The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-05 00:00:00

when leaving the bar was loudly hissed by the
crowded aidience.
MURDEIOUS ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.

—Michael Morton, alias Irish Mike, a desperate cha-
racter, wha has been for years under the surveillance
of the polbe as a desperate character and thief, and
who had also been suspected of being concerned in
the memorable murder of 111r.Bellchambers in West-
minster, aid Thomas Pigott, a desperate ruffian and
thief, were charged with being concerned with
others not in custody in the commission of a mur-
4erous assiult upon the persons of Ellis and Fuller,
constables belonging to the L division of police.
From tie statement of Mr. Inspector Young it
appeared that during the last session of the Central
Criminal Court, constable Charles Ellis, 106 L, had
brought t) justice a notorious character, named
Norman, for stealing a watch at the Surrey Theatre,
for which he was sentenced to six years' penal ser-
vitude, ant there was strong reason to suspect that
the attack on the constable had been premeditated,
and carriei into effect by the confederates of the
convict. rhe affair commenced on Ellis, 106 L, re-
moving tie prisoner Morton from the Victoria
Theatre, where he stood and insulted or abused
every one who passed him, and this was made the
signal for attack. Ellis was surrounded in a few
seconds by. a mob of thieves and roughs, who
knocked him down several times and kicked him in
a very salvage manner, and one of his assailants
stabbed hin in the right thigh with a sharp pointed
instrument. Fuller, who came up to his assistance,
was struck on the head with a brick, and was other-
wise severly injured. In conclusion, Mr. Young
said that though the prisoners were charged with
taking a part in the outrage, they were not accused
of being tie persons who had actually stabbed the
constable.

The troisers worn by Ellis on the occasion were
exhibited, and n clean cut of two inches long, evi-
dently dor.e by a very sharp instrument, was ob-
servable on the right thigh.
The following certificate was also handed to the
magistrate :

" 10, Walcot-place, Nov. 4, 1859.
" I hereby certify that police-constable 106 L,
Charles Ellis, has received a severe stab upon the
right thigh, and police-constable John Fuller, 62 L,
has a severe contusion upon his head. Both are
unable to-leave their beds.

" C. C. BLADES, Surgeon."
Tho prisoners, who did not offer anything in de
fence, were remanded for a week.

WORSHIP-STREET.—COMPLAINTS OF WORK-
HOUSE TREATMENT.—A young female, who spoke
with a foreign accent, made application to Mr.
Hammill, the sitting magistrate, for assistance.

Applicant stated that her father, a native of Den-
mark, had perished at sea, and that her mother, a
Sardinian, was dead ; that she was born in England,
but had been only a short time in London seeking to
earn a living; four weeks she had been an inmate
of St. Pancras workhouse, where she experienced
much kindness, and that the previous night she
passed in Shoreditch workhouse, but was turned
out in the morning, some official there desiring her
not to apply again, but to get a broom and earn a
living. Thus positioned she came to this court, as
not knowing where else to go, and she was wet and
hungry.

Mr.' Hammill observed that this conduct was, if
literally true, very blameable, and ordered that the
girl should receive some refreshment at an opposite
coffee-house, and then return into court. _ _ _

Another girl, apparently about 16, having her
face tied up, and whose appearance bespoke a recent
severe illness, made a similar complaint against the
authorities of the same union. Her father was dead,
having fallen from a high building; her mother
died soon afterwards, and she knew but of two rela-
tives, one an aunt, at Windsor, scarcely able to sup-
port herself, whom she had not seen for four years,
and the other in Australia. This applicant, in reply
to questions by Mr. Hammill, said that she had re-
cently had the small-pox, and on leaving the hospi-
tal went direct to the workhouse, slept there, but
was turned out the following day.
The worthy magistrate gave similar directions in
thin as in the former case, and directly afterwards
Elizabeth Lawrence, a miserably clad, dirty, and
wretched-looking child, was charged with being
found destitute in the public streets.
Mr. Hammill, manifestly hurt and astonished at
the object before him, asked, How old is this child?
Goode, 62 G—Eleven, Sir.
Mr. Hammill—She does not appear more than
eight years old.
Goode—Late last night I found her sitting on a
door-step in Shoreditch. I have frequently noticed
her before, and on Tuesday last took her to Shore-
ditch workhouse.

Mr. Hammill (to the child)—Why did you leave
there ?

Child (feebly)—They turned me out, Sir.
Mr. Hammill—What did you have to eat ?
Child—A bit of bread.
Mr. nthing nice P Dear me:
[Where the child slept on Wednesday night did
not appear.]
Mr. Hammill—And what did you have to eat
yesterday ?
Child—A halfpenny-worth of baked potatoes.
Goode—She does not beg, sir. I have seen her
asleep in the middle of the day on a door-step ;
passers-by occasionally give her a halfpenny, and
that is how she lives. When I took her to the sta-
tion last night she ate voraciously.
Mr. Hammill—Where is your mother and father,
my girl ?
Child—l havn't got none.
Goode—From her statement—which I have rea-
son to believe correct—her father, a lucifer match
maker, deserted her about seven weeks since and
her mother is dead.

Sergeant Harvey--I know the little thing well,
your worship ; I have often taken her to the sta-
tion-house for a shelter. She is in a sad state,
scarcely any covering or a bit of shoe.
Mr. Hammill—Give her some breakfast. This
is the third complaint against the authorities of one
workhouse in a few minutes made before me. A
police-court, indeed, thus becomes a valuable adjunct
to a parish union, for, from common feelings of hu-
mazity, I am obliged to order relief that should be
bestowed by the latter. We are changing posi-
tions. Let what has occurred be made known at
Shoreditch workhouse.

Shortly afterwards Mr. Hemsley, the relieving
officer of the workhouse in question, entered the
court, and, addressing Mr. Hammill, observed that
the only one of the three cases known to him was
that of the second applicant, the truth of whose
statement, especially respecting the aunt alluded
to, he had been unable to ascertain.
Hammill—Then until you had you should
have kept her in the workhouse. And what do
you say with regard to the latter ?
Helmsley—l know nothing of her, sir, or of the
other. They did not apply to me.
Mr. Hammill—Why, the police-constable took
this child to the workhouse on Tuesday night last.
Goode—l did, sir, at 12 o'clock at night; and I
believe it was the master who answered my request
that the girl should be admitted. I told him that if
I had occasion to bring her again, I should take
the matter before a magistrate, by charging the
child on the police-sheet. The gentleman, who was
au elderly person, replied, " Oh ! what is your
number," and that was all he said. This child has
told me that other girls have tried to make her go
about with them thieving, but that she would not.
Mr. Hammill—She was so weak when brougl: t
here that I could scarcely hear her feeble voice.
She appeared almost perishing. If there is a desire
to fill our streets with juvenile thieves and prosti-
tutes, this course is one certain of success. No one
who has heard the whole circumstances connected
with these cases but must have been shocked by the
facts elicited. They are disgraceful to any parish
having control over them.
Mr. Helmsley left with an assurance that all
three should be taken into the house ; and just pre-
viously to the magistrate rising re-entered, and
stated that the eldest girl had been in the habit of
getting her living in the streets by selling brooms;
that she, together with the next eldest, had ex-
pressed an intention to leave the house, and that the
third was a bad child, who belonged to a hard-
working parent, and was constantly pilfering from
him. All this he (Mr. Helmsley) had learnt from
inquiry since he last left the court.
Mr. Hammill replied that he did not know how
far those inquiries might be true, and that if they
were quite so, they should have been ascertained
before.

THAMES. A DELICATE AFFAIR.—EIIen
Hinchley, a very pretty young Irish woman, was
brought before Mr. Yardley charged with assault-
ing, wounding, and threatening to murder her Lie-
gitimatc male child, Robert James Hinchley. aged
12 months and 12 days, and also with threatening
to commit suicide.

James O'Connor, a police-constable 177 H, of 5,
Upper Berner-street, Commercial-road East, stated
that the prisoner and her illegitimate child had been
lodging in his house for several weeks. The father
of her child had been allowing her 15s. per week,
and also paying her rent, but this did not satisfy
her, and she insisted upon knowing the address of
the father, Ile refused to satisfy her curiosity, and
she flew into a violent passion, and said she would
cut her child in pieces, and murder herself, a - d she
either let her child drop from her arms or threw it
upon the floor, and the child was very much hurt.
In answer to Mr. Yardley, who directed the wit-
ness to be very correct, O'Connor said he believed.
the prisoner threw the child upon the floor. It was
certainly injured. The prisoner had been living with