The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-14 00:00:00

W OR SiIIP. S7'I?EET.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT THE SWAN WITH Two
NEctts.--L-JOhn Berry was placed at the bar, for re-ex-
amination, upon a charge of having been concerned in
stealing a cash-box, containing 221. 10s. Bd. in money.
and several bills of exchange and cheques, the property
of Mr. Chaplin, the proprietor of the Swan with Two
Necks, in Lad-lane.

It appeared that on Monday afternoon, Mr. Varley,
a clothier, in High-street, Shorediteh, gave information
to police constable, H, 34, that a cheque for 14/.65. Bd.
which he suspected had been stolen, had been offered
to him a short time before in payment for some clothes,
and that he had watched the man who offered it into
the shop of Mr. Jocelyn, a clothier, living in the same
street. The policeman proceeded to the shop of Mr.
Jocelyn, where he found the prisoner, whom he con-
veyed to the station-house, and on being searched
some bills of exchange, and four cheques, drawn by
Mr. Chaplin, upon Messrs. Carr, Glynn, and Co., the
bankers, were found upon him. Upon being asked to
account for, his possession of them, the prisoner said
that a man, with whom he had a slight acquaintance,
had employed him to get them changed.
The chief clerk at•the Swan. with Two Necks, Mr.
Varley, the clothier; and other witnesses, were ex-
amined, when the prisoner was remanded for a week.

MARYLEBONE.
,Wednesday, shortly before the closing of the Court,
Mr. Henry Etheredfe, a greengrocerb carrying, on bu-
sinesi at 'Cumbden rown, was brought .before Mr.
RAWLINSON, on a warrant obtained against him for
having attempted to violate the person .of Elizabeth
Nash, a fine young woman .17 years of age.
Complainant deposed that she had been six weeks
in the service of the defendant, whose house, in conse-
quence of the ill treatment exercised towards her, she
bad quitted, and was now residing with her uncle and
aunt. On the. second day after she had entered upon
her situation, he laid hold of her round the waist,
and on the same evening he sent her up stairs for his
collar. He followed her, and on getting into the room,
endeavoured to throw her upon the bed. She burst
out crying, and desired him to let her go, when she at
length contrived to extricate herself from him, and made
her way below. He had also got up early .in the
morning, and had taken liberties with her in her bed-
room, but she always resisted him. She did not like
to tell her mistress of these attacks, as the latter was
very kind to her, and she did not like to make her un-
comfortable if she could help it.
Defendant denied the truth of the allegation against
him, and said be had never taken any liberty with com-
plainant in his life.
He called a witness named Benjamin Hillman,' who
said that be was in the shop the whole of lastliidSy,
and that if there had been any screaming at all he must
have heard it.

The defendant was held to bail for his appearance to
answer the charge at the Sessions, in the event of the
complainant thinking fit to indict him.

CLERKENWELL.

Wednesday Thos. Underwood, clerk to Mr. Weaver,
lime and coal-merchant, of Battlebridge Wharf, King's-
cross, St. Pancras, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Greenwood, charged by Mr. Ash Kinnard Lloyd, of
Brentford-end, bailif to the Manor of St. John of Je-
rusalem, Clerkenwell, with having assaulted and ob-
structed him in the execution of his duty.
It appeared from the evidence of the complainant
that the Leet Jury of the above manor, according to
custom, proceeded to examine the weights and mea-
sures of the various tradespeople in their district,
when they seized four 561 b. weights, nine
ounces deficient, belonging to the defendant's em-
plo,v er, and a presentment being made, he was amerced
in the penalty of 51. On Monday week last witness
went to the premises of Mr. Weaver, for the purpose
of demanding the penalty, when that gentleman became
violent, and would not pay it, on which witness left,
saying that he would call again on the following Mon-
day. He did so, and saw the defendan', who informed
him that Mr. Weaver was out. Witness then said it
was his duty to distrain, and that he should seize one of
the horses in the stable, which he was about to do. when
the defendant placed his back against the door, and said
that he should not take anything from there, and he
pushed witness violently, and obstructed him in the
execution of his duty.
Louis Worrins, broker and constable, of No. 6,
Brook-hill, Clerkenwell, sworn, corroborated the evi-
dence of the complainant.
Defendant did not deny the assault. He refused to
allow the complainant to take his master's property
during his absence.

Mr. GREENWOOD told him that the Leet Jury were
only protecting the rights of the manor and the public.
The complainant was acting under proper authority,
and pursuing a legal course of duty, and he, defendant,
had no right to assault or obstruct him. It would be
well if a notice was sent that they would be distrained
upo❑ if the fine was not paid. The complainant was
justified in seizing the horse. He convicted the de-
fendant in the penalty of 10s. and costs, which being
paid he quitted the Court.

FRENCH SCANDAL.—The Natitonal contains
the following :—" Is it true that a member of the Cham-
ber, holding a high official situation, was, about a month
since, detected in a criminal conversation with the wife
of the "'resident of a Superior Court ?" "Is it true.
that the injured husband has lodged a charge of
double adultery against the Deputy and his faith-
less wife ?" "Is it true, in fine, that, in order
to prevent the scandal which would arise from such a
charge being brought against one of the stanchest sup-
porters of the Cabinet, a superior place was offered to
the offended husband ?" "Is it true that in consequence
of this promise the complaint has been withdrawn ?"
"These ('acts," adds the National, "have furnished con-
versation to the Chamber of Deputies for some days
past. The old Lovelace of 50 is laughed at, and the
Ministry are censured for not having immediately dis-
missed a functionary who has so publicly compromised
them ; and every one is indignant at the shameful com-
promise which has been agreed to, in order to save M.
Duchatel's friend from a criminal prosecution."

We understand that the lawyers at Edinburgh
are likely to be engaged soon in a very curious case, as
to the legitimacy of an heir to a Scottish estate, in con-
sequence of a lady, after being thirty years married,
without issue, having gone to Paris, and having there, as
she states, given birth to a son. It would be improper
at present to enter into further particulars.—Edinburgh
Observer.

MORNING SUN