The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-25 00:00:00

with her family washing, when the prisoner returned
home intoxicated, caused a great noise in the house, and
without any provocation made a desperate attack upon
her, beat and kicked her violently, and would have done
her more serious mischief had it not been for the assist-
ance of the police and the neighbours, who took
him to the station-house. She added that some
time ago she broke her leg, and that, though
she was now recovered, the prisoner was aware
that the least accident or violence on the in-
jured leg gave her great pain and laid her up. But not-
withstanding, the prisoner made a deliberate kick at her
leg, which caused her great pain.
Evidence having been given in confirmation of the
above facts, Mr. Corrie asked the prisoner what he had
to say to the charge ?
The prisoner denied it, and, in a tone indicative of the
violence of his temper, abused the complainant, and said
he worked hard for her, and exclaimed, "I took that
vagabond out of the workhouse."
Mr. Corrie, after a severe admonition as to the cruelty
of his conduct, sentenced him to four months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour, in the House of Correction.
Prisoner (with levity) : Thank your worship.
Shortly after the prisoner was locked up his wife ap-
plied to Mr. Corrie, saying she would be driven to dis-
tress in the absence of the prisoner's services while he
was in prison.
Mr. Corrie : You must apply to your parish for re-
lief. The magistrate asked her if she was in immediate
distress.
Complainant answered in the affirmative.
Mr. Corrie : Then I shall order you to have ss. out of
the poor-box. She appeared grateful, and left the court.

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The Complainant stated that on the morning of Satur-
day, the
6th instant, she engaged the defendant's cab,
in which she was conveyed from her residence in Morti-
sre,aCtdeyndish-square.
mer-street to the Shoreditch station of the Eastern
Counties Railway. Having repeatedly travelled the
same distance, for which she bad never been charged
more than 2s. 4d. before the recent alteration in the
scale of cab-fares, she handed the defendant 2s. with an
intimation that hemight keep the odd sixpence, as she be-
lieved that his proper fare was only is. 6d. The defen-
dant, however, so far from being satisfied with her
liberality, peremptorily refused the tender, declaring
that the distance exceeded five miles, and roughly de-
manded half-a-crown, which she ultimately paid him to
save the train ; but, at the same time, took his number,
and cautioned him that on her return from the country
she would certainly take out a summons against him for
the extortion.

In answer to the charge, the defendant, who exhibited
an air of surly defiance, persisted that the lady had only
given him 3.5. 6d. in the first instance, and urged that
he had not gone much beyond the mark after all, as he
considered the distance was not more than a few yards
within the five miles.

Mr. D'Eyncourt said that it was perfectly manifest
that the defendant had exacted an excessive overcharge,
as he was well aware that even under the old system
the legal fare to the Eastern Counties Railway was only.
3s. from Hyde-park-corner. He had frequently had oc-
casion to notice that ladies and foreigners were specially
selectee by the defendant's class as objects of their im-
positions, and he felt it incumbent to make an example
for their protection in all such cases that came before
him.

Defendant : But I say, I hope you ain't a going to
put a fine upon me this 'ere time, cos I han't got no
money, and, in course, can't pay.
Mr. D'Eyncourt : I shall order you to pay a penalty
of les. and the costs, which amount to 65., or to be
committed in default for ten days to the House of Cor-
rection.

The defendant refused to pay the fine, and was locked
up under a grumbling protest.

SOUTHWARK.—THE NEW CAB ACT.—SINGULAR
CASE.—Yesterday, Mr. Grove, saddler and harness-
maker, in the Blackfriars-road, was summoned before
Mr. Combe, to show cause why he omitted to pay Char-
les Grainer, cabdriver, badge 1,002, his legal fare.
The complainant said that on the morning of the 12th
inst., the defendant hired him off the cab-stand at the
top of Brydges-street, Covent-garden, and he drove him
over Waterloo-bridge to his residence in the Blackfriars-
road, opposite Stamford-street. When he alighted from
the vehicle, he only paid witness 6d., whereas, he was
entitled to a shilling, the distance being beyond the mile.

Mr. Combe asked him whether tie defendant said
anything to him at the time ?

the Cabman replied that he said, "I think you will
do better by the, reduction of the fares, as I ride more
now than I ever did before." Witness said he thought
not, and that under the existing fares there would not
be sufficient to support the horse.
Mr. Combe—Did you ask him for your proper fare ?
Cabman—l. said nothing about the fare to him, but
put the money into my pocket.
Mr. Combe--When Mr. Groves paid you the six-
pence, which he considered was the proper fare, did you
ask him for more ?

Cabman—NO, I did not, for I was not el:actiy certain,
although I believed my fare was a shilling.
Mr. Combe-1 shall make no order for Mr. Grove to
pay you any more, as I think you ought to have told
him that he had not paid you sufficient. You put the
money in your pocket at the time and seemed satisfied.
Cabman—But I have taken this summons out under
the Ist and 2d Wm. IV., which says, "refusing or
omitting to pay the legal fare," and the next clause says
a cabman is liable to a penalty of 40s. if he demands or
exacts more.. I was not certain as to the distance, al-
though I firmly believed it to be beyond a mile. In
fact, Mr. Grove had admitted that by paying the 6d.,
into court.

Mr. Grove said that he did not know whether it was
more than a mile. Had the complainant told him so,
he should have instantly paid it.
Mr. Combe said he could not allow such a case to go
before the public without passing some censure on the
cabman, who ought to have told the gentleman that he
had not paid him his legal fare instead of summoning
him without doing so. It was the duty of every driver of
a hackney carriage to tell the parties who hired them
their legal fare, and not summon a party because they
happened to take less. He should dismiss the summons
without making any order.
ANOTHER CABMAN AT FAIJLT.—On Monday afternoon
a barrister, having chambers in Old-square, Lincoln's-
inn, attended before Mr. Combe, with cab-driver 6,284,
to complain of his exacting more than his legal fare. The
gentleman was conveyed by him from the cab-stand at
the top of Chancery-lane to the London-bridge railway
terminus, when he demanded is 6d., contending that it
was more than two miles. The gentleman objected to
pay that sum, as it was not more than two mile, had the
cabman taken him the nearest and direct way, instead of
over Blackfriars-bridge. Both parties differed in their
opinions, and the magistrate directed the officer to mea-
sure the distance by the nearest route from the cab-rank
on Holborn-hill to the terminus. Such having been done,
yesterday both parties attended before Mr. Combe, when
the officer of the court proved that the distance was 120
yards under two miles. _

- The cabman said he was most decidedly wrong by the
way of the city, which was certainly the nearest, but
gentlemen mostly desired him to avoid the crowded tho-
roughfares owing to the stoppages—that was the reason
why he came over Blackfriars-bridge.
The gentleman informed his worship that it was not
for the object of the sixpence that he refused to pay
it, but knowing the fare to be only two miles (that is, a
shilling), he considered himself bound on public grounds
to dispute it, and have the ground measured; The cab-
man had received the extra sixpence, but as he had to
pay for the measuring, he should not demand that back.
Mr. Combe said that he really was of opinion on
Monday that the distance was more than two miles, but
the recent alterations in the City thoroughfares made it
easier and nearer to proceed that way.
The parties then left the court.
SHOOTING A THADESAIAN.—At the close of the busi-
ness on Tuesday evening, Mr. Lawrence, of Stevens-
street, Bermondsey New Town, applied for a summons
against Mr. Stevens. a tradesman residing in Bermond-
sey-street, for an alleged indecent assault on his wife in
the house of the latter. He said his wife had gone to
Mr. Stevens's house on some business, and while there
the latter indecently assaulted her, and he wanted a
warrant or summons against him for that offence.
Mr. Combe told him that he could grant him no such
thing. If, his wife had anything to complain of she must
attend before him, and give her statement on, oath, when
he might feel himself justified to grant her one.
The defendant then left the court in rather an excited
state, and proceeded home, from whence he took a loaded
gun, and went towards Bermondsey street. Seeing Mr.
Stevens on the opposite side of the road he fired the gun
at him, and severely injured his legs. He immediately
made his escape, and at the time of closing the court to-
day he had not been apprehended. It was stated at a
late hour that Mr. Stevens is likely to lose his legs, so
serious are the injuries inflicted on him.

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NATIONAL EDUCATION IN I17;3::
is a summary of the children of different denominations,
following
who attended the national schools In ellarteldencirninationsg
months ending the 31st of March 18a5n2d. for the six
Protestants, 17,773 ; Catholics, g 6,253 ;.—llister_
rians, 40,305. Munster—Protestants,... I,s2l:'resbYte-
lies, 148,849 ; Presbyterians, 57. _Leh-later—
; I):%atho_
tants, 3,337 ; Catholics, 125,029 ; Presbyterians, rcitges.
Connaught—Protestants. 2,051 ; Catholics ; 6,58-69•
Presbyterians, 97. Total—Protestants, 24,684 ; Catho;-
lies, 424,717; Presbyterian's, 40,618, which with about
3,000 undenominated, make 498,018. The following
statistics show the proportion in which Protestants and
Catholics avail themselves of the system. Of the
ls mana-
gers, one-third are Protestants ; of the schoo one-
of the
fourth are under Protestant management; chil-
dren in attendance, one seventh are Protestant ; of the
teachers, one•fifth are Protestant • of the applications
for grants for new schools in 1853, one-fourth were
Protestant.