The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS

FIT SUBJECTS FOR A REFORMATORY.—Two boys, who
gave the names of William Brown and Edward Johnson,
were charged, at the Thames Police-Court, with stealing
bacon in three shops in the Hamlet of Bateliff. Cox, a
police-constable, stopped the prisoners. One of them
was carrying a bag containing three pieces of prime
bacon. One piece weighed 21bs., another 31bs., and
the third 6lbs. The prisoners were identified by
three shopkeepers, whose places they entered and
solicited alms in the shape of bread, and stole a
piece of bacon, when the shopman's attention was with-
drawn. They entered another chandler's shop on a similar
errand, and diversified their honesty by purloining
.a few
herrings and a German sans 'c. The bacon and herrings
were identified. Both lads said they were 16 years
of age, Brown was really so, and Mr. Lushington
sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard
labour. The boy, who gave the name of Johnson, said he
was 16, to save himself from a reformatory, but his father,
Henry Dove, an honest, hard-working, steady man,
said his son had given a fictitious name, and that
his name wios Edward John Dove, of No. 7, King's Arms
Court, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars, and he was
12 years of age on the 25th of last September. He was
one of nine children he had to maintain. Mr. Lushing-
ton : Have you sent him to any kind of school ? Dove :
I have, sir, and done all in my power to make a good boy
of him. Mr. Lushington : I shall send him to a reforma-
tory for five years, and that will save him from destruc-
tion. Dove : Thank your worship. Mr. Lushington :
For the present the boy is remanded for a week. The
prisoner : I am 16. Mr. Lushington : No, you are not.
I shall take your father's word, and stop your career of
pilfering.

A NICE GRANDSON.—AIfred William Cattley, a young
man, described as a porter, was charged before Mr. Mans-
field, at the Marlborough-street Police-court, with assault-
ing Mrs. Ann Hoyton, of No. 6, Lower John-street,
Golden Square. Mr. Moore, of the Associate Institute
for Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women,
watched the case. The complainant said the prisoner, her
grandson, and whom she had kept during the last 13
weeks in consequence of his being out of employ, went out
yesterday evening, and returned about two o'clock that
morning in .a state of intoxication. He took off one of
his boots and threw it down on the floor making a great
noise, and on her requesting him to be quiet he took up a
lump of glass, and with it set to smashing all the things
on the mantel-piece, and tried to break the looking-glass.
She caught hold of him to prevent his doing so, and he
then struck her in the eye with a lump of glass. She was
of opinion the prisoner was not right in his mind, as
a short time ago he tore up all her and his sister's
clothes, and she could at times make nothing of him.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say, was remanded, Mr.
Mansfield stating that the state of his mind would be in-
quired into in the meantime.

THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND AND THE BEGGARS.—
Annie Sardin, a little girl, was charged before Mr. Mans-
field, at the above court, by the Marquis Townshend,
with begging. The Marquis Townshend proved seeing
the girl at a carriage door, begging of ladies, and when she
saw him she ran away. He had known the prisoner as a
beggar for some time, and sweeping a crossing; and his
object in giving her into custody was to rescue her from a
life of demoralization, and to take her out of the streets
and from such a life. Mr. Mansfield remanded the
prisoner, to see what can be done with her.

The Portsmouth correspondent of the Daily News
states that Messrs. Gambier and Rumble, the officers who
were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for
certain Admiralty frauds, have been liberated.
It is stated that Mr. W. Gurdon, the County
Court Judge of Essex, who was somewhat seriously. indis-
posed at the commencement of last week, but who Is now
better, is about to resign his post.

The celebration of the 6th of November anniver-
sary passed over quietly everywhere in Ulster, except
Lurgan, where an Orange drumming party entered the
town on the nights of both Saturday and Sunday. On
the latter evening some disturbance took place, in which
Mr. John Hancock, J.P., the agent for Lord Lurgan,
and the magistrate in charge of the constabulary, on the
occasion, received a serious wound on the head.

There seems every prospect of the proposed railway
between Scarboro' and Whitby being proceeded with. A
meeting with that object was held on Wednesday evening
when it was announced that it would cost about £lOO,OOO,
and a resolution passed pledging the meeting to support
the scheme.

GENTLEMANLY STUDENTS.—Dr. Simpson, of
Glasgow, the recently elected professor to the Chair of
Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh, attempted on
Wednesday to deliver his introductory address to the
medical students. The uproar, however, was so great,
and the conduct of the students so disgraceful, that the
proceedings had to be brought hurriedly to a dose. Prin-
cipal Grant and Professor Christison in vain attempted to
quell the tumult.
FR OM PARIS TO LONDON.—A merchant who
left Paris on the 29th of October arrived in London
yesterday—the whole of the intervening time
having been absorbed by the difficulties of the jour-
ney, although every facility was afforded him.
He states that the Parisians when he left were
still full of hope, believing that their deliverance
will be effected by large armies from the pro-
vinces. With regard to food his report is that the supply
of meat was already failing, but that if the people could
live on bread and wine they might last out for two months
and a half.