The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-23 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIG.ENC'E—Jan. 21.

WESTMINSTER.—Goorge Hales and Charles
Humphreys, privates in the Coldstream Guards,
were finally examined, charged with committing
the following outrages :
Lieut. Wm. Gilbert, of the sth West York Regi-
ment of Militia, residing at 25, Montpelier-square,
Brompton, said that between 12 and 1 in the morning
of Wednesday he was passing along the Brompton
road, near Sloane-street, when he came upon the
defendants and two policemen (266 A and 39 B),
the former holding a noisy altercation with the lat-
ter, who were very quiet and well-conducted. The
soldiers presently becoming very abusive, and one
of them taking off his belt, witness theught affairs
were beginning to look serious, -and determined to
stop to protect the police if necessary. The alterca-
tion between the parties lasted nearly 10 minutes,
when Hales, suddenly taking off his belt, rushed
into the crowd which had assembled, and, striking
indiscriminately with the buckle of his belt, struck
a lady on the head, cut a man's chin, and hurt wit-
ness's shoulder. Witness immediately rushed for-
ward and pinioned him, and then gave him into
custody, when he was so violent that the constable
was compelled to use his staff.
Mr. Paynter inquired whether any provocation
had been given to the soldiers by the police.
The Lieutenant—Not the slightest. The only
thing that surprised him was the forbearance which
they exercised.
Mr. Paynter inquired whether the police had said
anything tending to make the defendants angry.
The Lieutenant answered they did not, but in the
mildest manner asked the soldiers to go home.
There was nothing said or done to justify the sol-
diers in being at all ill-behaved.
George Stevens, 266 A, said at about half-past 12
on the morning in question he was called to the
Clock-house, Knightsbridge, by the landlord, who
could not get rid of defendants. Hales came out on
witness's arrival, and then wanted to force his way
in again, upon which witness prevented him, when
Humphreys came out, and, taking off his belt, said
he would knock the first —down who approached
him. Witness endeavoured to persuade them to go
kome quietly, lest he should have to send for a
picket, when they would get into trouble ; but,
without listening to his advice, they both abused
him, and Hales taking off his belt, and holding it by
the leather with° the buckle as a weapon, rushed
into the crowd and dealt blows at everybody, strik-
ing the lieutenant on the shoulder, cutting a man's
chin open, and seriously wounding a woman on the
head. He took Hales into custody for assaulting
Lieutenant Gilbert, when he became very violent,
and witness was compelled to use his truncheon.
Hales then kicked him repeatedly in so savage a
manner that one of his legs was completely covered
with blood. He witnessed the assault by Humphreys
upon his brother constable. Both the defendants
were very violent all the way to the station, and
throughout the whole transaction used the most
filthy language. They were both the worse for
liquor, and swore they would kill somebody that
night.
In reply to similar questions to those put to Lieu-
tenant Gilbert, witness stated that not one word
was said, neither was anything done to provoke or
annoy the defendants.
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to persuade Hales, who was using very obscene and
offensive language, and trying to force his way into
the publichouse, to go home. Witness had not been
there many seconds before Humphreys appeared,
and, taking off his belt and swinging it in a violent
manner, swore he would kill whoever came near
him. Hales followed his example, and rushed into
the crowd, while Humphreys at the same time ran
at witness, and struck his hat with such violence as
to bake a large piece out. He made a second blow
with his belt, which witness stopped, and, drawing
his truncheon, used it in self-defence. Humphreys
then made a grasp at witness's mouth, endeavouring
to get his fingers inside, and threatening to skin his
face as he would a cat, but failing in his savage ob-
ject, he struck witness in the face, and then kicked
him more than once in the lower part of the abdo-
men. Witness was so exhausted that the defendant
escaped, but, running against a horse, fell down,
and witness succeeded in holding him down till
' further assistance arrived, when witness, who could
scarcely breathe, was taken home in a cab.
Mr. Edward Penston, an independent gentleman
corroborated the above statements. The first he saw
of the affair was the police standing quietly by,
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to murder everybody. He witnessed the assaults
upon the two constables, and from the ferocious
conduct of the defendants he
doubted not but that
they wonid have murdered some one, as they had
threatened, had they not been interfered with in
time.
Mr. Paynter asked whether
there was anything
to blame in the conduct of the
police.
Mr. Penston replied,
nothing whatever, but quite
the reverse.
Dr. Pearse, 10, Rep,T t n -street Westminster, sur-
geon to the 13 division of the
two police, proved seeing
two injured constables on Wednesday morning.
Sonterfield, 8,391 d no external marks of injury,
but was suffering
from some internal injury, and
was under medical treatment.
Mr. Paynter asked •
whether a violent kick in the
lower part of the
injury.
„ Peace said it most decidedly would.
.L'itynter inquired whether the injury spoken '
of was of such a nature as to come under the title
of " grievous bodily harm."
Mr. Pearse replied, it most certainly was. The
constable was so bad that he had but now left his
bed, and been brought to that court in a cab. As
regarded Storm, 260 A, ho was buffering from a

severe wound of the shin, and it would perhaps be
a fortnight or three weeks before he would be cured.
Mr. Paynter wished to know whether the man
whose face had been cut by Hales's belt was in at-
tendance.

A policeman replied he had been found, but had
a particular engagement, which prevented his at-
tendance that day.
•A'Tr. Paynter intimated that he might be sub-
poenaed on the trial, and asked whether the woman
whose head was cut had been heard of,
The policeman replied he had made every inquiry
but had not been able to discover her.
Mr. Paynter having read the usual form of law,
asked the defendants whether they had anything
to say.

Hales said they had no chance afforded them of
getting any witnesses to say anything for them.
Mr. Paynter observed that this was not go.
Hales then said any civilian who was present at
the time they were alleged to hare committed these
assaults could have seen that the blows complained
of did not come from the soldiers.

The other prisoners said not a blow was struck
with the belts at all.

Mr. Paynter committed them for trial, Hum-
phreys being sent under Lord Campbell's Act for
unlawfully assaulting and inflicting grievous bodily
harni.

WORSHIP-STREET.—A boy named Thomas
Wood was charged with attempted poisoning.
A bootmaker named Robinson, of Somerset-place,
Hoxton, stated that the prisoner was apprenticed to
him to learn shoemaking about seven months ago
by the parish of Shoreditch, and conducted him-
self unexceptionably until the preceding evening,
when witness sent him for the supper beer, and on
his returning and placing the beer on the table he
was noticed to put a small paper parcel down by
his side. He was asked what the paper was, and,
as he seemed to give an evasive answer, witness
took the,paper up, and, to his great consternation,
found it superscribed with the words "Oxalic acid."
Witness was fearful the boy might have contem-
plated suicide, and expressed a hope that he had not
swallowed any of it himself, or it might get them
all into serious trouble. The prisoner smiled, said
he knew the acid was a poison, and that he had just
picked the package up in the street, but that be
had not taken any of it. On looking more closely
at the paper it was evident that it had been par.
tially opened, and that it did not now contain es
much as it did originally, which seemed very sus-
picious, and he therefore closely questioned the pri-
soner as to whether he had placed or dropped any
of it into the porter. He assured them that he bad
not, and, as the witness and his wife were satisfied
with the way in which he said this, they both
drank the beer, and went to bed, but were shortly
afterwards seized with cold shivers and trem-
bling, accompanied by a burning sensation in the
chest and throat, which lasted for a considerable
time, and then went away. They were both very
uneasy about the missing portion of the oxalic acid,
and as the prisoner, on again questioning him the
next morning about it, then said that he had throws
the remainder into a pail, witness felt so suspicions
and dissatisfied with his statement that he sent for
the police and gave him into custody.
He was remanded.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LEICESTER-JAN. 21.

There was a tolerable supply of wheat to-day, a fair
attendance, and trade steady. White wheat, 48s to 51'
—red, 42s to 47s per 36 stone; a very fair inquiry for fins
barley, grinding, 30s to 34e ; malting, 38s to 42s per qr.;
the oat trade was firm, at quotations ranging from 26s W
32s per 24 stone. Beans scarce and unchanged—old, at
48s to 525, new 40s to 43s per 38 stone.
Fine flour, 33s I Seconds, 31s I Thirds, 29s per 20 stone.

NORWICH—JAN. 21.
Here, to-day, there was rather a fair attendance of ths
trade, and an inactive market. There was a good show of
wheat, but the principal part being much out of condition,/
as it has been for some weeks past, prices for dry samples
were at rather more money, and inferior qualities were
at former rates. The supply of malting barley was not
so good, but at fully the currencies of last market. In oats,
beans, and peas little or no change. The same may be said
of flour.
White wheat. 47s to 50s Red wheat 42s to 445
Malting barley.... 42s to 48s Chevalier barley 34s to 40'
Distilling do.. ....25s to 275 Oats..
24s to 251
Flour, 29s 6d to 30s per sack from the miller.

GLOUCE STER—JAN. '2l.
At our market there was rather a fair attendance, with
a slow business doing. English white wheat, 45s to 46A;
red, 43s to 45s per qr. Foreign, 450 to 50s per qr. 111
barley, oats, and beans no alteration.

YORK—JAN. 21.
A pretty good show of wheat, with a fair sale, at the
rates of last market day. Malting barley was in small fur
ply at former rates ; grinding qualities the turn in farl
of the buyer. Beans were again firm in price. A Yery 01°
business was transacted in oats, at late rates.
Malt, 68s to 70s per qr. ; rye, 32s per qr.; dour 33e
356 per tack.

NOTTINGHAM_—.T,N. 21.
We had a fair attendance at 'to-day's market, azia 6
tolerable supply of wheat. Trade has been active, at the
extreme prices of last week for old qualities; new as before.
Barley came freely to hand.
White wheat, new, 48s to 52s Barley, grinding, 283 to 31$
Red do. 43s to 47s Oats, old, .. --s to ----II
Old white 4Bl to 52s New do 24$ to 21'
Red do. 43s to 47s Beans.. 50s to .---0
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Barley, malting.... 33s to 42s Beans, new.. 405 to 441
Super. flour, 355 to ns ; fine, 31s to 331 per 20 stone.

NORTHAMPTON—JAN. 21.
At this corn-market wheat was in middling supply, wril
a heavy trade, at about fully the rates of this day se 11"
night, prices ranging from 40s to 48s for old, and 38s to
46s for new. There was a slow business passing in barloli
—2Bs to 40s per qr. Oats in limited show, with a got
sale, quoted at 20s to 35s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 4r
to 628; new, 34s to 408. Rye, ...is to —s ; malt, 64s to
662 ; flour, 318 to 34s per sack.

STAMFORD—JAN. 21.
At our market yesterday wheat held heavy, at no advanc•
on last week's prices, with a limited supply. Barley ils
flat demand, realising the extreme prices of last week for
best qualities. In oats not much doing, but late rate
maintained. Beans scarce, and is lower.
Wheat ....40$ to 45s Oats.. 24s to
White do ..48s to 50sj
Beans 42s to 441
toy 50
Barley .......38s to 42s Ditto, old ........48s

DUBLIN—JAN.. 20.
Our market Was again dull this morning. and our high's/
quotations for everything, though realised in some eassfh
must be considered Gd lower for barley.
a. d. s. d. I
Wheat, white.. 28 0 to 30 0
Do., red .. 27 0 to 28 6
Do., new .... 0 to 0
Barley
Oats
Do., black ll 6 to 12 6

I. d. a. a'
Do., new ..... oto
Bere . ........ 13 0 to 14
Rapeseed 20 0 to 23 •
0atmea1...... 13 6 to 16 6
Bakers' flour .. 16 0 to 19 0
Indian corn .. 31 0 to 33