The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGE.NCE.—March 10.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Thomas Stoble, a sedate
middle-aged man, described as an. undertaker in
Shoreditch, appeared to show cause why an affilia-
tion order should not be made upon him, under
somewhat strange circumstances.
Susan Well, a tall-respectable-looking woman of
38 or 39, stated that she first became acquainted
with the defendant about two years ago, when she
lodged at the house of a person named Mitchell, in
Finsbury, where the defendant was in the habit of
visiting, and where, when he one day called, he
asked her to accompany him to the cemetery to look
at the grave of his wife, who had been dead nearly
three years. She consented to do so, and, while
there, he paid her marked attentions, asked her for
" her company," and expressed a hope that she
would shortly be his wife, a wish he several times
repeated. In the March following he asked her to
leave the house she then lived at to live in his, and
she did so, and paid him rent for the lodging she
then occupied. He then became very attentive to
her, took her up coffee to her bedroom, promised
her marriage, made her presents, gave her
gloves, - a silk dress now produced, made of
hatband silk ; and the cloak she then were,
which was made of coffin-cloth, and was
lined with hatbands. He was a Methodist,
took seats for himself and her in a Methodist
chapel, and she used to go to chapel with him. The
result of this was an improper intimacy, and her
discovering she was in an interesting situation.
This she disclosed to the defendant, who said he
was very sorry for it, and brought her no less than
six bottles of medicine. She took this medicine till
she became very ill in consequence, when she dis-
continned doing so, and now produced a bottle of it
in court, which, as she said. had been tested. Quar-
rels then followed about trifles, he saying that he
Lad seen her in company with another person,
which was wrong, and she finally left his house
and went to live at another, where in January she
presentedhim with a daughter, who was now alive
and well, and was the only child she ever had.
She handed in letters written by him to her under
various nicknames, as well as his own, and all of
which were read.

Three witnesses, named Williams, Carter, and
Wood, deposed to the intimate terms subsisting
between the complainant and defendant, and car-
ried this intimacy up to June last, the defendant
promising, also, to purchase a fancy toy business
for her.

Mr. Vann, for the defendant, said he was in-
structed to declare that nearly the whole of this was
false, and called the defendant himself, who was
sworn, and, after at first declining to be questioned,
stated, that though his intentions towards the com-
plainant were certainly honourable ones, he never
did, in fact, promise her marriage; that she so con-
stantly came backwards and forwards to him that
he could not keep her away; that, though he did
take seats for both in the chapel, and gave her the
articles she stated, they were, in fact, his wife's
dresses; that her statement about the medicine
was entirely false ; that, on the contrary, he
had noticed something he considered improper
between her and a person named Jones ; and
that, in short, she only left his house because she
could not pay the rent.
Air. Beard, for the complainant, appealed to the
magistrate as to which side the truth manifestly
lay on, and asked whether it was probable two of
his client's witnesses, both married women, and one
only just recovered from a trying illness, would
wilfully come there and perjure themselves.
Mr. Mansfield strongly condemned the conduct
of both complainant and defendant, but thought the
facts amply established against the latter, and there-
fore made the usual order upon him, with the costs
and expenses.

CLERKENWELL.—A rough-looking fellow,
who gave the name of Thomas Butler, aged 23, re-
siding at 21, Fuller's-rents, St. Andrew's, described
as a Newgate-market porter, was charged before
Mr. Corrie with the violation of Mrs. J. Walsh, of
8, Pool's-buildings, Clerkenwell, and administering
to her a drug.
Mr. Cattling attended to prosecute on behalf of
the Associate Institute for the Protection of Women,
and Mr. J. Wakeling appeared for the prisoner.
The complainant, who is about 23 years of age,
said she was married, and her husband lived in Tra-
lee. She had known the prisoner for some time,
and on Saturday morning last she met hiu. in New-
gate-street, by appointment, and went with him
into a publiahouse, and had some ale. They left
then, and meeting another man, went into another
publichouse in Farringdon-street, and there had
three pots of ale. The prisoner then asked her if
she would have something " short," and she after-
wards had some brandy-and-water. He pulled a
paper from his pocket, and put something in the
glass. She asked him to drink, and he put his lips
to it, but she did not know whether he drank or
not. He told her to drink the remainder, which
she did. After that they left the house, and in about
five minutes, finding that the drink was overcom-
ing her, she asked him to take her home to her
mother's. She did not recollect anything
more
until she found herself in a house in Bell-alley,
Goswell-street, and some policemen around her.
She was in a bed, and her clothes had been torn off
with force.
Mr. Wakeling severely cross-examined this wit-
ness, but did not shake her evidence in any mate-
rial degree.
Dr. J. B. Matthews said he examined the com-
plainant, and found her in a state of apparent un-
consciousness. He was with her for about two
hours before she was quite conscious. He believed
the alleged offence bad been committed.
Police-constable Sharp, 453 A, said he was called
to the house in Bell-alley, and found the complain-
ant on the bed with her clothes off and in a state of
stupor. The prisoner was also partly undressed.
A number of witnesses were called who proved
that the woman was in an insensible state.
Mr. Wakeling said that under the extraordinary
circumstances of the case he trusted the magistrate
would discharge the prisoner.
Mr. Corrie agreed with Mr. Wakeling that it
was an extraordinary case, but it was one that he
could not settle, and he should therefore send the
case for trial. It could not be too well known that
she
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ofa insensibilitydvantageofa wfroeminanliwcinheern,
having been made drunk by the man, was liable to
the penalty of violation, though she m • g ht have con-
sented after the fact. He should commitl the pri-
soner for trial on the charge.
•
Mr. Wakeling applied that bail might be taken
for the prisoner's appearance.
Mr. Corrie refused -the application.

Major-General Duncan A. Cameron proceeds to
Edinburgh as Commander-in-Chief in Scotland, in succes-
sion to Lord Melville, whose period of service has expired.
—Army and Navy Gazette.
ANOTHER DEATH FROM CRINOLINE.—An inquest
was held in Birmingham on Tuesday evening on the body
of a girl 15 years of age, named Ann Barrett, who was se-
verely burned on the body through her clothes catching fire.
It seems that about eleven o'clock on the morning of the
21t11 ultimo the deceased, who wore a crinoline, was sitting
before the fire, when her dress, which was made of cotton,
caught the flames. A person present succeeded in putting
the fire out, not, however, until the deceased was much
burned on her body, from the effects of which she died at
the Queen's. Hospital, Birmingham', on the 4th inst. The
jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and at the same
time expressed their regret that femaleigenerally continued
to wear such an unnecessary expansion of their dress, not-
withstanding the repeated accidents that have occurred
therefrom.

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SEDUCTION AND .REVENGE.

Three, weeks ago (says the Bombay Gazette of
Feb. 11), the officers of the 14th Light Dragoons
assembled at Kirkee to present a silver tea service to
Sergeant-Major Hunt, who was for 13 years in that
regiment, " in testimony of his zealous and faithful
services as mess sergeant during a period of 11 years."
It may be imagined with what feelings of honest
pride and gratification Mr. Hunt received from the
hand of Col. Scudamore this tribute to his estimable
qualities and exemplary character, for he could not
have dreamt at that time that one of those very offi-
cers who offered him their " good wishes for his
future welfare and success" would, before two weeks
had passed, be denounced and justly punished by
him as the dishonourer of his home and the destroyer
of his happiness. Unacquainted, even by reputa-
tion before the sad event occurred which has startled
Bombay and Poona from their propriety, with either
Mr. Hunt or Cornet Browne, all that we hear from
day to day of the former gentleman convinces us
that the expressions of praise used by the colonel
of the 14th in speaking of his conduct were not
misapplied, and that the ex-sergeant-major through-
out both his military and civil career was a worthy
member of society. Of Cornet Browne nothing is
said. He was of course in virtue of his position as
an officer entitled to rank as a gentleman ; and this
probably was the attraction which made him supe-
rior to her huiband in the eyes of Mrs. Hunt. Ac-
customed for many years to regard the commis-
sioned officers of the regiment as belonging to a
higher class C3.an her own, the wife of the chief
partner in the mercantile house of Hunt, Monnet,
and Co., could, not shake off the remembrance of
former days, cir resist the impression that the wife
of one who h. :d been a sergeant ought to feel flat-
tered by the attentions of a corset. Mr. Hunt, it
seems, had in tercepted a letter which proved clearly
his wife's guilt. He went to his house, took a

loaded pistol., and proceeded to Browne's bungalow
at Kirkee with. the letter in his hand. Mr. Hunt
accosted the man, and asked him if he could deny
what had happened. The reply of this officer, who
seems not even to have had the manliness to at-
tempt a defence of his victim's reputation, was a
jeering laugh and a light confession that he had
committed the crime of which he was accused. Mr.
Hunt then called upon the cornet to give him such
satisfaction as a duel could afford for his wounded
honour. Again the only answer was a smile of
mockery and derision, and an intimation that it
would be beneath the dignity of this wretched
seducer to fight with one who had been a private
soldier. On this Mr. Hunt, still keeping a mar-
vollous calm ness, remarked that Cornet Browne
forgot the man he had injured was no longer a
sergeant-major in the 14th Dragoons, but a part-
ner in a mercantile house, who by the usages of
society was untitled to the consideration due to
a gentleman. The cornet again treated his ques-
tions with the supercilious insolence he had dis-
played throughout the interview, and Mr. Hunt,
his patience exhausted, said, " Your blood, then,
be on your own head," and raising the pistol, shot
him like a. dog.

GOUIV TRY MARKETS,

LIVERPOOL-MA=lz 10.

The wheat and flour trade to-day maintain firmness of
prices, but the demand has not been over the regular con-
sumption.

NORWICH—MARca 10.

At our market this day there was a fair supply of wheat,
and the demand being good, late prices were hilly main-
tained. There was only a slow retail inquiry for barley,
owing to the high rates demanded.
White wheat. 465 to 49s Red wheat 40s to 45.
Malting barley....42s to 46s I Chevalier barley 34s to 40.
Distilling do. ....253 to 27s j Oats.. 24s to 285
_

Flour, 29s 6d to 30s pi

!r sack from the miller.

CAMBRIDGE—MARcu 10.

There was a fair supply of wheat, and, with a very toler-
able demand in the trade, white moved off at 44s to 49s ;
red, 43s to 47s per 36 stone. There was a small show of
barley to-day ; malting, 36s to 40s ; grinding, 28s to 31s
per 30 stone. Oats at 26s to 28s for now; old oats, —a to
—s. Beans in limited supply, and a steady sale—now, 40s
to 43s ; old, —s to —s per 38 stone ; peas, 40s to —s per
36 stone. White cloverseed, 86s to 89s; red, 46s to iOs per
quarter.