The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1857.

Naval and Military intelligence.

Sporting Intelligence,

POLICE INTEL LICENCE—FIay

The reduction in the army is still proceeding at Chat-
ham, at which garrison about 500 men of all ranks have
received their discharge during the past three months.
Yesterday morning 45 non-commissioned officers and men
were discharged from St: Mary's Barracks, selected from
the following regiments—viz :-4th Royal Irish Dragoon
Guards, 11th Hussars, 15th Hussars, 7th Hussars, 21st
Fusiliers, 25th King's Own Borderers' 34th, 49th, 53d,
GOth Rifles, 73d, 77th, 80th, 80th, and 97th Regiments.
The Terror, 16-gun floating battery, is to be sent to
Bermuda for the defence of that island, and will bear the
pennant of Captain Hutton, the newly appointed Super-
intendent of Bermuda Dockyard.
The riggers of Portsmouth Dockyard are employed upon
the screw two-decker Agamemnon, 91, from 6 o'clock in the
morning until 7 in the evening, getting her ready for the
special service of laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable.
It is expected she will come outof dock about Monday next,
when she will proceed to the Thames to ship her portion of
the " line." She will be manned from the ships in port and
seamen riggers, and is ordered to be moored off Greenwich
to ship the transatlantic electric wire. A number of rig-
gers from Woolwich have commenced laying down moor-
ings for that purpose, which are to be in readiness by the
23d.

CHESTER SPRING MEETING.
CONCLUSION or WEDNESDAI 'S RACES

MANSION-HOUSE.—Miss Hannah Peckham, of Ivy
Cottage. Staines, a stout and showily dressed female, of
about 30 years of age, appeared before Mr. Alderman Hale,
charged with baying assaulted Mr. Thomas Burton, a sur-
veyor, of Charlotte-row.
Mr. Lewis, jun., who appeared for the complainant, said
that this was a case in which his client sought to bind the
defendant over to keep the peace. A connection of an in-
timate nature bad existed between the parties for a length-
ened period, and upon the complainant, who bad lavished
a great deal of money upon the defendant, attempting to
sever the connection, the latter had not only refused to listen
to a most reasonable proposal of a pecuniary nature, but had
on the previous day proceeded to his place of business, and
assaulted him in the most violent manner.

The Scrample Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added.
Winners to be sold for 80 soya. in the usual way.
Three-quarters of a mile. 7 subs.
Mr. Ferguson's Alcyone, by Robert de Gorham,
5 yr 4, Bst 71b (E. Sharpe) 1
Mr. Byrne's Stormsail, 3 yrs, 7st 6113 (Snowden) 2
gr. Copeland's Salmon, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Bray) 3
Mr. Morris's General Besquet, 3 yrs, 6=t 131 b
(Grimmer) 4
Mr. W. Evans's Sorceress, 3 yrs, Est Blb (Cook) 5

Betting-7 to 4 on General Ilisquet, 2 to 1 agst
Alcyone, and 4 to 1 each agst Stormsail and Sorceress.
Won by a length ; half a length between the second
and third ; a bead between the third and fourth.
The winner was claimed by Mr. Byrne.
The City Plate, of 60 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 3
soya each, the latter to go to the second horse. 3-yr-
olds, colts, 6st 121 b ; fillies, Est 81b. 4-yr-olds, colts,
Bst 61b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Once round and a distance.
6 subs.
Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ...(Fordham) 1
Mr. Hawkirs's Master Begot, 3 yrs, Est 121 b
(Snowden) 2
Mr. Ridley's Preston, 3 yrs, bat 121 b (Bullock) 3
Mr. Harvey's Chester, 3 yrs, fist 121 b (Conway) 4
Mr. Smitbei's Saturn, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ...(Withington) 0
Betting-3 to lon Sir Colin.
Won in a canter by two lengths ; bad third. On
rounding the turn Saturn cannoned against Brother to
Preston and fell ; his jockey was unhurt.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas ; 3-yr-olds, 7st 2lb ;
4-yr-olds, 9st 2lb ; 5-yr-olds, 9st 121 b ; 6-yr-olds and
lOst 2lb Thrice round.
Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Wells) 1
Mr Smither's Sirius, 4 yrs, 90.21 b (J. Osborne) 2
Betting—Any odds on Fisherman, who won hard
held by two lengths.

Mr. T. Burton was then sworn and said—l have had
some previous knowledge of the defendant—
Defendant (interrupting)—Yes, you have been keeping
me for the last six years, and now you want to get rid
of me. _ _

Mr. Ald. Hale—Don't interrupt the proceedings--we
will hear you presently.
The complainant continued—Having some idea that the
defendant would pay me a visit at my chambers, I yester-
day afternoon stuck a piece of paper outside the door, say-
ino. that I had left for the day. I had a police constable in
the' house at the time. After several hours I opened the
door, upon which the defendant rushed in and immedi-
ately flew at me, and after severely pulling my heir and
whiskers she tore nay waistcoat and shirt front. I then
gays her into custody. She was very violent indeed. Igo
in bodily fear of her.
Mr. AR Hale—What have you to say in answer to the

The Duke of Wellington, 131, was removed into ordinary
among the steam reserve at Plymouth yesterday.
The Assistance and Adventure, iron steam troop and
store ships, Commanders Heath and Lacy, were cruising
on Wednesday and yesterday to prove their machinery be-
fore being reported ready for embarking troops for China.
It is doubtful whether the 82d will go out, although they
were some time ago ordered to hold themselves in readi-
ness to embark for China. The re;irnents now ordered for
embarkation are the 7th Royal Fusiliers, the 2d battalion
of the 60th Royal Rifle Corps, the 88th Connaught Rangers,
and the 3d battalion of the Rifle Beigade.
The Volcano steamvessel (ff)ating workshop), Master
Commander Hockley, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth
yest er 1 ay.
Medals for good conduct and meritorious character were
awarded to Sergeant Benjamin Gibbons, Drummer Patrick
Kennedy, and Privates James Allen and James Crawford,
of the 82d Regiment, and received by them from Mejor-
General Breton, on the sth inst.
Mr. Henry N. Scaire, Paymaster, R.N., is appointed
secretary to Rear-Admiral Wallis' the Commander in-
Chief, going out to the South-east Coast of America

charge, defendant?
Defendant—He has been living with me these last six
years at Ivy Cottage, just over the bridge at Staines, and
these last three months he has slighted me very much and
has attempted to get rid of me without assigning any rea-
son for it.
Mr. Ald. Hale—You see that it ig a matter with which
the magistrate cannot deal here. You must not commit a
breach of the peace. If you have any claim upon the com•
plainant you must enforce it in a legal manner.
Defendant—He promised me marriage.
Complainant—l did not.
Defendant—He lately wrote to me, telling me to come
to town, and to meet him in Holborn. I accordingly came
and he then took me to Mr. Lewis's office, and they wanted
me to eign some paper, but I would have nothing to do
with it.
Mr. Lewis—The complainant desired to behave in the
most handsome way possible towards the defendant, but
she refused to listen to reason, and her demands were of so
exorbitant a character that we could not entertain them.
upon which she created a most disgraceful row, and
brought a mob of 150 people in front of the house. I
never felt so disgraced in my life.
Mr. Aid. Hale—Defendant, will you promise not to go
near the complainant?
Defendant—Not if he will promise to allow me some-
thing. I was respectable and well off when I first became
acquainted with him, and I wish to continue so.
Mr. Ald. Hale—lf you will promise not to go near him
again I will take your own recognisance, but if you will
not make that promise I must call upon you to find sure-
ties to keep the peace.
Defendant—l will promise not to go near him for the
future, but he knows I am greatly in debt, and he surely
ought to allow me something handsome, so that I may con-
duct myself iu a respectable way.
Mr. Ald. Hale—We have nothing to do with that in
this court, but if you think you have any claim upon him
you had better consult a respectable solicitor.
The defendant then entered into her recognisance, and
was discharged.

station.
Vice-Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds, K.C.B. hoisted
his flag as Rear-Admiral, at Plymouth, on Wednesday
morning, on board the Cambridge, 78, Captain A. Jerniug-
ham (pro. tom), and in the evening Admiral Sir William
Parker, G.C.8., struck his flag on board the Impregnable
The screw kteamvessel Wrangler, 4, Commander Joseph
11. Marryat, from the Black Sea, five weeks from Constan-
tinople, and eight days from Gibraltar, arrived in Plymouth
Sound en Wednesday afternlon, and having coaled left in
the evening for Portsmouth.
The screw steam-vessel Viper, 4, arrived at Plymouth
on Wednesday evening from the Black Sea, and remains
in the Sound.
The screw steam-vessel Mohawk, 4, having made good
defects, was unducked at Keyham, Plymouth, on Wed-
nesday.
The paddlewheel steamer Brune, Lieut. Commander
Walker, steamed down from WOolwich Dockyard yester-
day morning, shipped her ammunition from the Arsenal,
and proceeded from Greenhithe to have her compasses
adjusted for her voyage to the coast of-Africa, as tender
to the Vesuvius on that station.
The Ordnance steamer Balaklava has arrived. at Wool-
wich with returned war stores from Ireland, and is ordered
to be fitted with a new screw propeller, the blades hav-
ing been broken in her last voyage.
The concert on Wednesday, at the Royal Artillery Rid-
ing School, Woolwich, in aid of the fund to enable the
discharged artisans and labourers of the Arsenal and
Dockyard to emigrate, went off very successfully.
The following appointments were made yesterday at the
Admiralty :
David Batt, master, to the Terror; Cuthbert T. Lay-
ton, master's-assistant, to the Boscawen ; Francis K.
master's-assistant, to the Leopard ; Harold Millett,
assistant-paymr ster, to the Conqueror ; Edward M. Roe,
clerk, to the Esk.

GIIILDH ILL.—Thomas Ra•nby and Edward Wilson,
salesman and " scaleman" to Mr. Hicks, meat salesman,
Newgate-market, were charged with rebbin; their master,
and James Pluckrose, a butcher, was charged with re-
ceiving the stolen goods.
Mr. Hicks, on making up his books, found a deficiency
in the meat sold for which he could not account. He was
informed by a butcher of the name of Nowbiggin that
Pluckrose was in the habit of supplying him with meat
surreptitiously obtained from his (Ur. Hick's) shop. Mr.
Hicks set a policeman to watch, and discovered that the
prisoners were in the habit of selling his meat to New-
biggin, but instead of having it weighed before it left the
market, as was the custom, Pluckrose used to call the next
morning and ascertain the weight.
The prisoners were remanded.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Griffith and Thomas Griffiths,
cowkeepers, in Slater-street, Bethnal-green, were charged
with having assaulted and wounded Mr. William Amos,
a trimming manufacturer, at Mile-end, and three of the
members of his family.
Mr. Amos, who exhibited marks of violence, stated that
on Wednesday se'nnight a judgment was obtained against
him in an action at the suit of the prisoners, at the White-
chapel. County Court, for the purchase money of a milk
business, which they bad sold to bitn on behalf of a third
party. In consequence of a subsequent communication
from the prisoners, he proceeded to their house, with a
view of arranging the dispute, accompanied by his wife
and son and a married daughter, for whom the business
bad been purchased. At the commencement of the nego-
tiations some angry words ensued between their respective
wives, and witness was endeavouring to allay their irrita-
tion when the prisoner, Thos. Griffiths, suddenly attacked
him, and after striking bins in the face with his fist, dealt
him a terrible blow en the head with a heavy stick, which
felled him to the ground. He remained for some time in
a state of insensibility, and on recovering his conscious-
ness he found the defendants had been given into custody.
Ann Trevelyan, the complainant's daughter, fully corro-
borated her father's evidence, and added that while he was
prostrate on the ground the prisoner Griffith Griffiths
emerged from the house with a poker, with which he
' struck him several violent blows on the head. Witness
was endeavouring to protect her father from farther ill-
usage, when the prisoner turned fiercely upon her and
struck her with the poker.
Mr. Mears, the divisional surgeon of police, deposed to
the injuries received, which in the case of Ann Trevelyan
were of such a nature that she remained for some time in
a state of danger.
The prisoners, who reserved their :defence, were corn-
mitteil for trial, but the magistrates consented to accept
substantial bail—themselves in 2001., and two sureties of
1001 —for their appearance at the Central Criminal Court.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Thomas Jordan, a well-
known pickpocket, was . charged with attempting to pick
pockets in Regent-street.
Detective Joy, 338 A, said he was in Regent-street about
nine o'clock at night, watching a crowd that had assembled.
He saw the prisoner attempt to pick the pockets of several
persons, but before he could lay hold of him he managed
to get away. While looking about he suddenly felt a
hand in his own pocket. He seized his hand, and found it
belonged to the prisoner.
Mr. Bingham said he should send the prisoner to hard
labour for three months.

SOUTHWARIL—EIIen Stevens, a middle aged, well
dressed female, the wife of a respectable mecbauic, was
brought before Mr. Burcham charged with being drunk
and incapable in High-street. She was also charged with
making a most determined attempted to strangle herself
with her gaiter in the police cell at the rear of the station
house.
Police-constable 130 M, said he was on duty in High-
street, Borough, about seven o'clock on the previous even-
ing, when he saw the prisoner lying on the pavement in
sensibly drunk, and with the assistance of another ocficer
he conveyed her to the station-house. The prisoner was a
respectable woman, and it was the first time she had been
in ccatody.
Mr. Burcham discharged her for that offence, when
Sergeant Turpin, 5 M, stated that after the prisoner had
been locked up some time, his attention was called to the
cell, when he saw her lying on the floor insensible and
quite black in the face. She had tightly fastened one of
her garters round her neck in a very determined manner.
Witness immediately cut it, and procured the assistance of
Mr. Walter Hurst, a neighbouring surgeon, who, after
considerable difficulty, restored aeinnation. The latter
gentleman informed him that, had witness been a second
later, the vital spark would have fled.
The prisoner said she was vary sorry for what had oc-
curred. It was the first time she had ever been tipsy, and
she did not know what happened.
The husband hero stepped forward and said his wife was
a very steady female, and he never knew her to have been
drunk before, and lie could assure his worship that it was
the first time she had made an attempt on her life.
Mr. Burcham asked him whether ho would be answer-
able for her future conduct? He replied that he would,
as he was positive she would never make such another at-
tempt.
Mr. Burcham accordingly ordered her to be discharged.
Mr. Vivian Hughes, gentleman, of 36, Bedford-place,
Sonthwark-bridge-road, and Air. James Wilson, gentle-
man, of 31, Orchard-street, Portman-square, were charged
with committing an assault upon Mr. Henry Young, the
treasurer of the Victoria Theatre, at the stage entrance.
After the performance on the previous night, as the trea-
surer was leaving the stage with his daughter, thirteen
years of age, he received information that the prisoners
were behind the scenes, a liberty not allowed to any
stranger. Witness returned, and saw both prisoners
lounging about. He told them that he was the treasurer
of the theatre, and that they bad no business there, at the
same time requesting them to leave the theatre. They re-
fused to do so, and said they were waiting for Mr. Itickards,
one of the actors. He again told them they had no busi-
ness behind the scenes, and that their conduct was highly
improper. when they both became very violent and refused
to go. He, however, got them as far as the stage entrance,
when Hughesstruck him on the head with a walking-
stick, and the other prisoner struck him behind with his
fists. A constable came up, when he gave them both into
custotly.
Mr. Burcham told them he should fine Hughes 405., and
6s. for the damage to Mr. Young's hat, and Wilson 403.,
or one months' iu,prisonment.
The fines were paid.

THE INFLUENCE OF A SUIT OF CLOTHES.—A refractory
patient at Colney-hatch was in the habit of tearing his
clothes into shreds. Mr. Tyerman, one of the medical
officers, ordered him to be dressed in a bran new suit.
The peer man, a tailor by trade, either from a profes-
sional appreciation of the value of his new habiliments,
or from being touched by this attention, respected their
integrity, and from that moment rapidly recovered. Be-
fore leaving the asylum be stated that he owed his cure
to the good effect produced upon his mind by being in-
trusted with this new suit of clothes.—Quarterly Review
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