The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-01 00:00:00

rim SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MIX 1, 1864.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Tbis Day,

MANSION-HOUSE.

TILE ALLEGED GREAT FORGERY IN THE ClTY.—This
day Gustave Lhemann and Lucien Flatow were placed at
the bar, on remand, before Alderman Gibbons, charged with
forging, and in company with Emile Werner, conspiring
to defraud Messrs. La Grand, Tanco, and Co., of the City
of:London, and 11, Rue Bergeri, of goods and moneys to.the
extent of £30,000.

After some further evidence, the prisoners were com-
mitted far trial.

THAMES.

AN ALABAMA MAN IN TROUBLB..—COWARDLY As.
SAULT.-Hugh Daly, an Irish Yansee sailor, was brought
before Mr Partridge, chargel with violently assaulting
Catherine Casey.

The prisoner formerly belonged to the l%ta ship Alabama,
sunk by the Kearsage, and has been staying the present
week in a boarding house in the neighbouvhood Gf Ratcliff•
highway. 'Yesterday he quarrelled with the complainant
in a public-house, and struck her a violent blow with his
clenched fist on her right eye It was frightf ally blackened
and swollen. The police never saw a black eye like it be-
fore. The complainant would not appear when the pri-
soner was first brought up yesterday, and the magistrate
remanded the case. Tete assault was clearly made out,
and the prisoner, in his defence, said ho was provoked.
Mr Partridge said the prisoner had committed a most
violent and brutal assault on the woman, and fined him
£5. In dr fault of payment three months' imprisonment.
ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Thomas Ward, aged
52, a labourer, was brought before Mr Partridge eharged
with stealing 111 b. of sugar, the property of the London
Dock Company, his employers.
The prisoner was leaving the dock at the principal
gate, whttn a constable, named Francis Andus, took
off his cap and found in it a pound and a half of sugar.
It was stated that the prisoner was convicted by Mr Wool-
rych some time ago for having fourteen ounces of tea in
his possession, and sentenced to ten days' imprisonment.
The prisoner managed to obtain employment in the dock
again unknown to the principal authorities of the establish-
ment. He was seea by a constable a few weeks age, who
warned him to be very careful, and said he would be closely
watched. The prisoner, however, commenced pilfering
again.

Mr Partridge said the prisoner would obtain no more
employment in the docks, and sentenced him to a month's
imprisonment and hard labour.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A FRADULENT HORSE TRANSACTION.—CIIAEGE OF
CONSFIRACY AGAINST A HORSE DBALEP..—Isaac True-
man, of 15, South-street, Bethnal-green, horse dealer, was
charged before Mr Knox on a warrant with unlawfully
conspiring with others not in custody, and obtaining by
means of false pretences a horse, value £3O, from Mr
Edmund Berry, with intent to defraud him.
Mr Thomas Beard prosecuted.
Mr Edmund Berry, fishmonger, 66, Charles-streen)
Pentonville, said—On the 30th April last I had a bay geld-
ing for sale at Aldridge's Repository. It was bought in,
not fetching the price set upon it. Several persons asked
me the price. A man introduced me to the prisoner, say-
ing, " Here's a gentleman who will buy your pony." The
prisoner said, "I have sten your pony, and it's just the
thing to suit me to take my wife and child round the park,
What is the price ?" I said £2O. Prisoner offered me
£l9, but I refused. Prisoner then said that if I went with
him he thought they could make a bargain, and I went
with him into a publichouse at the corner of St.
Martin's-lane. On getting there prisoner said, " I'll
give you a pound down as deposit, and if I approve
of the pony, I will give you £l9 on Monday
morning." I said I did not like that mode of transacting
business, and he then said, "Do you doubt me P lam a
respectable person and a corn chandler in Swan-street,
Bethnal-green. I am no judge of horses, although I have
several ; but if it were 200 or 300 sacks of flower I could
judge of it. I have a private house at Victoria Park." He
then paid me the sovereign, and said he would send his
man over for the pony. I said, "Oh no; my man is here,
and he will take it " My man took the pony, and I gave
him certain instructions. On the Monday following
I neither got my pony back nor the money which
he promised, at the same time stating that if the pony
was nut approved it should be returned. On the Monday
I went and saw the prisoner walking up and down in front
of a cornchandler's in Swan-street, and he said, on my
askiug him it he liked the pony,he did,and that he should not
" part." The prisoner said he had to go to the Corn Ex-
change, that he was not prepared, but would call on Wed-
nesday and settle. At two on Wednesday I received a
letter making an appointment to meet me the same night.
I wont to the address pr Boner gave on the day of the bar-
gain, and he was not known there. I afterwards saw him,
and he said that things had gone rather hard, and wanted
me to take a b 111 for 21 days, paying, " We transact all our
business that way," but I declined to take it or one for
seven days. I have neither got my pony or money.
By Mr Pater (for the prisoner)—l let the prisoner have
tne pony because I thought he was a respectable man. I
have taken there proceedings to obtain my money and as
au example to other persons. He told me to do my best or
worst, as he did not get his living by paying fur tbings. I
never had such a ease before and hope never shall again.
Mr Knox—Certain representations were made to you,
which were—

Mr Berry—The man who introduced the prisoner to me
said he was a neighbour, and kept a cornchandler'e shop,
as also did the prisoner.
A young man in the employ of Mr;Berry sail—On going
into the publichouse where my master and the prisoner
were, the prisoner told him I was not wanted. My master
told me to take the pony with the prisoner, who kept a
corn chandler's shop in Swan-street. Prisoner told me to
go on, and he would follow in a cab. We stoppod at the
corner of the street, and a man like an ostler came running
up. The man asked the prisoner it he should clean the
pony, and he said " Yes." I asked the man if the prisoner
was his master, and he said he was, and that he kept 20
horses and carts, and let them out. I then let the pony go.
Mr Edward Reed, lately horsekeeper, of Church•street,
proved buying a pony of the prisoner on the Tuesday after.
By Mr Pater —Prisoner sells corn and flour on commis-
sion for his father- n-law, who lives in Swan-street.
By Mr Beard—l am .the nephew of the prisoner's father
in-law. Prisoner attends fairs and buys horses. I have
never known him to be in trouble during the last six or
seven years. I have never known him to be charged with
ant, offence. I don't know that he was committed from
the Worship -street Police Court and tried at she sessions,
Sergeant Evans, 22 took the prisoner into custody
at Stapleton's Horse Repository, Liverpool-street, City. I
have known the prisoner for years. Prisoner never had a
corn chandler's shop, nor vans to let for hire.
A remand was granted.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market steady. Sales probably 10,000 bales or
more.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

The will of the Hon. Charlotte Shore, of Hove,
Sussex, was proved in the London Court on the Bth
ult., the executors end trustees therein appointed
being the Right Hon. Charles John, Baron Teign.
mouth, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. (the brother); and
Colonel Edward Charles Fletcher (the brotber•in
law), of Kenward, Yalding. Tne personalty was
sworn under £16,000. Her ladyship was the
daughter of the first Baron Teignmouth, who suc-
ceeded Lord Cornwallis as Governor-General of
India. Her ladyship attained the age of seventy-
seven, and executed her will in 1854, and a codicil
thereto in 1859; bequeathing, at the wish of her
father and mother, the turn of £13,000 Consols
in trust for two of her nieces and two of her
nephews; leaving a few other legacies to other of
her relatives; also a logacy of £1,500 to her niece,
the eldest daughter of her brother Lord Teignmouth,
appointing ,his lordship residuary legatee. There
is a legacy of £lOO to her own servant free of duty.
The will of Frederick Richard Magenis, Esq of
Grosvenor-place, was proved in London by the
executors and trustees, Sir Arthur Charles Mage-
nie, K C. 8.; Thomas F. Wallace, Esq., of St.
James-street, Westminster; and William T. Car-
lisle, El., of Lincoln's Inn—the personalty being
sworn at £140,000. The will and first codicil are
dated F lb., 1861. There are altogether six codi-
cils, the last dated March 31,1864, and the testator
died on the 11th of the following month. After
making liberal bequests,amonnting to about £50,000
including legacies of £5OO to each of his executors,,
alsa legacies to his servants—to one man-servant,
£500; to his housekeeper, coachman and groom.
each £200; to all his other domestics legacies, and
to his late butler an annuity ; also many charitable
bequests—he leaves the residue of his property to
his daughter, Elizabeth Florence, wife of James
William Baillie, Ez.q. His yacht the Minx, he
leaves to the Captain. The following are among
the charitable bequests :—To the Royal National
Lifeboat Institution, £1,000; Ragged School Union
£500; Field-lane Ragged School; Houseless and
Destitute Dormitories, Bloomsbury and Great
Queen-street; Convalescent Institution, Walton.
on-Thames ; Middlesex Hospital ; Royal Free
Hospital, Grays-inn.road ; the Dreadnought; Ship-
wrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society ; Royal
Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, each £200; and
£lOO to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.

The will of Roger Cunliffe, Esq., ofßucklersbury,
banker, and of Highbury-place, was proved in Lon-
don by his sons, Roger Canliffo and E. S. Cunliffe,
&Ire., the executors and trustees. The personalty
was sworn under £120,000. The will bears date
Sept. 8, 1863, and a codicil on the February follow-
ing, and he died on May 18, 1861. He has dis-
posed of his property principally among his sons
and daughters, bequeathing to his two sons imme-
diate legacies of £4,000, and an equal share in the
residue of his estate. To each of his five daughters
110,000; and there are lLgicies to other members
of his family. He desires that no money be taken
from his share in the business but what may be
absolutely necessary, and to bear an interest of 4.:5
per cent, and that three months' notice be given to
the partnership firm of any sums required exceeding
13,000. There is one clause in the will we quote in
his own words--0, And here I wish to explain that
there are no legacies given to religious or charitable
institutions by this my will, because it has always
appeared to me more proper to make such gifts in
the lifetime, and this I have been in the habit of
doing constantly during a period of more than forty
years."

THE WOMEN'S DIIEL.—Some additional facts in
connexion with this case, some of the extraordinary
features of which were reported in The Sun a day or two
ago, have transpired since the committal of the prisoner for
trial to Lincoln assizes. The attempt by the prisoner (Martha
Howell, it will be recollected, was most determined, and her
intended victim had an exceedingly narrow escape. The pri-
Boner, in company with bliss Johnson and four otheryoung
ladies, was quietly returning home to Springthorpe, after
visiting Gainsborough. It was a quiet, lovely evening, and
the party had arrived at a lonely part of the road, near
Somerby-wood, when the prisoner, without any quarrel, or
the slightest intimation of her purpose, threatened to shoot
Miss Johnson, and at once fired deliberately at her face. The
muzzle of the pistol was so close to Miss Johnson that her
forehead was scorched, and the only circumstance which,
humanly speaking, thwarted the prisoner's diabolical pur-
pose was the heavy charge of the pistol. This caused the
weapon when fired to be deflected upwards, and the con-
tents, in c ,nsequence, went harmlessly over head. The
recoil of the pistol, however, caused the upper part
of the cock to strike the prisoner's hand with con-
siderable violence, inflicting on her a severe flesh wound.
This created a diversion in her victim's favour, and,
in all probability, enabled her, by escaping, to avoid a
second sho
t,forthe prisoner pursued her with the pistol in
one hand and the other hand in her pocket, apparently
with the intention of reloading the pistol, as a supply of
balls, shots, powder, and caps were afterwards found in
her pockets. Miss Johnson, however, safely escaped to
the nearest farmhouse, and the prisoner, finding her designs
bafflad, went on to Springthorpe. Miss Johnson had been
in the habit of teaching music to the prisoner's pupils, but
some lime ago a quarrel took place between her and the pri-
soner. She continued, however, her professional visits, and
on several occasions remained at the prisoner's all night.
When staying there the prisoner several times threatened
in the
pointing middle of the night to shoot her, at the same time
poi
a pistol at her, and on one of these occasions
Miss Johnson saw that the pistol was loaded with ball.
Since the prisoner's
nn
committal the police have discovered
that the pistol with which the deed was attempted to be
committed was purchased about a fortnight previously. The
prisoner has voluntarily informed the police how she loaded
it. put in two thimblefuls of powder,
t henSshome efirsshtOts,haendSayats:he top a ball or bullet. On her way
to Lincoln Castle, there to await her trial, she drew the at-
tention of the policeman who had charge of her to the spot
where executions take place at that city, and said, "I should
have been to have hung there it only I had accom-
plished She even went further, and said if
she were at liberty and had the chance she would still carry
out her intension. A. book which belonged to the prisoner
has been found containing the draught of a will dated the
my proudp purpose."
ose.,p
very day of the attempted murder, and a statement of ac-
counts, all posted up to that day. She repeatedly informed
night
ht" in licethat she had gone to Gainborough on the
question with the full determination either of in..
ducing Miss Johnson to let bygones be bygones and visit
her on the same terms as formerly, or of shoo ing her and
then herself. Prisoner has baen National schoolmistress
at nine years. She is a married
woman,
but has been livirg apart
from her husband for many years. There can be no doubt
about her having the full possession of her faculties.
Sprinagbtolauotrp4es
years about
ofage,
In the evidence before the magistrates mention was
made of a quarrel which took place between Miss John-
puriasrorneeirlaaasbnoou t been made clear, but, from the
t
eighteen months ago. The
ofceeanuseehd h
tthies q
statements,
it sterns to have had something to
a 1 of her pupils had left her school
dPoris°n with et
hto go to another one that had been establishedin the village.
These pupils Miss Johnson went to teach, and discontinued
'rse own
school.
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her visits to the prisoner. At this the prisoner was very
much annoyed, and she has been brooding over the matter
ever since—so much so that for weeks together, as she told
the police, she had no sleep. She therefore resolved to end
it one way or the other. Prisoner does not seem to feel the
position in which she is placed the least.
FISHING BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.—A first attempt
was made to fish by electric light a short time since
at Dunkirk, The light Wag supplied by a pile on Bunsen's
principle, composed of about 50 elements, and it succeeded
tolerably well, but the employment of the pile was attended
with much inconvenience. It Was then determined to
repeat the attempt with a magneto-electric machine.
The new experiments tried at Dunkirk and Ostend
had a double object-1, to prove how the light pro-
duced by the machine would act under water; and
2, to discover the effect the light would produce on the fish.
The first object was completely accomplished, and it is now
demonstrated that magneto-electric machines and the light
they produce are applicable to all submarine works. In
fact, this light was constant at 180 feet under water, and it
extended over a large surface. The machine, nevertheless,
was placed at a distance of more than 300 feet from the
regulator of the electric light. The glass sides of the lantern
remained perfectly transparent, and the quantity of coal
consumed were less than if it were in the open air.

The other day, a not very prepossessing looking
person, named John Doherty, about 22 years of
age, made an application at the Leeds Police .office for the
situation of " hangman for the West Riding." lie said
he belonged to Glasgow, and hearing that Leeds 12,:d been
made an assize town, naturally concluded that a hangman
would be wanted, and started cff to make a personal appli-
cation. He expressed himself quite able to " scrag'ern," as
he termed it, although the only experience he had had was
in having seen two persons executed at Glaegow. He
was referred to the Iligh Sheriff of the county,