The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—THis DAT.

A FURY.—Susan Brown, aged 34 years, was brought up
before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, charged
with breaking her husband's leg, and also with violently
assaulting her son Charles, a boy about 12 years of age,
while ho was endeavouring to protect his father from
his mother's violence. The woman, who is a
person of ungovernable temper, and has been living
with her family on Market-hill, Shadwell, was drinking
heavily yesterday, and came home intoxicated. Her
husband endeavoured to get her to bed, and in return she
attacked him, beat him savagely with a poker and broke
his leg. He was taken to the Lo4don Hospital. The
boy was also beaten and much injured by his dissipated
and brutal mother. She was remanded for a week.

A DISHONEST SERVANT.—Edward Webber, aged 24
years, of No. 14, Russel-street, Bow-common-lane, was
brought up at the above court, charged before Mr. Paget,
with stealing four dozen boxes of lucifer matches,
value is. 6d., the property of Mr. Richard Martin, his
employer, of Paul's Works, Bow Common. • The prose-
cutor is a tallow chandler and lucifer box maker. The
prisoner, a carman in his employ, was in the practice of
delivering goods to customers and receiving the money
for them. He was ordered to deliver three gross of lucifer
snatches in boxes to an oilman in the Harrow-road,
Paddington, and he told the oilman there were 3i gross
made up for him. They were accepted, and paid for.
The prisoner only accounted to his master for three gross.
He appropriated the price of half a gross to his own use.
This case was clearly made out, and Lamb, a detective
of the K Division, said there were many others against
him. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week.
ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A LIFE-GUARDSMAN. John
Lloyd, a trooper in the 12th Life-Guards, was charged at
the Westminster Police-court with stealing 45...7d. and a
purse from the person of Ellen Wear, a prostitute.
Prosecutrix said she lived at the Brewery Castle, George-
street, Chelsea. This morning, at two o'clock, she left a
friend, who went into the Alexandra Hotel'; he gave her
some silver, and she put it in lar purse. Directly
she had left her friend the prisoner accosted
her, and forced his company on her ; went
some distance with her, and left her. She missed
her purse, and he denied taking it, and threatened to
knock her down. She prevented him going into barracks,
and gave him in charge. John James, 293 B, said he
met the prisoner and prosecutrix at three o'clock, and she
charged him with the theft. He strictly denied it, and
only sd. was found on him. Mr. Woolrych said the
case should be supported by further evidence, and he dis-
charged the prisoner.
ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—CAUTION TO SERVANTS. —A
young man who, when taken into custody refused his
name, butinow gave that of Francis Bernard, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the Marlborough-street Police-
court, with stealing a dressing case, containing jewellery
and other articles, an umbrella, &c., the property of Mr.
Alfred James Howe, a gentleman residing at No. 18,
Dover-street, Piccadilly. Mr. A. J. Howe stated that
on the 17th Sept. the prisoner rang his bell and sent the
servant up for a pair of boots, which he said he had
come for, making use of -the name of some boot maker,
and while the servant was upstairs he went off with a
dressing bag and other articles—the articles having been
placed in the hall as he was leaving town. In reply to
Mr. Tyrwhitt the prosecutor said the property was of the
value of £l5O. The prisoner asked what time in the day
it occurred, and on being told one o'clock, he said he
should be able to shew that he could not have been there
at the time. Jessie Chesney, a young woman, said the
prisoner called and asked for a pair of boots, and while
she was gone upstairs he went away with a dressing bag
and other articles, the property of Mr. Howe. Thomas
Pickels, a detective officer, said that shortly after one
o'clock that morning he was with Detective Beechy in
Windmill-street. He said to prisoner, " Frank, you must
come along with me for going to Dover-street and getting
a bag." The prisoner said he knew nothing about it, and
that he had made a mistake ; and at the station he said,
" You want a case very bad to take me," and refused his
name and address. He also said he could not have been
the person who committed the robbery, as at the time he was
under remand. The prisoner said he did not say under
remand, and he said be was under recognisance for bet-
ting at the Knightsbridge Exchange. Mr. Tyrwhitt se-
manded the prisoner at the request of Pickels, who said
he believed there would be other charges against him.
ROBBERY.—Jane Gardner, a smartly-dressed young
unfortunate, was brought up at the above court, charged
with stealing the sum of £8 10s., from Robert Parris,
upholsterer, War., Herts. From the evidence of the
prosecutor, a young man, it appeared that having been
robbed by the prisoner on a former occasion, and having
lost sight of her, he again on coming out of the Alhambra,
met her, when he accused her of robbing him of £8 10s.
The prisoner was remanded for a week.

It is stated that the Government are about to pro-
secute such of the promoters of the Irish Ambulance Corps
as are British subjects.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—Otte Shilling day, Monday,
Oct. 17th, 1870.—Admissions by season tickets, 1,176;
ditto on payment, 1,305 ; total visitors, 2,481.
WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. -- The
number of visitors, exclusive of season ticket holders,
exhibitors, and others, on the 17th Oct., was 5,249.

WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE, 45, GREAT ORMOND-
STREET. History Classes.—This evening (Tuesday) Mr.
Walter Braithwaite, 8.A., will commence a course on
the French Revolution of 1789. To-morrow (Wednesday)
Mr. Langton Sanford will deliver the first lecture of a
course on Charles I. and the Grand Revolution.

A. new Australian passenger steamer, " The Queen
of the Thames," was put on her trial trip at Greenwich
on Friday.
Rumours have been floating about for the last fort-
night about a petition against the return of Mr. Douglas
Straight for the borough of Shrewsbury. A scrutiny was
first suggested on the grqund that the Conservative party
had polled some of their runners, but as this course di:t
not promise much success, charges of alleged bribery have
been raked up, and on Friday a petition against AI r.
Straight's return was sent up. —Birnangliam Gazette.
Barometrical depression has advanced over the
north-west of our islands, and readings have decreased
rapidly on all coasts—nearly an inch in the north. Tem-
perature, which had risen considerably on Sunday, has
again fallen, but is rather uniform. At Ardrossan and
Shields the gale still holds from west and north west.
Rain has been general and heavy, especially in the west.
The sky has cleared, but the amout of cloud is variable,
and rain still falls at Holyhead and Valentia. The sea is
rough in the west and the north-west. Moderate elsewhere.