The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-27 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-ST RE ET.
CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO UTTER A FORGED 51
BANS OF ENGLAND NOTE.—Thomas D )Iby, a young
man, who described himself to be a gentleman's servant,
was charged before Mr. Beadon with attempting to
utter a Si. note of the Bank of England.
Emma Dalby, one of the class of unfortunates, stet .4:1
that about half-past 8 o'clock on Saturday evening she
was in Duke's Court, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square,
when the prisoner, seeing she had a basket in her hand,
asked her what was in it. After she told him he stated
to her that he had a Si. note which he wanted to get
charged. He observed that he lead bsen to same public-
houses with it, and that as ho was not known no one
would change it. He then said that if she wool i get it,
c'sanged for him he woell give her a sovereign far
her trouble. They walked along Oxford-street, and. had
got as far as the North Pole, where they had a glass of
beer each to drink. After that the prisoner again offered
her a sovereign to get the note changed. See said that
she would go to a house where she was known. He
then aske i her to get a bottle of brandy. NI; itness went
to the Shakespeare's Head, Marlborough-street. She
presented the note to the barman, who gave it to Mr.
E.lam, the lthdlercl, who saw that it wag forged. The
prisoner was then taken into custody.
The prisoner said that the witness was mistaken, and
that he was ni.t the person who gave her the note, but
Inspector Park said he had a witness who saw him
(nrli, ner) and the female drinking together at the North
Pole.
This having been proved by a female,
Tee prisoner was remanded for a week.
1 MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
—Michael Curtis, a powerfully-made man, was charged
with the following murderous assault on Mrgt. Donovan,
aged 18, and on Julia Donovan, her motner, aged 45,
who lies in a very dangerous state at Char,ng-cross

Hospital.
It appeared from the evidence, that last night, near
9 o'clock, the daughter returned to 7, Monmouth-court,
Seven Dial?, atter having been out all day selling her
fruit. After s time the prisoner, who bad been
drinking freely, made use of several abusive words to-
wards the father of the complainant. Margaret Donovan,
her mother, came up at the time, and observed that she
did not know what he meant. Prisoner immediately
went into the house he resides in and came out with a
poker in his hand. He gave the younger complainant
a severe blow across the shoulders with it, from the effect
of which she has severally suffered, and she eras
knocked down. Her mother went to her assist-
ance when she received a violent blow upon
her head which felled her to the ground. Police
constable 35 F was called t i take the prisoner into cus-
tody, who found him concealed in the cellar of the house
he lived in.
Margaret Donovan confirmed the above statement,
and evidently appeared in much pain.
Mr. Beadon inquired if her mother
A. stated
motherwas
thatinc ourtl
aabout
o'clock last night he found the mother of the last witness
laying in a senseless state in St. Martite's-14ne. Blood
was streaming from a severe wound on her head. With
assistance be conveyed her to Charing-cross hospital,
where the wound was dressed. This morning he went
to the hospital, and found that she was in too danger-
ous a state to attend for several days. He produced a
certificate, signed by Mr. E. Bennett, house surgeon, to
that effect.
The prisoner was remanded without bail.

SOUTHWARK.
A SEBASTOPOL HERO IN TROUBLE.—Arthur Neal',
a tall, one armed man, of sun burnt appearance, and
whose clothes ex)ibited evident signs of a skirmish, was
brought before Mr. Combs, charged with being drunk
and disor.ierly in the public street, and assaulting
Police-constable 46 NI, in the execution of his duty.
The officer stated that on Saturday niet about 10
o'clock, he saw a mob of per4lns collected near St.
George's Church, and on proceeding to the spot he saw
the prisoner rolling about abusing several psi-gong. 'He
was very drunk and so violent that he wa' compelled to
remove him. In doing so he kicked witness, and they
both Mt on the ground, when he attempted to bite him.
Ile soon overpowered him, and took him to the station-

house.
Mr. Combe asked the prisoner what answer he bad
to make to the charge !
Ile replied tbat he was extremely sorry, and he hoped
his Worship would forgive him as he never was in such
trouble before.
Mr. Combs asked him how he lost his arm 1
He informed hi. worship that be had been a soldier
in the Crimea, and his left arm was shot off at the taking
of the Malakoff. He was also so severely injured that
when be took a little drop to drink, ho did not know
what he was about. He would sooner assist the police
than assault them.
Mr. Combe asked whether he was known I
Sergeant Gardiner, 25 M, the acting inpector on duty,
informed his worship that he knew the prisoner before
he went to the Crimea, and be was then a very quiet
man. He bad never seen him in custody before.
Mr. Combe said that the police must be protected in
their duty, and, as a caution to the prisoner, he should
fine him ss.
The prisoner paid the fine and left the Court.

THAMES.
AN INCORRIGIBLI DRUNKARD AND BAD MOTHER.
Mary Simmons, a bloated and dissipated-looking woman,
about 37 years of age, but who looked 50, was brought
before Mr. Yardley, charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly and assaulting her husband.
William Simmons, a lighterman, said the prisoner was
his wife, and a most incorrigible drunkr.rd, and that in
consequence of her dissipated habits and cruelty to her
children he was obliged to separate from her a long time
se. He put his children in the workhouse and main-
tained them there for two years to keep them be-
yond the reach of their depraved mother, and for
the last two years they bad been under the care
of a respectable elderly matron, in whose house
he and his children were lodging. Yesterday afternoon
he sent his children to a Sunday-school, attached to
Trinity Chapel, West India-road. A. few minutes after
wards they returned home in a state of great terror, and
said their mother was drunk and attacked them in the
street. The eldest, a boy, was crying loudly, and said
his mother had beaten him. He went to the end of the
street in which he lived and there saw his wife, who
was in a state of intoxication and surrounded by a num-
ber of children Direc•ly she saw him she assailed him
with the most foul abuse, and called him by the most
opprobrious epithets. He remonstrated with her and
she at tacked him with great fury and tore the shirt from
his back.
Prisoner—Not till you knocked me down three times.
The husband said he did not strike his wife.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes, an elderly woman, said she
had the care of the complainant's children. The priso-
ner frequently annoyed them and her. She was drunk
and keeping up a continual uproar from 10 o'clock upon
Saturday night until two o'clock• yesterday afternool.
The Prisoner—My husband won't speak to me, or
have anything to do with me.
Mr. Yardley—l don't wonder at that. You have no
regard to the character of yourself, your husband, or
your children. You are a disgrace to yourself, and you
wont to make your husband and children unhappy.
Yon are a very bad woman, indeed, giving way to a
dreadful vice. You are sentenced to seven days' irn-
lrisonment.

THE KING- OF SARDINIA AND THE LATE WAR.
Colonel Nedbam has been presenting in the Eastern d 1
3
f
trict the medals 'awarded by his Majesty
the King o
The
Sardinia for distinguished services in the Crimea.
.
recipients of the medaljn the troop of Artillery stationed
at Ipswich were Major F. B. Ward, A,sistant-Snrgeon
E. Bowen, and Sergeant-Major J. Badsey. In the
troops stationed at Norwich, Bombardier Cullier received
the medal.
FALL OF A WALL AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE.—
On Saturday morning a great mass of brickwork, form.-
,jwuarsiesinrcicmeimveeedl
ing the went arches, fell with a.tremendous crash, bury-
mh otuhsee ssue rvgeer
severe
ni,,
log beneath the ruins John Knight, aged 29 years. He
was conveyed to King's College Hospital, C4rey-stre t
till':
not the slightest hopes. are entertained of his recovery.
Other persons met with injuries, and narrowly wdihaetereartern. (a.iiiicee,abtt
being crushed to death. rowly escaped