The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-04 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The National Gazette cf Berlin, of the 30i.h ult.,
says :—" We learn that the vessels and the materiel
of the German fleet will be equally divided between
Prussia and Austria, and will from let January next
cease to belong to the Germanic Confederation. In
order to indemnify the States who have contributed
to the formation and support of the fleet, Prussia
and Austria will in their place pay their parts of the
general expenses. In consequence of the shores
possessed by Hanover, sho is allowed to have a
certain part of the materiel, on paying a certain
indemnity for the same. Until the commence-
ment of next year the expenses will be pro-
vided for by means of payments by the different
States to be decided on. The Germanic Diet
has examined the question whether the laws now in
vigour are sufficient, in case of need, to protect the
Confederation and the separate States of Germany
from criminal attempts. We learn it will shortly
adopt a resolution on that point. It will probably
limit itself to an interpretation of the resolutions now
in vigour. The Commission the Diet has appointed
to examine the questions relating to the liberty of the
press has finished its labours. The report is ready,
and will, it is said, be soon presented to the Assembly."
The bitelligenz-Blatt of Frankfort states that the
Germanic Diet, in one of its late sittings, adopted a
resolution to the effect that the fundamental rights of
the German people are abolished, and that the different
Governments have been requested to promulgate this
decision as promptly as possible.

Inspector Pascoe said—l took this charge. The
defendant was brought to the station by two private
persons and a policeman, and the moment he got in
he called us all the -- vagabonds he could lay his
tongue to, mentioned Colonel Rowan's name, and
!threatened to have the whole of us dismissed in a
week. Ile was decidedly drunk, and smelt strongly
of lielleor, but I sent for his carriage for him, and ha
denied Otat he had fallen from his horse at all. He
then called me a vagabond, struck me a slight
blow on the breast, and stamped about the station-
house in such a violent manner that I was obliged to
order him to be locked up. Knowing the defendant
to be a very respectable person I scarcely allowed
three minutes to elapse after he had been brought to
the station before I dispatched a cabman to fetch his
coachman.
Maverty, 213 N, said—At the time in question I
was leaving the station-house, when I saw two gentle-
men struggling with the defendant, and declaring
that he was drunk, and had just fallen helplessly from
his horse. I saw that he was drunk, and heard him
swearing at them for stopping him. I assisted him
into the station, where a chair was placed for him to
sit upon, and we made him do so, and closed the
door ; but he got out of the chair, got to the door,
and tried to shove me away. I took him back and
again placed him in the chair, but he commenced
struggling very violently, and kicked me upon the
shins. He made several other efforts of the same de-
scription, calling us all "A -- set of vagabonds"
and on the inspector requesting him to be quiet, he ex-
claimed, " And pray who are you, you -- scoun-
drel ; some beggarly tailor, I suppose ?"
Sergeant Saunders also spoke to the state the de-
fendant was in ; that he was not only positively drunk,
but that his breath smelt very strongly of spirits, and
added—l also tried to seat him in a chair, but he
pushed me away several times, and began kicking at
I us with his heels, which had a pair of spurs on, and
r asked to have them taken off, as I was fearful he
would do some of the officers a serious injury. The
inspector went to speak to him, but he was very vio-
lent in his language, and struck him on the chest ;
but the inspector, notwithstanding, on learning his
address, dis,teatched a message to his house for his
friends. The charge was at length taken, and he was
allowed to reman in the room, but he rolled about
and conducted himeelf in such a violent and outrage-
ous manner that we were compelled at length to lock
him up and place a constable in the cell also to take
care of him. About four o'clock, however, he became
more sober, and he was then allowed to go in the care
of his groom, his own recegnizances having been ac-
cepted for his future appearance.
When asked if be wished to say anything, the de-
fcendant, with great vehemence of language and man-
ner, totally denied that there was any foundation
whatover for the charge, and declared that the indi-
cations of intoxication which presented themselves to
the witnesses were occasioned by a previous acci-
dental fell !rom his horse, which produced a concus-
sion of the head, and obliged him at times to adopt a
recumbent position when on horseback. He also
declared that he heg partaken of no intoxicating be-
verage whatever on that day, and complained severely
of the treatment he had experienced from the police
at the station, who coerced him in every possible
way, and treated him like a beast or mad dog. He
added that there were at least half-a-dozen gentle-
men waiting outside the station to give evidence in
his favour, but that the police had refused access to
them. In partial corroboration of his statement, he
called
James Hicks, his coachman and groom, who
described his master as " Squire Johnson," and said
—My master left home on Monday about two o'clock,
and I gave him his horse. I saw no difference in his
general appearance; his manner was the same as
usual. After he had ridden off I saw no more of him
until he was at the station, when he was " pretty
middling excited." He uttered some words at the
station, hut I don't recollect what, as my memory is
bad and he speaks quickly. The defendant sometimes
sits very much back in the saddle, but I never knew
him to fall off before.
Inspector Pascoe and the witnesses declared that
there was no foundation whatever for the defendant's
assertion that gentlemen who were willing to speak
on his behalf had been kept out of the station, and
requested, as an act of justice to the police, that two
respectable and impartial tradesmen, who had wit-
nessed the transaction, might be sent for. Sum-
monses were therefore issued for the attendance of
those persons, and the case was put back till a late
hour in the afternoon, when
Mr. Wm. Dodge, an undertaker in Myrtle-street,
stated—About two o'clock on Monday I was coming
out of my door, when I saw the defendant riding past
my house. He was on horseback, lying flat upon his
hack on the back of the horse, and his bead was very
nearly touching the tail. 1 watched him for some
time, as I was alarmed at the manner in which he
was riding, and pointed him out to a police constable,
thinking he was it, a fit. I went to the side of the
horse, shook defendant by the leg, and roused him
op, and asked him to sit up, which he managed to do
for a moment, but as soon as the horse moved he fell
back again. I followed him to the corner of Robert-
street, he being still in the same recumbent position,
but on reaching. there I saw him tall from the offside
of his horse. I ran to his assistance to help him up,
and then I saw that he was thoroughly drunk. I
helped the policeman to take him to the station, for
fear some accident should happen to him, but when
he got there he turned obstinate, tried to get out, and
abused them all scandalously. Great praise was due
to the police for their forbearance to the defendant,
who said nothing about any previous fall, while the
fall that I saw him sustain was a very heavy one.
Mr. Daniel Reid, a master baker, confirmed the last
witness in almost identical terms, and, on cross-exa-
mination by the defendant, said. " You were on the
horse's back just like a tumbler in a circus, with a
lot of boys round, shouting and laughing at you.
When you fell oft, I assisted you up, and I found that
your breath smelt strongly of liquor."
Mr. Memel. said that he could not but place the
most implicit reliance upon the testimony of those
witnesses, which went fully to prove to him that the
charge had been completely made out, and he felt
bound to say that the defendant had acted with ex-
treme impropriety, and that his conduct had been
most degrading to •,a gentleman. He had no hesita-
tion, therefore, under such circumstances, in sending
the defendant to the House of Correction for seven
days for assaulting the officer in the execution of his
duty, and also sentence him to a further term of seven
days for his indecent and outrageous conduct while in
the station-house.
The defendant looked astounded at the decision, and
was apparently about to offer some observation, but
was at once removed by the gaoler.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1851.