The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-29 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.-- Mr. Charles
James Kilpiu, an elderly man, residing at No. 55,
Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the Marl-
borough-street Police-court, with being drunk and dis-
orderly, and also with assaultinz'a young married woman,
named Charlotte Babbage, residing in Bond-street,
Golden-square. Mr. Moore, of the Associate Institute
for Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women,
watched the case. Police-constable Leader, 326 K, said that
shortly after six o'clock yesterday evening he was in Old
Bond-street, and saw the prisoner, who was drunk,
pushing females off the pavement. He went up to the
prisoner, and told him that he must desist, when he said
he should do as he liked, and that he must have room
to !walk. The prisoner then went on, and struck a lad
on the head and nearly knocked him off the pavement ;
and on a female coming along with some work in
her arms, he strack her a severe blow in the breast.
He then took the prisoner to the station, and from in-
quiries he had since made he found that the prisoner had
formerly been in good circumstances, but was not right
in his mind. In reply to Mr. Knox, the constable said
the female had not done anything whatever to the pri-
soner to provoke him. Mrs. Charlotte Babbage deposed
that while walking along Bond-street, yesterday evening,
the prisoner came up to her and struck her a severe
blow in the breast. Mr. Knox asked the witness whether
she was much hurt ? The complainant said she was. Mr.
Knox said the prisoner's conduct was thoroughly brutal,
and he did not think he was in his right mind. If he
thought the prisoner was in his right mind he would send
him to prison for three months. He would remand the
prisoner for a week, to ascertain whether he was sane or
not. If the prisoner was insane he ought to be taken
care of, and if sane he ought to be severely punished. He
would also endeavour to get the injured female some com-
pensation.

THE EUROPEAN BANK.—A suit has been instituted by
the European Bank, as at present constituted, against Mr.
Colchester and other of the late directors, claiming restitu-
tion of a loss of £23,000, alleged to have been sustained in
consequence of the purchase of shares in a foreign com-
pany, the plaintiffs' having protested against the transac-
tion at the time the negotiations were pending. The
cause has already advanced a stage, the plaintiff's having
been ordered to produce all books in their possession, so as to
enable the defendents to prepare their defence. This order
had been complied with only to a certain extent : the prin-
cipal branch of the bank was at Paris, and it was alleged
that in consequence of the investment of the capital by
the Prussians, it was utterly impossible to comply with
the order. The Chief Clerk in Vice-Chancellor Bacon's
Chambers, on the application on the part of the bank,
now varied the order by confining it to English docu-
ments, but ruled that the mere production of the minute-
books in this country would be insufficient, and the defen-
dant's time to ansu er would only date from the period
when matters had come to a satisfactory issue in that
respect.

THE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND.—
The action brought by this organisation against the
London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company came
before Mr. Leman, chief clerk in Vice-Chancellor Bacon's
chambers. It was partially stayed by the award of
the arbitrators. It is against Lord Sondes, Sir
Morton Peto, Mr. Edwards, and other prominent railway
men to recover the amount of certain debentures, on the
ground of improper dealing; and the defendants have
filed a cross bill to discover the amount actually paidlor
the debentures in question. An application was made to
extend the time for answering the amended bill ; and as
Sir Morton Peto was now in England the chief clerk
granted the summons.
THE PRIVATE ESTATE OF SIR R. HARVEY.
With reference to the recent bank failure at Norwich,
the question whether the private estate of the late Sir R.
Harvey is liable for certain large claims made against him
in connection with his very extensive Stock Exchange
operations, will come on for argument in the Court of
Chancery in a few days. The claimants have taken the
opinion of Sir Roundell Palmer on the subject, and Sir
Roundell is stated to have pronounced very decidedly in
their favour.

THE ALLEGED BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.—Judgment
was allowed to go by default in the case of Clarkson v.
Eisenburg, heard at the London Sheriffs' Court. It will
be remembered that damages had been laid at £l,OOO in
the declaration, wherein it was alleged that the defen-
dant not only failed to keep his promise of marrying the
jlaintiff, but that he had married another lady. Mr.
berjeant Sleigh claimed substantial damages for the
breach of promise in this case, and commented on the con.
duct of the defendant in unmeasured terms. For six years
he had kept up his correspondence, and when he could not
extract any more money, having compelled the plaintiff to
go through the Bankruptcy Court, he married a Lancashire
lady with money, having in one of his letters said he loved
no one, but must have money. Mr. Turner, for the
defendent, submitted to the jury that it was a case only
for moderate damages. Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell told
the jury that the only question for them was the amount
of d.amages to be awarded. It all depended in what
manner the jury viewed the conduct of the
parties. All the parties had been mixed up in
gambling transactions, and it was clear that the
plaintiff knew that the defendant had kept a
mistress, and she consented that he should do so for a
certain period. It was also clear that the plaintiff
had been concerned with the defendant's brother in bet-
ting, and the advances made probably arose from those
transactions. The jury would take into consideration the
character of the plaintiff and the position of the defendant.
It had been stated that the defendant had married a
woman of property, but they knew nothing as to whether
it was settled on her and he had not given any evidence.
The jury would estimate the damages in the best Way
they could from the evidence given. The jury retired,
and, after a brief consultation, assessed the damages at
£750.

ANTONIO AUACIO.—The case of Antonio Agacio, the
son of a Liverpool merchant, who stole £2,300 from his
father and then got married, came before the Recorder of
Liverpool. The Recorder said he had considered the
depositions, and it appeared to him that the ch.rge
against the male prisoner was a very serious one, and he
had satisfied himself that the prisoner's wife knew of the
robbery. But, after all, the prosecutor was the father of
Antonio, and in that respect this case differed from one in
which there was no such relationship ; for which reason
he would be very much inclined to entertain an applica-
tion from the father, as prosecutor in the case, to enter
into a satisfactory undertaking on his part to send both
the young people out of the country, so that there should
be no risk of their being again in a condition to do any
further harm here. The father would also have to pay all
the costs of the prosecution.

The death is announced of the Hon. Isabella
Letitia Woulfe, daughter of the second Baron Graves.
She was married in 1853 to Mr. Stephen Ronald Woulfe.
THE BOMBAY COTTON MARKET.—Mr. William
Wanklyn, of Manchester, has received the following
telegram from Messrs. Volkart Brothers, of Bombay,
dated Wednesday :—" Four inches of rain has destroyed
half the crop of Oomrawuttee cotton. Market closed on
account of holidays. Prospects of imports much better.
Dhollerah, 6d. ; Sawginned Dharwar, 7d., both cost and
freight."

THE LONDON BUILDERS' SOCIETY.—The anni-
versary festival of the Builders' Benevolent Institution
took place on Thursday evening at Willis's Rooms. It
was reported that there were now 44 pensioners in re-
ceipt of annuities from the institution-22 males and 22
females, the former receiving £24 and the latter £2O per
annum. The total number of persons who have received
benefits from the institution since its establishment
is 108.

THREATENED GREAT MASSACRE IN CHINA.--
Advices from Hong Kong to Bombay state that a day
for the massacre of foreigners at almost every Treaty
port, Canton included, has been predicted. Great satis-
faction was expressed at the promised co-operation of
England. The massing of troops continued, and the
evidence of the intended resistance to foreigners has been
strengthened. The Canton community had called the
attention of the Consuls to the insolence displayed by
the Chinese, and had declared that they expected pro-
tection.

CONFERENCE AT YORK.—A conference of clergy
and laity was opened at York under the presidency of the
Archbishop,- and was numerously attended. Papers were
read' on a number of subjects, including several on Church
education under the new law, and the duties of owners of
property in furtherance of Church objects. On the latter
topic Lord Houghton delivered an address, and, at the
close of the morning sitting, the Archbishop spoke on
education, and encouraged Churchmen to take a hopeful
view of the new state of things. On the question of the
school boards, he asked why the proportion of ten to one
against the anti-religious party which existed in the Par-
liamentary divisions should not be preserved in the consti-
tution of the school boards.

COVENTRY SCHOOL OF ART.--011 Wednesday
evening the annual meeting of the Coventry School of
Art was held. Lord Leigh presided, and presented the
prizes. Alderman Gulson read the report, which shewed
that there had been a large increase of members and the
drawings and designs exhibited had been very good.
The school had a balance in the bank of £279175. 6d. The
report also spoke of some munificent gifts made by the
late member for the city, Mr. Samuel Carter, who had
given £l5O for the purchase of Mr. Forbes Watson's work
on the textile fabrics of India. Mr. Carter had also offered
to give another £5OO (having previously given a similar
sum), with a view to the extension of the operations of the
school. The Mayor, in proposing the adoption of the re-
port, spoke strongly against the perpetuation of the
Godiva procession, which was a degradation of art.