The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-21 00:00:00

LAW AND POLIO

FORGERIES BY THE SON OF A LITERFOOL SOLICITOR
—At the Liverpool Police-court, Arthur Pemberton, son
of Mr. Charles Pemberton, solicitor, Liverpool, has been
brought up on the charge of having forged three cheques
for 25 each, purporting to be drawn by his father upon
the North and South Wales Bank. Mr. Walter prose-
cuted, and in opening the case expressed the regret
he felt at having to prefer these charges against the
son of one of his old friends, adding that the prisoner
had been the black sheep of the family ; that his father
had done a great deal for him ; that when he returned
from Australia a few days since in a destitute
condition, his father clothed him like a gentleman, took
respectable lodgings for him, and allowed him £1 a week
pocket money. This did not satisfy him, it seemed, for
he raised money by forging these cheques, and squandered
it in extravagance and dissipation. Mr. Pemberton, sen.,
who was very much affected, proved that none of these
zheques were in his handwriting, nor had he authorised
anyone to write them. They were in the handwriting of
his son. Prisoner, who admitted his guilt, saying he wile
very sorry for having caused such unhappiness to his
father, from whom he had received the greatest kindness,
was committed for trial at the assizes.

CAPTURE OF ANOTHER FOREIGN BURGLAR. —On Tuesday
morning Charles Maurien, who is supposed to be the
leader of the gang of foreign burglars whose depredations
at various country seats round the metropolis have
attracted public attention, was conveyed, in the custody
of Mr. Inspector Reece, of the Berks constabulary,
to Beading Gaol, where he now awaits hiE
examination before the county magistrates. Maurien,
it is believed, was implicated in the recent burglary ai
the Leatherhcad residence of Mr. Hankey, the
banker. He is, moreover, supposed to be one of the
three men who broke into the country scat of Sic
Edward Sullivan, at St. Leonard's Hill, near Windsor,
and Mr. Lovibond's house at Old Windsor. From a
description forwarded to the metropolitan police by Mr.
Inspector Reece, Maurien was arrested on Saturday night
in the Mogul Music Hall, London, and transferred to the
Clever station of the Windsor division of the Berks county
constabulary. The prisoner was taken before Mr. Foster,
one of the county magistrates, and charged with being
concerned in the robberies at Sir Edward Sullivan's ano
Mr. Lovibond's. He was remanded.

FORGERY.—A maltster, named Spong, residing at
Sissinghurst, in Kent, and holding a respectable position
in society, has been brought up at Bow-street Police-
court, charged with having forged a will. Sir Jame*
Wilde, in the Court of Probate, decided that the docu-
ment was a forgery, and directed the present proceedings.
The case having been opened, the prisoner was remanded.
A LENIENT SENTENCE.—Mrs. Hunt, a marine-store
dealer, convicted at the previous Middlesex Sessions of
receiving stolen goods, chiefly wearing apparel, on many
occasions, from a child only 11 years old, received's. most
lenient sentence. Mr. Payne said that the prisoner had
borne a good character, and, there being no other offence
alleged against her, sentenced her to six weeks' imprison-
ment.

IN RE MARCUS DAVIS.—In the Bankruptcy Court,
efore Mr. Commissioner Bacon, this bankrupt, described
as a navy agent, of No. 163, Strand, asked to be released
out of custody. His debts are about £4,000. He stated
that lie had been fourteen months in prison, and contended
that his arrest at the suit of the Accidental Marine
Insurance Corporation, then in liquidation, was illegal.
He denied that the adjudication was valid, and said that
he had appealed against it, but was unable to deposit
the requisite funds. The commissioner said if that was
the case the bankrupt had in reality not appealed, and
could not now question the validity of the adjudication.
It appeared that the bankrupt had written several letters
to the commissioner, who had taken no notice of them.
Davis said : I shall write to her Majesty, if necessary. I
have been in prison fourteen months, and it is a gross
shame I should be kept there through the fraud of others.
—Mr. Commissioner Bacon : I have nothing to do with
that. What I wish to impress on you is, that I shall never
enter into correspondence with any of the suitors to the
court. This is the place for them to come, and whatever
they have to urge will be fully considered here. I shall
never notice any such letters that may be sent to me.—The
bankrupt then returned to prison.

THE DEANERY OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL.-I'h9
deanery of the Chapel Royal, vacant by the selec•
tion of Dean Magee for the bishopric of Peterborough,
has been conferred upon the Rev. H. H. Dickinson, the
rector of St. Anne's.—Dublin Daily Express.

BURGLARY IN TILE ELTSTON-ROAD, LONDON.—
The other evening a daring robbery was committed on
the premises of Mr. Thomas Tilbury, 152, Euston-road.
The entrance was effected through the front parlour
window, the shutters of which had been left unfastened.
A considerable amount of property was abstracted, the
thieves getting clear off with their booty. Information
was as soon as possible given to the police, but no trace
of the burglars has yet been discovered. In the pockets of a
frock coat, one of the stolen artcles was a pocket-book
containing a number of papers and memoranda.

ANCIENT REMAINS. —An interesting archreologica.
discovery has just been made on a farm occupied by Mrs.
Gilchrist, about half a mile from Stamford. While a man
was ploughing in a field near to the farmhouse the plough
share struck against a large stone, some three or four Mae::
only below the surface. This proved to be the lid of r.
massive stone coffin, buried immediately under a footpath
leading across the farm from Stamford to the village of
Tinwell. With the assistance of a number of men and two
horses, the coffin, weighing about two tons, was re-
moved, and its contents were examined by Dr. Newman,
who found them to consist chiefly of human bones in a
fragmentary state, apparently those of a tall man and a
woman. Some of the teeth were in a perfect state of
preservation. One bone was identified as the leg-bone of
a large dog. It is conjectured that the human remain
were those of a Roman chieftain and his wife, and that a
favourite dog had been buried with them. In addition to
the bones, fragments of a jar were found in the coffin, and
also a small piece of glass, which seemed to have formed
part of a lachrymatory, or tear vessel. During the work
of excavation some bones were discovered belonging to a
third body, which had been buried in the ground on the
north side of and close to the LtoneicofEn.