The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-21 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 20.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Charles Howard and John Owen were charged
with obtaining goods from Thomas Parkinson Luth-
waite, by false pretences. Other counts of the in-
dictment charged them with conspiring, together with
one Thomas Bonner Russell, to defraud the said
Thomas Parkinson Luthwaite.

Mr. Monk and Mr. Spiuks appeared for the prose—
cution ; Mr. T. Atkinson defended the prisoner Owen,,
and Mr. Sowler the prisoner Howard.
It appeared that the prosecutor was a currier, car—
rying on business at Barton, in Westmoreland..
Owen was a porter, at Manchester, having a horse
and cart, with which he carried on his business; and,
Howard had been a weighing clerk in the Manches—
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. On this
14th of November last the prosecutor received the
following letter :
" Mill-lane, Droysden, near Manchester, and at.
Ladywell Works, November 13, 1850.
" Sir,—Please favour us with your lowest prices f Da.
loather. " We are, Sir, yours obediently,
" For J. Howard and Co.,
" T. RUSSELL."
This letter was in the hand-writing of the prisoner
Howard. The prosecutor replied to this letter, start-
ing his prices for leather, and on the 16th he received
another letter from " J. Howard and C 0.," desiring
him to forward a certain quantity of leather,
dressed to them to the address at Droysden, and to
send the invoice per post; and accordingly the pro-
secutor forwarded by the Lancaster and Carlisle Rail-
way leather of the value of 101. 1 ls. ld., and posted
the invoices. The leather duly arrived at the Ashton-
under-Lyre station, and the police sergeant at Droys-
den, having inquired and found that there was nol
such firm carrying on bwiness at Mill lane, Droys-1
den, and that there were nu such works as Lady well !
Works, directed the officers of the railway to detain
he leather in case it should be applied for. Ou ;.he
28 h of November, Howard and Russell presented
toeinselves at the Droysden station, and asked it there
was any leather addressed to J. Howard and Co
The station-master told them that it was at A.htou-
under Line station ; thither they went, and on irqairy
for the ;eather, were told by the station •master that
the leather was there, but that the company had in-
tormed the parties from whom it came that there was
no such firm or concern as " J. Howard and Co,,
Droysden." Howard replied that there was such a
firm, and showed letters addressed to Howard and
Company from the prosecutor, and said that his name
was Howard, and that if he would let him have the
goods, he would pay the carriage for them, and fetch
a cart to take them away. The station-master said
that he could not permit them to do so until he had
heard from the person who had sent the goads ; but
that they would be sent to the Droysden station.
Howard and Russell then went to Mr. Byrom, an
officer of the company, who had received information
from the police, and he told them that the leather
would be sent to the Droysden station, where they
could apply for it. Arrangements having been made,
a policeman, and an assistant in plain clothes, were
placed to watch the station at Droysden, and the next
day, the 29th, the prisoner Owen came with a little
boy, and a cart and horse, to the Droysden station,
and asked for the leather, and upon his producing
the advice note sent by the prosecutor, received
the leather, which was placed in the cart ; he
signed the receipt book "T. Barnes." The police-
officers, who were dressed like labouring men, walked
a little way, and asked Owen to give them a ride.
This he refused, and trotted off. One of the officers
then followed and stopped him, and got into the cart.
Owen said he was going to take the leather to a
house belonging to the prisoner Howard, whom he
said he did not know, in the Thetford New-road, in
Hulme. The officer then took him into custody, and
ata house which, from information which was re-
ceived, was watched by the police, they apprehended
the prisoners Howard and Russell. Russell was ad-
mitted to bail, but not appearing, his recognizances
were estreated. Further inquiries were then made,
and it was found that Howard had taken an empty
house near Droysden station, but that it remained
unfurnished, and that he only went there to receive
letters, and that the letters which he received were
addressed "J. Howard and Co." No person of the
name, however, carried on any business at Droysden,
and there was no such place us Ladywell Works.
Mr. SOWLER and Mr. ATKINSON then addressed the
jury on behalf of the prisoners; and his Lordship
having summed up, the jury retired, and had not,
delivered their verdict when our report left.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

TRIAL Olt WILLIAM XIJILZALL AND THOMAS GEORGE

YOUNG.

(Continued from our Afternoon E lition of yesterday.)
For th.-, defence, it was urgwi upon the jury that no
reliance could be placed on the evidence of the ar,‘020,1,.
who h,,d manifestly come forw,td lab .uritig under vie
ilictive feelings. eat:zer to have Mundt and his triend and
k. convicted of a crime winch inv.•lved Ow pu-
nishment ut trato.purtatiun; and if her evidence wal dis-
beheved then there was no evidence upon which thi, jury
could convict, and theretote it was tiietr duty to acquit tn.-
priAouers. It was insinuated ny the L-arnen C ,un,. 1 that
the woman was anxious to cony ci the prisoner for the sake
of screening a paramour who had also been a cl• rk in
the Gravesend post office, and the suspicion of tacit cir-
cumstance alone ought to make the jury cautious in
weighing and sifting her evidence. It was hoped, they'--
fore, that the jury would consider patiently and impar-
tially all the bearings of the case, and it alter such cairn
deliberation. they had any doubt upon the matter, they
ought unhealtatingly to give the prisoners the benefit of it.
The Learned JUDGE told the jury, in his summing
up, that the case was cno of considerable importance to
the public, and he need scarcely add that the prisoners
would be subjected to serious punishment if they were
convicted of the charge imputed to them. He though
there was no foundation for the imputation cast upon
the woman that she was anxious to screen a paramour,
because the evidence went to prove just the contrary
feeling; but what she had said in conversation with
Muzzall ought not in any way to weigh in their minds
against the prisoner Young. If, however, they believed
her testimony, they could not possibly doubt tile guilt of
Muzzall, while it was for them to say how far they credited
her story about taking the two notes to Young, as well
as the evidence of the witness who identified him as
having changed the 51. note. There was a second count
in the indictment, and if they thought fit they could
convict Muzzall of receiving, instead of stealing the
property, well knowing it to have been stolen.
The jury after a brief consultation found the prisoner
Young Guilty of stealing the letter containing the notes,
and Muzzall of receiving the notes, well knowing them to
have been stolen.
The COURT sentenced Muzzall to be transported for
twelve years, and Young for ten years.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
SOUTHWARK. _

Lieutenant Bradshaw, of the Royal Artillery, was
summoned before Mr. A'Beckett for committing an
assault on George Richardson, a guard in the employ
of the South-Eastern Railway Company.
Mr. Church, the solicitor of the railway company,
stated that the present charge was one not of a very:
aggravated nature, but still it was one that the com-
pany were bound to take notice of. The defendant
(Lieutenant Bradshaw) was an officer in her Ma-
jesty's service, and ought to have known how to con-
duct himself, but, instead of promoting that etiquette
which was conducive to regimental discipline, he
actually assaulted one of their guards while in the
due execution of his duty. He called
George Richardson, who said he was guard of the
Woolwich train on Friday evening the Bth of August,
and it was his duty to accompany the train to Wool-
wich. He saw Lieutenant Bradshaw with two dogs,
one of which he put in the dog box, and said he
wanted another for the other; in fact, he said he
wanted separate boxes. Witness told him there was
no other dog box, and there was room for it where the
other rues. Defendant riplied that the dog should
not go there, as there was no ventilation. Tnere were
four laths on each door, and trt quentiv three or tour
dogs were placed in the dog box. The de endant
then seiz-d hold of one of his dogs, and attemp,ed to
put it in a first-class carriage. Tnis witness pre-
vented, and immediately after wards Lieutenant Brad-
shaw endeavoured to place the dog in a second class
carriage among
the soldiers. The time was nearly
up for the train to start. Witness took the dog away
from him, when he struck him over the mouth, and
once on the breast.

Mr. Church—Wag it an ordinary train or a spp.
cial one ? Witness—lt was an ordinary train, chiefly
occupied by the soldiers.
Lieutenant Bradshaw—Did you not touch my
epaulette ? Witness—l merely assisted in taking
your dog away. I never assaulted you.

111 answer to the complaint, Lieutenant Bradshaw

yid he had juke come to Load with a pork ion of his
r egimuli', for Woolwich. His servant paid fur the
e „,g, and they ought to have Christian attention,
I .specially when he paid more than Christian fare.
He asked his men whether they would have the dog,
and on their replying in the affirmative, he was about
to place the dog among the soldier.., when the guard
seized him by the epaulette, and nearly pulled him
backwards. He might have struck him, but the
guard was wrong.
Reuben Ward, servant to defendant, said he saw
Lieutenant Bradshaw attempt to put the dog in the
' carriage. The guard took hold of him, and pulled
him back. Defendant never struck the guard. He
1, must have seen it if he bad.

Lieutenant Bradshaw here intimated to the magis-
trates that he could not p nssibly allow the dogs to be
put in the same box. They were of different sexes,
and under the circumstances he wls compelled to keep
them separate. The railway company had only one
dog box, and he was requesting the guard not to put
them together. The soldiers were also quite content
to receive the animal, and it being a train specially
employed, he considered the guard had no right to
interfere. He denied striking the guard inten-
tionally.
Mr. A'BECKBTT said he was sorry that the rail-
way company should be compelled to bring a gentle-
man in defendant's condition before him on such a
charge. He had not only broken the by-laws of the
company, but actually assaulted the railway officer in
the execution of his duty. He should therefore, under
all the circumstances, fine him 51.

Lieutenant Bradshaw then paid the fine, and left
the court protesting against the magistrate';decision.
WANDSWORTH.

A tall, gentlemanly-looking man, who gave the
name of Robert Rattle, was brought before Mr. Bea-
don, on a warrant, which charged him with having
deserted his wife, Margaret Rattle, whereby she had
become chargeable to the parish of Wandsworth.
The defendant was apprehended by Taylor, the
warrant officer of the court, at the Exhibition, on
Tuesday afternoon last, while in the clam appro-
priated for his plans. He is the inventor of the red
and blue signal lights upon the railways, and also
of some ship lights for the prevention of collisions
at sea.

Mrs. Margaret Rattle, a middle-aged woman, of
lady-like appearance, and dressed in deep black, on
being sworn said she resided in Ebenezer-terrace,
Wandsworth, and was at the present time receiving
relief from the parish. The defendant was her hus-
band, and she had been separated from him for the
last three years. Her husband has since that time
been residing in Scotland, and he had latterly re-
turned to London for the purpose of attending the
Exhibition. He bad previously entered into an ar
rangement to allow her 104. per week. On the 14th
of November, 1850, she received her last payment,
and her husband has not contributed to her support
sii,ce that time.
In reply to a question from the magistrate,
The defendant said he had nothing to say to his
wife, but he wished to make a short statement in ex-
planation of his conduct. He then said his wire left
him about three leers since, and he butt provided for
his three children, one of whom was now in court.
He stopped in London until the whole of his property
was expended, a portion of which was equandertd
away by his wife. He went to Scotland, where some
persons took up his inventions, and he was detained
there some time in consequence. He had scarcely any
means to return to London, but by the kindness or
some friends he was able to attend the Crystal Palace
and exhibit some of his inven:ions. He was working
hard to support his three children, and he was now
struggling against poverty, whilst his wife was re-
maining idle, when she could, if she thought proper,
work at her needle for her support.
Mr. BEADON said he did not agree with the de-
fendant's statement, as his wife had been before him
on many occasions. The defendant had endeavoured
to prove her to be insane, and had brought up no fewer
than six surgeons to that court for the purpose of cer-
tifying to that effect. He had given the last surgeon
that attended a good talking to, for he admitted that
he knew of five other surgeons having been ex-
amined who refused to prove that she was mad.
He also did not forget on those occasions that the evi-
dence went to prove that the defendant was in the
habit of hanging red herrings outside his windows for
the purpose of showing to the neighbours that there
was plenty of food for his wife, when in fact there
was no food whatever inside. The defendant's con-
duct to his wife was cruel in the extreme; and, al-
though he had been at the Exhibition since February
last, he had not taken any steps to provide for her
future support.
The defendant said he was most willing to support
his wife if he was iu a condition to do so. He was
scarcely able to support himself and children, and he
was in debt at the present time to the amount of
several hundred pounds. Only a short time since a
judgment was obtained against him for 2001., and he
expected to go to prison every day. He had plenty
of money due to him for his inventions, but he could
not obtain a single farthing. He had endeavoured to
obtain justice from the Government of his own coun-
try, but as yet it had not been rendered him.
Mrs. Rattie said her husband had sought to obtain
a separation for five years, and had called in no fewer
than eleven surgeons to prove her insane. It was
mutually agreed at the time of their separation that
she should live at Ham, but she was compelled to
leave that place, as the defendant failed to remit her
any money, and her clothes were now.. in the pos-
session of the landlady for rent.
The defendant said he could prove that he had been
a victim to circumstances. While in Scotland, he
invented some designs for the Perth prison, whereby
the Government saved 4001. annually for fuel. His
inventions were, by some chance, not received, al-
though they were acted upon, and he was now de-
pending upon small remittances sent to him by some
friends in Scotland for those very designs. If he
obtained any money from the Exhibition, he would
willingly repay it back to the parochial authorities.
Tne defendant than handed to the magistrate the
judgment for the 2001, and further said that that wa.
not the only sum ; he expected one in a few days for
4001. It was quite distressing to his mind to find
persons thing bis invention in all parts of the country
and he not rece ving any benefit from them. H.
ought, at the present time, to be driving in his oar
riage, and he wou!d have willingly born- his troubles
if his wife had not resorted to those means to bring
him before the public.
Mr. BEADON said Mrs. Rattle had been before him
several times, and he had always found her conduct
to be irreproachable, and he had never heard anything
against her. The defendant's conduct towards hi,
wife had been most cruel, and he considered, from the
evidence he had heard on several occasions, that it
amounted to persecution.
The defendant said he hoped there would be a time
when his worship would think otherwise. He could
not help what persons said behind his back, and he
ought to have an opportunity to vindicate himself.
Mr. Thomas Cochrane, the relieving officer of
Wandsworth, said the defendant was living in Ken-
, sington, and he might take his wife home and support
her as well as he could.

Taylor, the officer, said that he had been to the de-
fendant's apartment, and it certainly was a most
miserable one. It was a back garret at a coffee-house
in Kensington, and there was scarcely any furniture
in the room. The defendant had a father and brother
who were also exhibitors in the Crystal Palace, but
they were not on friendly terms. He had made in-
quiries at the Exhibition, and ascertained that he was
very poor, and that he was in the habit of borrowing
money for his support.
The defendant said it was quite true, and if it was
not for the remittances he received from Scotland,
which would shortly cease, and a little money he oc-
casionally obtained from some gentlemen in the Ex-
hibition, he certainly should starve. There were
others in the Exhibition as poor as himself, and
who had spent the last shilling to exhibit their in-
ventions.
Mr. BEADON having read the judgment for the 2001.
against the defendant, said there was no doubt he
was in debt, and in a worse condition than a pauper.
He would probably be incarcerated in a prison very
shortly, and no doubt for a large sum. He (Mr.
Beadon) therefore did not feel justified in that case
in sending the defendant to gaol. He should
make no order, and the defendant must be dis-
charged. He considered his conduct towards his
wife very bad, and if it had been in his power, he
should have felt no compunction in sending him to
prison for the full period.

TRADITIONS FROM REMOTE PERIODS THROUGH
Fiw HAr4Ds.—Again in 1784, on a visit to my grandfather
in the county of Limerick, during a school vacation. I heard
him then, in his 88th year, say, that in 1714, on the acces-
sion to the British throne of the present Royal dynasty, he
heard in Cork, where he was at school, a conversation be-
tween several gentlemen on this change in the reigning fa-
mily, when one of them, a Mr. Martin, said that he was
born the same day as Charles H., on the 29th of May, 1631.
and was present at the execution of Charles I , the 29th of
January, 1649. His timily then resided in London, where
he joined Cromwell's Iron-ides, and thence accompanied
them to Ireland. The transfer to him of some forfeited pru-
perty naturally induced him to settle there. Thu•, between
me and the ere-witness of the regicidal ea aetruphe, only one
person intervenes. —.Notes and Q,,eries. _ .

A NICE SUMMER DEIN/L.—Before my departure
from Macon, I supped in the large room of the hotel. I hal
frequently observed the singu,ar mixtures which many of
the Americans make at their megls. I observed that a
gentleman, ,fter calling for a glass of milk, deliberately
shook a portion of the contents of the pepper- box into it, and
having added a teaspoonful of salt, stirred the whole together,
and drank it. There is certainly no accounting for taste, but
this. among all the strange compounds which I met with in
the United States, was the most extraordinary.—Colonel
Canyughame's Glimpse at the Western Republic.
POPISH ARROGANCE.—The Tablet calls the pre-
lates of the Established Church " the supe•intendents of
certain Protestant congregations, appointed by the State /4/
receive stolen goods, wed to teach falsehoods."

IZAS•MIGHT AND COZ.E COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
--....---, - -
'A• 1• d. Z. s. d.
British •• •• •• .... •• .. 11. 1140 0 0 18 0 0 -
Ditto Provincial-- 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1813(
Brighton •• •••• •• •• .. 51. 20 0 0
City of London .. •• - 61. 180 0 0 150 8 0 120
ContinentalConsolidat. 925. ,7b 0 0 31 5 0 -
Equitable. •••••.. •• •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27
imperial .• .... •• •• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69
Independent ........• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
L0nd0n...... •. ••.. • , - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ditto- - .......... - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 -
Pho3nia .• .......... 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 2734
Itatcliff ...•.. ........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
17nited General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 1534
Aeatminster Cliartered 81. 60 0 0 - 45
Ditto, New .... ... 12s. ,80 0 0 10 0 0 9
1,7 4T O* SCOTTISE COMPANIES' PEICIIS
Dividend amount
Name Of Company. per of , Paid. Price.
annum. Bhare,
...-. - __.-- -- --- -
£ a. d £ s. d
Sank of Scotland •• . • 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 ,82
tritisb Linen Compan 41. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 200
aledonlan Bank
Ity of Glasgow Bank il. per cent. 10 0 0 10 , 0 11%
'lydesdale Bank .•• • • 61% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13
!ommercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 '72
,astern Bank ...• •• • • 61. per cent. 15 u 0 10 0 91.15,
.;dinb.k Glasgow Rant 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 414
,?..aehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 9
i'ational Bank 61.0 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 '514
•rorth of Scotland Bant 5/.percent. 10 0 0 210 0 2,0
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 8934
Western Bank •••• • • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7014
Alliance Fire and Life 4%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 ') 0 2134
dritish Guarantee
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1234
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 12s
Colonial Life ...
Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21%
ltng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3
Life assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 03/ is. 1
gational Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 255. Od
Korth British Blair. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 27
'Scottish Union Ingrate. 6%1. pr cent. JO 0 0 1 0 0 125‘.0d
Standard Life • • •... -. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 ' 12
United Dep.Assuranee 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s bd
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----------- --- --.....
Z. s. d. Z. s. d.
Assam Tea ••.••• • • • • - 20 0 0 20 0 0 8
Luction Mart •••. • • •• 21. 55. 50 0 0 - 2634
&ustralian Agriottlturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 20
,knglo-blexican 3fint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 25
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -
British American Land - - 38 10 0 -
Canada ••• •• •• •• •• •• 61. per cent, 100 0 0 32 10 0 49
Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - -
Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent. - - 1093{1
City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 96
Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p.c.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 93
Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c. 8c 115.5/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 1093(
Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 5 0 0 -
Gen. Stearn Navigation 10 p. ct.& bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2734
Hudson's 8ay........ 205
- Stock. -
Hungerford .......... 21. ss. - 100 0 0 47
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 7
New Zealand Company 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
-
Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0,12 10 0 -
Russell Institution.... 126 5 0 -
- -
Peuinslr& Orient•Stm. 81-percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100%
Royal Mail Steam- .. 41. p. share. 100 0 0! 60 0 0 7934
South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0i 25 0 0 231,4
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 00,29 0 0 1

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, AUG. 20.
Srocx GE.—The market. has slightly improved,
and is held firmer. Great Western, Original Shares, closed
at 79% ex div.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 20.
&mix Exeßszeus.—There has been a alight improve-
ment in onr share market to-day, but the amount of business
done was limited. The transactions were as follow : -Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 48t,i - Ditto. Fifths, 8 13-16 dis.—
London and North- Western,BNenvewieQku(arEtexrtse,n2B%ion and
p.
_Midland,
4°2).-BYork,
NYeowrk and
e'wtie' and
North Midland, 16%—Great Southern
and Western (Ireland), 3314.
MANCHESTER. Aua. 20.
STocs EXCHANGE—The may ket t.,-day was better, prices
had a tendency to rise, and business was more extensive
than of late. The transactions were as follow :- East
Lancashire, Quarters, 13 1•-. Ea.tern Counties. s%—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 4814—London and North-Western.
New Quarters, 2 p.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarters (C), 2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and LincolLshire,
27 Midland, 40 , - South- Eastern and Dover, 21 I,a•

Tint POTATO BLlGFlT.—Pembrokeshire is by no
means exempt from The potato blight, particularly round the
neighbourhood of Pdilford Haven. Field after field h-ts suf-
fered the withering influence of this pestiferous scourge, and i
it s enough to deter t e farmers from planting this useful
root again in any large quantities. Many of the labouring
poor who had high expectations of a plentiful crop from
their little plantings, feel it a most serious deprivation from
their winter's store. We wish some of our talented agricul-
tural chemists would point out the cause cf this blight and
suggest an effectual remedy, as the disease must be the re-
sult of some chemical change and founded on cause and effect.
Welsh,/la ft.