The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-01 00:00:00

The Murder of Major De Vere.

Yesterday, at the Judges' Chambers, before Mr. Justice
Montague Smith, an application was made on the part of
Earl De Grey and Ripon, the Secretary at War, for the re-
moval of the indictment " The Queen v. Currie," and also
of the prisoner, to the Central Criminal Court, for trial at
the ensuing session in September, for the murder of Major
De Yore.

Lord De Grey, as Secretary at War, had signed the cer-
tificate mentioned, that a speedy trial of Currie was ne-
cessary, and that it would contribute to the maintenance
of good order and military discipline if the prisoner was in-
dicted and tried under the jurisdiction of the Homicides Act.
Mr. Justice Montague Smith inspected the documents
placed before him, and made the required order, and the
prisoner will be forthwith removed from Maidstone to
Newgate.

THE SUPPOSED CASE OF CHILD MURDER AT
WurrEcuArEL.—An adjourned inquest was held this day
by Mr. Humphrey on the body of a child belonging to a
woman named Mary Palmer, at Whitechapel. Evidence
was given that the woman had had a child about five years
ago, which had disappeared rather suspiciously, but she
asserted she had sent it to a relative at New York. In the
present case no proof was brought forward to criminate
her, and the jury returned a verdict that death was caused
by suffocation, but there was no evidence to show how
that suffocation was caused.

AN INGENIOUS MECHANIC.--An old man named
John O'Connor, of Cardiff, a working joiner, has been
engaged during the past eighteen months in making a
pulpit of Dantzic oak, of an octagon form, in the Gothic
style. Several architects have expressed their astonish-
ment at the beauty and good proportions of this work of
art. The work, as far as already advanced, is valued at
from £l2O to £l4O. It was intended for a Roman Catholic
church in Cardiff ; but, as the cost has exceeded the sum
in hand, the pulpit is left on the poor old man's hands.—
Building News.

THE LICENSING SYSTEM.—The Liverpool magis-
trates, at their annual licensing session yesterday quoted
a number of statistics to show that their open licensing
system—that of regarding only the fitness of the man and
of the house—is in reality diminishing drunkenness.

THE MONAGHAN ELECTION RIOTS.—OH Tuesday
the usual fortnightly petty sessions for the Monaghan dis-
trict were held in the Court-house, Monaghan, before John
B. Greene; Esq., R.M. Robert Wright, Robert Crawford,
John Lendrum, and John Woods, were charged with
having formed part of a riotous mob, and discharged fire-
arms in the town of Monaghan, on the 22d of July. After
hearing a number of wiitnesses Wright was discharged,
and the other defendants sent for trial, but admitted to

POLICE INTELLICi.ENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

Robert Badger was placed before Mr. Vaughan charged
with creating a disturbance at the Running Horse Tavern,
Little Queen-street, and also with assaulting the landlord.
From the evidence it appeared that last night the pri-
soner entered the house and called for some beer, but as
he was intoxicated, Mr. Thithman refused to serve him.
lie began to quarrel with a number of persons standing in
front of the bar, and eventually the landlord had to call in
the police to remove him from the house. On seeing
the constable the prisoner became quiet and went away, but
he had not proceeded far when he ran away from the con-
stable, and returned to the Running Horse. Immediately
ho entered the house he snatched up a pint pot from the
counter and flung it in the landlord's face. It struck him
in the mouth, and with such force that the pot was corn-
pletely compressed. The police-constable by this time
arrived at the house, and he seized him with the intention
of taking him to the station, but he struggled violently,
and the constable told him he had better not resist,
and ultimately he went quietly to the station. On aarival
there, however, he again broke out in a violent manner,
and said he would break four of the best panes of glass in
the house.

Mr. Abrams, who appeared for the prisoner, asked Mr
Thithman whether the prisoner was not very drunk ?
The complainant said the man was absolutely mad
drunk.

Mr. Abrams said the prisoner was a man of excellent
character, and had he not been so very intoxicated as to
have lost all self control he would not have acted in the
manner he had done.

Mr. Vaughan said, under the circumstances, he should
only fine him 10s., but he should order him to find bail to
keep the peace for three months in one surety of £lO.
The prisoner's employer paid the fine for him, and also
became surety for his future good behaviour.
Henry William Sledge, the potman at the Goat Tavern,
Chenies-street, Tottenham-court-road, was placed at the
bar on remand charged with stealing a cheque for £25 the
property of Mr. Vass, the landlord.

It will be recollected that the prisoner received the
cheque to get changed into gold, and having received
the money in exchange at the shop of Mr. Hazelwood, in
Tottenham-court-road, he absconded with it, and
nothing further was heard about him until he
was taken into custody in Old-street, St. Luke's, a few days
ago. The prisoner was remanded for the production of
the cheque, and this morning Mr. Vass was in attendance,
and informed the magistrate that Mr. Heales, the drawer,
was on the Continent, and that in consequence he was not
able to produce the document, but a clerk was in attend-
ance from the London and Westminster Bank, who would
prove the receipt of the cheque from the bankers of Mr.
Hazlewo od.
The prisoner was again remanded.