The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

and wearing apparel, which was of the value of about
£2 12s. She also gave bet Gs. for the previous week's
washing. The next day the person who came from Mrs.
Poole occasionally called for the linen.
Inspector Cummings said that there were several other
chat.pp against the prisoner.
Mr. Paynter observed that there was no necessity to
take any further charges, and he asked if the prisoner was
known.
Inspector Cummings stated that she had been carrying on
similar depredations fir years past in all parts of the town,
and had obtained a deal of money. The City as well as the
Metropolitan police had a description of her, and had been
for some time in search of her.
Mr. Paynter—lt is a pity that her place of abode cannot
be found out.
Bellehatnber remarked that she had given a fal-e address.
Dennis, the gaoler, stated that he was told by a City
~flicer that he believed her last place of abode was in
W hit echapel.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

SMASHING A VALUABLE PANE OF PLATE GLASS AT
A LICENSED VICTUALLER'S. —J. .211`Sweeney, aged
15, and lionnah AP Sweeney, aged 20, were charged with
breaking a pane of plate glass, of the value of £3, the pro-
perty of Mr. Paul Pusey, licensed victualler, of the George
and Dragon, Queen's. road, Chelsea, and the latter was
charged with endeavouring to effect his re cue while in the
custody of the police. -
It appeared from the evidence that the previous evening
the prisoner called, when the lad asked for some tobacco.
Mr. Pusey refused to serve him, seeing he was so intoxicated.
He put him (prisoner) out of the house, as he would not go.
When in the street he broke the glass, upon which he was
given into custody.
Policeman Newman, B 153, said that en his way to the
station-house with the male prisoner his sister attempted 14,
rescue him. In the attempt she was assisted by a man and
some other persons. Their brother also struck him repeatedly
and kicked him. They both fell several times. They (pri-
soners) were both eventually taken to the station-house.
Mr. Paynter—How came he in the state he is?—(The
male prisoner's smock-frock was saturated with blood, and
he had a thick bandage round his head.)
Constable—When he was pulled away by some of his com-
panions he fell, and the back of his head came in contact
with a nail.
Inspector Prior said that it was a very bad wound, and
bled profusely. He was obliged to be taken to the hospital.
Mr. Paynter (to the male prisoner)--Where had you been
to get so drunk ?
Prisoner—l was at my mother's.
The mother came forward, when the magistrate told her
that she ought to be ashamed of herself.
The male prisoner was fined £3 for the glass, or in default
one month's imprisonment, and his sister was fined 205., or
fourteen days.
She said, upon hearing the penalty,
fourteen days."

"Then I will go for

MARYLEBONE.—TUE SANITARY ACT—PARISH
PROSECUTION.—James Butler, 5, Adams-row, Hamp-
stead-road, was charged on a summons which had been
obtained against him at the instance of the parish autho-
rities of St. Pancras, under the Sanitary Act, with having
unlawfully used and prepared for sale fish in such a state
as to be unfit far human food.
Mr. G. W. F. Cook, vestry clerk of the parish attended
for the prosecution; and Mr. Keene for the defendant.
Mr. Curtis, a sanitary inspector of the parish (examined
by Mr. Cook), stated that on the 25th August he went to
defendant's premises and there saw some fish being fried,
others were already prepared for cooking, and some more
were lying upon dishes, all of them ready for frying as soon
as those which were in the pan were done. The whole of
them were in a stinking and nearly putrid state.
By Mr. Keene—l don't know that defendant buys bad
fish. I can't tell whether the fish I saw might have been
fresh in the morning, although they were bad in the even-
ing. He told me he didn't intend to sell it.
In reply to Mr. Cook,
Curtis said that he took the fish which he brought away
to a medical gentleman.
Mr. Foster, 4, Adam's-row, said that he lived next door
to defendant, and that the smell of his fish was at times
intolerable.
Dr. Buchanan said that the fish brought to him by Curtis
stank very much, and he considered it would be highly in-
jurious to any one partaking of it.
Mr. Cook reminded the magistrate that defendant had
upon a former occasion been fined for a like offence, and
that he then promised not to offend again.
Mr. Keene's answer to the charge was, that when defen-
dant purchased the fish in the morning they were per-
fectly good. The close packing might have caused them to
become otherwise in the course of the day.
Mr. Long, considering the offence to be one of a very
serious nature, convicted defendant in a penalty of £5.
He had rendered himself amenable to double that amcunt.
He was allowed, upon application, 14 days for payment.

MANSION - HOUSE.—William Delia, engineer on
board the Stadt, a steam-vessel running between London
and Dordrecht, or Dort, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, charged with smuggling one pound two ounces of
cigars.
William Atkins, a Custom-house waterman, said—Upon
the arrival of the Stadt, that morning, at Brewer's-quay, I
searched the berth of the defendant, which was in the
engine-room, and in a sort of false beam I discovered one
pound two ounces of cigars. The prisoner was on board at
the time, and I called his attention to the matter, when he
said that he knew nothing at all about the cigars. .
The Lord Mayor—Had other porsons access to his cabin ?
Atkins—Not at the time I was there. I asked him for
the key and he gave it me.
Prisoner (through the medium of an Interpreter)—l have
been acting for another engineer, who has been absent from
his duties for a month. I know nothing of the cigars, which
must have been placed in the bole before I became connected
with the ship.
Thomas Lewis—l am a tide surveyor. I produce the
cigars which were given to me by the last witness. They
are of foreign manufacture, their value being ls. ld., and
the duty 10s. 7d. I claim them on the part of the Crown.
The place in which they were concealed is a kind of false
beam. I spoke to the prisoner upon the subject, and he
denied all knowledge respecting them. He said he had
been engineer on board the ves+el only a month.
The Lord Mayor—The cigars appear to be in a very sound
state. Could they have been secreted in the engine-room
for a month and still be in their present condition ?
Witness—No, my lord ; if they had been there for a
month they would have been dried up, instead of which
they are in a sound state. Considering their present condi-
tion, I should say it is impossible they could have ben there
more than a few days. The heat in the engine-room is very
great.
Prisoner—They were concealed in a thick beam, and that
place is no, at all hot.
The Lord Mayor—Were the cigars warm when you saw
them, witness ?
Witness—No, my lord ; but they had been lying on the
boards some few moments befure I saw them.
Prisoner—l am perfectly innocent of this charge. I knew
nothing about the cigars or the bole in which they were
discovered till Atkins pulled them out. Having been damp
when placed there they would retain their datnpness for a
long time. I have been connected with steamboats for
upwards of 20 years and never bad a charge made against me
before.
The Lord Mayor—lt is quite clear that the cigars would
not be as fresh and good as they are if they bad been
secreted in the beam in the heated engine-room for a month.
It appears that other persons besides yourself bad access to
the engine-reom. It is not quite clear to my mind that you
knew they were there. I shall, therefore, give you the
benefit of the doubt, and discharge you. I, however, advise
you to be careful for the future. The cigars will be forfeited
to the Crown. _ _

The prisoner, who seemed overjoyed at the decision at
which the magistrate had arrived, thanked his lordship, and
left the court.

Mary Leader, who had been remanded upon the charge
of having assaulted a Jewess named Pauline Josephs with
a flatiron, was again brought up.
The prisoner bad been remanded on account of the violent
temper she exhibited when at the bar on the previous day.
The Lord Mayor—You are a very violent woman, Mrs.
Leader, but you are not so violent as you were yesterday.
Defendant—l can't help it. How can I when they force
me to it ?

Tile Lord Mayor—rlad you not better get away from the
neighbourhood where you and the prosecutrix have been
living?
Defendant—l can't do that; but if they let me alone I'll
let them alone. I am near my work there, and I like to
stick to it.

WORSHIP-STREET. —VIOLENT DRUNKARDS.—
Yesterday two persons of decent appearance, named Wil-
liam Taylor and George Needham, were brought before
Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with having, while drunk, created
a great disturbance and committed several assaults.
Policeman Cogar, 88 H, stated that between twelve and
one that morning Taylor was drunk and making a great
noise in the Hackney-road, and as lie could not be pre-
vailed on to go away, he was of necessity taken into custody ;
but he then struggled violently, threw himself down, after
striking witness, and kicked him twice at the side of the
head, and in the result both he and Needham were taken
to the station-house.
Inspector Constable, who was on duty at the station-house
at the time, said that Taylor behaved like a madman when
brought in, making a terrible disturbance. When locked
up, he knocked so violently at the wicket of the door as to
break it open, and then attacked the inspector himself,
striking him several blows and giving him a black eye. The
other defendant, Needham, was quiet in the station-house.
Chapman, 80 H, who took Taylor into the cell, said that
after having broken open the wicket and assaulted the Inspec-
tor, he threw himself down on his back, kicking about him
in the most violent manner, and kicked witness twice on the
forehead, which was much swollen.
A constable of the N division, on the opposite side of the
Hackney-road, said that a mob being assembled he went to
the spot, and found Taylor on the ground in charge of the
other constables, but Needham dared the witness to inter-
fere, telling him that it should be worse for him if he did.
Mr. D'Eyncourt ordered Needham to pay £2, or be im-
prisoned 21 days; but sentenced Taylor, without the option
of a pecuniary penalty, to imprisonment for his assaults
upon the officers, seven days for the first, and one month
for each of the other two assaults.
In the ease of Wm. Shaw, a constable of the City force,
who was charged with furious driving and rssault in the
Lea-bridge-road on Sunday evening, the magistrate did not
convict him of the offence of furious driving, but required
him to pay for the mischief he had occasioned, to the
amount of 255.

SOUTHWARK.—WHoLEsALE UTTERING or FICTI-
TIous CHEQT Eq.--LimbergEde,a respectable-looking man,
52 years of age, but who appeared much older, whose connec-
tions are in affluent circumstances, and who formerly car-
ried on business at Pinner's-hall, City, as a merchant, was
brought before Mr. Burcbam for final examination charged
with uttering forged or fictitious cheques on the London and
Westminster Bank to several tradesmen in various parts of
London, from whom he obtained goods to the amount of near
£3OO.
The court was again crowded by persons who bad been
defrauded by the prisoner, and a clerk from Mr. Hobler's
office defended him. _ _ _

It appeared from the evidence given on a former occasion
that a few years ago the prisoner had resided in good cir-
cumstances at Peckham, and afterwards in Stamfard-street,
where be was supplied with goods which he paid for on de-
livery. On Saturday, the 14th of August last, the prisoner
called on Mr. Chamberlain, brush manufacturers, 71, New-
ington-causeway, and selected goods to the value of £4 10s.,
which he ordered to be packed up ready to be fetched away.
On Tuesday, the 17th, he came for the goods in a cab, and
filled up a cheque for the amount, payable at the Southwark
Branch of the London and Westminster Bank. Believing
that he really had an account there, he let hire have the
goods, and he left the warehouse. On the following morn-
ing the cheque was presented, but there were no effects. On
the 16th of the same month he also visited the shop of Mr.
Robert Maney, floor-cloth and carpet dealer, in the London-
road, and ordered goods of the value of £lO 19s. Having
formerly transacted business with him, Mr. Maney let
him have the goods on his giving a cheque for the
amount on the London and Westminster Branch Bank,
near London-bridge. On the following morning he pre-
sented the cheque, and was told it was fictitious, as there
were no eflicts. Witness afterwards ascertained that the
goods had been sent to Southampton, to which place he
traced them, and left them in charge of the authorities.
On his return to London information was given to the
police, and the prisoner was apprehended by Sergeant
Warr, G division. On him were found two pairs of gold
spectacles, a gold watch (which the prisoner bad obtained
from Mr. Mylne, of Great Percy-street, Claremont-square),
£6 17s. 101 d., three silver and one gold pencil-case, and
some other trifling articles. In his portmanteau was found
a cheque-book, from which all the fictitious cheques had
been torn. In addition to the above evidence,
Mr. Bent, an inspector of the A division, employed by the
South-Western Railway Company, said he was applied to by
Mr. Maney respecting his goods, and he stopped them at
Southampton. Witness had two cheques which the prisoner
had given to Messrs. Slack, and another tradesman in the
Strand for goods supplied to him which were also fictitious.
The parties, however, did not want to prosecute, as they had
got their property back.
Mr. Douglas Smith, blind maker, Alfred-place, New
Kent-road, said three years ago he supplied the prisoner
with blinds at a house in Peckham, for which he was paid.
He heard nothing more of him until the 28th of July, when
he received a letter from him, dated from " FJur Posts,
Southampton," ordering goods of the value of £5 18s. 4d.
They were packed up, and on the 17th of August the pri-
soner called for them, and handed witness a cheque on the
London and Westrniuster Bank for £6. The cheque was
presented on the following day, but there were no effects.
rle had not seen his pods since.
Mr. Burchain here asked how many more charges there
were against the pi isoner ?
Sergeant Copptn, P division, replied that there were
nearly 20. The prisoner had obtained jewellery from Mr.
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sln tradesmen
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prove their eases. '
Mr. Burcham observed that the most of those parties car-
ried on business in Middlesex, therefore those cases occurred
out of the district of the Surrey Sessions. They could, how-
ever, lodge detaiuers against him after his conviction. He
must have some evidence as to the presentation of the
cheques.
Mr. George Sweet, one of the cashiers of the South-
wark Branch of the London and Westminster Bank,
said that the prisoner bad kept an account wi,ll
them, but it was closed seven years ago, and he had
not transacted business with them since. The whole of the
cheques produced were in the prisoner's' handwriting, and
had recently lacer' presented and dishonoured. He added
that a vast number of similar cheques bad also been pre-
sented.
The prisoner's solicitor here stated that all the goods ob-
tained by his client were ready to be given up. In fact,
most of the parties in court had no wish to proceed further
in the matter.
Mr. Burcham ordered the depositions of the witnesses to
be taken, and he fully committed the prisoner for trial.
Mr. Hobler's clerk asked if his worship would accept
bail .

The Lord Mayor—You must not use violence against
either her or anybody else. I must restrain you if you are
violent. You must not take the law into your own hands.
Defendant—lf she lets me alone I won't interfere with
her, but if any of them mcd He with me I'll let them know
a bit of my mind. The other day she threw a pint jug at
me and cut my bead open.
The Lord Mayor—ls your husband here ?
Defendant—No; he is better employed. He is at Rom-
ford at work.
The Lard Mayor—You must find somebody who will be
answerable for your fat ura good conduct.
The constable who had charge of the case said that the
complainant and her witnesses had moved from the place
last night.
The Lord Mayor—l am very glad to hear that. The de-
fendant must find two sureties for her good conduct for the
next three mouths in £5 each.
Prisoner—l can find 20 if you want it, but the next time
that any of them interfere with me, I'll have three swings
at Newgate for them. I may as well tell you so first as
last.

The prisoner was committed to prison in default of find-
ing sureties.
The Lard Mayor said he wished through the medium of
the press to call the attention of the public to the fact that
be had received a variety of ducuments relating to prize
lotteries, at Frankfort-on-the-Maine, which had been in-
closed to him by a gentleman, who subseiihed himself a
"Country Parson," to whom they had originally been sent.
His lordship added, that Le felt much obliged to his corre-
spondent fur having tbrwarded him the papers, and wished
to take that opportunity of warning the ptiblic against
having anything to do with German prize lotteries.

WESTM I NSTER.—WHOLESALE ROBBERY OF LINEN
BY AN ASSUMED LAUNDRESS.—IsabeIIa Reed, a middle-
aged woman of short stature, was brought up for final eau-
mination before Mr. Paynter, charged with stealing a large
quantity of linen and wearing apparel from various persons,
under the pretence that she was sent for the things by
the laundresses who washed for them. The particulars of
the former examination have already appeared, in come-
qvence of which a large number of females attended to iden-
tify the prisoner, and who stated that they had been robbed
by her in the manner alluded to.
The evidence on the previous occasion went to show that
on Monday, the 23d Aug., the prisoner called upon Mrs.
Bellchamber, the wife of police-constable A 283, who has
the care of a house in St. George-square, from whom she
obtained the washing for the week, and the money for the
former week's washing, by representing that she called
fr-Jm Mrs. Stephens, who washed for her. As the prisoner
was going down the steps of the d ,or, Mrs. Stephens arrived,
when Mrs. Bellchamber compelled her to return the pro-
perty, with the money. The prisoner went away and called
at No. 18 in the square. This was noticed by Mrs. Bell-
chamber, who sent for her husband. He went after her,
and saw Mrs. Reynolds, who resided there, from whom he
learnt that the prisoner had applied to her for her week's
washing, by representing that she was Mrs. Mackay, her
laundress. The constab'e questioned the prisoner. Not
feeling satisfied with her answers, he took her into custody,
when the prisoner was brought up to this court, and was
remanded fur a. week.
The following additional charges were preferred against
the prisoner :
Martha Plumslead, laundress, 30, James-street, nntlieo,
vranTiol
Mary ; ty waas
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said that about a month ago the prisoner stated that she
came for the linen to mangle. She asked the prisoner
angled for her.
The prisoner replied that she had the' diarrhcet; She took
withotif:t !reelvGnail:ins el
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t niet with the prisoner since till she saw her in custody.
sent a dress she had to gash, George-street, Portman-square,
August the prisoner'
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In prisoner a quantity of linen

Mr. Burnham said that it was a bailable offence, but. it
wts of such a serious nature that he should require two
sureties in £',250 for each charge, and the prisoner's own
recogoisances in the sum of £.500, with 48 hours' notice to
the police. As for the gold watch found on him by Sergeant
Warr, as there seemed some doubt as to a conviction, he
Ebould order it to be restored to Mr. Mylne.
The prisoner was then removed by the deputy.gaoler.
CRUELTY TO A Cow.—George M'George, a licensed
Smithfield drover, was charged by Guest, an officer of the
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to .Aoimala,
with cruelly torturing a cow,
Guest stated that about five on the previous afternoon he
was on duty in the Blackfriars-road, in company with Sea-
Man; pother officer of the Royal Society, when he Eaw the

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prisoner in charge of a number of beasts and cows, which
he was driving towards the Borough. One of the cows was
extremely lame and loitered behind. The prisoner went up
to it nod beat it most unmercifully on the hind legs and
one of the hocks, which teas diseased. At that, time a cattle
coriveynure came np, and in getting. the cow in the prisoner
again beat the poor thing in a dreadful manner, twisted Ps
tail, and so cruelly tortured it that he was compelled to take
him bite custody.
The prisoner denied torturing the cow in the manner
described. If he had done so, why did not the officer inter-
fere at first ?
Guest replied that he thought he would have desisted
when the cattle conveyance drove up, but he acted more
cruelly, and the cow must have suffered dreadfully.
Mr. Bureham fined the prisoner ]Os., and, in default of
payment, committed him for 10 days.

LAMBETIL—CRITELTY TO A VALUABLE HORSE.—
Janics SmitA, a servant to Mr. John Freeman, foreman to
Mr. Itoupell, M.P., and employed in the brickfields belong-
ing to the latter gentleman at Brixton, was brought before
Mr. Elliott to answer to the charge of abusing, torturing,
and cruelly ill-using a valuable horse.
William Wood said he was servant to Mr. Freeman, and
on Friday last was employed with the prisoner in Mr.
Roupe I)HO:fields. On that evening they took their
horses to the stable, and on the prisoner taking the harness
off his horse, the animal went into a different stall to his
own. The prisoner in consequence took down his whip,
and lashed the horse round the chest and body in a cruel
manner. The horse then ran out of the stable, and on
galloping over the yard fell, and cut both of its knees very
badly.
William Miles, another servant, and the hersekeeper of
Mr. Freeman, corroborated the testimony of the former
witness, and the latter, iu reply to the questions of the ma-
gistrate, said the prisoner lashed the horse three or four
times in his presence, and also followed the animal into the
yard.
Mr. Freeman said that on Saturday morning he examined
the horse in question, and found his knees much cut and
swollen, and also two deep cuts of nine or 10 inches long
across the chest—evidently caused by the severe lashes of a
whip—in which matter was beginning to form. The horses
employed by them were of a valuable description, being
worth from 80 to 100 guineas each, and of all the ani-
mals at work on the estate there was not one more remark-
able for its gentleness and docility than the one so abused
and injured, and therefore the conduct of Smith was the
more reprehensible. In the first place, it was his duty to
have tied up the horse in his proper stall before taking his
harness off, and had he done so there would have been no
necessity for the exercise of his cruelty. Besides, had the
horse gone into another stall, he could have easily taken
him out of it, and placed him in the right one, and not have
deliberately taken down his whip and cruelly tortured him.
Prisoner—l did not cut him on the chest at all. I merely
lashed him on the loins, and the cuts you describe on the
chest were those he received in the fall.
Mr. Freiman—They were no such tking. They were
evidently done by the whip.
Mr. Elliott—Are you enabled to state that the cuts are

those caused by a whip, and not the fall ?
Mr. Freeman—l am, sir. They would be in a different
position if they were caused by the fall, and I can with con-
fidence say they were done by the whip. lam sorry to say
also that the present is not the only instance I have had to
find fault with the defendant for hia cruelty. ' On one occa-
sion I was obliged to discharge him, but took him back
agaix on his faithful promise not to repeat his cruel conduct.
lie seems, however, to have soon forgotten his promise, and
the injury he has caused the horse has lessened the animal
fully £lO in value.

Afr.---Elliott remarked that valuable animals were fre-
quently spoiled or ruined by such persons as the prisoner,
and convicted him in a penalty of 40s. or 20 days' imprison-
ment.

(From the OffiAal Report.)

The deaths registered in London, which in the first wef k
of August ruse to 1,200 have continuously decreased to 1,147,
to 1,112, and last week, ending Saturday, August 28, to
1,1C3. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of
deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,261.
For comparison, this average, if raised in proportion to in-
crease of population, would become 1,387, and omitting
from the comparison the epidemic years of 1849 and 1854, it
will present the state of the public health in a still more
favourable light. The deaths last week were considerably
below the number that would have occurred if the average
rate of mortality had prevailed.
The mortality from diseases of the zymotic order was last
week 419 ; in the previous week the number was 379.
Small-pox was fatal in 6 cases. Measles, which was the
cause of 22 deaths in the former week, last week caused 36.
Scarlatina in the previous six weeks averaged 81 deaths
weekly, the number last week was 92, but shows a slig tt
tendency to decrease, the preceding week being 105.
Whooping-cough was fatal to 34 children. Thirty-nine
deaths were registered from typhus and continued
fever, which is much less than the avera e. The
disease most fatal at the present time is diarthwa, the
deaths from which in the last two weeks were 113
and 146, although these numbers arc below the weekly
average of the season ; the deaths from cholera decreased
from 10 in the previous week to 6, and 5 of these 6 were
those of children under two years of age ; the fifth case was
that of a girl, aged eight yoars, who died at Poplar after
two days' illness. Diarrhoea was most prevalent in the dis-
tricts of Marylebone. Pancras, St. Luke, East London,
Shoreditch, Bethnal-green, Poplar, and Greenwich.
The deaths caused by diseases of the tubercular order,
which in the for Mer week were 169, receded last week to
163 ; from the respiratory organs the deaths last week were
80, the previous week 81 ; of the digestive organs 45, the
previous week 47 ; of the urinary organs 22, the previous
week 16. Nine children are returned as having died from
inanition and the want of breastmilk. Thirty-five persons,
whose deaths are recorded, attained the age of 80 or more
years; two widows were aged respectively 91 and 92 years.
Last week the births of 852 boys and 844 girls, in a 111,696
children, were registered in London. In the ten correspond-
ing weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number, cor-
rected for increase of population, was 1,635.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height
of the barometer in the week was 29.842 in. The highest
reading was 29.988 in. and occurred on Tuesday. The
lowest occurred on Saturday, and was 29.627 in. ; the ex-
treme variation was rather more than three-tenths of an

,ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE BARON BAILLOT.—James
Upton, a gas-engineer, addressing Mr. Elliott, said that he
had been engaged by the French Baron Baillot, with two
other men who had attended at this court last week, to pro-
ceed to Russia to manufacture and light the chief cities and
towns in that country by a new description of gas, but was
left without the slightest hope of the baron fulfilling his
engagement. Like the other men Ball and Beal, he said he
been taken out of a good situation, and by the conduct
of the baron obliged to part with what he had to support
himself. In reply to a question from the magistrate, the
applicant said the last time he had heard from the baron
was by letter datLd Paris, but he ascertained the writer was
in London at the time.

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Mr. Elliott considered tke case of the applicant a very
hard one, and was sorry he could afford him no redress.

THAMES.—DARING ROBBERY. - James Conway,
a well-known and impudent thief, aged 21, and dwelling in
Joseph-street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought before
Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a table-cover and three
volumes of a work called the "Gallery of Illustrations,"
value 13, from the residence of Mr. Dennis Moore, No. 34,
Arbour-square, Stepney.
Elijah Long, a police-constable, No. 386 K, stated that
he met the prisoner in Charles-street, St. George-i❑-the-
East, on Monday morning between 11 and 12 o'clock, with
a taule-cover and three books, now produced, under his
arm. There was another man with the prisoner who said
" Here's a peeler, Jem, step it, step it." The prisoner im-
mediately threw down the table-cover and books, ra❑ away,
and escaped.illek new the haunts of the prisoner well, and
took him into custody that afternoon, and accused him with
stealing the table-cover and books, to which the prisoner
made no reply.
Mr. Dennis Moore, of No. 34, Arbour-square, identified
the books and table-cover. They were stolen from his
parlour on Monday morning, between the hours of 11 and
12 o'clock. The street door was left open for a minute only,
and a thief stepped into the parlour and swept the cover
from the table and the three books with it.

The prisoner pleaded guilty.
Long said, if the prisoner was remanded. he could bring
three or four other cases against him of a similar nature.
Mr. Selfe—This case is complete; there is no occasion for
another. These robberies are so daring and frequent that
I shall inflict a severe sentence upon the prisoner. He is
convicted of larceny, and sentenced to six mouths' imprison-
ment and hard labour.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—John Knox, a cigar maker,
aged 40, was brought up on a warrant, having refused to
appear to a summons served upon him, and charged before
Mr. Selfe with committing an aggravated assault on Ann
Moulstead, an elderly woman, the wife of a sugar refiner,
employed for many years at the manufactory of Hall and
Boyd, St. George-in-the-East.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street East, Stepney,
in opening the case for the prosecution, described the con-
duct of the prisoner to be most base and cowardly, and
calling for severe punishment.
The complainant, who was very lame, and suffering from
the brutal treatment cf the prisoner, said she lived in
Pell-street, St. George-in-the-East, and the defendant
was her next door neighbour. He was in the practice
of insulting her when he was intoxicated, and upon two
occasions he had beaten her very severely, and without any
provocation. On the evening of Sunday, the 22d August,
she was seated at a foot-stoat at her own door while the
people were going to church and chapel, and the prisoner,
who was inebriatel, used the most opprobrious language
towards her, and made use of some taunts relating to a
soldier and his wife who formerly lodged in her house for
fire weeks. She replied to the prisoner, "John Knox, why.
do you disgrace such a name as that? Why do you insult
me in this manner? I never asked you for the money you
owe me." He immediately knocked her down by a blow
on the jaw, and when she got up he felled her to the ground
again, and said " Take that, you —." He then kicked
her about the legs and body, and left her senseless on the
ground. She had frightful bruises on her person, and had
been lame and ill ever since.
Mr. Stoddart—And you have been assaulted twice before
by this man
The eotnplainant—l have sir, and can now scarcely walk.
Mrs. Bolton, a respectable woman, confirmed in full the
statement of the complainant as to the last assault, and
added that after Mrs. Moulstead had been insulted and
called very bad names, she said the prisoner was a thief.
The female searcher at the station-house was sent for by
the magistrate to examine the complainant, and she deposed
that she found severe bruises on the person £f Mrs. Mout-
stead, who was in a state of greatsuffering.
The prisoner in his defence said that Mrs. Moulstead had
accused him to his employers of being a thief, which was
denied, and he then said that the complainant had demanded
money of him to compromise the assault, and put in a docu-
ment written by an illiterate fellow, named Taylor. Mr.
Selfe, after perusing it, said it was the most extraordinary
piece of composition be had ever
.read. Taylor was endea-
vouring to make a business of this matter, and framed an
agreement which, if it meant anything, meant this—that the
complainant was to pay Knox 1:1 and expenses, and Taylor
three half-crowns and expenses.
Mrs. Moulstead said that, when Taylor called upon her,
she would have nothing to do with him.
Mr. Setfe said the prisoner hal got drunk and committed
a brutal assault on the complainant. He could not say it
was a deliberate assault, and that there was no provocation,
but the prisoner gave the first provocatisn. Such brutal
outrages as these must be repressed by a vere punishments.
He sentenced the prisoner to on month's hard labour in
the House t f Correction.

NEWSVEND ER'S BENEVOLENT AND PRO
VIDEN7' INSTITUTION.

The nineteenth anniversary meeting of the above institu-
tion took place yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern ; C. D.
Walter, Esq., in the chair.
The report stated that the institution had experienced
great flue nations and vicissitudes, arid although at times its
prospms had been anything but cheering, and its best friends
bad sometimes been depressed at the little way it had made
amongst the trade, they had never lost heart. The receipts for
the last 12 months had been as follows :—Donations, £lO7
ls. 6d. ; subscriptions, £39 ; dividend on £1,725, £bo; in-
come-tax returned, £4 15s. 2d. ; and there was a slight:
increase in the subscriptions and donations over those oflast
year. Although a larger amount had been distributed during
the past year in temporary relief, the committee have been
enabled to purchase another £lOO stock, making a total in-
ves►ed of £1,825.
The balance-sheet showed a balance in favour of the insti-
tution of £46 12s. Gd.

The CIFAIRMAN,-ill opening the business, said he re-
gretted that they had not more pensioners, as then they
would have more subscribers—not that he wished them to
require the benefit of the fund, but still it was high time
that they looked about and helped themselves. •
Hr. TERRY moved that the report be received, and al-
luded to the fact that no less a sum than £l7 had been dis•
tributed amongst deserving individuals not members of the
society, and altogether £6:3 had been paid during the year.
Mr. GRAVATT seconded the motion, which was put and
agreed to.
Several vacancies in the committee were then filled up.

Mr. TERRY made a suggestion that publishers of news-
papers should he eligible to become members of the society,
a suggestion which met with considerable favour, and will
be discussed at a future meeting.
Charles Dickens, Esq., was elected treasurer, and some
other officers were appointed.
In the evening the members and friends of the institution
assembled in the great hall, where an entertainment was
provided in aid of the funds. The chair was occupied by
James Grant, Esq. who commenced the proceedings by
proposing " The health of the Queen," followed by that of
" The Prince Consort and the Royal Family." " The Army
and Navy" was next drunk, and responded to by Colonel
Addison, :who, of er eulogising the British soldier, spoke in
grateful remembrance of the gallantry evinced by the blue-
jackets in recent campaigns. In giving the toast of the
evening, " Prosperity to the Newsvenders' Benevolent and
Provident Institution," the chairman briefly pointed out the
objects of the charity ; and, having shown, how much the
public were indebted to the newsmen as a body, made a
forcible appeal to the company. The entertainment was
enlivened by a selection of vocal music, performed by
Messrs. J. Rowe, T. Young, and Buckland ; and Miss Ryles.

inch. The mean temperature of the week was 59.2 deg,,
which is very near the average of the last 43 years, but is
much lower than at the same period last year, when the
mean air temperature was 66.9 or 7.7 deg. warmer.
The air temperature last week, compared with the week
preceding, was 4.1 deg. cooler; the extreme range during
the weak was 29.3 deg. The difference between the dew
point temperature and air temperature was 10.4 deg. The
average temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.4
or 6.2 deg. higher than the temperature of the air. The
direction of the wind was chiefly from the north-west. The
sky was for the most part during the week free from cloud.
On Friday and Saturday the sky was overcast till about
noon, and rain for a short time fell on Saturday morning.

From the LONDON GAZETTB of Yesterday.

WHITEHALL, AUG. 30.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a
Knight of the -United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land unto Frederic Hughes, Esq., late a Captain in the 7th
Regiment of Madras Light Cavalry.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONTI 51141441+10 D AY.—Yes-
erd ay the adtpisOoes en payment were 7,098 ; go. by
§oB§9ll tickets total, 7,710,

-. _ -

EWEN

HEALTH of LONDON during the 117 RAW. rick Raitt to be Captain, vice Cole, resigned ; Ensign
Henry Olivier Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Raitt, pro-
mot ed.
.2d Regiment of Ro;)-al Cheshire Militia—Walter Alexander
James Wakeman, Gent., to be Ensign, vice J. D. Barnes,
resigned. Resig.na don—Lieu t. James Brnff Byers.
Ist Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Resignation—
Captain Archibald Edmund Bromwich.

BANKRUPTS.

Edward John Cook, late of East Bergholt, Suffolk, wine
merchant, now of 1, Hall-street, City-road, commission
agent, to surrender Sept. 9, at half-past 1, and Oct. 15, at
12, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Official
assignee, Mr. Whitmore, 2, Basingball-street. Attorney,
Mr. Jones, 14, Gresham .street.
George Rose Bircher, Burton-upou-Tren t, Staffordshire,
innkeeper and brewer, to surrender Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at
half-past 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birming-
ham. Official assignee, Mr. Whitmore, Temple-street,
Birmingham. Attorneys, Messrs. Richardson and Small,
Burton-upon-Trent; and Messrs. James and Knight, Bir-
mingham.
Thomas Dawson, Birmingham, printer, to surrender
Sept. 13 and Oct. 4, at half-past 11, at the District Court
of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Official assignee, Mr. Whit-
more, 19, Temple -street, Birmingham. Attorneys, Messrs.
Harrison and Wood, Birmingham.
Edward Brereton Bahlwin,Walsall, Staffordshire, saddler,
to surrender Sept. 10 and Oct. 1, at half-past 11, at the
District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham. Official assig-
nee, Mr. Kinnear, 37, Waterloo-street, Birmingham.
Attorneys, Mr. S. Wilkinson, jun., Walsall; and Messrs.
James and Knight, Birmingham.
John Madin and Richard Webster, Newark, Nottingham—
shire, brewers, to surrender Sept. 14 and Oct. 5, at half-past
10, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham.
Official assignee, Mr. Harris, Middle-pavement, Notting-
ham. Attorneys, Mr. Unwin, Sheffield ; and Messrs. Hodg-
son and. Allen, Birmingham.
William Nicholas Johns, Newport, Monmouthshire,
stationer, bookseller, and printer, to surrender Sept. 13 and
Oct. 18, at 11, at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol.
Official assignee, Mr. Acraman, 19, St. Augustine's-place,
Bristol. Attorneys, Messrs. Brittaia and Son, Small-street,
Bristol.

William Arnoll Bailey, Bideford, Devonshire, wine and
spirit merchant, to surrender Sept. 9 and Oct. 12, at 1, at
the District Court of Bankruptcy, Exeter. Official assignee,
Mr. Hirtzel, Queen-street, Exeter. Attorneys, Mr. Rooker
and Mr. Base, Bideford ; and Mr. Terrell, Exeter.
Henry Earnshaw, Mytholniroyd, Halifax, Yorkshire,
corn miller, to surrender Sept. 10 and Oct. 8, at 11, at the
District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds. Official assignee,
Mr. Young, Park-row, Leeds. Attorneys, Messrs. Scholey
and Shipworth, Wakefield; and Messrs. Bond and Bar-
wick, Leeds.
William Parsonage, Liverpool, steam packet agent and
auctioneer, to surrender Sept. 7, at 12, and Oct. 8, at 11,
at the District Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Official
assignee, Mr. Bird, South Castle-street, Liverpool. Attor-
neys, Messrs. Francis and Almond, Liverpool.
Joseph Roberts, Liverpool, ironmonger, to surrender
Sept. 13 and Oct. 8, at 12, at the District Court of Bank-
ruptcy, Liverpool. Official assignee, Mr. Cazenove, Eldon-
chambers, South John-street, Liverpool. Attorneys, Messrs.
Ridley and Jackson, 21, Fenwick-street, Liverpool.

EXAMINATION.
At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds—Sept. 10, at
11. J. Hanson, Halifax, Yorkshire, grocer.

DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—Sept. 21,
at 12. T. Slade and T. Slade, jun., Bartholomew-close,
Smithfield, oil merchants—Sept. 26, at 12. G. Barrow and
G. Hammond, Basinghall-street, wholesale stationers.
At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham—Oct.
9, at half-past 11. W. Timms, Grandboroueh, Warwickshire,
farmer, grazier, and horse and cattle dealer.

At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Kingston-upon-
Hull—Sept. 22, at 12. W. Groundrill, Eastrington, York
shire, farmer and corn factor—Sept. 22, at 12. R. Briggs,
Burgh, in the Marsh, Lincolnshire, brewer and spirit mer-
chant—Sept. 22, at 12. W. Poole, Kingston-upon-Hull,
provision merchant—Sept. 22, at 12. G. Tindall, WickenbY,
Lincolnshire' wtieelwrieht and blacksmith—Sept. 22, at V.
S. G. Kidd, Kingston-upon-Hull, seed crusher.