Preston, to whom he sold it for 15s. Sir F. Roe asked Major M'Arthur, if he was prepared to charge the man Ware (upon his belief) with being concerned in stealing the tapestry? and the reply of the Major was in the affirmative. The Chief Magistrate then said, that in an ordinary case he should have had no hesitation in at once committing Ware to prison; but as it was necessary to delay the inquiry for a fortnight to procure the attendance of the German servant of Major M'Arthur, who was at present at Frankfort-onthe-Maine, he would take bail for his future appearance. Bail was given to the amount of 400l. and Ware was liberated. On the 19th, Sieben appeared at Bow Street, and was examined. This statement was as follows:"In the month of June last, I left Major M'Arthur's service. A day or two before I went, I spoke to Ware, a porter at the House of Lords, and told him that there was an old piece of carpet (couverture), which was of no use, and that I would sell it. Shortly after Ware came into the place where it was, in a wooden chest, and I showed it to him, and after some conversation he gave me 5s. for it. My master had never given me this carpet, nor any permission to take it. I remember my master showing it to Lord Cholmondeley, and he afterwards asked me, if I had put it by. My belief was, that it was an old picce of furniture of no value. I saw Ware take the tapestry away, and he took it home to the house where he lived, and it is very possible that you will find it there now. Nobody is to blame. It is entirely my own fault." Sir F. Roe said, that Sieben had made his statement so frankly, that no imputation of felony rested upon him. From his own con fession, however, he had acted very improperly in disposing of the tapestry without the knowledge or consent of his master, major M'Arthur; but it appeared, that he considered it of no value whatever, and sold it as he would have disposed of an old coat, or any other worn-out article. Sir F. Roe, agreeably to the pledge he had previously given, directed that the tapestry should be restored to Mr. Thorn. SHERIFFS FOR THE YEAR 1834-5. Charles James Metcalfe, of Roxton, esq. James Heath Leigh, of Grappenhall Lodge. Richard Ferguson, of Harker Lodge, esq. Ashton Nich. E. Mosley, of Burnaston House, esq. William Herrick, of Beaumanor, esq. Thomas Earle Welby, of Allington Hall, esq. Charles Marriott, of Dixton, esq. Hudson Gurney, of Keswick, esq. Lewis Loyd, of Overstone Park, esq. Bertram Mitford, of Mitford Castle, esq. Christopher Nevile, of Thorney, esq. John Fane, of Wormsley, esq. Godfrey Kemp, of Belton, esq. Sir Baldwin Leighton, of Loton, Bart. William Manning Dodington, of Horsington, esq. Edward Monckton, of Somerford, esq. Robert Sayer, of Sibton Park, esq. James Shudi Broadwood, of Lyne House, esq. Charles Dixon, of Stanstead Park, esq. Hon. Charles Bertie Percy, of Guy's Cliff. Sir Edward Blount, of Mawley Hall, Bart. SOUTH-WALES. Sir Edward Hamilton, of Trebinshun, Bart. NORTH-WALES. William Hughes, of Plas Llandyfrydog, esq. Sir Robert Henry Cunliffe, of Acton Park, Bart. Hugh Davies Griffiths, of Llechweddgarth, esq. |