The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 29.

MANSION-HOUSE.--Hannah Newman, a well
dressed young woman, was brought before the
Lord Mayor, charged with robbery from the person
under peculiar circumstances.
It appeared from the evidence that on the pre-
vious night, about half-past 10 o'clock, she ran
against a gentleman who was walking along Cheap-
side, and who in vain endeavoured to avoid her.
He presently found that his purse, containing
£3 12s. 6d., had been abstracted from his pocket,
and he charged her with having robbed him. She
however denied having done so until he threatened
to give her into custody, and then, seeing a police-
man close at hand, she took the purse from her muff
and returned it to its owner, begging to be allowed
to go free. Not Withstanding this appeal he gave
her into custody; and upon being, taken to the sta-
tion-house she was searched, and in her pocket was
found a portenionnaie, in addition to some loose
silver, containing 7s. 6d., and three address cards
bearing the naffie of a gentleman, who stated that
on the previous evening, about half-past nine o'clock
while passing along Jewry-street; the prisoner ran
against him, and when he reached home he found
his purse gone, together with some coppers which
were in, the same pocket, but the purse had no
money in it when he lost it.
It was stated also that there was a third case of
a similar kind against the prisoner, but that the
gentleman who had been robbed could not come
forward.
The prisoner asserted that she was too much in
liquor at the time to know much about it, but she
believed that the first gentleman dropped his purse
and that she picked it up and gave it to him. At
all events she hoped the case would be disposed of
at once.

The Lord Mayor told her that her conduct was
too flagrant to permit him to take such a course,
for she had at the least committed two barefaced
robberies within an hour, and there were strong
grounds for suspecting that she . had committed a
third. He should therefore send her to the Central
Criminal Court for trial.
She asked that the money found upon her,
amounting to 19s. 6d , might be restored to her ;
but his lordship ordered that that should be appro-
priated towards her maintenance while in prison.

CLERKENWELL.—Ephraim Favell, a tall,
rough-looking fellow, was brought up in the cus-
tody of Hughesman,l63 G, one of the warrant offi-
cers of this court, charged with violently assaulting
his wife, Sarah Favell, on the 22d inst.

The prisoner not appeariog upon a summons, a
warrant was granted, and when the prisoner was
taken into the waiting-room and saw his wife there,
he became very abusive, and before he could be pre-
vented rushed upon her and assaulted her.
Police-constable Lambert, 135 S, another of the
warrant officers, stated that the prisoner's conduct
was brutal in the extreme, and before the prisoner
could be made to loose hold of the poor woman's
hair he had knocked her head several times.

Thn wife, a poor, sickly-looking woman, deposed
that the prisoner was in the continual habit of ill-
using her. She had before summoned him, but had
forgiven him. He was a very. drunken, dissolute
man, and in addition to his ill-usage, did not do
much for the support of her or her family.
The prisoner said his wife " nagged" him, and
then he gave her " a pat or two." He produced a
number of .ptrWm-tickets, and said the complainant
had pawned hid goods.
Hist7ife said that she had pawned the goods
when her husband was ill.

Mr. Tyrwhitt sentenced the prisoner to two calen-
dar months' hard labour in the House of Correction,
The prisoner as he was being removed said he
had enough of it, and he would do something for
her when he came out.

SOUTHWARK.—Wm. Brook, a carman, in the
employ of the Railway Company, London-bridge,
was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with
attempting to murder George Spencer, his brother-
in-law, by striking him several blows on the head
with a heavy stick, and throwing him down a flight
of stairs.

The complainant, whose head was completely
bandaged over, and who was extremely weak from
the loss of blood, was allowed a seat while giving
his evidence. He said in a "low voice that he was a
driver in the employ of the Post-office, and he
lodged with the prisoner, at No. 7, Paulding's-
place, Bermondsey. The prisoner's wife was his
sister. On Sunday night about 11 o'clock witness
went home, and being admitted by the latter she
ordered hill' up to bed immediately, saying if he did
not go she would take the candle from him. She
then gave him a candlestick, and as he was about to
go up the candle went out, and he threw the candle-
stick at his sister, but it did not hit her. When he
got to the, top of the stairs the prisoner met him
and struck him with the stick produced, and
knocked him down. He was afterwards knocked
about, and he soon became insensible. When he
recovered he found himself in a doctor's shop at the
corner of George-street.
Mr. Burcham asked him • how many times the
prisoner struck him ?
Witness replied that he could not tell, but the
doctor had found three deep wounds in different
parts of his head. He really believed that the pri-
soner intended to murder him.

The prisoner declared that it was all false. In
fact the prosecutor ought to be in his place, as he
actually not only threatened but tried to murder his
sister and her two children. He protected her,
and they both fell down stairs.
Mr. Burcham remanded him for a week.

LAMBETH.—Ann Cunningham, a rather good-
looking young woman, was placed before Mr.
Elliott on a charge of making two attempts
to commit suicide by throwing herself into the
Thames. On the evening before the prisoner was
observed close to the Suspension-bridge by a
young man, who, suspecting her intention, had
watched her for some time, and who caught her
just as she was in the act of throwing herself into
the water. He remonstrated with her on the rash
act she was about to commit, when she expressed
great contrition, and declared that if permitted to
go home she would do so. Believing that she was
sincere in her promise, she was allowed to go home,
as she should ; but in a short time after this she
flung herself into the river, and, had it not been
from the state of the tide at the time, she must
have been drowned, and it was with some dila:
culty that she had been rescued.
Mr. Elliott, to the prisoner—What have you to
say to the charge ?
Prisoner—l had a drop to drink, sir, and quar-
relled with my father, and that was the cause of
my doing what I did% but I'm very sorry, and
shall not do so again.
Mr. Elliott—What do you do for a living ?
Prisoner—l am a waistcoat maker, sir.
The prisoner's sister corroborated her statement,
and said she was always well conducted.
Mr. Elliott—Your conduct, prisoner, has be en
most improper. It is quite shocking to see a person
like you take to drink ; but as you yourself promise
not to repeat the offence, and your sister has offered
to look after you, I shall now discharge you.

WOOLWICH.—SamueI Asquith, 16 years of
age, described as a skinner, of 3, Child's-cottages,
Anchor-road, Bermondsey, was charged with being
concerned in a prize fight at Erith, on the previous
day (Sunday), and causing the death of George
I\l'Donald.

Poliee-sergeant Best, 21 R, said—About two
o'clock yesterday afternoon I was on duty at Erith
and heard that a prize' fight had taken place that
morning at Abbey Wood. I immediately pro-
ceeded there, and found the deceased lying at the
Harrow public-house, considerably injured. I
obtained the assistance of a medical man, who
advised the man's removal to the hospital, and
I conveyed him to Guy's Hospital, where he
died at three o'clock this morning. On the way
to the hospital the injured man told me he had re-
ceived his injuries in a prize fight, and that he had
left London that morning, with about GO others,
by the first train. At half-past 8 last night I went
to a beer-shop in Bermondsey, and there saw the

prisoner. I told him I was a police officer, and that
I had come to take him into custody for being ~Disc-
erned in a prize fight that morning at Erith, a-. na
injuring a young man named M'Donald. The in
soncr asked how M'Donald was, and said he hope d
he would recover. 1 asked the prisoner how
the fight had continued and he said nearly, an hour,
adding that M'Donald wished to leave off some time
previously, but that the seconds would not allow it,.
but pressed him to continue the fight ; that they
proceeded again to fight, and in the last round
they closed together, when M'Donald got his head
under his (the prisonex.'s) arm, and in falling toge-
ther M'Donald received thz. injuries.
In reply to the magistrate, the prisoner said he
had been backed to fight the .deceased a month ago, '
the stakes being £.5 a side.
Mr. Traill said he should rema.nd the prisoner la
order to afford the police an opportunity of appre-
hending the seconds and others engaged in the
fight, who were known, the prisoner kiving given
their names and addresses.

THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT OF•
CHINA.

We have the Pekin Gazette from the 11th to the
25th of August inclusive. On the 17th Kweiliang
and Hawashana had an audience, and on the 21st
another,—the last to request instructions be-
fore proceeding to Shanghai, and to pray the
nomination of their suites. Lastly, on the 22d.,
Link'wei, Manchoo President of the Board of
Punishments, is desired to add to his duties those
of Hwashana, President of the Board of Civil °Mee,
as the latter "is employed on a mission." On the
21st the Board of Punishments submitted the mino,o
of their proceedings in the case of the ex-Gevernor—
General Tan Ting-slang, whose fate is declared in
the following decree of the 22d August :—" The
Prince of Hwui and others have, in concert with
the Board of Punishments, presented a memorial,
setting forth the penalties they find the laws to
award to the different officers whom we had directed
them to try for the loss of the port of Tiert-sin•
The following officers already degraded—namely',
Chang Tien-yuen, commander-in-chief of t h
Chinese Army of Chili-li; Tanien, acting as genera'-'
in command of the Tien-sing division of the salmi
and Te-kwei, acting commandant of Taku, had!
been directed by T'an Ting-siang to occupy and-
defend the forts at Ta-ku, on the north and south
banks of the river ; Fulehtunt'ai, lieutenant-genes al
of Bannermen, had encamped at Chung pau,
in
rear and in support of Chang Tien-yuen and
the rest. When the barbarians opened fire
they made every effort to keep them on, striking
and wounding four barbarian ships, and killing
several barbarian soldiers ; notwithstanding which
all the forts and all the guns were taken. Certainl/
their offence is without excuse. Let Fulehtunt'al,
Chang Tien-yuen,. and Tanien, who, according to
the award, should properly be decapitated, be nn
prisoned until after the autumn, and then put to
death. Tan Ting-siang, already degraded from
the office of Governor-General of Chih-li, has been
found not guilty of cowardice and desertion, bAt,
in that his operations were without plan or &-
source, his offence is no less without excuse. Let
him be banished to the frontiers, there to redeem
his guilt by his exertions. The memorialists pre-
sent a supplementary memorial praying us, if
it be proper to prosecute them, to direct the Board
of Civil office to proceed against the civilians accom-
panying the force on the above occasion, a return
of whose names, drawn up by the acting Governor-
General, they inclose. The military
.officers con-
cerned in the affair of the port having been all
denounced and punished, let the Board of Civil
Office award penalties in the case of Tsunghan,
Intendant of the Yun-ting River Works, and the
other civilians named in the returns, which send to
the Board. Respect this ! " The Prefect of the
Metropolitan Department announces heavy fOne
rain, which the country much required. He Silt
reports the locusts still abundant, but he is " taki'lb
steps" against them.—Overland Friend of CVO'