The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

EPTEMBER 22,

TACLITS AT AND ABOUT TIIB STATION

Schooners—Galatea, Flirt, Wyvern, Zephyretta, Esmeralda.
Cutters—Charlotte. Sea Flower, Avenger, Whim, Elizabeth,
Brdeze, Turquoise, Stormflnch, Dream, Medina, Gattntlett, Nautilus,
Iris, Heroine, Nymph.
Yawls—Columbine, Albatross.
On Wednesday, the 17th, was launched from Mr. M. Ratsey's yard
a new schooner yacht, called the Ondinc, 125 tins, belonging to Cap-
tain W. B. Ponsonby of the toyal Yacht Squadron; Hodge's band at-
tending and playing appropriate tunes.

GRAND ROYAL YACHT SQUAI,RON MATCH FOR 1,000/.
This match betifeen the Duke of Marlhdrough's yacht and Mr.
Henry Hope's has terminated most unsatigfactory.
,Every one thought`
them mad to start in such weather but they had not calculated tut
their so soon giving in ; they rounded the Nab- under the sail , they
started with, namely, two storm trysails, fore-staysail and storm-jib,
and attempted to beat down channel against the southwest gale,
when off Ventnor the Wyvern sprung her jibboom, bore up and run
into Shanklin bay, and reached Cowes at 11.30 P.m. yesterday ; the
Zephyretta continued on for a short time, then gave in, and run for
Portsmouth, having sustained considerable damage, considering the
tonnage of these vessels (about 200 each). How they were equipped
and manned they ought to have been equal to any weather, and for
the credit of their builders we should hope they are ; but we guess we
have seen some'fruit schooners that would not have put back. The
match is now at an end, and the money has been drawn, or this would
have been a tine day for the start; the weather has set in
line, the barometer which was yesterday 28.97. is notv 29.57.
The Duke had four gentlemen from Woodstock, enjoying them-
, selves In aquatics—two of them farmers, one his land steward, the
other a Dr. Palmer; they, as they had been sailing in the yacht, could
not withstand the temptation of this trip to the Kddystone, or were
persuaded into it. We will not attempt to write their description of
what they saw and felt in their struggle with the gale, as we under-
stand they intend to publish their voyages and travels on their
return home. The part they have told has created great mirth
among their hearers, awl we doubt very much if they will ever
again be tempted on board of a yacht engaged in a sailing match.
Arrivals at the. Globe .Hotel.—Captain Knox, Honourable Captain
Gore, Lord A. Churchill, E. Blake, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Browell, H.
Hammond, Esq., W. E. Hope Vere, Esq., Lord Adam Loftus.
Departures from the Globe Hotel.—Countess Poulett, Honourable
Miss Dormer, Colonel, Mrs. and the Misses Wyndham, Sir R. B. P.
and Lady Phillipps, Bart., Lord H. Loftus, Mr. and Mrs. Page, Mr.
Hart, Captain A. Berkeley.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the London Fire
Establishment, attended before Mr. Alderman Hughes
Hughes to offer an explanation respecting a complaint which
had been made on the precedinc, day by two men that they
had worked at the'engines at the fire in William-street, and
had been refused the customary donation.—The alderman,
having taken their declaration that they were so employed,
signed a recommendation to the superintendent that they
should receive some reward for their exertions.
Mr. Braidwood said he had refused payment because more
men had been previously paid than could really have worked
at it, at least continuously for the space of time that was con-
sidered to entitle them to compensation. The practice was to
send a man round to each engine after it had been worked for
a couple of hours, and take down the names of the persons
who had been working it, but on the present occasion the hands
were dispered before the names were taken, through the burning
turpentine flowing towards it and setting fire to the engine.
Only twenty-eight men could work at one time at this en-
gine, and he had paid thirty-four claimants before he rejected
the two who applied to the alderman. He had paid
301. 7s. 6d. to the strangers who assisted the firemen in
working the engines on land, and 191. to those who worked
the floating engines. Besides this he paid nine men 2s. €4.
each for saving the persons who jumped overboard, and 23/.
for refreshments supplied to the men at the engines, the po-
licemen, and the firemen. He had paid away 541. in cash to
the three hundred and ninety-one strangers who assisted the
forty-six regular firemen in attendance on this calamitous
occasion. The total sum paid by him for assistance to
strangers was 80/. 7s. 2d.
Mr. Alderman HuGHEs HUGHES desired that the men
should be called in, if they were in the outer room, that they
might hear the explanation.
They were not in attendance. -

Mr. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES said there could be no
complaint of want of liberality on the part of the fire esta-
blishment, and he must leave the matter to the discretion of
Braidwood.

Sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour.
Alfred Carfile was brought up and informed by the Learned Re-
corder that judgment would not be passed upon him till next session,
but that the period of his detention in prison would be considered
when sentence was recorded against him.
This concluded the business of the session, and the jury were
Gowns, SEPT. 19. I thanked a,udllismissed.
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-/—,:: . "-OiIfCND JURY' ROOM.
, ' ~f/r.fSibre the COMMON SERGEANT.)
In consequencb4if -the heavy nature of the business, and the great
number of wane-Kies in attendance, a third Court was held on Friday,
before the Common-Sergeant, in the grand jury•room. The only
case tried there during the afternoon was the robbery at Messrs.

Debenham and Stores sale-rooms.
Thomas IThnhush, aged 39, was indicted for stealing a casket, a
snuff-box, a watch, a quantity of doubloons, value 3001., the
property of William Brumfitt Storr and Robert Debenham, in their
dwelling-house.
Messrs. Wilde and Ballantine were retained for the defence, and
Messrs. Clarkson and Bodkin conducted the prosecution.
Mr. CLARKSON made a statement of the case to the jury.
Mr. Walker was then examined by Mr. BODKIN—He stated that
he is a watchmaker, residing at No. 40, Princes-street, Leicester-
square. The watch produced is one of his manufacture, and has his
name on it. It was made three or four years ago. When the watch
left his hands it had his address on it. That address is not on it now.
It has been effaced by same- means. The rest of his evidence was
the same as given before the magistrate.
Mr. Bullock; an artist, residing at No. 8, Bruton-street, Berkeley-
square, stated that he purchased the watch two or three years ago
from the last witness. Has since had occasion to raise money on it,

and he therefore got it pledged at Fleming's, a pawnbroker, in St.
Martin's-lane.. Witness did not pay the interest on the watch, and
when the year expired the watch was forfeited.
William Boor, an assistant at the pawnbroker's, stated that he
remembers the watch being pledged at his mistress's shop. H. did
not take it in himself, but it was pledged while he was present. He
took down a description of it, and that description corresponds with

the watch produced, except that the address has since been erased.
Henry Richardson stated that he is a picture-dealer. He • remem-
bers going to sce some articles at Debenham and Storr's. He remem-
bers looking at a watch. Witness afterwards went to Mr. Walker to
inquire if he was the maker of the watch. Witnesss afterwards in-
formed Mr. Walker of the loss of the watch.

James Cloudy stated, that he is a clerk .1 Messrs. Pierce, the
army-clothiers. Has known the prisoner for twenty years. Has
purchased a watch from him, but cannot say when he did so. He
was not satisfied with the watch, and applied to the prisoner, who
gave him another in exchange Witness was under the impression
that he received that watch in June or July, in 1844, but the prisoner
in a memorandum of some transactions, stated the watch to have
been given in May. The watch was after that in the possession of
the prisoner to have a new spring. It remained with him for about
a fortnight. After that, witness happened to be passing down
Princes-street when he saw the name of Walker over a watchmaker's
shop. Thinking that by chance he might be the maker of the watch,
he entered the shop, and asked Mr. Walker if he could repair it. Mr.
Walker on looking at the watch, said that it had been stolen, and
informed witness that he should go with him down to Debenham and
Storr's.
Peter Spitler stated that he is foreman to Messrs. Debenham and
Storr. In the month of April, 1844, there was a sale which lasted for
three days—viz., the 16th, 17th, and 18th. Amongst the articles for sale
were some portions of property from Miss Fleming's. There was a gold
watch, numbered in the catalogue, 575. There was also a golden
casket, weighing about thirty-one ounces, and a quantity of doubloons.
That property was all right on Tuesday. At half-past twelve o'clock
on Wednesday witness found that the casket was missing. The
casket was placed at the end of the sale-room farthest from the door.
The other articles were in glass cases behind the counter. The
counter was passed by a sort of trap-door, which lifted up. Those
parties frequenting the room who were known to be respectable men
were allowed behind the counter to inspect the articles in the glass
cases. The prisoner was present at the sale before twelve o'clock.
Ile was 1n the habit of attending the sales, and was allowed behind
the counter. Witness saw the prisoner at the glass case where the
watch was placed. The watch was in the possession of witness
between nine and ten &clock on the morning of the robbery. The
prisoner, when he heard of the robbery, was one of the parties who
offered to be searched. The robbery must have been effected by
more than one person. There was no other watch like the one pro-
duced in the sale on that day. There were a great many persons in
the room at the time. •
By Mr. BALLANTINE—There might have been as many as forty
dealers. Had known the prisoner for some time. He is in the
habit of frequenting the sales and making purchases. There are
many persons who live by that means. Articles of this description
are passed ftom one dealer to another with a very small increase of
profit. The pi ironer attended the sales as usual after the robbery.
buying and selling articles as he had previously done.
Mr. John Sturt stated that he is a clerk in the employment of
Messrs. Debenham and Starr. Remembers the robbery at the sale-
rooms. On the following morning witness was in the office ; the
prisoner was ilso there. Witness reoeived directions to go round to
all the bullion dealers in the city, and inform them of the rob-
bery, and caution them as to purchasing property of this nature.
It was a quarter to one o'clock when witness received these di-
rections. In consequence of the instructions he received he left
the office, and was proceeding down Bedford-street, when he was
followed by the prisoner, who asked him where he was going to?
Witness replied, " Into the City." The prisoner then inquired
if he had dined ; and on witness saying that he had not, he proposed
that they should dine together, and afterwards go into the City, when
he (prisoner) would inform him of the best places to give informa-
tion, and of those places where his information was useless. Witness
accompanied him to Maiden-lane, and they dined together. In the
course of conversation at dinner the prisoner said that he believed in-
spector Pearce was the officer employed by the house. Witness re-
marked his manner as he said this, and from further circumstances
his suspicions were aroused, and he excused himself on some pre-
tence, and returned by a roundabout way to his master's office. On
reaching the door of the sale-rooms he was surprised to see the pri-
soner already there. Witness went up to him, and the prisoner in-
quired what occasioned his return? Witness said that he had for-
gotten something, and then made a communication to Mr. Deben-
ham. Oa coming out lie found the prisoner there, and on stating
that he was about to go round to the bullion-dealers, the prisoner
proposed that he should accompany him to the Blue Boar, in Hol-
born, to see his wife off to Bedford. Witness went as far as the
Blue Boar, and then excusing himself, he went round to the bullion-
dealers.
Edward Collingrichie stated that he resides at Clerkenwell, and is a
gilder and a refiner. Witness purchased some gold from the prisoner
in April, 1844. It was in the form of what is called a skillet, or flat
piece of metal. The simple furnace of a common jeweller would be
amply sufficient to melt such a quantity of gold. It weighed 11 oz.
I4dwts. Witness gave him 141. 4s. 3d. forlt. He never dealt wi'
the prisoner on so large a scale before.
William Pocock, an officer, stated that he took the prisoner into
custody, He told him that it was for the robbery at Debenham and
Storr's, and mentioned the circumstance of his having sold nee watch.
The prisoner said that he bought it at a sale at Robins's, in Covent-
garden.
Mr. Robins was called. He produced the catologues of his sales
since April, 1844, and no such watch was sold by him.
Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury in defence, and called several
witnesses, who gave the prisoner an excellent character.
After deliberating an hour and a half, the jury returned into
court with a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended the pri-
soner to mercy.
The CostsioN SERGEANT said that it was his intention to transport
the prisoner, but in consequence of the recommendation of the jury,
the sentence was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in
the House of Correction for two years.

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A GENTLEMAN IN THE
RGzsT's PARK.—On Friday an inquest was held by Mr. Mills, De-
puty Coroner for Middlesex, in the Board-room of St. Marylebone
Workhouse, on view of the body of a gentleman, apparently between
50 and 60 years of age, presumed to be a foreigner, who committed
suicide in the Regent's-park by shooting himself, under the following
circumstances :—The first witness examined was police-constable
Harris, D 112, who stated that about three o'clock on Friday morn•
ing he was on duty in Sussex-place, Regent's-park, when he heard
the report of firearms. He immediately repaired to the spot whence
the sound proceeded, and discovered the deceased lying against the
iron railings which inclose the ornamental water, blood issuing from
Ills mouth, and apparently lifeless. He sprang his rattle, and sergeant
Granger responding to the alarm, witness ran for Mr. Guy, surgeon,
Upper Baker-street, who returned with him, and declared deceased to
be dead. Deceased was on his back on the ground, and the fingers of
his right oand were partially bent, and within two inches of a pocket
pistol, which had only evidently recently been discharged. De-
ceased's hat and wig (black) were by his side. Witness
assisted in carrying him to the workhouse, where he has as yet not
been identified. The witness here described the dress worn by
deceased, as also the property found on him, which were as follows :
—A braided top brown coat, with beneath an olive-brown dress-
coat, a silk white, yellow, and black vest,. a chocolate-coloured
scarf, black trousers, and socks, wills Wellington boots, a silk hat,
maker's name " Dedent, Paris;" linen shirt, initials in pink silk,
"E. 11., No. I." On his person was a gold watch (Lessine, maker),
a gold pin enamel top, four small steel keys, and a pistol loaded to the
muzzle, and which, on comparison, proved to be the fellow one to
that which had been discharged. The pistols were quite new, but no
name on them, and every article which deceased wore also seemed to
be new and of foreign texture. In his waistcoat pockets there was
found a purse of green, red, and white silk, and a mother-of-pearl
eye-glass, with eight shillings and fourpcnco in silver. Sergeant
Granger, R 21, gave corroborative testimony, adding that deceased
was five feet ten incises in height, of very muscular frame, grey eye-
brows, and very nearly bald. To give time for publicity to be given
to the melancholy catastrophe and the identification of the body,
the inquiry was adjourned till seven o'clock on Wednesday evening
next.