The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE STABBING CASE IN PORTLAND PLACE.—This
morning, Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sitting magistrate, was waited
upon by Inspector Stokes, to take the deposition of Henry
Beckett, now lying in the Middlesex Hospital, suffering
from peritonitis, the effect of a stab he received at the hands
of a man named John Quigley, on the 27th of December
last, at No. 10, Portland-place.
Mr. Tyrwhitt went to the hospital accompanied by the
chief clerk (Mr. Leadley) and Mr. Willis, the usher, and
took the injured man's deposition, which was to the effect
that he went, being the time-keeper, and having authority
to do so, to the house, and called on the prisoner to come
out of a room in which he was locked, and that he refused,
but on the door being opened he stabbed him in the belly
with a knife through several thicknesses of clothes,
The injured man having signed the deposition, the
magistrate retired.
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Gambier, and Mr. Hunt, of the
Middlesex Hospital, have been unremitting in their atten-
tion to the injured man, who is not expected to survive
many hours.
The prisoner will bo brought to the court on Friday.
ROBBING A SOLICITOR'S STUDENT.—Rebecca White,
a young woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
stealing a gold watch of the value of £lO, the property of
Mr. George Thomas, of 10, Cambridge-street, Pimlico.
The prisoner met the prosecutor at two this morning,
near the Guards' Clubhouse, King's-place, St. James's,
when she asked him to treat her with some brandy and
water. He consented to do so, and went to the Fox and
Grapes public house close by for tho purpose. On coming
out of the house ho stood for a minute at the corner of a
street, when the prisoner put her arms round him, and he
then felt his chain dangling down and his watch gone. On
accusing hr of taking it she denied doing so, but stooped
down and fumbled about her dress. He then heard a chink
in an area, and on giving prisoner into custody, and subse-
quently searching in the area, he found the ring.
Salisbury, 116 C, said, after corroborating the latter part
of the prosecutor's statement, that although the prisoner
had been searched at the station, nothing was found
on her. _ _ _

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a weak.
THE HORSE AND ITS TREATMENT.—John Bedding-
ham, in the employ of Mr. Walden, of Westminster, a
meat carrier for butchers, was charged at the instance of
Mr. William Love, Superintendent of the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Pall-mall, with
cruelty to a horse.
Heifer and Rutherford, two of the society's officers, saw
the horse drawing a cart in which there was a quantity
of meat, and observing that it was in a wretched state,
they examined it, and found that it had a dropped shoul-
der, both knees broken, and a wound on its back, into
which tho saddle was pressing. The horse was com-
pletely worn out, and the defendant told them that his
mistress had taken it in exchange for another.
In answer to a question, Heifer said the horse was only
fit to be slaughtered.
The horse was brought to the Court, and certainly was in
a most pitiable condition, and but for the interference of the
officers of the society would soon have died in the streets.
It is even doubtful, though employed in butcher's work, and
renowned as they are for making any animal go, whether
it could be got more thin to crawl.
The owner having been sent for, and consented to have it
slaughtered, the defendant was discharged, the officers being
ordered to see that it was destroyed.

COTTON TO NEW YORK.—The demand for steam-
ships to carry cotton from Liverpool to New York still con-
tinues, and yesterday the steamer Bahiana, Commanler
Sharp (lately engaged in the Red Sea Telegraph Com-
pany's service) was taken up for the conveyance of cotton
from Liverpool to America. The Bahiana is a first-class
steamer, and as the quick transit of cotton from Liverpool
,to New York is desirous, the charterers will not be disap-
pointed. The Bahiana will sail in a few days.