The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866.

Central Criminal Court—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
TILE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.
An application was made by Mr. Daly before the court
this morning on the part of Jeffrey, the accused, for a post-
ponement of the trial to the next sessions.
The Common Sergeant said the application should be
made to-morrow, when the judgeswould be in attendance,
more especially as the grand jury had not yet returned a
true bill against the prisoner. The application, therefore,
had bettor stand over.
Shortly after the grand jury entered the court with a
numbor of true bills,amongst which was one against Jeffrey
for wilful murder.
Mr. Daly, 'it is understood, will renew his application
to-morrow morning.
CHARGE OF 13URGLARY-A KIND GRANDFATHER.
John Harcott, 28, compositor, was indicted for feloni-
ously receiving a plated biscuit box, a cruet frame, throe
spoons, and othor articles, the property of John Clark
Marshman, well knowing the same to have been stolen.
From the evidence it appeared that the residence of the

prosecutor, who resided at Bickley Park, had been.broken
into, and the prisoner was seen in Bishopsgate-stroet with
one of the articles in his possession under very suspicious
circumstances. On being questioned he gave a very un-
satisfactory account of how ho became possessed of the
property, and ho was taken into custody. Some pawn-
brokers' tickets were found in the pockets of the prisoner,
which were found to relate to the other articles stolen from
Mr. Marshman's house.

On the close of the evidence the prisoner made a very
original statement to the jury in his defence. Ho said—l
was passing over London-bridge to work on Saturday
morning, when two men came up to me, and one of them
said, "Good morning, John," to which I said, " Good
morning, but ycu've the advantage of me." The man in
answer, said, "I'm your grandfather," when I answered,
"Aro you? Well, I didn't know it." The man said,
" Oh, yes, I am, but I haven't seen you for seven years."
I said, "I am glad to see you." (Laughter.) To
which my grandfather said, " Come and take some
refreshment, as I am going to Paris," and we all
went to a public house, whore we remained for over
an hour. We then went to the railway station to-
gether, and finding the train not going for some time we

went and had some breakfast. IVlNenjoying the repast
my grandfather—(laughter)—said, "I should like to give
you something to remember me by," and I said I should
like to have something. (Laughter.) He said, "Do you
want money ?" and I said " Yes ; but don't give me any,
as if you do I shall spend it." He then took out a carpet
bag from under the seat and said, " This teapot cost me
£5 10s., and I give it to you as a heirloom, so that you may
keep it in the family to remember me by" (laughter), and I
said "thank you, I will." Ile then said to the young man
who was with him, "you have a lot of things you don't
want, they'll only be a trouble to you to take them to Paris ;
you might let my young relative have them cheap ;" and
then the young man took out another bag and showed me
a pot and some towels and a number of other things, and
he offered to sell them to me for a pound. I told him I
had'nt got a pound and that I had only 155., but if ho would
wait until the evening when I got my money I'd give him a
pound for them as they wore worth it. He agreed to take the
155., as they were going away, and then I saw them safe
off. (Laughter.) I thought I'd go down to Kingsland
and see my aunt—(loud laughter)—and show how kind
her brother had been to me—(repeated laughter)—but she
was'nt at home, and as it came on to rain, and I had'nt got
any money, I went and pawned some of the things for
Gs. Gd. (Laughter.) I then went and had some dinner,
and went home to Lambeth. After dinner I thought I'd
go and see my aunt again—(laughter)—and so I
took the tea-pot under my arm, wrapt up in one of
the cloths, and as I was going down Bishopsgate-street
I that one of my aunt's lodgers —(laughter) —and I asked if
my aunt was at home, and ho said no, and so I thought I
wouldn't go ; and as it came on to rain again—it poured
very hard—l stood up under a gateway, and just as I was
doing so a gentleman tumbled in after me, right on to my
heels; and he said it's very wet, sir; and I said, yes, it is.
He said, what have you got under your arm? I am a police
officer. I said, a pot ; and he said, where did you get it
from ? I told him my grandfather gave it to me. Ho said,
your account is not satisfactory, and he took mo to the
station. That's all I've got to say about it.
The Common Serjeant, in summing up, pointed out the
difference between the statement made by the prisoner
according to the version of the police-officer, and his pre-
sent defence, which, if the jury believed, they would give
a verdict accordingly.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Common
Serjeant sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment with
hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day

MANSION-HOUSE.

STEALING LEAD.—William Price, Richard Stock, and
John Brown, were charged, the first with stealing 331bs of
lead, and the others with aiding him in the same.
From the evidence of police-constable 909, one of the
City police, it appeared that about half-past eight last even-
ing lie was standing at the door of his place in Baker's-
buildings, Bishopsgate-street Without, when he saw the
prisoners loitering about, and his suspicions being aroused
he spoke to Price, who had a bundle tied in an apron. He
opened the bundle and discovered the lead, which Price
said he had found on a dungheap. With the assistance of
his brother officers tho prisoners were taken to the station.
They were not known to the police. He compared the lead
with some that was in the house of a gentleman in the
neighbourhood, and found that it had been stolen from
these premises. •

Price and Stock, who were in the employment of an
ironmonger, received an excellent character from him, and
he appealed to the Lord Mayor to deal leniently with them,
adding that he was willing to take them into his service
again.

A gentleman, named Simmons, said he lived in the
neighbourhood of Baker's-buildings, which had been taken
by the Great Eastern Railway Company, and from which
a number of persons had been recently ejected. Brown
was in his employment about a week, but ho took him
Without any character.

The gentleman to whom the lead was supposed to be-
long not being in attendance, the prisoners were remanded.
A gentleman, who did not give his name, said ho lived
in the neighbourhood, and that the building had become a
regular nuisance since the premises had become vacant.
Idle and ill-conducted boys used ito get into the houses,
light fires there, and cause great annoyance to the peace-
able inhabitants.

RATE DEFAULTERS.—SeveraI persons were fined diffe-
rent sums, or sentenced to short terms of imprisonment for
non-payment of rates.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
THE BITER BlT.—Thomas Ever, cook, was charged be-
fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a jar from tho shop of
Mr. Banger, shell fishmonger, Oxford-street.
The prisoner was seen by W. Hills, City policeman,
who happened to be passing, to go up to Mr. Banger's
window, and take up what no doubt he supposed to be a
jar of anchovy paste, and put it into his pocket. The pri-
soner, however, made a mistake, for in consequence of Mr.
Banger having been several times robbed ho had taken the
precaution to place some empty jars in his window with
the view of saving tho full ones.

Mr. Banger stated that his object was not so much to
punish the prisoner as to caution others,
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for seven days.

WESTMINSTER.
THROWING MUD INTO THE THAMES.—John eockerell
and Frederick Cooper, navvies, and Edward Oliver, a
lighterman, of 40, Salisbury-street, Bermondsey, were
charged, under the 20th and 21st Victoria, the Thames
Conservancy Act, 1857, with throwing mud into the River
Thames.

Inspector Pricker, of the Thames Police, said that from
information received on the Monday evening he went in a
boat, with two constables, up the river, and when off
Cremorne saw a barge drifting down in charge of Oliver.
He hoard the splash of something being thrown into the
Thames, and went alongside the barge. He saw the two
navvies throwing mud overboard. She had contained 25
tons of mud, which had boon taken from a dock just above
Waterloo-bridge, and all had been thrown into the river but
about a ton. The prisoners inculpated another, and Oliver
said he had bean employed by a contractor named Fitz, of
Cherry-garden-street. This was not the first load of mud
that had been disposed of in this way.

Oliver had no defence ; he had been employed to take it
to Wandsworth, but missed the tide. The other prisoners
pleaded ignorance of the law.

Mr. Selfe said it was the most outrageous thing ho had
heard for a long time, and having pointed out that they
wore liable to a £2O penalty, fined the two "navvies" ss.
each, and Oliver ..£s—in default of distress, seven days' and
one month's imprisonment.

fined the prisoner •lOe, for each assault, and in default 14
days' imprisonment, the sentences to be consecutive.
The prisoner—I can't pay £d.
Mr. Partri,lgo—Then you must go to prison for 42 days

MABYLEBONE.
A CRUEL TIUSBAND.-o:iVer Tomlin, a powerful man,
living at 3G, Upper Carlisle-street, Marylebone, was
charged with committing a violent assault upon Elizabeth,
his wife.

Prosecutrix, whose head and face was nearly covered
with wounds, and who appeared to be in a very weak con-
dition, said for a long time she had boon subjected to a
course of ill-treatment from her husband. Last Saturday
night he returned from his work, when, from some un-
explained cause, he commenced abusing her, and continued
doing so, almost without intermission, the whole of Satur-
day night and Sunday. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning
he pulled her• out of bed, and for upwards of an hour he beat
her about the head, face, and body, with his clenched fist,
swearing all the time that he would murder her. Ho then
knelt ou her body, and pulling her right hand to his mouth
he knawed at it, and ultimately made his teeth meet
through her hand. Her cries alarmed a police constable,
who took the prisoner into custody.
A number of witnesses were called, who proved that the
prisoner was in the habit of brutally illtreating his wife.
The prisoner said his wife was in the habit of remain-
ing out all night drinking with strangers.
Mr. Mansfield sent him to hard labour at the House of
Correction for one month.

Naval and Military Intelligence.
A Horse Guards' order was yesterday received at
Chatham directing the 24th company of Royal En-
(P t,
incers to be held in readiness to embark at Graves-
end on board the chartered troopship Merchantman,
which has been taken up for the conveyance of the
company to the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve one
of the companies of that corps whose period of
colonial service has expired. The 24th company
will be augmented to 100 men of all ranks from the
depot companies at headquarters, Chatham. The
order also directs a small detachment of 23d company
of Royal Engineers, together with a draught of the
Ist battalion of the 10th Regiment, consisting of
45 men of all ranks, to embark for the Cape of
Good hope in the same vessel, to join the service
companies of that corps. The officers placed under
orders to embark with the above troops are Captain
Richard Bullen, Lieut. Walter St. George Burke,
and Lieut. W. F. Richardson, Royal Engineers;
and Ensign James Woolcott Lang, Ist battalion
10th Regiment. The detachments are to be in
readiness to embark at Gravesend on the 21st inst.,
should the vessel be ready to receive them on board
by that date.
The sloop-corvette Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power,
fitting for commission at Chatham, is ordered to
have an armament consisting of one ordnance
wrought-iron 7-inch muzzle-loading pivot gun, two
64-pounder muzzle-loading pivot guns, and four
ordinary slide guns and wrought-iron carriages.
She will also carry one 9-pounder breech-loading
Armstrong rifled gun and one 6-pounder smooth-
bore brass gun for boat and field service. Her
proportion of shot and shell will consist of 120 com-
mon 7-inch, 480 64-pounder, and 90 9-pounder
segment shell% empty ;70 7-inch common, 240
64-pounder, and 70 9-pounder Armstropg shells,
filled; and 30 9-pounder and 96 6-pounder solid
shot for her boat guns.
• Mr. J. F. Barnaby, attached to the Draughts-
man's Department at Chatham dockyard, has been
selected by the Admiralty to superintend the manu-
facture of the iron beams for the Blanche, 4, 1,268
tons, 350 horse power, building at Chatham, at the
Butterby works. The masts and gear for the
Blanche are to be made at Chatham.
A site near the redoubt on Mount Wise, 'Devon.
port, has been selected on which to erect a statue o
the late Lord Seaton—labourers are at work clear
ing out the foundation.

The screw steam gunvessel Dapper (tender to the
Britannia), from Dartmouth, arrived at Plymouth
on Thursday, and returned to Dartmouth on Friday.
The armour-plated screw steamship Ocean, 23,
left Plymduth on Thursday to join the Channel
Squadron at Portland.

About 200 artisans and labourers were entered in
the Devonport dockyard on Thursday for service to
the close of the financial year. •
The armour-plated screw steamship Zealous, 20,
at Devonport, was put in commission on Thursday
for service probably in the Pacific.
The armour-plated screw steamship Lord War-
den, 20, was placed on Friday in No. 3 dock in
Keyham steam-yard to have her bottom cleaned and
valves overhauled.

The screw steam storeship Industry, Staff-Com-
mander E. C. Youel, from Woolwich for Ascension
and Rio, arrived on Friday at Plymouth to embark
stores.

EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day

RICHMOND RACES—THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
EASBY STAKES.
Tho EASBy STAKES of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 25 added ;
two-year-olds 7st, three Bst 121 b; fillies and geldings
allowed 31b ; maiden two-year-old starters twice allowed
31b, four times 51b; maiden three-year-olds allowed 71b;
winners in 1833 of 100 soya at any ono time 41b, twice
or of 200 soya 81b extra; the second to save his stake ;
Grey Stone in ; 11 subs.
Paxton ............................................ (R. Challoner) 1
The Admiral
(Cameron) 2
Won by throe-quarters of a length. Betting-5 to 4on
Paxton.

RICHMOND CUP.
THE RICHMOND CuP of 50 sovs (Handicap Plate); winners
of any race aftor Sept: 14 51b, of any race value 100 sovs
71b, or of any race value 200 sovs 101 b extra. Grey
Stone in.
Feemy ................................................... (Craddock) 1
Cora ........................ . ....• (Barker) 2
Yarrow .................................... (Carroll) 3
Chessman, Warwick, Deerhound, Mochrie, and Fair
Wind also ran.

SAPLING STAKES. •
A SAPLING STAKES of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added,
for two-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst
71b; winners of 100 sous 31b, 300 71b extra (extreme
penalty); starters twiee without without winning allowed
31b; untrieds allowed 31b; tho second to receive 15 sous
out of the stakes. Grey Stone in. 17 subs.
Bumblekite.
Newland .
lionestish

Won by half a length. 3
MEMBERS' PLATE.
The MEMBERS' PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5
says each, 2 ft; winner of any handicap value 100 sovs
after Sept. 14 71b, of two such handicaps or of any
race value 200 sovs 101 b extra (extreme penalty) the
second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. One mile.
19 subs.
Elviro 1
Lady Coverdale 2
Bonaparte

Six ran.

BRECON RACES—Tnis DAY.
BOROUGH STAKES.
The BOROUGH STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, 7 ft,
and 4 only if declared, with 50 added; the winner of the
Breconshire Stakes 51b extra ; one mile and a half ; 11
subs.
Colonel (Kenyon) 1
Ischia (Cannon) 2
Bitter Sweet (Murray) 3
Guido also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Colonel, 3to 1 agst
Bitter Sweet, 4to 1 agst Ischia. Won by half a length.
NURSERY.
The NURSERY STAKES (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft,
with 40 added ; winners after Sept. 11 (at 10 a.m.) 71b
extra ; five furlongs ; 6 subs.
Recompense (Kenyon) 1
Whirligig (Cannon) 2
Colenso (Sopp) 3
Betting-6 to 4on Whirligig, sto 2 agst others. Won
by a length.

SELLING STAKES.
The SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; three-
year-olds Bst 71b, four 9st 91b, five lOst 41b, six and aged
lOst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; it entered
for 80 soya allowed 51b, 60101 b, 50141 h, 40181 b, 30 211 b,
20 281 b; one mile.
Chance
Hanway 2
Won easy.
STEWARDS' CUP.

the STEWARDS' Cur, value GO sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs each ; three-year-olds Bst 71b, four 9st
71b, five, six, and aged 9st 121 b ; winners once 41b, twice
71b, thrice or more 101 b extra; two miles.
Gomera .. 1

Neroli
Stockinger -

Four ran.
BIENNIAL.

The THIRD BRECON BIENNIAL STAKES of 10 sovs each,
with 40 added, for two-year-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies
and geldings Bst 71b; untrieds allowed 31b, but only one
allowance; starters three times and never won allowed
51b; winners of any stake value 200 sovs 31b extra;
three-quarters of a mile ; 9 subs.
Whirligig
Texana filly
Won by a length.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tins Day,

CESAREWITCH.
7to 1 agst Potomac (offered)
100 to 6 agst Mathilde (offered)
100 to 6 agst Lothario (offered)
100 to 5 agst Ethelred (taken and offered)
100 to 3 agst Zenobia (taken and offered)
100 to 3 agst Regalia (offered)
100 to 2 agst Caithness (offered)
100 to 2 agst Chepstow (taken and offered)
200 to 3 agst Surney (offered)
200 to 3 agst Hawkawell (taken)
DERBY.
5000 to 100 agst Star of India

TURF AGENCY OFFIOE,
100, JERMTN-STREET, ST. JAMES'S, LONDON.
R. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter-
sall's) begs to inform the racing publio he will
execute COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin-
cipal races • throughout the year. For further particulars
and prices see advertisement in The Sportsman newspaper
every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY.
Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt
of stamped directed envelope.
Post-office Orders to be made payable at the Piccadilly
or St. James's street offices, and cheques to be crossed the
London and Westminster Bank."

LONDON GAZs Evening.

At the Court at Balmoral, the 14th day of September,
1866, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in
Council, it is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council
that the Parliament, which now stands prorogued to Thurs-
day, the 25th day of October next, be further prorogued to
Tuesday, the 20th day of November next ; and that the
Right Hon. the Lord High Chancellor of that part of the
United Kingdom called Great Britain do cause a Commis-
sion to be prepared and issued in the usual manner for
proroguing the Parliament accordingly.
EDMUND HARRISON.
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, Sept. 18, 1866
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Edward Godon, Lord Penrhyn, to be her Majesty:a
Lieutenant of the county of Carnarvon, his lordship this
day took and subscribed the oath appointed to be taken
thereupon instead of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy,
and abjuration.

WAR OFFICE, Sept. 17.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Arthur
Williams, of the Royal Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Fiennes Middleton Colville, of the 43d Regiment, to be
Ordinary Members of the Military Division of tho Third
Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SEPT. 14.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right lion. the Earl of Tankerville, to appoint Captain
Charles William Earle one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Winchester, resigned.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 17.
Royal Marine Light lnfantry—First eutenant Lennox
George Rodney to be Captain, vice William Taylor, to
half-pay; Second Lieutenant William Purvis Wright to
be First Lieutenant, vice Rodney.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT . 17
Mr. George Barnes Blackwell has this day been
i pro-
moted to the rank of First Class Assistant Engineer n her
Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 3d September, 1866.