The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, lEEE.

This Day.

me out of the room and I got 'stabbed myself. (She here
exhibited a very badly cut arm.)
Sarah Pettit, the next older daughter, said their mother
came into the house and said,' " where's your father—give
me some halfpence ; if you don't I'll leave the twins here."
She told her she had no motley, and prisoner, who was
very drunk, put the twins on the floor and left. Her
sister took one up and gave it to her, and she immediately
drew a knife and stabbed her. She then caught hold of
my hand and tried to get my head to stab it, but I put it
under her shawl, and as she struck at it in her drunken-
ness she stabbed her own arm severely.
By Mr. Selfe—We did not try to push her out at all.
I don't know whether father lives with another woman.
Prisoner--You are all telling lies—yoUr father keeps two
homes, as you know.

MARKETS—This Day.

COVENT GARDEN.

William Wallace said be saw the prisoner go into the
house, 6, Perkin's-rents, Westminster, and put the children
thiwn. She took up a knife and left the house. Martha
took up one of the children and followed her up the street.
She turned and ran back after, her, knocked her about the
4or-post, and said, " I'll stab you." She did do so, and as
she took hold of the eldest girl, said, "And I will do the
same to you."

Edward Ellis, 172 B, said that when he took the priso-
ner, she said her husband stabbed her, and then that she
did not know how it was dono.
Mr. Selfe ordered the prisoner to bo put back for the
attendance of the surgeon from Westminster Hospital who
dressed the wound, and ho should most certainly commit
the prisoner to take her trial.

THAMES.
A FEROCIOUS RUSSIAN DOG.—Albort A. Larsen, stated
to be a Swede, and ship's carpenter in the Russian merch-
ant service, appeared before Mr. Partridge on a summons
charged with unlawfully permitting a ferocious dog to be
at large unmunled.
George Hollingsworth, a dock labourer, of No. 4, Castor-
street, Poplar, stated that on Wednesday, the 11th of the
present month, he was passing by the defendant's house in
Castor-street, when a very large and powerful Russian
dog sprung out of the passage and fastened on his leg,
biting his knee and lacerating it severely. He shook the
beast off, and it endeavoured to fasten its teeth into his
flesh again and tore his clothes. He kept the dog off with
his billycock hat until assistance arrived. He had been lame
ever nines bitten ; the wound was cauterised, and there was a
bill for £1 for medical attendance and medicine by his
doctor. Besides this he had been prevented going to work.
The prisoner, who can speak English, but pretended not
to understand a word, addressed his interpreter for two or
three seconds only. The interpreter made a long speech,
which was in effect only that Larsen tied up his dog and
made it fast before ho left home on the day named.
Mr. Partridge—The defendant did not say a twentieth
part of what you have said, and if his dog had been made
fast in the house it could not have been at large in the
street.

Mr. George Davis, of No. 1, Castor-street, said that sinco
Hollingsworth was bitten he was passing by the defen-
dant's house, carrying a little girl, four years old, when the
largest and most furious dog he had ever seen in his life
sprung on him like a lion. Ho had no resource but to
kick him ; he had great difficulty in preventing the animal
tearing him to pieces. He was not bitten, but his clothes
were torn. At last he put down the child to give greater
effects to his kicks, and the dog ran away. He had no
sooner raised the child again t han the dog again attacked
him, and he kept him off with kicks. Three times did this
happen, and at last he kicked the huge animal under the
jaw, and it ran away. He fled in a contrary direction, and
sought refuge in a public-house with the child. He was
never more terrified in his life.

The defendant said ho had kept the dog fastened at
home since the attack on Mr. Davis. It was now in the
possession of the captaia of a Russian shfp.:
Mr. Partridge—lt is a pity he should keep a ferocious
dog like that. If it is at large again he will incur a heavy
responsibility. It was a most scandalous and inhuman
proceeding to allow such a dangerous animal to be at
largo. You aro fined 40s. ; to pay 20s. to Hollingsworth,
in addition, as compensation, and 2s. costs.

RESIGNATION OF MR. JUSTICE CRo3lPTON.—Yes-
terday, at the Judges' Chambers, Mr. Justice Byles stated
to counsel engaged in a summons that Mr. Justice Cromp-
ton had resigned, or was about to resign, on account of
his very serious illness. lie believed he had actually re-
signed.

POET CLOSE" AT:CARL/SLE.—On Tuesday even-
ing " Poet Close," the far-famed and much-derided
subject of the. Government pension hoax, made a public
appearance in Carlisle, and gave what he called an "en-
tertainment" in the Mechanics' Hall, to a small but good-
humoured and indulgent audience. The "entertainment,"
which was ridiculously absurd, consisted of readings from
the "poet's" works, and was in every way similar to those
for which some of his audiences in Westmoreland have
pelted him with pease. • The "poet" was evidently cha-
grined that the people of the " menie city" did not
turn out in larger numbers in honour of him, and he
declared that, as it had been his first, so should it
be his last, visit to them. His great object in visiting
the city appeared to "turn a penny" by advertising his
failed totally. His books did not "go off ;" and there was
own and his friends' goods, and in the business line he
no gluttonous demand either for his own carte-de-visite or
that of "Mrs. Close and her baby,"' although they could
be procured for a shilling. During the proceedings, he
repeatedly, to the great amusement of the audience, an-
nounced that ho had a stock of his books on the platform,
which he would sell if they were wanted. The table on
which the books were lying was covered with a flag, which
the poet said had been presented to him, to hang out
at "Poet's Hall" on the royal birth-days, by "Don
Bellace, a man with a little beard, but a great big soul."
The " poet" displayed an amount of cunning and acute-
ness in advertising which is not customarily found in silly
men. He read and spoke in a boisterous galloping style ;
and his numerous absurdities and wretched doggrel pro-
voked the audience into continual outbursts of laughter.
Speaking of the pension hoax, he sail he had been called a
"wordy impostor; but he had dined with Sir George Mus-
grave, and did the audience think that such a gentleman
would have an impostor at his table ? He (the "poet")
had also touched the heart of Lord Lonsdale, who had
sent him £lOO. The Close family bad always been
distinguished—there had been bishops and • deans in
it, and at the tail end came the poet. Everybody
knew that the tail was the best part of the meat.
Wordsworth was looked upon as a great man When ho
got his big pension. His writing was then con-
sidered " grand, vigorous, strong poetry." Oh yes, it was
very strong—so strong that some people could not swallow
it. But " Poet Close " had his admirers. The Archbishop
of York, who was next in rank to the Princes of blood,
bought all his books and paid for them like a man. The
Bishop of Carlisle could take books as presents, but he
could not pay for them. He (the "poet ") had never seen
the colour of the latter bishop's money, and he did not
think he ever should. Bishop Percy had once invited him
to take a glass of
as over he could bewin:a
with
the table for him
'which he put in his pocket, just be-
cause it was a bishop's sovereign. Spurgeon was proud
sahsimp,rouanadaslaiad a sovereign on
turkey-
cock—
and had sent the "poet " six stamps for a book which
he had forwarded to him. When at the Lakes he had seen
there "a reverend divine, a doctor, all the way from Scot-
land, who preached great things, and talked of visiting the
poor and such like, but he had not a penny to give to poor
Poet Close." Tho pout was afraid to go within half a mile
of the great man's shadow. But " Poet Close" was not to
bo despised. His name was on the Government papers,
he had corresponded with royalty, with dukes and with
duchesses. There were many who had
Smiled on the poet in the hour of his need,
And thus he must style them true friends indeed.
When at the Lakes he had been called out of his bed to go
and amuse slime men in the hotel. He would have scorned
to have gone if he had not needed the money, and he often
took money from ne!rTem!, bist to fat them "CO that ho bore
them no malice. ,

CENTRAL INDIA.—At
_
KaTmlipEteeS,CnOiTnse miles front xfrolni the city of Nagpore, in
Central India, an exhibition of articles manufactured by
the men and the wives and children
wofas7 heldbelonging to
the
opened on
Wed-
nesday, h
in the Regi-
mentalgrounds, round which large
tents had been erected for the accommodation of visitors.
The Greys
wasto the grounds were
handsomely lst battalionteschool-house23 dof o f th
August ein Scotst last.e
buildingsdecoarand entrancestedwithflags and evergreen; and
tbebandsof several regiments were in attendance.
The concourse of visitors, chiefly from Kamptee and
e Nagpore,General
a was very large. At three o'clock in the afternoon
and Mrs. Shubrick and the guests invited to be pre-
reiinsne
G regiment. In a brief address
General
pre-
sent, entered the reception tent,where they were received by
Colonel the Ron. C.D. Plunkett, commanding the battalion,
Major Willis, the President of the exhibition Committee,
and the e othersh
exhibition opened, after
v
the objects exhi-
bited. They were very varied. Surgeaut Taylor, the master
hibitod a breech-loaderwhich he had made, by
which
c 1
theu visitorsbofficers
declared
o proceeded f t the e
to thge in
pect
armourer, ex
a simple process, out of an old Enfield rifle. In the shoe-
makers' and tailors' stalls there were articles of dress of every
kind. Some ornamental furniture in the carpenters' depart-
ment would have done credit to any London cabinetmaker's

calk, and carriages, and
shop. A turning lath in motion atttched to this depart-
ment delighted the native visitors. Irushes, ropes, photo-
graphs, ra
newspaperpll s,d r drawings, iNnvby the men, wore among
the most attractive of the objects eatibited. They were
executed in a workman-like manner, and . displayed much
taste and skill. The native visitors seemed much interested
is,tton modelsancl printed n ships,t
c

in the exhibition, and all the articha composing it were
speedily disposed of. The exhibition remained open during
the week. On Wednesday evening tle officers gave a ball
rs' and on Saturday prizes
at the Mess-house, on Thursday th sergeants gave a
similar entertainment at their Mess-louse, which was at-
wteenrdeedadbiyudngeadnyto ib
of
etxhheoiffitocres
whose contributions were
considered to deserve special commonlation. Tho whole
affair was most successful, and appearsto have given great
satisfaction to the people of Nagpo
re, where a similar ex-
hibition on a larger scale is to take

Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables aro on sale
here to-day. In most kinds of produce sales progress
steadily, at stationary prices :
FRUIT—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s Od to
Gs ; foreign do, 9d to is 6d ; filberts, 9d to is 3d per lb ;
plums, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; damsons, 2s to 2s Gd ; apples, is 3d
to 2s 6d ; pears,
_lB 6d to 3s 6d per half sieve; lemons, 3s
6d to 8s ; oranges, 14s to 18s ; walnuts, is to 2s Gd per
100 ; peaches, 68 to 12s per doz.

VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is Od to 2s 6d; white do.,
is to is Gd; celery, 8d to is 9d • horseradish, is to 2s
per doz heads ; greens, 3s to 3s Gd ; turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ;
carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ; onions, is 61 to 2s per doz bunches;
cucumbers, 3d to is each ; French beans, is Gd to 3s per
half sieve.