The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-14 00:00:00

Mr. D'Eyncourt—Now be particular; in the passage
in the room ?
Witness—ln the passage.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—How many Italians were in the baga
telle room when you was there ?
Witness—Only one.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Do you mean to swear positively that
only one Italian entered that room after that ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—You take, upon your solemn oath, to
say that ?
Witness—Yes.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—A man's life hangs upon your answer,
remember that.
Witness—Yes. He was the only one in the room.
Mrs. Shaw, the landlady of the Golden Anchor, said—l
recollect the occurrence on the 26th of December. I re-
member the prisoner asking me for his hat. I said " I
don't know anything about it." He said, " They were in
the bagatelle room," and some one then gave me two. I
threw them over the bar. The prisoner and his brother
picked them up and went away. I have known Polioni
for some years. Before my marriage with Shaw he used
to call at my house and assist in the bar. I have not seen
him for years since I married my husband.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—How many years ?
Witness—Four or five.
Mr. Lewis—l must ask you this question—Did you not
have a child before marriage ?
Witness—l don't understand what you mean.
Mr. Lewis—Oh, yes, you do.
Wituess—l do not.
Mr. Lewis—l ask you again, had you not a child pre-
vious to your marriage with Shaw? Your sister is here.
Witness—My sister, perhaps, can answer the question
better than I. I don't think it a proper question to put to
me. It has nothing to do with the matter before the court.
Mr. Lewis—l must repeat my question. Had you not a
child before your marriage?
"Witness—l decline to answer the question.
Mr. Lewis—Have you told your husband since your
marriage who was the father of the child ?
Witness—No, certainly not.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—What-do you intend by this ?
Mr. Lewis—l was about to ascertain whether there was
any jealous feeling, but the witness says she has not told
her husband who the father of the child was—therefore
I'm precluded.
Mrs. Shaw—l presume, Mr. Lewis, that you wish to put
to me a question whether I have had a child by Polioni.
Mr. Lewis—lldon't wish to put any :more questions to
you,Mrs. Shaw.
By Mr. D'Eyncourt—l was in the bar all the time of the
disturbance. After my husband's face was slapped there
was a row in the tap-room. Harrington was brought out
stabbed in about a quarter of an hour after that. I saw
Mrs. Bing knocked down. Prisoner's brother had a cut
on his neck when he came and asked for his hat. I saw
Harrington in the tap-room, and I saw the prisoner hold-
ing him, and in the act of striking him. Harrington was
got away. Polioni went away from the bar before my hus-
band's face was slapped. I cannot say whether he went
into the tap-room or whether he left the house.
Rebbeck, recalled—There were a great many people in
the passage between the tap-room and the bagatelle-room.
I will not swear Gregorio was not' amongst them. He
might have been.
The surgeon who attended Harrison after he had re-
ceived the wound which caused his death, examined the
knife in the possession of the police, and that one found
belonging to Gregorio, and said the larger knife (Gre-
gorios) was the one most likely to have caused the wound.
The smaller knife had the point broken off, and without it
had been perfect it could not have made the wound. The
point of the blade was not found.
Mr. Lewis, having addressed the magistrate for the pro-
secution, and Mr. M. Williams for the Italian Society,
who contended that Mr. Lewis had only made out a case
for committal for manslaughter,
Mr. D'Eyncourt said he should make no observations on
the case, but he should commit the prisoner for trial, and
that for wilful murder. He should not make the slightest
allusion even to Rebbeck's evidence, but simply commit the
prisoner to Newgate for trial.
The prisoner was then removed from the dock.

London and Blackwall Railway—This day,

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The fifty-seventh half-yearly meeting of this company
was held at the London Tavern this day ; J. N. Daniell,
chairman of the cowpauy, presiding.
The notice convening the meeting having been read, and
the report and accounts which have already been pub-
lished having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN said, he trusted the report would meet
the approbation of the shareholders, as it evinced a slow
but steady progress in the affairs of the company, and the
directors were gratified to be able to state that they had
maintained the advance, considering that they had
to contend with other companies. (Hear, hear.)
They had endeavoured to improve the passenger and goods
traffic, which, if not enormous, was gradually increasing.
He hoped the shareholders would perceive that the expen-
diture had been kept down as much as possible. The Lon-
don Docks' branch had been opened only recently, it was
true, but it was in operation, and considerable advantages
might be expected from it in future. (Hear.) Their rents
had always been a profitable source of income, but it was
not likely that that source of their income would increase.
He concluded by moving the adoption of the report and
tatement of accounts.

F. MACNAGHTEN, Esq., the deputy chairman, seconded
he motion, which, after some discussion, was agreed to.

Another Death from Destitution.

Mr. John Humphreys, coroner for Middlesex, yesterday
resumed at the Westminster Arms, Warner-place, Bethnal-
green, an inquiry respecting the death of Ann Harding, aged
43 years.

Mr. Robt. Arnott, one of the relieving officers of Bethnal-
green, said that he had, in giving the relief in the first in-
stance, deviated from the rules of the Poor-law Board. On
Monday fortnight he gave a double allowance (for that day
and the next) and on the Tuesday he advised the guardians
to give relief for another month, and they granted it. But
the board always insisted upon some one coming before it
to represent the applicant. He had seen the deceased on
the Monday, and he told her to make it convenient to come.
The relief voted by the board was tea, bread, sugar, and

ls. 3d. for four weeks. He did not give that relief to the
boy on Wednesday morning. He received the doctor's
order for " increased nourishment, mutton, wine, and milk.'
He did not give that; the boy's evidence as to what ho said
was correct.

It having been stated that a parish doctor had no power
to give a legal "order" for the necessary food, &c., for his

patients,
The Coroner said that he would hear what explanation

the solicitor to the board of guardians had to say upon that
point. He did not suppose that any board of guardians
would sustain their relieving officer in refusing their medi-
cal officer's order for food.

Mr. Howard, solicitor to the board of guardians, produced
the chairman's book showing that Is. 3d. a week and tea
and sugar were voted by the guardians for the relief of the
deceased on the Tuesday referred to. The relief was is. 3d.
in kind and as much in money. No one had come before
the board on behalf of the deceased. It ordered the relief
at the instance of Mr. Arnott. The standing instructions
to the relieving officers with reference to doctors' orders for
nourishment were to obey them on presentation.
It appeared that Mr. Arnott did not inform the boy that
the board had voted the relief in question to his mother.
The Coroner said that the real point in consideration was
this—that the woman was getting on well when she got
nourishment; when it ceased, she got worse and died; did
she die, or was her death accelerated, through the want of
it? The relieving officer had apparently been well disposed
towards the woman, but it was very unfortunate that the
doctor's order for nourishment had not been complied with,
or even what had been voted by tho board withheld.
Mr. Arnott said that he was very sorry the affair should
have occurred ; nothing was further from his intention than
to treat the poor harshly. But he had seen the woman on
Monday, and as she was up and convalescent he thought
she could come, according to the regulations, to get the
relief. Meanwhile he had got her relief to a greater value
than the doctor had originally ordered her. He wanted to
see the deceased or some grown person to whom he could
have explained the amount of relief in money and kind
which he had got for her.

Tho jury returned a verdict that deceased died from
disease of the lungs from natural causes,and that her death
was accelerated by want of warmth, necessaries, and
nourishment.

MARKETS —This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 lOs; clover,
£5 10s to 16 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Supply small.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Trade quiet.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4los to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 10s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
A fair demand. '