The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENOE.-TUIS DAY

SNOWBALLING DETECTIVES.—Two respectable-looking
young men named Charles Lloyd and Thomas Barns were
charged before Mr. Knox at the Marlborough-street
Police-Court with snowballing Detectives Thomas Pickets
and William Beechey, of the C Division, in the Hay-
market. The case having been proved by the officers, the
defendants denied intentionally throwing snowballs at the
officers, but said they were throwing at one another. A
constable said he had cautioned the defendants some time
previously. Mr. Knox, in fining the defendants 10s. or
seven days each, remarked : " I must put a stop to this,
because if gentlemen do it in such a place as the Hay-
market, it will cause roughs and thieves to assemble, and
a fine state of things we shall have.
Charles Adams, a young man, was also charged with
snowballing Detective Thomas Pickels, of the C Division,
in Broad-street, Golden-square, .and fined 10s. or seven
days.
SERIOUS EMBEZZLEMENT BY A HOSPILAL CLERK.—Wil-
liam Henry Simpson, clerk to the Secretary of Westmin-
ster Hospital, was charged at the Westminster Police-
court with embezzling the sum of £249 7s. 6d., the monies
of the Governers of the hospital. Mr. Wontner, solicitor,
conducted the prosecution, and proposed to give merely
preliminary evidence, and then ask for the remand of the
prisoner till a future day. Mr. Wilson, the secretary of
the hospital, proved that it was the duty of the prisoner
to pay monies into the Messrs. Hoare, of Fleet-street,
the bankers to the hospital, and the prisoner had not paid
in four sums amounting to £249 7s. 6d., but had falsified
the pass-book and made four entries as if made at the
Bank. When taken by the officer he gave up a bag
containing £57 10s. 10d., which formed part of the pro-
ceeds of his defalcations. Mr. Woolrych said it was a
serious case, and remanded the prisoner. Mr. Wontner
said he should also have to prefer a charge of forgery.
Mr. Woolrych said that was rather a matter for the
Bank. Prisoner was remanded.

SNOWBALLING A " BOBBY."—Thoinas Rawlinson, a
pale-faced, melancholy-looking young man, was brought
before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting George Brown,
a police-constable, No. 513 IC. The complainant said
that at two o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner and
four or five others in the Whitehapel-road; making a dis-
turoance and shouting. One of them committed a nuisance
against a public-house. He drove them away and told
them to go home. The prisoner said, " Let us snowball
the bobby. He can't catch us." The prisoner then
threw a large snowball at him, which struck
him on the head. The prisoner then ran away.
He went round by another way, and met the prisoner,
who was quickly secured, and lodged in durance vile. The
prisoner said he was a medical student connected with the
London Hospital. Mr. Paget :Itis a very disgraceful
proceeding for a person describing himself as a gentleman
to be indulging in such foolish and illegal freaks. I fine
you 205., and hope you will not act so ungentlemanly and
disgracefully again. The prisoner was unable to pay the
fine, and was removed to the cells, to suffer fourteen days'
imprisonment for an innocent freak.

(CENTRAL PRESS TELEGRAMS.)
THE RIGHT HON. COWPER TEMPLE, M.P.,

ON EDUCATION.

The Right Hon. Cowper Temple, M.P., while distri-
buting prizes to the Romsey Labourers' Encouragement
Association, said a Government measure of education
could not be effective unless it had the sympathy of
parents. He looked forward hopefully to the
projected reform of licensing laws, but had great
faith in Working Men's Clubs. The Hon. Evelyn
Ashley also spoke, repudiating the notion of these Associa-
tions patronising labourers. They simply encourged
them, and recognised their excellences and skill.

MR. S. R. GRAVES, M.P., ON COMPULSORY

EDUCATION.

At the opening of the St. Cleophas Schools at Liver-
pool, yesterday, Mr. S. R. Graves, M.P., alluded to the
subject of Education, and deprecated all compulsory
measures until all other reasonable means had failed. He
also strongly urged the cause of emigration.