Bor-
neo, and was in he barge in the engagement with the
pirates in 1844, in the Indian Archipelago was pro-
moted from mate of the St. Vincent, 120, when flag-
ship of Sir C. Napier; and, lastly, served in the En •
terprise, in Sir James Ross's Arctic expedition, in
which he commanded a travelling party across Prince
Regent's Inlet, to deposit provisions, &c. Mr.
Browne is the author of the splendid coloured views
of the Arctic regions, now publishing by Ackermann
of the Strand ; and to the gallant officer Mr. Burford
is indebted for his beautiful and sublime panorama.
WOOLWICH, MARCH :I.—Midshipman—John 0.
Kidd to the Strombol steam-sloop at Devonport.
Captain Ommanney, of the Assistance, attended at
Woolwich to-day to enter stockers for the Arctic ex•
pedition on their being passed by a medical board
There were 33 volunteers of that class, although only
eight were required, and their places were soon filled
up by highly eligible candidates.

THE BALLOON EXPERIMENTS.
The result of the last :experiments had been satis-
factory with Mr. Shepherd's balloon, numbers of the
slips having been returned to the Admiralty from Col•
cheater, from Sussex, and various parts of Kent, and
from Ryde in the Isle of Wight. Another trial
of balloons was made to day about three o'clock P.H.
Four balloons were sent up from the top of the build-
ings at the Admiralty—one by itself with 2,500 slips
of paper attached. The other had two small balloons
attached, which were to be separated during their
flight. The slow matches attached to the balloons put
up to-day were arranged in a different manner to what
they were on previous occasions, and will drop their
messages about every five miles. The larger balloon,
on being liberated, took a south-east direction, and
was seen to pass over the City near London-bridge,
and one of the packages of slips of paper, with printed
notices on them, was distinctly observed to separate
and scatter the slips in the upper current of air.
Great hopes are entertained that these aerial messen-
gers will be useful if liberated in the Arctic regions,
as they can travel over a vast distance in a short space
of time, when travelling parties on the ice find it an
arduous task to accomplish from eight to ten miles
per day.
Tile following are the words printed on slips of
paper, five inches long by one and a half broad :
" Dispatched by a balloon from
H.M.S.

W., steering W.N.W.

in lat. N., long.
Provisions left at
To Sir J. Franklin, &c."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSSTREVER.
Yesterday the adjourned meeting of this company was
held, at the offices in Moorgate-streot, to elect directors
and auditors, the chairman and board having at the pre-
vious meeting resigned their seats in consequence of
offensive expressions that had been made use of in •
circular addressed to the shareholders, Lord Newry and
Morne iu the chair.

Mr. COCHRANE, ef Liverpool, explained that, although
in the cirdular alluded to he had felt it incumbent upon
him to speak in harsh terms of the directors, he intended
nothing peisonal, and that, had curtain explanations been
given to him sooner, those expressions would not have
been used.

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The CHAIRMAN said, that with reference to the con-
tract with Mr. Dargan, the directors thought they were
only doing their duty to the shareholders in
getting it provisionally signed, and the pro-
prietors could have inspected it. Neither he not
Mr. Vandeleur could joi❑ the direction unless the
offensive epithets were unequivocally withdrawn. Mr.
Cochrane should have asked to see the contract, in:
stead of writing abusively, and saying, as though they
were in the.habit at doing stung, j considsr_thst pso•. -
ceedings of the directors an
cunning."

exhibition of 'low

Mr. COCIIRANE regretted having written intempe-
rately and under strong disappointment, upon certain
points of management. For instance, he thought it
unjustifiable that any director should sit at the board
with a large amount of arrears unpaid, or having had
his shares forfeited. Had he known the other facts, as
he did now, he would not have used the expressions.
This explanation apparently being deemed a satis-
factory retractstion, the meeting proceeded to the
election of directors, and upon the motion of Mr. Shand,
of Liverpool, seconded by Mr. Cochrane, :Lord Newry
was re-elected chairman, and Mr. Vandeleur a director.
The following new directors were also appointed:—
Mr. Shand, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. J. Riley, of Rosstravor;
Mr. J. Thompson, of Wigan; Mr. J. Campbell, of
Liverpool; and Mr. T. Bushell, of Belfast. The audi-
tors elected were—Messrs. A. Smith and J. Maunder, of
Liverpool.
It was stated in the course of the discussion that the
line from Newry to Dublin would be opened on the Ist
of May.

Now ready at all the Libraries, iu 3 vols.,
THE NEW NOVEL, PRIDE
AND IRRESOLUTION.
By the Author of
" The Discipline of Life,"
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

IRRUPTION OF MOUNT VESCE'UVIUS,
coiNciDr.NT TO OUR COAL-PIT EXUDE METEORIC
kXPLOSIONS. Memel. for J. BIRD (charred black, alas, unaided),
at Wigan, &e.—Continue the isolation of the bony-fabric thro' in-
halation of the pure white flame air left ye—refilling hourly the air-
vase exhaust cylinder of the lungs for inmost beat expulsion to its
opposite, the sulphurous fire-damp gas—from the skin•vescicles for
regeneration of fleshy covering underneath. This Vesce'ourian
system by " Captain" ACKERLET has providentially resuscitated
eight (including " the man with his dog"), of the miners " blown"
with gas and charred by the late disastrous colliery explosions
near Stourbridge, Chowbent, and Wigan, as phenornenized in
February, on the 9th to 13th inst. Thus proving (as in like instance
at Hadleigh and Dudley Port last year) that his practical utility be-
lies his caluraniaters—the Government-talking drop• s, and that his
usefulness, thro' God's gift, altho' at self-expense—verifies the old
adage, that " Where there's a will there's a way"— [See the Cap-
tain's, " Savoyiennated *notes Historiques"], for alleviating
this dire calamity of the working classes.
To the :New Exchange Coalrnasters, &c., under Queen Eleanor
of Savoy (niece of Peter Duke of Richmond, of Kent and Sussex) :
—perverted St. Katherine's Dock and East Smithfield Charity,
♦.D. 1273, in 1399, and 1849. ~
* On " the Quorum Certificate," each sufferer is entitled on loss in
life or limb to a state pension or smart from the Greenwich Chest
" Consolidated Fluid," as the Act (tho' inverted, like the " Standard
With the 10 hours"),— ordains for the encouragement of trade, na-
vigation, and naval strength.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
THIS EVEN IN.
Wlll be presented, by her Majesty's Servants,
The Play of THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. J
Alderson ; L'eanseant, Mr. Montague ; Glavis, Mr. Parry ; tieneral
13..anam. Mr. Eater M. Desehapelles, Mr. Davidge ; Pauline Des-
c hapelles, Miss Vandenhoff.
To be follcwed by

The. Operatic Play of ROB ROY 3IACGREGOR ; or, Auld Lang
gyne.- Sir Frederick Vernon, Mr. Diddear ; Francis Osbaldistonc,
Mr. Rafter; Rob Roy Macgregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper ; Bailie
Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Emery ; Diana Vernon, Miss Rafter ; Helen Mac.
Gregor, Mrs. Ternan.
krivata boxes, 3/. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 21. 25., 11. lie. 6d., and 11. Is
Stalls, ss. each.
s. d.

FIRST PRICE.
Boxes - - 4 0
Pit - - - 2 0
Lower Gallery - I 0
Upper Gallery - 0 6 '
Box-book-keel

s. d.
SECOND PRICE.
Boxes - - 2 0
Pit - - - 1 0
Lower Gallery - 0 6
No Half-price to Upper Gallery
*, Mr. J. Povey.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, 'ale Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton.
THIS EVENING. _ _ .

Will be performed THElrtlSo&iiirOF WAR. Captain
.Chan-
nel, Mr. Webster; Lieutenant Basil Firebrace, Mr. C. Kean; Mr.
Peter Pall-mall, Mr. Keeley ; Clarina Channel, Mrs. C. Kean ; Polly
Pall-mall, Mrs. Keeley.
After which THE WONDER. Don Felix, Mr. C. Kean; Donna
Violante. Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with THE C/IRISTENING.
Tae Box-of lise is under the direction of Mr. I. T. Archer.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.
under tke direction o: Nradatue Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE WILLOW
COPSE. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed-
bre , 0. Smith, Worrell ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar.
After which MY PRECIOUS BETSY_ Characters by Messrs.
Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with SLASHER AND CRASHER.

PRINCESS'S THEATI:E.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lesgee and Manager.
THIS EVENING
/Will be performed a new Opera, entitled CHARLES THE SE.
OND.
Alter which HOT AND COLD.
To be followed by the Ballet of THE THREE STATUES.
To conclude with MY WIFE SHAN'T ACT.

NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Sole Lessee, Mr. W. Watts, St. John's Wood.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed LOVE'S SACRIFICE. Characters by Messrs.
hyvenport, Johnstone, Conway, Belton, Kinloch, Howard, Meadows,
Lee ; Miss Coreney, Miss Marshall, and Mrs. Marston.
After which THE POET'S SLATE.
To conclude with CATCHING AN HEIRESS.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS AND OPERA COMIQUE.
Last Week but Two of the Operatic Performances.
Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the French
Performances at the St. James's Theatre will commence
On MOIDAY EVENING,
At Half-past Seven, when will be performed
UN TIGRE DE BENGALE.
After which
NE TOUCIIEZ PAS A LA REINE.

La Reim de Leon, Madlle. Charzon ; Don Ferdinand D'Aguilar,
M. Lac.

The Box-office of the Theatre is open daily from Eleven till
Five.

Boxes and stalls at Mr. =then's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.
street.

LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Ceder the Management of Madam.: Vestrla.
sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
TBIS EVENING,
Will be performed ME WOULD BE AN ACTOR.
keter which VIE ISLAND OF JEWELS.
To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING.
Dress Boxes ; Upper 'doz.% 48. ; Ylt, 2s. ; Gallery, is. No
MU-price to any part of the house.
All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Allcroft, 15
New Bond-street.

A.STLE Y's ROYAL AMEIUTHEATRZ.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
An entire change in the Scenes of the Arena.
New Grand Spectacle.
Madlles. Gardoni and Amilie on the Dcuble Tight Ropes in a petite
Ballet entitled The Hungarian Wood-cutters.
THIS EVENING,
The performance will commence at a Quarter to Seven. with a
new Grand Spectacle of THE CORSE DE LEON ; or, the Brigand
•f Savoy.
To be followed by a brilliant display of Batty's peerless scenes of
the Circle, supported by the accomplished artistes of the establish-
ment.
T• conclude with BESS OF THE BELL; or, The Love Story.
Box-ofllco opea from Elovea tin roar.