The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-21 00:00:00

BOW-STBEET-(TEUS DAY).

ASSAULT ON HUNGERFORD-BRIDGE. —John Batchelor', a
journeyman tailor, was charged before Mr. Jardine with
having assaulted two respectable young women on Hun-
gerford-bridge, on Saturday night last.
The complainants, Caroline Pigott, and a young
married woman named Motley, residing in Frances-
street, Waterloo-road, stated that they were crossing the
bridge at about eleven o'clock at night, when the de-
fendant, who was under the influence of drink, accosted
them in a rude manner, placed his arms round
their waist, and proceeded to take indecent liberties with
them. They told him that he had mistaken their
characters, and begged him to desist ; but he con-
tinued to molest them, and on being further repelled he
raised his arm and struck one of them (Caroline Pigott)
on the right eye, having something in his hand which
scratched her eyebrow and caused the blood to flow.
They raised an alarm, anti a police-constable on duty
upon the bridge was instantly on the spot. The cam-
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plainants then gave him into custody, and on the follow-
ing Monday morning attended at Bow-street.
The prisoner in answer to the charge, stated that he
was first assailed by the complainants in a manner which

Lnduced him to believe they were persons of light c ha.

racter.

This statement was indignantly denied by the young
women, who were both married, they said, to respe ct-

able men.

The defendant requested, however, that the ma.gis-
trate, before giving his decision finally, would adjourn
the case, in order that some inquiry should be made as
to the respectability of the young women.
An adjournment accordingly took place, until. this
day, and in the meantime, the police having reported
that the complainants were of good character, and mar-
ried women, as they had represented,

Mr. Jardine fined the defendant 3/. or a month' 's im-
prisonment, and the fine was immediately paid.
One of the complainants, Mrs. Pigott, attended :after
the disposal of the case, and asked the magistrate i f she
was not entitled to some compensation. Her eye was
still very sore from the blow she received, and her be
had been completely destroyed by the man's violen,:e.
Mr. Jardine said he did not understand her to have
complained of this before, but it was now too late fo r Lim
to deal with it. She could proceed against him i n the
County Court for the damages.

LATEST

N NEWS.

FRANCE.
The Emperor and Empress, on Monday, being
unable to leave the palace of Compiegne, on ac-
count of the bad weather, received all the public
functionaries of the town, who were presented by
the subprefect. In the evening their Majesties
went to the theatre, where the company of the
Gymnase performed Philiberte. They were accom-
panied by the Princess Mathilde and the Prince
Napoleon, and attended by Marshal St. Arnaud,
M. de Persigny, M. Fould, Marshal Magnan, M.
Abatucci, the Duke de Cambaceres, several great
dignitaries of the State, and a number of laies.
Marshal Narvaez was amongst the invited. On
leaving, their Majesties were greeted with enthu-
siastic cries of " Vive rEmpereur ! Vive rlmpora-
trice !" The Emperor on Monday, with some of
his guests, went out shooting for a short time in
the reserved park.
The Moniteur contains a decree granting an ex-
traordinary credit of 5,000,000 f. to the Minister of
the Marine.

The Ministerial report on which this decree is
founded states that France has at present two
squadrons of 40 ships-of-the-line, with a propor-
tionate increase in the number of steam-frigates
and corvettes. There is in the French navy a
steam-line-of-battleship, the Napoleon ; four with
auxiliary power, completed ; while nine others are
being fitted for steam, and will be ready for sea
within the next two months. Six new steam-ves-
sels, after the model of the Napoleon, are on the
stocks, and will be launched about the end of 1854.
The total of the French navy amounts to 161 ves-
sels, manned by 33,625 sailors, gunners, and
marines.

The long-forgotten subject of the coronation is
beginning to be again revived. It is said that on
the Emperor's return to Paris the date of that
solemnity will be decided, and of course announced.
The Emperor has granted a pension of 2,000 f.
out of his private purse to the father and mother
of Lieut. Bellot who perished in the Arctic expe-
dition. This pension is to descend to the brothers
and sisters of Lieut. Bellot after the death of their
parents.
About half-past 8 o'clock of the evening of the
19th a passenger train, coming from BOrdeau
overtook a , train laden with merchandise at
Beaugency. The engineer of the passenger train
was killed, and the stoker has since died of
his wounds. A conductor is wounded. The
passengers received some bruises of no serious con-
sequence, and continued their journey. Accord-
ing to the information collected, signals were regu-
larly made to the merchandise train, but it is not
explained why the engineer neglected to obey them.
This accident caused a delay in the delivery of the
Bayonne, Bordeaux, and Spanish mails.
Fresh arrests have taken place since Wednesday
in Paris and at Tours ; and they are stated to
amount to a number which has all the appearance
of being exaggerated. Among others the secretary
of a Prefect is spoken of. It is stated that M.
Emile Girardin has been summoned to the Minis-
try of the Interior, and reprimanded for a short
article in La Presse of Wednesday, on the domici-
liary visits that have been made. It was even ru-
moured yesterday afternoon that he was menaced
with arrest, if not actually arrested.
We read in the Patrie :—" M. Charles Deles-
cluse, ex-Commissary-General of the Department
of the Nord, and who was condemned to trans-
portation by the High Court of Versailles, has been
arrested in Paris, where he had just arrived from.
London, delegated by Ledru Rollin and the Cen-
tral European Committee. The documents which
were seized at his residence indicate the most com-
plete ignorance on the part of the emigrants of the
state of the country, and the most ridiculous illu-
sions, as well as the most senseless and guilty pro-
jects. The presence of this agent in Paris, and the
seizure of the documents alluded to have necessi-
tated several arrests, and domiciliary visits, both
in Paris and the departments. Both M. Gond-
' chaux and M. Marcbais have been arrested. The
former being indisposed, was provisionally set at
liberty, after his having given an engagement to
come forward when called on."
The trial of the thirty-two persons concerned in
what is called the " conspiracy of the Opera-
Comique," has been postponed to the 7th of next
month before the Court of Assizes of Paris.
Twenty-seven of the accused are in custody. Ac-
cording to the indictment, the object of their plot
was to assassinate the Emperor, and to destroy the
form of government.
The Bourse was more firm yesterday than on
Wednesday, but, although it was fully attended
by speculators, there was not much business trans-
acted. The Three per Cents. opened at 72f. 40c.,
rose to 72f. 50e., fell subsequently to 72f. 20c., and
closed at 72f. 40c. for the end of the month. The
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 20c. ;
Orleans Railway shares, 1,142 f. 50c. ; Rouen,
' I,ooof. ; Havre, 480 f.• ; Great Northern, 832 f. 50c.;
Paris and Strasburg, 900 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 887 f.
50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 722 f. 50c. ;
Western of France, 692 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and
Cette, 580 f. ; Great Central, 512 f. 50c. ; Lyons to
Geneva, 497 f. 50c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 695 f.

ter. Her Majesty is now out of danger, and in a
few days will resume her journey.
The Piedmontese Gazette publishes a royal de-
cree, dated Turin, 18th, dissolving the divisional
council of Ivrea, and directing the Intendant-Gene-
ral to convoke the electors for a new election.

A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Moniteur,
says :—" I always hesitate to contradict the false
intelligence given relative to this city, with a
manifest spirit of hostility in certain Italian and
German journals, and copied into ours. I will
merely mention the latest ones—namely the assas-
sination of the delegate of Ravenna, the riot at
Terni, the insurrection at Civita Vecchia, the
number of political prisoners estimated at 30,000,
the great review of the French troops by the Pope
in company with General Andre, and so many in-
ventions of the same sort. lam inclined to think
that these rumours prove themselves to be untrue
by their improbability, and that it is scarcely ne-
cessary for me to say that they ought to be set
down in the category of falsehoods."