The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-21 00:00:00

New Music.

Mr. Jewell, of Great Russell-street, has made a
very ivelcome addition to the catalogue of pianoforte
music by the publication of three new pieces of more
than usual excellence. The " Zenobe Quadrilles,"
by W. W. Pearson, are exceedingly effective, and,
although unaccompanied by any difficult pas-
sages for the performer, they are very pleas-
ing, and certain to become favourites during
the approaching festive season. "La Gazelle" is
a brilliant fantasia by Immanuel Liebich ; and the
Watchman's Tread," by John Fox, is a song after
the style of the " Postman's Knock." It is pub-
lished both in B dat and C, and is remarkably well
suited to a baritone voice. Both words and music
are equally good, which of course implies that it is
a capital song.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
,o this day are in round figures as under :-
1865. 1864.
... £76,369 £74,639
... 120,466 113,778
29,522 26,837
26,340 23,101
... 55,060 52,280
,',, 30,813 29,643
45,383 41,49.
45,320 42,19 u

Great Western ...
North Western
South-Western • , •
Brighton • • •
Midland .00 •
South Eastern ... •••
Great Northern ..• ..•
rkshire

,ancashire and yori
Bristol and Exeter 7,553 7;17,
North Eastern ..• ••• 75,314 70,48 C
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 22,815 21,263
Great Eastern ... 35,674 34,017
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, show some
fav-Clirable features. On the Great Western there
is an increase of £1,730 ; on the North Western of
£6,688 ; on the South Western of £2,685 ; on the
Brighton of £3,239 ; on the Midland of £2,780 ; on
the South Eastern of £1,170; on the Great Northern
of £3,818 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£3,130 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £375 ; on
the North Eastern of £4,828 ; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,56? ; and on the Great
Eastern of £1,657.
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CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Shea.)
CHARGE OP ARSON.

Edward Breese, 15, tailor, was indicted for feloniously
setting fire to the dwelling-house of his master, William
Andrews, he being therein at the time.

The evidence did not bring home the offence to the pri-
soner to the extent charged, but it showed that he had
committed a very wicked act.

Mr. Justice Shee addressed the boy in very feeling terms,
and told him the extent to which his act might have led
him. Under the whole of the circumstances be ordered
the boy to receive 12 stripes with the birch and then dis-
charged.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Smith.)
CHARGE OF BURGLARY.

James I3uckland, Thomas Murphy, and Ellen Smith
were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of Jas.
Fitzgibbon, a bootmaker at Woolwich. •

From the evidence it appeared that on the night of the
.burglary the shop of the prosecutor was safely closed, but
at an early hour one of the shutters was found to have been
removed, and a boot and a pair of slippers were found to
have been stolen, the burglars, it appeared, having been
disturbed by the noise made by the breaking of the glass
windows, which alarmed the inmates. With respect to
Buckland, two of the witnesses swore that they never lost
sight of him until he was captured after he ran away from
the spot, but with respect to the other two such was not
the case.

The prisoners d3nied all knowledge of the robbery.
Murphy and Smith further stated that they were not out of
their own room at all on the night in question ; but that,
on the contrary, they were in bed at the time.

The jury found Murphy and Buckland guilty, bu
acquitted Smith.

A former conviction was proved against Murphy,

The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said is found
that Murphy had been previously convicted of a charge of
robbery with violence, which was a very serious offence.
As he appeared to be a person of some education and
ability it was not safe that he shol4d be left at large. As
he had on the present occasion been convicted of burglary,
which was another serious offence, he should order him to
be kept in penal servitude for seven years. With respect
to Buckland the case was different. It appeared to be his
first offence, and therefore he should only sentence him to
12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Madame Valentine surrendered to an indictment charg-
ing her with perjury.
The circumstances connected with this matter have so
lately appeared at length in all the public newspapers that
a repetition is quite unnecessary. The trial is not ex-
pected to conclude till late to-morrow.

FOURTH COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
THE RUSSIAN BANK NOTE FORGERIES.

Augustin Ancenay, printer, w9.s indicted with having in
his possession, without lawful excuse, divers plates, stones,
&c., for the production of fictitious Russian bank notes for
50 roubles each.

The prisoner, it will be recollected, occupied a house at
Datchet, and at that place the detective officers discovered
the plates, stones, and other matters for the manufacture
of the notes, and also a printing press for the striking off
the notes after they were perfected.
The jury found the prisoner guilty.
Sentence d eferred.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

MAULBOROUGII-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.--Hoary Thomas Durrant, en-
gineer of 23, Little Drummond-street, Euston-square, was
charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting James Powell, a
superannuated constable of the C division, and formerly
one of the officers attached to the Marlborough-street
Police-court.

Powell said—l reside at GI, Oxford-market. Last night
about half-past 10, while I was lying down, my wife
brought the prisoner and another man into tho room. Tho
prisoner said " We have got you now," and struck me on
the face, threw me back, and, while the other man and my
wife held me down, placed a pair of handcuffs on my wrists.
(There were marks on the prosecutor's wrists, where the
handcuffs had grazed them.) My legs were then tied
together. The prisoner said he had a cab at the door,
and was going to take me to the Marylebone workhouse.
I called " Police " and " Murder ! " and the other man
made his escape. It is not the first time my wife has done
such a thing. The landlord and others came in, and the
prisoner was given into custody.

Mr. Edward Stone, the landlord of the house 61, Oxford
Market, said—l have always known the prosecutor as a
quiet ram. Hearing a disturbence last night, I went np
stairs, and found him lying on the bed, with his legs tied
together, and handcuffs on his wrists. It was not the
first time the wife had brought men to the house. I called
in the police.

Police-constable James Croske, 160 E, said-1 was
fetched to 61, Oxford Market, last night, about half-past
10 o'clock, and there saw the prisoner and the prosecutor,
the latter with a pair of handcuffs on, which could not be
got off, the prisoner stating that he had lost the key which
unfastened them. The wife has been troubling me for
two or three weeks past, wanting the prosecutor to be
taken into custody, stating that he was mad. She has
herself been in a madhouse.

Mr. Knox—ls that the case ?
The Prosecutor—lt is, sir.

The wife of the prosecutor handed the magistrate a

paper.
The paper was signed by Mr. Clapp, one of the medical
officers of St. Marylebone, and was an order for the pro-
secutor's admission to the insane ward of the workhouse.
Mr. Krick (to prosecutor)—Did Dr. Clapp ever come
and examine you?
Prosecutor—l never saw him in my life.

Mr. Knox (to the prisoner)—Were you sent to the place
by any authority of the parish, or were you acting by the
authority of the wife ?

Prisoner—By authority of the wife. I have nothing to
do with tho parish. I have only just come home from a'
long voyage.

Mr. Knox—The prosecutor says he never saw Dr. Clapp,
and yet Dr. Clapp signs an order for his admission to the
workhouse, on the ground that he is insane. I will send
for Mr. Tubbs, the assistant overseer of Marylebone, and
Dr. Clapp, that the matter may be explained.
Inspector Silverton, C Division—The wife has com-
plained to me of her husband, and stated that he was mad.
Qn Mr. Tubbs attending, Mr. Knox told him that the
wito had handed him a certificate, signed by Dr. Clapp,
and he wished for an explanation of the matter.
Mr. Tubbs—Dr. Clapp issued an order for the admission
of the prosecutor to the house, but when it was brought to
me I declined sending any officers to take him. I told the
wife that if she apprehended danger, and brought the pro-
secutor to the house, I would take him in, when having
been seen by a magistrate, he would be sent to Hanwell, if
necessary. The prosecutor was brought to the house, but
ran away, and the master took no stops to recapture him,
and 1 heard no more of the matter till the certificate pro-
duced was brought to my office yesterday.
Mr. Knox—Then the parish had nothing to do with
what took place yesterday, in authorising the prisoner, an
engineer, to interfere.
Mr. Tubbs—Nothing whatever. Dr. Clapp acted quite
regularly, and a more discreet medical officer is not to
be found in London. I have refused the wife's applica-
tion to send any officer to take him-alvay.
Mr. Knox-1 am glad to heir your explanation.

Dr. Clapp said—l saw the prosecutor on the 7th, and he
was then insane and very violent. He tried to knock me
down stairs. I signed a certificate, which I gave to the
wife, with the intention that he should be taken to the
workhouse, and then and there the relieving officer would
have taken the onus on himself.

Mr. Knox—l think the certificate should have been given
to the officers and not to the wife. You see what use she
has made of it.
Dr. Clapp—l gave the certificate on the 7th, and perhaps
would not have done so on the Bth, but it was not put in
force till yesterday. The prosecutor was labouring under
delirium tremens.
The prisoner, when called on by the magistrate, and
after being cautioned, Mr. Knox having expressed his in-
tention to send the case for trial, stated that he had acted
solely by request of the wife, who stated that she had the
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He believed the prisoner was the third agent of the prose-
cutor's wife, and that he had been blinded by a Master's
order of Dr. Clapp. He should therefore fine the prisoner
.£5 or a mouth for the assault, as he believed that if he sent
him to the sessions he would get no more punishment.
The prisoner said he was to sail on Monday for New
Zealand.

Mr. linox said he emphatically declared that but for the
unfortunate circumstance of Dr. Clapp's handing the order
to the wife instead of the officer the matter would never
have occurred.

THAMES.
A WELL-MATCHED PAIR.—John Frost, aged 40, a
painter, and Henrietta Frost, his wife, aged 32, were
brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assault-
ing Margaret Lewis.
The prisoners have been dwelling at No. 17, Green
Bank, St. George-in-the-East, and the complainant at No.
2, Roebuck- place, in the same locality. There had been
some quarrelling between the women. Yesterday evening
Mrs. Lewis, who has only been out of her confinement five
weeks and was in a very weakly condition, met the male
prisoner in a public house, called the Ship, in Anthony-
street, St. George-in-the-East. lie called her very foul
names and spat at her. Ho said ho had a wife who could beat
six womenlike Mrs. Lewis. He.fetched his wife, and they
both joined in using the most foul epithets. Mrs. Lewis said
their language was not 4t for the beasts of tile add, on

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• which they both attacked her, as was expressed by a
witness like furious lunatics. The man beat her with his
fists, and his wife struck her repeatedly with a key, in-
flicting eight severe cuts on her head and contusions on
her body. The complainant was found by a police-con-
stable named Joseph Hague, No. 132 H, bleeding and ex-
hausted. Mr. Joseph Horton, surgeon of High-street,
Stepney, who had examined the complainant, deposed to
the serious nature of the injuries she received, and said
that a key or some other hard substance had been used.
The complainant lost a large quantity of blood.
Several witnesses deposed to the savage nature of the
assault committed:on the complainant, and that she wa
kicked while she was down by the male prisoner. The
prisoners said Mrs. Lewis began the affray, and only re-
ceived as good as she gave. They called witnesses, whose
evidence was very contradictory. The prisoners had not
received any injury whatever.
Mr. Paget said ho could not rely on the evidence for the
defence, and that he was of opinion a most savage and
dastardly assault had been committed on the unfortunate
complainant. He sentenced the prisoners to be imprisoned
for two months and kept to hard labour.
There was applause and clapping of hinds when the
magiArate gave his decision. Mr. Paget, called silence, and
said the court must be cleared if there 'was any noise.

SOITTRWARK.
ONLY A FANCY.—Thomas Rogers was charged before
Mr. Burcham with being drunk and endangering his life.
One of the guards of the North Kent Railway said that
last evening when the train was approaching the New
Cross station the prisoner opened the door and was very
near falling out, and if he had done so he would unques-
tionably have been killed. The door was smashed to
pieces. He was the worse for liquor, but not very drunk.
The prisoner said he had been drinking for three days,
and his opening the door was only a fancy.
Mr. Burcham said that as the damage to the carriage
was not entered on the charge-sheet he could not make
the prisoner pay for it, but ho would fine him 10s. on
the other charge.

THE ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY BY A NEWS-
PAPER PROPRIETOR.—Mr. EUPCIIaDI this morning referred
to the case in which a summons had been obtained on
Tuesday by the secretary of the National Ho rse Insurance
Company against the-proprietor of .the Joint Stock Reporter
and Insurance Review for threatening to publish an article
calculated to damage the company in question. The facts
have already appeared in The Sun. The worthy magistrate
said that in the course of the proceedings the term "scur-
rilous" was applied to the article, but he had read it, and
considered it very well written and a fair critique.