The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Aug. 22.

MARYLEBONE.—A tall, stout, dark-whiskered man,
named George Ballard, residing at 9, Seymour-place, ap-
peared before Mr. Yardley to answer a complaint made
against him by Frances Williams.
The complainant, about 13 or 19 years of age, stylishly
dressed, and good-looking withal, said—l am a young
married woman, living in the same house as the prisoner.
For the last fortnight or more he has been making his
" obedience" to me, both when he sees me by myself sad
also in the presence of my husband.
Mr. Yardley—What do you mean by his " obedience ?"

Complainant (blushing)—Well, sir, if I must tell, I must.
Ho nods and winks at me, as if he was making love to ma.
(Laughter.)
Does he laugh at you as well ?—Yes, sir. Last Saturday
night he was winking at me, and I told him I did not wish
for his attcnttons. He made use of bad language, and said
something about my eyes. He afterwards struck my hus-
band, and I took hold of his (defendant's) waistcoat.
Defendant—Whiskers you mean; you fascinating
ci eature.

Complainant—l wouldn't take that liberty. Well, sir,
I clung to his waistcoat, and he struck me in the eye and
blacked it.

Defendant—Do say the right word, " whiskers."
Complainant, in reply to questions from the defendant,
said—The first time I spoke to you it was to pass the time
of day. You have spoken to me, and nodded and winked,
and done all you could to make my husband jealous.
(Laughter.) _ _

Joseph Williams, about half the size of defendant,said—
I am a saddler, and husband to that young lady (turning
affectionately to complainant, who reciprocated the
smiles). He then scowled fiercely at defendant, and said
to his worship—For some time past this man has been
making " obediences" to my wife to try to cause me to
be jealous—(laughter)—and I have not half liked it. (Roars
of laughter.) _ _

Mr. Yardley—Has he succeeded in making you jealous ?
Husband—Well, no ; not at present. He said he would
speak to her whenever he liked, and where he liked. I told
him he should not, when he kicked me behind and struck
me. My wife held him by the waistcoat and got me away.
Cross-examined—l might have called you a black muz-
zled dirty hound. You made your " obedience" to my wife,
to make me jealous, but it's no go. (Laughter.)
Defendant, in the midst of roars of laughter, said—l have
my own wife in court, if your worship would like to look
at her; she is quite as good-looking, and I believe I love
her as well as any other woman. I have lived in the house
for nearly four years, during which time this young man
came to lodge there, and has recently married this fascinat-
ing young wife. Her fascinating ways have quite capti-
vated him. I think the saddle should be on the other horse,
for I believe she has been trying to make my wife jealous.
On returning home the night that they speak of, they were
both at the window, She called me a vile name, and he
called me a black muzzled hound. I said if he came out I
would kick his posteriors. As he came out I kept my word,
and sent him half way across the street. After this we had
a struggle, and somehow his dear love got struck. It's all
a fallacy to say I'm jealous of her, although she has got
all her trinkets upon her.
Mr. Yardley had no doubt that the defendant had made
" obedience" to the complainant, as she termed it, with a
view to excite the ire of the husband against her. He had
behaved in a most insulting manner. He was then fined
10s., or seven days' imprisonment. _

The defendant paid the money, and left the court with
his own wife.

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TIIE ILLNESS OF LORD CLYDE.—The sad illness
which has robbed the country of one of its noblest
heroes undoubtedly arose from the toils and hardships of
his soldier life. It was no mere " atrophy" of the frame,
such as enervating old age brings to the idle as to the bold
in arms, and it is just that we should say it, for it
seems only to add another, though a mournful, claim
to our tender reverence and high regard for this simple-
hearted and devoted soldier, to know that in his death
he paid the debt of injuries self-inflicted on his health
by hard service to his country. Lord Clyde was natu-
rally of a very vigorous constitution, and immense chest
development in proportion to his height. During
the Indian. mutiny campaign in Oude he was thrown vio-
lently from his horse, dislocated his right humerus into the
axilla, fractured a rib, and suffered afterwards some in-
flammation, both pleuritic and pneumonic. Ho never felt
thoroughly well since that accident. After his return to
England he had two or three attacks of congestion of the
lungs, associated with bronchitis and enfeebled action of
the heart. One of these attacks preceded his late fatal
illness. During his last sickness he was attended by the
medical officers of the Chatham garrison, Surgeon Major
Summers (goy al Engineers) being, we believe, in immediate
medical charge, assisted by a daily consultation with the
principal medical officers and others. Prof. Longmore, Mr.
Cutler, and Dr. Watson paid some visits during the course
of the illness. Their opinion pointed but too clearly to
the fatal result. 'The chief symptoms indicated fatty de-
generation and dilatation of the heart, but without any ap-
parent valvular disease; imperfectly aerated blood, and
consequent disturb4nee of the brain and mental functions,
oedema, with orthopncea, and restlessness; these were the
sure forerunners of the end. And, in fact, the disease con-
sisted of general enlargement as to weight and bulk of the
heart, fatty degeneration and dilatation of the auricles.
It was obvious that the duration of the disease was upwards
of two years. Lord Clyde died, not from the wasting atro-
phy of age, but as directly in the service of his country, and
from the weight of the heavy toils and great blows which
he bore in that service, as though he had fallen on the very
field of one of those battles in which he so often led to vic-
tory,—,Lancet.

ALARMING ACCIDENT AT BLACK-.
FRIAR'S-BRIDGE.

On Saturday an alarming accident occurred at
the works now in progress for the erection of a via-
duct for the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway,
across the Thames at Blachfriars. Of late immense
masses of scaffolding for laying the foundations of
the bridge have been raised at intervals right across
the river, leaving here and there open spaces in a
line with the arches of the old bridge for the pur-
poses of the navigation. These works rise to a great
height, and, being in themselves somewhat pic-
turesque, people collect on the bridge in great num-
bers from day to day to witness the operations,
which were being pushed forward with astonish-
ing rapidity. As usual in great engineering un-
dertakings, travelling cranes are in use for
carrying materials along the line of operations,
and especially for lifting masses of granite which
are being used in the structure. They run on lines
of rail, and can be readily moved from place to
place. One of these cranes, a ponderous thing
of itself, was being transferred from one part of
the works to another on Saturday afternoon
about three o'clock. It was worked in the pro-
cess of removal by seven or eight men, whom it car-
ried along with it, bearing thus its own motive
power, when, in crossing one of the spans left free
for the navigation, a beam of wood on which the
machine travelled gave way, and the crane, with the
whole of the men upon it, fell sideways with a fear-
ful crash into the river from a height of about 40
feet. For the moment, the excitement which the
incident produced among the people on the old
bridge is said to have been so great as of itself to give
cause for ala rm. They collected in a state of con-
sten/Mien all along the eastern parapet, end the
crowd kept increasing for some time. A barge,
with two men on board, belonging to Brentford,
was passing below at the time of the accident, and
one of the men is said to have been hurt, but to what
extent could not be learnt, by the falling materials.
Two, if not more, of the seven or eight men who fell
with " the traveller," were so much injured as to
render their removal to an hospital necessary, and
there was a rumour on Saturday evening that one
was wholly missing. It would appear, however,
from inquiries made in various quarters last evening
that they were all picked up alive, but on Sunday,
when all the operations at the bridge were
suspended, it was difficult to learn the exact
truth. A minute or two before the accident a river
steamer crowded with passengers passed the spot
where the crane and the broken timber fell, and the
people on board had thus a narrow escape. During
the whole of yesterday the bridge was crowded
with people talking over the accident, and watch-
ing the operations for raising the traveller from the
bed of thelriver, where it endangered the navigation,
already sufficiently intricate,while these engineering
works are in progress. It is understood to have
been removed towards evening.