The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-02 00:00:00

POLICE* IN2ELLI6ENCE—Nov• 1.

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MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. Edward Benjamin,
and Frank Edwards, the former a fish salesman in
Billingsgate-market. and the latter a journeyman
in the service of another salesman, attended before
the Lord Mayor, charged with being in illegal pos-
session of a quantity of salmon.
Mr. Robinson, from the office of Mr. Buchanan,
appeared for the defendants.
Mr. Alex. Mitchell, superintendent of water
bailiffs of the. river Tweed, said that from informa-
tion which reached him at Berwick he came to Lon-
don and proceeded to Billingsgate about 1 o'clock
on Saturday afternoon. He traced from Berwick
two barrels of salmon, invoiced as herrings, and ad-
dressed " Mr. George, New Warehouses, Love-lane,
Billingsgate-market, London." He saw a large
number of salmon, weighing scwt., on the stall of
Mr. Benjamin, in the same barrel,p that he had

traced from Berwick, one of them being opened.
He opened one of the barrels in the train on its ,
passage to London. Benjamin, when told by the
witness that he would be given in charge for hav-
ing possession of the salmon, denied all knowledge
of them, and said they had just been brought to
his stall. The fish were bull trout and had been
netted. The season closed for netted fish after the
let October, and from his experience he should say
that the fish (one of which he produced) had been
alive within a week.
The witness, in cross-examination, said he had
been induced to trace the salmon to London on ac
count of many casks of that kind of fish having
recently been sent to Billingsgate for sale. Mr.
Benjamin was standing by the side of the stall on
which the casks were placed.
E. Mill, driver to the Great Northern Railway
Company, said he took the casks to the address stated
by the last witness. He asked for Mr. George, and
the defendant Edwards said he would take them
in for him, and added, " I will sell them, as Mr.
George has gone." Edwards signed the delivery
book as " Mr. Frink," and he complained of his not
having brought the casks sooner. •
A. M. Mungo, police-constable 564, said, I saw
the fish taken from a cart and carried to a form on
which Mr. Benjamin was standing. Mr. Benjamin
had a lot of fish arrive at the same time as these,
and he said, referring to these two casks, " A fresh
arrival, my lads, what will you give for them ?"
A customer replied, " I'll give you a shilling each;
I'll give 6s. for half a-dozen." Benjamin said Give
me your money." I then said, " Mr. Benjamin I
will not allow these fish to go." Previously to that
I had sent for Mr. Deering. Mr. Benjamin said,
" It's no business of yours ; trouble your head with
your own business. You go away." I told him I
would not go away. At that moment my brother
officer and Mr. Mitchell came up.
The Lord Mayor—Are the fish fit to eat now ?
Mr. Mitchell—Some of them are not unwhole-
some ; some are -worse than others.

Mr. Deering—l saw the fish in question in the
market. I saw Benjamin standing upon the form
immediately adjoining his own stand. The fish
were on the stall of Mr. Rackstraw, who leaves the
market early in the morning—generally about six
o'clock. Benjamin took up the fish and showed me
the gills of three or four of them, all of which ap-
peared perfectly fresh. I saw that they were out-of-
season salmon, but nothing near so bad as I have
seen sold in the market out of season.

Mr. Robinson asked for an adjournment of the
case, in order that Mr. Benjamin might have an
opportunity of proving that he never had anything
to do with the fish.

After some further conversation,
The Lord Mayor ordered the defendants to enter
into recognisances to attend on Wednesday next.

MARYLEBONE.—John Culpeck, aged 20, re-
siding at 46, Salisbury-street, Portman-market, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton charged
with having attempted to murder his wife, and also
to terminate his own existence.
The prisoner, who seemed very weak, was seated
during the inquiry; his throat was bandaged up,
and articulation was evidently painful to him.
- Hill, 72 S, deposed that at 11 that morning, -while
in North-street, Lisson-grove, he heard loud cries
of " Police," which proceeded from No. 46, in that
street, and a number of persons congregated at the
spot exclaimed, " For God's sake come in." He
(witness) went into the backyard, and there found
the prisoner bleeding; profusely from a wound in
Iris throat.
Mr. Broughton—Did he say anything ?
Witness—Yes ; he said, " I have not done it to
rights." I sent for a doctor, and prisoner was taken
to St. Mary's Hospital. His wife, whom he had
stabbed, was brought there soon after by another
officer.
Policeman 185 D, said that he heard loud screams
and found the prisoner's wife in Clifton-road. She
had been stabbed in the neck, and witness took her
to the hospital. She was still there suffering• from
a severe wound, and unable to quit the institution
at present to•give evidence.
Some other evidence was gone into, and it was
shown from what transpired, that the prisoner had
been married only two months, and that jealousy
was the cause of what had occurred, the wife having,
as alleged, left hiss to live with another man, who
was the father of a family by a woman with whom
he had for years cohabited.
After some further proceedings, the prisoner was
remanded till to-morrow week.

WORSHIP-STREET. John Townshend, a
surly-looking man, 36, was charged before Mr.
Hammill on Friday with the following assault upon
his wife :

The wife, one of whose eyes was shockingly con-
tused, said—This morning the prisoner began beat-
ing the children very severely, and.on my interfer-
ing for their protection he threatened to dash my
brains out with a hammer, struck me down and re-
peatedly kicked me violently about the body. lam
very sore all over me from his cruel usage, and have
a lump upon my side as large as a man's fist. I have
before been obliged to come here about him five or
six times, and he has been punished for it, but it is
all of no use.

Geharty, 159 H—l was called to the house at
ten o'clock this morning, and found this
poor
woman in the street, supported by several persons.
Before I could secure him I *saw him strike her a
heavy blow in the face with his fist, and on my
way to the station he also kicked me severely.
Prisoner—l have notkinc, to say to this.
Mr. Hammill—l recollect that you have been
here before charged with these brutal offences, and
have had lengthened imprisonments for them. It
all appears of no avail, and I am sorry that I can
only send you again for six months' hard labour,
but this time I shall also order you to find good
bail for a period of the same duration.
The poor woman left the court in great grief, but
was yesterday brought back again by . Gee, the
warrant officer, who said—This woman is in a very
bad state, your worship, and I do not know what
to do with her. She is in extreme distress : she
has five children to keep, is very near her confine-
ment with a sixth, and has no means whatever of
providing for the emergency.
Mr. Hammill—Will not some of her husband's
friends assist her a bit ?
Gee—Oh, dear no, sir ; quite the reverse.
Mr. Hammill—Why, that man has been often
charged here with furious attacks upon his wife.
I recollect him perfectly well.
Gee—He has, sir ; he has been imprisoned for
twelve months, nine months, and many shorter
periods besides. He used to sell umbrellas about
the streets when he was out of prison, and she used
to repair them to :enable him to do so. I have
known the family fora very long time, and can
conscientiously say that she is a very hardworking,
sober, industnousi wonian, and has suffered great
injury and privation from his gross misconduct.
In every instance, as far as I can ascertain,
he has beaten her in this way without the
least provocation. While he was here on
the last charge she had a summons against him
for another attack upon her, and to which sum-
mons he ought to have appeared that very day,
but committed a fresh assault upon her, was taken
into custody, and sentenced before the time for its
being heard, so that he has not been punished for
that charge at all. He is a most outrageous ruffian,
and I once myself prevented him killing one of his
children. W hen I served him with the summons I
have just referred to he made use of the most hor-
rible language, tore the summons up, flung the
pieces in my face, and ordered me out of the house.
One of the five children, too, is an idiot, which
makes it much worse.
The wife, who. was far advanced in the family-
way, and evidently very ill and debilitated, was
questioned by the magistrate upon the facts deposed
to by the officer, and confirmed them in every par-
ticular.
Mr. Hammill—l am really very sorry for your
unfortunate position, but can do very little for you.
I have no doubt, however, that if the facts detailed
before me were only published, one of those benevo-
lent institutions—such, for instance, as the Royal
Benevolent Society—which have for their object
the investigation and relief of such distressing cases
might be induced to see after you and your children,
for assuredly I deem this a case worthy of every I
attention, and you have certainly also suffered
greatly through your marriage with such an aban-
doned scoundrel. I hope that this will be done for ,
you, and in the meantime I will give you 10s. from
the poorbox, to help you as far as that will go.
The woman received the money very gratefully,
and left the court manifestly with far different
feelings from those with which she had entered it.

CLERKENWELL.—The attention of Mr. Corrie;
the sitting magistrate, was engaged this mornin
for some considerable time, in consequence of the
police having, on Saturday evening, made a most
determined onslaught on the poor costermongers,
the number of charges of that description for adju-
dication being 17. In one case the defendant had
been detained in custody for 36 hours, and in ano-
ther, where the man was locked up in the evening,
he complained that when he was bailed out at 11
o'clock he went to the greenyard to get his barrow,
they refused to let him have it, and yesterday,
when he obtained it, he found that his apples had
been thrown careleSsly into a sack, and spoilt ;
while in another, in which fish was exposed for
sale, it was taken to the green-yard and spoilt.
Some of the defendants remarked, that the only
way they had of earning bread for their families
was by selling fruit in the streets, and in most of
the instances it was stated that the police never
gave
them any notice to " move on," that their bar-

rows and baskets were causing no obstruction, and
that they were treated and pushed about like felons.
Mr. Corrie, in the cases where the defendants had
been locked up fora few hours, did not inflict afine,
but in the others ordered them to pay a fine of is.

WESTMINSTER.—CaroIine Fleurette, a very
respectable and well-dressed person, about 30 years
of age, was placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter,
charged with attempting to commit suicide by
means of oxalic acid.

Charles Tucker, 202, B, said that at half-past
seven on Saturday evening he was called by the
husband of the accused to Keppel-street, Chelsea,
and told that she had attempted to commit suicide.
Re went there and called in a surgeon, who exa-
mined a cup out of which she drank, and pronounced
what was left to be oxalic acid. She was then taken
to St. George's Hospital, and afterwards brought
to the station. She told witness she had attempted
to poison herself through her husbaud's continued
ill treatment.

The husband said, she has committed this rash
act through drink.
Mr.Paynter—Was she intoxicated when charged ?
Constable--No, your worship.
Mr. Pay-liter (to the husband)—l am inclined to
think you are as bad as she is.
Husband—May I explain the circumstances ?
Mr. Paynter—Not now ; you shall have an op-
portunity of doing so on the next examination.
(To the accused, who was in tears)—l shall re-
mand you for a week, during which time the chap-
lain will converse with you, and I hope will con-
vince you that you have done very wrong.
Prisoner was then remanded.

SOUTHWARK.—As soon as Mr. Burcham took
his seat on the bench, 27 hardy-looking labourers
attended before him to ask his advice under the
following distressing circumstances :
One of the most intelligent among them stood
forward and said that for some time they had been
working at the foundations of some large ware-
houses which were being executed by Mr. Myers,
the contractor, of the Commercial-road, Lameth.
They were all employed by a Mr. King, a sub-con-
tractor under Mr. Myers, and on Saturday night,
wken they had finishes their week's work, that
mau had drawn the money and absconded. The
consequence was that nearly the whole of the men
were unable to buy food for themselves and fami-
lies, and many of them had not tasted food since
Saturday night.
_ _

Mr. gurciiam told them he was afraid he could
render them no assistance, as they had been em-
ployed by the sub-contractor. He asked them if
they went to Mr. Myers on Saturday night.
Applicant replied that they did, and remained
till 10 o'clock. Mr. Myers told them that King
had all the money, except about £ll, and he could
not pay them till they found King. They searched
for him in vain, and were compelled to go home
penniless. _

Mr. Burcham told them that as they were em-
ployed by Mr. King, the sub-contractorM. Myers
was not liable according to law, but he had no
doubt he would divide the £ll which he held,
among them, if they returned to him. This was a
very hard and distressing case, and he would send
an officer with them to inform Mr. Myers that he
need not render himself uneasy as to legal proceed-
in s.
The poor men thankfully left the e3urt with Mr.
Moran, the second usher, to wait on Mr. Myers.
At a later period of the day Mr. Myers attended
to explain the, circumstances as related to him by
the second usher. All the poor men were likewise
present. _ •

- Mr. Burcham told him that he had sent for him
owing to the complaint of these 27 poor men, who
said that they had been working on premises, which
he had a contract to build, at Old Barge House.
wharf, Commercial-road, and they did not receive
their wages on Saturday night. He afterwards
understood that they were employed by an under
contractor, therefore he (Mr. Myers) was not liable.
But he afterwards heard that a balance of £ll was
due to King, the sub-contractor, consequently he
sent the usher of the court to recommend the dis-
tribution of the £ll, or his attendance at this court
to explain.
Mr. Myers informed his worship that King took
the contract from him, and employed the men. He
had drawn all his money due except £ll ls. 6d.
Mr. Burcham asked whether it was a written
contract ?

Mr. MyerS replied that was not, but a written
list of prices. His worship would see by his ac-
counts that he had received all but what he had
stated. He did not know what had become of King,
but he had seen his son and told him he would pay
him the £ll Is. 6d. if he obtained his father's writ-
ten order.

Mr. Burcham said it was a hard case for the
men, but it was clear Mr. Myers was not liable,
under the circumstaned. He should advise them
to look after King.
The parties then left the court.

LAMBETH.—Mr. S. Drewell, a firework manu-
facturer, carrying on that dangerous trade at No.
6, Hatfield-place; Westminster-road, close to the
spot where the late fatal explosion took place, and
so many lives were lost and persons injured, ap-
peared before Mr. Elliott to answer a summons,
charging him with selling fireworks contrary to
the statute. _ _ _ _

Mr. Tritton, the vestry clerk of the parish of St.
George-the-Martyr, Southwark, attended to sup-
port the charge ; and Mr. Solomon appeared on
behalf of the defendant.-

The charge having been proved,
Mr. Elliott said the practice of manufacturing
and selling fireworks was highly dangerous, and
ought to be put a stop. to, and to mark his sense of
the offence he must impose the highest penalty of
£5 and costs.
The penalty was paid.

THAMES.—Sarah Harris, aged 27, a large and
rather attractive dark-eyed Jewess, described in
the police sheet as Sarah Joseph, a married
woman, of No. 75, St. George's-street, alias Rat-
cliff-highway, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with assaulting Philip Harris, her hus-
band's brother, of No. 111, Upper East Smithfield,
outfitter.

The case excited a deal of interest in the court,
which was crowded. Two beautiful children, the
offspring of the prisoner and her husband, were
seated in front of the table; and seemed much
alarmed for the safety of their mother.
The complainant, a Jew, said the prisoner had
laiely absconded from her husband's house with the
captain of a Swedish merchant ship. She left her
home on Thursday. Her husband and witness
went in search of her, and on Saturday night traced
her to a house in Aston-street, Salmon's-lane,
Limehouse. The object of her husband was not to
recover his wife, but to get back a trunk contain..
ing money, jewellery, and other property, valued at
£1.50. After considerable difficulty they were ad-
mitted to the presence of the prisoner, who grossly
abused her husband, and said she was going to Aus-
tralia with the Swedish captain, and nothing
should stop her. The prisoner's husband ultimately
obtained the box containing his money, jewel-
lery, and other property, and left the house. As
they were doing so the Swedish captain made his
appearance, and the prisoner took hold of his arm
and said " This is my husband and you shall not
ill-use him." He expostulated with the prisoner
on her base conduct to her husband, on which she
struck him twice on, the face with her hand.
The defence set up by the prisoner was that her
husband and brother-in-law used very harsh lan-
guage towards her. They also threw her on the
floor, took all the jewellery and money she had about
her, and tore her dress, and otherwise ill-used her,
in proof of which she pointed to some bruises on
her arm. She was provoked to leave her husband.
Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner if she would pro-
mise faithfully not to molest the complainant again.
Prisoner—l will not. lam going to Australia.
Mr. Yardley said—l hope you will not molest
him again. I fine you ss. for the assault, but if
you attack him again I will make it heavier.
The fine was paid.
A scene of the most indescribable confusion then
took place, the crowd of Israelites and others in and
about the court giving vent to yells and shouts of a
hideous kind. The Swedish captain on leaving was
followed
dby the infuriated mob, and cries of " pelt
him," " own with him," "tear him to pieces," &c.,
in all the beautiful variety of the German, Hebrew,
and Dutch languages, and, but for the. rotection'
afforded by the police, he would have been severely
handled. He ultimately took refuge in a public-
house, whence he escaped by the back window,
half dead with fright. On Mr-s. Harris leaving the,
court in a cab, she shared the same fate as her para-
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WANDSWORTH.—Mr J. Spicer, a builder, ap
peared -before Mr. Ingham to answer the complaint
of Mr. A. J. Hiscocks, the district surveyor of
Wandsworth, for refusing to pay him a fee of £2
158., due for the surveying of a house.
The defendant said the same fee had been claimed
by another district surveyor in the adjoining parish.
The complainant then stated that the defendant
was the owner of a certain building upon Wands-

worth-common. The ground upon which it stood
was formerly Spencer-park, and it was now laid
out in roads for building purposes. The house in
question is partly in Wandsworth parish and partly
in Battersea, but the greater portion of the building
was in Wandsworth. The fore court of the garden
and the front of the house were in his district, but
he claimed his fee for the whole of the building. He
had applied to the defendant for the fee, but he bad.
refused to settle with him in consequence of a simi-
lar application being made by the district surveyor
of Battersea. Witness had seen his colleague, and
had endeavoured to arrange the matter by offering to
divide the fee between them, but he would not con-
sent, and said he should expect the whole fee.
The defendant did not deny that the fee was ow-
ing, but he was placed in a very awkward position
as to whom he should pay it. If he paid the money
to the complainant it was very likely that he should
be summoned by the surveyor at Battersea. He
was sole owner and builder of the house, and before
he commenced he gave notice to Mr. Hiscocks. He
then applied to the Metropolitan Board of Works,
and was informed that the place was in the district
of the Battersea surveyor. He then gave notice to
him, and he was now called upon byboth surveyors
for the fee.

Mr. Bingham said it was a very curious case,
and the defendant was certainly placed in an awk-
ward position. He should adjourn the summons
for the Battersea surveyor to be consulted, in order
that he might take out proceedings ; and he (Mr.
Bingham) could then dispose of both cases at the
same time.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALLS'-MONDA.Y.

The afternoon was. almost entirely occupied with the
settling, which did not appear to progress very satisfac
torily. The subjoined scanty list comprises the amount of
business transacted :

LIVERPOOL CUP.
Bto 1 ags Underhand (offered)
10 to 1 agst Special License (taken and offered)
16 to 1 agst La Maladetta (taken)

DERBY.

10 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered)
14 to 1 agst Marionette
2000 to 70 agat Gaspard (taken)
40 to 1 agst Rainbow (taken)
50 to 1 agst Brother to Sydney (taken)
50 to 1 agst Nimrod (taken)
3000 to 45 agst Guy Faux (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Marske (taken)

COUNTRY MAR EBTS.

COLCHESTER—Ocr. 30.

A fair supply of wheat, which sold slowly, at is per qr.
under the currency'of last week. Fine malting barley 111
request, other sorts are bad to quit, at irregular prices.
Beans and peas the same as before.

Wheat, white 46s to 50s I Beans, Mazagan.. 36s to 400
red 40s to 46s Middle & small 40s to 465
Barley 3os to 46s I White peas 44s to 46s
Oats 24s to 30s Grey, 42s to 450

COAL MAR]
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

JET—Noy. 1.
the close of the market.)

s. d.
Davison's WestHartleyl4 9
Gray's W. Hartley 14 0
Haswell Gas. l3 0
Howard's West Hartleyl4 6,
Byass's Bebside West
Hartley .14 6
North Percy Hartley ..13 9
Walker Primrose .....13 0
Lambert's W. Hartley 14 9
Tanfield Moor 12 9
Tanfield Moor Butes 12 9
Wylam
Nixon's Merthyr.- 21 0
Powell' s Duffryn Steam 21 0
Benton's Wst Hartley 14 0
Cowpen Hartley 14 6

Walls End.
g. a.
Northumberland l5
90
Jesmoud l6
Framwellgate l7 6
West Stanley 16 6
Bell 16 9
South Hetton 193
Stewart's 19 a
Kelloe lB .6
South Kelloe lB 3
Thorpe 18 OA
Trimdon Thornley...J.6 v,,
Evenwood .... l6 °,
Acorn Close l7 6
Gosforth l6 6
Eden 17 6
Russell's Hetton 18 0
Kepler Grange .. 18 3
Heugh Hall 17 9
Harton
Wharncliffe 17 ~/,
Hunwick 14 0
Whitworth 146
Shincliffe, l7 t-
Lambtou 18 9
Byron.~
;, 129—sold, 76.