The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S COURT, Sept. 28.

BEALE V. CHAPMAN-CATHERINE HAYES, DEFENDANT.
This was an attachment under the custom of
London against Catherine Hayes, the celebrated
singer, to recover the sum of 3,0001., due to Thomas
Frederick Beale. The attachment was made of money
belonging to the defendant, in the hands of the Union
Bank of London.

Mr. Ryland and Mr. Locke appeared for the plain•
tiff, and called

Richard Houghton, assistant manager of the bank,
who proved that they had upwards of 3,0001. in their
hands, the property of the lady. Neither the gar-
nishee nor the defendant appeared by counsel, and a
verdict was found for the plaintiff for 3,0001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARYLEBONE.

Two well-dressed young men, John Gosney: 23,
William-street, Regent's-park, and George 7'ayton,
30, Bridgewater-street, Somers-town, were brought
before Mr. Broughton, charged with drunkenness and
disorderly conduct in the Zoological-gardens, Re-
gent's-park, and with wantonly injuring a badger, by
administering to it some gin.
William Nixey, 19, Windsor-street, City-road,
deposed, that on the previous afternoon, about four
o'olock, he was in the gardens, and saw the prisoners,
one of whom (Gosney) gave some gin from a bottle to
a wolf, after which he gave the animal a biscuit, and
then threw some gin into its mouth. He then gave
some of the like spirit to an Esquimaux dog, by
throwing it from a glass ; and in addition to these
freaks he offered a piece of biscuit to a badger.
Upon the animal opening its mouth to seize the
morsel he introduced therein the neck of the bottle,
from which no doubt a quantity of gin had passed
down the animal's throat ; it rolled and floundered
about its cage, and he (Gosney) then struck a blow
at it between the wires, the consequence of which
was that the bottle broke, and a portion of the frag-
ments went into the cage. The prisoners were both
drunk.

Mr. John Thompson, superintendent of the gar-
dens, said he did not witness the administering of the
gin, but he had seen the badger since ; it did not ap-
pear to have been hurt. At the station-house the
prisoners, who were the worse for drink, were ex-
tremely abusive.

Croome, 176 S, stated that he took the prisoners
into custody, and that they said they were not aware
they had done any harm. Gosnay was very abusive,
and aimed a blow at witness, but fortunately he
avoided it.

Gosney, in answer to the charge, denied having
aimed any blow at the officer, and said that he did not
out of any ill-feeling give gin to the animals ; he
merely put the bottle to their mouths, to see if they
objected to it.

-Tayton admitted being somewhat overcome by
liquor, and added, that as to the administration of the
gin he had nothing whatever to do with it. He saw
a biscuit given to one of the animals by his friend,
and he knew no more about the matter.
Mr. BROUGHTON, after reviewing carefully the
whole of the evidence adduced, came to the conclu-
sion that no real mischief was intended towards the
animals, but that the conduct of the prisoners for
going drunk into the gardens was reprehensible in
the extreme.

Gosney was amerced in a penalty of 305., or a
month's imprisonment, for assaulting the officer; and
Tayton was fined ss. for being drunk.
LAMBETH.
Thomas fileghan, a ruffianly-looking cabdriver,
was finally examined before Mr. Elliott on a charge of
violently assaulting Emily Scott, and throwing over
her person, and that of another woman named Eliza
Disney, a quantity of corrosive fluid, which destroyed
their dresses.

Emily Scott deposed that on the night of Thursday
week, between ten and eleven o'clock, she was stand-
ing close to the Royal Oak public-house in Granby-
street, Waterloo-road, when the prisoner, who used
to live with her at different times, and whom she had
supported by her prostitution for a length of time,
came up to her and asked where she was going. She
replied, " Over the water ;" upon which he told her
she had better not. She said she should, and he in-
stantly struck her a violent blow with his right hand,
and with his left poured something over her from a
bottle. A female friend of hers, Eliza Disney, came
up to her assistance, and the prisonerAhrew some of
the stuff over her shawl and destroyed it, as well as
witness's dress.

Elias Disney said she was present at the time, and
saw him strike and kick the last witness in a most
brutal manner, and also throw something over her,
which destroyed her dress and bonnet. The prisoner
also threw some of the stuff over her shawl, and com-
pletely destroyed it, burning a large piece right out.
A cabman who had witnessed the outrage confirmed
the testimony of both the witnesses, and
Scott having been recalled said, in answer to the
Magistrate's questions, that the prisoner had fre-
quently threatened her that if he could not blind her
by kicks or blows he would by some other means,
and that when she turned him up he would leave her
in such a state that no other person would look at her.
The dress and bonnet worn by the complainant at
the time, and also the shawl of the young woman
Disney, were produced, and were completely disco-
loured, burnt, and destroyed by some strong corrosive
liquid.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that he
was the worse for liquor at the time, and admitted
the assault, but denied having thrown a liquid of any
kind over the complainants.
Mr. ELLIOT said it was very fortunate for him
that the fluid, which there could be no doubt he had
thrown over the women, had neither burnt, maimed,
disfigured, nor done them some other grievous bodily
harm, for, if so, his offence would have amounted to
one of felony, for which he might have been tran-
sported for the term of his natural life. His offence,
however, was one of a most unmanly and dastardly
character, and for it he should sentence him, in the
first instance, to a penalty of 31., or one month's im-
prisonment, for the assault on the woman Scott ; in
the next place, he must psy a further sum of 103., or
10 days' imprisonment, for the injuries done to_se he
,
apparel of the same person; and, in the third P °
1
he should adjudge him to pay the sum of 205.,
oeuir 2an
days, for the injury done to the shawl of the w
Disney.

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HOUSES GILESS.—
THE FALL OF THE IN ~.,T. . .
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scene of the above catastrophe in Seven-dials,g
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of two policemen were necessary to p numbers visited the
prevent people going too
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SuAngs• _The Nantucket Mirror says that during
the last two months there have been taken at Quidnit, Sias-
consot, and the south side of the island, from 800 to 1,000
sharks, varying in length from five to twelve feet. On Thurs-
day of last week sixty •one were taken at the south shore by
three boats. Considerable quantities of oil are obtained from
their livers, and the bOclie4 Are field to the farmers of the
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