The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.—Iienry Field Wall was charged
with embezzling various sums of money belonging to
Mr. Deputy Lorkin, of Aldersgate-street, his employer.
The prisoner was committed for trial, when Mr. Hud-
dlestone addressed the magistrate on the subject of bail.
Alderman Wire refused to accept bail, and the pri-
soner, who had set up in opposition to his late employer,
was removed to Newgate.

WORSHIP-STREET.—George Thomas, and Ellen
Carter, well known to the authorities of the Excise and
Customs, were charged with unlawfully conveying a
large quantity of spirits without a permit. From the
evidence of two Excise officers, named Builen and Elmey,
it appeared that between six and seven o'clock on the
preceding evening their attention was attracted to a horse
and cart, in which the woman Carter, the male prisoner,
and another man were seated, and which was proceeding
through Tabernacle-square. They stopped the cart, at
the back of which they discovered a bulky sack containing
five large bladders of illicit spirits, which were afterwards
found to be upwards of 52 per cent. over proof. Before
they had time to effect its seizure, the female prisoner
sprang toward them, and commenced trampling on the
sack with such hearty good will that she speedily burst
three of the bladders, the contents of which completely
flooded the cart. The officers proceeded to a notorious
rookery at the back of King's-cross, and were steathily
approaching one of the houses, when a little urchin, who
was stationed at one of the windows, raised a sudden
outcry, and disappeared. They made their way as fast
as possible to the rear of the house, where they effected
an entrance, but found no one in the place. They dis-
covered a still in full operation, and no less than 150
gallons of molasses wash, together with all the necessary
implements and materials for carrying on illicit manu-
facture on the most extensive scale.

Thomas said that he had been offered a shilling to take
the sack to Sun-street, Bishopsgate, but he had no idea
of its contents.

Carter said she knew nothing of the transaction ; she
asked the two men to give her a lift, and they accommo-
dated her.

Mr. Hammill said that he had never heard a more im-
pudent defence than had been set up by the prisoners,
and he had no hesitation in inflicting upon them the full
penalty of 1001. each, or six months' imprisonment, with
the addition of hard labour, in the House of Correction.

WESTMINSTER.—MichaeI Callaglien, a man about
50 years of age, was charged with the following desperate
attempt on the life of his wife.
Mr. Moran, an inspector of the B division, stated
that the unfortunate woman was lying at that moment
in the Westminster Hospital in the most imminent dan-
ger. She was suffering under a serve wound in her
head, and several fractured ribs. - She was, at the time
inquiries were made, just before the sitting of the court,
sensible, but the house-surgeon stated that unconscious-
ness might come on in the next half hour.
Ann Toby stated that between ten and eleven o'clock
on the previous night she was standing at her own door,
in New Pye-street, Westminster, when she saw the
prisoner's wife come out of her house, followed by him.
He had a large fiat-headed hammer in his hand. He
ran after her, up and down the street, during which time
she cried " murder" several times. He at last caught
her within five or six yards of witness's door, and struck
her on the head with the hammer ; he struck her again
on the side, and she fell, and soon became insensible.
As soon as witness saw her on the ground she went to
her, placed her arm under her head, and endeavoured to
recover her with water. She spoke two or three words,
but then relapsed into a state of insensibility. When
witness took her arm away it was covered with blood.
The police came, and a truck having been procured, the
wounded woman was placed in it, and conveyed to the
hospital.
J. Johnson, a labouring man, confirmed this account:
The prisoner was perfectly sober, but he thought the
woman had been drinking.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that his
wife went out and stopped away two or three nights to-
gether, and had been drunk for years. She was con-
stantly kicking and tearing about, and calling him all
manner of names.

1 Mr. Broderip said he would immediately have gone to
the hospital andjtaken the unfortunate woman's deposi-
tions had he not been informed that the medical gentle-
man would not allow her to be disturbed, as the act of
doing so might be attended with fatal consequences.
The charge was of the most serious nature, and should
she die from the effects of the injuries, it would affect
the prisoner's life. He was remanded for a week.

THAMES.—Two constables of the K division, named
Wharf and Butler, on duty at Poplar, were charged
with having exceded their duty and assaulting a man
named Murphy.
The defence of the prisoners was that the party, espe-
cially Murphy, were very disorderly, and Murphy, when
ordered to go home, refused to do so. Wharf, conse-
quently, took him into custody, whereupon the others
dragged both him and the constable into the entry of
the house where Murphy lodged. Butler, seeing the
predicament of his brother officer, went to his assistance,
whereupon two women came out of a room, one having
a light in one hand and a poker in the other. The light
was immediately extinguished, the constables' lamps
kicked out, and they were struck several times with a
poker. Placed in this trying position, they used their
batons in self-defence.

Mr. Yardley believed that the men who gave evidence
on both sides were the witnesses of truth, but he could
not believe the testimony of the women. The circum-
stance was one deeply to be regretted, and though,
strictly speaking, the constable Wharf had acted within
the bounds of his duty in retaining in his possession a
person whom he had once taken in charge, he would
have exercised a much sounder discretion had he allowed
Murphy to go to his home when he had reached it. As
to the alleged offer of money by Butler, which was de-
nied, even if true, it would not have much weight, for it
was shown it was intended as a compensation for unin-
tentional injury, as well as to prevent an unpleasant in-
vestigation. He must again repeat that it was to be re-
gretted that Wharf had not shown more forbearance, but
as he acted within the strict bounds of duty, the charges
against the constables must be dismissed.

-There was a cheer amongst the constables who crowded
below the bar at the decision, but which was instantly
checked by the officers of the court.

STAINES.—George Benton, a carpenter, at Staines,
was brought up on a remanded charge of burglariausly
breaking into and entering the Ashford station between
the night and morning of the 7th and Bth of August,
1852, and stealing therefrom a time-piece and 14s. in sil-
ver and is. in copper moneys, the property of the South-
Western Railway Company.
The prisoner, who protested his innocence, was fully
committed on three distinct charges of felony for trial at
the Central Criminal Court.

THE HOP DUTIES. —A Parliamentary paper was
issued yesterday, showing how often in each year, from
1800 to the present time, the payment of the hop duties
has been deferred, to what periods, and upon what secur-
ities. It appears that from 1800 to 1818 the payment of
the duty was not deferred beyond the time allowed bylaw,
6 months. In 1819, it was deferred until the Ist of Sept.,
1820, upon security under bond. In 1820 the payment was
deferred upon similar conditions till the Ist of Sept., 1821.
In 1821 it was deferred for a more lengthened period,
viz., till the 10th of October, 1822. In 1822 the pay-
ment was deferred in the, first instance till the Ist of
September, 1823 ; then it was further postponed till the
18th of October • next, the whole duty was postponed to
the Ist of April, 1824 ; and, finally, one-half the duty
was remitted, and the payment of the other half deferred
till the 30th of November, 1824. In 1823, 1824, anti
1825, there was no extension of the legal credit. The
duties for 1826 were allowed to be paid in three instal-
ments, and those for 1827 in two instalments. In 1828
the payment of one moiety of the duty was postponed to
the 10th of October, 1829 ; and the other half of the
moiety was further postponed till the Ist of March, 1830.
In 1829 there was no extension of credit. One moiety
of the duty of 1830 was postponed till the 15th of No-
vember, 1831. In 1831 the period of credit was ex-
tended by law ; and in the five following years there
was no extension of it ; but in 1837 credit was given for
the payment of the first moiety till May, and of the
second till November, by direction of the Treasury.
In the ten succeeding years, down to 1848, inclusive,
there was no extension of credit beyond that sanc-
tioned by the Treasury directions of 1837. In 1848 the
first moiety of the duty, which was payable on the 15th
of May, 1849, was postponed to the 15th of October fol-
lowing ; and the second moiety, payable on the 15th of
November, 1849, was postponed till the 15th of October,
1850 ; and further postponed till the 15th of November,
following. Since that year down to 1851, the latest
period embraced in the return, which was procured by
Sir John Shelley, there has been no extension of credit
beyond that sanctioned by the Treasury directions, to
'which reference has been made.

WHAT IS WEALTH ?—Emigration has of late been
prevalent in this our nothern isle. Hundreds have been
led away by the golden ignis fatuus. A few, per-
chance, may realise their golden expectations ; but the
greater number will look with sorrow on the day they
left their fatherland in pursuit of a glittering and decep-
tive " Will o' the Wisp," and left all they loved best, to
hurry to this modern Ophir. This rushing to the realms
of gold carries the mind back to the time when His-
paniola, in 1503, was invaded by a crowd of adven-
turers of various kinds, led there by the hope of
enriching themselves suddenly in an island where it
was said that gold was to be picked up from the surface
of the soil, or easily gathered from the mountain brooks.
But we know how fearfully those hidalgos were disap-
pointed in their more than reasonable expectations. "They
fancied," says Las Casas, " that gold was to be collected as
easily and readily as fruit from the trees ; and they found
too late their fancies were but fancies." To assume that it
will happen with the diggers in Australia and California
as it did with the diggers from Spain in the early part
o the sixteenth century, is by no means a bold assump-
tion ; for gold is not the true medium of wealth. Were
the pyramids of Egypt one mass of gold, it would be
valueless till it had been cut into pieces, and distributed
over the world. Commerce, manufacture, and trade,
are the true sources of wealth, and industry the best
road to obtain it. Industry is the true El Dorado ;it
yields peace and happiness even while it brings success ;
it is the great power that produces the means of sub-
sistence, sufficiency, wealth, honours, and that real and
substantial glory which raises and dignifies it possessor
to the height of human greatness.