The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBII tJAIY 9, 1866.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

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COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Brougham.)
DT RE BREVET-MAJOR CHARLES MYERS CREAGH.

This bankrupt was described as a brevet-major in her
Majesty's army, late of 18, Bedford-street, Brighton, now
of Lansdowne-terrace, Brighton. The bankrupt comes up
on his own petition, owing about £5,000, the following
being the principal creditors : —Mr. Christopher Duff, of
the Four Courts, Dublin, and Registrar of the Court of
Queen's Bench, Ireland, £1,400 ; Messrs. Elkington and
Co., £3OO ; Mr. W. A. Clair, of East Grinstead, £450 ;
Mr. Woolf, tailor, Bond-street, £3OO ; and Mr. Laurie,
army agent, St. James's-square, £3OO. The cause of bank-
ruptcy is insufficient income. Debts' were proved, and a
day named for the next meeting.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OCTRAGEOTJS SCENE AT THE HAM YARD SOUP KITCHEN.
—Robert Smith and Henry Weston, two rough-looking
fellows, were charged before Mr. Knox, Smith with as-
saulting a poor man named Richard Denyer, and Police-
constable Poole, 305 A, and Weston with assaulting
Poole, 305 A, and Gower, 115 0, and also with attempting
to rescue Smith from the custody of the police.
Richard Denyer said—Yesterday I had a ticket given to
me by a gentleman in St. James's-street to go to the Ham-
yard soup kitchen. I went to the yard, and Smith came
down there drunk. A gentleman asked him to go away,
but he would nct. Smith wanted to buy soup tickets, and
because I would not sell mine he seized hold of my hair,
struck me several times, and knocked me down. While I
' was afterwards holding out my ticket to the person ap-
pointed to take them, Smith snatched it out of my
hand, and on my turning round to look after him he
struck me again, and several persons set on me. A. con-
stable then came and Smith was given in charge by the
person at the kitchen.
Lawrence Poole, 305 A, said—About half-past three
yesterday afternoon I went to Ham-yard and saw the
complainant bleeding from the nose and mouth. He said
he had been assaulted by a man. 1 went down the yard
and Smith was pointed out as the person who had commit-
ted the assault, and he was given in charge. On taking
Smith into custody, he said, " I will well rough it"
(fight it out), and then threw himself on his back and set
to kicking with all his might and trying to bite. Two or
three other constables came to my assistance, and we were
then hemmed in by a large crowd of the worst persons in
London. At last wo got him away, but we had all our
work to do to keep the crowd off. I was thrown twice
and tripped up three times by Weston. On the way to the
station stones were thrown at the police, and Weston in-
cited the crowd to attack the police, and when we suc-
ceeded in dotting Smith to the station, Weston was then

taken in. My ribs are very sore by Smith's kicking me
while he was on the ground.

Mr. Knoi—lt seems a scandalous thing to occur at a
place intended for the relief of poor persons.
luspeotor Bowles—The persons assembling at that place
are generally very quiet.
Reuben Blazier, 158 C—l saw Weston kick Poole seve-
ral times, and Weston also incited the crowd to attack the
police by calling out "Rescue —Don't let the take
him" (meaning Smith).
Gower 115 C—l went to the assistance of the other con-
stables, and received two blows on the back of the head
lima Weston, who had a stick in his hand. I was knocked
down. Weston called out several times, " Give it to the

W. Cane, 35 C—l assisted the other constable, and we
had to carry Smith a great portion of the way to the sta-

tion, Weston all the way inciting a large crowd to rescue
Smith. Smith was in the habit of going two or three
times a week drunk to the Soup Kitchen, and I have had
several times to quiet him. I have known him for years
as a very troublesome and rough fellow.
Mr. Knox—l shall send the case to the sessions. The
police must be protected.
Smith—l have a wife and family.
Weston—l never had a stick in my hand. That is all I
have to say.
The depositions having been completed, the prisoners
were committed for trial, Mr. Knox requesting Inspector
Bowles to see that Denyer (who has no house) was looked
after in the workhouse till the trial.

THAMES.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—SamueI Diable, a labourer, about

thirty years of age, was brought up on a warrant, charged
with violently assaulting Mr. Alfred Marshall, of No. 13,
Colchester-street, Whitechapel.

The prosecutor is a boiler-maker, and employs a great
great number of men at his factory in Whitechapel. The
prisoner had been employed in the place for five or six
years at intervals, and at last finally discharged. He came
to the prosecutor's establishment on the 22d January last
and said he wanted to have an interview with one of the
workmen, named John Williams. The prisoner was in-
toxicated, and Mr. Marshall said he would not allow him
to see any one. The prisoner abused the complainant and
threatened him, loitered about the premises until fifty-
eight minutes past one o'clock, when the large gates were
opened for the admission of the workmen, on their return
from dinner, when he again saw the prisoner, who forced
his way into the workshop, and refused to leave. Mr.
Marshall endeavoured to eject him. The prisener laid
hold of a boiler, and held fast by it. Mr. Marshall pulled
him from it, and a scuffle ensued. The prisoner nearly
forced Mr. Marshall on the ground and knocked off his hat.
He then struck Mr. Marshall, and knocked him down. He
got up and the prisoner hit him again with great force, dis-
lodging one of his teeth completely, and loosening another,
which was lost. The complainant's mouth was full of
blood, and he was put to much pain and inconvenience by
the loss of his teeth.

Mr. Gomm, for the defendant, attempted to show that
the complainant acted with great violence to the defendant,
who only wanted to speak to an old fellow workman.
Mr. Marshall said he requested the prisoner to leave the
factory a dozen times before he attempted to remove him,
and he used no more violence than was necessary to eject
him from his premises.

Mr. Marshall's evidence was fully confirmed by Andrew
Stapley.'

The magistrate doubted whether he ought not to send
the prisoner :to gaol without the option of paying a fine.
He sentenced him to pay 405., and 2s. costs, or be impri-
soned 21 days.

THE HORSE THE WISER ANlMAL.—William Argent, a
heavy, half-sleepy, agricultural labourer and carter, in the
service of Mr. Lawrence, carter and farmer, of Romford,
in Essex, was charged with being drunk and asleep in his
master's cart.

Lewis Lambert, a police-constable, No. 311 K, stated
that yesterday evening he saw a horse and cart, which
left the Whitechapel haymarket a few minutes pre-
viously, passing along the Mile-end-road. There was no
driver. 'I he horse suddenly turned round, crossed the
road, and proceeded towards the water trough of the
Plough, a road-side inn, where the animal had been accus-
tomed to have a bait on its way to and from the hvmar-
ket in Whitechapel. The wheel of the cart was locked in
the lamp-post on its way to the trough, and he was
compelled to back it and convey the horse and cart to the
green-yard. Heavy fees would have to be paid to the
keeper of the green-yard. The prisoner was lying at the
bottom of the cart, drunk and asleep.
The prisoner--.T. had a little beer, that is all. He was
ordered to stand up and make his defence properly.

Mr. Paget said the prisoner's master would have to pay
heavy fees to the green-yard keeper, and discharged him.

A RAILWAY JOURNEY IN THE LATE GALE.—It
appears three actions are to be brought by Malton
merchants against the North-Eastern Railway Company to
recover compensation for delay during the gale of Tuesday
last. The Leeds corn market is held on that day, and the
gentlemen in question were regular frequenters of that
market. The train left Mallon at 7 a.m., and had, in addi-
tion to the regular carriages, five horse boxes attached. It
.was alleged that the engine power was inadequate to the
increased weight of the train, which had to make head against
the wind, and that walking pace was occasionally observed
in consequence. In the cutting, shortly after leaving Mal-
ton, a runaway truck was met with, which the gale had
blown from the next station during the night. Fortunately
this obstruction was seen, it being then daylight. The
truck had to be pushed back three miles, and the train, in
all, lost more than an hour in the first 30 miles to Thirsk.
The consequence was that the corn market was closed be-
fore the passengers reached Leeds—more than three hours
late.

The Lord Chief Justice was occupied this morning with
the hearing of a case in which damages were sought to be
recovered from the Geivral Omnibus Company for injuries
done to a cab. In the Common Pleas the court was occu-
pied the whole of the day with a case touching s patent for
compressing hay. In the Probate Court the case of Pater-
son v. Cordray was resumed. The plaintiff, Annie Pater-
son, sought to establish the validity of the will of James Cor-
bay, bearing date Aug. 12, 1865. The defendant, who was
the testator's widow, opposed on the ground of undue exe-
cution and want of testamentary capacity.
It appeared that the testator commenced life as labourer
to a market gardener, but being a good man of business
soon improved his position, and becime a market gardener
himself, and in that capacity amassed considerable pro-
perty. After ho gave up gardening, he embarked in the
business of a fellmonger, in which he was remarkably suc-
cessful. He lost his first wife several years ago, and married
again in 1861, but that marriage did not prove a happy one,
and a separation took place. He afterwards became ac-
quainted with Annie Paterson, the plaintiff, to whom he
represented himself as being a widower. In 1862 ho pur-
chased a farm at Weldon, in Essex, and by the will in
question—which was executed a short time before his
death, which took place in September, 1865—he left the
farm and a large portion of his property to the plaintiff. The
testator was 65 years of age at the time of his death.
The case is not expected to conclude to-day.

The O'Donoghue's Amendment to' the

Address.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 8.
The following is a list of the minority upon The
O'Donoghue's amendment :
Bagwell, J. Gray, Sir J.
Barry, R. Cr, Hadfield, G.
Bowyer, Sir G. M'Kenna, J. N.
Brady, Dr. M‘Laren, D.
Bright, J. Maguire, J. F.
Bryan, G. L. Mill, J. S.
Devereux, R. J. Moore, C.
Dillon, J. B. O'Beirne, J. L.
Greville, A. W. F. O'Brien, Sir P.
Greville, Col. F. O'R9illy, M. IV.

Pollard-Urquhart,
W.
Potter, T. B.
Rearden, D. J.
Stock, 0.
Synan, E. J.

TELLERS.
O'Donoghue, The
Dlako, Mr.

Loss of the Steamer London.

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A public meeting of the inhabitants of Blackwell
and Poplar was held on Wednesday evening at the
Townhall, High-street, Poplar, to consider the best
means of raising a fund in co-operation with that
already established at the Mansion-house, for re-
lieving the survivors and the destitute familes of
those who were lost with the above vessel. It may
be remembered that the London was built at the
yard of Messrs. Wigram at Blackwell, and most of
the families of the crew who perished reside in this
district.

Dr. Bowkett took the chair, and among those pre-
sent were Mr. Hickson, the superintendent of the
East and West India Dock Company; Mr. E. Currie,
Dr. Brownfield, Mr. Westhorp, Dr. Bain, and several
influential gentlemen of the neighbourhood.
The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meet-
ing, which he said was to help those who had suf-
fered so much by the loss of the London.
Dr. BAIN then moved the first resolution, " That
this meeting, deploring the lamentable loss of the
ship London, and deeply sympathising with the dis-
tress and sufferings entailed upon the families of the
crew and passengers, pledges itself immediately to
raise funds in aid of the Lord Mayor's committee
for their relief."

Mr. HICKSON seconded the resolution, which was
carried.

Mr. J. FINNEY then proposed, " That this meet-
ing, highly appreciating the conduct of Captain
Martin, under the trying circumstances in which he
was placed during the storm in which his vessel
ultimately foundered, consider that some testimo-
nial should be presented to his family, as an appro-
bation of the courage and noble disinterestedness
which he displayed." (Cheers.)
Mr. HUGHES seconded the resolution, and it was
at once unanimously adopted.

Dr. BROWNFIELD then moved, " That this meet-
ing desires to express its sympathy with Messrs.
Wigram for the sorrow which the loss of the pas-
sengers and crew of the steamship London has
caused them," which being seconded by Mr. WEST-
HOEP, was agreed to.

Mr. HOCKING said he had had some experience in
iron shipbuilding, and he had been in the yard dur-
ing the construction of the London, and he would
say that better ironwork was never put into a vessel.
Several other gentlemen also spoke of the superior
character of the ship and the care which the firm had
taken to send the vessel to sea in an efficient
state.

A committee was then elected, and a list of sub
scriptions being handed in, the proceedings termi
nated with the usual vote to the chairman.

The Skeleton Found near Waterloo-buidge

REMARKABLE NARRATIVE OF A WIFE'S LOSS.
Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. Payne, coroner, resumed the
inquiry at the Essex Head Tavern, Essex-street, Strand,
relative to the discovery of the skeleton of a gentleman in
the bed of the river near Waterloo-bridge.
A Chubb's key, found with the skeleton, had been iden-
tified by Mr. Chubb as having been made by him in 1839
for one of the offices of the War Department, and the Den-
tological Society had photographed the artificial teeth of
the skeleton, and were about to publish a photograph and
particulars in their Journal. Inquiries at the War-office
and at the various barracks had been made, but no one
missing corresponded with the skeleton.
At this stage of the proceedings a tall lady, of middle
age, dressed in deep mourning, and whose features were
much careworn, entered the court and expressed a wish to
make a statement. Having been sworn, she stated that her
name was Harriet Elizabeth Clephan, that she resided at
No. 160, Goswell-street, and that in the year 1851 her hus-
band, to whom she had been married 13 months, suddenly
disappeared, and from that time down to the present she
(had never received any tidings of him. Ho was an archi-
tect and surveyor, and ho had chambers in Duke-street,
St. James's. He was last seen in Blackfriars-road, and
consequently he would have had to cross some one of the
bridges to get to his chambers. He was in good health,
but very desponding. He was architect to Earl De Grey,
and when he disappeared she communicated with his lord-
ship, and he was of opinion that her husband had com-
mitted suicide. At the time of his disappearance she hada
baby only a fortnight old. During their marriage she did
not see him very often—sometimes once a month - for she
resided in the country principally. He used to carry a
pencil-case with a letter-weight. Witness, however, could
not swear to the pencil-case, nor to the artificial teeth. She
did not know, she said, whether her husband wore artifi-
cial teeth or not. The glasses produced were not such as
he used to wear. He had a high Roman nose, correspond-
ing with the skeleton.
During the examination of the witness she was very
much affected, and it was incidentally mentioned by her
that property had been left to her on two or three occa-
sions since her husband's disappearance, but that she could
not get it owing to the fact that no tidings had ever been
obtained as to whether he was dead or alive.
The Coroner, in summing up, said that of the thousands
of cases which had come before him he had never had one
which excited so general an interest as the present. He had
received a great number of letters from all parts of the
country. The Government departments and the Commis-
sioners of Police had given him every aid, and done all
that possibly could be done to clear up the mystery. With
respect to Mrs. Clephan, it would be observed that the un-
fortunate lady had not clearly identified any of the things,
and that she knew nothing about the teeth.
The Jury, [after some discussion, returned a verdict—
" That the remains in question were found in the bed of the
river Thames, but how they came there, or how death had
been caused, there was no evidence to show ;" and ap-
pended their thanks to the Government departments and
the Dentological Society for the aid given to the jury in the
endeavour to elucidate the mystery attaching to the case.