The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

WcFiton and the policeman loith declared they had not at
ali exaggerated the facts, and said, that every person who
had scen the animal were dreadfully shccked at tb
cruelty which had been exercised towards it. Weston
added, that there was a scc,.-nd horse in the waggon
which was in a very tirfit state to be at work, as it had
a largo festering sure on its near hip, from which matter
was then exuding, and attended with a quantity of flies,
so that its sufferings must have bco-a very great.
Mr. ELLIOTT, addressing the prisoner, observed it was
quite clear he had been guilty of the grossest cruelty he
(Mr. Elliott) had ever heard of ; and the sentence of the
court, therefore, was, that he pay the highest penalty, the
law inflicted, namely, 405., or, in default, to stand urn-
mitted to prison for fourteen days.
SOUTBWARK.

AN INVETERATE .I;rcxrochET.—./arnes Wilson, quite
a youth, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged
with pickirg the pocket of a woman ; and, when taken
into custody for that offence, and locked up in
cell,
there robbing a fellow-prisoner of Lome silver.
It appeared that on Saturday night, a por woman,
named Marks, went to a pawnbroker's shop in the New
Cut for the purpose of redeeming some articles she
had in pledge. While she was waiting to be served in
one of the boxes, she felt a twitch at her side, and ile;
mediately caught the prisoner withdrawir.g his band
from her pocket, and with the sudden jerk some of the
money she hrld there fell upon the floor, but sufficient
was found still remaining in his hand to bring home the
charge of felony against him. The prisoner was then
taken to the Tower-street station, and placed in a cell
with a man named Thompson, who, on being locked up
on a petty charge, declared he had no money about him,
and thus prevented the police from searching him, to
take care of whatsoever cash he had about him. In the
course of the night, the prisoner called out from the cell
that his fellow-prisoner was throwing money at him in
the dark, and he begged to be released from the society
of such a liberal companion. The policeman, on en"
tering the cell, found Thompson asleep, and his pockets
turned inside out, although the prisoner had prevrous/Y
declared that that person had pelted him with money::
The sleeper was awakened, and he then admitted
that he had conceale the fact of his having money!
never dreaming that he would be deprived
of it in the cell. The prisoner, on the
other hand, was loud in his declarations of innocence,
and boldly stood forward to challenge the most scruti-
nizing search, throwing his jacket and waistcoat open,
and pulling inside out all his pockets. " There," said
he, " I hope I have satisfied you I have not robbed the
gentleman. The policeman, however, was not satisfied
with what was done, and on instituting a further search
he at length discovered a quantity of silver, taken from
Thompson when he was asleep by the prisoner, care-
fully tied up in the corner of the shirt of the latter.
The prisoner, in the must impudent manner, said
that although appearances were against him, yet he was
innocent.

The prisoner, who betrayed no feeling, was then sent
for trial.

THAMES.

ASSAULT BY AN AMERICAN WITH A BOWIE KNIFE."'"
A man of git,,antic proportions, named John Webster,
alias Crowther, an American seaman, was brought before
Mr. Broderip, charrtd with chminitting a murderous
assault on Edward Connor, a lame man, and attempting
to stab him with a knife.
The American seamen in the port of London are in
the habit of wearing large knives in a sheath,
have, on many occasions, used them. The practice !!
attended with very great danger,a
very narrow and in this case it wllle
be seen that the prosecutor had escape e'
his life.and they

The complainant stated that he was at the Phcen,if 0
public-house in Upper East Smithfield, near the "
Katherine Dock. The prisoner was there swag
and bullying, and said he weighed 9st. 41b., and
gerilift
fight anybody of that weight. Witness observed the'
the prisoner was the biggest man he had seen for &'long time, and he must weigh a g i
ood deal more Oa:
he had stated. The prisoner then struck an old men s;
the tap-room, and wanted to quarrel with him. Witness
remonstrated with the prisoner, who asked him to take
up the quarrel and fight. He told him he was a cripple'
and bad lost the use of both legs, and could not fig.":
The prisoner said he would take the shine out of an)* nn„'"
—that he was going to spar at ono of the booths ,1":
Stepney fair, and wanted to get his hand in. At last tnu
brother of witness agreed to fight the prisoner, and i'br:,
went out; and had one round outside the public-house doe
The prisoner got the worst of it, and came into the tar
room again, and called for some beer. After the prisoner_
had drunk it he threatened to do for him. After sank:
further abuse from the prisoner he left the room- T,ll.
prisoner was absent about an hour, and on entering 1-07
room he advanced directly towards witness, and drew
knife from his sheath, which was made fast to his waist,
and made a most determined arid deliberate attempt o
plunge it into his body. Witness parried the b10w,.0
t.
ea,
the point of the knife grazed his jacket, 1
which was
just under the arm-pits, on the left side, cutting ?:
jacket as it slid along. The prisoner was about to
another attempt to stab him, when the people in t"
room pinioned his arms, and secured him until a plinied.
loos sin
man arrived. The witness added, that if the stab made
at him had taken effect, he should have been a dead men'
Gray, a police-constable, No. 204 H, produced the
knife, a weapon of a formidable description, with tr. /lel
sharp point, and said the prisoner threw it away, oppo-
site Butler's-buildings, on his way to the station-house.
The prisoner said he was very drunk on Satui.dal
night, and his head had been affected by a wound.
Mr. BRODERIP committed the prisoner, in defatilt of
bail, for trial.

JOSEPH ADY IN THE COLONlES.—Yesterday Mr.. 11110:
derip stated that he had received a letter front'
Thomas Maddocks, a gentleman residing at Liver 00a
which inclosed one of Joseph Ady's circulars, addre 9se'
to Mr. William Adamson, Barbadoes, from which it BP;
peared that My had not confined himself to G rea
Britain in the selection of victims, and that the pe"Pi.
in the colonies had been led to expect something COlt.
derably to their advantage, and with the usual Feria
Ady forwarded a circular to Mr. Adamson on the 14th
or
of December, 1843, stating that he could inform bil23 „f
something considerably to his advantage on receip
20s. for his trouble. Mr. Maddocks, in his comaituiPbt.
lion to the magistrate, states that his relative in -13110
badoes, never having heard of Ady's practices, Wail
at
fully impressed with the truth of his information, ture
he sent over a power of attorney to receive 100/, ineof-
Honed in Ady's note ; indeed such was the credo/50T it
Mr. Adamson, that he presented the money, in Cas,ehe
was received, to Mrs. Maddockg, his daughter-.
worthy Magistrate's correspondent, however. w;i4
sufficiently north "to send Mr. Ady the 20s. , at* 4
further trouble himself in the matter. Ady's (Arm
to
rtaandt varr ef,fai°;e:
extended to India, China, and Africa, and he annoj ea "
our countrymen yromenethining those
bg yr e leading of
them to expect
and then disappointing them.