The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-28 00:00:00

THAMES.

'EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OE---ITO;RERY AND CEHL. Cow.—Mr.
Robert Augustus Barnett, surgeon, was brought before Mr. Bal.
lantinc. charged with felony.

Mr. Pelham appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine, jun.,
the barrister, and Mr. Furl]ley, a solicitor, lbr the defence.
The case excited great interest. The prisoner, a tall well-dressed
man, of gentlemanly appearance and good address, is the son of Dr.
Barnett, of Fore-street, Lhuehouse, and his brother, Mr. Adolphus
Barnett, is the registrar of births, deaths, and marriages, and keeps
the Post-otlice receiving house and Money-order office, in Three
Colt-street, Limehouse, where the prisoner, who has been some time
sought after, was apprehended on Saturday night.
Mr. Pelham said the prosecutor in this case was Mr. Arthur Ather-
ley Newman, a retired saddler, now living in Nelson-street, Com-
mercial-road, and he charged the prisoner not only with robbing him
of his property, but robbing him of his wife.
The MAGISTRATE said he was not Ina condition to try a case of
crim. con.

Mr. Pelham was aware of that. He meant to confine himself to
the charge of stealing the prosecutor's goods. Mr. Newman was re-
siding in Bower-street, Commercial-road, in December last ; he had
been married to his wife several years, and she had borne him three
children. Mrs. Newman was confined with her third child in the
second or third week of November last, and in consequence of the
want of aceommodation in the house, Mr. Newman was obliged to
take lodgings at the Angel, in Fenchurch-street, during his wife's
confinement. The prisoner, who had been on intimate terms with
Mr. Newman, took advantage of his friend's absence from home, and
seduced his wife, whom he prevailed on to leave ter home. and take
her goods with her. He was instructed that the prisoner had stolen
the goods as well as the wife.

The MAGISTRATE—I don't know which is the greater loss of the
two. How do you shape your charge? Mr. Pelham—Why, Sir,
think I can prove the prisoner pawned and sold some of the prose-
cutor's property. Mr. Barnett absconded with the wife on the 16th
of last December, just a month after the birth of her child. The
prosecutor was unable to meet witk the prisoner till late on Saturday,
having traced him from place to place, when he gave him in charge.
If these two persons were living in adultery, and he took her away
and the furniture also, I apprehend that would be a felony on tho
part of the prisoner. There is the case of Tolfree.

- Mr. Itallantine, jun.—The late case of Rosenberg has over-ruled
that. There is no case of felony at all.
The MAGISTRATE—I will hear the witnesses at any rate.
lir. Newman, who appeared ranch affected, was then sworn, and
he stated that he occupied two rooms at the house, No. 25, Bower-
street, where his wife was confined, and he gave one of them up to
a fermate servant, and hired lodgings at the Angel. After his wife
had been confined a mouth she complained of the weak state of her
health, and expressed a wish to go into the country and visit her
father. lie gave her permission to do so, and she left home as he
thought for that purpose. Three days afterwards he wrote to her
father to ascertain if she had arrived safe, and was thunderstruck at
the reply he received, that she had not visited her father at all. On
going home he found the place stripped of all the furniture. and ascer-
tained that the prisoner had eloped with his wife. He subsequently
traced his ilirniture to Shepperton Cottages, Islington, to which
place the prisoner had first removed Mrs. Newman, afterwards to
the house of a person named Erick, in Cambridge-heath, Hackney-
road, to Marlborough-place, East Greenwich, and lastly to 'Upper
York-street, Itotherhithe.

The M&clsm&TE—What was their object in moving from place to
place ? Mr. Newman said it was done to prevent him recovering his
furniture. He had ascertained that his wife r awned a pianoforte,
and that the prisoner had pive.ted a bolster and a blanket belonging
to him.

Charlotte ',adding, a young woman, said she was servant to the
prosecutor in November and December last, and recollected the
visits of the prisoner to her mistress during her confinement.' The
witness, who seemed to treat the affair with much levity, and ap-
peared anxious to screen the prisoner, entered into a detail of the
intrigues of her mistress and Barnett, which created much disgust.
She said her master did not sleep at home, in consequence of the want
of accommodation, and that she assisted her mistress in packing up
the furniture and valuables. The prisoner lent a hand in packing
the goods, which were removed in vans, after sunset. She recol-
lected a buskenct being Wien away one Saturday morning by Mr.
Bartlett. Mrs. Newman lea home at ten o'clock the same morning,
and the linen went with her. Witness accompanied one van full of
goods to Erick's house. It left the house in Bower-street while Mr.
Barnett was in bed.

Mr. Ballantine, jun.—The buskenet is a small cradle, and was
necessary fur the intlint, was It not ? Witness—Yes, it was, Sir.
In further examination the witness said she obliterated the Initials
and marks on the linen by Mrs. Newman's orders, when her husband
was t seertaiued to be in pursuit of her. She did not hear Mr. Barnett
give orders for the removal of anythin7. Mr. Barnett wishel Mrs.
Newman to leave the furniture, but she said " No, if you take me
you must take the furniture ; I won't g* alone."

The MAGISTRATE said it was impossible to carry this Case any
further. The charge of felony could not be sustained, and the pri-
soner must be discharged. If the prosecutor could obtain any
further evidence, he could go before the trend jury and Indict this
fellow.

Mr. Pelham—My client I as lost the whole of his property.
The MAGISTRATE—That is the greatest loss—much greater than
the loss of such a woman as his wife.
The prisoner was then liberated, and was immediately joined by
theee prosecutor'smedtoan impudent little woman, who laughed, and
it amusement from the proceedings.
seemed
eri, derive merit
KINGSTON.

A labouring man, named Robert Hook, appeared before Sir Richard
Frederick and Messrs. Weeding and Sharpe, to answer an informa-
tion laid against him by one of the gamekeepers of his Majesty the
King of the Belgians, charging him with having trespassed upon the
preserves of his Majesty at Claremont, in pursuit of game.
Smithers, the complainant, deposed that he was in the service of
his Majesty the King of the Belgians, and was employed with others
to protect the preserves tbr game. As he was going his rounds, on
the day mentioned in the information, he found a hare caught in a
snare, and having communicated the fact to the head keeper, he and
other men were directed to watch for the person who m:ght come to
take it away. They did so accordingly, and about the middle of the
day defendant was seen to walk towards the spot, looking very cau-
tiously about him, and he then went towards the spot where the
snare was, and in a short time came back again, upon which they
stopped him, and found the hare in his pocket.
Sir RICHARD FREDERICK asked the defendant what answer he had
to make to the statement of the keeper?
The defendant replied that he admitted he had the hare; but he
denied all knowledge of the snare being placed in the preserve. lle
was going aceigentally through the wood, when he saw the hare
caught, and he thought it was no harm to pick it up.
The MAGISTRATES inquired if the defendant was known, and what
character he bore ?

The keeper said he was a notorious poacher, and had several times
been convicted of similar offences.

The Beach convicted the defendant, and adjudged him to pay a
fine of 405., and 13s. costa, and in default to be committed to King-
ston gaol for one month.

OPPOSITION TO THE FAItRINGDON-STREET TER..
MlNl.—Yesterday, in consequence of it having become known to the
inhabitant householders in Farringdon-street and the locality (whose
houses will have to be removed for the line to be formed by the
Direct London and Manchester Railway, and for the terminus to be
constructed in Farringdon-market, and between that spot and Harp-
alley), that the Committee to which a plan had been referred by a
Court of Common Council would report in its favour, a petition in
opposition obtained numerous signatures, to be presented to the Court
at its next meeting, when the subject of the adoption of the proposal
of the company to purchase the market will be taken into con-
sideration by that body. The petitioners set forth that a great
sacrifice of property would be the consequence of the removal of
such a large number of houses as will be required for the com-
pany's premises, while the most serious injury would be inflicted on
tradesmen who would be compelled to leave; and they suggest the
propriety of allowing the site of SmithAeld-market to be substituted,
which they allege contains a sufficient area for the termini and
warehouses that would be required by the various companies who
have applied for stations in Farringdon-street. They also state in
their petition that there are numerous streets leading into Smith-
field which could he made available for traffic at a small expense,
and that in making the alteration necessary for the termini in Far-
ringdou-street, an immense outlay of money will be necessary. Some
of the Common Councilmen of the ward have been applied:to:upon tho
subject, and they hive promised to take the subject into their con-
sideration.

Within the last fortnight several Government offi-
cials have been examining the state of the ramparts and other Oe-
fences of Berwick. It is known that Government have in contem-
plation some extensive plan for the improvement of the means of de-
fence of our coasts, in the view of hostilities breaking out with the
United States, in consequence of the grasping aggressions of that
power, and its infringement of our territorial rights on the North
American continent. It is not improbable, therefore, that at no dis-
tant date, the fortifications of Berwick may be put into a state of
efficiency, the batteries mounted with cannon, and sufficient force of
military lodged in the barracks .o repel temporarily.the attack of an
enemy.—Bearkk Warder.
FIRE AT SUNNING-HILL VICARAGE, NEAR WINDSOR
GREAT PARK .—WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENlNG.—Considerable alarm
was created in Windsor this afternoon by the arrival of a messenger,
on horseback, from the Rev. A. M. Wale, of Sunning-hill Vicarage,
with the news that the Vicarage-house was on fire, and that it was
feared the whole building would fall a prey to the flames. No time
was lost in having post-horses attached to the borough engine, and
sent off to the Vicarage. The Castle engine, and also the engine
belonging to the brewery of Nevile Reid and Co., were also forwarded
without the least delay. Fortunately, however, before their arrival
at Sunning-hill the fire, which was occasioned by the ignition of the
soot in a flue, and which had consumed some portion of the dwelling-
house, had been very considerably got under by the exertions of the
work-people in the neighbourhood. Had the fire extended, it was
feared that the safety of the church, which nearly adjoins the house
of the Rev. Mr. Wale,2 would have been placed in the most immi-
nent danger.
CHATHAM, OCT. 26.—BURIAL OF SERGEANT-MAJOR
HENRY PARKER, OF THE PROVISIONAL BATTALION.—This non.com-
missioned officer, whose death caused considerable sensation through-
out this garrison, was interred with unusual military honours on
Sunday afternoon, the 26th inst. in the new burial ground at Chat-
ham, in the presence of 2,000 spectators. The widow and several of
the non-commissioned officers' wives in deep mourning followed the
corpse, walking two abreast, then came upwards of 100 men of the
Provisional Battalion four abreast, the procession closing with about
200 sergeants and sergeant-majors of the Provisional Battalion, the
Royal Engineers, the Royal Marines, and the 65th Regiment; the
whole being in charge of Captain P. Smyley, 99th, and Adjutant
Robert Carey. 40th ; so marked a respect for a deceased comrade was
never before witnessed in this garrison.
OPENING OF LINCOLNS-INN HALL BY HER MA-
JESTY.— On Thursday next Lincoln's-inn will be closed by order of
the benchers to all persons, except to such as have professional busi-
ness to transact within the inn.

FORTIFYING HER MAJESTY'S DOCK-YARD AT WOOL-
wicn.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have at length
determined that Woolwich Dock-yard, the first naval and most
ancient port in Europe, shall be immediately placed in a state of
fortification. A large number of guns will be mounted facing the
river, and it is stated to be their lordships' intention to erect en the
Essex side of the Thames a similar battery of guns.
The Rev. John Peel, brother of Sir Robert Peel,
Bart., Canon of Canterbury, it is understood has accepted the
Deanery of Canterbury, vacant by the relinquishment of the Bishop
of Oxford, Dr. Begot, now Bishop of Bath and Wells.
Sir Robert Peel will "raise the first sod" of the
Trent Valley Railway on his own estate during the present week.
bTeheeil Robertilas
at Drayton Manor.
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BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,0001., la 80,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL cousin-rms.
no Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere
TII3 Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beaucierk, Chesham-place, Beigrave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
Fite Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
Tire Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
Ttsi Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freko, 3, Beigrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
e,•!-r James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
The Wbrshiplui the Mayor of Hull
C. S. Foster, Esq., High Sheriff of Staftbrdshire
G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf-
fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stonrbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire
iron trade
Thomas Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham
F.ederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
William Broackes, Esq., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commens, London
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq.' Erdington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Dowmnan, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Danbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore-house, Stafford
Joseph Gillott, Esq., Birmingham
Charles James Heath, Esq., London
James Peard Lcy, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitohaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William 'Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handswortb, Staffordshire, and
Croakhay Ironworks, West Bromwich
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director 'of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
P. IL Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Fr,ancis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
ltilliam Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Director of the Direct Birmingham and
• Leicester Railway
Fre:lerlck Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
sari Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham Railway
TT"nry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
T .ontas Thninins, Esq.. Wolverhampton
( ;.arles Augustus Walk. Esq., Totteridge-park, Huts
,aainel Walker, nog., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton. Director of
the South Staftfhtlehire Junction Railway
W!!llatn Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
• •!:1 Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the
• :rcat Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
, cry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
.'outitampton Railway
• 'in Breariey Payn, Esq., Birmingham
• nue! Kcxrick, Esq.. Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire
I• Bert Peascgood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the
gull and Holyhead Railway
!bans Ayre, sett., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and
:-.17 Railway
J•_.;oph Ayre, Esq., Hull
Wells, Esq., Hull
Wakefield Pins, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin-
coln Railway
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham
Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Clark, Req., Wolverhampton
James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
C. S. Cotterill, Eaq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
enjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Neve, Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
shire Janet Railway
Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton
,J,•lin Barker, Req., Chillington Ironworks, Wolverhampton, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton Railway
tlhristoplier Musgrave, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Birmingham
John Dixon, Iron Master. Wolverhampton
Charles Greatrex. Esq., Walsall, director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.
Remit. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgato-street, and De-
Ithay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CIIIEP—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEEE—W. H. Pardon, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Nottingham—Samuel Maples. Esq.
SECRETAIT—Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
Orricus—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London; and
33, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.

It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with*the least possible injury
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of to
existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of cemmunica-
Bon will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles In length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and.
Castle Donnlngton, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
the communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rsudertig complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of I
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a
4irect line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already enumerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted In favour of the
lice, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in
Pith anima .

g a considerable portion of the line of communication is already t
1 . e, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
meat national undertaking will be materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct cemmu-
rication between the lmaortant seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, cern, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham to Hull, the port at which the exports are shipped to Plant-
!,argh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
t mveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
southern, western; and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
ir,areholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
r,,ttil the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
tetbscription.
The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
Fr cent. front the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the lines.
No applications will be attended to without a reference to a
member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, of which due notice will be given ; and tile deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will befors
lei led.
Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may be
kad of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
vie.:—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ;
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and
Ilarri;on, 15, Threadeeedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorns and Son,
2, Old llroal-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williarria,"and Messrs. Bradley, For& and Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son. Liverpool ; Messrs. Itlilsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ;
Messrs. Earp and Soo, Derby ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.