The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-15 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

JACK AMONG THE LAND SHARKS.—Mary Ann Herring,
aged 31 years, and Ellen Bryant, 21, were charged,
at the Thames Police-court, with stealing £9 from the
person of Henry Davis, an old weather.beaten, sun burnt
mariner, who gave a very odd account of his adventure
among " those here land sharks," as he termed the
prisoners, and the vile gang • with whom they
associated. He came to London on Thursday last
and went straight from the Railway Station
to Bryant's house, in Bluegate-fields in a cab,
took a nap, and at four o'clock in the afternoon went to
the shipping office on Tower-hill, andi-eceived £ll and a
few shillings for wages. He returned to Bryant's house
and saw both girls. He gave Bryant a so iereign, and
tied up 10 sovereigns in the corner of his handerchief for
safety. He treated both girls to the play, and changed
one sovereign. At that time Davis had two sove-
reigns belonging to him. Hey took them away,
and consigned the girl to perdition. He went home
to Bluegate-fields, in the latitude of Shadwell
again with Bryant, and went to bed. He put his necker-
chief and money under his pillow. The prisoner and a
lot of girls of light character began dancing in the room
he was in. He was smoking his pipe in bed, and laughing
at them, but they had the laugh at him. They hatched
up a row and a quarrel, and fought ; and while, the row
was going on they took his goldfrom him. The "old one"
said, " Come, you get up and turn out," and he did so ;
and Ellen said, " Come, go out of the house and take your
man with you, and take your bundle." It was a planned
job, to get him out of the house. "Ah, the pre6ty little
Ellen, I love her still." (Loud laughter.) Directly he
got out of the house she said "You go to hell," and he
then began to suspect something wrong, He found all
his money was gone. He then addressed Ellen Bryant,
and said, " Now Ellen, I did what was tidy by both of
yon ; where is my money ? Give me £5 and say no more
about it." "I had only 13s. left out of the sovereign I
changed. I am sorry to see a woman in that here dock."
The prisoners were remanded for a week.
A CURIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY. —, Emily Stacey,
married, of lady-like deportment, was charged. at the
Westminster Police-court, before -Mr. Woolrych, with
a silk mantle from the Victoria Coffee House, 8, Wilton-
road, Pimlico. Mr. W. D. Smith, of Rochester-row,
defended. Mrs. Pedley, a widow, living at 231, Vaux-
hall-bridge-road, said she had lost several articles of dress,
viz., a black silk dress, mantle, satin petticoat, and a
packet of black silk from a box in a room which the
prisoner occupied at 8, Wilton-road: Witness had
lived there, but left to attend a sick lady who has since
died. Goods were safe in prisoner'e, room on Saturday
afternoon, and in the evening they were gone, and she,
too. Mr. Woolrych asked if she knew anything of the
prisoner ? Mr. Smith said she was a highly respectable
lady, wife of a gentleman, who was present. They were
staying at this house quite temporarily ou account of
changing their residence, and taking a house in
Pimlico. Eliza Notley, widow, keeper of the house No.
8, Wilton-road, proved Mr. and Mrs. Stacey taking a
furnished apartment. On Saturday witness saw this box
all safe, and prisoner intoxicated ; at half-past three
witness went into the room and found the box broken
open, and the things gone. The prisoner had left at half-
past two. Mr. Smith contended that there waonot the
least probability a lady like the prisoner should commit
so paltry a theft ; her husband was a man of means and
position; he analysed the evidence in its weakest points,
and contended that although there was slight suspicions,
his client was perfectly innocent of the charge. Mr.
Woolrych said it was a case for enquiry, and remanded
prisoner till Wednesday, accepting. bail.

BREACH OF PROMISE.—The case of Wilson v. Wilson
has been heard before Mr. Justice Byles. It was
an action in the Common Pleas by Louisa Wilsomagainst
James Wilson for a breach of promise of marriage, and
the present application was to pray in aid the Debtor's
Act to obtain payment of the damages and
costs. The action was tried at Liverpool and resulted
in damages to £lOO and the costs were taxed
at £59125. The defendant is a master mariner, and had
assured the plaintiff during the courtship that he had
saved money. He had, however, failed to pay the
damages, and his whereabouts at the time of the applica-
tion was a matter of mystery. His Lordship, who re-
marked that the captain must be somewhere on this
planet, made an order for the £lOO to be paid by the 20th
of this month, and the £59125. in three months.

THE WEST INDlES.—Saturday's mail news from
the West Indies inform us that early in October heavy
rains had prevailed generally throughout the West
Indies, particularly at Jamaica. The fearful hurricane
which occurred at Batabano, in Cuba, on the 19th of
October did much damage, the sea washing into the town
and many houses being placed four feet under
water. Some vessels were carried ashore and left high
and dry a quarter of a mile inland. The office of the West
India and Panama Telegraph Company was inundated.
The hurricane was very disastrous in Matanzas. The river
inundated a part of the city, carrying everything before it
More than 2,000 persons are said to have perished, but no
details are given. Key West also suffered severely from
the hurricane. In Cardenas the loss of life was slight, but
the estates suffered severely. All the stores were destroyed
and nearly all the vessels in the harbour were wrecked,
The British schooner Ida, from Caymanas, with turtle,
and bound to Jamaica, got aground off Pedro Cays, and it
was expected would become a total wreck.

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