The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-02 00:00:00

LAW 42W POLICE.

REFRACTORY Bovs.—At the Guildhall, a boy, 14 years
of age, named Galloway, was charged with begging, His
mother said he was a very had boy, and she could
do nothing with him. She would be glad to send him to an
industrial school, but could not afford to pay for his main-
tenance. Alderman Finnis said if it were known that every
boy found begging in the streets would be sent to an indus-
trial school, those institutions would soon be inundated.
He wished the G9vernment would place at the disposal of
the city a man-of-war—useless for service—and let them
have it in the Thames, so that they could send such boys
there, and bring them up as seamen. He then discharged
the boy.
Szmors ASSAT:LTS.—At the Petty Sessions, St. Ives,
William Fenner, a cattle dealer with an extensive busi-
ness, was charged with assaulting a porter on the Great
Eastern Railway. The prisoner wanted to send some
beasts by rail to Ipswich after the weekly cattle
market, and was so incensed at being told that
his cattle, two hundred in number, could not be
sent until their turn that he knocked down the
porter, injuring him seriously. The defendant was com-
mitted for trial, being admitted to bail in £lOO, with two
sureties at xi 0_ His two brothers who were with him
were fined small snms. The case created a Lreat deal
of excitement, the Feancrs being well known, and it
was stated that en the day in question they had purchased
cattle at• St. Ives market to the amount of upwards of

McTRDER OF ANENGLISBMAN IN CHINA.

Another Englishman has been murdero lis Ch.na. The
Rev. J. Williamson was attacked by robbers on the Grand
Canal during the night of the 25th of August last, and his
body was discovered floating in the water a few days
later in an advanced stage of decomposition. From
the evidence of Mr. Hodge, before the English Consul at
Tien-tsin, it would appear that he and the deceased had
cleft
Tien-tsin in a boat to visit some inland stations on
the Grand Canal, that on the evening of the murder they
retired to rest at half-past nine, and that he was awakened
about one the next morning by the violent rocking
of the boat and the sound of a number of men's voices on
deck. He sprang out of bed and looked for his companion,
but not finding him, rushed up the hatchway and saw four
or five armed Chinamen in the bows of the boat. They saw
him and shouted, " Mao-taze to ta," i.e., "There is a hairy
onu'(an opprobrious epithet often applied to foreigners),
strike, strike !" Mr. Hodge being unable to unlock his
'revolver case, threw it overboard, to prevent its falling
into the hands of the robbers, and escaped by running the
gauntlet, amid a shower of blows, of the scoundrels on
board and some of their friends on the bank. Having
arrived at a neighbouring village he aroused the inhabi-
'tants who informed him that the robbers by whom he had
been attacked were part of a band of twenty wh6 had been
infesting the neighbourhood for some time. With them he
applied in haste to the local mandarin, who accompanied
him with a force to the boat, which they now found pillaged
and deserted. After a long but ineffectual search for his
companion, Mr. Hodge returned to Tien-tsin, and
reported the matter to the Consul. A few days later
the body of Mr. Williamson was, as we have said,
discovered floating in the canal, and was brought
in Tien-tsin, where a post-mortem examination was held,
but decomposition had set in so rapidly that the medical
men were unable to distinguish any marks of violence. Mr.
Williamson was an emissary of the Church Missionary
Society, andwas much respected as a judicious and earnest
'missionary,

The Erie Railroad workmen at Susquehanna and
Bu-ffalo have resumed work. The majority of those at
,yiersey City are still on strike.

The Sheffield Conservative Association are making
an effort to induce Mr. Disraeli to attend its next meeting,
which will be held in the course of a few days.

The. Berlin general agent of the Albert Life In-
surance Company, George Lewine, who was arrested about
six.?weeks ago, was set at liberty last Monday, on furnishing
bP it to the amount of 10,000 thalers.
The Liverpool Town Council disposed on Satur-
day of the concluding business of the municipal year. Be-
fore doing so, a tribute of respect was paid to the memory of
the late Eart of Derby by a resclution recording their deep
feeling oftsorrow on the occasion of his death, offering re-
spectfulmqmpathy and condolence with the Countess of
'Derbrand her family in their affliction,
.and expressing
theirchigh admiration of the late earl as a scholar, philan-
thrtwist, and statesman, and also gratefully acknowledging
the munificent kindness shown by the late earl towards the
inhabitants of the borough. Tho Mayor was requested to
iforward.a copy of the resolution to the present earl.
Tim GIItL SHOT 1117 HER BROTHER IN GATES-
REAI;K—An inquest was held on Monday morning at
Gateshead touching the death of Emily Skelton, the
dr.ughter of a photograller, who was accidentally shot by
:".der younger brother on Friday last. The mother, who
was so ill in consequence cf the shock sustained, that
it was considered advisable to take her evidence at her
reLidence, stated that on Friday she was dusting the bed
rttnd placed a pistol, which her husband was in the habit of
keel ing between the Led and the mattress, on the window-
sill. She then called to her son William, 11 years of age,
to bring her a brush. The lad did so, and left the room
again. Sholtly after she heard the rei,ort of a riital, and
saw her daughter Emily lying near the kitchen door, on
her hack. The lad, William Skelton, was th,_ll called in,
accompanied by his father. lie raid that his mother told him
totet her a brush. He did so, but before leaving the room
h.: took the pistol front the window sill. He pointed it to
the fleet- and tried it, but it did net go off. He then
thought it was all right, end pointed it to the wall. It
went off and hit his sister. The father said ho had
had tho pistol loaded ever since he was married. The
Coroner, addressing the jury, said they could Lave
no doubt that the boy had shot his sister, and that she
died in consequence. The only question was whether it
was done purposely or not. The jury found "that
deceased was accidentally shot by a pistol fired
_by her,
brother William."

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