The Sun. — 1844-10-26 (London, England)

PETER LAURIE—I have no doubt that numbers of these half notes have been passed off in this way, and I am very glad that you have come to make the representation. You will, by this course, serve others essentially ; but I regret to say that the difficulty is, how I am to serve you. Mr. Dobby said they came forward more for the purpose of checking the plunder than from any expectation of getting any other satisfaction. They had been told that many of the stolen portions had been recently presented at the Bank of England from Brighton, and various other places of fashionable resort, but no other than those just described from Southampton. Sir PETER LAURIE then sent over to the Bank of England to request the attendance of Mr. Marshall, the principal cashier. Mr. Marshall very promptly appeared, and having been informed of the particulars of the transactions, said the cases were certainly very serious, but lie could see no remedy. The Bank of England had paid the full value of the notes on receiving a guarantee. Messrs. Pares had been the holders of the notes, and they sent the halves of them to London which halves were stolen or lost. They possessed the other halves, and having satisfied the Bank that they were the owners, and given an indemnity, the value was handed over to them. In any case of the kind, and many occurred, if the parties proved that they were the owners, and gave a guarantee to prevent any future claim, they experienced no more inconvenience. week, especially since the alteration to the Post-office had taken place, there Ind withe erde sepveecrty were applications made to the Bank on matters of the kind, and accommodation was regularly granted upon compliance with the conditions to which he alluded.  Mr. BODKIN begged to say that the prosecutors had made minute inquiries relative to the prisoner, and they had reason to believe that the statement relative to his state of distress was quite true, and they also were anxious to recommend him to mercy. Sentence was deferred. Patrick Harvey, 26, formerly a police-constable, was capitally indicted for cutting and wounding Robert Hannan, with intent to murder him. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Montagu Chambers conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Prendergast. The circumstances of this case will be fresh in the recollection of our readers, as they have only recently been very fully given in the petty session report. The prisoner and the prosecutor were both policeconstables stationed at Edmonton, and in consequence of complaints made by a farmer named Risley that his cows were milked during the night, the prosecutor was set to watch the prisoner, and on the night of the 14th September he saw the prisoner get over a hedge into the field of Risley, and drive a cow into a shed, and, while he was in the act of milking the animal, the prosecutor interfered and challenged him with the offence. The prisoner at first begged to be let go, but the prosecutor refused, and attempted to take him into custody. The prisoner, however, made a most desperate and determined resistance, breaking his staff upon the head of the prosecutor, and inflicting very severe wounds upon his head and body with a mortice chisel. The prosecutor, however, continued to keep his hold of the prisoner until some other constables arrived, and he was at length secured. On his being searched a small quantity of milk in a bottle was found in his pocket. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years.  Daniel Forrester, in answer to questions from Sir Peter Laurie, said that Messrs. Bush and Mullins, the solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for protection against frauds and forgeries, had not taken any proceedings in the case. He understood the robbery had taken place on one of the railways. Sir