The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-15 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Mu.covado Sugar, for th,
week ending Aug. 12, 1845, is 345.:441. per cwt., exclusiv,
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im
portation thereof into Great Britain.

COURSE OF EXCH.2
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, al, sight l2 6
Kotterdain 2U. 12 8i
Antwerp 26 20
fiamburgh M.B. 13 15
Aitona — _

LNGE-('illS DAY.)
Gibraltar_ „.
GLe4-tioaorn .
5 95
Milan
Venice .....
Naples ....... ..... 40
ealsrrso, oz l2o*
Lisbon 534
Oporto
Rio Janeiro...... 23
Bahia
Buenos ivies
N ewYo, k .:.2dyssight
YRIUW., .1F nU LLION, PISR OZ.
Foreign bars..E.B 17 9
Portu6a: ',old Coin 3 17 5
New L'oubloons.... 0 0 0
New 0 4 9
Silver it! Cars , ti 4 11i

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 wonths 25 90
Marseilles
t;ourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 1224
Petersburgh, 3 Us..

Berlin

Vienna, elfec. fl. 3 M lO 3
Trieste, ditto
Aadnd 36i
Cadia

Barcelona

Seville

CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—The Right Hon. the Earl
of Haddington, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Vice-Admiral Sir
W. H. 'Gage, G.C., the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, with
Captain Brandreth, Director of Engineering and Architec-
tural Wm ks ; the Hon. Captain R. S. Dundas, Storekeeper
General; Mr. Loyd, the head engineer of works at Woolwich
Dockyard ; and Mr. Pease, private secretary to the Hon.
T. L. Corry, visited Chatham Dockyard on Tuesday, the 12th
inst. Their Lordship, on landing at the Queen's stairs, were
received by a guard of honour of the Royal Marines, consist..
it ,g of two sergeants and 50 rank and file, under the com-
mand of Captain Finmore, with First Lieutenant Henry
Bremer and First Lieutenant A. Ramsay, who bore the
Queen's colours. The band of the Royal Marines, on their
Lordships passing, played "Rule Britannia." Their Lord-
ships were received by the Captain-Superintendent, Captain
W. H. Shirreff, and other officials of the yard. The purport
of their visit was to inspect the store-houses, ropery, and
anchor wharf ; after which they inspected the ships building
and those in dock, and also the mast and boat-houses, and the
paddle-box boats built for the Retribution steam-frigate, now
in dock, which are beautifully made, being each 39 feet 9 inches
in length, and each capable of containing 250 persons. Their
Lordships, after further progress, proceeded to the saw mills,
when Professor Airey, of Greenwich, introduced his model
te ol
of a saw-machine for cutting timber in various shapes,
which it is understood their Lordships will give their ellen.
'ion. Their Lordship, alter inspecting the new metal mills
in course of completion ( the roof of which is of very
beantiful construction, made of iron), and inspecting the im-
provements now bein7., earried out by Mrssrs. Baker and Co.,
returned to the residence of the Captain Superintendent, where
they partook of a luncheon, and at hall-past 2 o'clock pro-
ceeded in the Admiralty barge on board the Janus steam
sloop, which vessel was cast off from the sheer hulk, and pro-
ceeded under steam down the river with their Lordships and
Captain Shirreff, followed by the Black Eagle Admiralty
steamer. The rate of the speed of the Janus was about three
miles an hour, the wheels revolving about five times in a
minute. On its arrival in Gillingham-reach their Lordships
i: ea y their
i b, Lordships rtd
oi
seemed to have had enough of the vess.l, for they left it, and
proceeded on Lo.trd the Black Eagle to Sheerness, at which
port
sAfhimniis•stridtui.enttieiold,n\,:atAdtyehl.i_evePrlo:d Port
etAo pdervmiei,j,ry eal's residence.
Btvie thr
to all the officers and servants of this railway,
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prohibitgr ieng mut itaai
ent,ienan
ann
and
ploymrrit of an engine at the back of any train, except under
special circumstances; and on inquiry recently made from one
end of the line to the other, the answer is that no such instance
has ever yet occurred.

Acecitling to a Vienna letter of the .sth inst., the
Emperor of Aestria has issued a Cabinet order that no new
grant for the for.ruation of railroads, within the empire, shall
be made to private companies until the year 1850. By this
period ail the railroads now in construction must be finished.
This determination will prevent capital from being absorbed in
these undertakings, and at the same time put a stop to the in-
orainate speculation in shares. In June last, the aggregate
number of passengers by. the Austrian railroads was 1,103,000,
being 87,000 more than in the corresponding month of last year.

THE ROBBERY BY CUSTOM-
I-10th'sE OFFICERS.
1 At the Thames Police-court yesterday the parties charged
with purloining five watches from a case in the West India
Dock, on the 23d of June, 1842, and Henry Osborne, for re-
ceiving the property, knowing it to be stolen, were brought
before Mr. Broderip, for final examination. The Court was
crowded to excess with persons connected with the Customs
department and the Dock Companies, and the knowledge that
other robberies of a similar description had been committed,
and that 1,000 sovereigns had been stolen from a box on its
way from a merchant's counting-house to the ship
Stag, bound to Calcutta, which must have been effected
by the connivance of some persons connected with the
Customs, gave additional interest to the proceedings.
Soon after twelve o'clock, Wiliam Stickland, the pro-
prietor of the Wheatsheaf public-house, in Anthony.
street, St. George's-in-the-East, who, at the time of the
robbery, was in the employ of the Crown as a Custom-house
officer, and Edward Lewis and William Bonham, Custom-house
weighers, together with Henry 0-borne, landlord of the large
public-house called the Crooked Billet, No. 1, King-street,
Tower-hill, were put to the bar, the three first charged with
stealing one gold and four silver watches, the property of
Nies •ra. Savory and Son. Cornhill, and Osborne with receiving
the property, knowing it to be stolen.
Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, and Mr. Watford. solicitor of
Customs, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown, and the following
legal gentleman were retained for the defence :—Mr. Wylde
(with Mr. Clarke, solicitor), for Stickland ; Mr. Pigott (with
Mr. Taylor), for Osborne • and Mr. Huddlestone (with Mr.
Williams), for Lewis and Osborne;
For the better understanding of the proceedings yesterday,
it may be necessary to give a short summary of the evidence
adduced on the part of the Crown on the last occasion. On
the 2.3 d of June, 1842, a case, containing clocks and watches,
was forwarded to No. 1 warehou e in the West India Dock for
expos tation, from Messrs. Savory's. The case was a duuble
one, the inner being of tin, soldered, and the outer of wood,
screwed down, and the watches were deposited under the clocks
in the inner case. It was opened in the shed, in the presence
of the prisoners Bonham, Lewis, and Stickland, and another
Custom-house weigher, named Henry Richard Turner (who
has been admitted as evidence for the Crown), for the purpose
of ascertaining the nature of the property. Two of Messrs.
Savory's clerks were present atthe examination, and when it had
concluded, the cases were again soldered and screwed down, and
left in charge of the Customs. Af. en. the departure of Messrs.
savory's cletks, it was stated that the prisoners Bonham,
Lewis, and Stickland, anti the accomplice Turner. broke open
the cases, purloined the watches, awl, after a fruitlesa attempt
to dispose of them to a Jew, named Moss, they were entrusted
to Stickland to sell, and he afterwards reported to his confede-
rates that he had obtained 201. for them, and gave each of them
51., reserving the same amount for himself. More than twelve
months elapsed before the robbery was discovered, when Messrs.
Savory received a communication from their correspondent in
the West Indies that the case had been plundered of the watches.
and that only the clocks had arrived. Messrs. Savory had to
make good the loss. Strict inquiries were made, anti a reward
of 501. was offered, but without success, and it was Rot until
lately that a clue was obtained to the thieves and the receiver.
On Friday last, Inspectnr l tsvnea, iv' the detective force, went
.o Osborne's house with a search warrant, an-,l in the course of
a long conversation he had svbh him, he admitted that he
bought five watches of a man he did not know, and whom
he never saw before about three years ago, when he
kept the Lamb in Lamb's Conduit-street, and delivered
to the inspector a gold watch with his wife's
initials engraved upon it, and a silver watch which bore his
own initials, and said he sold one of the watches to Mr. Yeo-
man, a job master, in Guildford-street, Russell-square, who
produced it at the last examination, and another to Mr. Taylor,
his solicitor, but he could not recollect what he had done
with the fifth. The two watches received from the prisoner,
and the one produced, were identified by Messrs. Savory's
clerks, and the numbers upon them tallied with the numbers
inserted in Messrs. Savory's books. It was not shown that
there was any connexion between Osborne and the Custom-
house officers, further than what was deposed to by the ac-
complice, who said that about the time of the robbery he heard
Stickland mention Osborne's name. It was also stated by
Ilaynes, that when he apprehended Stickland at the Wheat-
sheaf, he directed his wife to send for Mr. Osborne to look
after his cellars.
Yesterday Mr. Ballantine said he had further evidence to
show that Stickland, Bonham, Lewis, and Turner had access
to the shed and the case, and were employed in the West
India Dock on the day in question, June 23. 1842.
Mr. John Robinson, clerk to Mr. Savory, who was examined
on the last occasion, was again called, and proved that a packet
of watches for exportation were delivered by him to Mr. Faris,
another clerk, who saw the cases delivered in the West India
Dock.
Mr. Henry Webster, a watch and clock maker, stated that
en the 4th of September, 1842, Mr. Osborne brought him
two silver watches, and directed him to engrave upon one the
initials " H. 0." (the prisoner's own), and upon the other
'` J. G.," and he did so. In the course of the following
October the prisoner brought to him a gold watch and directed
him to engrave Mrs. Osborne's initials upon it. The pri-
soner, at the same time, asked his opinion of the value of the
watches. and he valued the silver watches at 61 each, and the
gold one at 192. The prisoner said he was going to buy the
watches of a friend who was in want of money, or that he had
bought them.
Mr. William Skinner, an appointer of weighers in the Cus-
toms' Department, was examined at considerable length, and
he stated that Bonham, Lewis, Stickland and Turner were em •
ployed in the West India Dock on the 23d of June, 1842.
Their names were ticketed off as they answered to them in a
book which he produced. He also produced an appearance-
sheet for the same day, with the signatures of the ptisoners and
the accomplice upon it. The four men were employed as ship-
ping officers, and they would be in No. 1 shed to examine the
packages and their contents.
William Laycock said he was an apprentice to Mr. Wales,
tinman and brazier, in June, 1842, and recollected soldering a
tin case containing clocks and watches, in the West India
Dock. He recollected Stickland was there, and he believed
Bonham was also there, but he could not speak with certainty
of him. He recollected Stickland sending lama upon an errand
to inquire after some shrimps. He at first refused to go, but
Stickland earnestly pressed him to do so, and promised him a
jolly good glass of brandy-and-water on his return. He at last
consented to go en the errand, and, instead of shrimps, brought
back some whitebait.—(Laughter.) When be returned with
the shrimps—he meant the whitebait—Stickland and others
were in No. I shed, close to the case, drinking brandy-and-

water.
In answer to questions by Mr. Broderip, the witness said he
opened the case and soldered it down again. His business was
always in No. 1 shed, except en one or two occasions. [Tur-
ner, the approver, was here put forward.] Witness said he
recollected him very well indeed. He was in the shed at the
time. He was sent for the shrimps after he had soldered the
case.

Mr. John Taylor, solicitor, was tailed, and stated that he
bought a silver watch of his client (Osborne) in the autumn
of 1842, and gave him four pounds or four guineas for it. He
did not pay Osborne any money, but took it in part payment
of a debt for professional services.
The watch was handed to Messrs. Savory's clerk, who iden-
tified it as one of those stolen from the case, and it was given
into the charge of Inspector Haynes.
Joseph Moss, an elderly Jew, was then sworn. His evidence
created a great sensation, and was often interrupted by the
laughter of the auditory, who were much amused, as well as
disgusted, with his odd manners, and his flippancy. He said
he was a general dealer, and lived at 3, Elizabeth-street, St.
George's-in-the-East, and dealt in anything and everything.
—( Laughter.) He did not know any of the prisoners, but he
might have seen them.
Mr. Ballantine —Will you swear that you never saw any of
hastily—l will swear it.
Mr. Broderip—Don't answer so hastily, sir.
Moss—l might and I might not have seen them.
Mr. Ballantine—Have you ever seen them or not? 111°,5
I don't know, Sir - I'll swear it.
Mr. Broderip admonished the witness, and teld him to recol-
lect he was on his oath. Did he mean to swear, on his solemn
oath, that he had never seen any of the prisoners ? Moss—
Yes, Sir.
Mr. Broderip—Am Ito understand distinctly that you never
saw the prisoners? I.hes—Perhaps I have seen them.
Mr. Broderip—Have yen seen any of them within twelve
months, or two years, or three }ears? Moss—l may or I may
not. What do you press me for? I don't know.-(Laughter. )
Mr. Ballantine—Can you recollecthaving seen them in June,
1842, or about that time ? Moss-1 don't keep dates.
Mr. Ballantine—l want an answer, yes or no.
Moss—l had no books in 1842.
Mr. Ballantine—Are you in a large way of business? Moss
—No; and I keep no books about watches, or anything else.
Mr. Ballantine—l have not said a word about watches, Mr.
Moss. You have anticipated me.
Mr. Broderip was about to ask the witness a question about
his " general dealings," and he anticipated it by answering
that he was a respectable general dealer.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Broderip—You can't look into my mind. and if you
answer ia that way I cannot believe a word you say. How
long have you been a general dealer? Moss—Twenty years,
your Worship, upon my word.
Broderip—And you have never kept any books? sloss
—None at all—not one, Sir—none.
Mr. Ballantine—Did anybody call upon you in 1642 about
some watches ? Mess—l don't recollect.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you ever go to the West India Docks
to inspect any watches ? Moss—l did see watches.
Mr. Ballantine—Where did you go to see the watches?
Moss—Where did I go to?
Mr. Ballintine—Yes. Moss—You ask where Igo to see
them?
Mr. Ballantine—Yes; now answer the question. Moss—
I did not go to see them, they were brought to me. •
Mr. Ballantine—By whom, Sir ? Moss—By neither of
these men (looking at the prisoners).
Mr. leallantine—Who brought you the watches? Moss—
Turner, the accomplice, brought the watches to my house.
(This answer caused a great sensation in court, Turner having
sworn on the last occasion, that Stickland took the watches to
Moss's house. )
Mr. Ballantine—Will you swear that Turner brought the
watches to your house? Moss—Will I swear it ? Yes. He
called upon me, and asked me if I would buy them at a price.
I:offered hies 181., I think, for five watches—one gold and four
silver.
Mr. Ballantine—Do watches come within the meaning of
the term " general dealer ?" Moss—Yes, and diamonds too.
Mr. Ballantine—Acid jewels? Moss—Yes, and jewels and
money, anything—all general dealing.—( Roars of laughter. )
Mr. Ballantine—The watches were left with you Moss
—Yes.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you return them ? Moss—Yes.
Mr. Ballantine—Return them to whom? Moss—To Mr.
Turner. He came to me and demanded them, and I never
saw them afterwards.
Mr. Ballantine—Do you mean to persist that you never saw
any one but Turner about those watches ? Moss—Yes, I do.
I have been acquainted with Mr. Turner before.
Mr. Ballantine—Have you ever been at the West India
Dock, Mr. Moss? Moss—Frequently.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you go there about June, 1842?
Moss—l mean to sweat toot I was not there six months be-
fore or after that time.
Mr. Ballantine—Now look at the prisoners (the Magistrate
directed them to put on their bats), and tell me whether you
ever saw them before or not Moss—They never came to my
coming then,
1 at
house at all.
Mr. Ballantine—Did you ever see them? you understand
me. Moat—Well,
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Mr. Broderip—Did you ever have any communication with
the prisoners about the watches? Moss—Never.
Mr. Broderip—And never went to the West India Dick?
Moss—Not for six months before or afterwards.
Mr. Ballantine said he could not carry the eve any further,
and submitted that there was ample evidence to justify the
magistrate, and that it was neceeetry far the ends of justice,
that Moss should be compelled to find bail for his appearance
at the ses•ions. Unless Moss was compelled to enter into
sureties there scat no certainty of his appearing at the ses-
sions, and if he did not find bail he ought to be detained in
custody.
Moss—No, no, I'm-not a receiver, but au honest man.
Mr. Broderip said that Moss was very hasty, and desired him
to stand down. He certainly felt it to be his bounden duty to
order Moss to enter "into sureties for his appearance at the
session!, and unless he did so, he wouhl have to remain in
custody.
Moss—Will your Worship answer me a question ?
Mr. Broderip—Stand down, Sir. I don't sit here to answer
qaestions. If you do not find bail, I shall commit you.

Moss was then taken into custody by the gaoler till he could
And sureties.

,4 Mr. Piggott, on behalf of 04borne, applied to the Magistrate
to take bail. Osborne was a man of substance and good re-
putation, and up to the present time there had not been a
blemish upon his character.
Mr. Wilde made the same application on behalf of Stickland.
Mr. Ballantine said that no bail would ever satisfy him that
the prisoners would ever appear and take their trial, and as the
sessions would commence on Monday next, there was the less
necessity for admitting the prisoners to bail.
The prisoners were then committed, and were sent away in
the van after a number of their friends had received permission
to visit them.