The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-06 00:00:00

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HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day.
The SPEAEER took the chair at a quarter past 12.
PETITIONS.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

THE BALARLAVA. CHARGE-LORD CARDIGAN V. MAJOR

CALTHORPE.

COURT OF DIVORCE.
HARDING V. HA.RDING AND LANCE,
This was a petition by he husbana praying for a dissolu-
tion of the mart iage. The defence was that he had deserted
his wife without sufficient reason.
The Court granted a decree nisi.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE This Day,

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M AR LB ORO UG H- STRE ET.
A SCENE IN THE HAYMARKET —Henry Jones and
Charles Jones, two fashionably dressed young men, the
former of whom gave the address Alfred-terrace, St. John's-
wo d, the other refusing his address, were charged before
Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly in the Hay-
market, and assaulting z!ergsant Howe, 21, Layland 66 C,
and Hawkini, 29 C.

Sergeant Howe said that at a quarter to four that morn-
ing he saw the two prisoners in the Haymarket, along with
two Life Guardsmen and two females. They were pushing
people about, causing a great disturbance, and on request-
ing them to go away they refused. Upon taking the pri
soner Henry into custody he struck him and they fell to-
gether. He, however, got assistance, and they were then
taken to the station, but not till they had assaulted two
other constables.

Hawkins, 29 C, proved going to the assistance of the ser-
geant, there being a crowd of 200 persons assembled. On
the sergeant taking Henry into custody, Charles came up
and interfered, and on his telling him not to do so he in-
stantly knocked him down, and attempted to kick him, and
in the fall his (witness's) wrist was hurt.

Layland, 55 C, proved the prisoner's disorderly conduct,
and said that he was thrown to the ground with violence by
them twice, his back being much skinned.
The prisoners pleaded intoxication in their defence.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined them 40s. or a month each.
ROBBERY OF GOLD BY A WORKMAN.—Edward Shoo-
smith, a workman in the employ of Mr. Thomas Davison,
goldsmith, of No. 2, Poland-street, Oxford-street, was
charged with stealing some gold, the property of his em-
ployer.

The prisoner was seen by another workman in Mr. Davi-
son's employ, named Manby, who had been spoken to by
one of the apprentices, on two or three occasions to cut off
pieces of gold and melt them. Manby communicated what
he had seen to his employer, and a piece of gold was found
in the prisoner's work-box, each workman having a tin box
to place his work in.

Mr. Davison said that in consequence of what he was
informed by the witness Manby he went to the prisoner's
box, and there found a globule of gold, and on asking the
prisoner why he had melted it, he said he was in the habit
of doing so and leaving it in his box. He told the prisoner
he should send for a constable, and the prisoner then said
that he was very sorry for what he had done, that he had
only done it on a few occasions, and that he had taken very
little.

Peach, 172 C, said prisoner admitted having taken gold
on other occasions, but not the piece in question.
The prisoner having pleaded guilty, and the prosecutor
stating that he did not wish to press the case with severity,
Mr. Tyrwhitt said such robberies as that the prisoner was
charged with could not be dealt lightly with, as they tended
to destroy all confidence between masters and their work-
men, and suspioicn was thrown on all persons in the
employ.

The prisoner was committed for three months with held
Labour.

THAMES.

To BE OR NOT To BE.—John Thompson, a wild.look-
ing fellow, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged
with violently assaulting Mr. Joel Levy, curter-our to Mr.
Green, a wholesale tailor and outfitter in Hounsditch.
The complainant said he was plElsing along the Mile-end-
road on his way home, in company with a friend, when
the prisoner came in front of him, put himself in a strange
attitude, and exclsimed, " To be or not to be," at the same
time striking him a violent blow on the left eye.
Mr. Woolrych—And blackened it as I now see
Mr. Levy—Yes, sir; he gave me a black eye, and it is
very painful. 1 called a police constable, and gave him
into custody.

The prisoner said it was true he was tipsy last night,
true he did not know what he was about, and true that he
was locked up—(a laugh)—the very head and front of his
offending had that extent—no more.

Mr. Woolrych said the head and front of the prisoner's
offending went to a much larger extent than he supposed. It
appeared the prisoner was labouring under a dramatic hal-
lucination, addressed the complainant in the words of
Hamlet, and then struck him a violent blow on the eye. He
would allow the prisoner to retire with the complainant and
make him some compensation.
The parties left the court and soon returned. It was
announced that the prisoner would pay nothing to the man
he had wronged, and exclaimed, "Base is the slave who
Pays."

Mr. Woolrych fined the prisoner 15s, and in default sen•
tenced him to be imprisoned for eight days.
The prisoner—So ends my catechism.
A DESERTER FROM THE POLICE FORCE.—George Floyd,
a tall young man, was brought before Mr. Woolrych,
charged with unlawfully absconding from the H division of
the metropolitan force.

Mr. Joseph Dendy, inspector of the H division, said that
the prisoner had been a police-constable twelve months, and
his character was very good indeed. On Wednesday last
the prisoner, who was a single man, absconded from the
station-house in Leman-street, and without giving any
notice whatever of his intentions. Another man was sub-
stituted for the prisoner on Thursday.
In answer to questions by Mr. Woolrych, the inspector
said that Mr. White, the superintendent of the division,
gave the prisoner no permission to leave the police force.
The prisoner did not take away his uniform or any of his
accoutrements. A month's notice was required by the Act
of Parliament before any police-constable could resign.
Mr. Ralph Field Thomas, inspector of the Thames
division, said he apprehended the prisoner on a warrant
yesterday afternoon in the East India Dock. He said to
him, "Is not your name Robert Floyd to which he re-
plied, "No, it is George Floyd." He looked at the warrant
and found that was so. The prisoner was walking about
the north quay of the dock, and said he was very sorry in-
deed, and thet he left the police force in a bit of a tiff.
The prisoner, who was dressed in the garb of a sailor,
said he had a brother in the force. He had a few words
with his brother on Wednesday, and when be left him he
packed up a few things belonging to him and walked away,
with the intention of joining a ship and going to sea.
Mr. Woolrych—lt is a pity to give way to violence. You
have spoiled all your prospects in life, and done ourself a
goad deal of injury You have borne a very good charac-
ter, and u der those circumstances I fine you 7s. 6d. only.
'1 he money was paid.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

One-half above Frida May 6.
S' Sales, more than 10,000
bales. Imports, 679 ;
previously, 11,307.

Messrs. Blackwood and Sons publish the pro-
spectus of a People's Edition of Sir Archibald Alison's con-
tinuation of his History of Europe from the battle of
Waterloo to the accession of Louis Napoleon.
Gen. Garibaldi, a letter from Caprera states, is
to return to the Continent about the middle of May to com-
plete hie cure at home of the watering ple,o".

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Several petitions were presented against the sale of in-
toxicating liquors cal th• Sabbath; Mr. LOCKE, South-
wark. against the amalgamation of the city with the metro-
politan police; Mr. KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEIc against the
Prison Ministers Bill ; Mr. B&ZLEY, from Manchester
against the Poor Removal Bill.

CHURCH RATES COMMUTATION BILL.
Mr. NEW DEGATE said, in moving the second read-
ing of this bill, that it would be found to be in accordance
with the desires of the occupiers of land and houses, and
with the desires of all men of moderate opinions, whether
connected with the Church or Dissenters. Some change
of the law, which would provide for the fabrics, and the
ordinary Church expenses, was now required. He
deprecated any desire to disturb the relations that
subsisted between the Church and the constitution.
Parliament, he was satisfied, had no desire to interfere with
those parochial organisations. The Times had styled hie
proposition—which might be characterised as a compromise
between those of moderate and extreme opinions upon the
matter—as " Mr. Newdigate's specific."

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
:Sittings in Banco, before Loci Chief Justice and Justices
Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.)

Mr. Sergeant Shee this morning said he was instructed
on the part of Major-General Calthorpe, in the case in
which his learned friend (Mr. Bovill) had obtained a rule
for a criminal information, to ask their lordships that the
rule might be enlarged until next term.
Mr. Bovill said, on the part of the Earl of Cardigan, he
had no objection to the rule being enlarged until the next
term.
Rule enlarged accordingly.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
BEAVAN V. THE COUNTESS OF WALDEGRAVE.
This case, in which a rule had been obtained to show
cause why the verdict should not be entered for plaintiff,
came before the Court again this morning, but it was di-
rected to stand over until next term.