The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1864.

SHAKSPERE FOUNDATION SCHOOLS,

Central C:

This Day,

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Williams.)
ALLRGED MANSLAUGHTER.

John Stephens, carrying on the business of herbalist in
Whitechapel, surrendered to an indictment charging him
with the manslaughter of a boy named William Proby,
aged 15.

The father of the boy, a labouring man living at Eastfield-
street, Limehouse, finding his son very unwell, went to the
defendant's shop and described the symptoms to the defen-
dant, and he gave him some pills and powders which
were administered to the deceased. Some ointment
was also given for outward application. The lad
became very much worse., and ultimately died on March 20.
Previously to his death he was attended by a regular medi-
cal practitioner, and from certain circumstances coming to
the knowledge of the authorities an inquest was held, and
the contents of the deceased's stomach was sent to Dr.
Letheby for analysation. The report of Dr. Letheby
stated that the deceased had been suffering from a diseased
hip-joint, but in the stomach a large quantity of cayenne
pepper was disco vered, which it was now sought to show was
improperly administered by direction of the defendant, and
had produced the inflammation of which the boy died;

The trial was proceeding when we went to press.

FOURTH COURT.

The Recorder was occupied with the trial of three men
named Heath, Ansel], and Brammond, who were indicted for
stealing, and the latter with receiving some engravings, bat
the case was one of not the least public interest.
The New Court and Third Court were not sitting when
our report left.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

3IARLBOROUGH STREET.

UNPROVOKED ASSAIJI7;O;I7FEMALE.—Henry Hard-
ing, a powerfully-built young man, described as a carman,
was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following ruf-
fianly assault on a young woman named Ellen M'Carthy.
The complainant, who is in an advanced stage of preg-
nancy, said she resided in York-place, Buckingham-street,
Strand, and on the previona night was passing down
Oxendon-street, Coventry-street, when she saw defendant
beating a female. Some persons collected, and a gentle-
man cried out " Shame," upon which the defendant turned
round and asked, " Who said that," and then, without
her saying a word to him or giving him the least pro-
vocation, knocked her down. !The defendant, while she was
lying on the ground, then set to kicking her in the side, till
some persons lifted her up and gave him into custody.
The defendant said that some girls wearing hats had
annoyed him and knocked his hat off.

The complainant said she neither touched nor spoke to
she defendant.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a brutal assault on a female,
especially in the condition of the complainant. The cool
plainant had evidently stopped to see what the defendant
was doing, and then the defendant
.made an attack upon
her, she having done him no harm. He should fine the
defendant 205,, or a month in the House of Correction.

and was ill ; but his sister caused them to take an emetic,
which saved their lives. While Mrs Tregear was lodging
at Tottenham her husband came over to Tottenham to his
sister's, and from her lodgings Mrs Tregear went there
to see him. He was greatly excited at the time, and
Mrs Wheaton, his sister, induced his wife to leave him as
she was sure he would be better with her away from him.
He then remained ill in bed for two days without seeing
her; but on Wednesday night, at a quarter-past ten, her
landlady let him in after his wife had gone to bed. "He
came into my bedroom," said Mrs Tregear, " and shut the
door. He stood for a quarter of an hour without saying a
word. He laid flowers on the table, and he put there also
the first letter he ever received from me. He placed several
portraits on the table. His sister came into the room and
wanted him to leave. He ordered her out, saying he wished
to speak to me. Sha stood with her husband outside the '
door. My husband looked very strange, and I asked his
sister to come in again. He again ordered her out, and she
left, saying, 'lf anything happens to him you shall be
given into custody.' He then walked round to the opposite
side of the bed. He pointed to the flowers which he had
brought, and said that he had plucked them at Hampstead
that day, :at the house where he had first met me. He
pointed to his hat, on which there was a new black hat-
band, and asked me' Do you know what that means ?' I
said I did not. He said that he had s3en my papa that day.
(Her father had died before they were married, and he was
aware of that.) Ho said he had waited long before he saw
him, and that then he told him to go and see her. He said
my papa told him he was married again. I do not recollect
that he said anything else. I was terrified, and went to call
Mrs Wheaten, who was outside. He said I will blow out
my brains.' I ran to the door and called' Sarah,' but heard
an explosion, and saw him fall onl to the bed. I found ho
had shot himself through the head."
Dr May gave evidence to the :effect that he died an hour
afterwards from the pistol shot wound.
Mrs Wheaton, in her evidence, said that her brother had
not exactly forgiven his wife, but he was so fond of her that
he said to her, " I will die, Georgians, in your sight." She
treated him with the greatest pride and callousness. They
had agreed to take poison together, but she had evidently
no intention of doing so,

The Coroner said it would have been truly diabolical if
the wife had accompanied her husband up to London to
purchase poison under an agreement to take it with Lim,
when she had no intention that it should be fatal to more
than one.

Mrs Tregear repeated that she did take the poison with
her husband.

The Coroner having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict, "That deceased died from a
pistol shot, inflicted by his own right hand while in a etate
of insanity, into which he had been driven by the infidelity
and heartless conduct of his wife."

It was stated that the unhappy lady was the daughter of
parents that died seven years ago. She was then brought
up in the family of an eminent surgeon practising in Hamp-
stead, at whose death, two years ago, she was left with no
other protector than his aged widow.

AMERICA.

(Per the City of Baltimore.)

NEW YORK, APRIL 29 (Evening).
Letters from Admiral Porter represent Banks'
expedition as a disastrous failure. He lust 4,000
prisoners, 30 guns, 1 first class gunboat, and
1,000,000 dollars in greenbacks.

The latest advices state the Confederates are
marching to attack Grand &ore. General Banks
is str.mgly entrenched at that place.
The City of Baltimore takes out 490,000 dollars
in specie on freight.

NEW YORK,APRIL 30 (Morning).
The Confederates are paid to be marching on
Grand Ecore.

General Banks' losses in the late campaign are
larger than was at first reported.
No movement is expected to be made by General
Grant fer several days. Yesterday General Burn.
side visited Grant's headquarters.
The Confederates are withdrawing troops from
all quarters to reinforce General Lee.
The Senate has passed the bill increasing the
import duties 50 per cent. for 60 days.

The Courier des Etats Unis states that there is
no disagreement between• the Federal and the
French Governments on the Richmond tobacco
question.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, APRIL 30 (Morning).
Money easier. Gold 79 per cent. prem. Ex.
change on London—Bankers' Bills 197. Stocks
dull. New York Centrals, 136; Illinois shares,
1271; Erie, 113 a ; Six per Cent. United States
Bonds, 1134.