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London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

THE SUN,

ilumediately to Mr. Child, the surgeon of the police
force, in Fore-street, who used the stomach-pump,
and drew the poison off her stomach. He understood
they were receiving relief from the parish.
Mr. Alderman Musouova perceiving the woman
appeared to require further care, remanded her till
Wednesday, and directed that her husband should
then attend.
WESTMINSTER.

ale the stomach-pump was put into immediate requi-
sition, and the fluid contents therein brought away.
She was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, and there treated
as a patient to whom some drug of a poisonous nature
had been administered, and owing to the prompt as-
sistance rendered in the case, she was considered suffi
ciently recovered to attend the following day at this
court. On that occasion the prisoner declared that he
had no intention of seriously injuring his wife, and
that he only threw a small portion of snuff into her
ale, to indnce her, as he asserted, to accompany him
home, and not return to her lodgings. linen called
upon to say where he purchased the snuff he hesi-
tated, hut at length said it was at a shop in the
Waterloo-road.

time at which it was absolutely necessary to take out
a summons, he should discharge hi.n on his returning
the half-crown to the applicant.
Inspector Campbell called his worship's attention to
the complainant in the case, who, he said, from her
being kept so long out of her wages, had been obliged
to part with everything she had, and Ni as in the
greatest distress.
Mr. ELLIOTT kindly ordered her 10s. from the
poor. -box and expressed a hope that some public no-
tice would be taken of the case, as he was perfectly
certain that the judge who presided in the court
could not he aware that such proceedings as then dis-
closed existed therein, else he would at once put an
end to them.

James Cooper was finally examined, charged with
having been concerned with two others, named Scully
and Potter, since transported for fourteen years fir
the offence, with committing a burglar at the house
of Mr. Hickman, the King's Head, Knightsbridge,
and stealing a large quantity of plate, some money,
several articles of wearing apparel, and about 201.
worth of cigars.

When the prisoner was placed at the bar to-day,
his wife, who had also been locked up, owing to her
having neglected to attend the second examination,
now interceded fur the prisoner, saying that she felt
no ill effects from what she had taken, and that,
therefore, she did not wish to press any charge against
him ; that she was a poor hardworking woman, and
that if she was compelled to waste her time in attend•
ing those examinations, she would lose her employ-
ment and be reduced to great distress. Under these
circumstances, therefore, she implored the magistrate
to set her husband at liberty as she was convinced
that, however foolishly he ►night have acted in throw-
ing a little snuff into her ale, he had no design upon
her life.

WANDS WORTH.

The circumstances of the case are briefly these :
At about four o'clock on the morning of the sth of
last December Mr. Hickman was awoke by one of
his lodgers, who informed him that his house had
been robbed; and on prosecutor going down stairs he
found that the bar had been broken open, every lock
and drawer in it forced, and a large quantity of silver
plate, consisting of sauce-ladles, gravy, dessert, and
table-spoons, with other articles of silver stolen, with
51., some wearing apparel, and other property. On
en examination or the premises, it was evident that
the thieves must have concealed themselves in the
house previous to its closing on the night before the
robbery, and at the time they were disturbed by the
lodger :coming down had made their retreat through
a window into the back yard, leaving behind them a
dark lantern, a jemmy, a very formidable life-pre-
server, and other house-breaking implements. The
men Scully and Potter were apprehended on the
following day, and were subsequently convicted of
the offence, and transported for 14 years, but Cooper
absconded, and was never seen or heard of until a
fortnight ago, when he was taken into custody upon
the charge.
Evidence was given which showed that Potter,
Scully, and the prisoner all lodged together shortly
before the robbery in a room at 8, Middle-row,
Knightsbridge, and were seen in possession of the
housebreaking implements left at Mr. H.'s, which
were positively identified ; that they afterwards slept
for a few nights at Mr. Hickman's, but left three
days before the robbery, and that Potter and the
prisoner were there late on the night before the rob-
bery, and were suddenly missed, although not
seen to leave the house. It was further proved
that Potter and the prisoner occupied an
apartment together in Fulham-bridge-yard at
the time of the robbery ; that a portion of the
,ilver money found upon Po ter was identified by
Mr. Hickman, and new clothes were found in the
room jointly occupied by them, and that Potter and
the prisoner went to the east end of the town on the
flay after the robbery, and made some purchases.
There were also other trifling links in the chain of
evidence against the prisoner.
Prisoner did not offer a word in defence, and was
fully committed for trial.

James Jones, a carman in the employ of Messrs.
Squires, of Kingston, corn and coal merchants, and
John Steel, a hostler at the Hope Inn, Lower
IVandsworth-road, Battersea, were charged with
stealing horses' fodder.
Police-constable Webb, 134 V, proved that on
Saturday evening, about eight o'clock, he saw the
prisoners standing by the side of a waggon and team
of three horses, which was drawn up outside the
Hope. The prisoner Jones gave Steele a bag, which
the latter carried towards the stables, whither wit-
ness followed. It was then very dark, but he
watched him into a stall in which a horse was stand-
ing, and when he came out again he had no bag. His
excuse for being there was that he went to give the
horse some water. The witness gave the prisoner
into the custody of another officer, and having pro-
cured a light he searched the stall, and found a sack
containing a peck of oats and chaff under the manger.
The sack had Mr. Squires' name on it. Steel at
first denied knowing anything about the sack, but on
Jones, who was in the Hope, admitting that he gave
him a little corn, the latter said he had given hay and
water to Jones's horse at different times, and thought
no harm of accepting a little fodder.
Mr. Squires said the prisoner Jones had been
with the firm nearly seven years, and had been
hitherto supposed a very honest servant. He had no
business to have sold or given away any fodder.
The prisoners were fully committed for trial at the
Central Criminal Court.
HAMMERSMITH.

Mr. Wagstaff, the police surgeon, described that
upon analysing the contents brought away from the
complainant's stomach, a portion of strong snuff was
discovered, which made it apparent that that was the
powder which the prisoner was observed to mix in
the ale which he gave her to drink, and it was further
confirmed by a witness who attended the examination,
and stated that on Monday night last the prisoner
walked into his shop and purchased some snuff.
The complainant again solicited for her husband's
discharge, but the Magistrate said such a request
could not be complied with. There was evidence of
the deleterious nature of the article mixed in the ale
she partook of by her husband, and that it might have
produced her death if prompt measures had not been
adopted. She, therefore, must be compelled to attend,
as she had already shown a strong disinclination to
proceed against him.
Complainant—l hope your worship won't send me
to gaol again.
Mr. SECKER--I have no wish to imprison you if
you find bail that you will appear, for recollect a war-
rant was obliged to be issued, to compel you to come
forward, and if you are permitted to go at large, you
might probably keep out of the way, so that the pri-
soner might escape from the serious charge on which
he has been taken into custody.
Prisoner—l hope my wife will be allowed to use
her own discretion in the matter; it is hard to make
a woman prosecute her husband when she has no
wish to do so. _ _

Mr. SECKER said that the offence with which the
prisoner was charged was one of a most serious de-
scription, and although his wife had expressed a
strong disinclination to press the charge, still upon
public grounds it was compulsory upon her to pro-
secute. _ _

Prisoner—l should like to be informed of the na-
ture of the offence with which I am charged; whe-
ther it is a felony or misdemeanour?
Mr. SEcxea replied that the offence came under
that of felony.
Prisoner—For I wish to be informed on the sub-
ject, so that I may be prepared to answer it I have
been locked up here since the night it occurred, and
I have had no means of communicating with my
friends as to employing a professional adviser. I shall
be in a condition to prove that I never intended to
attempt the life of my wife, and that what was done
on the occasion was more out of a joke, or a piece of
folly, than the thought of depriving hat- of existence.
Mr. SECKER—Then do you admit having pur-
-1 chased the snuff which you were observed to mix
in your wife's ale at the shop of the tradesman who
has now come forward to prove the fact ? Prisoner
—I shall admit nothing ; but if I am to be put upon
my trial for this foolish affair, I will show that I
never intended my wife harm.

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER l4, 1847.

RIGHT OF WAY-THE GLEN TILT

AFFAIR.

At the last monthly meeting of the Perth Town
Council the recent interruption in Glen Tilt was
taken up. The following is a report of the proceed-
ings
Bailie Gam, said he had a motion to make con-
cerning a matter in which both the community of
Perth and the public generally were deeply interested.
He referred to the attempts making to shut up Glen
Tilt, and other roads through the Highland passes,
which had long been open to the public. The mem-
bers of council must all have read in the newspapers
of the conduct of the Duke of Atholl to the Professor
of Botany from Edinburgh and his pupils, whom he
compelled to take a very circuitous route to the inn
at Blair. It appeared, also, that the Duke applied to
some justices of the peace for warrants to commit the
whole party to the Perth gaol, but they had all, very
much to their credit, declined to meddle with the
matter. He had then applied to several writers in
Pitlochrie' who had also refused to interfere. Bailie
Greig had always understood that the public had im-
memorial usage to pass through the glen. He knew
many persons in Perthshire and Inverness-shire who
have enjoyed this privilege upwards of forty years.
Nor was he aware that the Noble Duke's father or
grandfather ever objected to it. In the death of the
latter nobleman the county lost one of the best pa-
triots and benefactors ; for, to love of his country and
great good taste of the picturesque, be has rendered the
Highlands of Perthshire much and justly celebrated.
It might, perhaps, be considered a pity that the pre-
sent Noble Duke was not successful in sending to
gaol these tourists, for an action of damages would
have enlightened the public as to the rights of all par-
ties. It would now be necessary, he presumed, for
the society in Edinburgh to inquire into the matter,
and, if advised, to raise an action of declaration before
the proper court, in which the country will no doubt
take a great interest. Before reading the motion he
had prepared, he might say that he was sure no body
of men had a greater respect for the dignity of the
peerage than this council, and he was sure they would
be the last to intrude themselves on any nobleman's
grounds ; yet, if it can be established, as has now been
alleged, that the public have immemorial right of ac-
cess through Glen Tilt, and that the Duke of Atholl
had so acted towards these tourists, he could not do a
more serious injury to his order—for the Noble Duke
could but ill afford to lose any little popularity he had
in this town and county. The Noble Duke must
also be told, that while his extensive property has its
rights, it has also its obligations. The community of
this city, as well as all other large towns, which pour
out annually so many tourists to this part of the
world, are much interested in this case. He would
now move—" That understanding the reports in cir-
culation of the alleged interruption of his Grace the
Duke of Atholl to a number of tourists some days
ago in Glen Tilt, the council is of opinion that this
conduct of the Noble Duke ought to be brought
under the review of the society at Edinburgh for the
protection to the public of ancient roads and path-
ways ; and remit to the Provost's committee to in-
quire into the same, with instructions to them to cor-
respond with the said society on the subject, and to
report."
Bailie WALLACE said he was as much alive to the
great injury sought to he inflicted on the public in
this case as any one could possibly be. He had tra-
velled the road referred to over and over again, and
had, as often as he did so, admired its grandeur and
picture-que beauty. He regretted exceedingly that
he Duke of Atholl had seen tit to thr )w impediint nts
in the way of the public in their route through Glen
Tilt; but he nevertheless doubted whether the coun-
cil t-houlti come to a vote on the subject, at least for
the prt-sent. He thought such a proceeding would be
premature. In his opinion, it would be hotter to wait
until they saw what steps the Edinburgh Association
would take in the matter _ _ .

membered, when he was a boy, that there was a
public road through Glen Tilt ; but then there were
no fewer than sixty tenants in the glen, who had been
turned out since to make room for the deer. At that
time, which was about sixty years ago, a prohibition
Wai issued against all beasts of burden being taken
through the glen; but he had never before heard of
people being excluded.
Mr. THOMAS thought the conduct of the Duke of
Atholl in the transaction deserved the reprobation of
every patriotic Scotchurin, and would willingly sub-
scribe to try the question elsewhere—(Bailie Grsig
—That's g,,ing consider,Ny further than I propose)
—but in the tileantaie 1:e (iid not thick it prudent
that they should move in the matter.
A motion was afterwards made that the Council
should delay for a month, till they saw what steps
were taken by the Edint:urgh Association, and had
some further infortinitlon on the subject ; and upon
this being put to the vote against Bailie Greig's mo-
tion, ten voted upon each side, when the Provost gave
his casting vote for delay.
It is said that there can be no doubt that when the
subject again comes forward Bailie Greig's views will
be espoused by a large majority of the Council.—
IVitness.

MILITARY STATIONS.

(From the United Service Iltzgazine for September.)