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

POLICE IN'

This Day,

RIARLBOROUGH-STREET.

PICKING A. LADY'S POCKET.—WDI. Lindsay, described
as a tailor, but who there is reason to believe has been con-
victed, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt. with picking the
pocket of a lady named Comyns, while seeing her child and
servant into an omnibus at the Oxford-street corner of the
Tottenham-oourt-road.

Mrs. Comyns felt a tug at her pocket, and on looking
round saw the prisoner's hand leave her pocket. She then
missed some silver from her pocket, and pursued the pri-
soner, who ran away, and at last ho was stopped by a con-
stable. On the constable, Mitchell, 29S A, taking him
into custody he said he was innocent, and that he was
running beause he wanted an omnibus.
In answer to Mr. Louis Lewis the prosecutrix said there
were several persons near her at the time, all pressing to
get into the omnibus. She, however, distinctly saw the
prisoner's hand leave her pocket.
Mr. Lewis asked, as he could not resist a conviction; that
the magistrate would deal with the prisoner.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner—who kept his head
turned away from the officers, evidently to avoid being re-
cognised—for 3 months with hard labour.
Prisoner seemed pleased at the result.
"H. B. T.," W. S." and "B" have sent £2—" Bank.
side" ss.—and "T, It. C." 25., in stamps, for Mrs. War-
ner, the poor woman whose child and furniture were de-
stroyed a few days ago, and the particulars of which ap-
peared in this paper.

WESTMINSTER.
AN OLD OFFENDER.—Mary Hearne, a wrefched-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 moon afterwards brought 3d. mote, saying
she would being the remaining 41d. on Saturday, aid
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 513„, 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 cbserved 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 uncle' the Criminal Justice
Act from this court for stealing a coat.
Mr. Selfe, on hearing this, committed the woman, who
made a long rambling defence, for trial.

THAMES.
VILE ASSAULTS.—Auton Martin, a German sugar baker,
was brought before Mr. Woolryck 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
clothes 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 eir.
Mr. Woolrych—Was he intoxicated ?
Witness—Yes sir; he was.
Mr. Woolrych—Did he say anything to you?
Witness—Yes, ; but I could not understand what
he said.

Mrs. Beck said the prisoner caught hold of me first, and
I slewed him round. He then seized the girl and
acted very rudely towards her. She screamed three times
before he released her, and ho 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 tho
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 treat. In
England we are apt to look upon these assemblages
as bores, if not of nuisances. I don't think I can
call to mind half-a-dczen people :n 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-
ing; 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 where'er our banners lead,
And every heart responsive beats for Meade."
Or this one :

U)TCONDITIONAL SURRENDER GRANT.
The captured heights of Chattanooga prove
His readiness on rebel works to move."

Or this, inimitable, I think, for vigour and terse
ness

" THE CONTRAST.
Bragg, the great retreater,
Grant, the great repeater."
The Americans 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."
Likewise the couplet of the aspiring bard, who,
wishing to improve on the received version of the
national hymn, began :
" Hail, Columbia, happy land ;
Buckwheat c dos made out of sand."
But all these are, I thick, outdone by the anony-
mous poet who, on the wall of the splendid mansion
built by Dr. Jacob Townsend, in Fifth Avenue,
chalked the simple :---
Old Sarsaparilla
Built this villa
Nicolay,expelle-d
Among the speakers at the Cooper Institute meet,
ing were Gen. Strong, an enthusiastic Union man,
but a very worthy and amiable gentleman, lately it,
authority at St. Louis, and who summarilry.
mi. George F. Train from that city; M
private secretary to the President; Judthe el
ge Daley
Colonel Billy Wilson ; the rather too famous
Colonel Daniel Sickles, and
close of the meeting,
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the audience. The speeches made were not very
rapturous applause, to
scratches of
violent against Great Britain. There was some
the old sores about the Alabama and
theconcession o, f belligerent rights to the South, and
increased armias correctives es, and ironclads which should not
' flounder in t4l
rior and the I,u water like porpoises, as the War-
rince Consort did," were recommended
for any future infraction of neutrality.
Still, old Mother England emerged from discussion
Without much of her hair bale e', pulled out.

DE.URy LANE THEATRE.--The performances to-
night at this house will be for the benefit of Mr. F.
B. Chatterton, who divides the labours of mactions , tanagement with
he appear-
Mr, Falconer. Among a variety
of attr
ance of Mr. Phelps, for the first time at Lrury Lane, as Sir
Pere
Macsycopbant, in Macklin's comedy of " The
Man oZ 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.
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midst of his speech, when an ass began to bray under the
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