The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-03 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 2.

The general sessions for September commenced
this morning at Clerkenwell before Mr. Whateley,
Q.C., presiding for the Assistant-Judge, Mr. Payne,
deputy, and the following magistrate s :—Mr. Par-
bury, Mr. Adams, Mr. Swift, Sir James Tyler, Mr.
Warner, Mr. Faulconer, Mr. Bashford, Dr. Bate-
man, Mr. H. White, and Mr. Armstrong. The
calendar contains the names of 61 prisoners for
trial-15 charged with misdemeanour and 46 with
felony.
The learned Judge delivered the charge to the
grand jury.
Wm. Baines, 23, journeyman baker, was indicted
on several charges of embezzling money received by
him on account of James Jones, his master. He
pleaded guilty, and the Court sentenced him to 18
months' hard labour.

Alexander Elliott, musician, pleaded guilty of
having obtained by false pretences from Thomas
Richard Willis a cornet and six flutes, his property.
He was sentenced to six months' hard labour.

SECOND COURT.
(Before Mr. Payne.)
John Wilson, 35, was indicted for unlawfully
and maliciously assaulting Robert Mackay, a police
constable, in the execution of his duty, and inflict-
ing upon him actual bodily harm,
Mr. Cooper prosecuted for the Treasury; Mr.
Sleigh was for the defendant.

The prosecutor, who wore two medals, stated that
the prisoner's wife complained to him that the de-
fendant had stabbed her in the face, and seeing her
bleeding he went to the defendant's dwelling, Pond-
place, Chelsea, to apprehend him. The defendant
attacked him with a poker, used frightful language,
and cut his head open. The wife then said she did
not want him to be taken, but the officer persisted,
and with the assistance of another officer, Smith,
141 B, took him for the assault. For the defence it
was admitted that an assault had been committed,
but the learned counsel urged that the police officer
was not at the time in the execution of his duty,
and that a verdict on the third count would be
sufficient to meet the justice of the case.
The learned Judge thought the evidence would
justify the jury in finding on the first count, if they
believed it, and it was for them to decide.
The jury found the defendant guilty on the first
two counts, and

The learned Judge sentenced him to hard labour
for one year.
Thomas Montague, convicted last session, was
brought up for judgment and sentenced to 15
months' hard labour, and George Anderson, also
convicted at the last session of fraud, was brought
up and sentenced to 6 months.
James M'Namara, 28, labourer, was found guilty
of wounding Dennis Shay in the thigh in a quarrel,
and sentenced to 3 months' hard labour.

Thomas Ludgate, 24, was indicted for stealing a
tablecover and other articles, the property of
James Baldwin. The prisoner was stopped be-
tween Hornsey and Highgate with a bundle, which
on being asked bow he had came by it he said he
had bought it of a man he did not know for half-a-
crown. It contained a quantity of things which
had been stolen from the residence of the prosecu-
tor, Oakfield Lodge, Crouch-end, and which were
safe shortly before. He found guilty, and sen-
tenced to nine months' hard labour.

A number of cases in which the prisoners pleaded
guilty were disposed of.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE--Sept. 2.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Yesterday James Col-
lins, a tall, powerful fellow of 30, was charged be-
fore Mr. Leigh with the following shocking bruta-
lity :
The complainant was a young woman named
Ellen Welsh, who had a severe wound in the fore-
head, stitched together by a surgeon and covered
with surgical dressing ; her face bore marks of se-
veral contusions; her right breast was bruised and
discoloured in several places; her arms had a suc-
cession of contusions from the wrists to the shoul-
ders; and, beside other injuries, one of her shoul-
ders was almost beaten into a pulp. She stated
that she had lived with the prisoner as his wife for
between eight and nine years, and had numerous
times been illused by him with such severity that
she had been three times taken to the London Hos-
pital with her head cut open, and the prisoner had
been several times in custody for his violence to-
wards her, but escaped without punishment because
she refused to appear against him. On Sunday
night, between 10 and 11, she was standing in
Wentworth-street, talking to a neighbour, when the
prisoner came up drunk, and without uttering a
word, or the slightest provocation on her part, he
deliberately struck her a heavy blow on the face
with a thick stick that her forehead was laid open,
and she fell to the pavement, " knocked down like
a bullock." Some of her injuries were caused by
another attack he had made upon her only on the
preceding night (Saturday) because she had asked
him for some money, when he again came home at
12 o'clock drunk. She was suffering great pain
from the wounds the prisoner had inflicted upon
her.

The case was put back for the attendance of Dr.
Edmunds, the surgeon, of Spital-square, who had
examined the complainant, and who said he had not
often seen a woman more severely bruised than she
was, A month at least would elapse before the
contusions could disappear, even if her health con-
tinued good the whole time.
Mr. Leigh said it was quite horrible to contem-
plate such atrocious violence being inflicted upon
one of the other sex. For the last assault the pri-
soner must be committed to the House of Correc-
tion for six months, and for the first one for a
further term of three months, both teims with hard
labour.

Notwithstanding her own pitiable state, the
woman burst into tears on hearing the sentence,
and on being asked by Mr. Leigh whether she went
in fear of the prisoner, that he might be also held
to bail, she quickly replied twice that she did not,
and said the man's punishment " was quite enough."

CLERKENWELL.—WiIIiam Jones, alias Bum-
ble, a sickly, dissipated man, and Margaret Jones,
who stated that she was his wife, were placed at
the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with being

in the possession of a Urge quantity of counterfeit
coin with intent to utter it.
The male prisoner has been several times in cus-
tody at this court on charges of uttering counter-
feit coin, but although he has been remanded he
has managed to get discharged. For months he
has been under the surveillance of Mr. Brennan,
the Mint agent, he being suspected of making the
coin.

On Saturday Mr. Brennan, in company with In-
spectors Bryant and Fyfe, of the G division, and
Sergeants Brennan, 21 G, Leather, 6 G, and Elliott,
13 G, proceeded to 1, Fisher-court, Eagle-street,
Holborn, and, having by stratagem gained admis-
sion to ;he house, proceeded to the second floor.
They knocked for admission, but finding they could
not get in, the door, which was strongly barricaded,
was broken open, and the prisoners were found in
bed, and pretending to be asleep. Mr. Brennan
told the prisoners that he had received instructions
from the Mint to apprehend them, as they were
known to have been dealing largely in counterfeit
coin. The male prisoner denied the charge, One
of the constables called Mr. Brennan's attention to
a parcel on the table, which on being opened was
found to contain 10 counterfeit florins. The male
prisoner was observed to be very uneasy, and to be
trying to hide something under the bolster. A par-
cel was taken from him, and this was found to con-
tain eight counterfeit shillings. Inspector Bryant
and the other officers searched the house through,
and in the ash-hole of the copper found a parcel
containing 40 shilling pieces, 15 florin pieces, and
two five-shilling pieces, all counterfeit. The pri-
soners were then conveyed to the station.
Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded them.

LAMBETH,—Yesterday Mr. Myers, jun., of the
firm of Messrs. George Myers and Son, the extensive
builders and contractors in the York-road, Lambeth,
appeared before Mr. Elliott to answer a summons
taken out by Duncan Cramb, a journeyman mason,
charging him with refusing to pay a balance of
wages of 18s. ld., and also to deliver him his work-
ing tools.
Mr. Myers said the complainant had got mixed
up with the unionists, and through their influence
or persuasion he got drunk and demanded his wages
and tools. On becoming sober and returning to
his senses, however, he expressed much sorrow for
his conduct, and requested that he might be allowed
to return to his work, and also begged that in the
event of his getting drunk again and demanding
his wages and tools, they might as a matter of favour
be refused. The complainant was under the influ-
ence of drink when he made the demand on the pre-
sent occasion, and Mr. Myers considered it was only
doing him a kindness to refuse. Had he applied
for them while sober both would have been given
up at once.
Mr. Buchanan, the complainant's solicitor, re-
quested the magistrate to make an order for the
payment of the 18s. ld. and the delivery of the
tools ; but

Mr. Myers said that whenever Cramb thought
proper to come sober to the office he should have
both.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

ER—AuG. 31.
new wheat, which was taken
Malting barley quite as dear.

COLCHEST
We had a small supply of
readily at is to 2s advance.
New beans and peas scarce.
Wheat, white s2s to 62s Beans, Mazagan..36 4to 42s
red 44s to 60s Middle & small 38s to 44s
Barley —s to —s White peas Oats 24s to 30s Grey, ..... .
.. 36s to 40e

CHELMSFORD)--AUG. 30.
A fair supply of wheat at market. Old wheats advanced
is to 2s per qr on last week's prices; trade rather brisk.
Spring corn of all descriptions about the same, with &
limited sale.
Wheat, white 28s to 60s Peas, Partridge .. 36s to 40s
red 29s to 45s White 38s to 44s
Barley 29s to 40s Boiling 4os to 46s
Chevalier ....30s to 41s Dun 34s to 38s
Grinding 26s to 35s Beans, Tick ...,36s to 42s
Malt 61s to 67s Harrow Ticks 38s to 44s
Chevalier 64s to 69s Mazagan 34s to 36s
Oats 23s to 30s

NOTTINGHAM—AuG. 31.
The show of wheat to-day from the growers was pretty
good, many new samples being offered in fine condition.
Trade firm at is per u advance on the best sorts. Barley
a small show, and sales slow. Osts cheaper. Beans very
dull, but late prices maintained.
Wheat .. ..38s to 60s Oats.. 26s to 32s
White do 47s to 65s Beans Barley 29s to 31s Ditto, old ........409 to 519

KIRKALDY—Aro. 31.
A small supply to-day of old wheat and oats, and no
barley. Wheat met with a slow sale, at barely last week's
currencies.

Wheat I
Barley Oats
First.... 36s ad 27s 6d 26s Od
Second .. 500 Od 34s 6d , 29s 6d
I
Third .. 54s Od —s Od. —s Od

COAL MARK
(Prices of Coal per Ton at

ET—SEPT. 2.
the elowe of the market
Wails End.

a. d.
Bower's West Hartley.l6 6
Hartlepool West Hart-
ley ..... 15 6
Carway and Duffryn
Malting
Do. Anthracite 21 6
Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9
North Pelton l3 0
Hastings Hartley 16 6
Lambert's West Hart-
ley 16 0
Carr's Original Hartley 16 0
Holywell ..15 6
Walker Primrose .....12 0
Wylam ....15 6
Bate's West Hartley..ls 0
Howard's West Hart-
ley 16 6

Thornley
HSoaurtthietilloaorti.l.e.poo...l::.
.....
..
111765
990
Sheriff Hill .......... 14 6
Who.rnelifte l6 0
Harswell ... lB 0
Srnth Hetton 18 0
Hetton ........
Russel's Hetton 16 .9
1 Thorpe l6 0
1 Tunstall
Durham 16 0
Eden 16 6
Acorn Close 16 6
South Kelloe 17 0
BrsddyU's Hetton l6 9
Gosforth.. l5 6
Framwellgate 16 6
Heugh Pall 16 6
Trimclon Hartlepool ~17 6
I
A, 98 ; sold, 64.

Walls End.
Trimdon Thornley....ls 6
Woodhouse C105e.....14 9
Ships at market