The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

MAI?YLEBONE.

MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY OF PLATE.—Yesterday
John Simms, driver of the cab N 0.1,190, was charged
with having stolen a considerable quantity of silver
plate, the property of Captain T. Cullen, who, a short
time ago, arrived at Liverpool, in his vessel, from
Calcutta.

Robert Mayner, the captain's steward, deposed,
that on the previous night, about twelve o'clock, he
got into the prisoner's cab, at the Spread Eagle,
Gracechurch-street, and was driven to the terminus
of the London and Birmingham Railway, Euston-
square, where he alighted, and soon afterwards missed
a bundle, containing a great number of silver spoons,
forks, ladles, fish slices, &c., all of which he was about
to take down with him to Liverpool by the first train
in the morning, in order to deliver it to Capt. Cullen,
the owner. Soon after daybreak he met the prisoner,
and asked him if he knew anything respecting the
bundle, to which he replied that he did not. He was
then given in charge.
Henry Pierard stated that he saw the cab draw up
to the railway gate, and on prosecutor alighting wit-
ness asked him if he was looking for a lodging, and
witness walked with him to Lamb's Hotel, Drum-
mond-street, taking with him a box, which had been
handed to him from the top of the vehicle to carry.
There was a dispute respecting the fare, and prisoner
followed the prosecutor to the hotel, leaving the cab
door open. He (prisoner) had previously put his
head into the cab to see if there was any more lug-
gage, and said there was not, to which prosecutor
made no observation whatever.

The prisoner denied the robbery, and said that if
any parcel had been left inside the cab, which he did
not believe, it must have been taken away by some
one during the time he was absent while endeavour-
ing to get from the prosecutor his proper fare.
The prisoner was given to understand that he
would not be committed to prison if he could procure
good bail for his being forthcoming on Thursday next.

FREE TRADE MEETING AT
HACKNEY.

A numerously attended and most respectably com-
posed district meeting was held last night, in the
Assembly Room of the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney,
for the purpose of advocating the principles of free
trade, and aiding the National Anti-Corn-law League
in carrying out those principles. There were many
ladies present.

George Offer, Esq., was unanimously called to the
chair, in which he was supported on the one side
by the Rev. Dr. Carlisle, and on the other by Dr.
Oxley, &c.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the
meeting, expressed himself warmly in favour of the
great object for which it was convened, and congra-
tulated the country on the progress which free trade
principles were daily making in the public mind. He
then passed a high eulogium on the talents and elo-
quence of Mr. George Thompson, and concluded by
introducing that gentleman to the meeting.
Mr. G. THOMPSON addressed the meeting at some
length, in his usually effective manner; and at the
conclusion of his speech received enthusiastic and
long-continued applause.
The Rev. Dr. CARLISLE, before moving the first re-
solution, proceeded to read a letter which he had re-
ceived from the Rev. and venerable Dr. John Pye
Smith, in which the Rev. Doctor, after an expression
of regret at his inability to attend, owing to deafness,
proceeded to remark—" In particular I ardently wish
that all religious and faithful persons would pay
serious attention to the abundant demonstration of not
merely the impolicy and mischief of the corn-laws
and their alliances (and whatever is impolitic and in-
jurious must be sinful), but that those laws which are
framed to enhance the price of provisions, and to dimi-
nish the means of obtaining them, are wicked and im-
pious in a very high degree."
The Rev. Gentleman then moved the following re-
solution .—" That in the opinion of this meeting, the
Parliamentary franchise is an element of political
power which every citizen should seek, by all lawful
and proper means, to possess ; that on this ground
they have learned with high satisfaction, that the
Council of the League has directed its attention to the
extension of the franchise, by the enlargement of the
county constituency of thiscountry ; a measure which
in several of the northern counties has been crowned
with signal success. And believing this plan of
action to be in harmony with the spirit of British
law, this meeting would express their determination
to co-operate with the League by endeavouring to
extend the constituency of the important county of
Middlesex."

Dr. OXLEY seconded the resolution, which was
passed unanimously.
A vote of thanks was then moved to Mr. George
Thompson, " for his able exposition of the principles
which should regulate the commerce of this and every
other nation," &c.

Mr. FRANCIS COOPER seconded the resolution ;
which was passed unanimously, and amid loud cheers,
the ladies holding up their hands in favour of it.
Mr. THOMPSON acknowledged the compliment, and
concluded by moving the thanks of the meeting to
the Chairman, which was seconded by Mr. DUNN, of
Kingslar.d, and carried unanimously.
The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr.
Toms, and by Mr. GREEN, of the Grove, Hackney, in
advocacy of an extension of the franchise: future
meetings in the district were announced, and the
business of the evening terminated in an orderly and
satisfactory manner.

SCENE IN THE DUNLOP-STREET THEATRE.—Lait
night, during the performance of the play of Julius
Cesar, whilst Mr. Alexander, as Caius Cassius, and Mr.
Paumier, in the character of Marcus Brutus, were engaged
in one of the most interesting acts of the piece, a scene took
place between Mr. Alexander and an unmannerly fellow
who had got admitted to the boxes, which, for a time,
completely stopped the play, and afterwards produced an
exhibition of histrionic gallantry on the part of Mr. Pau-
mier which we have rarely seen equalled. It commenced
with the gentleman in the boxes, who was apparently half
intoxicated, laughing heartily at some part of Mr. Alex-
ander's performance, when the manager, conceiving him-
self insulted, made a full passe, and looked straight in
the direction from which the annoyance proceeded.
Mr. Alexander at this time, however, went on with
his part, but in a few seconds afterwards, being again
interrupted by the grins and laughter of the persons in
the boxes, he stopped the piece, and addressing the
offending culprit, who was the more readily recog-
nized, as the house in that quarter was not over
crowded, called upon him to pay more respect to
good manners and the feelings of the audience, who
could not in this way have their night's entertainment
spoiled by the disgraceful conduct of a puppy. For
himself, he might say he conceived that he was
competent to the part he was engaged in, and if the
fellow in the boxes, whom he now pointed out, continued
the system of annoyance, he would feel called upon per-
sonally to turn him out. This address was received with
cheers by the audience, and shouts of "Go on," "Never
mind him," " He's not laughing at you," &c. ; indeed,
it was evident that the people did not seem to feel
so much annoyed with the conduct of the person in
question as the manager himself. The piece was
again proceeded with, but the grinning interruption
from the boxes seemed to be continued as before,
when Mr. Paumier, as Brutus, who had before stood
indifferent to the colloquy of the manager with the gen-
tleman in the boxes, made a full stop, and declaring that
he could not stand this any longer, rushed from the
stage, mounted over the railing to the box where the
giggling gentleman sat, and, amidst cheering and cla-
mour, assisted forcibly to turn the offender to the door.
After this display of cool Roman courage and ability,
the " noblest Roman of them all " returned to the stage,
and amidst the plaudits of the audience, resumed his
address.— Glasgow Chronick.
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ACCIDENT AT HYDE-PARS-CORNER.—Yesterday
morning, an accident occurred to one of the troop of
the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, stationed at Knights-
bridge Barracks. A detachment was proceeding from
Knightsbridge for the purpose of mounting the Queen's
guard, when, on proceeding through the gateway load,
ing into the Green Park, two abreast, the hoz.° of one
of the privates was upset, in consequenec of the plug
used for fastening the gate at the bottom having been
negligently left open. awing to his good horsemmashi-„
the rider escaped unhurt; not so the, poor animalone
of whose legs was broken,
~,-41c1 4"; .eady or gentleman,
not so experienced as the T.l,e Guardsman, ridden through
the Ptew" under similar circumstances, the result
wost undoubtedly would have been serious. The horse
was shortly afterwards destroyed by the regimental
farrier.
Sir Thomas and Lady Turton have left town for
the Continent, on their way to India.

CHARGE OF MURDER. b
Last evening, a few minutes before five o'cb:''
when Mr. Norton was about to leave the
Thomas Jones, a middle-aged man, and 134,
carpenter, was brought before him at Lambeth
,1
court, in custody of Mr. Brooke, beadle 511" "'"d
relieving officer of St. Mary, Newington, an
constables of the P division of police.
Brooke, the beadle, said that being informeab
medical gentleman who attended Margaret, tb!
of the prisoner, that she had died from the efr,
injuries which had been inflicted on her, be te
be his duty to give him into custody. 1, del
The first witness called was Mary Daily, w..°
that she resided for some time past in the Sallie
with the prisoner and his wife, in Pott's.courtf,
Kent-road. They were both much addicted toe
and used frequently to quarrel. On Saturdsi..'
last they both returned home much the lin
liquor. After she (witness) was gone to 7
heard them abuse each other very much, ILne
made use of the most dreadful and filthy 13%
Soon after she heard deceased fling somethings
prisoner, when the latter exclaimed, ``Ob, that!,
you are after, is it ?" and then struck her
blow. The deceased cried out murder s3verl,,,
and left the room. Witness got up, and finul
wife sitting in the passage, she persuaded befo
back to her room. On the following norri,.;fil
saw the deceased again, and she then coteM.
being violently struck in the eye, and one ofd
was frightfully swollen and black. Her huellll.o
for two leeches, and applied them to his wldad
and nothing particular occurred on the Sun.&
tween the parties, but the wife lost a con lee
quantity of blood by the application of the be,
She (witness) saw the prisoner's wife in
Monday, about eleven o'clock, when she co:15
of the ill-usage of her husband, but said s, 110,
she would be able to go to her work on the li
day. On Monday night she (witness) wente he
see Mrs. Jones, and the prisoner on seeing ho
his wife was in a very bad state. On apPlyse.
bd
bed, she saw Mrs. Jones huddled up likeb;
rags, and upon asking her how she was, is.
oe
replied that she was very bad. She was subs s
attended by Mr. Budy, the parish sure dio
gentleman belonging to the dispensary, °Plias
that morning, about five o'clock. In reefsbe
questions of the Magistrate, the witness stale
heard that the prisoner and the deceased had
ference on the Monday afternoon, but she
aware of the fact of her own knowledge. t
ceased used to work with her (witness) sinrise
dress's, and was the principal support of tbee64.
who was seldom in work, and who was alwl/Y
drunk on his wife's hard earnings. 1, 01'14
Two other witnesses fully corroborated ti•ettbs I
of Mrs. Daly, and one of them added, tbsbc,
soner on one occasion stood over his wifei.;.Whoall
bed at the time, with an open razor in "'
threatened to cut her throat.
Brooke, the beadle, in reply to Mr. 5,.e,,,rrt
that he had apprised the Coroner of the cusiie
death of the deceased, but he did not think,,%ch ti!
could be holden before Monday, before Wihe erti
post mortem examination of the body woolia bils
Mr. Norton, addressing the prisoner,. to chstec,
the charge against him was one of a serious tee,
and that he, therefore, felt it to be his dull be/j
him, that any thing he might say Wilat
down, and might be used against hills borF
place ; but if he had anything to say to the I
was the time. of /f.p
The prisoner said he was not all Ora 01°Pr
took place on Saturday night until Stolle ses:oo
when he found her eye very black, al% fief
leeches to relieve it, and could only 09 P" 0
for what had happened. Mme°
f er
He was remanded for a week, to give
Coroner's inquest.

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—2"i„,„ine asiade,
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On N V '''''- .„St 5, if
noon, about three o'clock, a very distresslt7 Da..grf
accident took place in North Hanover-0100V
limn Walker Bishop, painter, India-PlaD,e',,iyeq
ployed to paint the front of Sir John .'""'es 'CJ
and had got a plank laid across two 1%01
tie
windows, upon which a ladder was placeu'k olf4
Bruce, one of his men, mounted it to 011.00 ir
of their operations, while his master stoeuthot tOorri4
to keep the ladder steady. It appears f the° ..1
had been placed with one edge outside o
te4o;:i
and on Mr. Bishop stepping aside it eaD Oar
both master and man from a height of ails I
the front area. They were both lifted iby 2;
el/
mangled state, and carried on stretcher, 0170
stables to the Royal Infirmary, where ffilog od
survived about an hour and a half, blialfebt4
quarter to five o'clock. Bruce, who Was .00 i 1
in the spine, besides having both his legsoadi, 1
alive last night, but in a very dangeOustbs i
little hope is entertained of his surviving 4
Caledonian Mercury.
,:.„0.11.16A
SHIPS' STORES.—It was a short L-- 4w.-4/1
by the Customs' authorities that surPinsne-fW I
allowed to remain in the warehouse for oiber#
future use of the ship, must be cleared t°l.ooor6,
or for the use of the same master in &In. 0,1/
for the use of another vessel belonginecbroll !‘
owner, and that the delivery could 0;100
ve,
these conditions being complied with---' rtg° ito,,
templating the removal of stores frotnl; Ar
general purposes, in the same manner. 0 firei
It has recently been decided, appliea,tl°4l7o
made to that effect, that surplus ships 00,. jii
bonded under the warehousing regulago
00W fr
e,
ing no legal objection to that being dope.„ drij
of the goods will be allowed in the .stnas24 i,
the case of merchandise bonded in the Ili .71
is of considerable importance to the 0$
and will go far to counteract the aPeetbe , )offis
impracticability of a compliance with - ' °
Or
ferred to.
2.4. 0100°4 1
THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ,0 7/
THEATRE.—Yesterday Mr. Carter beld
Lbe dO,
Windmill, High-street, Lambeth, °llionert,ao", i
Liam Blake, aged fifty-eight, a Pons:Teill_,§F Tit
merary at the above theatre. Par"— DaDoe fd I
appeared in The Sun of 'Thursday' 0 01,4, 4
Clown at Astley's, and the alleged Coed P;f10
was present. Three witnesses, na, t*eboeeei
and Brown, supernumeraries at Astlfult A
which completely exculpated Mr' ere Of"i
stated that on Monday night the) le Ihteeptik
pantomime of Johnny Gilpin, and rcit Oope ory
scene they had to fall over a c°'
,e AO,/
height of about a foot across the stab jc P- ti 4
bac Otior )
cord or rope was fastened to a, 090 f Atrf
Barry held the other end. The li4"11,-jar,101j$1'
fell over the cord at the same time, %is '' -0,-4
tively that Mr. Barry did a elev,doo! tild f
n 1 ~ia%
usual. Charlotte Blake, deceased cot00:0.101/
brought home from the theatre, ab°;-resta7o
day, looking like a corpse, and illeu ' 06
He said he had received a severe 'tide; Jr,
Barr) had done for him; this 11'0,1-0 P',...., ft!,
brought home. Afterwards he saLlegswOt yr
the rope suddenly, and pulled el, ,t, tblif.,,, 10
He told me, on Friday morning loot,
14,
ceived an injury across the legs, 013 oclssl,lt
did it. I looked at one of his legs, $ pa cillt
tid tielye
was stripped off. My husband h 0
oy
the last five years. Mr. Jeffrcr, ald 000f0 I'
street, who attended deceased, 'II 0105,1' Itiil
him he had received a fall, which "ivitiolll ~g,ig
by Mr. Barry. Deceased died 000017;6
ness could not tell the cause of tole, I I
the body internally. Inquiry DurjoalD' jog i
on Monday, for the purpose of )
examination. A cerioond Pt 47
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--A- --- cogw-.no, /0 i
on Thursday morning on the New, ogalof' rorf
Railway, near to the Fence- i 0 re' 311
that workmen had been employe t 00004
009,
of the lines which they had D„. bar itfi
operations it is usual to displace :1s o°' Treocjay t
porarily to allow the trains to P° to. 11/
a
cause any interruption of atr
le tie onto /
nine o'clock train from Newel's...," .i by 00 OP° //
of the line, was thrown off the 17he ea, oil
rising up at one end as soon as ' prOreopo
It pierced one of the carriages, loge° ;
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and nearly struck one of the paSS Wad rdro,
wheels were thrown off the line
distance before it could be atcr,io uotj pfr
life ''' J/d
was so much injured that his Do ,tool'm
injury was not repaired when ,house °lot
Newcastle reached the Fence'sl cola 00'
Ivo
Lion was taken to stop it befor.4 0'
ei
the accident had occurred. The'''. 5.00.
detained nenrly two hours.
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THE LOST PUESE F°43,00 or' x
d
charged yesterday at the -' of his 0 /,
robbing the master of a shiPiainalliVoalo i
twelve sovereigns. The coal and 0 0,, Ohl
been drinking with the girl se igl Po? ,i
police in a house of ill-fauld 0000 0 0
drunkenness. Ile then charg:oberetdlioLl 0 Iso,l
robbed him, but he gave 5° to vierepreKool
adventures, that the prisone' no 1/_%ollidt
afterwards the purse and 03nd eooW.;,lie
his boots. The girls claiine
s, nabll
paired with them to the noire !,,t.r.
ohance of being robbed in ret4l' i

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Boos. ig.
On the 22d inst., at Sidmouth,..d )ii 40, i
On the 22d inst, at Chelinsf°'-' Ofr 7
daughter. -,... 1)°/ 11 ,1
On the 22d inst., at the parsooll6.7 .000" iS'
the Rev. Arthur ' °I $ 5°13../ p'Y Dif
Brooking, f 30.. , ,4
On the 22d inst., t' wife ° 11"
street, of twin sons. "e
gn Are,
On the 23d inst.at Gordon. '-'ll Ole
Esq., ofa enp '' lll6rP!''
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11141i1r,i; Chgcbeite)iljoi
On the 21st inst., at 1-leo';;',,gs, -, -1;94.,
W. Gabb, Esq , of Charlton gloom
Youngest daughter of Jones '''' jjer,,r
llouse, llendon. liiiiiP°
0.1,0,f)100.,,8eijes P jr
On the 18th inst., at fladle cou'' oft" (
Page, Esq., a magistrate for
IPCs' 40.1
Hertford. caleacgdirP rotlij
On the 20th inst., at
wife of James Dean, Esq. „ en-stre°4
On the 22d inst., at wile
Standley, aged 23.

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