The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-12 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

A LUCKY ESCAPE.—Anne Cain, a miserable-looking
woman, about 30, who last week was brought up at
the Westminster Police-court, charged with the double
offence of begging, and attempting to commit suicide in
the police cells, was brought up.again. before Mr. Arnold.
The prisoner was seen by a constable to go down several
areas and beg of the servants, and at length she iwas
apprehended near Eaton-square. She was taken to the
station and had to be searched by force, when some
broken victuals and money, were found on her. She was
placed In a cell and gave way to violent paroxysms. of
rage and grief, in one of which she placed her stocking
round her neck, and had it not been for the timely arrival
of the constable on reserve at the station, who found her
black in the face. The surgeon was fetched and restoratives
were administered, but prisoner was long before she re-
covered, and appeared very ill and weak before the
magistrate ; the police, however, were of opinion that
the prisoner was not so bad as she pretended, and this
was exemplified when the prisoner, hearing she was going
to be remanded, suddenly revived, and asked his Worship
to deal with her at once. The officers from the Mendicity
Society attended, and stated that they could not prove
any convictions against the prisoner, although they knew
her well about. Mr. Arnold, finding the prisoner was in
a miserably wretched condition, sent her in charge of the
police to St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea.

A RUFFIANLY BLACK MAN AND HIS SPOUSE. --Robert
Cummings, a black man, aged 32, was charged before Mr.
Paget, at the Thames Police-court, with violently assault-
ing an Irishwoman named Ann Delahunty. The woman
said that the black man had been lodging with her a few
days, and he came homelast night mad drunit, and demo-
lished all the things in her house, tables, chairs, clocks,
chimney ornaments, and everything of the slightest value
was involved in one general wreck. Having broken up
everything he began to knock and kick her about, and
finally laid her among the dOris of the broken furniture.
She estituated her loss at £2O. The prisoner s:.id the
things partly belonged to him. Mr. Paget : How is that?
The prisoner: Why, I married her six years ago. The
complainant said that she was not married to the pri-'
soner. She forgave him, and only Wanted him to keep
the peace towards her. A policeman said the prisoner
committed a similar act a year ago, but complainant did
not appear against him. After some recrimination, Mr.
Paget directed the chief clerk to bind over the prisoner to
keep the peace towards his wife, and said if you ill use her
again will commit you for six months whether she for-
gives your brutality or not.
THE ALBERT AND WESTER/I AIIiSUBANCE SOCIETIES.—
Vice-Chancellor Bacon delivered judgment upon a claim
made by the liquidators of the Western Life Assurance
Society to have handed over to them the whole of the
unrealised assets which accrued to the Albert'Lifo Assu-
rance Society under an agreement made at the amalga-
mation of the two societies in 1865, that, in consi-
deration of the transfer of all the property of the
Western, the Albert would ' satisfy all existing
and subsequent claims, and indemnify the
Western against all liability. The question arose in con-
sequence of the inability of the Albert, notwithstanding
the receipt of £65,000 in cash and bank annuities, to
satisfy the claims of the Western policy holders. His
Honour held that the Albert. having become, at the
amalgamation, primarily liable, the .policy-holders of the
Western could have the legal remedy against them in the
event of a breach of contract under the agreement ; brit
that the Western had no lien upon the unrealised assets,
RS the effect of such a lien would be to frustrate the very
object contemplated by the original agreement.
CHURCH-RATE LITIGATION. —Mr. Justice Mellish de-
livered the judgment of the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council in the case of Smallbone,s v. Edney and
Linn.. The appellant is a parishioner of Whitchurch,
Southampton, and the respondents churchwardens of that
parish. The sum of two thousand pounds was borrowed
from the Public Loan Commissioners to repair the church,
and before the Act to abolish Church-rates was passed a
rate of sixpence in the pound was made,
which Mr. Sinallbones resisted:- The Arches Court
ordered payment with costs. Hence the present appeal.
The contention was whether, as the chancel was repaired,
the repairing resting with the iinpropriatore of tithes, as
well as the body of the Church; the rate under 5 G.eerge the
IV.. could be enforced.—After reviewing the circum-
stances, their lordships ordered that the judgment of the
Court of Arches should be reversed.

THE FALSE CHEQUE CASE AT BRISTOL!--At the Bristol
Police-court, James John Merest, an elderly clergyman,
was brought up on remand, charged with uttering two
cheques upon the Old Worcester Bank, he having no
account with the bank, to two girls of the town, named
Jessie Stewart and Fanny Davis. The magistrates, after
hearing the evidence, and taking into consideration the
legal points involved, dismissed the case.
THE JEWESS ABDUCTION CASE.—At the Cardiff Police
Court, the Rev.• Nathaniel Thomas, Baptist minister, of
CrOome Villa, Cardiff, and his wife, Mrs. Thomas, ap-
peared to answer a summons taken out by Mr. Barnett
Lyons, pawnbroker, Cardiff, the father of Miss Lyons, the
young Jewess who, it was alleged, was induced to leave her
home by Mr. Thomas, for proselytising purposes, charging
him and his wife with having committed corrupt and wilful
perjury, on the 25th July, 1869, in an affidavit sworn by
them in the Court of Queen's Bench. In the month of
March, 1868, Esther Lyons, the young Jewess, now 21
years of age, was missed from her father's house' and slept
one night at the residence of Mr. Thomas. In July, Mr.
Lyons, not having succeeded in finding his daughter, in
consequence of information received by him, made an ap-
plication at the Court of ' Queen's Bench for a writ of
habeas carpus, calling upon Mk. and Mrs. Thomas to pro-
duce his daughter in court. A summons was granted,
and to this summons the defendants made affidavit that
they did not know where the girl was, neither could they
produce her, or assist in any way whatever Mr. Lyons in
tracing her out. These proceedings were now instituted
to prove that the Thomases, in making these joint
affidavits, had committed the perjury complained of. The
court was crowded, many ladies being present. The case
is not concluded.

i) ALLEGED BREACH OF PROMISE AT HULL.—A case has
een heard at the County Court, Hull, which created
some interest. It was that of Cooper v. Newton. The
claim was for £24 6s. for wages, and money lent. Both the
parties concerned are somewhat advanced in years, Accord-
ing to plaintiff she was, in 1865, engaged by defendant
(then a widower) as housekeeper, at the wages of 12s. per
month. Some time after defendant said the children
wanted some things, and promised to make her his wife,
adding that nothing should part them in this world but
death. Subsequently defendant stayed out late at nights,
and made frequent visits to his cousin, Matilda Bland.
Plaintiff asked him if he was going to marry his cousin, to
which he replied, " If thy head does not ache until I have
ing.rried Matilda Bland, it will never ache in this world."
His cousin, however, paid frequent visits to his house, and
becoming suspicions, plaintiff again questioned him, when
he replied, " Can't I talk to my own cousin," But defen-
dant and his cousin were afterwards married. Plaintiff
had a quantity of furniture in the house. She asked him
for a character, but he refused to give one, saying that if
she claimed for her wages, it could be broughe up against
him. He gave her 12s. Plaintiff said she bmd two chil-
dren to nurse, at 6s. per week. The Money was paid fos
clothes for defenflant and his family.—Defendant said the
agreement was that plaintiff should save what she eould
out of his wages every week after paying the household
expenses. He had never borrowed any money from her,
and had not promised to marry her, neither did he lead her
o believe he was going to marry her.—His Honour non-
uited plaintiff.—Eastern Horning News.

• MALE AND COLONIAL OFFICES.—The new Home
Old Colonial Offices have been commenced by Messrs.
aackson and Shaw, under Mr. G. G. Scott, R.A., archi-
tect, and we may soon expect to see strange transitions
in the neighbourhood of Whitehall and Parliament-street,
the ugly and obstructive block of buildings which chokes
up the thoroughfare towards Westminster Palace and the
Abbey being already doomed to abolition.—Architect.
j A BOON FOR LADIF,S.—Highly as sewing machines are
prized, there is one great fault to which they are addicted—they
Make a great noise while doing the work ; a noise so great that
or a worker herself to talk at the same time is out of the ques-
tion. We need not say how trying this must be to a lady. To
be not only prevented from talking, but also from listening to
the gossip of those around her—the very thought of such a
thing is unendurable. Well, an inventor has come to their
rescue with a SILENT SEWING MACHINE; and as it comprises
dll the appliances and devicesfor varied work with which all the
best sewing machines are provided, and several in addition, and
exercises them all so NOISELESSLY that the ladies may gossip
even in whispers, and the infant or invalid sleep on in peace, we
expect that most of the old machines will ere long be heard, or
heard of, no more, and that "LA SILENCIEUSE," the Silent
Sewing Machine (at Messrs. POLLACK, SCHMIDT, and Co.'s,
210 A, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, W.), will quietly take their
lace, as the universal domestic helper.,--" investment Circular
nd Financial Record," September 7, 1870.