The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. THURSDAY E v ENiNG, DEC.:J:MBER 12, 1861.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day,

TOWN AND COUIVTIit.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—JamCS
Margaretti, a waiter, was charged before Mr.
D'Eyncourt with the following assault :

Police-constable Francis Allwood, 186 C, said
that last night he was called to Mr. Lemon's Tavern,
Cranbourne-passage, to assist the barman in eject-
ing the prisoner, who was making a great disturb-
ance. On getting into the street the prisoner com-
menced a savage assault upon him, striking him in
the mouth and loosening two of his teeth, biting his
hand and kicking him. His coat was so smothered
with blood that he was unable to wear it that
morning.

Mr. D'Eyncourt said the prisoner was not to
knock the constables about because he thought pro-
per to get drunk, and he would have to pay a fine
of £5 or two months.

SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST A

CLERGYMAN.

A return has been issue.i
ricts of Ireland containing iamentary comparingbi
)roughs the die-
with the districts not containing bcrougia,. I t states
that the mortality in the former was 20'
pt 1,000
last year, and iu the latter only 14.1 per IA, 0. A
similar return for England gives the respa etive
ratios in this country for 1865 at 24.7 and 21-4 per
1,000. The mortality in Ireland was under statt d•
because the calculation for that country is made,
not upon the estimate of the population in 1866,
but upon the population enumerated at the
Census of 1861, and the population has since
decreased in number. These returns go cn to
show the number of persons who, on marry isig,
had to make their marks on the register, instea d of
writing their names, adopting still the atover 2en-
tioned novel classification of the population. In Ire-
land, in districts containing Parliamentaryborouchs .
36.4 per cent of the men who married in 1865, airy d
33.5 per cent. in 1866, had to make their mark, ;
and 49.9 per cent, of the women in 1865, and 46 .5
per cent. in 1866. The uneducated were r;onsi,:n "-
ably more numerous in districts not co qtai.n:7.ng
Parliamentary boroughs : 43.6 per cent. of t'ac T wen
marrying in 1865, and 42.1 per cent, in 186 .6 ; and
53.7 per cent, of the women -in 1865, and 6 .2'4 per
cent. in 1866. The ratios inter se show, in the dis-
tricts not containing Parliamentary boroughs, five
women making their marks where four men iid so;
in the districts containing boroughs the incr ease of
instructed persons was greater among men . than
among women. The contrast between Leins' ter and
Connaught is striking enough ; in 1866 only 3.0 5 per
cent. of all the men married in Le inster had to make
their marks, but in Connaught 52.5 per cent.. In the
great county of Mayo three in every five:: of the
men marrying in 1866 and two in every three of
the women hail to sign by mark, making- a larger
absolute total than eveit in Cork. There were
30,151 marriages in Ireland last year, and: 11,677
of the men and 15,063 of the women m: .de their
marks on the register instead of signing theiir names.
With regard to England the present return 'comes no
later than 1865. In that year 20.5 per cent. of the
men marrying in districts containing Parliamentary
boroughs, and 31.5 per cent. of the women had ta
make their marks ; and in the other parts of the
country as many as 26.3 per cent. of the men, but only
30.6 per cent. of the women, being a smaller ratio
among women than in the borough districts—a dif-
ference especially remarkable in the metropolis,
but observable in several midland counties, and
generally in the north. In Ireland, at the census,
there were were 2,024,054 people in the districts
containing Parliamentary boroughs, and 3,774,913
in the rest 3f the country. In England the num-
bers were 11,991,413 and 8,074,811. But the regis-
trar's " districts" not being conterminous with
towns, the first number does not accurately indi-
cate inhabitants of towns. The population of the
Parliamentaryboroughs of Ireland was only 797,467
at the census, and of those of England 8,638,569.
It must be borne in mind that unrepresented towns
are not in these two returns classed with the
boroughs.

A special commission, appointed by the Lord
Bishop of Worcester, was held on Tuesday after-
noon at the Swan Inn, Henley-on-Arden, to in-
vestigate certain serious charges made against the
Rev. Thomas Jones, incumbent of Henley. The
charges brought against Mr. Jones, and which were
the subject of investigation, were misconduct, de-
meanour, language, and improper intimacy with a
Mrs. Appleby, and with being guilty of conduct
unbecoming his character and position as a clergy-
man, with habitual neglect of the aged, the sick,
and the poor of his parish.
The gentlemen forming the commission were
Mr. P. H. Pepys, Chancellor of the diocese, Mr.
Darwin Galton, J.P., and the Revs. Patrick M.
Smythe, M.A. (Solihull), R. Seymour, M.A. (King-
witten), and C. Dolben, M.A., of Ipsly. The pa-
rishioners who had petitioned for the inquiry were
Messrs T. B. Coachman and George Dartnell,
churchwardens of the parish ; and Messrs. John
Hunt, Joseph Smith, James Wakeman. and Dr.
Fayrer.
Mr. James Motteram, barrister, instructed by
Coachman, appeared to conduct the inquiry on
behalf of the petitioners; and Mr. Hawkes, of Bir-
mingham, to watch the case for Mr. Jones.
The first witness examined by Mr. Motteram was
Thomas Barnes Couchman, solicitor, in Henley,
and one of the churchwardens of the parish. He
deposed as to serious complaints having been made
to him as to the conduct of Mr. Jones, the incum-
bent of Henley, and the subsequent steps that had
been taken.

Thomas Godfrey, the assistant parish clerk,
stated that he was a saddler, carrying on business
in Henley. He and a man named George Hem-
ming worked together in the shop. Mr. Jones
was in the habit of coming to his shop every day,
and sometimes twice a day. He could not say
his object in coming. lie used to sit in the shop,
smoke a bit of tobacco, and talk over the news of
the day. Sometimes he talked to his servant, James
Appleby. There bad been vulgar conversation
carried on in the presence of Mr. Jones.

Mrs. Emma Randall, living at Worcester, stated
that she, in 1866, lived at Mr. Jones's house, and
was attending a Mrs. Russell, who stayed there.
Mr. Jones was in the habit of swearing. He made
himself a great deal too free in manner with his
servants. She had seen Mr. Jones come in from
church to the kitchen, throw off his gown, and in-
quire for his wife in the most abominable terms.
She deposed to further gross remarks made by Mr.
Jones about his wifo. The house was not a fit house
for a respectable woman to live in.

Martha. Hughes said she was sometimes ago ser-
vant to Mr. and Mrs. Jones. She went in 1865,
and remained until the 33th of last August. While
she was there the conversation carried on was very
bad. She confirmed the evidence of previous wit-
nesses as to the bad and indecent language used by
Appleby and by Mr. Jones.

Mr. George Dartnell, the father of Mrs. Jones,
said he had frequently been called to Mr. Jones's
house, after the scenes between Mr. Jones and
his wife, Mr. Jones. maintained a very re-
served demeanour always in his (witness's) presence,
and he believed it was only Mrs. Jones herself who
knew what she suffered. One night he was called
by Mr. Jones to see his daughter, and be found her
in her dressing-gown, at the bedside. She was sob-
bing and crying most piteously, and was in a very
excited and agitated state. He asked what was the
matter, and Mr. Jones said it was all her own fault,
and she replied, " Papa, you know that is not the
case. Dou't believe him he is a bad and wicked
man."

This concluded the case for the petitioners, and
the case was then adjourned.

THE WHEEL OF LIFE.—The Christmas novelty
produced by the London Stereoscopic Company, Cheap-
side, for the present year is of a most remarkable kind.
It is ono which, whilst it cannot fail to interest end please
both old and young as the most mirth-exciting and
amusing optical toy ever discovered, will also puzzle the
most scientific eavan to account for many of the very
wonderful changes and effects that are by its agency
produced. The Vs heel of Life coasists of a metal cylinder
made to revolve horizontally on a centre pivot, around
the sides of which 13 small slits of about two inches iu
length and half an inch wide aro made, and tho objects
forming the source of entertainment aro printed in colours
on strips of paper. On one of thew strips bring placed
within the cylinder, and it then 13.2i0g given a sharp turn,
tha while series of figures seen through the slits become
animated and perform a variety of antics which rival tIF
of Leotard, Et hardo, and all the rest of the celebrated acrobat
combined. Thus we can have vaulting, leaping, dancing ;
in fact a thousand antics, all performed with the charac-
teristics of animated being's. There are also certain effects
that will form a subject of consideration fur the highly
scientific. For instance—when 14 figures are placed
at the top and 12 at the bottom of the cylinder,
the two rows move in a contrary direction. All
we can say is that the Wheel of Life is a perfect won-
der—applicable for scientific purposes as well as amusement,
and one which will produce the most hilarious merriment
in every Claistmas party into which it is introduced, as it
can bo seen by a whole room full of people at one and the
same time by simply being set in Motion on the drawing
room table.