The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-12 00:00:00

THAMES.

A fashionably dressed young man, named Arthur
Robert Fry, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged
with assaulting Mr. Samuel Pasquin, an elderly gen-
tleman, and several other persons, and with setting a
furious dog upon a young woman, named Sarah
Bushwell, whose leg was severely lacerated by the
animal.

Mr. Pelham stated the case for the prosecution.
It appeared that on Wednesday morning Mr. Pas-
quin, who is a retired gentleman, came before Mr.
Yardley, and stated that his son-in-law, Mr. Fry,
was in the habit of beating his wife (Mr. Pasquin's
daughter) in a very cowardly and savage manner ;
that she was in fear of her life, and that Mr. Fry kept
a furious dog, for the purpose of terrifying hip wite
and intimidating her, and that he had threatened to
set the animal upon her and tear her to pieces. On
Tuesday night Mr. Fry and his wife were in Mr.
Pasquin's apartment, where she had fled for protec-
tion, and her husband asked her to accompany him to
bed. The wife, who was labouring under great ter-
ror, said, " I won't go, Arthur, if you take that dog
up stairs." Her husband immediately commenced
abusing her, and after applying the most disgusting
epithets to her, banged her against the door. She
cried out for help, and Mr. Pasquin and another gen-
tleman named Spencer, interposed, on which the pri-
soner struck his father-in-law and knocked him down
on the sofa, and swore that he would kill any one
who interfered between him and his wife. Mr.
Pasquin added, that his daughter had frequently
suffered through her husband's brutal treatment, and
that he (Mr. Pasquin) was in great peril. •
On this statement Mr. Yardley granted a peace
warrant, which is made returnable for Saturday next,
and said, if the wife applied, and made out a case for
nis interference, he would grant another summons.
In the course of the day the defendant applied to Mr.
Yardley, and said his wife was unlawfully detained,
and would not come home, and that he required a
restitution of conjugal rights. Mr. Yardley said it
was not a case in which he could interfere, and that
if what he had previously heard was true, the wife
had just grounds for keeping aloof from a man who
beat her as he was represented to be in the practice of
doing, and who also kept savage bulldogs in his room.
The defendant left the court much disappointed and
full of passion. On the same evening, according to the
statement of Mr. Pelham, borne out by a mass of evi-
dence, the prisoner entered the apartment of his father-
in-law, and made his presence known by suddenly
forcing open the door and dragging the old gentleman
out of the room. Mr. Pasquin called out murder, and,
in the struggle which took place, fell down. The
prisoner, in spite of prosecutor's cries and entreaties,
dragged him down the stairs, exclaiming, " Come out
of this, you old rascal, you shall not stop another mi-
nute." Mr. Pasquin's head was thumping against
the steps all the way. Another man named Pember-
ton, who was with the prisoner, and an active parti-
cipator in the outrage, called out, " give it him, d—
him, give it him," and both beat him. The prisoner
also stamped upon him several times and dragged
him into the street. A City police-constable named
Hackett, who was passing, exclaimed indignantly,
" You shan't use him in that way," and made an at-
tempt to rescue Mr. Pasquin. The prisoner and
Pemberton immediately set upon the constable, who
was very roughly handled and kicked. The prisoner
was recommencing his attack on Mr. Pasquin when
Mr. Brain, import surveyor of inland revenue, inter-
posed, and, after a desperate conflict with Fry and
Pemberton, released the old man, and with the as-
sistance of Hackett took him back to the house,
bleeding profusely, and in a most exhausted
condition. The prisoner and his friend got
away, but the former returned almost imme-
diately with a large and furious bulldog, which
had just been engaged in a " prize fight' with another
animal equally savage. Another scuffle took place
in preventing the prisoner re-entering the house,
where his lather-in-law had sought refuge, and the
dog, urged on by his master, and seeing the scuffle,
darted at the servant girl, Sarah Bush well, and seized
her leg between his teeth and lacerated it severely. The
bystanders endeavoured to drag the animal away,
but it was not until Mr. Brain had broken a thick stick
over its head and back that he made the dog let go.
Not being able to find a police-con stable of the me-
tropolitan force in the road, Mr. Brain, Hackett,
and another person dragged the prisoner to the sta-
tion-house, and he was locked up. The wounded
girl was placed under the care of Mr. Sykes, a
surgeon. There were two large and severe lacera-
tions on her instep and ankle, and she bled pro-
fusely. She uncovered her leg in court, and it was
in a dreadful state.

Mr. Brain assured the megistrote that he never saw
such a cowerdly assault in his life.
In answer to questions by Mr. INGHAM',
Mr. Pasquin repeated the statement he made on
Wednesday, and said his daughter had been married
to the defendant fifteen month 3, and was obliged to
come to her father and family for protection.
The prisoner said there bad been family quarrels,
and that bis wife had absconded from him. He went
into Mr. Pasquin's room, and told bim he should leave
the house, which he refused to do, and he merely
dragged him to the door. Mr. Pasquin was intoxi-
cated.

Mr. Pasquin declared he was quite sober. All he
drank on Wednesday was half a pint of malt liquor.
The other witnesses testified to the sobriety of Mr.
Pasquin.

The prisoner called two other witnesses. The only
material fact proved was that one of them, at the in-
stigation of Mr. Pasquin, who is a very humane man,
bailed the prisoner.
Mr. IrrosAm said it was a shocking thing to set a
dog upon any one.

The prisoner then made a variety of charges against
his wife and father-in-law.

Mr. INGHAM said the prisoner was a ♦iolent, cow-
ardly, ill-conditioned man, and must be restrained.
There was already another charge hanging over his
head. He ordered that the prisoner should find bail
to keep the peace towards Mr. Pasquin and his family
for the next three months, himself in 801., and two
sureties of 401. each.

Mr. Pelham—lt must be good bail, if you please,
Sir, for we intend to indict bim at the sessions.

Mr. INGuem—Thel;i;OnerMust give good notice
of the bail. He now stands committed.

The Christian Journal says—The Scottish Epis-
copal Church is rapidly increasing in numbers and influence.
In 1835 it numbered about sixty congregations; at present
they are nearly double this. At Millport there is a college
being erected, at great expense, under the patronage of the
Hon. Mr. Boyle, the presumptive heir to the earldom of
Glasgow—so that this place is likely to become the seat of
an educational institution in connexion with Episcopacy,
and probably the residence of the Bishop of the Isles in
whose diocese it is.
EAST KENT ROYAL DISPENSARY.--Yesterday
afternoon a special general meeting was held at the Green
Man Hotel, Blackheath. From the statement contained in
the report it appeared that the charity was opened in 1783,
and that the total number of patients admitted has been
199,654; of which there have been cured and relieved
164,642; poor married women delivered and attended at
their lyings-in, 28,879; discharged for irregularities, &c.,
668; died, 4.993; and there are now remaining under treat-
ment, 482. Of this number 69,281 have been visited at their
own habitations. From the balance-sheet appended to the
report it appeared that the receipts for the past year had
been 7391. 48. 9d. ; and after all the necessary expenses had
been defrayed there was left a balance in the hands of the
treasurer of 82/. 3s. 6d. A resolution was agreed to, that the
sum of 1,5001. be sold out by the trustees of the charity
from the funds now standing in their names in the Three
per Cent. Consols, for the purpose of effecting the purchase
of Portland House for the use of the charity.
THE SARDINIAN COAL MlNES.—Professor Abbene,
of Turin, has published an analysis of the coal recently dis-
covered at Gonessa, in the island of Sardinia, from which it
appears that it contains a large proportion of tar; that the
inflammable gas it contains does not burn with sufficient
clearness for the purposes of illumination ; but that the coke
obtained is of excellent quality for steamers and loco- I
motives.