The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-11 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)

Ivanhoff Kantrowitz, sen., and Ivanhoff Kantrow:itz,
jun., who give concerts at Crosby-hall and other places,
under the name of the Polish family, charged Mr.
Woo?fand, a respectable tradaman, living in Old North-
street, Red Lion-square, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Pullen,
broker, with assaulting them.
Solicitors appeared on both sides. The complaint was
simply this :—That they having taken lodgings at Mr.
Woolfond's house, were forcibly expelled from their
apartment by Messrs. Woolfond and Pullen. The as-
sault was not a serious one. The complainants were
dressed in singular costume, and an interpreter was re-
quired, in order to translate the Polish language to the
Magistrate.

The defence set up by the defendants was, that the
younger Kantrowitz and his brother had taken an apart-
ment several months ago, but, as they were 51. in debt
for rent, Mr. Woolfund ejected them ; they were forcibly
expelled, the door locked, and the key given up in the
usual manner. The complainants again took possession
of the room, and it was contended, even if Mr. Wool-
fond and Mr. Pullen had by force expelled them from
the room, they were justified in doing so, as they had
been already legally ejected. The bed had been removed
from the complainants' room, and they brought in a
bundle of straw, on which they lay, refusing either to
give up possession or pay their rent.
Mr. COMBE bound over the defendants to answer the
charge at the sessions.

THE LATE BANK OF ENGLAND
ROBBERY.

FINAL EXAMINATION OF BURGESS AT

THE MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY).
Long before the hour
_tippointed for the re-examina-
tion of the Bank clerk, Win. Burgess, the various ap-
proaches to the Mansion-house were crowded by re-
spectably dressed persons, who appeared eager to obtain
admission to the justice-room. In the immediate vici-
nity of the Mansion-house, there were many persons
anxious to obtain a sight of the prisoner, but in this they
were in a measure disappointed, as he was conveyed to
the Mansion-house some time before the hour at which
it was stated he would be brought up before the Lord
Mayor. The justice-room was not inconveniently
crowded, and the reporters were, as on the last occa-
sion, accommodated with seats below the bar.

The Lord Mayor entered and took his seat at twelve
o'clock precisely, and after the disposal of three cases
the prisoner was placed at the bar in the custody of John
Forrester, charged with having fraudulently cbtained the
transfer of 8,2001., which stood in the name of William
Oxenford, Esq., in the Bank of England in the Three per
Cent. Consolidated Annuities.

Mr. L C. Salomons appeared for the prisoner ; Mr •
Weir, from the office of the Bank solicitors (Messrs.
Freshfield and Co. ), attended to conduct the prosecution.
Burgess looked more concerned than during his ex-
amination before the Lord Mayor on Wednesday last.
He appeared to be suffering considerable pain in his left
leg, and was accommodated with a seat, as he was al-
most unable to stand. It appeared that he caught a se.
vere cold whilst endeavouring to escape from the officers
who pursued him from the hotel in Boston to Brewster's
Island, nearly eleven miles distant, and that it settled
into a severe attack of rheumatism.

The first witness examined was Mr. C. C. Lawrence,
cashier in Messrs. Lubbock and Co.'s bank, who stated
that at about twenty minutes to two o'clock on Tuesday
the 3d of September, the cheque now produced was of-
fered to me for payment. It was for 8,000/., and was
drawn on the bank of Charles Keazer, a gentleman of
considerable property, who keeps his account at Messrs.
Lubbock's. The cheque was presented by a shorter per-
son than the prisoner, but he (the prisoner) accompanied
him. On inquiring the name of the person who pre-
sented it, they gave that of William Oxenford. I wrote it
on a piece of waste paper. I asked them how they would
have it, and the person who accompanied the prisoner
said, " All, or part in gold." I answered, that if they
wanted it in gold they had better get it at the Bank,
adding, that I would pay the cheque in notes. To this
they assented, and I handed the notes to the prisoner's
companion. The notes produced are those I gave him.
Cross-examined by Mr. Salomon—Mr. Keazer is in
the habit of drawing large amounts from the banking-
house, much larger in amount than 8,0001. He keeps a
very large account. I did not get the prisoner's friend to
write his name on the back of the cheqne. I had no
suspicion that there was anything incorrect, and consi-
dered that it came fairly into their possession. Mr.
Keazer does a great deal of business on the Stock Ex-
change.

MI Thomas Agar, a teller in the Bank of England,
wag next examined--On the 3d of September, a person
unknown presented notes to the amount of 8,200/. to
me for payment. My principal, Mr. Dean, directed me
to pay the money. As we were out of cash in our de-
partment, I made an order on another department of the
Bank for 10,0001. in gold • 8,000/. was paid to that per-
son, and the rest he handed to me. This person pro-
duced two canvas bags and a carpet bag. The gold was
emptied into the canvas bags, and they were put into
the carpet bag. The prisoner was not present. The
person endeavoured to carry the bag, but did so with
difficulty. I remarked that it was heavier than
ho thought. I offered him the service of two
porters to carry it to the door of the Bank. He ac-
cepted their services, and they left him at the entrance.
Cross-examined—l did not get the person to write his
name on the back of the notes.
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Mr. Salomon then proceeded to address the Lord
Mayor on the part of the prisoner. He presumed his
Lordship had been informed under what Act of Par-
liament the prisoner had been brought before him. In
his opinion the charge against him could not be main-
tained. He begged his Lordship to bear:in mind that
the prisoner did not go to the Bank of England to receive
the money, but that the other person went there and re-
ceived it. He contended that the prisoner was not the
person who represented Mr. Oxenford. It was true he
was present at the time, but he submitted that he did
no more than any stockbroker would have done. The
Act of Parliament was somewhat ambiguous as to the
punishment of persons fraudulently identifying persons
transferring stock. He had no intention of defrauding
the Bank of England when he identified the person
Vernon as Joseph Elder. Was it not probable that the
prisoner—a young man of five-and-twenty—might have
been made the dupe of a man about town, and a no-
torious horse dealer, as Elder was ? He admitted that
the prisoner had acted with great imprudence
Burgess had received an excellent education, and had
obtained the appointment which he held in the Bank
through the instrumentality of one of its present Direc-
tors. After addressing the Lord Mayor at much greater
length in behalf of the prisoner, he concluded by sub-
mitting to his Lordship that there was not sufficient evi-
dence to justify his Lordship in committing him for trial.
The LORD MAYOR said he was quite warranted in
committing the prisoner for trial on the evidence which
had been adduced before him.

11r. Salomon said he could give very cogent reasons
why the prisoner absconded.

The LORD MAYOR—If he was innocent why did he
run away from justice? But he did not intend to make
any remarks on the case, which would be fully investi-
gated before another tribunal. Burgess, I shall commit
you for trial.

The prisoner, who hung down his head and cried bit-
terly during his solicitor's address, rose and bowed to his
Lordship.
The depositions were then read over, and the prisoner
was fully committed for trial, and walked from the bar
with difficulty.

FATAL ACCIDENT on the DOVER

RAILWAY.

This morning, about five o'clock, a most frightful and
fatal accident occurred on the Dover Railway, near the
Bricklayers' Arms station, Old Kent-road, by which one
man, named Thomas Buckley, an engine-driver, was'
killed on the spot, and William Wilkinson, the stoker,
received such extensive inittrte:, that his recovery is
utterly impossible. Several other persons Were also se-
verely injured and conveyed -to Guy's Hospital, where
they received every attention from Mr. gdward Cock,
the resident house-surgeon. It appears that shortly after
five o'clock this morning, the Dover luggage train ar-
rived at the above-named station in the Old Rent-road,
ilionediately afterwards the engine and tender ran off
on to another line, and before the driver had time to
stop the engine he found that the switchman bad
neglected to shift the rails, as was the usual cus-
tom. The consequence was, that the engine and
tender ran off the viaduct into the field adjoining
(a depth of 25 feet) with a most horrible crash.
Several persons connected with the railway station ran
to the spot, when a most heart-rending sight presented
itself to those who went to the rescue. The engine and
tender were completely smashed to pieces—Buckley was
lying quite dead several yards from the mutilated parts
of the engine and tender, and Wilkinson, the stoker,
was near him in an insensible state bleeding from a severe
fracture of the skull, he was also dreadfully scalded over
the whole of his person. Buckley was conveyed to a
shed in the neighbourhood as life was perfectly extinct.
Wilkinsoa was removed with a man named Cook, a
plate-layer engaged on the carne line, to the accident,
ward of Guy's Hospital, where the greatest attention was
paid to them by the house-surgeon, Mr. E. Cook, who
gave not the slightest hopes of Wilkinson, who lies in an ,