The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

:I'OLICE lAYTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 1.

BOW-STREET.--Henry Wm. Boynton, land-
lord of the White Horse, Holborn, attended before
Mr. Henry, to answer the charge of haying brutally
ill-treated his wife on Sunday last.
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The complainant, whose face presented a fright-
ful spectacle, stated her case on Wednesday, the
defendant offering no other justification of his con-
duct than " that he ortiered her to go upstairs, and
she refused to go." He claimed the privilege, how-
ever, of consulting a legal adviser, and the case was
remanded till 11 o'clock yesterday, the defendant
recognisance.
being permitted to leave on his own

Ai the appointed time the defendant -was again
present, with his solicitor, but neither the wife nor
her witnesses were in attendance.

Mr. Lewis, jun., said he was instructed to appeu
on behalf of the wife, who waited upon him at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, and told him that the
defendant had gone home and packed up most of her
things and taken them out of the house. He could
not account for her absence this morning, unless the
defendant's friends had managed to keep her away.
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The defendant's solicitor said he believed Mr. arid
Mrs. Boynton had lived on very good terms until
the present unfortunate occurrence. He had not
seen his v,-:fe or her servant since last evening. He
believed they had left the house.
Mr. Henry said it was a very bad case, and he
could not allow it to be settled in this way. He
should detain the defendant in custody, and send an
officer to inquire for, and, if possible, to bring the
complainant to the court.
Smith, F 87, one of the summoning officers of the
court, was accordingly sent to make inquiries, and
at four o'clock ho reported that complainant de.
clined to attend. In consequence of some communi-
cation from her husband she desired to withdraw
the charge, believing that to press it would ruin
them both.

Mr. Henry—l cannot have it settled that way. I
shall leave the warrant in your hands, and adjourn
the case to give Mr. Lewis an opportunity of seeing
the complainant, to ascertain what is really her in-
tention. In the meanwhile I shall enlarge the re-
cognisance.
The defendant's solicitor said his client was no
party to the arrangement.
Mr. Henry—We all understand these things, of
course.

The Solicitor—lf you think justice would be met
by his entering into recognisances—
Mr. Henry—Certainly not. She must attend
here, or Mr. Lewis must see her. I adjourn the
case for that purpose.
TIIE PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS.—Mr.
Marmacluke Langdale, who has recently caused to
be erected, in Endell-street, St; Giles's, a drinking
fountain for the use of the public of the district,
waited upon Mr. Henry to make the following
complaint :
M 7. Langdale stated that, induced by the bene-
volent example of Mr. Gurney, and supposing it
would be a real boon to the crowded inhabitants of
the district, he had directed one of these fountains
to be placed in Endell-strect, and supplied with
drinking cups, which were secured by strong
chains to the walls. He had himself presided at,
the opening of the fountain, when at least 500
persons were assembled, and a degree of approba-
tion was expressed which afforded him the utmost
gratification. Shortly after this he left town, and
he now learnt with regret that during his absence
the water had. ceased to flow, and the cups, chains,
grating, &c., had keen stolen, although much force
must have been used to wrench them off. For
days the public were deprived of its use ; but now
he had caused fresh cups and still stronger chains
to be attached, and the water was again flowing.
His object in addressing the magistrate was to beg
that the police on duty there might be requested
occasionally to keep an eye on the fountain, for
really these depredations are extremely discourag-
ing, and, if repeated, would put a stop to private
gifts of this sort altogether.
Mr. Henry was sorry to hear of such occurrences,
and would mention the subject to the police,
although, of course, it would be impossible to place
a constable on duty at every fountain in London.
A gentleman in court stated that he frequently
passed the fountain in question, and had noticed
large'crowds of disorderly boys, playing with the
water and making a great mess on the pavement,
but no constable was ever seen near it to interfere
with them. ' It was a district where a constable
might always be profitably employed,., within
sight of the fountain, and it would cost a very
little extra trouble to clear the pavement of the
ragged urchins and idlers who congregated there,
and often prevented decent people from drinking
the water.
CLERKENWELL.—VIOLENT ASSAULT AND
CHARGE OF CRIM. CON.—Thomas Dillon, a glass-
blower, residing at 16, Dorrington-street, St. An-
drew's, was charged with violently assaulting
Francis Henry Russell, an optician, of 13, Brewer-
street, Clerkenwell, in Fox-court.
The prosecutor, who appeared in the box with a
very bad eye, said that he called at the defendant's
house about business, and saw the defendant's wife.
About 11 o'clock the defendant came home and
abused his wife, and, without his (the complainant)
interfering, he was knocked down, and when he
got up, the defendant struck h*m a tremendous
blow in the face and blackened his eye.
The defendant did not deny the charge, but said
he thought he .was justified in what he had done.
His wife was a very dissolute woman, and he was
compelled to live apart from her. He went home
to see if the children were attended to, and found
the complainant and his (defendant's) wife in such
a position that there could not be the slightest
doubt of their immoral connection. The complainant
got behind the door, anal if he (defendant) could
have got hold of him, he would have kicked him
down stairs, and all such "contemptible hounds.'
like him.
The complainant, who looked very sheepish, did
not deny the statement of the defendant, but called
his mother, who said " she really could not believe
it."
The complainant abused the defendant, and said
he did not sleep with his wife.
Mr. Tyrwhitt told the complainant he had
nothing to do with the defendant's business, and
being of Opinion that the defendant had received
great provocation, he should dismiss the charge.
The complainant, who seemed very chop-fallen,
then left the court.

GREENWICII.—A WIFE CHARGED BY HER
HUSBAND WITH ATTEMPTING SUICIDE.A re-
spectably-dressed young woman, named Jane
Foster, 22 years of age, of 5, Morden-street, Green-
wich, was charged before Mr. Seeker with attempt-
ing to commit.suicide by throwing herself into the
river Rarensbourne, at Lewisham.
The charge was 'preferred by the prisoner's hus•
band, from whom she•.has been separated during
the past three nontliS, it being alleged that he had
deserted her,' Froni the evidence given it appeared
that between' seven 'and eight o'clock on Sunday
evening the husband and the prisoner entered the
Royal Albert, Blackheath-road, and called for some
ale. ;raving been seated in the back parlour some
time the.husband left her for the purpose of speak-
ing to a person, and stayed away a considerable
time. During his absence the prisoner obtained
some writing paper and pen and ink from the land-
lord, who was aware of the differences between her-
self and her husband, and from -what he observed
of the harried manner in which she wrote, he came
to the teneltiiion that it was her intention to com-
mit suicide. This fact he communicated to the
husband on his return, whose reply
.was, "If she
does it, it will not be the first tinie. have pulled
her out of the water once, and I then told her I
would not trouble myself again if she attempted to
make away with herself." The prisoner had then
left, and about two hours after the attention of two
young men was called by a gentleman to something
floating in the ltavensbourne at Lewisham, which
was found to be the body of the prisoner, who was
rescued in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to
a neighbouring iun, where medical aid was pro-
cured, and she-eventually recovered, when she ad-
mitted having deliberately walked into the water,
alleging as a reason that while talking to a young
woman her husband ma her and accused her of
talking to a portion of improper character; adding
that he had long suspected she was unfaithful to
him, and that he had then proved it.
Mr. Inspector Mott said there were witnesses to
speak to the cruel conduct or the husband towards
his wife, but

Mr. Seeker declined hearing them, and ordered
the F isoncr to find two sureties in Xl5 each, to be
of good behaviour for the next three months.

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