The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1866.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

TIM ROUGHS IN TILE PARKS.-Arthur Brown, a rough-
looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
assaulting Charles Legg, Hyde-park constable No. 13.
Legg said—About five this morning I saw the prisoner
and some others struggling with and striking another park
constable. I wont to assist the constable, when one of
the prisoner's companions struck me and ran away. I
went a short distance after him, but finding I could not
catch him I returned to assist the constable, and as soon as
I stepped up the prisoner gave me a violent blow on the
side of the head with his fist.

James Willis, Hyde-park constable, said—About five
this morning I saw four men lying on the grass asleep. I
wont up and awoke them, having orders to do so. They
became very abusive, and tried to throw me down and to
strike me, but I prevented them, and on the last witness
coming up to assist me the prisoner struck him.
The prisoner, who described himself as a labourer, living
in Burn-street, Lisson-grove, said -I never struck the con-
st..ble. We were foing away when the constable called
us lazy, and asking what he meant, a struggle took place.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any witnesses to call ?
The prisoner—No.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—lt appears to me that the park-keepers
were perfectly right in what they were doing, and I think
it my duty to state that the parks are beginning to become
a perfect nuisance during some parts of the 24 hours. It
is intolerable that places intended for the health and re-
creation of the public should be infested by a pack of
roughs and blackguards, and I wonder the thing is per-
mitted. It would not be suffered in any other capital of
Europe. Why are the police not called on to assist, as in
other places ? The prisoner will have to pay a fine of 40s.
or 11 days.
COWARDLY ASSAULT.-Arthur bolt, described as a foot-
man, was charged with violently assaulting.
Elizabeth Clarke, the complainant, who gave her evi-
dence seated, in consequence of feeling faint, said that on
Saturday night last she was outside of the Green Man in
the Euston-road with a friend, with whom the prisoner the
previous night had had some words. Thinking he was
going to renew them she begged him not to do so, when
ho said he would serve her the same as he had done her
friend, struck her in the face, blacking her eye. She went
and leant against some railings, and the prisoner came up
and knocked her down.

Evidence in corroboration having been given,
The prisoner said the complainant first struck him, bu
this was denied.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner's conduct in knocking
down a woman was very cowardly, and ho would commit
him for six weeks with hard labour. •

THAMES.

JITVENILE:CRIME.—James Wells, a well-dressed boy,
aged 10 years, the son of respectable parents, was brought
before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a gold watch value
10 guineas, the property of Catherine Welland, a widow
of No. 42, Kirby-street, Poplar.
The parents of the prisoner were living in the same
house as the prosecuttix, and the boy obtained access to
her room and stole the watch. He was quite ignorant of
its real value, for he offered it for sale to one person for ss.
and to another for ls. Gd. A boy named George Gather-
cole saw the prisoner with the watch, and he said ho
wanted ls. 6d. for it. The watch was shown to Gather.
cole's father, a labourer, to whom it was offered for sale,
and ho retained possession of it. It was produced and
identified.

Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Thursday.
SINGULAR ROBBERY ON BOARD-SHIP.— ThOMAS Freeman,
aged 12, was brought before Mr. Paget, for the second
time, charged with stealing a money-box from the ship
Lascelles.

On Sunday evening, between the hours of 6 and 7
o'clock, prisoner and two other boys came on board the
ship Lascelles, in the West India Dock, and asked an old
seaman named Linnoy, the ship-keeper, permission to go
over tho vessel. The lads appeared so respectable and
well-behaved that the required permission was given, and
the boys went over the decks, the fozecastle, and into the
cabin, where they remained for some time. Soon after
leaving the ship-keeper missed a money-box, painted
blue, on which were painted the words, " Merchant
Seamen's Orphan Asylum." The box was safe at
6 o'clock in the evening. The prisoner and another boy
were leaving the dock at the principal gateway when an
intelligent constable, named Thomas Cook, observed that
Freeman had something concealed under his coat. Cook
asked him what he had there. To which the prisoner re-
plied nothing, Cook said: "Yes, there is something there,"
and took the money-box from him. Tho box had been
tampered with, and an attempt made to extract the money
from it, which failed. Cook asked the prisoner where he
obtained the box, to which he replied that he picked it up
in a retiring place.

Mr. Paget would not allow the box to be opened until
the captain or chief matewas present, and gave permission
for that to be done. - lie remanded the prisoner, and Mr.
Thomas Abernethy, the chief mate of the Lase()lles, now
a ttended, and having consented to the opening of the box,
and no key being forthcoming, ho was provided with a
knife. With the assistance of Mr. Livingstone, the chief
usher, the box was forced open and the money taken out.
There was a silver sixpence and nine pennyworth of half-
pence in the box, which the magistrate said could be passed
over to the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum. That
society would no doubt provide a new box for the ship.
The mother and friends of the boy asked the magistrate
to deal leniently with him, and said ho had not been con-
victed of any crime.

Mr. Paget said he would decide the case on Thursday,
and remanded the prisoner again.

MARKETS.---This Day.

HAY.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load.
Inquiry limited.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 12s Od; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 4s per load.
Demand inactive.

WHITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 10s; clover,
£5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load.
Trado slow.

Prussia and the Duchies.

The following proclamation has been issued by
General Manteuffel :

" Gottorp, June 7.
" Inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig,—
"Since my assumption of office here I have always
acted towards you with frankness. Never have I
had any reason to repent of that course, and I now
address myself to you again with the same frank-
ness. The rights of sovereignty which his Majesty
my King and master has over the Duchy of Holstein
have been endangered by proceedings with which
you are all acquainted. The most sacred interests
of your country are placed in jeopardy, for never
has the Estates of either of the Duchies been called
together except in view of an assembly of the gene-
ral representation of an undivided Schleswig-Hol-
stein. lam charged by his Majesty the King with
the protection of those menaced rights, and for that
reason I ha e to-day ordered the entry of troops
into Holstein, as I have announced to the Imperial
Governor of the Duchy of Holstein that this military
measure has only a purely defensive character.
" Inhabitants of the Duchy of Schleswig,---I have
learnt to know and to esteem the spirit of order and
legality with which you are animated, and I now
give you a proof of this esteem. At this moment
Schleswig is being almost denuded of troops. You
will prove that the attitude which you have hitherto
maintained has not been induced by fear, but by the
loyalty of your character. But you, too, in your
turn have learnt to know me, and you know that I
am faithfully and heartily devoted to the interests
of this country. You will with confidence accept
my word. No doubt of the power or the will of
Prussia could find root in your minds. Let us have
faith in each other.

" The Governor of the Duchy of Schleswig,
" E. MANiELJFFEL, Lieutenant-General,
Aide-de-camp to his Majesty the
King of Prussia."