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London, England, 1858-05-03 00:00:00

examining I found it to be bent. lam quite sure
that Cherrington (the accused) inflicted the blows.
Mr. W. P. Mill,surge,in, described the wounds,
z.D.12.a1d th,-y h case t wornl,t's

_ . .
The accused, who was brought into the room in
custody, appeared to be suffering from exhaustion.
Police-constable Bullenthorpe said,—l appre-
hended the accused at his mother's houso at Wal-
ton. I found him in bed upstairs. He had his
trousers and wais coat on. I was in uniform. I
said to him "You must consider yourself in my
custody." I did not tell him on what charge.
The accused then said to me, "Is she dead I" I
replied, " I don't know." I then took him into
custody, and on our way to Walton Angel he said,
" I suppose it is all up with me now." I the❑
handed him over to the custody of Superintendent
Mason.

Some further having been given.
The jury, after they had consulted for a few
minutes returned a verdict of " Wilful murder"
against the accu,ed.

-The prisoner was then commit'a to take his
trial on the charge at the next assizes.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--clay 1.

MARYLEBONE —A. SERVANT ASSAULTED BY
HER MISTRESS. —Mrs. Jane Gower, residing at 24,
Douro-cottages, St. John's- wood, was charged on
a summons which had been served upon her by
Osborne, the officer, with the following assault on
Elizabeth Walsden' her servant :
Mr. G. Keene attended for the defendant.
Complainant deposed that, on Wednesday last,
while engaged in washing a glass in warm water,
defendant came into the kitchen, and after taking
from her the said glass, drew from the boi'er a jug
of hot water, which she threw in her (complainant's)
face. Sh© also thrust her violently out of ihe house,
flinging her bonnet and shawl over the gate, ac-
companying the act with the expression, " You
—, you shan't come in here again."
Mr. Keene—How long have you been in this
lady's service ?
Complainant—About seven months.
Mr. Keene—Were you scalded at all
Complainant—Yes, and I felt it very much at the
time.

Mr. Keene—You have no marks to show that
you were hurt, I believe ?
Complainant—No sir.
_ _

Tvro witno-s were called in support of the charge,
and they gave evident." as to their having seen emit-
Plaitymeo dress quite wet after the assault by de-

Mr. Keene, on the part of his client, denied the
throwing of the water, and alleged that if her (corn-
plainan i's) dress had been wetted as stated, it must
have been owing ton small quantity of water going
over her when the glass was taken from her, as she
had acted in contravention of orders repeatedl
given to her, b: putting it into hot water ; he (Mr.
.e,ene) further said that defendant had used no
more violence than was requisite to eject hoc ser-
vant, and as to the language alleged to have been
uttered, the statem,nt wai entirely false.
Mr. Long—Have you any witnesses to call, Mr.
Keane?

Mr. Koene—l have not, sir.
Mr. Lung was satisfied that an assault had been
committed, and fined dtlendt.nt 20s. and costs.

W 0 RS TRE ET. —A ss AULT BY A MENDI-
CANT.—Francis IVlulharen, a desp _rate-looking man,
was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt with asking
alms in the puhlic street, and violently assaulting
Miss Jana S tville, a young lady resiOing with her
parents in G. eenwool-row, Well-street, Hackney.
Miss Saville, who evin,s;ed considet able excite-
ment when the prisoner was placed at the front of
the dock, stated that on the previous morning, whi e
passing through Mare-street, Hackney, in company
with her mother, a beggar suddenly conirouted
them, and abruptly asked for pecuniary relief.
Witness observed, " I am very sorry, but tve have
not any change." This remark was repeated by her
mother, upon which the man seiz-d her by the
shoulder with oee hand, and struck her with the
other three times in the face. The alarm experi-
enced at the conduct of the beggar, independent of
the pain resulting from the blows he inflic•ed, was
extreme, and a police constable opportunely coming
up, the offender was taken into custody.
Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did the prisoner use any
threats ?

Miss Saville—When he held my shoulder he
said, "I am starving—money I must and will
have."

The young lady's rnoth:!r having corroborated
the evidence, and spoken of the terror she laboured
under from the time the prisoner first accosted them
until he was taken in charge,
Mr. D'Eyncourt heard the testimony of some
officers relative to the fellow's constant practice of
using throats to enforc 3 his ends when an "appeal"
fail d, and then sent him for one mouth, with hard
labour, to the House of Correction.

SOUTH WARIC.—A Row AT A WAKE. —Jere-
miah Collins, a smart-looking Irishman, waa
charged with cJeamitting au assault on Bridget
Hogan, under the following circumstances :
Tile compliient, who exhibited a black eye, and
seemed to have suffered severely from the injuries
inflicted on her, stated that she lived in Tothill-
comt, Bermondsey-street. The prisoner resided
in the sltue house, and had all along well c,nducted
himself until the previous evening. There was a
" a wake" in the house, and after sitting round the
corpse, witness was about to -Like a di op of gin,
when the prisoner came up to her in an abrupt
manner, and capsised it, at the same thee throwing
her down. A general row ensued, wh,,n chairs
and tabs e, as well as the corpse, was upset, and in
the meee the prisoner kicked her, and struck her in
the face, and she really believed he would have
murdered her hid not the police entered the house
and secured him.

Mr. Comb,) (to the prisoner)—What have you to
say in answer to the charge ?
Prisoner—Faith, yer nonour, nothing at all.
Wo hal a wee drop of the cratur, and when that's
in the wit's out. (Laughter.)
Mr. Cotnhe—But you are charged with assault-
ing this female. What have you to say to that ?
Prisoner—Bless your honour wurtchip, no hing
at all. I love her too much. She is my huudreth
cousin.

Mr. Combo—That will not do. Look at this
woman. She has a black .ye and cut in the face,
which she says you inflicted?
Prisoner—Well, your wurtch:p. It's all for
love. We were at the wake, and some one pat the
lights out, and upset tho corpse. By accident I fell
over it, and in struggling as I thought to get away
from it the complainant came in the way, but I did
not mean to hurt her.
Mr. 03mbe told him that when be went to a
wake again he must behave himself better. He
should not conualt him to prison this time, but he
must pay 40s. and the cost of the s uminons.

HORRIBLE CRUEL riEs ON SOAR D AN
.AMERICAr PAOKET-SHIP.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

Henry Wilson, the chief mate of the American
packet-ship Excelsior, at anchor in the Mersey,
bound for New York, was brought before the
county magistrates t:;-day, on a warrant, charged
with having committed a series of terrible barbari-
tif s on his crew and passengers. Indeed the
conduct of the first and second mates was so violent
that four of the crew,' named William Barker,
Lewis Rammond, Francis Jerme, and John Miller,
jumped overboard on Thursday night, shortly after
twelve o'clock, but were picked up by the steam-
tug Great Conquest, and landed in a very exhausted
state. A warrant was' also issued against the
second mate, but on the officers proceeding on board
to execute it it was found that he had absconded.
Three of the crew who jumped overboard were
examined, and their evidence went to show that
they had shipped, with others, on Monday last,
and half an hour afterwards the first and second
mates knocked them down and jumped on them.
This conduct was repeated daily, the mates follow-
ing the m round tha deck with pistols in their hands,
threatening to have their lives. The passengers
were iu a state of the greatest alarm, and many of
them were afraid to proceed in the ship. The first
mate said half of the crew were enough to work the
ship, and he would "do" forthe remainder of them
befoea they got to New York. He had placed them
in irons on several occasions.
Inspector ll,,rnP of the detective force, who
went on hoard by desire of the magistrates, stated
that he had se,:m. 13 of the crew on hoard, 11 of
whom had black eyes and cut lips. They all com-
plained of the savage treatment experienced by the
crow, who were marked all over the b idy. The
passengers confirmed the crew's statement, end
complained that they had 1.43,n subjec'ed to similar
treatment, one of them being put iu iruns because
he refused to roll a cask.

The magistrates said it was a most barbarous
case, and they would •meet it with the he viest
punishment they could award, viz , a flue of 51.,
or two months' riaprisonmeut, in each case.
The prisoner scorned astonished at the leniency
of the sentence inflicted.

NEWSPAPERS.--A voluminous correspondence between
the Boial Lltiland Revenue, and various proprietors of
newrpapers on the subject of the registration of news-
papers and of securities on the publication thereof, since
Juno, 1855, was published yesterday. Only one case of
prosecuti,:n fora leged violation of the laws relating to
registratirn and security is mentioned in this return—it
is that of a Mr. John Heap, the printer of the Bury
Times.