The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

then they will not crack." I said to him, "If I am
found inside, it will be an unfortunate thing for me."
He replied, "Oh no, it will not ; nobody sleeps there.'
He told me he would give me 41., and he did give it to
me." When I got in there the officers laid hold of me.
The prisoner was then fully committed.

WORSHIP-STREET. James Delane, a general
dealer, carrying on business in Plumber-street, City-
road, was charged with having cruelly ill-treated and
threatened the life of his wife.
The complainant, a pallid, delicate-looking woman,
who had an infant in her arms, stated that she had been
married twelfe years to the prisoner, by whom she had a
family of five children, and that he had been in the
habit, during the whole of that period, of subjecting
her to such constant brutality, that her life was a com-
plete burden to her. Shortly before nine o'clock, on
the previous night, the prisoner returned home in a
state of intoxication, 'and harshly ordered her to re-
pair to bed, at the same time threatening that if she ven-
tured to return down stairs he would murder her before
the morning. She accordingly proceeded to her bed-
room, and laid herself down by the side of her infant
child, to whom she had only recently given birth, but
had only been there a few minutes when the prisoner
entered the room, and, after passing a light before her
eyes to ascertain if she was asleep, he cautiously de-
scended the stairs to the street door, and admitted some
one into the house. Witness shortly afterwards heard
the sound of female voices in the passage, and, after re-
maining for some time in a state of extreme terror, as
she apprehended that he was about to carry out his
deadly threat towards her, she at length made her way
down to the parlour door, and on looking into the room
she observed the prisoner drinking with two prostitutes,
who were partaking with him of a hot supper. The mo-
ment she made her appearance the prisoner rose from
the table and commenced an unmerciful attack upon
her, in the course of which he repeatedly struck her with
all his force about the head and face, and ultimately
drove her back into the passage. The prisoner then
opened the street door, and after letting out the two
women, renewed his attack upon her, and after knock-
ing her down by a terrible blow on her forehead, he
caught her up in his arms and flung her heavily on the
floor. The prisoner then left her, and ran out of the
house • and although witness had nothing on but her
nightdress, and was without shoes or stockings, she fol-
lowed him into the street and gave him into custody.
The complainant added, that the prisoner had been in
the habit of depriving her of proper food and nourish-
ment until her health and strength were impaired to a
serious extent, and that she had been compelled on four
previous occasions to obtain warrants against him.
The prisoner carelessly remarked, that their frequent
disagreements were occasioned solely by the jealous and
violent temper of his wife, and that the evidence against
him had been very much exaggerated.
. .

Mr. Hammill said that it was a most aggravated case,
and he should order the prisoner to be committed to the
House of Correction and kept to hard labour for six
months, in addition to which he should require him to
produce two responsible sureties to be answerable for his
good behaviour for the further term of six months.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Henry Robinson, a
well-dressed person, who described himself as a musi-
cian, living at No. 16, Shawfield-street, King's-road,
Chelsea, was committed to prison, with hard labour for
three months, on the clearest evidence, for having inde-
cently exposed himself to females in Hyde-park.

HAMMERSMITH.—Thomas Ryan, aged 32, a shop-
keeper in Kensall New Town, was charged with abusing
his wife.

The complainant alleged a long series of ill-treatment
against her husband, and charged him with haring com-
municated a disgraceful disease to her four times.
Defendant denied the assault, and attributed the
bruises on his wife to falls occasioned by her intemperate
habits.

Mr. Paynter said that if the prisoner treated his wife
in the manner described by her, it was not to be won-
dered at that she should be given to habits of intoxica-
tion ; however, as the particular assault complained of
was not a serious one, he should only order him to find
two sureties in 101. each, and himself in 201. or be com-
mitted for one month.
The prisoner was locked up.

MARYLEBONE.— William Carrington, occupying
apartments at the house of Mrs. Roney, 47, Mornington-
road, Reo•ent's-park, was charged with having committed
a violent assault upon the Rev. J. Marshall, a minister
of the Episcopal Church, in Scotland, and at present
residing at the Exeter Hall Hotel, Strand.
Mr. Handley attended for defendant.

Complainant deposed that twelve or eighteen months
ago his wife and step family absconded from him, and,
from information which he had received, he knew that
she had taken up her abode at Mrs. Roney's. On
Monday evening, the 14th inst., he repaired thither,
having been there upon other occasions ; after knocking
at the door it was opened by the defendant, who asked
him what he wanted, and on telling him that he wished
to see his wife, he (defendant) rephed that she was not
there. He then asked to see Mrs. Roney, the land-
lady, but defendant told him he should not do so, and
seizing him violently gave him a severe blow, which
dashed him against some paling, a portion of which was
thereby broken down. He threw him (complainant)
down upon his back, and while lying in that position
struck him again with such force that his hat flew from
him a considerable distance. He called out for assis-
tance, and a person who was near the spot came up ;
he was a witness to much of the ill-treatment to which
he (complainant) had been subjected. The rev. com-
plainant added that it was not likely that he should
have been guilty of any outrage himself—a charge which
would probably be made by the other party against him
—as his right arm had been broken and was still of
little or no use to him. He was a man of retiring and
peaceful disposition, and was well known to the Rev.
Mr. Montgomery, Dr. Cumming, and other clergymen
and gentlemen of high repute.
Cross-examined—l have not been annoying Mrs.
Roney for the last three weeks. I have certainly knocked
at the door several times within the last eight or nine
1 months. I have not during that period seen Mrs. Roney
1 more than once. In May last I was told that my wife
was not there. I did not endeavour to force my way
in. Defendant did not ask me quietly to go. I did not
see Mrs. Roney on the 14th, when I went to her house.
Other evidence, pro and con, to a considerable length,
was gone into, and the affair was ultimately decided by
the magistrate inflicting upon the defendant a penalty of
40s. and costs. The penalty was paid.
The landlady of the house was anxious that the com-
plainant should be bound over to keep the peace towards
her, in consequence of certain expressions which he had
used, but the magistrate, considering that the words did
not amount to anything of a serious nature, did not con-
sider it necessary for him to interfere further. The mat-
ter, which was one of a most unfortunate and unhappy
nature between man and wife, had been disposed of, and
it was therefore unnecessary to keep the affair up, inas-
much as Mrs. Rooney had not stated sufficient grounds
for her being in danger of personal violence at the hands
of the complainant.

AUSTRALIAN STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY.

Yesterday the adjourned meeting of the proprietors
of this company was held at the London Tavern, to re-
ceive the result of the ballot for the election of directors.
Mr. Frith occupied the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that, having in conjunction with
Mr. Marshall been appointed to act as scrutineer, he
held in his hands the result of the ballot which had
been taken, and should now proceed to state the result.
The first resolution on which a ballot had been taken
was for the adjournment of the meeting to that day
three weeks, for the purpose of electing new directors.
There were for that resolution'6,3o2 votes, and against it
14,050 ; so that it was negatived. On the next question,
for or against the election of Mr. Vigors East, there
were in favour, 15,260 votes; against, 3,142. On the
third question, the election of Mr. Hartley Kennedy,
there were in favour, 13,940 votes ; against, 4,352. On
the fourth question, the election of Mr. Malins, there
were in favour, 15,160 votes; against, 3,232. On the
next question, the election of Mr. Sheppard, there were
in favour, 13,820 votes ; against, 4,552. On the next
question, the election of Mr. Belgrave Jackson, there
were in favour, 14,690 votes; against, 3,232. On the
next question, the election of Mr. Davies, there were in
favour, 13,810 [votes; against, 4,552. On the next
question, the election of Mr. Tudor, there were in
favour, 15,135 votes ; against, 3,132. He accordingly
declared these gentleman duly elected. The meeting
having been adjourned for this special purpose, there was
no other business before it.

Mr. MOORE begged to say, in his own justification,
that he had intended, by the course he took, nothing
that was not perfectly fair towards the gentlemen who
were candidates for the direction, and the company ge-
nerally. He objected to proceeding with the election
pending the decision of the motion for adjournment, and
had reason to believe that the elections were, id point of
fact, illegal ; but if the meeting generally were satisfied,
he should not dispute the result.
Mr. WHITMORE trusted that from this point the dis-
cord which had so often prevailed amongst them would
disappear, and that their proceedings would be marked
btdehyairreeluicsnehtlio.atriyrfsehostfhuo feeling. He should move, for the purpose
of preventing any further discussion—" That the meet-
ing do now adjourn, and that it is their opinion that the
n
mel
dy me
think
ohs
for
kra an
Tuesday,oepxterr a, oior extraordinary i
thent
ha
er y 2
p 1
ugs
rte
pn
ooe
purpose
ea l
ofmaking
February, meetinga i
ng
oo
arf
rineptTeonhrdeteirdas,eptoitoloinc,y,ir past proceedings and their future
having been seconded by Mr. SPARKS,
was put and carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman on his re-
tiring from office, and the meeting separated.

eesiVsaetdion
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS IN IRELAND.—Very fa-
vourable resumption
preparingwe athtehre;
Still,
where l o
it w
ovfouagrarbicluelatucracolulnatbsohurasvesinbceeenthrecec
a will r°e eagv i Yi 1 i
nrs
oei
° 11 a
week or two of fine weather to absorb the excessives
and farmers have made further progress ino wdelt
larean floodeddfo rNvin t ei
nr 1, V h
variouseat .
districts,
ture. In some backward localities, a large portion of thes
oat crop still remained in the fields up to the close of last
week, but the owners are now availing themselves
of the interval of fair weather to remove this pro-
duce, which must have been greatly deteriorated in
value from exposure during the recent inclement season.
It is a singular fact that emigration still continues, and
that numbers of the rural population are leaving the
country, apparently regardless of the severity of the
weather and the perils of a winter voyage across the
Atlantic. The number of emigrants for Australia is
steadily inwasing.