The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-02 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

Ninety-three non•commissioned officers and gun-
ners of the Royal Artillery, being the second portion
of the detachment draughted from the depot brigade
yesterday, left Woolwich to embark for China.
The troops departed from the Arsenal station so as
to reach London in time to start for Portsmouth by
the 2.30 train.

In order to provide the non-commissioned officers
and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines
with amusement and recreation during the winter
months, Col. Rea, the commandant, has received
permission from the Lords of the Admiralty for the
erectiox.of a commodious theatre within the barracks
for amateur performances by the officers and men,
concerts, exhibitions, &c. The building, which is
now in rapid course of construction, will be a per-
manent one, and in every respect well adapted for
the purposes to which it will be applied. It is also
intended to erect four skittle-grounds within the
marine barracks for the use of the men, the estimates
for which are now being prepared. The result of
the efforts now being made by the commanding
officers of the different branches of the service at
Chatham to promote the improvement and happi.
ness of the troops under their command is already
perceptible in the improved conduct of the men and
the decrease which has taken place in desertions
and other military offences.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.

(Before Baron Bramwell.)

THE ALLEGED INDECENT ASSAULT AT WANDSWORTH.
[A. portion of the following appeared in our impression
of yesterday :]—

The Rev. Henry John Hatch was indicted for indecently
assaulting two children, of the respective ages of 11 and 8
years, named Mary and Lucy Plummer.
Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Cooper appeared for the prosecution;
Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Robinson defended the pri-
soner.

The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
It will be recollected that the prisoner was formerly
chaplain at the Wandsworth House of Correction, and his'
wife kept a seminary for young ladies at Wandsworth, and
the two children were sent there to be educated. Very
shortly after the little girls arrived they stated that Mr.
Hatch commenced a series of indecent assaults, which con-
tinued for some time, until at last it came to the knowledge
of the parents of the children, whom they immediately re-
moved, and the present proceedings were instituted.
The eldest girl was then sworn. She appeared in a very
nervous state, and was crying nearly all the time under
examination. She said—My name is Mary Eugenia Plum-
mer. The witness, in answer to questions, then proceeded
to describe prisoner's conduct, consisting of exposure and
forcing her to place her hand on his person, and stated that
it was repeated on other subsequent occasions, at one time
coming to her bed, and at another taking her into his bed.
She remembered there being a party. The party were in
one room and he was in his bedroom. She was passing
through his room to go down stairs, and he said he would
tell her a story. She sat on his knee. He again behaved
indecently. Lucy was on the other knee. He did so to
her as well.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Ballantino—l had been
at a boarding school before I went to Mr. Hatch's. It was
at Miss Gray's, at Bath. I was taken away because the
air did not suit my health. There were six or seven other
children. I only remained six weeks. I returned home,
and remained there till July. I had been to another school
at Bath, and I remained two years. This school was at
the top of the hill, the other was at the bottom. I don't
know if any complaint was made of me ; I never heard that
there was.

Lucy Agusta Plummer, aged eight years, said—l recol-
lect going to Mr. Hatch's. I slept in the next room to his.
My sister slept in the next room to mine. I recollect Mr.
Hatch coming to my bed in his night shirt.
The child then gave the same account of the proceedings
as her elder sister.
The following gentlemen wore called, and gave the pri-
soner the highest character for morality :—The Rev. W.
T. Bullock, chaplain of Guy's Hospital; Captain Bridge,
St. James's-square ; Mrs. Bridge, wife of Captain Bridge ;
Mr. E. Wyse, of Hyde, Isle of Wight; the Rev. Dr.
Booth, rector of Stowe, who had for some time the
charge of the parish of Wandsworth ; Mr. C. Nelson
Wilkinson, resident surgeon of Wandsworth House of
Correction ; the Rev. H. Dupuis, vicar of Richmond (of
whom Mr. Hatch was a pupil 25 years ago at Eton, and to
whom he had been known since) ; Mr. Annesley, solici-
tor ; Captain Penrhyn, a Surrey county Magistrate ;
Mr. Briscoe, M.P. for West Surrey, and a
magistrate ; the Reverend the Incumbent of King-
ston-vale; and the Rev. Joseph Gegg, assistant chaplain
at Wandsworth Gaol.

Sergeant Ballantine said he had a large number of other
gentlemen who were willing to'be examined as to character,
but it would be unnecessary to call them.
Baron 13r4nwell summed up, and the jury retired at 10
minutes past four, and returned into court at five minutes
to five with a verdict of guilty.
The learned judge sentenced him to two years' imprison-
ment with hard labour for each offence, the second two
years to commence after the expiration of the first.
The prisoner protested that the children had told abo-
minable lies. He said he knew the time would come when
God would prove his innocence. He was then removed.

[ADYERTISEMENT.]—ThorIey's Food for Cattle is now
beginning to seriously attract the attention of the farmer,
breder, and feeder of stock. Two
.years of unremitting
care and attention have enabled its inventor to take high
ground as a benefactor to these interests ; and notwithstand-
ing the many drawbacks, the .malevolent shafts hurled
against it and its probable utility, the food, from its admitted
value, will become a necessity to the agricultural interest.
Experience has proved, first, that it effects a considerable
saving in the consumption of provender; secondly, that it
produces health and vigour in all animals subjected to its
influence : and lastly, increases in a remarkable degree an
early development of fat. Mr. Thorley, originating this
singularly efficacious food,,aimed at a compound calculated
to supersede, to.a certain extent, the tedious and expensive
mode then prevailing of fattening stall-fed beasts. In this
ho happily succeeded ; and success prompted a very natural
desire to improve upon the invention, so as to make it ap-
plicable to every description of domestic animal. The Eng-
lish farmer was slow to encourage its use, and manifested an
tatwillinness to rely upon its efficacy, fancying he possessed
in the produce of his farm, ample materials whereby to feed
and fatten his cattle at a cheaper rate than by the employment
or addition of artificial food. The tests to which this food has
been subjected haveproved its perfect admissibility as a cheap
addition to the natural produce of the farm ; inasmuch as in
realised, and rendered marketable in two-thirds of the time
usually consumed in developing fat ; it, therefore, becomes
apparent that a certain saving is effected by a fair application
of Thorley's Compounded Food. It is believed that the present
unprecedentod low price of:Wheat has induced its very genes
ral use, in preference to any other of the usual 'articles of
food; it is, however, much questioned whether wheat is a
nourishing and proper food for the working horse, certainly
it is not for cows or pigs. Mr. Thorley's Food, .besides
possessing the advantage of greatly invigorating the health
and increasing the physical power of all animals, is a tonic
and gentle stimulant, and when mixed with their other
food, materially assists their dizestive powers--a matter of
great consequence, since it is az undoubted fact that the
nourishment contained in their ordinary food is lost, conse-
quent upon the impaired or defective action of the digestive
organs ; it will also be found to be particularly beneficial
in restoring to good working condition horses which have
boon over-worked, or become weak from disease, or ar,
naturally of a feeble constitution. In cows its effects are
undoubted, indeed almost marvellous, nearly doubling the
yield of milk and butter, whilst it at the same time enriches
the quality of both. In pigs its fattening qualities are still
more remarkable, displaying M a few weeks its manifest
superiority over every other kind of compound cr manu-
factured food adopted in the feeding, of swine. Such has
been its marked success, that at all our great cattle shows,
Royalty, noblemen, and others who have fed their cattle
on Thorley's Food, have invariably carried off the principal
prizes, whilst cards of commendation have been awarded.
The patronage of Royalty, of our principal nobility, the
clergy, and of our leading agriculturists, must prove a
great incitement to this gentleman to pursue his onward
course; and he may confidently rely, in producing se
highly-favoured a compOund, on a centimaaticia of ouch
MO 4W/ 443tinguished patronage.