Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-28 00:00:00

MORE VITRIOL THROWING.

At the Bow-street (London) Police Court, on Saturday,
signor Jose Berangaer, a Spanish merchant, residing in
Regent-square, and formerly a slave-owner in America,
was charged with wilfully throwing vitriol into the face of
a young servant girl named Mary Bayfield. The com-
plainan stated that she lived in the service of Mr.
Humphrey, a solicitor, at 31, Bloomsbury-street, Bedford-
square. She had seen the defendant walking in front of
her master's house almost daily for the last six weeks
He had knocked at the door three or four time., inquiring
for a" fo eign lady," and demanding admession. He was
assured that no friend of his res•dect in the house, but he
persisted in calling and parading the opposite side of the
street, sometimes with an opera glass applied to
his eyes. On Thursday evening, at about nine o'clock he
again accosted witness, just as she was entering the house,
and muttering something in his native tongue, threw about
a wineglaseful of some liquid over her face and shoulders.
Having turned her head quickly, she received only a por-
tion of the liquid on her face, but her bonnet, mantle, and
dress were all stained by it. She ran into the house to
her master, who sent for some lotion to apply to her face,
thus relieving the burning sensation from which she was
sufferin.;. In the meantime, there being a policeman in
the street, the defendant was given into custody. The
comp'ainants' mister confirmed the girl's statement,
and said he had also seen the defendant coneta• ily
loitering in front of the house. The nature of the
evidence having been explained to the prisoner
through an interpreter, he admitted that he had
watched the house for a German lady, with who'n he had
become acquainted on their tour to England, and to whom
he was passionately devoted. He was satisfied that she
was in the home in question, although he had been denied
her. He had a right to see her, for she had accepted his
presents and his attentions. He denied hiving thrown any-
thing over complainant. It having been ascertainsd that
the defendant had friends of wealth and position is Lon
don, the case wag adj turned to admit of his sending for them.
Subsequently, Mr. Braham, a solicitor, who was accom-
panied by several friends of the defendant, informed the
Court, that he attended on behalf of Signor Beranguee, who
was a person of high respectability. He had conversed
with the girl and her meaner, atil now proposed, with their
consent, to take the case out of his won,hip's hands, Mr.
Humphrey being now satisfied that the defendant had no
intention to do the girl a personal injury, although he might
have damaged her dress in a moment of temper, for her
)posed want of attention to his request. The magistrate
a; first objected to this mode of settling the matter, but
eventually the case was settled by the defendant paying
the girl £5, and promising not to go there again.—[lt is
not long since a poor man was sentenced to 15 years tran-
sportation for a similar •offeace—the poor mast had some
provocation—the rich man none. But such is justice as ,
dispensed by police magistrates

C ♦SU AND DEII Boxiss.—The next important thing to the posses-
sion of (ash is, how (when yon have got it) to keep it safely, either in
the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds
and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied
stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr.
E. T. Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These
boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent
lochs, which defy the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to
open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and
others, these new safes, one small scale, must prove valuable wised
—Northern Daily Timed, 21st Arab 1/317,