The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 20.

GUILDHALL.—Mr. Isaac Brouwer, a commis-
sion agent, lately in the employ of Mr. Samuel
Poole, the well-known cattle-dealer, appeared on
bail before Alderman Hale, charged with em-
bezzling various sums amounting in the aggregate
to upwards of 2,0001.

Mr. Lewis, jun., appeared for the prosecution,
and Mr. Abrahams for the defence.

On the last examination evidence was given to
the effect that the prisoner had been in the prose-
cutor's employ about Feven years, and that during
that time he had been in the habit of selling
calves on his master's account, and after obtaining
ss. per head on account from the purchaser,
directed him to pay the balance into Messrs. Hill's
bank in Smithfield, the amount so paid in being
received as the full prices of the calves. Two
cases only were proved, one in which the pri-
soner was stated to have deducted 1/. lls. 10d. out
of a sum of 9/. lls. 10d. given to him to hand over
to his master, and another in which he had obtained
1/. 10s., at the rate of ss. per head, upon a sale of
calves.

Evidence was now adduced showing that the
amount paid into Major Hill's bank was deficient
the sum the prisoner was charged with embezzling
upon the sale of the calves. Several other cases,
iu which the prisoner had received similar anaou nts,
were then gone into, but in one a butcher, named
Thurling, was too drunk to be examined ; and in
another a butcher of the name of Buckingham said
he gave the amount to the prisoner as a bonus for
selling him a bargain.

M. Lewis said he was not prepared with any
further evidence, and therefore asked for a
committal.

Mr. Abrahams said the charge of embezzlement
of a sum of 2,0001. had dwindled down to a few
doubtful cases, amounting to the paltry sum of A
or 41., upon which no jury would convict. He
submitted that no case had been made out against
the prisoner, towards whom there was a feeling of
spite in consequence of bis having taken many of
the prosecutor's customers to his new master.
Althrmatt Hale said it was a case f,r a jury to
decide upon, and committed the prisoner for trial.
Tue prisouer was admitted to bail as before.

CLERICENWELL.—Augusta Leigh, a respect-
ably dressed woman, a lodging-house keeper residing
at 10, Park-place, Liverpool-road, Islington, was
summoned before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at the instance of
parish authorities of Sr. Mary, Islington, for com-
mitting a series of assaults upon Susan Dean, a girl,
aged 17.
Mr. Sperling, solicitor to the trustees, appeared
for the prosecution ; Mr. Wakeling, solicitor, for
the defence.

It will be remembered that on the last occasion of
the case b:ing before the court, the girl was im-
proving ; but the mistress being very ill, the case
was postponed.

Mr.. Wakeling now stated that he was sorry to
inform his worship that his client was still very
unwell, and unable to attend ; and therefore he had
to ask fur a further adjournment. He had given
notice to the other side, and had handed to them a
copy of the following certificate :
"Compton-terrace, Jan. 19, 1858.
"I hereby certify that Mrs. Laigh, of 10, Park-
terrace, Islington, is still in a very delicate state of
health, and unfit for attendance at a police-court.
" JOHN M. CAMPLIN, M. R. C. S., and F.L.S."
After some discussion there was a further ad-
journment for a week.
The poor girl is, it is stated, improving in health.
The case still excites a great deal of interest.

LAMBETH.--Alfred Feist, late master of St.
Mary Newington Workhouse, again surrendered on
his bail, for further examination, on the charge of
disposing of the bodies of inmates who died in the
workhouse, for anatomical purposes.
Mr. Chester, the solicitor to the governors and
guardians of the parish of Newington, with Mr.
Robinson, the barrister, attended for the pro 4ccu-
tion • and Mr. Mathews, the barrister, instructed
by Mr. Helsham, the solicitor, attended on behalf
of the accused.
One or two eases similar to that of Mary White-
head, which was investigated at the former hearing,
were now gone into. The undertaker, Hogg, de-
posed that in cases when bodies were intended for
anatomical purposes h e generally received the neces-
sary certificate from the defendant to send to the
inspector under the Anatomy Bill. The practice in
the workhouse was, when paupers died there, to
have them carried down to the dead-house and
place them in a shell, and the undertaker had no
means of learning the names of such persons, except
from the master of the workhouse.

Evidence was also given by W. Bull, a clerk in
the mast: is office, as to the practice followed in
case no friends of the deceased applied to be allowed
to follow the body to the grave, and also as to the
disposal of unclaimed bodies.
Mr. Mathews, on behalf of the prisoner, admitted
that his client was not free from blame, in the lax
—he might say the scandalous—manner in which
the bodies of paupers had been treated, but con-
tended that no sale of the bodies for profit had been
made out, and that Hogg, the undertaker, who had
access to the dead-house, ought to be placed at the
bar rather than his client.

Mr. Elliott said there could not be the slightest
doubt that in the first case before him the prisoner
knew that the deceased had friends, and be had
been guilty of a fraud of a most revolting descrip-
tion, that of substituting the body of one for an-
other, and making the friends believe they were
following to the grave the body of their own rela-
tive. This was an offence against decency of the
worst description. The case must go before a higher
t►ibunal. It also appeared to him most culpable
on the part of the board of guardians to allow bodies
to be brought back from the hospital to the work-
house for interment.

Mr. Robinson assured the magistrate that that
which had been so justly condemned by his wor-
ship was entirely unknown to the respectable
gentlemen who formed the board ; and a number of
the guardians present confirmed this assertion.
The evidence in the case of Phoebe Clark, a
pauper, who had been in the workhouse, and who
died on the 19th of February last, was then gone
through. In this case the body was sent to Guy's
and another substituted, and two of the sisters of
Clerk followed the strange body, in the belief it
was their relative, to Vic'oria-park, and saw the
coffin interred there.
Mr. Elliott was of opinion that this and the case
taken on the former thy would be abundant for
the purposes of prosecution, and Mr. Robinson
having undertaken that if indictments in other of
the ten or twelve cases should be . preferred, the
solicitor for the prosecution should be furnished
with the evidenct, in them.
The prisoner was filly committed to take his
trial on both charges. On an application by his
counsel the prisoner was however admitted to bail
iu two sureties in 401., and himself in 801. to appear
on the day of trial.

UNIVERSITY REFORM. —Tho Marquis of Breadalbane.
and the Kul of Eg inton and Winton have pined tne
,:eiation for the Improvement and Extension of the
ish 'Universities
COLLISION ON THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.
—A collision, which fortunately was unattended by any
fatal consequences, although several pa'sengers Were
more or lees injured, took place on the North Stafford.
shun Railway, near Norton bridge, on Monday morning.

GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ a. d.
British Provincial •• •• 71. per cent. 20 0 0 all 22%
Brighton •• •• ..•• •• ,, 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
City of London 2/. per cent. 150 0 0 150 5 0 -
Equitable ,•••••• •• •• 2/. JO 0 0 all -
European .... .• 6/. per cent. 23 0 0 - -
Great Central 4l. per cent 10 0 0 - 1 t
Imperial .. • • ...... : 101, per cent. 10 0 0 - 10
Ditto New - 50 0 0 12 10 G 21
Ditto Debentures ' - Steck 100 0 0 -
Do. Continental IstCap. 31. 55. 50 0 0 42 15 0 -
Do. Do. 2d Cap. 4/. les. SO 0 0 41 0 il -
Do. Do, 3d Cap. 41. 10s. 50 0 0 43 10 0 -
Do. Do. 4th Cap. 3', . 50 0 0 41 0 0 -
Independent ... -
Londov Pad. Preferen 6.:. per cent. 25 0 0 - 27 4
Pho3nix
Ratcliff •• •• • .. •• •• •• 51. 20 0 0 16 0 r, -
Surrey Consumers
United General - 19%
Westminster Chartered 7 per near. 50 0 0 - 50
Ditto, New - 50 0 0 1,) 8 0 -
Western A -
Ditto B • •••• 10 0 0 4 0 0 3
MISCELLANEOUS. '
Dividend Amount
Name of Company per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- ------ - -
.£
1. 4. £a.l.
Acadian Charcoal Iron •• 10 0 0 2 0 0
African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
Assam lea .. . •..... dr. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
AuctiAn Mart•• .....• 214 1 per cent . -
Australian Alriculturl - 25 0•0
19 0 0 204
Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
A.ustraitan Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all 2%
Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 105. 10 0 0 all -
British American Land 51. per cent. 50 0 0 43 0 0 130
.......... 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 (0 0 -
Canada
D 0 .5 per.. .
cent Bonds 51. pee cent Stook 100 0 0 .-
Ditto, 5 per cent bds sLper cent. Stock 101 0 0 -
Ditto, 6 per cent. •• 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 ...._
16,0 p
1a C. e
Ditto, 6p C. bds 1874 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 _
bds 1876 6/. per sent. Stock (00 0 0 -
Crystal
21. per cent. 50 0 all 11.
t
to Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 -
0 -
Ditto,ii
Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all
City Navigation Bonds 354/. per cent -
- -
Electric telegraph .. 6/. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 -
Eng.& A.us. Cop. Smelt.
- 50 0 all - .
Eng.&lris. Slag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all
Equitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 1)0 c 0
Slag.
Dittc New .. •• •• .. -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. 57, p c and I/. 0500
percent.per ct. &-
00 00 22 100 00
_-
Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.)
GalennNaovalignaitbiouns
112011.. - 25 0 0 all -
GL
oe In' d. go
itie 154
00
00 14
allo 0 -3%
Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock Stock -
Hungerford .......... 2/. ss, 100 0 0 all -
Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all -
London Reversionary SZ, per cent. la o o all -
Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all -
Nat. Discount - Comp.. 25 0 0 50 0 4
N.s , .IV. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent. - 100 0 0 -
Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all -
North of Europe, Stm. 81. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 -
Price's Patent Cand. Co - 21 0 0 all 2014
Peel River. Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all
2
Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent. 50 0 0 all 75%
Ditto New ...... -.- 50 0 0 10 0 0 16%
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4)41. pr cart 100 0 0 all -
Ditto New ...- .... 13,2 L pr cent. 130 0 0 10 0 ~ -
Royal Mail Steam.... 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 to 0 0 ' 56
Scottish Aus. Invest. 151. per cent. 1 0 0 all -
iSoutli Austrrilian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 34%
Trust and Loan Comp. 734,„ pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 -
Vaa Diemen's Land.. 10s. 100 0 0,28 10 0 -
6 percent. 80nd5.... 6 per cent, ..i - --,