The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

TBE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENII\G, OCTOBER 28, 1865.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A SOLDIER CHARGED 'WITH ASSAULTING L.N HOTEL
KEEPER.—George Barber, a private of the 3d battalion
of Grenadier Guards, was charged before Mr. Knox with
being drunk and assaulting Mr. Charles Elme Franca-
telli, manager of the St. James's Hotel, Berkeley-street,
Piccadilly.

' Mr. Francatelli said that for some days past the pri-
soner had been parading in front of the hotel, his ob-
ject being to annoy one of the female servants who had
discontinued his acquaintance about four months. Last
evening the prisoner came again, and throw stones at
the pantry window. He went out and requested the
prioner to go away, and as he refused he got the as-
sistance of a constable, and on the constable requesting
the prisoner to leave, he turned round and struck him
(Mr. Francatelli). He then gave tho prisoner into cus-
tody. On the way to the station the prisoner, who had
been drinking, was very violent, and took off his belt.
Mr. Albert Willey, residing at the St. James's Hotel,
proved seeing the prisoner tht:ow a stone at the window,
and also struck Mr. Farncatelli. When the prisoner was
being taken to the station he resisted a good deal, and
took off his belt, but was prevented using it.
Henry Ricketts, 12 C, said ho went with Mr. Francatelli
and advised the prisoner to go away. He refused and
struck Mr. Francatelli. He was very violent on the way
to the station, took off his belt, and would have used it if
he had not been prevented. It required four constables
to take the prisoner, who was drunk, to the station.
The prisoner received a fair character from his sergeant.
The prisoner made no defence.

Mr. Knox said he could not pass over the prisoner's
conduct, as he had behaved with great violence. It was
a fortunate circumstance for the prisoner that he had been
prevented using his belt, as he might have been sent for
trial.

He should commit the prisoner for a month with hard

ab our.

THAMES.

EXTRAORDINARY CAREER OF A MODERN JEREMY DID-
DLER.—Joseph Broadbent, alias West, aged 40, who has
been for a long time the occupant of a small house at Old

Ford, Bow, which he has dignified by the name of "Clay
_ _ _

Hall Works," and who has also rented an unfurnished
office as "Broadbent Brothers and C 0.," No. 30, Alder-
manbury, City, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged
with defrauding many tradesmen of goods and money by
false pretences.
Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, defended the prisoner.

Inspector Kerressy said a warrant was granted for the
apprehension of the prisoner in August last, since •which
time he had been too active for the officers in search of
him; but he was caught a fortnight since by Lambert, a
police-constable, No. 311 K, in the Bow-road. The pri-
soner, on being accosted as Mr. Broadbent, said, " Oh,
dear, no ; Broadbent, Broadbent, what an odd name ; my
name is West," and ran away. He should only proceed
with two cases this day. There would be 20 or 30 more if
the prisoner was remanded.

It appeared that the prisoner had victimised many trades-
men by representing he was the head of the firm of
Broadbent, Brothers, Clayhall-works, Old Ford. Bow, and
36, Aldermanbuiy, City. He obtained supplies of every-
thing he required, and presented cheques for the debts he
owed, receiving balances of his victims, for each cheque
was made out for a sum over and above the amount owing
by him. The cheques were in every instance returned
dishonoured. •

Mr. Henry Elverston, news agent, No. 38, High-street
Bow, said the prisoner was indebted to him £1 12e. for
newspapers. On the 15th of July last the prisoner's
daughter came to him with a cheque for £2 on the General
London Bank (Limited), No. 27, James-street, Covent-
garden, and said she had been sent by her father to pay
the debt, and asked for the difference. He gave her Bs. and
a receipt. The check was returned dishonoured.

In cross-examination by Mr. Joseph Smith, tho witness
said a person named Nicholls waited upon him with the
money after the cheque was dishonoured, but he refused to
accept of it, because he thought it would be compromising
a felony. The prisoner had no account at the General
London Bank.

Mr. John Gaylor, Joan of Arc-place, Old Ford, Bow,
grocer and cheesemonger, said the prisoner was in his debt
£4 3s. at the close of last year for goods supplied. On the
14th of January the prisoner brought him a cheque on the
London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire Bank
(Limited), No. 110, Cheapside, for £5 125., and he gave
him the difference, £l9s. The cheque was sent to the bank,
and returned with the words, "Dishonoured, no account,"
written on it.

Edward Cable, 241 K, police-constable, said ho took the
prisoner into custody last night at his office, 36, Alderman-
bury. He told him ho held a warrant against him for
defrauding Mr. El vaston. The prisoner said he had already
sent the money to him. Ho said to the prisoner, " Your
name is Broadbent," to which he replied, "No, it is not.
You have made a mistake. My name is West."
A voice at the back of the court hero called out, "He
has done me," "Al; and me too," exclaimed another.
Mr. Partridge said there was no occasion to go into any
more c9,ses at present. Ho remanded the prisoner for a
week.

MARKETS—This Day.
COVENT GARDEN.

The market is seasonably well supplied with fruit and
vegetables The trade is fairly active, as follows :
FRUIT—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s Od to
6s ; foreign do, 9d to is 6d ; filberts, 9d to is 3d per lb ;
apples, is 3d to 2s 6d ; pears, is Gd to 3s 6d per half
sieve ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s ; oranges, 145 to 18s ; walnuts,
is to 2s fid per 100.

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

INDIA AND CHINA•

By the arrival of the Calcutta mail we have re-
ceived our private correspondence and files of papers
from Calcutta to the 22d of September ; and Hong-
kong to the 11th of September.
INDIA.

We take the following summary of news from the
Calcutta Englishman of the 22d of September :
" From the Bbootan frontier we have this week
no news of importance to relate. After the
defiant rejection of our terms by the Deb Rajah
war seems inevitable, and every preparation con-
tinues accordingly. A reconciliation has taken
place between this potentate and the notorious
Tongso Penlow, who, in a recent communication
we hear, intimated to the Deb Rajah that he and
Doggo Penlow would be at Tassisudon after the
rains, and consider their plans for recapturing the
Dooars. This, of course, greatly diminishes the
chances of peace. It is not expected that the
troops will not march into the enemy's country
before the end of the year.
" The Cabul correspondent of the Delhi Gazette
sends that journal seine curious intelligence from
Central Asia, where the actual state of affairs is as
little known to us as in England. It is stated, on
the authority of letters received from merchants
in Bokhara, that the King of Bokhara has confi
cated the property of the Russian merchants there,
that the Russians had done the same NI ith the pro-
perty of Bokhara and Cabul merchants, and that
the King of Bokhara has marched a large body of
troops against the Russians. Among other reasons
for looking with suspicion upon this intelligence is
the contradictory fact that Bokhara is known to
favour the cause of Ufzul Khan ; and there is, con-
sequently, no obvious connection between a quarrel
between Russia and Bokhara and the confiscation
by the Russians of the property of Cabul merchants.
If, however, suchra quarrel had really taken place,
its effect will be to accelerate the complete subjuga-
tion and absorption by Russia
.of the whole of
Central Asia.
" The Vicerby leaves Simla on the 9th proximo.
It was his intention to remain at Agra during the
first three months of the cold weather, and to hold a
durbar, to which all the chiefs of Rajpootana would
be invited,' proceeding to Calcutta in the beginning
of January, and returning to Simla in March. This
plan, however, has just been entirely upset by a
telegram from the Secretary of State, refusing to
sanction it, and insisting on the immediate return of
the Viceroy to Calcutta. The Viceroy would have
acted in a more dignified manner had he kept his
plans quiet till sure that he would be permitted to
carry them out. The control of the Secretary of State
over the action of the Local Government, exercised,
as it now is, without even a decent degree of respect
for dignity or authority, is daily bringing it into
greater contempt, and it is deeply to be regretted
the Viceroy should again and again afford reason-
able grounds for such objectionable interference.
" The attention of the Director-General of Post-
offices is directed towards the acceleration of the
mails, particularly between Bombay and Calcutta.
New arrangements are in progress to bring the
Bombay mails via Mirzapore to Calcutta, which, it is

expected, will be carried out in November next.

Much depends on the progress of the railways for
the full completion of the postal services via Nag-
pore and Mirzapore. At one time it was hoped
that the Nagpore branch of the railway would be
ready, as far as Wurda, the frontier of Nagpore, by
March, 1866 ; but now it seems that Nagpore will
not be reached until the beginning of 1867. How-
ever, in the meantime the roads are being hur-
ried on and expedited, and arrangements have been
made for a mail cart from Wurdah to Mirzapore,
from the beginning of November. The advisability
of changing the route for the overland mails between
Calcutta and Bombay will then bo tested. The
adoption of the route via Mirzapore and Wurdah
will, it is expected, effect a saving of 13 hours in
the time of transit of the mails. Every gain in

point of despatch, however small, is to be de-
sired. The slight saving of time that will be thus
effected will not, however, do much towards
obviating the inconvenience at present result-

ing from the absurd arrangement through 'chic]
we are, during a portion of the year, reduced to a Li

monthly communication with Europe.

The simul

tancous departure of the overland mail via Bombay,
and that from Calcutta, via Galle, renders the latter
mail perfectly useless for either general or commer-

cial purposes. Yet the public has still to pay
for a means of despatch from which it cannot

possibly derive any advantage. Now that Born

bay has been

brought so near Calcutta;

the time has evidently arrived for establishing a
weekly mail between Bombay and England, in
lieu of the alternate fortnightly mail, via Bombay
and via Galle. The present arrangement is a mere
waste of the public money, and exposes the folly of
long .contracts in such matters. The question has
long since been taken up by the Chamber of Com-
merce ; the Director-General of Post-offices has
urged the course we recommended in these columns
six months ago upon the Government of India ;

and the latter has addressed. the Secretary of State
to the same effect. It appears, however, that in
some way or other the convenience of Australia and
China would be affected, and, while threatened with
an enhanced rate of postage, we are the last con-
sidered.

" An English company is, we understand, in the
' course of formation, which proposes the embankment
of the whole river frontage of the Hooghly, from
Prinsep Ghat to Chitpore-bridge, with landing
wharves, steam and hydraulic cranes, and suitable
landing sheds and warehouses. The cost of the under-
taking is estimated at £3,000,000, and it has, we
hear, the support of men of undoubted wealth and
position. The scheme is based upon certain conces-
sions on the part of the local Government, and has been
very favourably received by the home authorities. If
the undertaking being carried out—and there seems
very little doubt about it—the trade of Calcutta
will receive an immense impetus. The subject is
one of great importance to the mercantile com-
munity of this city, and well deserving of every
support which Government can legitimately give
to it."

THE CALCUTTA MARKETS.
The Bank of Bengal rates of discount remain without
change, and money is still very abundant.
In exchange there has been a little activity, and the rate
of Bank bills has advanced to 2 7-16, at which rate there
has been a fair amount of business done. ,

. ,
In Government paper there haS not been much doing,
and quotations have not altered much, and may bo given
as follows :--Fours, 90r. "12a. to 91r. ; Fives, 104 r. 4a. to
104 r. Ba.; Fives-and-a-Half, 110 r. 14a. to 111 r, 2a.
In the share-market there is very little change to notice
Thero has been a slight decline in the price of the Agra
and Masterman Banks, and all improvement in that of the
National Bank and Credit Mobilier shares. Bank of Ben-
gal maintain their former prices.

Honan and seized three cities in the prefecture of
Kwei-te. They will probably remain unmolested
until they have recovered from their late defeat
near Pekin.

" We hear nothing of interest from the three
Northern Ports (Newchwang, Tien-tsin, and
Chefoo).

" At Shanghai the chief item of interest appears
to have been a meeting of the Chamber of Com-
merce. The chamber has been at some pains to set
clearly before the authorities generally numerous
causes of dissatisfaction with the working of the
treaty of Tien-tsin, and it will be seen from the
various resolutions passed that there is much room
for still further progress in the satisfactory conduct
of our relations with China.

" Burgevine has been officially reported by the
Mandarins as having perished while crossing a
stream during the rainy season.
" The British bark Dispatch, from Shanghai to
Foochow, was totally wrecked in the Yang-tsze, not
far from the wreck of the Ocean Mail, on the 18th
ult.

" From the South Coast ports there is no news of
importance. All is quiet at Canton and Macao.
The nefarious traffic in coolies for shipment to the
Guano Islands is still brisk in both places. Portu-
guese conduct it chiefly.
" All is quiet in the ports at Japan, and the resi-
dents at the different settlements were engaged as
much in pleasure as in business, according to the
latest advices, which are to the 26th ult.
"The London mail of July 26th is now overdue,
but nothing has as yet been heard of her, either
here or by last dates at Singapore. Some of the
annual breaksdown between this port and Suez is
conjectured as,the cause of the mail steamer's deten-
tion. The London mail of July 17th arrived here
on the 28th ult. by the French line .of steamers."