The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-29 00:00:00

IRE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY

Brigade-Major Shaw d. t C. 8.,
Aide-de-Camp to the Generaltssistant Q uartermaster-
son; Capt. Freeth, Depu 9- ;CcaoPuLa. Teesdale' C. 8.,
gar-
General, &c. during the ma-
in attendance, and performed
The bands of the two services were
usually practiced on similar
and platoon exercise
ncenvres, which consisted principally of battalion
w'ith the exception. of cartridge
Letters from Malta
field
-gday
bqccehaswi°ansgaispensed with
to the 22d Jan. announce as
being in that harbour the Royal Albert, bearing
the flag of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Lord
Lyons ; Hibernia, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral
Sir M. Stopford ; Conqueror and Centurion, ships
of the line ; Centaur, steam frigate ; Coquette,
Vigilant, and Wanderer, steam gun-boats; Medina
and Tartarus, steam surveying vessels ; Caradoc,
steam despatch vessel ; Harpy, steam sloop; ;
Hearty, steam tug ; and Prussian frigate Thetis,
last from Toulon, bound for the Pinatas of Athens.
Vice-Admiral of the White A. Fanshawe, C. 8.,
late Commander-in-Chief on the West India and
North American station, is appointed to succeed
Admiral Lord Lyons, G.C.8., in command of the
Mediterranean station. His flag-ship will most pro-
bably be the Marlborough, 131, at Portsmouth.
The admiral visited Portsmouth yesterday. Rear-
Admiral of the White Sir S. Lushington, K. C. 8.,
is appointed to relieve Vice-Admiral Wallis in the
command of the south-east coast of America station.
Sir Stephen proceeds by the packet to Rio, to hoist
his flag in the Cumberland, 70, whose captain, flag
lieutenant, and secretary he retains.
The steam troop-frigate Vulcan, Corn. J. Sea-
combo, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to
disembark the invalids, a., she brought from Gib-
raltar, as detailed in our yesterday's report. She
has during the last 3 months earned quite a new
character as a transport, and done her work well.
On Oct. 16 she embarked at Quebec the 9th Foot,
consisting of 35 officers, 520 men, 55 wives, and 66
children, and carried them to Spithead ; on Nov.
8 she embarked a portion of the 69th, consisting of
10 officers, 201 men, 21 wives, and 32 children, and
conveyed them to Cork, where she embarked on
Dec. 12 the Limerick militia, consisting of 23 offi-
cers, 854 men, 83 wives, and 119 children, and
conveyed theca to Portsmouth, where she took iu
on the 18th the Leicestershire Militia, consisting of
19 officers, 716 men, 62 wives, and 62 children, and
conveyed them to Cork ; on the 26th she embarked
as Cork the Waterford Militia, consisting of 21
officers, 359 men, 43 wives, and 75 children ; on the
12th inst. she took in 17 officers, 400 men, 21 wives
and 47 children of the 25th Foot, and 21 Royal
Artillery, and conveyed them to Gibraltar.
The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Capt. J. Mason,
left Spithead yesterday afternoon for the Thames.
The Diadem is expected to follow to-day.
The funeral of Lieut. T. C. Ross, late of H.M.
ship Wellesley, 72, guardsbip of ordinary at Chat-
ham, took place yesterday afternoon at Chatham,
and was conducted with naval honours. The de-
ceased officer was 48 years of age.

LA,FF INTILLIGENCE—Jun. 28

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
'Sittings in Banco, at Westminster, before Lord
Chief Justice Campboll, Mr. Justice Wightman,
and Mr. Justice Crompton.)
IN RE THE REV. H. OHEERT.-ALLEGED CRIIELTT TO A

In this case, Mrs. Cherry, in the course of the
last term, appealed to the Court for protection
against threatened coercion on the part of her hus-
bend, the Rev. S. Cherry, Rector of Burford, near
Reading, against whom she exhibited articles of the
peace for alleged cruelty, and obtained the protec-
tion for which she applied.
Mr. Cherry now appeared in obedience to the
rule then granted, calling upon him to enter into
securities to keep the peace towards his wife.
Mr. Cherry and her husband, it appeared, lived
unhappily together, and she absconded from the
rectory and betook herself to Reading, from the
church of which he one day took her forcibly,
and, placing her in a carriage, compelled her to
return home. She was confined to her room, but
contrived to escape again ; and be threatened, by
communications which reached her, that he would
discover her place of concealment, and compel her
forcibly to return home. She was alarmed, she
stated in her affidavit, for her personal safety, and
hence the ground upon which the Court granted
the rule calling upon the rev. gentleman to enter
into sureties to keep the peace towards her.
Sir F. Thesiger showed cause against the rule,
and contended that Mr. Cherry had used no more
force than was necessary to compel his wife to do
her duty and to return to him in obedience to his
will, there being no ground whatever for her ab-
sence. The Court was now asked to interfere
against the duty of a wife and the power of a hui-
band.

Mr. Justice Crompton—A. husband may use a
proper degree of force, but he must not commit a
breach of the peace.
Lord Campbell—A certain degree of force with-
out -violating the law is allowed.
Sir N'. Thesiger— It would be the most dangerous
thing in the world if the Court made a husband
enter into securities to keep the peace towards his
wife, because, in exercising a right confessedly his
by law, he might slightly overstep the required
limits.
Mr. Justice Crompton—lt was always a danger-
ous thing to exercise force in these cases, and
parties eught to take care that they do nut violate
the law.
Lord Campbell—We think that the woman is
entitled to our protection,
Sir 1. Thesiger—Having utterly neglected her
duty, Mrs. Cherry asks to be put in a situation
which will prevent her husband exercising the right
which b,longs to bim.
Mr. Justice Wightman—There are other modes
of proceeding for the restitution of conjugal rights.
Lord Campbell—On a former occa-ion there was
a breach of the peace, Mr. Cherry having used more
force than the law justified, and the words used in
his letters to her bear a construction that a similar
breach of the peace will be repeated, and for the
protection of the lady I think we ought to require
him to enter into sureties.
Sir F. Thesiger—Of course I cannot resist your
lordship's opinion ; hut if you compel securities to
be given in this oase, you will place parties in the
same situation as Mr. Cherry in a very difficult
position—a wife may swear whatever she pleases,
and obtain the protection of the Court, and the
husband's tongue is completely tied. I venture to
say that is a most unreasonable practice.
Lord Campbell—Such is the law, and I believe
that on the whole it is a salutary law.
Sir F. Thesiger—lt gives great encouragement to
oases of this description.
On the application of Mr. Huddlestone, for Mrs.
Cherry, Mr. Cherry was ordered to enter into
securities to keep the peace towards his wife, him-
self in 1001., and two sureties in 501. each.

POLICE lINT.ELLIGENCE—Jan. 28.

MANSION-HOITSE.— John Healey, a noto-
rious thief, was charged with the following impu-
dent robbery :
G. Tilley, police-constable No. 643, said—About
7 o'clock last night, in consequence of information
I received, I went into Angel-alley, Bishopsgate,
and saw the prisoner coming over a place called
the Ruins. I asked him what he had done with
the parcel he had stolen, and he denied having
had such a thing in his possession. I took him
hack to the part of the Ruins he bad come fiom,
and found lying on the ground a shirt and. Some
linen cloth which I produce. I then took him'and
the bundle to Bishopsgate police-station, will.° I
met Mrs. Ellis, who said, " That's the lad who
robbed me of my bundle." This morning I rixade
a further Search, and found the brown paperi and
string I produce, the former having Messrs. Silver's
name upon it.
Mary Anne Ellis, a poor widow, said, I work for
Messrs. Silver and Co., outfitters, Cornhill. List
night I received at their warehouse a pattern shirt,
and about 27 yards of linen. It was wrapped up
in the brown paper produced by the officer. I was
taking it home to make into shirts, and in pas 4ing
by Rose-alley, Bishopsgate-street, the prisoner tore
the bundle from my arms and ran down the alley
with it. I told the last wi'uess what hail occurred,
and he went in search of and apprehended the
prisoner.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery,
and said the prosecutrix had mistaken him for
somebody else.
The gaoler informed the Lord Mayor that the
prisoner was an old thief, and had been in custody
. on previous occasions.
The Lord Mayor committed the prisoner fortrial,
and directed the constable to produce the c4rtifi-
cates of the former convictions at the Central
Criminal Court.

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GUILDHALL.—WiIIiam Denton Flowerciew, a
hosier's assistant, lately ilt the employ ot Mr.
Met,sent, of Croydon, was brought up on remand
charged with obtaining various goods by menus of
forged orders, with intent to defraud Messrs. Hitch-
cock & Co., of St. Paul's Churchyard, and 'other
city firms.
After witnesses had been examined in support of
the case,
Alderman Hale, having cautioned the prisoner,
asked if he had anything to say in answer to the
charge.
The prisoner declined, but handed in the follow-
ing written statement :
"My Lord,—l have pleaded guilty,' and still feel in
duty bound to tell my reason as far as I feel able what
induced me to commit the crime in question. I shall
always believe to the day of my death that when the
crime was committed I must have been in a stat 4 of in-
sanity, for a thief I never was, and can challenge the
world to make MO such. About ten days (belieire me,
my Lord) before I left my kind employer, Mr. Messent,
I met with a great disappointment ; indeed, my future
happiness depended entirely upon it. This, my, Lord,
preyed much upon my mind—made me quite unfit f
business. Indeed, I was at times a lost man—dii not
know what I was about half my time. My ma-ter must
have noticed the change of conduct in me during the last
ten days I was with him. Through this disappointment,
my Lord, I was compelled to disappoint another, and
rather than have done that I would have suffered death
in preference. My heart became full of sorrow, my
mind bewildered with troubles. I loft my kind master,
for what reason I cannot tell. The fact is just this :—I
was not in a sound state of mind even at that 11101nent.
After I had left him, my Lord, a few days, I
short of money, still pierced with a heart full of s'prrowe,
and wearied with a multitude of sins, drove me to e. 'li-
mit this crime I am now charged with. What folhwed ?
After I had turned the goods into money I !took to
drinking, thinking it would drown my sorrow.; ; I ieetead
of which it made me still more wretched and unhappy.
But I now throw myself at your mercy. My 'Lord, I
hope you will have mercy upon me ; reireernber
I never was before a magistrate in my life till n and
it shall be my last as welt as my first. I also h pe,
Lord, that before you pass sentence upon me on will
bear in mind I have been in prison now 14 days, and that
period of time may have been as great a putiishnieni.
to me as 10 years would have been to a hardened thief.
I do pray and hope that my prosecutors will 14ead for
mercy on my behalf. I repent and feel sorry for what I
have done, but, thank God, you have not lost your
geode, which will be a little in my favour. II hope,
gentlemen, you• will forgive and forget, as I feel teat
God has forgiven me for all. 1 have offered prayers
night and day.when in my dungeon, and am it,!,uviticed
my prayers have been heard and answered. lam no:
sorry for one thing I have committed this crin?e, for it
has been the means already of bringing me fearer to.
my Saviour. Figiin
,hope, my Lord, y'u will have
mercy upon me for the sake of my poor old aged parents,
who are now on their bed of sickness with bruktin hearts,
caused through me. Oh ! my Lord —also myi prosecu-
tors—do have mercy on me, as it is my first offrnce, and
believe me it shall be the last. The next Judge 1 shall
meet will be the one that will judge us all.
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BOW-STREET.—Mr. Hall was occu
about two hours in disposing of cr. gi-sui
arising from a quarrel between the condi
left in from
omnibuses belonging to rival conupailiei. i
The complainant in one C 5130 and the cbgendan,
iu the other was a man named Daley, foimerly a.
policeman, but now a conductor in 'the *vice of
the London General Omnibus Company. !Though
years'
cionmaesituheenpecoloifcielafvo
In cross examination he denied having been dis-
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the 20th ie irnege'beheenastietnteede.dtthoatt
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ent for assaulting his inspector.
Daley and OliaBrlt. A squabble took place between
vie° of the es-Butter, a conductor in the ser-
Saloon Omnibus Ccmpany. A scuffle

ensued, when another of the Saloon Company's
conductors, named John Peck, interfered and
dragged Daley away.
The first summons was against Peck, for an
alleged assault on Daley, in separating him from
Butler. The evidence, however, was of so conflict-
ing a character that Mr. Hall dismissed the case,
observing that these quarrels between rival omnibus
companies were becoming a great public nuisance,
and stringent measures ought to be taken for their
suppression.
The second summons was on the part of Butler,
charging Daley with an assault.
After healing a number of witnesses, Mr. Hall
convicted Daley, and fined him 21. 10s. and costs.
Frederick Henry Ward, a working carpenter, was
fined 205., or in default sentenced to eight days'
imprisonment, for assaulting Sergeant Bailey, of
the A division, who had removed him from St.
Martin's
atHa ail,where he was interrupting the
speakersmeeting of the Protestant National
Society.

MARLBOROTTG a-STREET.—Mrs. Caroline
Mary Scoones, of No. 30, Old Bond-street, applied
to Mr. Bingham under the Marriage Act for an
order to protect her property against her husband,
Mr. George Scoones, who had deserted her and con-
tributed nothing towards her maintenance.
Mrs. Scoones said that about two years ago she
was obliged to bring her husband to that court fur
ill-using her, and the sentence on him was two
months' imprisonment. Her husband was sent to
prison, and from that day she had never spoken to
him, nor had he taken the least notice of her or
done anything towards the support of his family
She had maintained herself and two children
for two years without assistance by letting her
house, and she wanted to secure her furniture and
property against any attempt on the part of her
husband, should he again make his appearance.
Mr. Bingham asked if the furniture and property
had been acquired since the desertion.
The applicant replied in the affirmative.
Mr. Bingham immediately granted the order, to
take effect from the day of application.
_ Charles Marshall and John Isitt were charged
with embezzling money the property of their em-
ployer, Mr. Hammond, musicseller, Regent-street.
The prosecutor had suspicion that he was robbed,
and a communication was made to the police.
Police-sergeant Crocker and police-constable Jay
wer.3 employed to investigate the matter, and th y
sucseedsd in procuring direst evidence of embezzle-
m-nt and robbery on the part of Marshall and of
robbery on the part of Isitt. The prisoners were
accustomed to steal quantities of music, and Mar-
shall was detected in selling music to customers
and pocketing the money.
As it was believed that an extensive system of
robbery had been carried on, Mr. Bingham re-
manded the case till Tuesday next.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Caroline Alton, a
chubby-faced girl of 14, was charged with robbing
her mistress of a purse.
The robbery was of the usual common-place de-
scription, and the girl appeared to have been incited
to its commission by evil associates. She was re-
manded for the attendance of her parents, and yes-
terday her father, a clean, tidy-looking man, pre-
sented himself, and

Mr. Hammill, as it was manifest that merely
imprisoning the girl would be likely to do her more
harm than gcod, at once came to the point by
asking the man—Are you willing to pay something
towards your daughter's support in a reformatory,
if I can tend her to one ?

Father—l am quite willing, sir, but lam not
able just now. I have no work ; I had no fire in
the gcate last night till the clergyman brought me
a ticket for coals, and I have not broken my fast, I
may say, for a long while.
Mr. llammill—Then, how do you live ?
Father—Well, I go alongshore, and pick up old
jobs ari I can. I was in Somerset-house for five years,
and can have a good character from there, and after
that I was with a medical gentleman at the West-
end making sodawater, but he retired from busi-
ness, and I lost my place.
Mr. Hammill—From what I hear, your daughter
seems to have got into bad company ; has she no
mother ?
Father—She has not, sir, and I am sorry to fiud
that she has gone wrong.
Mr. Hammill--What did she cost you, do you
think, for her keep, while living at home with you
—2s. a week ?

Father—No, sir, oh no.
Mr. Ilammill—Not 2s. l Well, then, she must
have cost you one shilling
Father—Not as I could afford to keep her, sir :
it was very little she had.
Mr. Hammill—Well, you must pay to the insti-
tution I shall send her to a sum in proportion to
whatever you earn, for, of course, what she would
' cost you at home 3ou ought to be willing to pay
for her while away, and being better taken care of
than it appears that you can.
Father—l will most gratefully do so, sir.
Mr. Hammill—Very well, then ; I wilt now tell
you what I shall do. I shall order her to be im-
prisoned for seven days for this offence, which has
been clearly proved against her, and after that I
shall send her to a reformatory at Hampstead,
where S'lf3 must remain for four years. It is the
first institution we have of the kind for girls, and
has been lately certified by Sir G. Grey as the
Rescue Society's Rtformatory. Your (laugh. er will
be one of the first accepted by this excel nt esta-
blishment, and I trust will not disgrace herself
while there, but by attention, industry, and study-
ing to grati'y those under whose care and instruc-
tion she is placed, set an example to others who
may be fortunate enough to f 'now her.
The man thanked the magistrate very warmly,
and father and daughter
parted with each other,
apparently very well pleased with the arrange.
ment.

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Brussels,oßf
b!hnie Ir
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twice
cat,
trieda nativean and
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stody for some days on a cnarge .
obtaini;,g goods under false pretences, and
five valuable, guns from M. Montigny, aker at Brussels, ny fraud, was brought up
a gunal
examination,
for final .
appeared that in the early part of September
It
prisoner, who went by the name of Robins,
last the
a countryman of his who went by the name of
wovfi o be hat
a i n i nf4
prisoner and his male companion
with a couple of Belgian women, lived to-
and
letter to the prosecutor at Brussels,
eadedathe
rhiist seclifr
of his inanufacture as samples to Tunbridge-
forwar
requesting that he would send, without delay, two
road, London, -where the letter was
uns
Theanleditet
pdated from. was written itnogaebtiniseir-
with the fact of " Messrs. Thompson, Davis, and
importers of foreign goods to her Majesty the
Co ,
Qu•een,,,neatly engraven on the shee-, of paper
ou which it was written, threw the prosecutor off
his
guard, and the goo I were sent as directed. A
second lettorwas sent ordering three more guns, and
ness-lika style ;
they were sent also, with a bill drawn on Messrs.
Thompson, Davis,and Co., for 261. 165., the amount
of all rive ; but on the bill being presented for pay-
ment the s,vindle was discovered. The prisoner
was in the first instance apprehended on a charge of
Ptealing a silk mantle and pledging it, belonging to
the woman with whom his friend Brown lived,
when the prosecutrix in that case disclosed the par-
ticulars of the gun swindle.
The evidence clearly established the charge
aga
trinst the prisoner, and he was fully committed
for ial.
The pawnbrokers who took the guns _
in pledge
applied to the magistrates for their expenses for 2
days' attendance at the court,producing the plc,
PA-ty, and giving th&r evid-mce, bur, Mr. Elliott
told them he could
not think of allowing expenses
in a case where such
property was taken. in under
the circumstances disclosed in the evidence.