The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

Malicious Injuries to Property Act Amendment Bill; were
read a third time and passed.'
On the motion of Mr. AYRTON, the report of the select
committee on masters and.bperatives of 1856 was referred to
the select committee now sitting.
Mr. LAING moved to discharge an order of the house,
dated April 19, for papers with regard to the case of Mr.
Drought, late surveyor of the Post-office in Ireland, and in-
stead of it to order copies of correspondence between the
Yost-offico and the Treasury relative to Mr. Drought's
superannuation allowance.

Mr. HENNESSY was muoh -surprised that the Secre-
tary to the Treasury should have made this motion. The
house had sanctioned a return relative to Mr. Drought's
case on the 19th of April, but since then the Post-office au-
thorities bad come to the conclusion that they would not
like to have both sides heard. The result would be to make
known the charge against Mr. Drought, and not his de-

fence.
Mr. LAING said this motion had been taken as unop-
posed at an early part of the evening, and, as the corre-
spondence was confidential, it would not be for the benefit
of the public service that it should 6e published.
Lord FERMOY moved the adjournment of the debate
until this day.
After a fe sr words from Mr. MALINS,
The motion for the adjournment of the debate was
agreed to.
Tho house adjourned at a quarter after one o'clock.

CENTRAL CRIMI AL C'O-URT.-31(ty 14.

OLD COURT.
THE CASE OF TIIE REV. MR. HATCH.
(Continued from The Sun of yesterday.)
The summing; up of the learned judge occupied
seven hours aathree-quarters in its delivery, and
at a quarter to six o'clock the jury retired to deli-
berate.

They returned into court at eight o'clock and
gave a verdict of guilty.
The foreman of the jury at the same time handed
to the learned judge a written paper, which his
lordship directed to be read. It was in the follow-
ing terms :—" We find the prisoner, Mary Eugenia
Plummer, guilty, and while we recommend her to
the utmost extent of mercy, we venture at the same
time to express a hope that your lordship, if you
have the power to do so, will direct that any im-
prisonment to which she may be subjected may be
accompanied by a proper course of training and
education of which she has hitherto been deprived,
and probably would still be deprived at home."
There was a burst of applause when the verdict
was delivered, and it was not without difficult:
that it was, stopped by the officers of the court. A
great number of persons had assembled outside the
building, and the result of the case was received
with loud cheering.
Baron Channell said he should consult Mr. Justice
Keating with regard to the sentence to be pro-
nounced, and, in the meantime, the defendant might
go at large upon the same recognisances as before.
The father of the defendan t was called upon to give
the required recognisances, but he was not in attend-
ance; and eventually agentleman connected with the,
solicitors for the defence entered into a recognizance
in the sum of £5OO for the defendant's appearance,
and she left thq court with him.

NEW COURT.
(Before the. Recorder.)
The trial of William Cox, William Lehmann,
Johan Ferdin and Beschott,..William Hauschildt,
and Johan Poll was resumed this morning at the
sitting of the Court.
The Recorder then proceeded to.sum up the evi-
dence, and, after referring to the nature of the in-
dictment, told the jury that the question which the
jury would have to decide was whether the state-
ments of the prisoners were true or false, for there
could not be any mistake about the character of the
charge as set out on the depositions. The jury
would also take into their consideration that Leh-
mann, Beschott, and Cox were, according to their
own statement, mere accomplices in the crime which
they charged the captain and mate with. The pri-
soners had never made any statement or suggestion
while on board the Nicholas Wood, nor at New-
port, and it was not until after there had been some
difference about the wages that the charge was
made. The prisoners who admitted taking part in
the offence with which they charged the captain
and the mate excused themselves by saying that
they being the superior officers the prisoners were
bound by their laws to obey them ; which seemed
to him rather strange when the prisoners knew the
act they were engaged in was an illegal one. Much
-had been said by the defence about the discrepancies
in the statement of the captain and the report and
the protest about the day when the vessel went
down ; that he thought must have been a mistake,
as all the people on the Nicholas Wood knew the
day to be the 6th, and then the boats-had been one
night at sea. This charge was not a question of
the captain's seamanship, but a question as to whe-
ther what he was charged with was true. With
regard to the captain throwing away the log, it was
true that if he had thrown it away to shield Maisel'
that would tell strongly against him ; but all agree
that it was not until after the Nicholas Wood had
passed the boat without seeing them, and they bad
given themselves up for lost, that the captain threw
over his sextant, worth £4O, and his bag of clothes,
and the question was whether he was justified in
doing-So. The prisoners said there was nothing in
the weather to cause him to do so, but the black
-cook, who all agreed was the _witness of truth, said
it was stormy weather and tempestuous. Others
/who were in the boats spoke of the tempestuous
state of the weather and corroborated the testimony
of the captain, and it was not likely that they
would favour a man who had placed their lives in
danger, The captain's statement about the leak
was corroborated by the cook, who also spoke of
the tempestuous state of the weather, and to his
. having first discovered the fissure which he men-
tioned to Lehmann, the carpenter, and yet he and
the other prisoners had said there were no leaks
save those made by the captain. Persons were sel-
dom known to commit offences withouf a motive,
and there was nothing to show but that the insu•
rances, with all their risks, would more than cover
the loss of the owners, while the captain would lose
£lOO. It was clear they were in great danger in
the open boat, and would have been lost if not picked
up, and the captain's party were not picked up for
two hours after the passengers' boat, one being at
sea 14 and the other 16 hours. The Recorder then
referred to the other portions of the evidence, and
dwelt upon those where Lehmann had said that
thefe had been no foul play by the captain, and that
he had been put over the ship's stern to help to stop
the leak. The Recorder then proceeded to com-
ment upon the evidence as affecting the different
prisoners, and pointed out that the evidence did but
slightly implicate Poll and Hauschildt.
The jury, after an absence of about two hours,
returned a verdict of not guilty against Poll and
Hauschildt, and found the others guilty.
Just as the Court was about to rise the prisoners
were brought up for sentence.
The Recorder said the case against the defend-
ants had been proved upon the clearest testimony.
Beschott, who had been the principal in the mat-
ter, he sentenced to two years', and Lehmann and
Cox to 12 months' imprLonment.
James Schlegel, 32, mason, was indicted for a
burglary in the dwellinghouse of B. Benjamin
Norden, and stealing therein a gold cup and other
articles, his property, and also with woundin g
Moses Levy.
Mr., Metcalfe and Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ;
Mr. T. Atkinson defended.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecu-
tor is a gentleman living in York-place, Portman-
square, and on the night .of the 17th of March,
shortly after 12, Levy, the prosecutor's butler, was
awoke with a noise, and went down to the dining-
room, and he there saw.a man who had the things
wrapped up in a table cover. Levy, who had
armed himself with an old dress sword, instantly
made a thrust at the man, which broke the point
off, and he then cut at and seizedlim. The pri-
soner then came behind him and pulled him off the
man whom he first -seized. Levy then cut at the
prisoner, and cut him on the check, and then
seized him; the prisoner, however, managed to get
through the window at the back, and on to the
leads, followed by Levy, who most gallantly stuck
to the prisoner, who was stabbed four times in the
shoulder. Prisoner finally got away, but the police
coming up, they found that the prisoners in their
flight had thrown away a handsome gilt vase, an
inkstand, and other property belonging to the pro-
secutor. The prisoner had been seen on the evening
of the robbery, and- at that time had no scar on his
face. He was taken into custody on the 21st of
March by Inspector Bryant in Arlington-street,
Clerkenwell, and upon being placed among a num-
ber of other persons Levy was brought to the place
where he was, and at once recognised him. Prisoner
then had a scar on his cheek.
For the defence a most impudent attempt was
made to prove an alibi, and that th 3 scar on the
prisoner's cheek was got on the night of the 17th
of March at tho Alma beer-shop, in the Caledonian-

road, where he lodged.
The landlord of this place, who was examined
for the defence, admitted that he had been tried for
receiving stolen goods, and had been upon more oc
casions than ono in the hands of the police for as-
saulting them, and also ror harbouring thieves.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the sen-
tence of death was recorded.

----The Recorder said that the conduct of Levy had
been very commendable, and ordered him an award
of £5.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
George Briggs, 41, labourer, was indicted for