The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-29 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The 4th Royal South Middlesex Militia, under
;he command of Lieut.-Col. Scriven, is to assemble
'or embodiment at Hounslow. on Thursday next.

The Staffordshire Regiment of Militia, known in
the county as the King's Own, assembled yesterday
at the Store Barracks, Stafford, under the com-
mand of the Hon. E. R. Littleton, M.P. The re-
giment is to be embodied, and will in all probability
proceed. to Devonport. It formerly did duty for
two years and a half at Corfu and Cephalonia.
The Durham Artillery Militia will assemble for
training tc-morrow at the Sutidailand Barracks.
TLe Rutland Militia, under the command of
Captain the Hon. Henry Ncrl, assembled at Oak-
ham on the 26th inst., for 21 days' training.

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THE EXPENSES CF THE PARLIAMENTARY CONTEST FOB
SOUTH Dcrittan —.The Manchester Guardian says :
The auditor's statement of the payments made in re-
spect of the election for South Durham has just been
published. The two seats have cost upwards of 14,0001.,
towards which the sitting members, Lord Harry Vane
and Mr. Pea. e, contribute 8,000/ , and Mr. Farrar, the
defeated candidate, 6,398/. In one district, Mr. Far-
or eneesa
c"hpsroot`eospsiaoinisd.ai" expenses were equal to about 30s.
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per vote. Lord H.
paid his sOlicitatoratzne
raavteeraogfe 0if620-, . 8d .
Vane paid his . 4. 44, pr vote ; and Mr.
under this head
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of the poll, employed 13 solicitors , Lorcli Harry Va P,
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(Before Mr. Creasy at Westminster.)
Thomas Mullins, 32, tailor, was indicted for un
lawfully assaulting a girl under 10 years of age,
named Elizabeth Ann Salmon Sutton, with in-
tent, &c.
After a long trial the jury found the prisoner
Guilty, and
Mr. Creasy sentenced him to be kept to hard
labour for the period of one year.
Mahmoud Ally, a native of Calcutta, a sharp,
intelligent-looking young man, described as well
educated, but having the alias of George Brown,
was indicted for stealing a cheque-bock value ls.,
the property of Messrs. Grindlay and Co., the East
India military agents.
Syed. AbdctellA, interpreter, and Mouloee Mo-
hummud Shah, Persian, secretary to the Princes of
Oude, were in attendance.
Mr. J. P. Doyle prosecuted.
There were four charges against the prisoner, but
he was tried on one only, from the evidence given
in support of which it appeared that on the 6th of
August he went to Messrs. Grindlay's branch esta-
blishment in St. Martin's-place, and stated to Mr.
Royle, the manager, that he had come from India
and had a sum of 3,7651. 10s. sd. in the hands of
Messrs. Hodgson and Baker, of Liverpool, which
he wished to be transferred to a London house, so
that he could make it conveniently available for
his purposes, as he was making arrangements
to le tve for India by the overland route on the
20th. The manager told him he could have the
money remitted to them by his giving them an
order on the Liverpool firm, and that when they
had received it he would have a cheque-book, and
could draw upon them as he might require. The
prisoner professed to be utterly ignorant of the mode
of drawing moneyby cheque, and Mr. Royle showed
him a cheque-book, and expla'ned the course of
business, and, as the prisoner had stated that he
wanted to make a number of purchases before he
left London, ho gave him a price current ofirticles
required for India. After he had shown him the
cheque-book, which the prisoner did not then ac-
tually have in his possession, he laid it on a table,
and the prisoner asked for a glass of water. He was
told to walk into an inner room and take one, and
iu going to that room he would have to pass the
table on which the cheque-book was lying. As he
went away, he said he should call again on Satur-
day, the day on which Mr. Boyle said they should
receive an answer from Liverpool, in the ordinary
course ; but he had not been gone long when ties
cheque-book was missed, and in an hour or two
atterwards a person called with a cheque drawn in
favour of Messrs. Moses and Son, for 161. odd.
Mr. Boyle went with that person to Messy.. Moses'
branch place of business, in Oxford-street, whore
he found the prisoner, who had given the cheque
in payment for purchases he had made. Mr. Royle
expressed his surprise that ho was in possession of
the book, and said if it was not given up at once he
should give him into custody. The prisoner said
he was surprised the cheque had not been paid,
after he had given au order upon his Liverpool
bankers for over 3,0001., and he would not give up
the cheque-book unless Mr. Boyle gave him a me-
morandum cancelling the order. Mr. Boyle
refused to do anything of the kind, and in-
sisted on having the book given up to him.
The prisoner reluctantly restored the book, and
he was placed in the custody of a p liceman,
and it was then ascertained that he had been
committing frauds by representing that he was an
aide-de camp to the Queen of Oude, and as may be
easily imagined, a communication was received
from Liverpool to the effect that the prisoner ha I
no effects there. After the prisoner had given the
cheque to Messrs. Moses, he sdd he was compelled
to be at the house of the Queen of Oude at three
o'clock, but as a messenger had been despatched
to Grindlay's with the cheque to see if it was bona
fide, several devices were resorted to by which he
prolonged his stay until the messenger returned.
When at Grindlay's the prisoner said he should
only require to draw for the odd hundreds, the
thousands he should leave in their hands to his
credit until he arrived in India and could make
arrangements for its transmission. The prisoner
admitted to Inspector Checkley when in custody
that he had no authority from the Oude fan i y, and
that he had no funds in Liverpool.
The prisoner, who spoke English fluently, cross-
examined Mr. Boyle with a good dealof ingenuity,
his object being to show that he received the cheque;
bosk from his hands when he gave the order, and
could not therefore be chargedwith stealing it.
Mr. Boyle stated positively that he never parted
with the possession of it, but laid it on the table
after he had shown it to the prisoner.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and it was
then proved that he had been committed twice for
three months as a rogue and vagabond, and sen-
tenced to nine months', under a conviction at the
Old Bailey.
Mr. Doyle said there were three other cases
against the prisoner, one for attempting to obtain
a carriage, value 192'. 109. from Messrs. Silk and
Sons, of Long-acre, one for the f: and upon Messrs.
Moses, and one for oUtaiuing an opera-glass, and
ten tickets of admission to the Surrey gardens, on
the occasion of Mrs. Seacole's benefit, with intent
to defraud M. Jullien, by s epresenting that they
were for the Queen of Oude
Mr. Creasy said the pi isoner ce.tainly ought to
be tried on another charge, Inv it would b 3 iardly
fair that lie should be, after h s convic•ions had
been proved in the hearing of the jury. It seemed
that the prisoner was a practiscd cunning rogue,
and he should sentence him to eighteen months'
hard labour.

Mary Healey, 16, was iudicted fur unlawfully
as,aulting Laurence Shea.
The prisoner was left in charge of five children.
of poor parents at Cliehea who had to go out to
work. One day when her mother got home she
found that her youngest child, just two years of age,
had been beaten with a tine ; there were f om 30
to 40 marks of cane-stripes about its legs and tody,
and the prisoner said she had done it te.:ause it was
dirty, but without any cruel in ten ion. She now
said she was very sorry for it, and she thought she
had done no more than she should have done t.
her own brother. • _ _ _ _

The jory found her Guilty, and as she had het n
in custody nearly six weeks Mr. Creasy sentenced
hsr to another mouth.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—The
number of patients relieved at thiS hospital during the
week ending Sept. 2ts is 2,394, of which 750 were new
oaeH.

Mr. Sorrell—The prisoner had been drinking on
the night of the assault.
The Lord Mayor—That is no excuse for such
cruelty and such gros3 misconduct. I have no doubt
the prisoner is an idle, drunken, disorderly
and I call on him to ent r into his own recognisance
in 201., and find ono surety in 101., to keep the
peace and be of goad behaviour for six month?.

BOW-STREET.—EIIen Harvey was charged
with attempting to drown herself in one of the or-
namental reservoirs in Trafalgar-square. About 11
o'clock on Saturday night she jumped into the re-
servoir, but was almost directly dragged out by
two gentlemen. On., of these gentlemen, Mr.
Sprague, of Villiers-street, Strand, stated that they
placed her in a cab arid took her to Charing-cross
Hospital, where they found a porter who was
drunk and kept them waiting a quarter of an hour
without procuring any assistance. They then to. )k
the woman to the Westminster Hospital, where she
was at once attended to.

Mr. Jardine remanded the prisoner, and said he
should write to the Secretary at Charing-cross Hos-
pi! al respecting Mr. Sprague's stat-4ment.

MA.RYLEBONE.—John Collin and Mary Col-
lin, his wife, were charged with having, on the
previous afternoon, meat, d such a disturbance in
the Elgeware-road as to cause a crowd of at least
300 persons to assemble. The mother of the female
was very active in the row.
The male prisoner said that his wife was, during
his absence from home, in the habit of selling his
furniture, &c., and that on Friday last he found
his place nearly stripped of his property. He at-
tributed these goings ou in a great measure to his
wife's mother, who continually caused bickerings
by her improper interference in housekeeping
matters. _

The wife said that her husband did not allow her
sufliAent money for her support, and that she was
the.zefore obliged to use the best means. she could to
take care of herself.

Mr. Broughton could not decide as to which was
in the wrong, and discharged loth the prisoners
will a cAution as to their future conduct.
The man asked the magistrate if he would be
kind enough to put him in the way of getting
divorced from his wife, as it was quite impossible
he could continue to live with her.

Mr. Broughton gave him to understand that he
could not afford him advice or assistance in the
matter.

GeDrge Thorn was placed at the bar before the
sitting magistrate, Mr. Broughton, charged with
having committed the following burglary at the
residence of Mr. Wm. Barry, a naval officer retired
on half-pay, and residing with his family at 17,
Cunningham-place, St. John's-wood.
It appeared from the evidence that at five this
morning prosecutor was awoke by a noise in the
l'a-k drawing-room in whi !la he slept, and imme-
diately missed his gold watch, which he placed on a
taide near the bed. He got up, and seeing the
prisoneron the floor upon his handsand knees, ast, el
him what he slid there, to which he made no le-
ply. He was questioned as to where the watch
was, when, without any hosqation, he g Lye it up ;
on the outside of the door were a screw, a screw-
driver, and a moitice chisel; close to them was a
tin box, which had been also stolen from th.i
apa. tment alluded t It had in it a quantity of
paper, and had not been unlocked ; and 'von the
premises being examined by Brown, 33t D, and
Sergeant Brand, 7 R, after the prisoner was at the
staiion, it was discovered that an entry into the
house had been effected by forcing open the front
ki•chen shutters and windows. The prisoner ad-
nti:ted to the officers that he had broken in, and
said he supposed it would be a four years' job for
him.

He did not now attempt t 3 deny his guilt, and
the magistrate remanded him fix a week, in order
to afford an opportuniiy for ascertaining if there
w,:s any previous conviction against him.

WORSHIP-STREET.—John Doogan, a power-
ful labourer, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncouri,
with a.saubing a licensed victualler and two con-
bt _Lb? es.

Mr. 131.11, landlord of the Bull's Head public- I
h use, in High-street, Whitechapel, deposed that
la'it evening the 'accused entered his house and
demanded to be served with liquor. As the man
was very much the worse foe drink witness refused
to supply him, . upon which he struck him a violent
blow iu the mouth, causing it to bleed considerably.
With difficulty he was ejected, and given into the
cha•ge of a constable.
Queenby, 125 B, whose temple was covered
with a'ih sive plaisttr, said he received prisoner
f. om last witneis, all frad only moved with him a '
few yards from the house when lie was struck by
h'm on the temple, and also bled very much.
Subsequently, from the na`ure of the wound, it
was 1 elieved a knife had Le,,,n used, an I when
s arched a large clasp knife wa3 found upon him.
As istance very fortuoa`ely arrived immediately
after the blow was given ~but but the accused becamedoubly"-violeut,
donbly-violeut, and knocked witness down. 1
. C.ty police-constable. 625 confirmed the c 034-
plaint, and added that while endeavouring to I-
kase Queenby from his asailant, he received seve-
ral desperate kicks from the ruffian, who, having
divested himself of his coat, was ye! y difficult to he
secured. Queenby was bleeding profusely.
1 The simple defence was that of dr unkennesa, and
not recollecting anything about the matter ; but
Mr. D'Eyucourt observed that it was clear three

Williams was thca sworn, and stated distinctly
that Langton did strike the complainant.
Mr. Ingham sentenced him to be imprisoned for
14 days with hard lab mr.
The owner of the E igle Saw-mills, Thistle-grove,
Brompton, was summoned to show cause why his
premises should not be pulled down, as they were
in a dangerous condition.
The defendant did not appear.
Mr. Caiger, the assistant police surveyor, pro V-ed
the case, and said they required the north and south
walls to be pulled down ; also tae east and west

Mr. Ingham, amidst considerable la!ighter, said
that wai asking to have the whole builJing pulled
down. -

Mr. Caiger said it was ; and they also required a
shaft 120 feet high in the ceutre of the premises 0
be pulled down. They w.3ro veryltrgo premises,
and it they were not pulled down immeliately he
had no doubt hut that they would fall down.
Mr. Ingham made an order for the premises and
chimney to be pulled down in 14 days.

LOCAL SBA RB t 1 Altd B

BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 23.

STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day has been steady,
but little business doing. Shropshire Bank, 34 3il—Groat
Westerns, 54-51—Birmingham Guaranteed, 70—London
and North Western, 96,1; —Stour Valleys, Bi—Midlan I,
80 4--South Staffords, 9 4—North Staffords, 4 dis.—Bii-
mingham Canal, 89 Ditto Bank, 33