The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-11 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and the usual Bench of
Magistrates.)
ASSAULT BY A POLICEMAN.—ChorIes Broadridge, a
constable of the G division, was indicted for assaulting
Mrs. Leah Welsh.

Mr. Clarkson appeared on the part of the prosecution,
and Mr. Payne for the defence.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutrix that
her husband carries on the trade of a tobacconist in
Lower Whitecrossstreet, St. Luke's, and on the 6th of
August she went, accompanied by another married
woman, to get some beer for her husband's supper, and
that on her way to the public-house the defendant came
behind her and told her to move on, adding that she
was a common woman. He afterwards laid hold of her,
and threatened to take her to the station-house, upon
which she threatened to make a complaint of his con-
duct, and asked him his number. He then took her by
the arm, and twisted it about so as to cause her consi-
derable pain, and she was so exhausted that she was
compelled to cling to some railings for support. She
was at that time nearly eight months gone in the family
way, and she told the defendant she was faint, but he
said it was no use her shamming anything of that kind,
and pulled her away from the railings, and he held her
by the arm, and thrust his nails into her tlesh so as to
cause it to bleed. He afterwards pushed her, tore her
shawl, and otherwise grossly ill treated her. When
they got to the station-house the defendant charged her
with having cieated a disturbance at the private door of
Whitbread's brewery. The constable of the night, how-
ever, ordered her to be discharged, and she then went
home ; on her arrival there she was taken very ill, and
vomited blood.

A gentleman from Winchester came forward, and con •
firmed part of the statement. He came to London on
purpose to give evidence on her behalf, having witnessed
the treatment which she received.

Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury for the defendant, and
complained of the severe remarks on the case that had
appeared in the public prints.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court
sentenced the defendant to one month's imprisonment in
the House of Correction.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A young man, named Joseph Pulbrook, was charged
with having robbed his employer, Mr. Basset, ware-
houseman, of No. 34, Wood- street, of various sums of
money, amounting together to upwards of 5001.
The prisoner was brought before the Lord Mayor in
the custody of George Brunday, Mansion-house consta-
ble, to whom he confessed his guilt.
Mr. Basset stated that the prisoner was in his employ-
ment five or six years as clerk and cashier, and in con-
sequence of a discovery made the day before, it was con-
sidered necessary to cause him to be apprehended. Wit-
ness charged the prisoner with having robbed him, and
the prisoner said that the charge was correct, and that
the plunder was to the amount of about 2001. After-
wards, however, he stated that he had robbed his em-
ployer of upwards of 5001. in all, and that he had been
going on very fast for some time.
The LORD MAYOR—Has he given you the names of
any parties from whom he received money upon your
account ? Witness—He has given me the names of
several.
The prisoner was remanded for a week, in order that
several cases might be brought against him, with the
necessary evidence.
The prisoner, who is but nineteen years of age, had
been • most confidentially employed by Mr. Basset. He
had a variety of trinkets about him, amongst which was
a very handsome diamond ring. Two young females
whom he had been in the habit of visiting had benefited
largely by his prodigality, and amongst his papers were
found a couple of champagne dinner bills, the one for
81., and the other for 12/.
The prisoner was remanded for a week
A man named John Clark was charged by Mr. Ward,
chairman of the Out-o&Door Relief Committee in
Capnon•street, with having forged the name of a gen-
tleman to a letter recommending him to the notice of the
Committee. •
Mr. Wood stated that the prisoner called upon him,
and said ho had been working at the East and West
India Docks, and that he had been offered a situation at
the docks in Liverpool, which, if the union accommo-
dated him with some money and clothes for himself and
his wife, he could at once accept of. He added that he
could get a letter of recommendation from Mr. Howell,
the warehousekeeper at the East and West India Docks,
and witness told him to call at Cannon-street at two
o'clock, and bring the letter with him. The prisoner
accordingly presented himself at Cannon-street, and
produced a letter, purporting to be from Mr. Howell.
Nine o'clock next morning was appointed for the deci-
sion as to the application ; and witness, upon seeing
him, pronounced the letter to be a forgery, and told
him that Mr. Howell would be in attendance in a very
short time. The prisoner thereupon snatched the letter,
tore it in pieces, and put some of them into his mouth,
and threw the rest upon the pavement.
Mr. Howell examined the pieces of paper which had
been picked up, and stated that they were not in his
handwriting,
The prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment for one
month, and hard labour.
SOUTHWARK.
William Turner was brought before Mr. Cottingham
for re-examination, charged with obtaining 701. worth
of leather of J. Wooland, a tanner of Bermondsey, under
I false pretences.
It appeared that between four and five months ago the
prisoner obtained the possession of leather to the above
amount from complainant, tendering him in payment a bill
for 501., accepted by a person named Higgins, and the re-
mainder in ca'h. When, however, the former became due
it was dishonoured, and, upon subsequent inquiry into the
matter, it was ascertained that the prisoner had purchased
the bill of a person named Sanderson for Si., who had pro-
cured it in the first instance of the acceptor, who at the
period in question was a bankrupt. When application was
made to Higgins, he asserted that he had no recollection of
having given his acceptance to Sanderson for the amount,
but admitted that be had sent two blank acceptances
into the country, and that the one in question might
have been filled up, and put into circulation, but he
added that it was without his sanction. On the first
examination Sanderson was in attendance, and admitted
the fact of his having sold the blank acceptance, given
to him by Higgins, afterwards to the prisoner, but that
it was not filled up until after it had passed from his
hands. In the course of the proceedings.it was stated
that soon after the prisoner obtained possession of the
leather belonging to the complainant, he left his usual
place of abode, and although repeated inquiries were
made to discover where he was, he was not met with
, when he was given into
custody.
The the last few days
The prisoner said he had purchased the bill for 51.
of Sanderson, ignorant at the time the acceptor was a
bankrupt, and that he thought it was a bona fide trans-
action.
Mr. COTTINGUAM said it was ridiculous to suppose
the prisoner was not fully aware of the nefarious nature
of the transaction—the very circumstance of his admis-
sion that he bad only given Si. for a bill of 501. showed
the character of the affair. That a most gross fraud
had been perpetrated there was no question ; but to 'pro-
ceed with it and punish the delinquent, it was absolutely
necessary, t'or the ends of public justice, to procure, if
possible, the attendance of the alleged acceptor of the
50/. bill.
The solicitor, on the part of the prosecution, said that
every means should be exerted for the purpose, with the
view to ascertain whether he had sanctioned Sanderson
in the part that individual had taken in the affair.
Yesterday, when the case was called on, the solicitor,
addressing the magistrate, said that Higgins, the alleged
acceptor of the 501 bill, being either in the country or
abroad, his attendance at present could not be procured.
Mr. COTTINGLIAM said, that it was palpable enough
that a most gross fraud had been committed on the com-
plainant, but as Higgins was not present it would be im-
possible to proceed further in the case. The magistrate
then addressing the prisoner, said, that he had offered to
accept of bail for his appearance on that day ; but, in-
stead of procuring it, h© (the prisoner) had been locked
up. Could he not have found the necessary sureties ?
The prisoner said he had only one friend living in
London, and he was out of town, and that was the reason
he was compelled to lie in gaol.
Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he should now adjudge the
prisoner to enter into his recognizance in 1001. to appear
on a future day, in order, if 'possible, to procure the at-
tendance of the alleged acceptor of the bill.
The witness Sanderson, whose name is mixed up in
the transaction, did not attend the examination.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.—SOIRE discussion has
occurred in the newspapers on a cargo of about 900 tons
taken' home by the ship Colchester of a substance be-
lieved by her commander to be guano, but which, on
being submitted to examination, after her departure,
turned out to be volcanic ashes. Curiously enough,
considerable impertinence was used towards the party
who had taken the trouble to examine it--an officer of a
merchant ship coming forward to declare that the whole
thing was a hoax, and "a very good joke;" the Colches-
ter having false specimens on board, which the captain
gave away to mislead as to the nature of her cargo! It
was clearly shown that there was neither hoax nor joke
about the matter, the vessel having,-through the igno-
rance of her commander, been fille with a substance
utterly valueless !
. THE FLEET-STREET PAVEMENT.—After all that
has been said about this wonderful granite, that was to
brave, for five-and-twenty years, the waggon and the
cab, it has been found necessary to tear up a portion of
it in consequence of its sinking condition. The woes
and gee wo's of Fleet-street are really sufficient to melt
a heart of stone, fur no sooner is the pavement allowed
to rest on its bed, than its repose is violated by the rude
hand of the pavior. The efforts of the shopkeepers to at-
tract attention to their wares from the few passengers who
still, from old associations, haunt the street, are getting
positively frantic. The keeper of a shop opposite St.
Dunstan's Church has actually turned a selection of
small articles smack into the street, on the chance of
some of them being picked up by a straggler who may
have the honesty to walk in and pay for them. Others
have shut up their establishments altogether, and emi-
grated to the coast, probably with the intention of quit-
ting their native land for ever.—Punch.

A MINIATURE NEWSPAPER.—In Alyth, a village
in the north of Scotland, there is a regular weekly news-
paper published, price one halfpenny, and about half the
size of an ordinary street ballad. A file of this minia-
ture journal is in our hands. It is entitled the Alyth
Recorder, and as it takes a brief notice of what occurs in
the district, is chiefly intended " to be `transmitted by
letter to friends at a flistance." It records the fairs,
public meetings, accidents, weather, births, marriages,
and deaths, taking pltce in Alyth ; together with occa-
sional anecdotes, scraps of verse, and riddles.—Glasgow
Citizen.

WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES

OF THE RABBI HERSH DANNEMARK.
Oa Monday evening, Professor Rabbi Hersh Danne-
mark gave an exhibition of his " marvellous powers of
sight and memory," in the Hebrew school,- St. Mary's-
street. In the small circulars which were issued, the
rabbi professed to be able, " looking at any Hebrew
book, never before shown him, after the number of the
page and line had been pointed out to him, without open-
ing the book, to read the passage occurring on the page
and line." It was also stated that he would exhibit other
powers of sigh bordering orb the marvellous and super-
natural. In order to test tllls occult power, there was
(notwithstanding the high charges for admission of ss.
and 2s. 6d.) a-large number of persons present, among
whom we- observed Mr. Braid, Mr. D Noble, surgeon ;
Mr. J. A. Franklin, surgeon ; Mr. William Bally, Col.
Wemyss, Mr. Alderman Bancroft, Mr. J. P. Lynill, Mr.
Lucas, &c. For the purpose of his experiments the
rabbi had five of the thirty-six large volumes of the
Talmud, in the Hebrew text, with Chaldaic commentary
on each side, which had been lent to him by Mons.
Theodore, professor of languages, Upper Brook-street:
Mr. Israel Levi having been appointed chairman and in-
terpreter, the rabbi, through him, intimated his wish
that the audience would allow him to go through the
exhibition in his own way, without speaking ,or ques-
tioning him upon any subject. They would be allowed
to draw their own conclusions, but they were not to
mention them to their neighbours, as it might cause a
disturbance which would be injurious to the brain of the
rabbi. He would go through all stated in the bill, but
nothing else. The rabbi having expressed a desire that
a Hebrew book should be handed to him, Mr. Braid said
he thought it would be satisfactory to the company, and
to the credit of the rabbi, if he would at once perform
an experiment, which would show him to be possessed'
of the extraordinary power named, such as reading at
that part of a book where the page had been doubled
.down. He then produced a Hebrew psalter, with an in-
terlinear English translation, which he put into the
hands of the rabbi. He professed to be able, if a pin
were stuck through a. number of pages of any Hebrew
book, to recite the words on which the point rested; but
Mr. Braid objected to putting the pin through the book
in a perpendicular manner, as there were many pages on
which it might be said the point of the pin rested, so
that it would be impossible to determine which in re-
ality was the proper one. Instead of that, he proposed
to fasten the pin horizontally on one of the leaves, to
close the book, and then ask the rabbi to tell the word
which was pointed ; butt his he declined to do, as it was
not in the bill. Mr. Braid then, according to the rabbi's
instructions, put his finger on the cover of the psalter,
and asked the rabbi to tell him the word at a point on
page 56, corresponding to the situation of his finger.
The book, however, was, opened at that page, though
not directly in presence of the rabbi, before he told what
words would be found there. He stated that on page 56,
under the doctor's finger, would be found a Hebrew
word, signifying " from the wicked." On opening the
book, the word was found on that page, though about an
inch from the point indicated by Mr. Baird. This first
exhibition was received with great applause. A volume
of the Talmud was then produced, and a number of gen-
tlemen were requested each to select a particular page,
the first words of the first line of which the rabbi would
tell them, without opening the book. Page 100 was first
selected, and the rabbi stated that in the first line would
be found characters signifying "he who exchanges,"
which, on examination, proved to be the case. The book
remaining open at page 100, a gentleman asked for the
first word on page 80. This, the rabbi said, would be
three large characters, the translation of which was,
" he who hireth:" and he also stated that there would
be two lines more in that page than in the one which was
then open. All this was found to be so, and was con-
sequently received with great acclamation. Still it af-
forded no illustration ol the " inexplicable and appa
rently wonderful supernatural powers of sight," to which
the rabbi lays claim. Admitting his wonderful memory,
which it would be fully to question, it is not at ell diffi-
cult to imagine that he may have made himself familiar
with the first words of every page of the Talmud, and
their distinguishing features, hence the surprising re-
sults. It might have been observed, that before com-
mencing his experiments the rabbi opened the book, and
thus had an opportunity of making himself acquainted
with the particular volume which he had to operate upon.
Let a Hebrew volume be produced which he has not had
an opportunity of seeing before ; let the experiment be
repeated, and on no account let the rabbi open the
volume till he has answered the questions put to him as
to the words which will be found on particular pages ; if
the result in that case be the same, there will be some-
thing more inexplicable and nearer the supernatural
than at present. The rabbi next requested a gentle-
man to read a verse or two from a small Hebrew book
with a German translation, which he put into his hands,
and stating that he could repeat the lines which were
read to himself in silence by the gentleman. did so,
but in this case he opened the book himself, so that he
had an opportunity of seeing the page, and he also in-
sisted on the person reading the first lines of the page—
again displaying, not only an. occult power, but his sur-
prising memory. Mr. Bancroft underscored a few words
in a Hebrew book, al d requested the rabbi, if his
powers of sight were so extraordinary, to tell him, by
looking at the book, the words that were underlined.
As this was not " in the bond," the rabbi declined to
venture on the experiment-; indeed, be confessed his in-
ability to do so. • A piece of paper was placed before
the rabbi, closely written upon, and he was requested to
tell the number of lines it contained. In about 30 se-
conds, according to a gentleman's watch, he seid 84 or,
86, and being counted it was found to contain 84. This
may, perhaps, display a rather quick sight, but cer-
tainly nothing superhuman. The whole exhibition did
not display a single extraordinary faculty but that of
memory. In the rabbi, that is certainly astonishing ;
but till future experiments convince us to the contrary,
we must conceive that, on the strength of that, he rather
unwarrantably endeavouri to induce his audience to sup-
pose him gifted with some " apparently wonderful" su-
perhuman and occult power.—Manchester Guardian.