The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-07 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAT.

THE CONDUCT or A PARENT.—William Hockington, a
boy 10 years of age, was charged, at the Westminster
Police-court, with begging. Police-constable Abel White,
B Detective, said that batween 6 and 7 on Saturday even-
ing he was in the King's Head, Chelsea, when he saw
the defendant and his brother, a boy about seven years
old, go up to several gentlemen and beg of them while
they presented lucifer matches. They both of them took
the money to their father, who was standing at a public-
house door. When defendant saw witness coming towards
him, he took to his heels. He was followed and captured.
Some boxes of lucifer matches were found upon him, but
no money. It being stated that the father of the boy
was in court, Mr. Woolrych called him, and enquired
vhy he sent his boy out to beg. Father : He went of his
own accord. Mr. Woolrych : You took the money f
Father : No, I did not. Mr. Woolrych Hark'ye, man,
you are liable to be sent to prison as a rogue and vaga-
bond. You sent this boy out to beg, and you took the
money from him. The father ; I did not take any.
Police-constable : I saw the two boys give him
the money. Mr. Woolrych (to the father) : You hear that.
You are bringing up your children in a most disgraceful
way. Yon are teaching them habits which will be ruinous
to them. It is shocking to see children brought up to
practices of this sort. I tell you are liable to be sent to
prison for this conduct. The boy had nothing to say to
the charge. Mr. Woolrych : This is most destructive to
the boy's future prospects. I shall send him to a refor-
matory for five years, and make an order upon you to pay
2s. per week towards his maintenance.
GUY FAWKES' DAY IN THE METROPOLIS.—TweIve boys
and two adults were charged before Mr. Lushington, at
the Thames Police-court, with discharging fireworks in
the public streets on Saturday night, in commemoration of
Guy Fawkes' Day, and they were mulcted in various penal-
ties according to age. The anniversary of the Gunpowder
Plot was observed in a peculiar manner in the district.
Large figures representing Prince Frederick Charles, the
Pope, the Emperor Napoleon, Margaret Waters, the
baby farmer ; Archbishop Manning, and the arch-con-
spirator Guy Fawkes, with labels indicating who they
were, paraded the streets followed by bands of dis-
cordant music and noisy boys, continually shouting.
The most popular figures were those of the " Pope
Guy," as he was familiarly called by the juvenile
population, and Mrs. Waters, who were burnt in effigy
in the evening amidst a panoramic display of fireworks.
Similar figures have been paraded in the district this
morning, amidst noisy demonstrations, and there will be
no doubt another pyrotechnic display of squibs and
crackers. The persons who get up these exhibitions find
them very profitable at this season of the year. •
STABBING.—SERIOUS CASE.—At the Marlborough-street
Police-court to-day Edward Searly, a shoemaker, of No.
39, Saville-street, Marylebone, was charged before Mr.
Mansfield with stabbing with a knife James Kennock.
The injured man was not present, and the officer in charge
of the case said that on enquiring at the hospital
that morning he was informed that he was in
a dangerous state. From the evidence it appeared
that on Saturday night the prisoner and Kennock
had a fight, and they both fell and were much injured,
and some time after a person in the house in which they
both resided heard a noise, and on going to ascertain the
cause saw the prisoner strike Kennock, who said he was
stabbed with something like a knife. Kennock was then
taken to the hospital, where it was found that he had
been stabbed in the abdomen. The prisoner, whose head
was bandaged, and who appeared to have been much
injured, put no questions, neither did he make any state-
ment. He was remanded.

CILYSTAL PAL kCE.—llalf-cro wn Day ; Saturday,
Nov. 5, 1870. Number of visitors by season tickets, 5,141;
ditto on payment, 871 ; total visitors, 6,012.
THE PONTIFICAL ZOIJAVES.—We are authorised
to give a full contradiction, to the'charges made against
the Italian Government by five English Pontifical
Zeuaves in a letter published in the Times of the
18th ult., with respect to the treatment they pretend to
have undergone after the capitulation of Rome on the 20th
of September.— Times.