The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
TUE ILLUMINATIONS.--PICICING POMETS.—Two lads
named Henry Bolton and Henry Perry were charged before
Mr. Mansfield with attempting to pick the pockets of se-
veral persons in Regent-street and Saville-row last night,
the streets being much crowded by persons anxious to see
the illuminations in honour of the Prince of Wales's birth-
day.

Henry Dawson, 301 A, deposed to seeing the prisoners
busily employed last night in trying the pockets of several
persons in Saville-row and Regent-street, and on taking
them into custody, and finding two white pocket handker-
chiefs in their possession, they both said they belonged to
their " young ladies."
Perry said that the officer had charged them with pick-
ing pockets, but he could assure the magistrate that it was
a mistake. They were out like others to see what was going
on, and as for picking pockets it was all stuff, and it was
net likely they would take handkerchiefs when they had
their own.

Mr. Mansfield committed the prisoners for three months
hard labour each,
Perry observed that it was a mistake, but he supposed he
must put up with it.

A TERMAQA.NT.—M THAMES.artha Henderson, a very large and
powerful woman, was brought before Mr.Woolrych, on re-
mand, charged with committing a very serious assault on
John Cortnack, an Irishman, living at No. 7, Broad Bridge-
terrace, Middle Shadwell.
Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the evidence of complainant, who wore
some medical plaisters on his head, that on the night of the
7th instant he was in the Lebeck's Head public-house, in
High-street, Shadwell, and quarrelled with the prisoner,
who took up a drinking-glass and struck him a tremendous
blow with it, and he fell, and was insensible for some time
afterwards.

In cross-examination by Mr. Smith, the prosecutor said
he was a seaman, There were two women in the Lebeck's
Head. He did not black a woman's eye. He did not know
whether he did it or not. He did strike a woman, but
whether he gave her a black eye or not he could not say.
William Kenny, barman at the Lebeck's Head, gave a
somewhat different version of the transaction. The pri-
soner threw a glass of half and half over the prosecutor,
and he jumped up, and she struck him on the head with a
glass, who bled fearfully.
Mr. Joseph Arthur, surgeon, of High-street, Shadwell,
said he was called upon to attend the prosecutor on the
night of the 7th inst. There were three distinct wounds on
the right side of the forehead. They were lacerated wounds.
There was another lacerated wound on the lower lip on the
same side. There had been a good deal of hemorrhage.
The remains of a stout and heavy drinking glass was
produced, and Mr. Arthur said it might produce such
wounds as those he had described.
Mr. Joseph Smith advised the prisoner to reserve her
defence, but she would speak, and said she must make an
oration. The oration was a long oue, and we must neces-
sarily abridge it. She said that a friend asked the sailor for
some money owing to her, and he said he would not pay it,
and knocked her down. She remarked it was a shame, and
the prosecutor said he would run her through, and then
struck her, and she threw some beer over him.
Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial for unlaw-
fully wounding the prosecutor.

Dr. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 'will succeed the
Archbishop of Dublin as Dean of Westminster. Dr. Stan-
ley is at present Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History
at Oxford, Canon of Christ Church, Honorary Chaplain in
Ordinary to the Queen, and Examining Chaplain to the
Bishop of London.
CELEBRATION OF A 101ST BIRTHDAY.—On Sun-
day, a Mr. Foster, of Derby, attained the age of 101 years,
and to celebrate the event a large party of gentlemen of
position and influence in the town gave a dinner at the
County Hotel on Saturday evening, to which Mr. Foster
was invited. The Mayor of Derby and many members of
the Corporation were present to do honour to the vener-
able patriarch, who is still in the possession of all his
faculties, and able to travel about from town to town
disposing of charts and other educational works compiled
by himself. He is well known in Manchester, Birming-
ham, Gloucester, Leeds, London, Stafford, Bristol, Not-
tingham, Sheffield, and other large places, which he is in
the habit of visiting in the pursuit of business. In early
life Mr. Foster served in the army, and went to Egypt
under General Abercrombie. He afterwards became an
artist. He has been four times married, and has a daughter
now living in her eleventh year, she having been born when
her father was 90 years of age.
ALLEGED DEATH FROM WANT.—Yesterday
morning Mr. John Humphreys, the East Middle-
sex coroner, resumed an inquiry at the Black Horse Tavern,
Kingsland-road, relative to the death of Benjamin Menzie,
aged 49 years, who, it was alleged, had died from want and
destitution through his non-admission to Shoreditch work.
house. The deceased had been a shoemaker, and lived in
a wretched room at No. 4, Hereford-street, Shoreditch. He
had been unable to follow his occupation, and with his son
had suffered great privations. Their chief support had
been bread and tea. On Monday week the deceased applied
at the workhouse of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, where he saw
Mr. George Rogers, the relieving-officer, who visited the
deceased, and ordered him to attend on the Wednesday.
He was offered 2s. per week and a 41b, loaf, or, if he thought
proper, admission to the workhouse. Ho took the relief
G re
and also aenwood medical order for the attendance of Dr. Major
, who prescribed for him. On the following
morning the deceased was found dead in bed by the side of the summoning officer, said
that ho found the room in a most wretched and filthy
condition and without furniture. Dr. Greenwood said that
the deceased died from aneurism of the aorta. The body
was very much emaciated, and deceased had suffered front
the want of proper nourishment. Mr. Rogers, the reliev-
ing-officer, attended and gave a satisfactory explanation to
the allegations set forth at the former inquiry by the son.
The jury unanimously agreed to a verdict of " Natural
death from rupture of the aorta,,. The inquiry then
terminated.

A SELF-ACCUSED MURDERER,--At the Portsmouth
Police Court, on Saturday, a young man named James
Grisenthwaite was charged with murder on his own con-
fession. It appears that the prisoner, who is a gunner of
the Bth brigade Royal Artillery, was brought to the above
port in her Majesty's ship Adventure by order of the
Commander-in-Chief, in consequence of his having con-
fessed, whilst at Nova Scotia, that he had murdered a
young woman, named Isabella Wilkinson, at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, in 1853. It appeared that the whole of the
correspondence relating to the case had been forwarded
to the commander of the northern district at Manchester,
in the belief that the prisoner would have been landed at
Liverpool, in consequence of which Mr. Superintendent
Barber asked the Bench to remand the prisoner for a few
days, in order that he might be enabled to communicate
with the police at Newcastle upon-Tyne. It is stated that
the prisoner now denies having committed the crime of
which he stands self-accused, and states that he made the
confession while suffering from delirium tremens.

ASSSESSMENT OF THE INCOME TAY.--In
Conse-
quence of several complaints having been made by
the inhabitants of East Kent respecting the arbitrary man-
nor in which assessments are made to the income tax under
Schedule D, Mr. Knatchbull-Hugesson, M.P., made a re•
presentation to the Board of Inland Revenue, which re-
sulted in the issue of a memorandum by that body. The
document states that the persons who assess the tax on
professions and trades under schedule D are additional
commissioners elected by the commissioners for the general
purposes of the income tax; that they may bo
selected from the inhabitants of thel division ; that they
are under an oath to execute the powers and authorities
vested in them " truly, faithfully, impartially, and
honestly, according to the best of their skill and know-
ledge ;" that in making the increased charges complained
of the additional commissioners formed the estimates of the
profits from their own knowledge of the different concerns;
and that in the case of a person entitled to the abatement
of duty in respect of £6O, the relief can only be granted
upon his preferring a claim for the same, and proving to the
satisfaction of the general commissioners that his total in-
come from all sources, though amounting to £lOO, is less
than £2OO a year.
THE RESIDENCE OF TIIE LATE MR. AUGUSTUS
Egg, which is called the Elms, and is the next house to
Catupden House, and the subject of a recent extraordinary
trial, has been purchased by Nr, Alfred Wigan,