The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-13 00:00:00

Murderous Assault.

At the Westminster Police-court to-day, Charles
Ward, of No. 1, Richmond-gardens, New-street,
Brompton, aged 15, and James Brennan, aged 16,
two rough-looking lads, were charged with having
that morning committed a violent assault upon Mr.
Robert Green in Little Chapel-street, Westminster,
Robert Green said that he resided at No. 2, Little
Hill-street, adjoining Emanuel Hospital, and whilst
proceeding along the prisoner Brennan laid hold of
him, and threw him on the ground, when the other
defendant deliberately threw himself upon him, and
by so doing injured his face and nose in the manner
his worship could see.
Mr. Selfe—Did they attempt to take anything
from you ?

Plaintiff—They had no time.
Mr. Selfe—Were you quite sober ?
Witness --As sober as I am at the present time.
The prisoner Ward, in answer to the magistrate,
said that the prosecutor came along and knocked
his companion down, and then tried to kick him be-
tween the thighs, and all he did was to go to the
assistance of his mate.

Police-constable Joyce, No. 261 B, said that
about one o'clock this morning he heard the pro-
secutor crying for help. lie ran forward and found
the whole three persons on the ground, one of the
prisoners tried to assume drunkenness, but he was
quite sober.
In answer to questions from the magistrate, both
prisoners declared that they had bun to the Regent
Music-hall, and were returning home. The magis-
trate said that the road they were taking was in a
contrary direction, and the last evidence having
been confirmed by the watchmen, Ward was sen-
tenced to 1) days, and Bremner to 14 days' im-
prisonment.

Alleged Embezzlement by a Newsagent

Manager.

James Greig, aged 28, manager to Mr. Glennie,
newsagent, of 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park,
was brought up in custody of Cooper] 367; A,
charged with embezzlement.
Mr. Richard Glennie said the prisoner has been
in my employ as manager for about three weeks.
I am compelled to have a manager, as I am obliged
to be away in the country a
good deal. Part
of his duty is to go round to collect accounts,
and the money ought to be brought home and ac-
counted for to me or to my housekeeper. Last
night he came home drunk in a cab. I have to
order the number of papers I require the day pre-
vious and send down the money. On my return
home last evening I found him drunk, several sums
of money missing, and no papers ordered. This
latter had caused me no end of inconvenience, as
my customers have been disappointed. I carry on
an extensive business, and this has been a source
of great annoyance to me.
Mr. Charles Phillip Fanshawe, barman at the
Olive Branch,
58, Crawford-street, Marylebone,
said, yesterday I paid prisoner half-a-crown on ac-
count of his master for papers supplied.
Prisoner—l should like to know whether you saw
me enter the amount in the book.

Witness—l did not. I paid you half-a-crown
and you gave me a receipt.
Mr. Charles Grenling, landlord of the Laurie
Arms, Shouldham-street, proved paying the pri-
soner half-a-crown for his master.
Mr. Glennie said—l have not received these
sums. My connections are so great that I cannot
tell to what extent I have been robbed. At great
inconvenience I have come from my business now.
I wish for a remand.
Remanded for a week.

The escaped Fenian Kirwan is still at large, and
the police have not yet succeeded in finding any
clue to his place of concealment.
The will of Sir Arthur Charles Magenis, G.C.8.,
formerly her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Sweden,
afterwards her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
at Lisbon, and lately residing at Dover-street, Pic-
cadilly, was proved in London, on March 23, by
the executors, Lowry Vesey Balfour, Esq., of the
Chief Secretary's office, Dublin ; and Edward Wil-
mot Williams, Esq., testator's nephew, eldest son of
deceased's sister, Elizabeth Williams. The person-
alty in England was sworn under £40,000.
MANUFACTURE OF TURPENTINE.—In April last
year a process of preparing turpentine and acetic acid
from pine wood was patented. The now process,
distillation, is applied to the wood of the pine trees,
and is destructive of the wood, and the results are
spirits of turpentine, pitch, and acetic acid. One
cord of pine wood, it is estimated, will yield 50 gallons
of spirits of turpentine (the volatile oil), two bar-
rels of pitch, and twelve pounds of acetic acid. This dis-
covery is destined to produce important changes in this
extensive branch of industry; and in this it will affect
mainly the parties now engaged in it, but ultimately it
must so bring down the prices of these articles as to make
it an important item to the commercial world, and to those
blanches of manufacture that depend upon these articles
for material or that produce them from other sources.
A CRITIC TURNED POET.--" Night : a Poem", in
nine books, by George Gilfillan, M.A., is shortly to be pub-
lished by Messrs. Jackson, Walford, and lloddor.