The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-21 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

AN OLD OFFENDER.—Mary Hearne, a wretched-looking
woman, aged 71, was charged with stealing a loin of pork
under the following circumstances :
Henry Green, shopman to Mr. J. Chown, cheesemonger,
Fulham-road, said that on Friday afternoon the prisoner
came into his shop and bought a piece of bacon, which
came to 10d. She left 21d., promising to call with the re-
mainder, and soon afterwards brought 3d. mote, saying
she would bring the remaining 41d. on Saturday, and
directly she had gone he was told that a woman had
taken a piece of pork, upon which witness, going out, found
the pork produced, weighing 6lbs, under her shawl. When
he took it from her she said she thought it was her bacon.
Evidence having been given of the prisoner's being
taken into custody, it was intimated that on. Friday after-
noon, while waiting for the case, the prisoner made her
escape, and was not apprehended again till this morning ;
and the magistrate having observed that he thought he
knew her face,
James Manley, 347 V, stated that she was an old offender,
and had as late as the 28th of August been sentenced to
three months' imprisonment under the Criminal Justice
Act from this court for stealing a coat.
ofonlrin
triitateLd the woman, who
Mr. Selfe, on hearing this,
made a long rambling

THAMES.
VILE ASSAULTS.—Auton Martin, a German sugar baker,
was brought betore Mr. Woolrych charged with assaulting
Mary Ann Beck, a respectable married woman, and Emma
Patrick, a girl 15 years of age.
The girl stated that, at half-past 11 on Saturday night.
she was in Lambeth-street, Whitechapel, in company with
Mrs. Beck, when the prisoner, who had been standing with
his face to the wall, suddenly rushed upon them with his
c:othes in disorder, and laid hold of Mrs. Beck and turned
her round, and he then seized witness by the shoulder and
raised her clothes. Another woman said, " You black-
guard," took up a handful of mud and threw it at him.
He then released her, and he was given into custody.
Mr. Woolrych—Did he touch you with his hand?
Witness—He did Fir.
Mr. Woolrych—Was he intoxicated ?

Witness—Yes sir; he was,
Mr. Woolrych—Did he say anything to you?
Witness—Yes,
_sir ; but I could not understand what
he said.

Mrs. Beck said the prisoner caught hold of me first, and
I clewed him round. He then seized the girl and
acted very rudely towards her. She screamed three times
before he released her, and he would not have done so
then if a woman had not plastered him with mud and
nearly blinded him.

Chally, a police-constable, said the prisoner was the
worse for liquor on Saturday night, but he could walk very
well indeed, and knew perfectly well what he was about.
The girl was very much alarmed.

Mr. 'Wintjen, interpreter, translated the evidence to the
prisoner, who said he had no defence to make, and had no
recollection of what had occurred.

Mr. Woolrych sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned
for two months and kept to hard labour.

A YANKEE DEMONSTRATION.

As SKETCHED BY MR. G. A. SALA, AS THE " DAILY

TELEGRAPH" CORRESPONDENT.

The Americans regard a public meeting as an en-
tertainment of the most exhilarating kind. It is to
them a physical as well as an intellectual teat. In
England we are apt.to look upon these ass3mblages,
as bores, it not of nuisances. I don't think I cau
call to mind half-a-dcz en people in the possession
of their sober senses who ever attended a meeting
at the London Tavern or the Freemasons' un-
less they had some end to gain. The public who
cram the halls on such occasions are a public
apart, and are kindred, I surmise, of that pub-
lic who listen to ranters in Waterloo-place,
sit on the forms in the damp colonnades of
the Royal Exchange, and fill the back benches of
the Court of Queen's Bench to hear a demurrer
in an action about a patent in indiarubber overshoes.
But the Americans enjoy their meetings with the
heartiest gusto. It only needs a little paint to the
faces and a few spangles to the coats and pants of the
speakers to make the whole thing like a play. "The
flag," of course. had it all its own way. It hung, in
duplicate, from the capital of each column in the hall,
The chairman, Mr. Opdyke, sat in a bower of bunt-
ipg; and a bust of Washington was swathed in
the folds of the same glorious standard. I don't
know whether Cotton is King; but it is certain
that Calico, decorated with the stars and stripes, is
Great Mogul in this country. These ensigns had
mottoes attached to them, to which Mr. Long-
fellow's device of Excelsior" appears tame and
trite. What do you think of this :
_ _

" Our columns rush whore'er our banners lead,
And every heart resp9nsive beats for Meade."
Or this one :
UXCONDITIONAL SURRENDER GRANT.
The captured heights of Chattanooga prove
His readiness on rebel works to move."

Or this, inimitable, I think, for vigour and terse
DM :-.

" THE CONTRAST.
Bragg, the great retreater,
Grant, the great repeater."
The Americana are distinguished for proficiency in
the distich and triptich, you may remember :--

" I wish I was a geese,
For they live and die in peace,
And accumulates much grease.'..
bard,of the
Likewise the couplet of the aspiring
wishing to improve on the received version
national hymn, began :
" Buckwheatail, Columia, happy land ;
of sand."
who,
cba kes made
outdone
But all these are, I think,
one by
the
anony-
moussplendid mansion
built
bpyo e trowr.hoiaocnubth
Townsend,s wall of° t
in Fifth Avenue,h e
chalked the simple lines :
Old Sarsaparilla
Built this villa
the Cooper Institute meet,
ing were Gee. Strong, an enthusiastic Union man,
lla
and amiable gentleman, lately in
Louis, and who summarily
authority at S
t.
from that city _ y xpelled
; Judge Daley ;
A ,b
fu
rt . a( vleeorryg
Train
the President
. y ; Mr. Nicolay,
• te
privaewFo.rthy
Billy Wilson ; the rather too famous
secretary to the President
Daniel Sickles, and Others, whose
will not be familiar to you.. And
names
0 a bonne bouehe, at the close of the meeting,
Colonel Daniel
Major-Genoral Anderson, 80 Well known in con-
nection with Fort Sumter and the first rebel shot
fired, was introduced, amidst rapturous applause, to
the audience. Tae speeches made were not very
violent against Great Britain. There was some
scratches of the old sores about the Alabama and
the concession of belligerent rights to the South, and
o
increased armies, and ironclads which should not
flounder in the water like porpoises, a
War-
rior and the Prince Consort did," were recommended
the
as correctives for any future infracti of neutrality.
from
discussion
Without much of her hair be_i_rfitllle d out.
......„.
Still, old Mother England emerged s

DRURY LANE THEATRE.--Tbe performances to-
qight at this house will Le for the benefit of Mr. F.
B. Chatterton, who divides the labours of management
he appear-
with
Mr, Falconer. Among a variety of attractions, t
ance of Mr. Phelps, for the first time at trury Lane, as Sir
Pertinaz Macsycophant, in Macklin'3 comedy of " The
Man of the World," may be specified as the most important.
and the entertainments are in all other respects well chosen
and likely to ensure a large audience.
CURRAN.--Tho Judge interrupted Curran in the
,ictch..:uaCrrrguaeriartaoreetm,hea
Jr.
reaOyjnueedg,agatei
again,
atginamdue
Mr.
1 \rs midst of his speech, when an ass began to bray under the
if you
and
nadst :h.v re" a
sbsPy
beganr ni ut
Presently ukreyd:
,t Does not your lordship hear a ren;urkablo echo in the
court f"