The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW-STREET.—Mrs. and Miss Marshall, of Percy-
street, Bedford-square, were summoned by two cabmen
for paying them less than their legal fare.
The defendants in these cases were the popular actress
of the Strand Theatre and her mother, and the question
being one of distance, they had agreed to have the
ground measured. The first complainant's cab was
called off the stand in Tottenham-court-road on Satur-
day evening, and the defendants were taken up at their
residence ; but the second was engaged on the previous
Friday evening, at the corner of the street. The fare
paid on both occasions was is., including 6d. for a third
passenger ; but it turned out, on measurement, that the
distance between Mrs. Marshall's door and the stage
door of the Strand Theatre exceeded a mile by a few
yards, while the distance from the stand was about as
many yards within the mile.
Miss Marshall complained that she was exposed to
considerable annoyance, and sometimes to serious incon-
venience, from the difficulty of getting a cab on the rank
in question. Her professional duties often took her to
the theatre two or three times in the course of
,the day,
but the whole of the cabmen had apparently conspired
to avoid her. Whenever she made her appearance at
the stand, the men began brushing up their cabs or po-
lishing their harness, or falling suddenly asleep, while
the waterman was sure to disappear altogether. How-
ever urgent her business might be, they continued deaf
and blind to her appeal as long as possible, and when
at length one of them was compelled to take her, he
would proceed as slowly over the ground las he could,
purposely to vex her. Instead of inducing her to pay
more than the legal fare, which she had often done, it
had driven her to the resolution never to do it again.
Both the cabmen declared that they "took up " at
the lady's door, but the defendants proved that this
happened on only one of the two nights—" the thunder
and lightning night " (Saturday).
The waterman was examined upon this point, but his
evidence was deemed unsatisfactory. _ _

Mr. Jardine said there was certainly something very
like collusion in this matter. The cabman who drove
the ladies on Saturday applied for his summons the next
available day (Monday), and it was not until after this
summons was granted that the other cabman, on the fol-
lowing day, applied for his summons, although his case
occurred on the preceding Friday. It turned out that
the defendants were right in his case and wrong in the
other ; so that Mrs. Marshall would have to pay the 6d.
and casts in the latter, and half the fee for measure-
ment ; bearing in mind in future that the mile distance
terminated at corner of her street.

SOUTHWARK.—Wm. Gale, a dirty-looking fellow,
well known as a Buck at various cab stands, was
brought before Mr. Combe, charged with stealing a
horse-cloth from a cab horse in George-street, Bermond-
seyJ.
ames Brown, the driver of the cab, said, yesterday
afternoon he unfortunately had an accident to his cab
in George-street, Bermondsey, and while in the act of
removing it to a blacksmith's near the spot, his horse-
cloth was stolen off the seat of the vehicle. The pri-
soner had been near the place previous to his missing
it, and he received information that he bad stolen it,
consequently he went in search of him and gave him
into custody.
A flad employed at a warehouse in Bermondsey said,
he stood looking at the broken cab, and while last wit-
ness was removing it he saw the prisoner go up in a
clandestine manner and remove the horse-cloth, with
which he ran away. He went and told the cab driver
a little while afterwards.
The prisoner denied being near the spot, or having
any knowledge of the horse-cloth.
Mr. Combe remanded him until Friday.
Mrs. Ca herine Pelham, the mistress of an infant-
school in the Southwark-bridge-road, was summoned
for committing a violent and unnecessary assault upon
William Kitchen, a child about seven years of age.,
The child was educated at Mrs. Emmerson s Infant
Charity School, and on Tuesday afternoon last, the 11th
inst., ran home to its parents with the right side of his
face striped with bruises, telling them that the defen-
dant had inflicted them without any necessary cause.
The defendant acknowledged that she had done so,
but it was accidental. The facts were these : The
child stole two apples from a cart, and brought them
into the school. She chided him for doing so, and by
some means he bit her linger. She suddenly slapped
his face, but had no intention of inflicting any bruises.
She produced a letter from the Rev. Mr. Bensom, who
is trustee of the school, in which he writes that her story
was probable, and that she was a good tempered
mistress.
Mr. Combo said from that letter it was evident that
the clergyman did not know the facts, as it was clear
she had imposed upon him by ber story. When the
child attended before him last week to make the com-
plaint the bruises were quite black on the face, and
they must have been inflicted by more than one blow,
and very heavy. Even if it was a fact that the child
bit her finger suddenly it clearly showed that she lost
her temper, and it was a question whether she was a
proper woman to have the charge of young children.
He thought it would be better to adjourn the case for
the attendance of the Rev. Mr. Bensom, so that he
might understand the facts.
The defendant's husband here stepped forward, and
said he did not want Mr. Bensom to attend. He did
not believe that he would if required.
Mr. Combe said he should fine her 20s. and costs, as
he considered it a very brutal assault.
The money was paid, and the defendant and her hus-
band left the court.

ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—The Galway Vindicator
of Saturday says :—" The barque Clarence yet remains
in the Roads, wind-bound. She carries over a hundred
emigrant passengers for New York. On Thursday, a
remarkable and interesting, scene took place on board,
which is worth recording. It appears that a young man
and woman, of the peasant order, had for some time
past entertained a tender feeling for each other. Both
are represented as being fine specimens of the class to
which they belonged—the woman comely, and the man
tall and athletic. Some family circumstances having
forbid their union, an elopement took place. But
the elopement only reached the lengths of the pair
going to a friend's house at some distance, where
the bride, that was to be, was given in charge to
the wife of the young man's friend. It subsequently
turned out that the seemingly fickle swain refused to
marry the girl, owing to the persuasions of his relations;
and her friends, indignant at the slight cast upon her.
fitted her out for a higher matrimonial market across
the Atlantic. Her passage was paid for New York,
her luggage on board, the vessel only waiting for
favourable breeze, and the comely lass herself
thario.ngG
l'ad, _ taken leave of her friends, and was sitting
taking
tearful on the deck of the emigrant ship, when
again
came over the spirit of the gallant Lo-
a Groups were clustered at the side of the vessel,
soon neared the single
behold,
when
of the shores they might never
containinga
al!enia small boat was seen approaching,
was over, she was clasped young
passenger and the oarsman. She
was hoisted on board .o
before the surprise :Intelek, when he sprang on deck, and
in his arms. A jar of whiskey
woman and passengers
ments there was a
change
the boat, and in a few mo-
from depression to festivity, from showers to sunshine—
to the healths of those who every
renewed their love at
passenger drinking
the last moment. The pairweadr
I:e__lfishrnan in New
married in the same
evening, and thus some natural
York has been deprived of a lovely
and loving wife."