The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH WARK.— COLLISION BETWEEN THE CRYSTAL
PALACE WORKMEN AND THE POLICE.-Mr. A'Beckett
was occupied nearly the whole day in investigating
charges against two police constables, James Llorlock
and William Horlock, 114 and 161 M division, for com-
mitting violent and unprovoked assaults on several of
the persons employed by Messrs. Fox and Henderson,
the contractors of the Crystal Palace, on the platform of
the Brighton Railway Terminus, London-bridge.
Mr. Clarkson attended for the complainants, and Mr.
Solomons for the constables.

Mr. Clarkson said he appeared in these cases for the
complainants, workmen in the employ of Messrs. Fox
and Henderson, the well-known contractors of the
Crystal Palace, who had been most cruelly treated by
the police. It might be as well to inform his worship
that the Railway Company provided a special train each
day to convey the workmen to the Palace in the morn-
ing, and back in the evening. On Saturday evening,
the train brought up about a thousand men, and on the.
arrival platform they were met by a body of police, mar-
shalled, with their truncheons drawn, and attacked, with-
out the least provocation, by them. He should be able to
show that the persons for whom he appeared neither by
aet nor deed misbehaved themselves, and that the police
acted with the greatest violence. He then called—
Daniel Davis, one of the foremen of the glass-cutters
at the Crystal Palace, who stated that on Saturday even-
ing, shortly after five o'clock, lie came up with other
men, amounting to more than a thousand, from the pa-
lace by the special train. Witness was with several
foremen in a second-class carriage behind. When the
train arrived at the ticket platform it stopped near half
an hour, when the engine was" detached, and taken be-
hind to run the train to the terminus. He there saw a
man held by a police constable, who threatened to beat
him with his truncheon. On his arrival at the terminus
witness got out of the carriage, and endeavoured to get
out of the station, when he saw about 15 police constables
drawn up, with their truncheons out. He then saw po-
lice-constable 161 M strike a man down twice with his
staff. Witness went up to him, and remonstrated with
him, when the other defendant, 114 M, came up to him,
and collared him, and drove him along the platform with
his truncheon, the end of which he placed to his back,
and forced him with great violence against one of the
iron pillars. He was much hurt, and he positively de-
clared that he made no disturbance, or acted in any way
so as to cause such brutal treatment. Witness, as soon
as he got out of the terminus, proceeded to the station,
where he reported the conduct of the constables to Su-
perintendent Haynes.

This witness was cross-examined at some length by
Mr. Solomons, but his evidence was not in the least
shaken. With regard to the assault, he did not see any
of the workmen on the rails except seven or eight, who
were following a man who had been struck, neither did
he see any violence offered to the constables.
By Mr. Clarkson—Police-constable 114 31 was either
drunk or mad ; but he had no hesitation in saying that
he was drunk.

James Wheeler, clerk to Messrs. Fox and Henderson,said he came up 13:y the same train with last witness, and
on alighting at the platform he saw some one in custody,
and on proceeding past, he perceived 114 M strike Mr.
Davis with his staff on the shoulder behind, and push
him towards a column with it. Mr. Davis did not resist
or attempt any violence. Witness was of opinion that
114 M was drunk. He did not see any of the workmen
get out before the train arrived at the terminus.

- Similar evidence having been given with respect to
other cases,

Mr. Solomons, for the defence, contended that the
officers had not acted in the violent manner stated. The
men who came up by the Crystal Palace train were of
that unruly kind that the railway authorities had been
compelled to call in the assistance of the police to pre-
vent loss of life and confusion. He called
Mr. Wolstenow, ticket inspector in the employ of the
London, Brighton, and South-coast Railway, who said
he was at the ticket platform on Saturday evening last,
when the train arrived. The men were very unruly,
and threw stones and other things from the carriages,
and more than a hundred got out when the train stopped,
and he had some difficulty in compelling them to re-
enter the carriages. However, a great number ran
down the rails to the terminus, to the imminent danger
of their lives. There were at that time two trains due
from Epsom and Dorking. When witness arrived at
the terminus the men were separated on the rails, and
he requested the defendants to put them back and clear
the platform. Witness did not see either of the con-
stables use their staves. The workmen coming up by
the train in question used the lowest and most disgust-
ing language.
Several constables were examined, and gave similar
evidence.

Mr. A'Beckett said that the police must be pro-
tected in the execution of their duty, and it was neces-
sary that they should so conduct themselves that
the public had confidence in them, but if they
exceeded their duty they must be punished. The
charges before him appeared to have arisen through the
arrival of the Crystal Palace train, and, he was sorry to
say, that great disorder occurred among the men ; that
actually the inhabitants of the houses near the terminus
had complained publicly in that court of the gross mis-
conduct of the workmen who daily travelled by it.
Among such a vast body of men there must be some
evil-disposed, but he hoped the majority were well-con -
ducted, and when so they must be protected. These
witnesses and complainants appeared to be of the latter
class, therefore it was unnecessary for the police to use
violence towards them. Davis saw the constable useimore
violence than was necessary towards one of the workmen,
and when he went to remonstrate with him he was bru-
tally attacked by 114 M. He did not think that there was
any evidence to implicate 161 M, as the party whom he
assaulted had not thought proper to come forward,
therefore he must be discharged. With regard to 114 M,
he should fine him 405., or one month for assaulting Mr.
Davis ; 405., or one month for assaulting Sauls, another
workman, and 31., or six weeks for assaulting Bremsyne.
The fines were immediately paid.

THE CLIPPER SHIP SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAN. —This
celebrated ship, of which we gave a description a few
days since, has been chartered by Messrs. James Baines
and Co., proprietors of the Liverpool Black Ball line of
Australian packets, for a voyage to Australia and back.
The Sovereign of the Seas, from her well-known capabi-
lities as a sailer, is expected to make a very fast run.
She it is who has logged the most extraordinary distances
ever made by any vessel, not excepting the fastest
steamers afloat. During her run from the Sandwich
Islands to New York, she logged, in 10 successive day 5,3,144 miles, and in 22 successive days 6,245 miles.
From noon of one day to noon of the next, the Sovereign
of the Seas made 8 degrees 44 minutes of longitude,
which in time is 34 minutes and 56 seconds—that
is, her noon to noon of that day was only 23 hours,
25 minutes, 4 seconds long, and in that time she
ran 419 statute miles, or at the rate of 427'6 miles
to
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for the 24 hours. She sailed from Boston, on her
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and since that time she has made the following ni
trip, monthso n
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sages :—From New York to San Francisco in 103 days,
from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands in a re-
markably short time, from the Sandwich Islands to New
York in 82 days, and from New York to Liverpool in
about 13 days, or an average of 190 miles per day for
every day since she first put to sea. Messrs. Baines and
Co. have manifested a deal of spirit since they entered
into the Australian trade, having from the commence-
ment dispatched no ships but those of the first-class.
The ship to succeed the Sovereign of the Seas is the
splendid new clipper Aerolite, to be launched in a few
days at Workington, where she has been built by Mr.
Lampost expressly for the Australian and China trades,
and to compete with the fastest American and Aberdeen
clippers. The Aerolite will be followed by the famous
Marco Polo, now.shortly expected from Australia.

Two GIRLS SAVED FROM DROWNlNG.—Elizabeth
Hodges and Hannah Wise, girls of about 15 years of
age, of Twyford, near Bicester, were on Wednesday
last saved, under the most praiseworthy circumstances,
from drowning. When gathering flag•flowers from the
mill-stream, they fell into the water, and must have been
lost but for their companions screaming and attracting
energetic persons to the spot. On hearing the cries, the
Rev. W. Perkins, incumbent of the parish ; George Hall,
a labourer ; and George Williams, letter messenger,
hurried to the spot. Hall nobly went into the water
to a considerable depth, and, assisted by Mr. Perkins
and Williams, succeeded in getting the bodies from the
stream. Although both appeared perfectly lifeless, on
on being placed in a warm bath, and other available
efforts being used, resuscitation ensued, and it is hoped
they will recover. As the village is about three miles
from any medical practitioner, it was not possible to
obtain any such aid in time to be useful, and the rev.
gentleman had to act with his neighbours on their own
responsibility, which, happily, proved as successful as
could, under such circumstances, have been desired.
THE TURF.—We understand that a noble northern
earl, who at times has been remarkable for his great luck
on the green sod, is about to break up his racing estab-
lishment.