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

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1864.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

Patrick Weston was placed at the bar on remand charged
with stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Mrs. Wright,
Ship-yard. .

James Coglin said on Boxing-day he saw the prisoner
with a large bit of beef. On hearing that such a piece of
meat had been stolen from Mrs. Wright's shop, ho went to
look after the prisoner, and found him about seven o'clock
in the evening, when he asked him how he got the meat.
Prisoner said it was all right. He asked some other ques-
tions about it, when the prisoner said he " nailed" it from
Wright's; and that he (witness) need not say anything
about it and he'd " square" the thing all fight. He how-
ever went and told Mrs. Wright.

Georco Hutton, foreman to Mr. Wright, butcher, Ship-
yard, said the beef was stolen on the afternoon of Boxing.
day from the shop of his employer. It was missed vary
soon after it was stolen, but until information was brought
to Mr. Wright he did not know who was the thief.
Police-constable F 152 said from the description given of
the prisoner he took him into custody, but ho denied all
knowledge of the robbery. The meat had not been found.
A boy, No. 24 in the Shoeb lack Brigade, said on the day
in question, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw
the prisoner with a big bit of beef. He was walking away
with it.

Prisoner—Saw me with a big lump of beef I Well, you
must have good eyes. Why, I never had no beef, and I
don't know anything about it. As to stealing it, that's a
mistake. It was in doors all the afternoon, and I can prove

Mr. Henry—Well, you can do so at your trial.
Prisoner—But I never had the beef. If I had I
shouldn't have minded, but it is hard to get sent for trial
for nothing.
Mr, Henry—Well, two witnesses saw you with the beef,
and a piece of meat like that you were seen carrying was
stolen from a shop at the coraer of Ship-pard.
Mason, a coal-dealer in Ship yard said—A few days ago
he saw the prisoner hanging about in Middle Serles-place,
when he asked him if he would carry out a few coals. He
said he would, and he accordingly sent him with a couple of
hundred to a laundress. He got the money, which he kept,
and he also stuck to the sack.

Prisoner--Well, you'll make something of it presently.
1 never did a day's work for the man, and I never had the
beef.

Mr. Henry—l shall commit you for teal on the first
charge, and remand you on the second, in order that the
person who paid you the money may be in attendance.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN VETERINARY
SURGEONS—THE CASE OF A POOR CAB HORSE.—Mr.
John Harris, cab proprietor, of Burwood-mews, Edgware-
road, and Wm. Warwick, a driver in his employ, were
charged by Mr. Wm.:Love, of the Royal Society for the pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, the former with having
caused a horse to be tortured, and the latter with having
tortured it by working it whilst in an unfit state for labour.
A solicitor appeared for the defence, and both easels were
heard together.
Mr. Love stated that on the 24th ult., he was in Regent-
street, and saw Warwick driving a horse in a four-wheeled
cab. The horse was lame in both forelegs and its general
condition was bad, and the driver who was tugging the reins
had a difficulty in getting it along. In conjunction with Mr.
Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, who was with him, he stopped
Warwick, and, on examining the horse, he found an exten-
sive raw wound on the inside of the fetlock joint of the near
foreleg, evidently of some long standing, and covered with
a piece of cloth; also three wounds just above the fetlock
joint. Its fore and hind quarters were much shrunken, it
trembled, and seemed exhausted, and had apparently been
hunted, overdriven, and overworked, and in his opinion it
was totally unfit for cab work. The defendant Warwick
admitted that he had a difficulty in earning his money with
the horse, The defendant Harris admitted he sent the
horse out to work, and that he placed the cloth where it
w.ts in the habit of cutting itself, and that he considered it
fit for work.

In cross-examination, Mr. Love said his complaint was
not simply of the wounds, but of the horse's general unfit-
ness for work. He had seen the horse that day, and it
was manifestly improved since he made the complaint—
eight days ago—still he considered the horse unfit for cab-
work. In his opinion, the horse was not worth more than
food for " knackers" at the present time.

Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon
and inspector, proved examining the horse on Thursday
week last, with Mr. Love, and he found it poor, weak, and
exhausted, and lame in both forelegs, the fetlock joints
being swollen and deformed. There was a wound of con-
siderable size on the fetlock joint, covered with a piece of
cloth, quite raw, and of long standing. The horse was
altogether unfit for work, and he directed the driver to take
it home. He had seen the horse that day, and, although it
was in a better condition than it was then, it did not alter
his opinion as to its general unfitness to work in a public
carriage.
In cross-examination Mr. Cherry said he attributed the

injuries to the deformity of the fetlock joints.
The defendant's solicitor said the complaint proceeded
from the over zealousness in carrying out their duties of the
gentlemen who appeared as witnesses. He would call
another veterinary surgeon, who would put a different face
on the matter, and show that the horse was not only fit for
the work, but that it was in reality a valuable animal.
Mr. Dollar, veterinary surgeon to several public com-
panies, and residing in Bond-street, said he examined the
horse on Monday last, and again that day, and he consi-
dered its value about £lO. It was not an old horse, its con-
stitution was sound, it was in good condition, and he consi-
dered it perfectly capable of working in a cab. The wounds
on the fetlock joints were but trifling, and it might have
cut itself on the day the complaint was made, but it might
go for weeks without doing so again. He staked his pro-
fessional reputation in saying that the horse was quite fit
to work in a public carriage.
Mr. Knox said that veterinary surgeons sometimes
differed in opinion, and when a person like Mr. Dollar came
forward and took oath, and staked his professional repu-
tation that the horse was fit for the work it was put to, he
(the magistrate) was bound to accept his evidence, and
therefore the charge against the owner must fall to the
ground. But with regard to the driver, unless he dis-
believed the positive testimony of Mr. Cherry, the veteri-
nary surgeon, and that of Mr. Love, of the society, he must
convict him. It had been sworn to that the horse on the
day in question was lame, weak, exhausted, overdriven,
and overworked, and in a miserable state. That no doubt
was the work of the driver, and placing, as he (the magis-
trate) did the fullest reliance upon the evidence of the wit-
nesses, he should convict the driver in a penalty of 205., or
14 days in the House of Correction.
The fine was paid by the owner of the horse.

anquet to Prince Gortschakoff at St.

Petersburg.

We have received St. Petersburg journals con-
taining very long reports of the speeches at the
banquets which we stated on Wednesday had been
given to Prince Gortschakoff, at the rooms of the
English Club in the Russian capital.
Prince Gortschakoff spoke amid the greatest en-
thusiasm. The following is a passsge from his
address :

" All Russia, enraptured, raised its voice in sup-
port of our replies, of which the object was to con-
found and repel pretentious attempts on the dignity
of our country. It bas lavished encouragements so
flittering to the writer of those replies, that we
could not help saying to ourselves If this feeble
manifestation of the will of the Czar has produced
such an impression, what will Russia not do it' God
sends her new trials, and the Emperor makes a
solemn appeal to the nation.'" (Great applause,)
Among the other speeches was one by Count
Orloff, who said—
" After the conclusion of the treaty of. Paris,
which put an end to a war not less glorious than un-
fortunate for us, Europe generally was penetrated
with the idea that Russia would become powerless ;
that she had lost for long years her influence; and
that her only resource was to remain a wounded
spectator, powerless in the political affairs of
Europe. And here wo must recall the significant
words of the Prince whom we have the honour to
entertain to-day, 'Russia does not sulk—she col-
lects her strength.' Without losing time in useless
complaints, we occupied ourselve ardently with our
internal affairs. Examine all that has been done
in this time—all the useful materials which have
been prepared for the future. . . I was abroad
when the late despatches of Prince Gortschakoff
were expected with feverish impatience. The prince
did not for an instant lose his verve and coolness at
the time when he wrote those despatches, the holy
anger of which, excited by foreign intermeddling,
led the Times to say that no Minister in Europe cut
his pen so finely as Prince Gortscbakoff•"
At this part of the count's speech Prince Gorts-
chakoff appears to have suddenly risen. He said—

" Prince Orloff has made it a great merit in me
to have kept the smile upon my lips and remained
calm and gay in a difficult moment. But, gentle-
men, my calm is easily explained. I had before me
Russia, such as she really is, calm, majestic, and
powerful, and not as her• enemies would have her to
be, feeble, divided, undermined by revolution, and
powerless. Europe sees us through a deceptive cloud,
and does not perceive what we really are. We
breathed upon this cloud which obscured our great-
ness, and it vanished, and Europe has suddenly
seen us in the true light of the day; she is con-
vinced of the holy and indiasoltble union which
exists between the Sovereign and the nation, she
has recognised that our power hos not diminished.
May this union, which constitutes our strength,
remain for ever !"