The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-03 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

ROBBERY AT A BROTHEL.—Margaret Coghlan, a noto-
rious prostitute, was charged with stealing £3, the property
of Bernard Sharpe, a countryman, and she appeared at the
bar with a young child in her arms.

The complainant stated that he had come up from South-
end last night, and got out at the London-bridge station
about a quarter past 9 o'clock, and he was accosted by the
prisoner. He stated to her that he wanted a bed, and she
invited him to accompany her to a house of ill fame in
Kent-street, Borough, and spend the night with her. He
consented to do so, and they entered the house together, it
bei,g agreed that he was to give her ss. There was no
other person in the house at the time, and shortly after he
got into a room on the lower floor. Being very drowsy
he took off his things, and having placed his trousers, con-
taining his money, consisting of two sovereigns and a quan-
tity of silver, under his pillow, he fell asleep. On awaking
in the morning a young woman, who represented herself to
be the sister of the prisoner, came into his room and asked ,
him for the five shillings he had promised the latter. He
perceived his trousers lying on the floor, but on examining
his pockets he found that there was only half a-sovereign
and a sixpence left. He afterwards discovered the prisoner
in a room overhead, where she was counting some
money, and she denied that she had taken his pro-
perty, upon which he gave her into custody. He
aaused some amusement in court by the nature of the con-
versation that took place between him and the prisoner
prior to their going to the brothel, and it appeared that
she accosted him with " Well, how are you ?" to which he
replied, " Very well ; and how are you ?" and she answered
that she was then "very well but very thirsty." He stated
th it immediately afterwards he treated her and two other
lady friends of hers to a gallon of beer and two half-pints of
gin. He was quite clear as to the money he had at the
time he entered the brothel within a shilling or two.
The prisoner, a meagre and dirty-looking creature, denied
the charge, and said that when she met the complainant she
was very drunk, and that he asked her to have some drink
He agreed to give her ss. for the room for the night, but
she refused to occupy the same bed with him for that
amotln!, He then refused to give her any money until the
next morning; and she went up stairs to bed, after which
she saw nothing of him until the following morning, when
he accused her of having robbed him last night.
Policeman 226 M said that he took the prisoner into cus-
tody and searched her, but did not find any money on her
person.
Remanded for a week.

THAMES.

VIOLENT ASSAULTS ON POLICE CONSTAIMES.—David
Dudge, aged 28, a carman of Romford, Essex, was brought
before Mr. Woolrych charged with being drunk, fighting,
and assaulting William Turner, 64 H, Joseph Swan, 440 A,
William Chandler, 117 H, and Ambrose Sutton, 422 A, in
the execution of their duty in High-street, Whitechapel, at
10 o'clock yesterday, and also damaging a uniform Coat to
the value of 108.

Thomas Corderoy, aged 40, of No. 111, Kingsland-road,
Shoreditch, cabinetmaker, and Sarah Taylor, 30, described
as a widow, of No. 10, Lock'slfields, were charged with
inciting a mob to rescue the prisoner Dudge from the cus-
tody of the police near the station-house, in Leman-street,
Whitechapel. The two last named prisoners were brought
before Mr. Woolrych yesterday afternoon, and Dunaway,
129 H, and Kitchen 58 H, clearly made out the charge
against them, and it was proved that the High-street and
Leman-street were in a state of uproar for half an hour.
Dudge was reported as too drunk to appear. He laid in
the station-house all night, and was brought up this morn-
ing. He is a powerful fellow,

Turner said that at 20 minutes past 1 o'clock yesterday
afternoon he saw the prisoner fighting with another man in
Whitechapel, High-street. He separated them, and one of
the men went away. He begged of the prisoner to leave,
and proceed in a contrary direction. The prisoner refused
to do so, and knocked him down, and when he WAS down
kicked his hat off. The prisoner, who was very drunk,
assaulted several persons and gave a good deal of trouble.
Swan, 440 A, stated that at half-past one yesterday his
attentisn was called to a disorderly mob in the High-street,
and the prit•ener struggling with the last witness. He
went to the assistance of Turner, and the prisoner kicked
him on the knee.

Sutton, 422 A, said—A gentleman fetched me at White.
chapel Church yesterday, and told me my brother officers
were being knocked about. I went to their assistance and
found the prisoner kicking and plunging violently, and
striking at everyone near him. He chucked ma on my
back and tore my coat. The uniform coat of the witness was
produced. It was completely divided, and the collar torn.
Chandler, 117 11, said—Yesterday afternoon I found
three police constables struggling with the prisoner. He
was exceedingly violent. He threw me down and kicked
me several times. All business was stopped in the High-
street for half an hour; and an immense number of carts,
omnibuses, cabs, and other vehicles blocked up the street,
and the confusion was really frightful. The prisoner as-
saulted several other persons. After Corderoy and Taylor
were secured we put Dudge on a s,retcher, strapped him
fast, and carried him to the station-house.
did/
The prisoner said he was very drunk yesterday, and
not remember what he did.

Mr. Woolrych said that the prisoner Dudge bad
mitted several violent assaults, and his conduct
urrdered
like that of a madman than any thing else. 10s.
him to pay a fine of 40s. for the assaults on dr. PLI fine of
for tearing Swan's uniform coat, and an addaw
Is.--in all, 61s. The money was paid- .. the dock, atei
Corder°, and Taylor were then put
ue
were respectively fined 20s. and 98. These fines were alko
paid.

The Steck states that the Hopital de la ch ;
cholic, which they is now being demolished. It was originally foundedar'te
treated
monks for the cure of painters' by
wore dangerous than
by a quack remedy Still
which it was intended to combat. Hygienic the disease
tainly presided at the construction of
never pres principles
courts are are close and confined, its wards lo that edifice ; its
and it was in this hospital, where no lig' low, and dark ;
accommodatio
teaching existed, that the clinical lectures Of Dr. Cor
Boyer, Lienneel PiOrry, Bouillaud ' and Velpetiu, succee-
giyaly took place,

LATEST BETTING.
ST. LEGER.
7to 2 agst Marquis (taken)
11 to 2 agst Buckstone (taken)
7to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken)
Bto 1 agst Cara-Aacus (taken)
10 to 1 agst Exchequer (offered)
25 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Norroy (taken)

EXETER RACES-THIS DAY.

MAMHEAD STAKES.

Golden Dust
Gunner
Cachuca
Antipodes
COUNTY CUP.

Atherstone
Optimist
Vinegar Hill
Breechloader
NURSERY PLATE.

Princess Vocqsal
First Attempt..
Pearl colt 3

Four ran.

CHEAP RAILWAYS.

The following description of perhaps the most
cheaply constructed railway in England is from
the pen of the company's solicitors. It shows
at what a rate branch railways might be constructed
were the proprietors of land fair in their charges
for compensation, and no factious opposition made.
It is, however, fair to add that a great part of the
land over which the railway actually passes is of
little agricultural value :

" The railway from Lynn to Hunstanton, a sea-
bathing village on the north-west coast of this
county, possessing remarkable natural advantages,
and passing through the estate of the Prince of
Wales about midway, is 15 miles in length, and is
so near completion that notice to the Board of
Trade of its readiness for inspection has already been
given. The whole of the land is purchased, every
claim is settled ; the Parliamentary, legal, and en-
gineering expenses, as well as the cost of the
materials and construction of the line, are all paid
or provided for, and the total cost is £BO,OOO, or a
little over £5,000 per mile. The whole of this
expenditure represents " value received ;" not a
shilling has been spent in litigation, not a shilling
has been paid for interest, nobody has required a
bribe, nobody has got a job. While the landowners
and occupiers have been uniformly reasonable in
their claims some of them have been liberal. Of the
entire capital of £BO,OOO, one-fourth, or £20,000, is
raisable by debenture; and such is the favourable
opinion of this undertaking entertained by the
public that more than two thirds of the debenture
capital has been taken up at par before the line is
opened.

" The whole mystery of this unparalleled cheap-
ness is that the promoters have had to deal only
with the simple, necessary elements in the con-
struction of a railway, and those upon the most
economical terms. The preliminary surveys and
plans, the act unopposed, the contracts, the pur-
chase and conveyance of land, the materials and
construction of the line—these are the essentials of
a railway, and yet how small a portion of the rail-
way expenditure of the county could fairly be
brought under these heads."