The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

SUSPECTED PERSONS. —John Field, traveller, John
Wilson, betting min, and Emma Jones, an unfortunate.
were brought before Mr. Knox, at Marlborough-street
Police-court, charged with loitering as suspected persons.
Mr. J. A. Alsop appeared for Wilson Land Field. From
the evidence of Detective P. Shrive; of the C division,
it appeared that he saw the prisoner Jones accost gentle-
men, and the male prisoners waiting for her, and then
joining her again. After watching the prisoners for some
time, he saw the prisoner Jones go into a public-house
with a man, and afterwards leave with him. The man
then left and the male prisoners joined, and he then
thought he saw her pass something to one of the men,
and with assistance took the prisoners into custody. Mr.
Knox asked the officer if the prisoners were known. The
officer said he had known Wilson for some time to be in
the habit of following women about, and knew him to be
an associate of persons he and Butcher had had at that
court. Detective Charles Butcher gave similar evidence.
Detective Pickels said he had known 'Wilson for two years
by the name of Jackson, in the neighbourhood of the
Haymarket. He knew him to be a companion of Jones,
and he believed Jones had been convicted ; and Jones was
described in the police informal ions as being wanted for
stealing a canvas bag containing £9 from a brewer's
clerk. In reply to Mr. Alsop, the witness said he was not
making a mistake when he said Wilson was also Jackson.
Shrives said that on searching Field a purse, containing
£l5 10s., was found on him. Mr. Alsop addressed the
magistrate on behalf of Field, contending that he was a
respectable man, only just from the country, and not
known to the police ; and on behalf of Wilson, said the
constable was mistaken in supposing him to be the man
Jackson or an associate of thieves. Mr. Knox remanded
the prisoners, offering to take bail for Field.

BEAR BAITING AT KINGSTON FAIR.—Carl and Otto
Hermann, itinerant showmeu,appeared at Kngston Petty
Sessions yesterday, on a warrant, at the instance of the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to animals,
who charged them with " using and acting in the manage-
ment of a place kept for the purpose of baiting a bear,'
and Frances Hermann was also charged on a warrant
with keeping the said place, she having been the money
taker on the occasion of the offence. From the evidence
it appeared that the prisoners, who are U ermans, had, on
the 15th inst., at the Fairfield, an exhibition of dogs,
monkeys, wolves, and a bear, to which 2d. was charged
for admission. The wolves were battered by the prisoners
on the head with iron bars and wooden staves, and felled
to the ground, and when thus cowed Carl Hermann fed
them with raw meat, and afterwards placed his head in
their mouths, but not without the precaution of bending
over the joint above their front paw, so as to cause ex-
quisite torture. Further violence was offered to make
them snarl and appear ferocious. The bear was struck
on the paws and head until he roared with pain. By this
means a full house was attracted, when the doors were
closed, and the bear commenced to perform. Ultimately
the bear, which by some means has been blinded, and is
therefore defenceless to a great degree, was induced to
stand on his hind quarters, when Carl Hermann
rushed at him, and by the concussion of his entire
weight, threw the poor animal violently on its back.
Before it could rise he jumped several times upon its
stomach, and when it was thus deprived of breath he lay
upon the animal, to show the triumph of his skill and
courage. During this performance the animal cried out
bitterly from the pain inflicted ; and for more than half
an hour the poor beast was cruelly beaten, and alternately
incited to anger and fear. Mr. Colam, the secretary of
the society, pointed out the recent decison of Mr. Cooke
on a similar prosecution against Spaniards for bull-
baiting at the Agricultural Hall, and contended that it
was not necessary to show that dogs had been used for
baiting nor that blood had been drawn ; if it could be
proved that the animals were infuriated, provoked, and
terrorised, which was baiting. The Chairman fined the
prisoners 40s. each. The money was paid.

THE MARQUIS OF LORNE.—An admirable and
life-like portrait of the young husband that is to be of the
Princess Louise has just been produced in the form of a
really charming cam de visite, by Mr. John Watkins, of
Parliament-street, Westminster. So far as photography
can do justice to the handsome young Marquis, it has
certainly done so in this instance ; added to which, the
particular " carte " we are here referring to is, among all
those that have yet been published of Lord Lorne, far and
away, the most of a resemblance.
BIRICBCCK LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU-
TION.—The annual distribution of prizes and certificates
to the successful students will take place on Wednesday
evening next, at eight o'clock, when the Right Hon. W.
E. Forster, M.P., will preside. The Right Hon. the
Lord. Mayor, several members of Parliament, and other
friends of education will take part in the proceedings.
THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD.—In compliance
with a numerously signed requisition, Dr. bolt Dunn,
M.D., and Mr. T. G. Brewer have consented to become
candidates on behalf of the working classes in the
Marylebone division.

DOUBLE PLOUGHING ON TILE LINCOLNSHIRE `'OLDS.
—An interesting and spirited match has come off this
week at Caistor, in North Lincolnshire. The Caistor
Society is ono of the oldest and most important in the
County, and is greatly inspired by the energy and activity
of the celebrated shorthorn breeder, Mr. Torr, of Aylesby
Manor. The dynamometrical experiments were under
the management of Mr. Amos, engineer to the Royal
Agricultural Society of England, the results proving
Howard's new implement to be ninety-seven pounds
lighter draught than the ploughs which drew lightest at
the Alford trials last week, and the judges awarded the
prize to the Bedford firm. During the trials the judges
tested the draught of an ordinary single plough with the
competing double implements, and, according to Mr.
Amos, this experiment showed the winning double plough
to effect no less a saving of horse power than 27f per
cent.

Two SEAMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH.—en plain
Brown, of Messrs. T. Wilson, Sons, and Co,.'s steamer
Gozo, arrived at Hull from Stettin, reports that two of
his crew were killed before his vessel left the river Oder.
The Gozo was stopped to allow a steamer called the Ellen
Voigh to pass, and at the time had a boat alongside with
two men in it. The Ellen Voigh in passing crushed the
boat to pieces, killing the two men who were in it. One
of the bodies was recovered on the following day. Both
were Hull men and one is said to have left a widow and
one child.—Eastern Morning News.