The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIG ENCE.

Bow-STREET.—Elizabeth Torrney, servant to Mr.
Bassett, of Garrick-street, Refreshment-house keeper, was
charged at Bow-street with stealing a bottle of gin, a
quantity of tea, some cigars, and £4 4s. in money. In her
box was found a bank book containing entries to !the
amount of £lO on the credit side, which Mr. Bassett con-
sidered an additional proof that her economical propensi-
ties had not flowed through legitimate channels. De.
fendant, who stated that she was ill, and took the gin to
" cure herself," was committed for trial.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A BARONET.—Sir Charles
Nugent, Bart., was charged at Marlborough-street on a
warrant with obtaining a mare of the value of £B4 with
intent to defraud Mr. Alfred Stephens, of Hursti•ier-
point. The prosecutor, a member of the Royal College of
Surgeons and of the Royal Veterinary College,
said that, by Sir Charles's orders, he bought
a mare for him at Tattersall's, giving forty-four
guineas for it. After keeping it twenty or twenty-one
weeks he met Sir Charles, who gave him a cheque on the
Charing-cross Branch of the National Bank for £B4 for
the mare and the keep. He (the witness) paid the cheque
over to a friend, and it was subsequently returned,
marked "Account closed? He afterwards saw Sir
Charles at Bessborough-street, Pimlico, and the baronet
ordered him out of the room, and threatened to strike
him with a poker. The prosecutor was cross-examined at
some length, with a view to chew that he had offered to
withdraw the warrant if Sir Charles would pay £167 for
the cheque. On being asked if he had not told Sir
Charles's valet that he believed Sir Charles did not mean
to defraud hhn, he at first said he did not recol-
lect, and, being pressed, remained silent. His
counsel then withdrew from the case; and Mr.
Lewis, for Sir Charles, asked that the charge
might be dismissed. He had, he said, witnesses who
could prove that Sir Charles had offered not only the
amount of the cheque, but a further sum of £l5 for ex-
penses. Mr. Froome, the private solicitor of Sir Charles,
said the defendant had large property in Ireland, and had
frequenely considerable sums in the National Bank.—
Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether, after' what had been stated,
there was any desire on the part of the prosecutor to pro-
ceed farther. No answer being given, Mr. Tyrwhitt said
he must assume there was an end of the prosecution ;
and he did not believe Sir Charles over intended to de-

fraud the prosecutor at all—indeed, most probably it was
the other way.

The Spanish Minister of the Interior has refused to re•
open the port of Barcelona.

At Martinique the insurrection has been suppressed.

At Madrid there are continued rumours of Ministerial
changes. It is said that Marshal Prim has offered a
portfolio to Signor Rodrigues, by whom it has been
declined.

On Saturday night the English awl Irish navvies
employed on the Settle and Carlisle Railway, at Arma-
thwcdte, Cumberland, came into serious collision, the
English, to the number of 200, finally driving the Irish
off the railway. One man was killed.

The Unita Cattolica, the organ of the Pope, has
put a black border to its pages in consequence of the
disastrous events that have befallen the Holy See. It has
intimated its intention of keeping in mourning for three
months.

The health of Archdeacon Denison still Con linues
most critical. After a sojourn at Burnham he has re-
turned to his residence at East Brent, where but slight
hopes are entertained of his recovery. On Sunday four
medical men, including Dr. Budd, of Clifton, were in
attendance.

A Carlisle correspondent telegraphs that on Mon-
day, while two navvies employed on the Settle and
Carlisle Railway were drinking together in a public-
house near Appleby, one of them, named Smith, saw a
gun hanging on the ceiling and took it down. Both bar-
rels were loaded, and they went off, shooting the other
man dead. The two men were on friendly term; and
lived together.

The barometer has continue(' to rise rapidly
throughout Great Britain, but a fresh decrease has com-
menced in the south of Ireland. Temperature has
fallen rapidly in the north and east, but risen
somewhat in the west and south. Penzance
is 17 degrees warmer than Aberdeen. The north-
west gale at Greencastle and Ardrossan has subsided,
and the wind has backed quickly to south at all our
western and southern stations, freshening considerably in
the south of Ireland. Elsewhere light breezes are re-
ported, chiefly from the south-west. The sky, after
clearing generally, has again become overcast, with rain,
in the west, and the weather is extremely unsettled. The
sea is rising in the south-west. Warnings have been
issued to the west and south coasts. The weather in
London is fine.

THE MANCHESTER CHARITIES.—The annual
meeting of the supporters of the " Hospital Sunday'
movement in Manchester was held on Monday, in the
Town Hall, under the presidency of the Mayor. The
statement of accounts showed that the total amount
raised at the collection in the month of February last
was £5,540 6s. sd. Of this £5,107 was from collections
in the places of worship of the various denominations ;
£26215. 7d. from collections in factories, mills, and work-
shops; and the remainder-2170 19s. 4d—was obtained
by means of " penny cards." The other side of the
balance-sheet sheaved that £5,150 had been paid
to medical charities from the common fund ; and
£ll7 9s. 3d. from special donations and subscriptions. The
expenses for the working of the movement amounied to
£195 10s. 11d., and there remains a balance in the bank of
£77 Gs. 3d. Some difference of opinion was expressed as
to the date of the next simultaneous collection, but ulti-
mately the third Sunday of December was fixed for
" Hospital Sunday."