The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-30 00:00:00

EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1847.

Why, on the eve of the election, a large number of
electors became members by paying their quarterly
subscription, and thus swamped the old members and
upset all that had been done previously. It was
quite clear that the reformers of Marylebope and
St. Pancras could not work harmoniously together,
and, therefore, it would be better hereafter that they
should have separate astaociations.—(" No, no," and
" Hear, hear.") He did not apprehend that the
present Parliament would last long, but he con•
sidered that it was most important that the dalusive
statement of the Torus us to their gains on tha
registration, should be counteracted by the appearance
of the liberal party in the registration courts.
Mr. H. C. WiLsoN seconded the amendment.
A lengthened and rather warm discussion ensued,
and at its termination, on the amendment being put,
it was carried by a majority of 2 to 1.
The association is thus virtually dissolved, although
the resolution requirea confirmation, which will no
doubt be carried.
After thanks to the chairman, the meeting sepa-
rated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
WANDS WORTH COUNTY COURT.
TUDEY v. COLLINGRIDGE.
On Saturday an action was brought in this court
by the plaintiff, a master shoemaker, to recover of the
defendant, a money-taker in the service of the Iron
Steam-boat Company, the value of a coat., damaged
by the latter.
The plaintiff stated he took two tickets at the
British Flag-pier, Battersea-fields, and then passed
down a passage to the pier with a friend to go on
board a boat, when the defendant ran up to him, took
hold of him by the collar, and said, " You have not
got your ticket." He replied he had, but the de-
fendant, as he endeavoured to release himself, violently
tore his coat, so as to render it valueless—the coat
cost him 31. 15s. in May.
Emma Vale, in company with the plaintiff, proved
the assault, and affirmed positively that the plaintiff
took two green tickets, and he was not allowed time
to show them.
Mr. Cattarns, on behalf of the company, said that
Sergeant Emmerson, and Searle 49 V, saw the plaintiff
go down the pier without paying, and sent the de-
fendant down to him. The complainant refusing to
show hi:, ticket was the cause of his coat being torn.
Sergeant Emmerson was in court.
Sergeant Emmerson said the complainant never
went near the money. box before he went down to the
pier. He did not say to him, " You must putt up
with it ; it is an accident."
Kirby, the touter, said he was close to the money-
taker', place, and the plitintiX took no ticket.
The JUDGE was satisfied that the plaintiff had
taken his ticket. The witnesses for the defence hail
proved too much. The man had his ticket, hut they
treated him as one attempting to cheat. The touter
was also Mistaken. He could not go from the girl's
evitience, that the plaintiff had paid for two green
tickets. He should order the defendant to pay
31. 3s. for the coat, being a deduction of 12s. for the
wear, and all the costs.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
On Saturday a young man, named Wm. Reid,
was charged a ith feloniously cutting and wounding
his sister, a girl twelve years of age, and also
ith threatening the life of his mother, a widow,
filling the office of assistant nurse in the London
Hospital.
It appeared from the evidence of the mother and
daughter, the latter of whom was very pale, and had
the right side of her face strapped up with adhesive
plaster, that the prisoner, who had been all his life
addicted to the most indolent and profligate habits,
had for a long time refused to do any work, threw
up every situation that was procured for him as fast
as he got it, and insisted upon living entirely upon
the earnings of his mother. Oa the preceding day
he would not get out of bed until three o'clock in
the afternoon, when he got up to dinner, but imme•
diately began abusing his mother because the meal
was not to his taste, and his sister having ventured
to remonstrate with him upon his ungrateful conduct,
he suddenly caught up one of the table-knives and
dashed it at her face with such force, as to inflict a
frightful gash extending nearly the whole length of
her cheek. The mother interposed for the protection
of her daughter from further violence, and the pri-
soner then commenced a ferocious attack upon her
also, threatening to serve her in the same manner ;
but she and her daughter both at length succeeded in
escaping into the street, and, having procured the as-
sistance of a constable, returned and gave the prisoner
into custody.
A certificate was handed to the bench from Mr.
Garrod, the divisional police surgeon, by whom the
injured girl had been since attended, and which de-
scribed the nature of the wound as being of a very
serious description.
The prisoner refused to offer any defence, and
Mr. ARNOLD, having told him that the offence he
was charged with amounted to a felony, for which
he was liable to transportation for life, ordered him
to be brought up again this week for e depositions
sn he taken.
A powerful fellow, named William Rawlings, was
next charged with the following series of outrageous
assaults :
The prisoner, who was described as being one of
those lazy, insubordinate characters who are continu-
ally- throwing themselves upon the workhouse, and
are a nuisance to all about them, was standing in the
yard of Shoreditch workhouse, idling about, at one
o'clock that day, when Maria Franklin, one of the
nurses, was sent for to the master's office, and the in-
stant she came out the prisoner rushed upon her, and.
without uttering a word, struck her such a terrible
blow between the eyes, that she was felted to the
ground. At the same moment an elderly pauper
named John Hall happened to be entering the gate
with half a pint of beer in his hand for his dinner,
and although he had not even spoken to the pri-
soner, the latter ran up to him and dealt him a
violent blow on the mouth, which cut it severely, and
knocked him down also. The cries of these two in-
jured persons attracted the notice of Smith, the gate
porter, who, seeing Hall lying upon his hack with
his face covered with blood, ran forward to help him
up, but was instantly stopped by the prisoner with a
blow on the eye. All three witnesses exhibited se-
rious contusions, and all positively declared that they
were totally at a loss to account for the attacks which
had been wide upon them, as they had done nothing
whatever to provoke them.
The Magistrate sentenced the prisoner, who offered
no defence to either of the charges, to pay a fine of
51. for the assault upon the woman Franklin, or in
default to undergo two months' imprisonment in the
House of Correction, and in addition to find two bail
in 201. each for his, peaceable behaviour for the suc-
ceeding six months.
LAMBETH.
Thomas Foster, alias Chitty, and Emma Eaton,
alias Fitzgerald, were charged with being concerned
with others in robbing Mr. Thomas Jones, a gentle-
man residing at Carshalton, of a gold watch, chain,
and seal, of the value of 60 guineas.
Mr. Jones deposed that on the night of the 28th of
last month, during the Goodwood races, while going
up the High-street, in the city of Chichester, his
friend who was with him and himself were joined by
two women, who, up to that time, were strangers to
them, but both of whom addressed them in a familiar
manner. His friend having occasion to go into a bye-
place was followed by one of the women, while the
other remained talking to him in the street. They
had not been speaking more than a moment or two,
when a man approached them, who, exclaiming,
" What do you stand here for ?" gave him a violent
blow, which knocked him down, and both he and the
woman instantly ran away. On recovering from the
effects of the blow, the witness instantly missed his
watch, and lost no time in pursuing the parties. He
succeeded in coming up with, and securing the man,
but the instant he had done so he was attacked by
two other men, each of whom struck him and again
knocked him down twice, and all the parties effected
their escape. By this time, however, his friend had
given the woman who had followed him, as before
stated, into custody, for robbing him of Is. 6d., and
she was locked up for the night. On the following
day she was taken before the Mayor of Chichester,
when she gave the name of Emma Eaton (the name
given by the prisoner at the bar), and represented
herself as a straw-honnetmaker residing at Brighton.
This woman tue (Mr. Jones) had seen in one of the
avenues leading to this court on that morning, and
ehe was then in the court.—(The prosecutor here
pointed out a well-dressed woman in the body of the
court, and Mr. Elliott directed that she should be
placed in the dock with the other prisoners).—Mr.
Jones identified the watch and seal produced by
Sergeant Morton as his property, and as those of
which he had been robbed at Chichester, as he
described.
in his cross-examination by Mr. Games, the pro-
secutor said the prisoners Foster and Fitzgerald were
strangers to him, but the third prisoner, who gave
the name of Mary Taylor, he was quite confident was
the person who had been charged at Chichester. His
friend, who gave charge of her, was a stock-broker,
and was at present in Scotland, and the reason she
was discharged on that occasion was, that it was con-
sidered by the Mayor and constables' that it was much
more likely that her associates, by whom the robbery
had been committed, would be taken by her being at
large than in prison.
Sergeant Morton, 7 P, stated that on the morning
of Monday lea,in consequence of a hamper, contain-
ing a quantity of stolen cloth, being directed there, he
went to the house of the prisoner Fitzgerald. On
elite, iag the hack parieur which was occupied by
her3A 11:.t azerved a small box on a dresser, and
,
asked to whom it belonged. The prisoner replied
that both it and its contents were her property. He
then got the key of it from her, and, on examining it,

found two gold watches and three gold chains, one of
them of a massive description, and of the value of 20
guineas. The prisoner subsequently said that only
one of the watches belonged to her, and that the ether
had been left with her as a security for rent by a per-
son named Chitty six months ago, though it had only
been stolen from Mr. Jones on the 28th of last month.
On that occasion he (Morton) stlw the third prisoner
at the bar (Taylor) at the house of Fitzgerald, and
took a person whom she represented to be her hus-
band, as well as another young fellow, named Smith,
with Fitzgerald and Foster, into custody, on suspicion
of having been concerned in a burglary and robbery
at Tunbridge-wells. Two of' them, namely, Taylor
and Smith, had since been discharged.
In reply to a question from the Magistrate, Mor-
ton said the prisoner Taylor occupied an apartment at
the house of her companion Fitzgerald, and lived
there with a common thief, whom she represented as
her husband. The prisoner Foster also lived there
with a woman of equally low character with herself;
as did also Smith, and a third woman of the same
class.
Mr. Games asked Mr. Elliott if he thought there
was any charge against the prisoner Taylor, to justify
her being detained ?
The MAGISTRATE replied that he should remand
her, with the other prisoners, to a future day.
Mr. Games applied to have the prisoners admitted
to bail, but his application was refused, and the
pri-
soners were removed from the bar.

SUPPOSED INTENTION TO
MURDER.

BRIGHTON, SATURDAY.—This morning John Gold-
spink, a footman in the service of Captain Fulcher,
late of the East India service, and at present residing
at 13, Montpelier-terrace, was brought before T.
Jones Bellamy and C. Carpenter, Esqrs., magistrates
of the Brighton bench, under the following extraor-
dinary circumstances. No formal charge was made
against the prisoner, owing to the legal difficulty of
framing one.
Mary Harriet, wife of Captain Fulcher, deposed
that the prisoner had been in her husband's service
about seven months. On the evening of the 30th of
July, a little after ten o'clock, she told the prisoner
to go to bed. About half an hour afterwards, having
finished her supper, she we•A up stairs to her bed-
room' and a few minutes after twelve, having dis-
missed her maid servant, and before locking her bed-
room door, she, as was her custom, looked under the
bed, and not being able to see distinctly to the wall,
she took her candle, and was in the act of lifting the
valiance, when the prisoner darted out from under
the bed, seized her by the throat, and squeezel her
so hard that she conic' not speak nor make a noise.
In order to defend herself she tried to set fire to his
hair with her candle, but in making the attempt she
extinguished au; lid ht. She then seized the bell r.pi•
and pulled it down, but she did not hear the beil
ring. The priioner continued his grasp of her throat ;
and she thought she should be choked. In a few
minutes she got away and rushed out of the door and
into the nursery, threw up the window, and called
for assistance.

Pol•ceman Jenner deposed that, attracted by cries
of murder, he went to the residence of Captain
Fulcher, and found the prisoner with his throat cut.
He went for a surgeon, and on his return found in
the prisoner's pecker a piece of stout cord, like that
used by the laundresses in drying clothes. A razor
was lying by the side of the primmer.
The prisoner was taken to the hospital, and re-
mained there till that morni,ig, not being previously
sufficiently recovered to be examined by the magis-
trates.
In reply to questions from the magistrates' clerk,
Mrs. Fulcher stated that the prisoner was aware that
some valuable jewels and the key of the plate chest
were kept in her bedroom.
Dr. Dill was examined to prove that Mrs. Fulcher
sustained considerable injury, requiring medical
treatment, from the prisoner's violent grasp on her

throat.
The prisoner, who looked very pale and wild,
asked no questions, nor did he say anything in de-
fence. He was committed for trial at the East
Sussex adjourned sessions, for an aggravated assault,
and the witnesses were bound to prosecute.

CHARGE OF ARSON.

On Saturday afternoon, Mr. William Payne, the
City coroner, and a respectable jury, met at the
George Tavern, Beech-street, Barbican, and were
engaged upwards of five hours in inquiring into the
cause of the late destructive fire that occurred upon
the premises of Mr. Leopold Hail, fancy box maker,
No. 36i, Beech-street.
In consequence of the many rumours afloat as to
the origin of the fire, the inquiry excited considerable
interest.
A solicitor attended on the part of Mr. Hail; and
Mr. George Fogo, the chief officer of the A section of
the London Fire Establishment, was present on behalf
of the insurance companies forming the brigade. Mr.
Thomas Hodsall, the assessor of losses, attended
from Messrs. Toplies office, the surveyors of the Sun
Fire-office.
William Arthur Ede, 125 of the City Police, said
that nn Thursday morning last, about half-past three
o'clock, he was on duty in Golden-lane, when a per-
son accosted him, and said he thought there was a
fire in Beech-street. Witness weat to the corner of
the lane, and there found smoke issuing from Mr.
Hail's premises. The smoke was issuing from the
fanlight. Wimess and his comrade Langton, 138,
immediately sprang their rattles, for the purpose of
raising an alarm. He then started off to call the
engines and fire-escapes, leaving Langton hehind to
arouse the inmates. Upon his return he learned from
his brother officer that all the inmates had escaped.
lie than saw fire coming from the same spot as he
had first noticed smoke issuing. A number of per-
suns came out., some were undressed ; but Mr. Hail
had the %%hole of his clothes On.
Mr. Hail stated that he dressed himself in the street.
Henry Andrew Mallet, head engineer of White-
cross-street station, said that he arrived w:th his
engine at the spot at 23 minutes past three o'clock on
the morning in question.
The CORONER—Can you tell in what part of the
premises the fire began ? Witness—From what I have
seen I should say it began at the foot of the staircase
of Mr. 1-14 it's shop.
The CORONER—Have you since made an examina-
tion of the premises? Witness—l have. I found
the remains of a trunk and also some paper cuttings.
In the trunk was a broken bottle that had contained
oil. The bottle was amongst some clothes, the remains
of which I found in the trunk.
The remains of the bottle were produced by the
witness, and also some paper cuttings, which were laid
before the coroner and jury.
henry Pritchard, carman in the employ of Mr.
Ives, said, that on the 10th of the present month he
removed some paper from Mr. Hail's shop. To the
best of his recollection there were seven large bundles
of brown paper, weighing half a cwt. each, and several
smaller ones. He took that load to Mr. Hopkins, 42,
Houndsditch. Mr. Hail was not present at the time,
but some foreign gentlemen. The same evening he
took some coloured paper of different sizes to a house
on Dowgate-hill.
Mr. Thomas Hodsall, assessor of losses for Messrs.
Toplis and Sons, the surveyors to the Sun Fire-office,
said that Mr. Hail was insured in the Sun Fire-office
for 5001. There was 180/. on the furniture, 20/. on
china and glass, 2501. on utensils and stock in trade,
and 501. on pictures and prints.
The CORONER—How long has the insurance been
effected ? Witness—Only since Midsummer last.
The CORONER—Has any claim been made since
the fire occurred ? Witness—Yes, on Thursday
evening. The day the fire happened, a claim for 2571.
was sent in.
The CORONER—Does the claim appear correct ?
Witness—From my experience, having settled up-
wards of 3,000 fire cases, I have no hesitation in say-
ing the claim was a most exorbitant one. He has
charged for articles that were never on the premises,
at least, not there at the time of the fire. Parcels of
goods that have been taken out of the shop have been
put down as burned.
Some other witnesses were examined; and,
The Learned CORONER having summed up the
evidence at great length, the jury retired to another
room, and aftet consulting for about half an hour,
they returned, the foreman announcing that they were
unanimous in their verdict, which was as follows :
" That the house was wilfully set on fire by the
tenant, Leopold Hail."
The CORONER at once made out his warrant for the
committal of the accused to Newgate.

SHOCKING DEATH FROM lIARD DRINKING.—An
inpiest was betel on Saturday by Mr. Thomas Biggs,
:tironer for the Duchy of tAticastcr, at tbetTnion Arms,
Union road, Clapham, on the body of Mr. John Fother.
gill, aged 36, a eritiewan of fortune, residing at No. 3.
G,iritig-grove. Wat,dawarth•road. It appeared from
the evidence that f.r the last two years the dece:;sed was
constantly in a state of intoxication, from drinitml
ardent spirits. Gin and broody were his principal
drink, and the witnesi•es stated that he never took ley,
then twenty glasses a day. Ho had not been right in his
mind for the la,it 18 mogiths ; and nine months since he
was so mad that he was confined for several months in
a private lunatic asylum. Since his enlargement he had
.trunk as hard as ever, and for the last three months he
had not been one day sober.. On Saturday las: tiect-ased
was very much intoxicated, and on -ititiday he com-
plained of feeling Y. ry poorly, but rafused to see a sur-
geon. Ile continued to get worse, and on Wednesday
morning his wife called in Mr. Spencer, a surgeon, of
Larkhall-lane, who pronounced him to be in a dying
state. Medicine was given him, but he expired very
shorty afterwards. The body hail since teen opened
t:lr. Spencer, who found chronic n,ft',lteination of the'
l:ver, resulting from fakin4 Rn excessive quantity of
ardent spirits. Verdict, " Died from chronic inflamma-
tion of the liver, caused by taking an excessive quantity
of ardent spirits.'