The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-21 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

THEATRICAL Mos.—John Belasco, orother to the well.
known prize-fighter of that name, appeared upon a warrant
before Mr. Broughton, charged with having violently as-
saulted a glass-dealer named Henry Davis.
The complainant, whose person exhibited marks of severe
and recent ill-treatment, stated that while passing through
Petticoat-lane, on the afternoon of Monday last, he was
accosted by the prisoner, who told him that a gentleman,
with whom he had been in communication, had informed
him that Mr. Barnard Gregory was to perform that even-
ing at the Haymarket Theatre, and_ that he wished him to
organise as many persons as he could collect together to
hoot him off the stage. The prisoner was accompanied at
the time by a large mob of the lowest characters in the dis-
trict, and offered him a shilling, together with a free admis-
sion to the theatre, and as much liquor as he chose to par-
take of, if he would join the expedition and allow his name
to be inserted in a book in which those of all the others were
inscribed. Witness, however, refused to take any part in
the proceedings, upon which the prisoner distributed a
quantity of halfpence amongst his followers, to pay their
postage by the penny steam-boat to Hungerford-stairs, and
they all set out on their errand. Shortly before they
parted,
the the prisoner threatened that he would "serve him o
•evening, refusing to form one of the party, but be saw nomoreof him
until the preceding when they accidentally met
the
epithets,
each other at a pl.nubglich.himou
pri-
soner, after asset
struck him on the nose with the bowl of a tobacco pipe, and
with the Petticoat-lane,
most icoat-
scurrilouslaneand
instantly followed up the attack by a violent blow with his
fist, which blackened both his eyes, and caused an effusion of
blood from the nose that had continued, at intervals, ever
since. In answer to a question from the magistrate, the wit-
ness stated that when the prisoner made the tirse_bveylure to
him he was in company with an acquaintance, "o was
also solicited to proceed with the mot to the
theatre ; but that person vas then unable, from
the pressure of business, to attend and give evi.
dente. On being called upon for his defence the prisoner
declared that the whole of the complainant's state-
ment relative to their alleged interview on the previous
Monday was a fabrication, and that with regard to the assault
in the public-house, the complainant himself was the aggressor,
by flinging at him a quart pot, anal that he merely acted in
self- defence. 'The 'prisoner then chiled Edward Myers, a
Jew clothesman, who corroborated the latter part of his de-
fence, but admitted that the prisoner had uttered some ex-
asperating expressions to the complainant before any per-
sonal violence was resorted to. On being interrogated by the
magistrate, the witness said that the contemplated gathering
to iuterrupt the performances of the theatre had been the
common subject of conversation in Petticoat-lane for the
last fortnight, but that he bad not known the defendant to
be mixed up in it.
The complainant here intimated that he should be able to
bring several witnesses in support of his testimony, and
amongst them the brother of a publican in the neighbour-
hood, whom the defendant had also threatened with violence
because he refused to connect himself with the riotous
faction.

Mr. BROUGHTON said it was impossible in the present im-
perfect state of the evidence to arrive at a correct judgment
on the case; and as both parties were anxious for an adjourn-
ment, he should order the warrant to stand over, and require
the prisoner to enter into recognisances for his future ap-
pearance.

THAMES.
An old Cambridgeshire man named John Hillard, who
carried a basket containing blackberries, was brought before
Mr. .13AI111a4e1 charged witla selling pv4912914 Dernq of the

deadly nightshade, and causing the deaths of Thomas Parker,
late proprietor of he Veteran beer-shop in the Whitechapel-
road, and a child named Jones, aged three years, who died
in the London lloTital.
Police-constable Bird, 105 B, stated, from a descriptio
which he received of a man who had been selling poisonous
berries in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, he apprehended
the prisoner that merning in Stretton-ground, Westminster,
while he was vending blackberries, and on taking him into
the presence of Mrs. Parker, the widow of the man who died
in the hospital, she at once recognised him as the man who
sold her what he described as nettle-berries on Saturday last,
which she formed into a pie, and said he had murdered her
husband.

Mr. 13ALLANTINE supposed an inquest had been held on
the deceased persons?' Inspector Donegan, of the H divi-
sion, said there had been, and it was adjourned until Wed-
nesday, for the purpose of affording time to apprehend the
man. -

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Mr BALLANTINE required evidence on which he could
either remand or commit the man.
Donegan said Mrs. Parker identified the prisoner, and said
he sold her the poisonous berries. She was at present at home
and very i!). .

Mr. 11.11.1.ANTINE—She might as well be in Heaven. What
you are telling me is not evidence. Surely some other per-
son saw the pris,,ne: selling t he poisonous berries.
Donegan—Yes, sir; an old man was present when Mrs.
Parker purchased the berries of the prisoner.
Mr. BALLANTINE—Where is he? Donegan—l
have been
looking after him this afternoon, and cannot find him. I shall
see him to night I have no doubt.
Mr. BaLLANTINE—Then I will commit the prisoner till
to-morrow, and I shall then expect some evidence.
The prisoner was then remanded till this day. The other
persons lying in the various hospitals, who were attacked
with severe illness after eating poisonous berries, are, with
one exception, going on favourably.
John Stevens, a powerful swarthy man about 50 years of
age, better known by the name of Gipsy Stevens, pro"
prietor of the large Crown and Anchor booth erected at
various fairs, and who has for some months past been the
landlord of the Mulberry-tree public- house, in Stepney, wag
brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with committing a
murderous assault on Trinity Stevens, his wife.
It appeared from the evidence that at a late hour on Wed- •
nesday night, about 11 o'clock, Mr. James Swan, a bill dis.
counter, residing in the Old Jewry, was passing the Mulberr
tree when he heard a woman within the house shrieking loud',"
and calling out "Murder." He immediately rushed upstairs
into a room and found the prisoner beating his wife, who was
lying stretched on the ground bleeding copiously froul
severe wound on the head, which Stevens had
just before
laid open with a fender, and knocked her down. Stevens •
knelt on his wife's chest, and beat her head on the floor in
Mr. Swan's presence. The gentleman. interfered, called the
police,, and gave the prisoner into custody. Mrs. Stevens'
who is a gipsy, was conveyed by the police in a cab to the
London Hospital, where her wounds were dressed. A certi-
ficate from the house surgeon, Mr. Wordsworth, was put nt
stating that Trinity Stevens was received into the hospiial
with a severe wound of the scalp, and that she was at Pre"
sent in danger therefrom. She was subsequently removedto
her own home, and in the course of yesterday she Was
visited by Mr. Bride, a surgeon, residing in Jamaica-street,
Commercial-road, m found her in a very dangerous condi"
tion. Besides the wound on her scalp she had received very
severe bruises. _

The prizoner offered no defence or excuse for his brataliti,
and
Mr. BALLANTINE remanded Lira for a week, and said he
should take no bail for him.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BRISTOL, AUGUST 20.
STOCK ExcaANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, New, 10
—Bristol and South Wales Junction, Gs. 3d.— Caledonian No"°' ti
Gs. 3d.—Midland, 13912—Newcastle and Bera ick, 281,4
tish, New, 14%—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 41,4--Taff Vale, New, '
MANCHESTER, AUGUST 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—'I'he sales are—Boston, Stamford, and Bit•
mingliam, 11 s. dis.--Caledonian Extension, 1 nis. —Eastern
ties, York Extension, 194 p.—East Lancashire. 7% IL—Gr sit p.
and Dunifrli s, 1 dis.—lludderstield, Halifax, and Bideford, 2 ed.
—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1% IL—not,
LiverPn and Thirsk, 434 dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 34 dis.—
Ormskirk, and Preston 31,4 p.—Manchester and Leeds, 34
Extension,
Ditto, Quarters, p.-Ditto, Sixteenth, 81,1—Ditto, _ire,
p.—Midland and Thirsk Junction, 1 dis.—North Statiord,h
3% p .—Nort h Western, 1-16 p.-01,11)11111 Districts, 12s. 6d. diSwe,
Oldham, Birkenhead, &c., C. dis.—Shetfield, Leek, and Cre__•
1 Is. dis. —Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 34 —North 194
16
tension, 11-16 dis.—Sheffleld and Manchester, Quarters, No. 3, '9d.
--Shrewsbury and Birmingham, p,— Shropshire Union, 'tab
dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, halves, No. 4, % c.
Staffordshire Junction, 3-16 p.—Trent- Valley, Midlands, &C.,
West Riding Union, 298 P. dis.._pitto,

LEEDS, AUGUST 20.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.--111C sales are—Eastern Counties, York d
tension, 355. Gd. p.— East :Lancashire, 8% p.—Great GrimsbY sn
Sheffield, 2% dis.— Huddersfield and Manchester, 194 p.—
DUN, 7,„
tension, ss. p. —Huddersfield and Sheffield, 7 c. p.—Leeds and Br
ford, 42 p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 31A p.—Ditto, .Bra.Braucher,i
--Leeds and Thirsk, 4% dis.--Ditto, New, 3% dis.—Mancliester as. 1.,
Leeds, Firths, 8 p.— Ditto, Extensions, 2% p.—Newcastle and 1,),b,
lington Junction, Extensions, 10 p.—North British, Carlisle 131.84.4,
525. scrip p. York and North Midland, East and West wing,
p..—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 12s. Gd. dis.—Grand trl.Lrk-
-13s. dis. —Great Eastern and Western, 11 dis.—Lancashire, ad.
shire, and North-Eastern, 28s. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midla.,.,d
17s. (id. dis.—Leicester and Birmingham, 18s. dis.—Leicester
Bedford, 103. dis.--Liverpool, Orinskirk, and Freston, 3% %d.
London and York, Bs. dis. —Mahon and Di-Wield Junction, 7sr. P
scrip p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 245. se IP
—North Staffordshire, 3/. 9s. scrip p.--North Western, 3s lorx
Shropshire Union, 15s. dis.—West hiding Union, 41. 16s. 6tl'
and Carlisle, 2% dis.

HULL, AUGUST 20. gi"
Srocs EXCHANGE.—The sales are - Eastern Counties York
_..
tension, 24—Hull and Selby, Halt Shares,
and I3olton, 7%.
tisli, Carlisle Branch, 765. Gd.-131aekturn, Harwell,
—East Lincolnshire, % Fleetwood, Preston, and West Itidlirig,:d
Lelees....
. °North Ipswich and Bury (Cambrid_e and Ely), 345.
Tainworth, 355. Liverpool, :Ormskirk, and Preston, 7.Fre- Union.
Western, 2s p.—Northern Counties Union, 1 Is.—Shr°P'" Leicester
~,, dis.—West Biding Union, 41. 19s.—Grand Union, .:
dlsl.ondon and
and Bedford, 12s.— Leicester and Birmingham,' 35. •
Manchester “tem.), Bs. Gd.—South Midland, 155. P'
391. Gs. 3d.2liorth Is_r!,

SHEFFIELD, AUGUST 20.
.ndSheffield Elden.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Grimsby - East Lincoln-
Sion, 15s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 9,
. Junction, 21. 19s•
shire, 12s. dis.— Manchester, Sheffield, and I‘,idland
Noill,
dis.—Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal, 18s. dis.
Western, 33. p•—•Slietlield and Lincolnshire, Is. 6d.
NEWCASTi.E-Ul',)-T I NE, AUGUST 20.
. Vl'
STOCK EXCGANGE.—The sales are--Eastern Counties, Yor. --...
tension, 1% p.-31idland, New, 40/. Shares, 13 p —North Bed,'"
14—Ditto, Halves, Ilawick, 0 p.—Ditto, Halves, Carlisle, 3S P•-;
diS.—
North Western, Os. p.—North Staffordshire, 35 p.—Newcastle 0,
Carlisle, 1055(., - South-Eastern and Dover, New (iss. at 151.), 14''
% p.—South Midland, % p.—West Riding Union, 31,6 p.—York'
Glasgow Union, 2% dis.

YORK, AuursT 20.
STOCK ExcriANGE.—The sales are —Eastern Counties, York rk,
tension, 21. 3s. —Leicester and Bedford, Ils. 6d.—London and
21. 3s. £d.—Ne wchstle and Darlington, New, 1114 —North rii-
Half SlLres, 14!4—Ditto, Carlisle Extension, 4—North Staffest
shire, 5;;2 scrip—North Western, l —Welsh Midland, 53—,vid.
Riding Union, 41. 16s.—York and Carlisle, 34—York and Null'
land (East and West Riding Extension), 13.

, A.GusT 19.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The saIesEDINBURGH are—u Aberdeen,
New, 295. 6d. - Caledonian Extension, 33s.—Direct Northern, 2
4 1
Dunblane, Doane, and Callander, 13s.—Eastern Counties, YAlorth-
tension, 435. fid.—East Indian Railway, 14s.—Edinburgh au.
erii, 10%—Ditto, Newport, 20s. 6d. —Edinburgh and Perth, uvaar..
Glasgow and Belfast Union,47s. 6d.--Glasgow, Dumfries, and rl'
lisle, 35s.—Great North of Scotland, 11s. 3d.—London an'n,
435. 6d.—North British, 38 %A —Di tt o, Extension to Carlisle, 0.."
—Ditto, Fifths, 7%—Stirling and Dunfermline, 28s.

GLASGOW, AUGUST 19. 279
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ayr and Galloway', -
~ In-
Fas
British and Irish Union, 425. 9d.—Direct Northern, 34s•M'notert
Sian Railway, l4s. 65.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Nov 'i.ineroi
17%—Edinburgh and Nortlern, Newport, 203.—GlasZOWjW
Terminus, - Glasgow and Belfa,t Union, 475. 9d.—Glasgs_gall"
14scotes11 marnoek, and Ardrossan, 30.—London and Hounslow,
r and Southampton. 31s. 6d.—Scuttish Central, IVA 'poor'
Central and Caledonian Junction, 31s.— South-Eastern and
New (issued at 151.), No. 4,68 s. 6d.—South Midland, 555.

is Ciller
TRIAL BY JURY.—Although trial by jury --
standing; some cases,
lated• to secure invaluable privileges, there are, Du „ is
which it fails to accomplish its purpose, and which st,ori tor
illustrates the necessity of some additional qualifica'l eon
of not unfraquent occurrenrcotnto,
jurors to that which is now required. The following, felt
furnishes a somewhat amusing illustration of this fact : 4 re.
days since, a gentleman, who had been looking over !'"et
port-of' the cases tried at the recent assizes at tiodinin, m_oed
with a neighbour. who, as he was aware, had beets
to attend the assizes as a jurur ; when the followinega Con
s_,._
sation took place. Well, —, you have been at rit -yess7-gr,
hear; as a juryman, did you sit on any cases?
_, condo v.
several." Were you on the jury when the eese thit?"
Cayzer was tried? " Let's see sir—what
breaking
against the
Why that in which the tailor brought an
constable for some slanderous charges about
that Case verf
gates, &c. " ! yes, sir, yes, I remember
roducel, to
well." But how came you, after the evidence p
may
.e.
give a verdict for the defendant? Oh, sir, you.
pend that the case was decided right. I was sitting..l3_4;
behind, and when they asked me what I thought,ol,to
(for I didn't exactly understand about plaintiff and tiff ari;
that it 'ought to be giv'd in favour of the one that 1%.
injured." Very good, , but which did you think fiw;
I—hreaking down
this injured man! Oh, the tailor, certainly, for he 1,.05i;
his trade by it, and the other man couldn't prove 1r
charges against him." Well, but you gave your verdit%
the defendant—that was the constable. "Did we?"
great surprise). Mr. then sent for the paper, a'r,
read the report of it to , who exclaimed at the le;
urination :—Well, I was never more 'stonished in ng-'i'or
I never knowed till this minnet but what 'twas giv
the tailor West Briton.
THE CHURCH.—BENEFICES VACANT.--ThO following
henefices have became vacant :—The rectory of Goldhangerterg,;
the rectory of Little Totham, Essex, in the gift of the Roy. T' rhypO
the vicarage of Shabbington, Bucks, by the death of the Bev rleY~
Long, M.A., in the gift of Mrs. Wroughton ; the rectory of
Lancashire, by the death of the Rev. John Whalley master, M•' of
the gilt of, the Rev. Gentleman's executors; the incunabe;uier:
Suffolk, in the gift of the'executors of the Rev. J. C_„,hever ; the
the vicarage of Cransford, Sussex, in the gift of Mrs. Chevautvoialoi
vicarage of South Scans, with Girton and Besthorpe, Nott„,,,eth°,
shire, in the gift of the prebendary thereof ; the ineuTazi of t,,",
Trinby Church, Swansea, Glamorganshire, by the resiglUnotted Q"
Rev. George Townsend Warner, 8.A., 'who has been al,r—
of the masters of Harrow School. a pew
The Bishop of Bath and Wells consecrate !an- i
0f
church, at Eastover, Bridgwater, on Monday last, in 10"iniinc
large number of the clergy. The church is dedicated to st. "„„.- b;._,A
041°
the Rev. J. C. Collins, M.A.', has been appointed to the

BIRTHS.
dll
On the 16th inst., at Beverley, the lady of Henry J w arcl
Silvester, Esq., of a son.
On the 16th inst., at Castle Ashby, the Lady Willis°
Compton, of a daughter. She tr
On the lith inst., the wife of Henry Grant, Esq., o',
ley House, Brighton, of a son. it tile
On the 18th inst., at Champion-grove, Camberwe-td ,
wife of?. Le Neve Foster, Esq., barrister-at-law,. of ii,..ns°;,; 0
On the 23d of May, at Rio de Janeiro, the lady 0, l 7
110 Esq., of a son. of
On the 18th inst., at Arborfield Rectory, Berke, the lady
the Rev, J. Warren Hayes, of a draveaug -square, the non. Airs'
hter.
SaOndnertshone, daughter.olfBtahint"in Belg
of
On the 19th inst., at Witham, Mrs.- Jacob H. Pattisson,
a daughter. Coo'
of a O ndatuhgehlt9er.
______----- 19th
inst., at Old Bond-street, Mrs. Frederic

MARRIED. erirk
On the 18th inst., at Stoney Middleton, Derby', xe—pii Anne
Holland, Esq., a Lieutenant in the Royal Nary, to
fifth daughter of Lord and Lady Denman. • brigge'
On the 18th inst., at Woolwich, Captain Bag' on,
Royal Engineers, to Margaret, daughter of Colonel Paters
Superintendent of the Royal Military Repository

DIED.
On the 9th of June, at Hursole, near Ahtnedabadt 3.21116thea
Wedderburn Hope, Esq., Lieutenant and Adjutant
Bombay Native Infantry.
On the 15th inst., at Lordship-terrace, Stoke Nevin.
David Langton, Esq., aged 88. Earl
On the 18th inst., Hester, the wife of JamEe -
Albany-street, Regent's-park. the infant
On the 18th inst., at Yarmouth, Edward Henry,
son of T. E. Preston, Esq. daughter
On the 18th at Southill, Bedfordshire, the infant
of Commander Charles C. Grey, R.N

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