The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.—Patrick Driscoll, an Irish
labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with
violently assaulting and wounding Henry Emmett.

The complainant, whose right arm was in an hospital
splint, and whose face was swollen and discoloured, said he
gave evidence against the prisoner and others for stealing a
small cask of wine from the London Docks. The prisoner
and another man were committed for trial. The prisoner
was acquitted and his confederate found guilty, and sens
tenced to a long term of imprisonment. Since the trial
annoyances and threats had been made by the prisoner and
others. Ho understood a conspiracy had been termed to
murder him, Yesterday afternoon as soon as he left the
London Dock a sudden attack was made upon him
by the prisoner, who struck him about the head with his
fist. He fell, or was thrown by the prisoner. and was
trying to get up when the prisoner kicked at him fiercely,
and made several kicks at his belly and a more vital part
of his person. He called out for help. He could not get
up. His shoulder was dislocated.
Mr Paget—How was that ?
Witness—My arm was doubled under me when I was
thrown, He has been threatening my life since the trial.
I gave evidence against him at this court, and also at the
Sessions House. The man who was convicted said, "By
G--, when I come out, I'll murder yon." I have been
I given to understand my life was to bs sacrificed for the
evidence I gave.

William Henry Emmett, the father of the last witness,
said the prisoner was standing at the side door of the dock
entrance when his son was coming out. He saw his son
on the ground and the prisoner kicking him.
Edmund Ellis, a constable in the service of the London
Dock Company, gave evidence of the facts relating to the
prosecution of the men for stealing an octave of wine. The
prosecutor was an accomplice,
and allowed to give evidence
for the Crown.

Mr Nathaniel Hickford, house-surgeon of the London
Hospital, said the prosecutor, was brought there yesterday
with a severe contusion over the right eye, and a disloca-
tion of the right elbow joint. One month would elapse
before the prisoner would recover the use of his arm.
prisoner for trial.
Mr Paget committed tile

thenster Bank, Mr. Alderman
At the half-yearly meeting
unanimously chair, the report of the
the London and Westrni of the shareholders o,
provision
adopted, stated
1152 d
di:Bnd Co,
Sdierleocentoornss,,wlyci.i,
wians
paying thevision for all bad and
theoincemo tax, and setting
buildings of the bank—
thethat—after making
dapouarbttfiu2l,doeobotst,owards
net profits of the bank
amounted to £234,032 33, for the last half-year
unappropriatedwould
s balance of the
poeurnattuato u
m£2:6:887968
£18844 12s. 9d. the 81 This sum, added to
of;:rhyaiestanarnm,f°6upuetrinaterea on the rest or sur-
plus2a.that fund, which now
precedingl6 s .
funds d . O
atu lit
toahlf
Was entered into with
tocenatin.
amountsl s. 7d.)
th: si:
As the shareholders
Ns ere aware, an arrangement
been2B 2,8
business on the 18th of Apriifor a transfer of their
:Nlessrs. Jones Loyd
last. The sum paid,
including their valuable freehold premises (at pre
sent temporarily used as the
County Office), was
£187,500. The directors now
declare
eclare a dividend to
the shareholders at the rate of 6
per Cont. per annum,
and by way of further dividend out of the profits,
a bonus of 11 per cent. on the paid-up capital.
The sum of £BO,OOO has been n
re-
duction of the amount paid to appropriated in
and Co. After these payments were
Jones Lloyd
would remain a balance of £2s,97made there
7 193 10d. Out
of this amount the directors reeornmended that the
sum of £17,147 18s 10d be added to the rest or sur-
plus fund, which will then amount
This would leave a balance of £B.B3olsu to £300,000.
to be carried
to the profit end Joss account for the present half-
year. The directors desired to ezPress their opinion
that the rest should be increased to the sum of
£500,000.
MANSION-11011M—The Lord mayor and the
Lady Mayoress have invited her Majesty's Minis•
ters to a banquet, to be held on Wedesda the 27th of
July, in the Egyptian-hall of the mnaynsion,
-house, For
some weeks the Lord Mayor has been Confined to the house
by the effects of an accident w'aich occurred to him at the
Tunbridge railway station on Lis Way to town to attend a
Common
meeting of the Court of Council.
Yesterday, for
the first time, he was able to Leave his
chair at a Court of Aldermen al Gandhairm to take the
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SITEGEONs
OF ENGLAND,

p&ssed their primary exa-
g gentinenphssiology
The followin
dme
whenetin meeting
eligibleo f th e
minations in anatomy
,atana
extmination :—Messrs Alder-
son Newsom, R. R. S. C. C. Lloyd,. 3. D. Rowlands, and
wCoilulrbteoaf
dEmxitatmedinteorsthoen
loth:sl9a. instant
W. 11. Pywell, students of Gu?'s Itospital ; James Kelly,
of Dublin;
Shaeld; IV. A, Creser, Hull;
j\V.l-13.. QMuoinunnlalinhoamndaslVLa. fflrS' tviladtinG:oNf N. Dunn,
A. Tur-
ner, Charing-cross Hospital ;F. W. Lowndes, Edinburgh;
llesptal ; and J. M. Gibbes, St.
W. Y. Martin, Manchester ; James -Wickham, Middlesex
Hospital; Richard Jeffreys,
W. B. Dawson, LOndoa
George's Hospital.
TUE LIVERPOOL VOLUN'IEERS.—A review of the
Liverpool volunteers is to be hell on tho Aintree Racecourse
on the 20th of August, the expetse of which will be defrayed
by the .Mayor, Mr Charles Me;ley. .

At a late hour on the evening of Saturday last
one of the most brutal assaults which have ever oce
curred in this quarter was perpetrated on the person
of a young lady, at Broomieloan, or Sandyholes, a
piece of common lying at the back of Cessnock Nur-
sery, Govan-road, two miles from Glasgow. From
the information received, it appears that between 10
and 11 o'clock on the evening in question Miss Mar-
garet Addie, a young lady moving In most respec-
table society, and residing at Weymouth'
Paisley-road, was returning from Govan, whithe::
she had accompanied a friend. While passing the
common, she was met by an Irishman, who accosted
her; she passed on, but the man endeavoured to
intercept, and tried to catch hold of her, she mean.
while, putting forth her utmost efforts to escape him.
Ultimately, however, the assailant succeeded in seiz
ing her. She screamed as loud as she could, and
endeavoured to force herself from his grasp, but
failed, and the ruffian, finding that she was deter-
mind to escape, struck her on the face and knocked
her to the ground, repeating the blows whenever she
screamed, and telling her to hold her tongue. Miss
Addie, as may be supposed, was not able to continue
the struggle with her brutal assailant, who at last
succeeded in dragging her into a field of corn on the
lands of Heatheryhall. Here the scoundrel at-
tempted to commit a criminal assault on the person
of his victim, who struggled fearfully with her in•
human assailant. Shortly afterwards, while Mr.
Thos. Learmouth; farmer,:of Middleton, and another
gentleman, a friend of his from Edinburgh, were pro-
ceeding alongEastLoan-road, they met a woman and
a bay, who told them to go down the road as quickly
as possible and rescue a woman who was being abused
by a man. They hurried towards the place mentioned
when their attention was attracted to the field by
hearing groans. They rushed to the sput thus indi-
cated, and found a man,with his clothes disordered,
lying beside a prostrate woman. Mr Learmouth
immediately seized him, and held him fast, The
ruffian requested to be allowed to adjust his
clothes, which was permitted ; and while Mr Lear-
mouth was leading him down the road he attacked
that gentleman, struck at and kicked him, and En-
deavoured to make his escape. Mr Learmonth
struggled manfully with the fellow, and ultimately
threw him to the ground, and held him fast till
till the county police made their appearance, when
he was conveyed to the police-office. He gave his
name as Michael M'Cliuehey, a labourer, residing
at 12, Victoria-street, Govan. Oa ttis person being
examined, his clothes and linen were found to be
covered with blood. Meanwhile the injured lady
had been assisted to her residence by two gentle-
men from Ibroxholm, and was speedily attended by
Dr. Smith, who was followed by Dr. Frazer, of
171, West Regent-street. The doctors found that
Miss Addie had been subjected to the most cruel
treatment, her person having been violated in a
manner so brutal that we do not feel at liberty to
enter into details. Her face was a mass of wounds
and bruises, There was a cut upon the forehead,
in a lino with the nose, three inches in length;

the bridge of her nose was fractured, and the
upper lip was cut through in two► places. The
doctors dressed the wounds, but the unfortunate

lady was so weak that they were doubtful whether
or not she would survive, and recommended that
her deposition should be taker. Sergeant Gunn,
of the county police, accordingly lost no time in
informing the authorities of the matter, and on
Sunday morning Sheriff Bell and Mr. Gemmel,
Procurator•Fiscali proceeded to the residence of
Miss Addle and took her deposition. We under•
stand that Miss Addle, although still conscious,
lies in a highly precarious condition.