The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-18 00:00:00

A BULL TIGHT A 7 BAYONNE.

A letter from Biarritz gives the following account
of the bull fight at Bayonne last week, which was
honoured by the presence of the Emperor and
the Empress :

" Their Majesties were loudly cheered as they
passed through the streets of Bayonne to the circus.
When the Imperial visitors had taken their seats,
the whole personnel of the establishment went in
procession round the arena, and saluted their Ma-
jesties. El-Tato, the first espada, then knelt, and
asked the Emperor's order to commence the perfor-
mance. His Majesty accordingly threw him the key
of the stalls in which the bulls are kept, and the
sport began. The first bull was brought down by El-
Tato after a rather sharp struggle; the performer
missed his blow the first time, but killed the animal
the second. The next bull was a still more formidable
antagonist, for immediately on entering the arena it
tossed a picador and his horse into the air, and both
fell stunned and bleeding to the ground. Neither
man nor horse, however, was much hurt, and both
were removed before the bull could attack them
again. The second espada now entered the lists, but as
the bull was a most formidable adversary, the
public insisted on El-Tato being sent to give the
final blow. This demand was not acceded to,
and the espada, apparently disconcerted by the
clamour, made ineffective attempts before he killed
the animal. The scene was still more dramatic
when the third bull was let loose. El-Tato en-
tered the arena this time, and when about to
deal the fatal blow, the bull lowered its head,
the sword missed the mark, and El-Tato was
knocked down. The piccadors and banderillos
rushed to his aid, and drew off the bull's atten-
tion till he recovered his feet. The struggle then
recommenced, and the taureador displayed a cou-
rage and coolness which were loudly applauded.
When the bull was pursuing him with great
fury, he suddenly stopped, stooped and regarded
the beast with a steady gaze, which seemed to
fascinate it. The two antagonists stood thus facing
each other for some seconds, after which El-Tato
drew himself up and dealt one of his famous
blows, which felled the bull to the ground. This
feat was hailed with repeated rounds of applause.
Three more bulls were afterwards let loose and
killed without any remarkable incident."

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 17.

(Before Mr. Sergeant Gaselee, Q.C.)

Charles Lee, 32, was indicted for feloniously em-
bezzling the sums of £1 Os. 10d., £2 6s. 10d., and £1
25., the moneys of Wm. Morden Bernard, to whom
he was servant, and for whom and on whose ac-
count he had received the same.

Mr. Dale prosecuted ; Mr. Kemp defended the
prisoner.
The prosecutor is a china dealer, carrying on
business at 12, Hampstead-road, and the prisoner
was in his employ up to the 25th of April last,
when he absconded. He had been in his ser-
vice for 17 months, and had to receive money on
account of his master, and to account for it imme-
diately on receiving it. On the 10th of April he
received from Mr. Alfred Hewitt, of Harp-alley,
Farringdon-street, the sum of £1 Os. 10d. on
account of Mr. Bernard, and he gave a receipt
for the money; but this money he had
never handed over to his master. On the
16th April he received £2 6s. 10d. of Mr. Curtis, of
Stingo-lane, for which he also gave a receipt. This
sum was not accounted for. On 10th Jan. he re-
ceived £1 2s. from Mr. Arthur, of 38, Little Pul-
teney-street, and gave a receipt for the money,
which he never accounted for.
Mr. Kemp made an able defence on the part of
the prisoner, but the jury found him guilty.
Mr. Bernard said the total amount of embezzle-
ment by the prisoner was upwards of £95, which
had been effected by abstracting small sums during
the whole period he had been with him.
Mr. Sergeant Gaselee sentenced him to be kept in
penal servitude for three years..
Rachel Harley, 24, and Emma Clark, 25, were
indicted for stealing a watch, value £6, the pro-
perty of Victor Guidice, from his person.
Mr. Dickie prosecuted ; Mr. Pater defended the
prisoners.
This was an ordinary street robbery. The prose-
cutor was accosted by the prisoners in the Hay-
market, and they asked him to treat them. While
talking to him they managed to abstract his watch,
with which they made off, but were subsequently
taken into custody.
Mr. Pater aadrsssed the jury for the prisoners.
The jury, without hearing the summing-up of the
learned judge, returned a verdict of guilty.
Several previous convictions were proved against
Clarke.
Mr. Sergeant Gaselee sentenced Clarke to be kept
in penal servitude for three years, and Harley to be
imprisoned for six months.
Thomas Green, 18, shoemaker, was indicted for
stealing 19 silver and gilt watches, value £2B, the
property of Geo. Attenborough, in his dwelling-
house.

Henry Hutton, in the service of Mr. Geo. Atten-
borough, said on the evening of Sept. 5, at about 8
o'clock, he was about closing the shop, when he found
the prisoner secreted in it. He asked what he was
doing there, but was told " Nothing." Not being
satisfied with this answer he went out to seek for a
policeman. When he got back he saw the prisoner
slip out of his jacket while being held by a fellow
shopman and run away. Witness followed him
calling out " Stop thief," and he was stopped and
brought back to the shop. Upon examination he
found on a ledge of the window near where the pri-
soner had been standing a dish containing 19 silver
and silver-gilt watches, worth £2B, which had been
removed from the window.
John Harrison said he lived at No. 15, Bucking-
ham-street, Strand, and saw the prisoner running
without his coat in John-street, pursued by the last
witness. The prisoner told him not to stop him, as
he was running after another person, but he was de-
tained and taken to prosecutor's shop. The prisoner,
on being given into custody, said nothing in answer
to the charge.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he having
pleaded guilty to a previous conviction he was sen-
tenced to be kept in penal servitude for five years.
James Day, 19, and John Spellacy, 20, were in-
ciicted for stealing 111 b. of lead, value 25., the pro-
perty of the Charing-cross Railway Company.
Mr. Dickie prosecuted ; Mr. F. H. Lewis de-
fended Spellacy; and Mr. Ribton appeared for
Day.
Spellacy was acquitted, and Day was found
guilty, and sentenced to 9 months' imprisonment.
(Before Mr. Payne).
Joseph Farard, 20, and ice-shop keeper, of Pro-
vidence-place, St. George's-in-the-East, was in-
dicted for unlawfully and indecently assaulting
Sophia Wilson.
The pi osecutrix and another little girl went into
the prisoner's shop to have a penny ice, and while
there the prisoner committed the assault upon her.
The prisoner was found guilty.
Mr. Payne, after severely censuring the conduct
of the prisoner, sentenced him to be imprisoned for
six months.
John King, 32, and Susan Clayton, 36, were in-
dicted for unlawfully attempting to pick pockets at
the International Exhibition.
Mr. Hawthorn prosecuted; Mr. Best defended
King, and Mr. Dickie appeared for Clayton.
The detective officers, Sergeants Townend and
Cole, watched the prisoners at the Exhibition, and
saw them attempt to pick the pockets of several
persons.
The case lasted a long time, and Mr. Dickie called
Mr. Goddard, a medical man, to prove that the
female could not conveniently use her loft arm, as
her arm had been broken some time before, while
the prosecution called Dr. Smiles, surgeon to the
House of Detention, who flatly contradicted the
evidence of Mr. Goddard.
The jury found both prisoners guilty, and they
were sentenced—King to two years imprisonment,
and Clayton to one.
Phoebe Elizabeth Willis, 28, and Elizabeth Lis-
burn, 22, were indicted for stealing 701 yards of
silk, value £l6 19s. 9d., the property of Ann Har-
vey, and others, in their dwelling-house.
Mr. Orridge (instructed by Mr. Warrand, solici-
tor to the Association for the Prosecution of Shop-
Mr. Pater appeared for the
lifters, &c.) prosecuted ;
prisoners.
It appeared from the evidence that on the let of
September, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the pri-
soners went to the shop of the prosecutors, Knights-
bridge, •.o look at a silk dress, They had been there
many times before. As Mr. Brown, one of the shop-
men, had his suspicions of them, he watched them.
He kept count of the number of pieces of silk he

showed them, and noticed that the prisoner Willis
had a large slit in the front of her dress. On his
turning his back for a moment he missed the piece
of silk in question. They looked at several pieces
of silk, and they bought one for which they paid
£3 4s. Bd. He cleared the other pieces of silk from
the counter, and then told Mr. Carruthers what he
noticed of their proceedings. He required the pri-
soners to walk into the counting-house, upon which
the prisoners consented to do ao, but on their way
there the piece of silk fell on the floor, just under
Willis. Mr. Brown saw it drop and picked it up.
He followed them i g
nto the countin-house, and in
the prisoner's presence said he had seen it fall from
Willis's person ; but Mr. Carruthers being in front,
distinctly heard the silk rustle under Willis's dress,
and heard something fall. They were then both
given into custody.
After an ineffectual struggle by Mr. Pater against
the evidence,
The Jury found both prisoners guilty.
Mr. Payne sentenced Lisburne to be kept in penal
servitude for four years, and Willis to be imprisoned
for 18 calendar mcnths.