The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-16 00:00:00

PC,LICB INTELLICIENCE,Feb. it;.

GUILDHALL.—Mr. Thomas Staley Vessey, a
solicitor out of practice, living at Fairfteld-terrace,
Stepney, appeared ou bail for further examination
relative to the charge of stealing 2001. in Bank of
England notes, the property of the London and
Westminster Bank, under circumstances which
have already been stated.
Mr. Roy, th.. solicitor, said ho now felt a doubt
whether a criminal prosecution could be sustained,
as he had no further evidence to offer.
Mr. Alderman Copeland therefote discharged the
prisoner.
Mr. John Bailley Davis, described as a merchant
trading in Spanish greeds, was charged under the
Bishop of Oxford's Act with the abduction of a
young girl alleged to be under the age of 17 years.
Elizabeth Wynn, a good-looking girl, apparently
not less than 18 years of age, stated that she was
turned 16 years of age, and that she. was on a visit
to an aunt at Liverpool about three weeks ago,
when she ma Mr. Davis in the street for the first
time. She saw him afterwards, and consented to
accompany 'him ,to Spain. They went first to
Manchester, and then to Sheffield, before
o
to London. She came voluntarily with Mr. Davis,
not money or and ho had not promised hers any-
thing else. She consented to go to
Spain with
him of her
moneyown forfeelwiri.llpl
will.
ay.
hes
; any
did
money, she came with him for love. She
dcomide f
not
r
she had plenty of
own. She did not wish to le
hwearn t any
e.
Alderman Copeland asked her if vsehehwimas married.
Witness said she was not married.
Alderman Copeland said, then it was not worth
while to carry the case
The prisoner was it any
further.
Aidtoermhearn Copeland
friendsen discharged.
recommended the girl to re-
turn.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.—Sarah Timrrd,
a respectable-looking woman, was charged with the
following robbery :
Mr. Cox, of the firm of Jones and Cox, pawn-
brokers, Frith-street, said the prisonercame into
the shop Saturday afternoon and asked to look
at a gold chain which was in the window. He
aimed the chain, but it did not suit, and the,

The t, ..oner, who gave no clue to her address,
pleaded guilty, and was sent by Mr. Boadon for
four Months to the House of Correction.
Henry Somersby, butler to Dr. Bell, Eferiford.
Lstreet, and Samuel Owen, were charged with steal-
ing,a quantity of forks,, the property of Dr. Bell.
The prisoner Owen took the forks to the shop of
Thos.. Richardson pawnbroker, -Upper George-
street, and offered: -to pledge thew. He was
st,pped and a policeman sent for, to whom he
stated that the butler of Dr. Bell had given them
to him to raise money upon.
T;1-e plisoners were iully committed.

WORSHIP-STREET. —Pats ick Spilling was
chateed • with stabling his wife..
.1171 i. Spilling, the wife who was in evident pain
.floth the injuries inflicted on her, gav- h-erevidouce
sy:c hdifihuil,y, and continually watch, .i the prisoner
in alv elirm-i.,n, stated, that ;titer suffe-ing tr great
deal -o dPreatinetit at the hands 4.4 her husband
--lie ,r,vea' elly beating her black avd idea, threat-
-1 eni ikher wi ti knivcs, and declarin4 he would take
hei life--Abe at lait sail away from home in fear,
awl aw re e 1 htvelf iii the. house of a w ,ma:n. named
Du y, in 141-rt's-b•dldings, S'toredi oh, where she
r-mairreei 1-Hdr.u.- entd-the night before this,' when
the' p isonerd i.w.)ve.ed her, and, abruptly erterin4
the! ro .m, ordered her three times to rt turn home
w 41.1( him.", (She- was: still fearful, and would not,
aud on being refused the Air(' time he pulled some
sh tip. weapon 'from beneath his coat-a 1 eve, and
instantly itabbjeath-ittireeliMei, the itn-tiument .
thel last time lit netrating her stomach, arid. inflict-
ing so serious an Injury thatuthe blood immediately
poured on to the floor. The prisoner, who was
Iperfectly s,ber, then rapidly left the house, while
she' was taken to the house of a surgeon in the
neighbqurhood, who dressed her wounds, and from
whom she now prod need a certificate describing the
nature of the injuries she had sustained.
A young woman named Hales deposed to the
prisoner running rapidly past her and flinging away
soniething which rung upon the stones, and which,
upon her afterwards picking it up, she found to be
a large iron spike, rounded at one end and extremely
acute at the other.
Blom the cons' able, described the condition of
the wife when he saw her, faint and exhausted, and
blood pouring profusely from her; and the prisoner,
who denied the charge altogether, was remanded.

EXTBAORDIN.ARY ROBBERY I2f
RAILWAY CARRIAGE.

' On Thursday afternoon Mr. Richard Wainwright,
schoolmaster of Littlebokough, left home for Man-
chester, with a friend, on business. After tran-
sacting it he went to Salford, and there bought
from a druggist in Chapel-street,' threepenny worth
of chloroform, intending to use it for the toothache.
Thence he went to Vietcria station on -his road
home, but before arriving at the station he was
accosted by a-tall man, whom he afterwards recog-
nised prior to getting into the carriage. They got
into the same carriage, and so proceeded to Roch-
dale, where Mr. Wainwright got out while the
train stopped, and on returning to the carriage got
ir,t.) another compartment. The man whom he
hal left followed him, however, into the same com-
partment—they being its only occueants—aud as
E.0.-in as the train left for Little borctigh the Man
jumped up from his seat, seizing hold of Mr. Wain-
wright by the throat, and presenting a revolver at
his head, said, "If you move, I will blow your
brains 011 t. " He then dragged Mr. Wainwright
down uqou the floor of the carriage, and took from
his pockets 91. 10s. in gold? 30& in silver, and an
01,1-fasbi ,ned verge watch, jewelled in three or four
hales. While rifling his pockets the thief found
the bottle containing the chloroform. This he took,
and poured the chloroform into Mr. Wainwright's
mouth and up his nostrils, some falling upon his
breast. This reedered Mr. Wainwright insensible,
and he remembered nothing further until he found
himself at the White Hart Inn at Tormorden. The
man was respectably dressed, and the police are
iu full e xet ctation of being able - apprehend him
siio Ely. The Leeds Mercury of Saturday has an
account of this affair, erroneous in some respects ;
but the following portion of it is, we believe, cor-
rect. .When the train arrived at Todmorden, the
railway officials ha•t their attention drawn to
.the
condition of Mr. Wainwright, who was found lying
on liii back in the bottom of the carriage insensible.
Ho was at oriel taken out and conveyed to the
White Hart Hotel, where ho was put to bed, and
remainel insensible until about 2 o'clock a.m. on
Friday. The robber wore false mou,tac! es, and had a
grey shawl, or cloak, or coveting of some descrip-
tion, kut,wn to Mr. Wainwright only by its colour.
Ile was a tall man, wore a gold ring on his finger,
and in other reepects bad the eiteric.r of a gentle-
man. The railway servants found on the carriage
floor one shilling and teupence, a broken bottle, a
pencil, and some other trifling articles taken from
Mr. Wainwright's pocket. The thief either made
his escape at the Walsden station, jumped out
of the train whilst in motion, or otherwise changed,
his compartment by walking on the -carriage foot-
board, as the door of the compartment where Mr.
Wainwright sat was founel open at Todmorden, a
circumaai ce which draw the attention of the Ser-
vants to the compartment where Mr. Wainwright
was found. The Halifax Guardian states that
Mr. Wainwright was so far recovered on Friday
afternoon as to be able to bear his removal home.
He was conveyed to the railway station on a bed,
and placed in a first-class carriage, and left Tod-
morden by the 2.55 p.m. train. Soine two or
toree hundred persons were assembled to witness
the depirtura of the train. He is now under the
care of Mr. Lzster, surgeon, of Littleborough, and
according to the latest accounts is in a very suffer-
ing.state, but likely to recover.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, will be peiformed Skakspere's Play of
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which, a now grand comis Christmas Pantomime
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor-
nia,ck ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams.