The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

IPSWICH.

The committee re-assembled this morning, when Jae.
Donnent deposed that he was engaged as a door-keeper
at the central committee of Messrs. Adair and Marsbam,
in Queen-street. He saw young Malay bring a bag of
mcney to the committee room, to which voters were
brought and then left in cabs. He saw Malley, Bedford,
and Fox bring the voters up in this way. Mr. Adair
was in the committee room after the money was brought
up. He did not recollect the names of the voters. Many
voters had plenty to eat and drink free of expense.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

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and also for using abusive language.
Mr. Carter stated that on Monday evening, the 16th
inst., called the defendant off the stand in Albemarle-
street, and proceeded to the Royal Institution, and
from thence to Princes-Street, Hanover-square, where
he detained him about five minutes, and then he drove to
Cannon-street, City, where he stopped 20 minutes. After
that he was taken to the Brighton Railway Terminus,
Lond)n-bridge, where he got out and paid the defendant
half a-crown, his legal fare. As he proceeded into the
station prisoner called after witness to come back. He
turned round and asked him what he wanted, when he
said he must have another shilling. Witness told him he
bad paid him his full fare, and he should not pay him any
more. The defendant declared that he was determined
to have the other shilling, which demand he refused to
comply with, and tendered him his card. The defendant
then exclaimed, "that's the game you're up to. Want
to get off without paying your fare, and you call your-
self a gentleman 1" Witness told him that, for making
use of such improper language, he should take proceed-
ings against him, and then he left by the train. Wit-
ness told his Worship that he brought the defendant
before him on pul l'c grounds, and for the protection of
the public, and not with any vindictive feeling.
The Magistrate told him that there needed no excuse
for doing that. When cabmen misconducted themselves
in such a way, he was doing a public duty. His Worship
then asked the defendant what answer he had to make
to the charge.
The defendant, in a rambling statement, said he con-
sidered himself entitled to three shillings and sixpence
at first, and afterwards thought that the gentleman
ought to have given sixpence extra for waiting.
Mr. Carter said that his fare, including the waiting,
was two and sixpence, and he told him that, but be
still persisted in having a shilling more.
Mr. Combe told him he had paid him his legal fare,
and he was not entitled to a farthing more. What had
the defendant to say to the abusive language?
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He replied that he only told the gentleman that be
had driven him well, when he said he should summen

him.
Mr. Combo said it was a very gross case, but he did
not think 6o much of the fare as his abusive language,
which was so frequently used by cabmen at railway ita-
tionw. As a caution to hun and others he should fine
him 20s. and costs.

THAMES.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT—A NEST OT DESPERADOES.—
James Whetsteed, No. 26, George-street, Bromley,
was brought before Mr. Sehe, charged with committing
a murderous assault on Charles Steel, of James-street,
Lime-house. The prosecutor, an honest and industrious
man, is a hawker of ginger beer. On his way
home on Monday morning at half past two o'clock,
be saw three noted thieves close to the shop of
Mr. Henry Merlon, jeweller and watchmaker, of
No. 3, Waterloo-terrace, Commercial-road, near the
Stepney-gate. They were taking down a shutter after
forcingand moving the iron bar which secured the shutters.
Steelvery properly gave immediate information tothe police
and a constable went to the shop, on which the intended
burglirs hastily retreated. The constable collared two
of them, and they made a violent attack upon bim.
One of the ruffians got away, and the other Dunmore,
was brought before Mr. Yardley, and it appearing
that one of the shutters was partially slipped, the bar
prized, and the window board was full of jewellery, the
magistrate sentenced the prisoner to three months im-
prisontuen t and hard labour. Since then a lawless gang,
with which Dunmore has long been connected, have
been threatening Steel for giving information to the
police. Last night the complainant was met by the pri-
soner Wheetnsted, alias Whet,teed, and another thief,
who said they woul I do for him, and made a violent
attack upon him. They got, hits, down and beat him, and
in the struggle which took place the complainant lost
bis shoes, which were dragged from his feet. Fortu-
away he was enabled to make good use of a gingerbeer
bottle which he carried, and called for assistance. A
police-constable heard his screams, and found the pri•
soner upon him pummelling him as bard as he was able.
The complainant's face was terribly cut and bruised.
A wel!-known thief named Williams was called by the
prisoner to give him a "character," and Portob, 97 K,
a constable, said the witness had been repeatedly c n-
victed of felony.
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police to look after the man Steel, who had behaved so
well, and protect him. He awarded Steel 108. from the
poor-box, and said the jeweller, Minion, ought to make
him a present.

ESCAPE FROM PRlSON.—Considerable excitement was
caused in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Wednesday morning
by the escape of four despet ate characters—three of them
charged with highway rubbery, and the other with a-
tempted murder—from the borough gaol during the
night. Three of the men wore the gaol dress when they
escaped, and the police were scouring the country all
Wednesday in search of them, but when our report was
despatched they bad riot been captured.
TIIE NEW IRIS)" ELECTIONS.—The Galway Vindica
tor of yesterday states that matters remain in state
quo, with the exception that Mr. Moore is said to have
levanted, and that Captain Blake Foster has entered
the field. Sir Thomas Redington has finished his
canvass, and it is believed that there is little or no doubt
of his success. Captain Foster comes forward condi-
tionally to oppose Sir Thomas Redington. He will
stand, he says, only in the event of Colonel French
declining a contest. Mr. Henry Grattan is still spoken
of, and bad he pressed his cLim9 somewhat earlier the
local papers think he would have had a chance of being
the man f r Galway. At present his return is reckoned
A very unlikely report iA
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that the O'Donoghue is wit-
lastaetion
hog to resign his seat for Tipperary, in order that Par-
liament and the country should not be deprived of the
services of Ur. George Henry Moore.
tpor probabilities.
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