The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-24 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 23.

WORSHIP-STREET.—Timothy and Jeremiah
Howard, stalwart labourers, were charged before
Mr. Hammill with the following atrocious assault
upon their own sister and husband.
Mary Neal, the wife, whose features were one
mass of contusion, produced a certificate from the
house surgeon of the Loudon Hospital, of which
she had been an inmate, describing the fearful nature
of the injuries inflicted on her face, chest, and sto-
mach ; the nose, in particular,' was seriously
wounded, being slit open. The poor creature now
swore that on the 10th inst. both prisone?s came to
her lodgings and a.,ked for Cornelius, her husband,
in a quiet way, and from their representations she
believed they had a job of work for him. He was
not at home then,, but when be returned she accom-
panied him to the prisoners' house, where without
one word of altercation the assault was most mali-
ciously inflicted. Both prisoners knocked her hus-
band down by repeated blows on the jaw and head,
afterwards kicking him on all parts of the body.
When she interfered for his protection they treated
her in a similar manlier.
The other complainant described the brutal at-
tack in like terms, adding that he was in such astA te
of weakness, consequent upon the kicks savagely
dealt upon him, as to be now unable to work even
if. he had it to do ; he never had a word of anger
with them, and all were perfectly sober. His wife
had bled from the nose all the night after the
assault. A constable and another rescaed them.
Mr. Hammill, in strong terms, dwelt on the infa-
mous conduct of ,the accused, and fully committed
them for trial, though both denied the assault.

WESTMINSTER.—Yesterday Richard George
Clarke and Rosa Bush, who had twice before been
examined, touchinr, the abduction of Eliz
Harris, daughter of 'a
Hebrew tradesman, to whom
thy female prisoner was servant, were again placed
ai the bar, when the depositions were read and
further evidence was heard.

On arriving at the depositions of Mrs. Bourne,
who kept the house at 'Notting-hill, where Miss
Harris was found by her friends, Mr. Paynter put
several questions respecting whatoccurred when she
was fetctied home from there ?
Witness said that when Miss Harris was fetched
down from her room by her to, see her mother, who
was in the parlour, the latter asked her if she did
not think her conduct very wicked, because the
intimacy was with a Christian ? when she replied
that she was going to be married the next morn-
ing, and that she was 17 next birthday. She:was
also asked when fetched away whether she would
be locked up in a police station or go home ? when
she replied that she did not caro which. ' She did
not seem glad or sorry when informed that her
mother had come for her, but too frightened to say
anything.
These being an imputation thrown upon the tes-
timony of this witness by the prosecutor's friends.
Mr. Payn'er directed that another person who ac-
companied the mother to fetch her home, should be
sent for, which was accordingly done.
This witness (Mr.' G. Dale, of 16, Catherine-
street, Pimlico) sated that when he and Mrs Har-
ris went to the house to fetch the latter's daughter
home, he went up stairs with the landlady while
the mother remained below. Miss Harrisand Rosa
were together in that room, and at the time he en-
tered were engaged in making some pastry. He
said to Miss Harris, " Aint you ashamed to leave
a good house in the way you have done ?" upon
which she made no reply. Rosa then said that Miss
Harris was under her charge until Clarke came.
He then asked Miss Harris whether she would ra-
thei go home or go to prison, to which she replied,
she did not care where she went to, so long as she
was taken from that place. He then asked her
whether she had got anything in the room, when
she pointed to a new gown upon the bed, and said,
" That dress has been bought for my wedding."
When Miss Harris was spoken to by her mother,
she said she should never have gone away but for
Rosa. She subsequently said " You know mother
lam 17." She hart previously to that said she was
going to he married on Sunday, and that she liked
the man Clarke, and when informed he was a mar'
ried man, observed, " Then I hate him."
Sergeant Loom added to his evidence that prisoner
(Clarke), although a married man, lived apart from
his wife, at Charlotte-street, Pimlico, and fre-
quently cohabited with another man's wife in Peter-
street.

The male prisoner declinedto say anything. The
female made the following statement :—The account
given of ma by Miss Harris is altogether false, and
she knows it is. So long ago as last ChristmAs-dayshe
wanted me to ask her mother to let her go out with
me in order that she might then leave her home,
but I refused. Six weeks ago she asked me if I
would mind the pink bonnet she now has on in my
box, as she wanted to go away in it. Eight days
before she went she put her clothes under some sol-
diers' coats on the stairs ready to take them away.
She told you in her statement that she never saw
him alone. They bad Clarke in the house with her
all the night her sister was confined. I did not
take her from home. She said to me, " Take and
put on your frock, and let's go if you have any re-
spect for me ; never mind the dinner ;" that was
while ber sister had gone to be churched. We did
not walk to Kensington. - She called a cab and
paid for it. I had no money, and we both went
into the barracks to look for Clarke, We both
looked for lodgings, and took them together. Mr.
Clarke gave Miss Harris money, not me. He gtve
10s. and 45., and Miss Harris gave me money at
the lodging to go out and buy her a cotton dress
and apron. She never wanted to leave the lodg-
ings. She owned the truth when she was fetched
home. She said I did not take her away. She
oft -n wrote t ) Mr. Clarke, and he wrote to her, but
the letters were addressed to me by her direction.
I only carried a message one or twice.
Miss Harris having repeated that the money was
given by the servant to her,
Both prisoners were fully committed for trial
under the Bishop of Oxfozd's Act.

MARYLEBONE.--Charles Baine, coffee-house
keeper, of Praed-street, Paddington, was charged
with assaulting a constable in the employ of the
Great Western Railway Company.
The policeman had been posted at the entrance
of the Great Western terminus, near Praed-street,
to prevent people collecting there to " tout" for
the coffee-houses. On attempting to remove the
defendant, who was `touting" among the rest,
defendant assaulted him.
• Fined 20s.

Another coflke-house keeper was fined is. and
cos's for trespassing on the company's line for a
similar purpose.

SOUTH WARK.—A tall, wretched-looking indi-
vidual, dressed in a dirty suit of black, named.
William Gray, whose features, were hardly dis-
tinguishable, being smeared over with soot and
grease, was brought before Mr. Lambe, charge .:1
with being drunk and incapable in the Blackfriars-
road.

Police-constable 185 L stated that about three
o'clock on the previous afternoon he saw a number
of idle men and lads neAr the Obelisk in the Black-
', friars road. Hearing them shouting, witness went
up to see what was the mater, when he saw the
prisoner lying on the ground dead drunk, and the
boys were blacking his face with soot and grease.
His appalrance was so ludicrous that witness could
hardly help laughing at the time. With assistance
he took him into the Crown public-house, where
Mr. White washed a little of the filth off his fare,
aud then he conveyed him to the station-house.
Ho found on him a lett-r addressed to the Rev.
William Gray, Great Guildford-street, from a
cleriqman in Dublin, enclosing sa. in postage
stamps, in answer to a begging letter.
Mr. Combe (to the prisoner)---You say your
name is William Gray. What are you ? .

Prisoner (hesitating)--I am a clergyman of the
Church of England, sir.
Mr. Combe—ls this letter addressed to you.
Prisoner—lt is, sir. I am• the Rev. William
Gray mentioned in it.
Mr. Cotabe—Then rsuppose you have turned
the postage stamps into money, and got drunk. I
have no doubt you are a regular begginglettEr im-
postor. I see by this letter' that you have written
to a clergyman at Dublin for assistance in some
benevolent object, and that he has spoken to an-
other clergyman, who has forwarded you 55., and
as soon as you gat it you spend it in drink. I
hope the public will be made acquainted with the
circumstances, to stop your imposing upon them
any more.
Prisoner—l am not a begging-letter writer,
neither am I an impostor. I am very sorry for
being in my present disgraceful position.
Mr. Combe—Well, I talll send your letter back
to the reverend gentleman who forwarded the
postage stamps to you, informing him that you
have been brought before me for being drunk, and
then he will see your real character. You are dis-
charged, and I warn you to be more careful for
the future.

The prisoner then hastily left the court

LAMBETH.--James Gunn was charged with
plundering his employers, Messrs. Hopkins and
Co., silk mercers and drapers, at Nos. 61 and 62,
High-street, Shoreditch.
The prisoner carried on a business at Norwood,
under the superintendence of his wife, and was at
the same time in the service of Messrs. Hopkins,
as "shop-walker." He had been in the habit of
purchasing goods from the firm for his shop at Nor-
wood, and nothing had occurred to shake the con-
fidence reposed in him by his employers until the
morning before, when a piece of ribbon found in
the library awakened suspicion, and Mr. Pegge
asked the prisoner if he had any objection to his
accompanying him to his house at Norwood, and
looking over his stock. The prisoner replied that
he had not the slightest objection, and, accom-
panied by the booking clerk, they proceeded to Nor-
wood. On examining the stock they found 7 valua-
ble shawls, 6 or 7 silk handkerchiefs, and 39 pair
of kid gloves, amounting altogether in value to
about 161., bearing the private marks of the firm,
and of which there were no entries in the book as,
articles sold to the prisoner. The prisoner -admitted
hehad had the goods fromthefirm, and whenhanded
the book and asked to show the entries which should
have been made of them, bis reply was that the
articles must have been entered as something else.
The gloves found supplied the most conclusive evi-
deuce against the accused. They were discovered
in a' box stowed away amongst some apparently
useless lumber under the shop window, and bore
the private marks of the prosecutors.
He was committed for trial. •

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

(From the Times' City. Article.)

The expediency of an earlier publication of the
weekly returns of the Bank of England has often
been discussed, Paid the writer of the following
communication is undoubtedly correct in asserting
that cases constantly occur in which the knowledge
privet :ly possessed with regard to them before they
are furnished to the general public is employed for
sr eculative purposes, not necessarily by any of the
directors, but through the indiscretion of some of
them in conversing with their personal friends.
This evil, under the present system, is incurable,
since the governors and leading directors, and also
the Court as a body, have in vain made the most
strenuous efforts to trace it to its source. If for
no other reason, therefore, the publication of the
return up to the end of each week in the Gazette of
the Tuesday, instead of .that of the Friday follow-
ing, should be resolved upon. There are, how-
ever, many additional and imperative motivei for
the change. These returns are intended to enable
the public to foresee and prepare against the pro-
bable fluctuations in the value of money, and it
has been rightly urged that under, the Currency
Act of 1844 they afford such a perfect barometer
in this respect that there can be no excuse for
any trader who may permit himself th be caught
in an approaching storm. But the present de-
lay deprives them of much of their value.
Three weeks back a large portion •f the
public was taken by surprise at the sudden an-
nouncement of the advance of the rate of discount
to 64 per cent. Nothing in the returns published
up to that date had indicated the certainty of any
such movement. But the Bank directors were act-
ing upon a return made up two days previously,
which showed a falling off in the bullion of 640,0001.,
and which might at that time have been published
to all the world, so as to give notice of the impend-
ing change. It is true there are some considerations
on the opposite side which may be cited to absolve
the directors from any intentional disregard of the
duties of publicity or of the general convenience of
the commercial world. The prenara.i.m of the ac-
counts,,to be in time for the Gazette of Tuesday,
would possibly involve some slight difficulties ; and
there is also the
,argument that if the public were
to observe on any Wednesday morning a great di-
minution of the bullion they would ,rush to get all
• their bills discounted at the existing rate before the
Court could deliberate at their Thursday weekly
meeting on the advisability of increasing their terms.
But tit's would be easily met, since the Governor
could advance the rate on the Wednesday if the
applications were such as to render it requisite, and
the Court could on the next day modify or adhere
to the s' ep at pleasure. Moreover, it would be a great
advantage if the habit of leaving the rate to be fixed
by the weekly Court were altogether discontinued,
and the system were accommodated each day to the
over-fluctuating relations of supply and demand
"Sir,—May I ask you to allow me space in your co-
lumns to inquire why the weekly Bank returns are net
instead of being
published in
withhelduntil
ltFhe Gazette
ridayni
night
ht of
t Tuesday,At
tpresent time, when the
the Bank has in two weeks diminished its issues by can-
celling, its notes to the amount of 380,0001. an
639,8001. (say 1.019,8001.), and diminished its bullion
y a like sum. it is certainly a matter of importance to
the,commercial world to be put in possession of these
returns at the earliest moment po,,sible. As a bank of
issue only, there can be no difficulty in closing the
accounts on Saturday night, and, unless there is great
delay in receiving the balances from the branch banks,
which are included in the prevent returns I see no rea-
son why they should not be ready for Tuesday night'.
Gazette.

" That an approximate result is known to the initiated
few early in the week is a fact which cannot be disputed,
and the best means to prevent such improper know-
ledge will be the earlier publlcatien of the rtturns.
" I a,n, sir, yours faithfully,
" London, April 14."

"H.