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against Viscount Ranelagh and Mr.Ronane was preferred
under the circumstances therein derailed, and that the
charge ended in the dismissal of the complaint, owing
to the conflicting evidence adduced on the occasion. His
Lordship and the other defendant, however, from a
strong feeling that the police-sergeant Carpenter had
exceeded his duty, and that he and his friend had been
most grossly assaulted by police-sergeant Price belong-
ing to the South-Eastern Railway Company, and
William Widdows, one of the porters, declared their in-
tention of complaining to the Police Commissioners of
the conduct of Carpenter. Mr. Malle.liea, the superin-
tendent of the R division of police, having taken upon
himself to bring the matter before the Court, so far as
Carpenter was concerned, it was arranged that all the
parties, with their witnesses, should attend this day, the
police-sergeant himself courting the most rigorous ex-
amination into his conduct, and stoutly insisting on the
truth of his evidence.
The court was densely crowded. Mr. Ballantine ap-
peared on behalf of Lord Ranelagh and his friend, who
together with Colonel M'Doual and Captain Jennings
(both we believe of the 2d Life Guards), and Lord A. S.
Churchill were present on the bench.
Mr. Church, solicitor, of the Old Jewry, attended on
behalf of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and
Mr. Superintendent Mallalieu, on behalf of the Commis-
sioners of Police. Police-sergeant Carpenter was also
in attendance with his witnesses.
The time mentioned having arrived, and Mr. Seeker
not having made his appearance,
Mr. Ballantine addressed Mr. Traill to the effect that
he appeared on behalf of Lord Raeolagh, who he said
had been much pained at seeing the extremely inaccu-
rate report in the papers of the proceedings on Monday,
so far as himself was concerned. Lord Ranelagh felt
himself greatly aggrieved, and as a matter of public
duty alone, he now came forward and asked for sum-
. monses against the railway police-sergeant Price and the
porter Widdows, for aggravated assaults as well as the
,commission of gross perjury, and against Police-Ser-
geant Carpenter for great misconduct in the discharge
of his duty, He would, therefore, ask for an adjournment
of the case until Saturday, though he bad no doubt that
the case would last more than one day, when he (Mr.
Ballantine) should be ready to prove his case by an
overwhelming amount of the most respectable evidence.
M. Church here .rose, and said that he was in-
structed by -the South-Eastern Railway Company to
apply for cross summonses against Lord Ranelagh and
.Mr. Ronane.,
Mr. TRAILL here explained to Mr. Ballantine what
real Thad occurred on Monday.
Mr. Mallalien hoped that the case would be at once
gone into, as- it affected his officer. He had simply done
. his.duty in producing him to answer the same, and he
, was ready to do so.
• Mr. TRAILL then said, that he thought it would be
better not to say more at present, and, after adding
his reasons for placing the matter for adjudication in
other hands than his own, after his decision en the
former case,
Mr. Church again rose, and on the part of the South-
Eastern Railway Company, said, that the directors were
anxious that the matter should receive the fullest inves-
tigation. It was their duty to protect their officers in the
faithful discharge of their required services, and they
would not shrink from it; at the same time, not at all
wishing to screen them on failing to do so. If, however,
on the contrary, it should be proved that the noble
defendant and his friends, in the cases mentioned, had
transgressed the rules laid down by the company for the
public safety, they must pay the penalty incurred; and
.that they had done so he had abundant evidence to
bring forward, However, as he said before, the com-
pany courted the fullest inquiry into the matter, and
he therefore now applied fur summonses against Lord
Ranelagh and Mr. Ronane for a violation of the 16th
section of the Act of Parliament, by obstructing their
. officers in the execution of their duty. The summonses
and crone-summonses, after some further conversation
between Mr. Traill, Mr. Ballantine, and Mr. Church,
were ordered to issue.
After another ineffectual attempt on the part of Mr.
• Mallalieu fns the settbament of the charge against the
police-sergeant Carpenter, Lord Ranelagh loudly ex-
claiming '‘ No, no," the parties then retired, it being
understood that the cases should be heard on Saturday,
Mr. Cnurch's cross-summonses to take the precedence.
Me. S; deer here arrived, and was politely informed
by Mr. Traill what he bad curved out for him.
WORSHIP STREET.

, Hocussma AND ROBBEN.Y.—Yesterday Catherine
Lynch, a woman of abandoned habits, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with administering
some deleterious drug to Elizabeth Green, a girl four-
teen years of age, for the purpose of robbery.
The prosecutor, who presented a very sickly and de-
bilitated appearance, stated that she lived in Montague-
-street, Whitechapet, and that about noon on Saturday
last she was-sent out by her mother to procure change
for a sovereign at a neighbouring public•house ; but,
finding that the landlady was unable to furnish her wick
it, she was about to leave the place, when the prisoner,
who was standing with another woman in front of the
bar, familiarly claimed acquaintance with her, and
stated that she was intimate with her sister. The pri-
soner then pressed her to drink with her, and on her de-
clining to do so placed to ber lips a glass she had in her
hand, and forced her to swallow the contents. Feeling
much frightened witness hastily went out, but was
followed by the prisoner, who caught hold of her, and,
pulling her along by the dress, invited her to go with
her, and assured her that she would not hurt her.
Atter going a short distance the prisoneraskedher what
she had in her hand 4 and on her answering •"nothing,"
she told her she knew it was money, and the
other woman who was with her told her she
knew, and that she might show it with perfect safety,
as she was a very good woman, whom she herself had
trusted with 51., and that she had returned it next morn-
ing. On her still refusing to show the money the pri-
soner roughly wrenched open her hand, forced the sove-
reign away from her, and rapidly made off. She tried
to pursue her, but became partially stupified, and was
walking on ih the direction she had taken, but suddenly
became totally senseless, and did not know what became
of her until she found herself at home under the care of
her mother.

The prosecntrix's mother, a decent-looking woman,
after confirming her daughter's evidence as to having
sent her out for change of a sovereign, stated that after
a long time had elapsed, she was brought home in the
arms of a man, surrounded by a large crowd of persons,
and in such strong convulsions that she instantly sent
for a surgeon, who expressed his conviction, upon exa-
mining her, that some powerful narcotic must have been
administered to her. She continued for some time after
in an alarming condition, and had not yet recovered from
the effects of the drug.

Police- constable Leicester, H 20*, stated that while
on duty in Wentworth-street, at one o'clock on Satur-
day, he saw the girl harrying along, apparently in great
trouble, and about an hour afterwards found her lying
in front of one of the houses in the same street, in strong
hysterics, and upon raising her up she commenced rav-
ing in an extraordinary manner, and repeatedly ex-
claimed to the people around her not to hurt her. Sup-
posing at the time that her conditio❑ might have been
produced by intoxication he allowed some persons in the
crowd to take her away, and saw no more of her.
Mr. AntioLD intimated his opinion that the constable
-had not exercised a sound discretion in allowing so
-young a girl, whom he had found in that condition, to
be taken away without inquiry; and that it was his
manifest duty to have conveyed ber to the station-house.
Sergeant Ball, 11 2E, proved the apprehension of the
prrisoner that moiling, and that upon apprising her of
the nature of the charge she stoutly denied it, and de-
-elated that she had been confined by illness to her house
for the last fortnight ; but upon being confronted with
- the prosecutrix she acknowledged that she might have
met tier on the day named ; and he had since ascertained
that the had boon seen drinking with another woman in
the public-house referred to for the greater part of the
morning.

Mr. ARNOLD Said that it wc,9 a most serious case, and
ordered the prisoner, who reserved her defence, to be
hommitted until that day week for the formal completion
'.of the evidence.

ROYAL SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB RE-

GATTA.
- SOUTILUIPTON, TUESDAY.—This regatta commenced
this mornin,,, the firs prize being the Club Gold Cup,
for yachts aulfide the property of members of the Royal
Southern Yacat Club; a time race; one minute per ton al-
lowed to yachts under 31 tons. At about half-past eleven
• o'clock the starting gun fired,
when the following yachts got
away tolerably well together, with the exception of the
yoi sate, which was five or six minutes behind, in conse-
quence of is slight entanglement ; the Mazeppa taking
•the load, which sae xep. to Coleshot Castle, when she
was overhauled by her larger competitors, the breeze
having freshened, and there being more sea room :
• Volante, 48 tons, J. L. Craige, Esq.
Vision, 45 tons, T. Barchell,
Esk, 10 tons, R. H. Inverarity,
Max vpa,,lq tons, C. Bromley, Esq.
The course or hese
yachts was round the Nab Light,
f t
throe von a ilikg-Mhtt;stuitioned off Yarmouth, leaving
both on the starboard hand. In returning, to leave the
Calshot Light Vgssel on the port hand.
The following is the order in which they returned:__
Volanta ••• ... • ..• 6h. 47m. A.m.
• Vision' ••• •• ••• 7b. 22m. A.m.
Mazep p a—returned -disabled, carried away gaff off.
•
•
/'or the Purse of 40 guineas the following yachts
ata'ted, simultaneously with those for the Cup:-
-4 u 3 Tartar, 36 tons, W. H. Dawes, Esq.
Heroine, 35 tons, R. Bell, Esq.
Secr
et, 26 tons, R. Bell, jun., Esq.
Phantom 21 n
21 tons, S. Lane, R-q.
• • §arprive, 17. t AT H. Woodhouse Eq
• The Tartar got disaboleds, off.Stkes Bay, and gaveci up,
and at 7b. 27m. the Heroine arrived, being sne winner,
neither of the other yachts being
To the clu„„.,Golj view-
C andop
Prince
cab sailedeAlbe rt wfoirll,
- on which occasion her Majesty
• )ionQur us with a visit.
The
nded for 3uthampton
lathy Challenge' Gold cup will be con-
teou . •

. CORONER'S INQUEST oN Af"-----t. J.
tempancholy death,
.tresday last an inquest was held,at Sund
produced by a
SPENCE.—On
' of this gentleman, an account of WLese melancholy
en the body
exyarieus
in consequence of a wound in the
glass thrown at him by a Mr. J. Buchanan, 14%
San of yesterday. The evidence given hyPetTieed in The
witnesses went to show that no malicious feeling
deceased
in
.the mind of Mr. J. Buchanan towards the
that the glass had been thrown merely as a " lark." Both
the deceased and Mr. J. Buchanan were very much elated
in consequence of a bargain in which they had been inte-
rested, and had drunk freely of spirits and water, Mr. B.
Y. Marling, surgeon, and other medical gentlemen, had made.
a .post mortera examination of the body of Mr. J Spence,
and gave it as their opinion that death bad been occasioned
by the wound inflicted by Mr. J. Buchanan. At the con-
clusion of the Coroner's charge the fury retired for twenty
'-122:intes, and gave a unanimous verdict of "Manslaughter"
against that gentleman. The Coroner immediately made
°"4,A4 warrant for the` arrest. 1