The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-09 00:00:00

The complainant, who stated that she was an autho-
ress, and lived at No. 117, High Holborn, said that on
the 26th of last month she called un his Seremi High-
nest for the purpose of forwardinues a packet to him. sihe
saw the defendant, who opened the door to her, and she
requested him to take the packet to his master. lie
asked her whom she had it fr,m. • Complainant replied
it was from herself. He then said he would not take it,
upon which complainant remarked that the Duke of
Brunswick knew her perfectly well, and that it would be
all right if he would take it. He then closed the dour
with great violence. Complainant subsequently went
to Mr. Wanfurd, the solicitor of the Duke of Bruns-
wick.

Mr. RANYLINSON—Confine yourself to the assault.
What was the nature of the injury you received?
Complainant—Ta o of my fingers were nearly jammed
in the door, and my right hand and foot were much
hurt.

Mr. RAWLINffON—WeII, what do you say to the
assault ?

Defendant—l did not know that the door touched
the woman.

Mr. RAWLIZsTSON—You forced the door in a way you
ought not to have done.

Defendant—l did not, sir.

Mr. RAWLINSON—She swears that you did. She came
for a lawful purpose, and you might have shut the door
with mildness.

Defehtlatit—l told her I could not take the packet in.
Mr. RAWLINSON—have you power to refuse anything?
Defendant—Without knowing from whom it comes.
Complainant—Had he looked at my letters, he would
have known his master's handwriting. He would not
give me time to show them.
The defendant was fined 10s., er fourteen days' im-
prisonment.

LAMBETH.
Alfred Marshall, the young man who had been ex-
amined on the preceding day on a charge of firing a
loaded pistol at Miss Louisa Rofe, with whom he was
desperately in love, was again placed at the bar before
Mr. Elliott.
Mr. Binns, the attorney, appeared for the prosecution;
and Mr. Games for the defence.
After the examination of one witness, who deposed
to having seen the prisoner throw a stone over the
paling, and at the door of the house where the prosecu-
trix lived,
Mr. Binns made an application to the magistrate to
have the prisoner further remanded, so as to give him
time to summons three witness, whose testimony in the
case was most important.
Mr. Games said he had no objection whatever to a re-
mand, provided the young man was admitted to bail, as
it was the wish of his client, as well as his friends, that
the fullest investigation should take place.
The prisoner was remanded f'or a week, but was ad-
mitted to bail, himself in 801. and two sureties in 40?.
each, to appear on Tuesday next.
THAMES.
William Handley, a police-constable, No. 85 H, ap-
peared before Mr. Ballantine, by order of the Corr rnis-
sioners of Police, to answer a charge of uttering a coun-
terfeit crown-piece.
Mary Simon, of No. 29, Hosier. lane, Smithfield,
stated that during the last Whitsuntide fair she was
assisting her mother, who opened a shop for the sale ef
provisions, at the corner of Fairfield-place, Stepney. On
the evening of Wednesday, the 26ch of May, the pri-
soner asked for a penny loaf and tendered in payment a
crown piece. She was unable to give change, and went
to the White Lien beer-shop, the next door but one to
the house she was in, to procure it. She returned with
ss. worth of good silver, and the policeman was then
standing outside the door, where she left him. He wits
eating the loaf which he had purchased. She requested
him to wait a short time longer until she obtained some
coppers. She met her father-in-law, and inked him for
fieepence, which he gave her. As she was returning to
the house she met the policeman crossing the road eating
the loaf, but he did not ask her for the change or visit
the shop any more. On the following morning Mr.
Starr, the landlord of the beer-house, returned the
crown piece and said it was a bad one.
ilr. Powell, the Mint solicitor, put some questions to
the witness, who said the police- constable tine standing
outside the shop when he asked for the loaf, and when he
gave her the crown-piece he held it. en the tip of his
finger. She said, " I must get you to wait till I procure
ehaiige."
The prisoner cross-examined the woman with much
acuteness, and asked her if he did not give her the
crown-piece in mistake for a penny. She replied in the
negative. He then questioned her as to whether he
heard her say that she would procure change. She
would not swear whether he heard her or not.
The policeman, in answer to the charge. said he was
in possession of three crown pieces ou the day in ques-
tion, arising out of three charges he had brought bet re
his worship at that court. The last charge was brought be-
fore the magistrate on the Tuesday in Whitstm we, k. On
the following day he Feet ived..Bsich
the three base crowns. He was stationed on duty is
Stepney fair, and he purchased the loaf, and tendered in
payment what he thought was a penny, and never waited
for any change. He solemnly declared that he did not
hear the complainant request him to wait for the change.
He was allowed, by the regulations of the police, to re-
tain possession of base coin for 21 days.
Mr. Powell said the regulation alluded to did exist,
and that the superintendent of each division of police de-
livered the base coin to the authorities of the Mint every
month.
Mr. BALLANTINE said he would do all in his power to
put an end to such an arrangement, which ought never
to have existed. Police-constables ought not to retain
possession of base coin for one moment after they had
produced it in evidence. The superintendents or in-
spectors were the prop( r persons to take charge of coun-
terfeit money. If spurious coin was left in the posses-
sion of police-constables it might get into circulation, as
was the case in the present instance.
Inspector Scott, of the H division, said the constable
had stated that which was incorrect, and was quite
ignorant of the regulations of the force. It was his duty,
after the case was disposed of, to d, posit the base coin
with the inspector at the station-house, enclosed in a
piece of paper, with the name of the person charged, the
date, and other particulars, and at the expiration of
twenty-one days the superintendent would have for-
warded it to the solicitor of the Mint.
Mr. BALLANTINE—That is very proper and a per-
fectly practicable regulation. Why was it not done in
this case?

The prisoner said he supposed he was to keep posses-
sion of the counterfeit crowns for twenty-one days, and
he carried them loose in his pocket. Thy were all
marked. The one in dispute was marked with the
initial " G. G." and a cross.
Inspector Ellis produced the counterfeit crown, which
was marked in the way stated. He received it of Mrs.
Simon's father-in•law.
Mrs. Moore stated that she was the mother-in-law of
Mr. Scurr, the landlord of the White Lion beer-shop,
and that she changed the crown-piece between the hours
of nine and ten o'clock, and not between the hours of
eight and nine, as stated by the first witness. There
aas some doubt as to its being a good one when she
changed it, but Mr. Scurr's brother, on being referred
to, said it was a good one. The complainant, Mrs.
Simon, said it must be a good one, tur she had just.
taken it or a policeman.
Joseph G. Scurr, landlord of the White Lion, stated
that he tint discovered the crown-piece was a bad one,
and on returning it to Mrs. Simon she said she took it
of a police-constable as a penny-tiece, in payment of
p.1)111-100; and that she laid the chance, 4a. I Id., on a
shelf, in expectatb;ll the constable would find out his
mistake and call for it.

AIL BALLANTINE said he would give the prisoner the
benefit of tne supposition that he had given the tbrged
piece in mistake for a penny, and discharge him, bus
he was not at all satisfied with his conduct. Whether
the Police Commissioners, who ought to make an in.
quire, would be satisfied with llandleys conduct he
would not say. He could not understand why the po-
lice-constable was allowed to have possession of base
coin at ail. The policeman must have known he had
lost one of the spurious crowns ; and it was strange he
never made any inquiry after it, instead of leaving the
case to be made the subject of this investigation.
The prisoner said he did miss it on Thursday night,
and made inquiries. He was then informed that the
base crown i:..id been delivered to the superintendent.
Mr. 13ALLANTINE—Well, I am not satisfied, but I dis-
charge you as regards the uttering of counterfeit coi❑
knowingly.

ALARMING RAILWAY RIOT.—It appears from the
Fifeshire papers that serious disturbances have taken place,
during the last few days,
among the labourers on the Edin-
burgh and Northern Railway. On Saturday last, being the
pay day on the Gallatown section, some squabbling ensued
between the Highlandmen and Irishmen, and two or three
broken heads were the consequence. The police, how-
ever,: by apprehending some half-dozen of the ring-
leaders, succeeded in restoring quietness for the night.
The prisoners were lodged in the lock-up house at Path-
head, and on Tuesday morning last were brought into
Cupar, where two of them were sentenced to forty days',
and two to sixty days' imprisonment each. The case of the
others being of a more serious nature is under investigation.
On Sunday morning, it was evident, from the numbers
hanging about the streets, that there was considerable risk
of a collision between the Highlanders and the Irishmen.
The Irishmen turned out to the number of between sixty and
seventy; and having sent off a dispatch to the Links of Kir-
kaldy for a reinforcement from their countrymen residing
there, about three o'clock a body of no fewer than about 500
marched in regular procession, with railing stobs,
shovels, and pokers, through Kirkaldy, till they joined their
comrades, when the crowd, of one sort or other, might
amount to more than 1,000. Against these, ab,,ut 200 High-
landers, some of whom were armed with knives and dirks,
marched up, but, finding their inferiority of numbers, re-
treated, and hence no collision took place. For a time the
town was completely in the possession of these armed men.
—North British Mail.
POTATOES FROM DENMARK.—On Tuesday last
Mr. Miller, from Glasgow, exposed a very fine sample
of potatoes imported for seed from Denmark. They
.
were part of a cargo of eleven tons purchased
at Holstein
by a brother of Mr. Miller, assisted in his selection v
an experienced nurseryman in that place. Theb samplear
in our market was purchased in
parties, at the rate of lls. per cwt.,
•smordllll/.4pse rytovn. An
excellent opportunity has thus been secured oftesting
the utility of a change of seed.--Ayr Advertiser.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MAR YLEB ONE.
Frederick Bates, porter in the service of the auk-. •
Brunswick, appeared before Mr. Rnwlinson, charged
with assaulting Miss Ann Johnson, at the mansion of
his Serene Highness, Harley House, Ulster-place, Re-
gent's Park, On the name of the defendant being
called, Hooker, the warrant-officer, stated that he had
been denied at the house, upon which the complainant
accompanied the officer to the mansion, when upon
being identified by the complainant, he attended 71t, the
court.