The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LIONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN G, APRIL 9 it 257,

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.)

MISS CATHERINE HAYES.

The benefit of Miss Hayes on Saturday evening was
one of those flattering demonstrations of admiration and
respect which exalted genius only has a right to expect,
and which, when justly merited, the Dublin public is
ever ready to concede. The house was an overflowing
bumper, in the fullest sense of the term. The box circles
exhibited no break in the thronged assemblage of fashion-
ables occupying every seat—the pit was filled to incon-
venience—the middle gallery was equally crowded ;
whilst over all the Olympus of the top gallery loomed
darkly, with its host of deities enthroned rank above
rank, " thick as leaves in Valambrosa," and making
the old house ring with song and merriment. The
Lord Lieutenant arrived shortly after eight o'clock, ac-
companied by Lady Fanny Howard and a brilliant suite.
On his Excellency being recognised his health was pro-
posed by the gods and honoured with loud cheering,
and the chaunt of " He's a right gay fellow," &c.
The programme of the evening's entertainment corn-
pri-ed a rich melange of opera mnsic, and the ad•
ditional treat of two or three ballad melodies by
Miss Hayes, whose appearance was tie signal for
ore unanimous burst of welcoming cheers. She
personated the character of Norina in the opera of "Don
Pasquale," the two last acts of which were presented.
Our musical friends need not be informed that in these
are contained the principal, indeed the only, harmonic
gems of the opera. The quartet, " E Rimasto," was
well given, Mr. Tennant displaying all his usual taste in
the tenor part, with a power and resonance of voice im-
mensely improved. Signor Badiali aas perfect ; and
the beffo part was admirably supported by Signor Meg-
gioratti. We want words to describe the arch grace
and espciglerie of manner which Miss Hayes threw into
this part of Norina. We have rarely heard her voice
in such perfection. We must mention her singing
of the cabaletta " Va, caro Sposino," and her version
of the duet with Mr. Tennant, as especially fine. Mr.
Tennant succeeded well in the tenor part of the latter,
and was deservedly encored in the serenade " Come e
Gentil." Between the acts a complimentary address
to Miss Hayes was delivered, amidst deep silence,
from the upper gallery by one of the "gods," on the
part of his fellow-immortals, which was received
with general applause. A large white banner, wreathed
With laurels and shamrocks, and inscribed with the
name of the fair vocalist, was waved from the upper gals
lery, and subsequently, on Miss Hayes's appearance, and
on her concluding one of the melodies a wreath of flowers
and shamrocks, with an address appended by white satin
ribbon, was thrown at her feet. The fair cantatrice grace-
fully acknowledged the compliment amidst thunders of
applause, in which the occupants of the pit and box cir-
cles emphatically joined. After the first operatic piece
Miss Hayes was led forward by Mr. Harris, and sang the
fine soul stirring melody, "The harp that once," and
afterwards the popular English ballad of "Home, sweet
home." In consequence of an enthusiastic encore she
came forth once more and gave the pretty Scottish song
of "Coming through the rye" with inimitable grans and
sweetness. We can merely allude to her grand vocalism
and acting in the second acts of " Lucia di Lammermoor,
which concluded the entertainments. She was beard in
the maniac scene in wrapt silence, and as she was borne
off the stage the entire house reverberated with peals of
plaudits. Signor Volpini and Signor Badiali were splen-
didly effective as Aston and Edgardo. On Miss Hayes
coming forth finally the entire au iience rose and greeted
her in the most enthusiastic manner—and thus concluded
the present engagement of our gifted countrywoman,
which we sincerely trust bas been as satisfactory to the
spirited lessee of the theatre as it has been to the admi-
rers of operatic music.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Justice Williams.)

THE RAILWAY STABBING CASE.

William Webb, alias Philip Cohen, 18 years of age,
butcher, was charged with feloniously cutting, stabbing,
and wounding Alfred Buckler, with intent to murder
him. There was a second count charging him with
intent to do him some grievous bodily injury.
Mr. J. Paine prosecuted. Mr. Sleigh defended the
prisoner.

Mr. Alfred Buckler deposed that he resided at Poplar,
and was a draper's assistant. On Sunday evening, the
sth March, about a quarter past eight o'clock, he went
to the Poplar station and took a ticket for Hampstead•
road. There were several passengers in the carriage, and
when they arrived at the Camden Town station they
left. Just as the train was going to start again the
prisoner looked in, opened the door, and got into the
carriage. Prosecutor was sitting in one of the corners,
and the prisoner, who was a stranger to bim, sat in the
middle of the seat opposite. Prisoner asked the prose-
cutor the name of the next station, and he replied
Hampstead-road. Prisoner said "That's right," and
moved directly opposfte the prosecutor, saying, "It's
about half-past 8 o'clock, isn't it—:what's the time I"
Prosecutor took out his watch, and said it was 25
minutes past, all but a minute, and put the watch back
into his pocket and turned his head to look out of the
window. He immediately felt a violent blow on the
neck, and sprung to his feet, and then he felt himself
struck in the arm in the same manner. He grappled with
the prisoner and nearly overpowed him, when be saw the
blade of a knife in his left hand. Prosecutor caught hold
of the knife by the blade with his right band, and he felt
blood was flowing from his neck and arm. He caught
the prisoner by the right wrist with his left hand, pushed
it against his throat, and pressed him up in the corner,
and called out murder several times, the train being in
motion at the time. Whilst he held the knife by the
blade the prisoner attempted to draw it from him, and
he felt it cut deeper, but in consequence of the blade
near the handle being rather blunt it did not hurt his
hand much. The prisoner was unable to get the knife
from him, and struggled very much to get away, but
the prosecutor held him fast, the speed of the train
then becoming slower and slower in consequence of
their near approach to the station. When the train

stopped he again called out murder several times, and the
door was opened immediately by a guard or a porter.
The prisoner let go the knife immediately th© door was
opened, and said, "The knife is not mine. This gentle.
man tried to stab me, and in self defence I stabbed him."
Prosecutor gave the knife to. the porter. He did not
make any attack on the prisoner before be stabbed him.

Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—He had nothing to
drink after tea that evening. He did not speak •to the
prisoner angrily.
By the. Judge—lt was about two minutes from the

time he was first struck before the train stopped.
William Sandford, porter on the North London
Railway, deposed that as he was standing on the evening
of the sth March by the signal post, watching the ar-
rival of the train, he heard, as the train approached,
cries of "Murder," and "Help." When the train
stopped, he jumped across the buffers and went to the
carriage from whence the cries proceeded, and there he
saw the prosecutor and prisoner struggling. The pro-
secutor had hold of the blade, and the prisoner the
handle, of a knife. On seeing witness prosecutor said,
"This man has been trying to murder me ; take the
knife." The prisoner then let go the knife, and prose-
cutor gave it to witness. The knife was dripping with
blood, and blood was oozing out of his neckcloth, and he
appeared to be in a fainting state. Witness secured the
prisoner till a policeman came up, and he was given into
custody. Prisoner said, " The knife don't belong to
me, but to the gentleman ; he tried to stab me, and
took it away and stabbed him instead." The knife pro-
duced —a butcher's dressing knife—is the same. Prose-
cutor said the prisoner's statement was false. He was
led away, and attended to by a surgeon.
James Webb, police sergeant of the S division, de-
posed that when the prisoner was brought to the police-
station in Albany-street, about a quarter past 9 o'clock,
he gave the name of William Webb, and that he was a
sailor, but be refused to give his address because he did
not wish his parents to know that he was in trouble.
He said that "the gentleman attempted to stab him,
and he took the knife from him and stabbed him in-
stead." Witness took the prisoner back to the railway
station, and the prosecutor identified him as the man
who had stabbed him.• On his return with the prisoner
to the police-stition he noticed that his hands were
covered with blood, and that blood was on his face, but
that there were no wounds that corresponded with it.
Prisoner said that in 'endeavouring to take the knife
from the prosecutor be cut his hand, and pointed to a
small wound on the middle finger of the left band and a
scratch on the lower part of the thumb. Witness
examined them, and said they had not bled. Prisoner
made no reply. Witness searched the prisoner, and
found on him a duplicate, a few heifer matches, a half-
penny, and some other trifling things, but no railway
ticket. The knife appeared to be new, and was a but-
cher's dressing-knife.
Mr. Stephen Alford, surgeon, of Haverstock-hill,
Hampstead, deposed that he attended the prosecutor on
Sunday evening, the sth March, at the Station, between
8 and 9 o'clock in the evening. He found him in a
fainting state ; his clothes were much saturated with
blood, and he had a handkerchief fastened round his
neck. On removing the handkerchief he found a wound
on the left side of the neck, about two inches from the
car. It was about ono inch in length, and the same in
depth. The edges were snaootlo, as if they had been
made by a sharp instrument such as the knife pro-
duced. The wound was inflicted by a stab, and was
within half an inch of 'the carotid artery. On the out-
side of the left arm, just below the shoulder, there was
a similar wound, but deeper. It was about two inches
in depth. Both wounds inclined upwards. On the
r!ght side, at the back of the neck, there was a bruise ;
and there was also a scratch over the right side of the
brow, and also on the right side of the chin. There were
two slight cuts between the fore finger and thumb of the
right hand.
By the Judge—lt required much violence to inflict
the wound with the knife produced.
The prosecutor produced the clothes he had on when
he was stabbed. His shirt and neck-tie were saturated
with blood. His neck-tie, which was four times double,
and his collar, were cut through. He had on an over-
coat, and he received four stabs on the collar of the coat,
the marks of which. were distinctly visible, and two
others on the arm, before he was cut.
Mr. David Myers, butcher, of Whitechapel, deposed
that the prisoner lived with him about seven months
ago, and that his name was Philip Levi.
Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—The prisoner was not
addicted to intemperance, and he was a kind, humane,
well-behaved lad when in his service.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. Sleigh, in addressing the jury for the prisoner,
called upon them to acquit him of the capital charge of
intending to murder, because, if they found him guilty
of murder, his life would be forfeited ; but to find him
guilty of wounding only if they consider:ed the facts of
the case warranted them in so doing.

MEMBERS RETURNED.—(This Day.)

COUNTY MONAGHAN.—LeEdie and Forster.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day )

CORN EXCHANGE.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended April 9, 1857, made up from the Re-
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.

WHEAT BARLEY OATS RYE BEANS I PEAS
54s 8d 47s 3d 23s 6d 37s 8d 395• 8d 39s ld

THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.

WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE BEANS PEAS
55s 5d 46s 4d 23s 8d 39s 8d 39s 5d 39s 2d

ENGLISH GRAIN S
Wheat, 85,465; barley, 36,0 a
beans, 5,713 ; pea;

,OLD LAST WEEK.
)GS; oats, 16,709; ryo, 124;
Ls, 997 quarters.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.

The supply of lambs in to-day's market, considering that
this was the great show for the season, was only moderate,
yet the demand ruled excessively heavy, at from Gs to
es 8d per Blbs. Beasts were in short supply -and heavy re•
quest, at Monday's decline in value. In sheep very little
was doing, at barely stationary prices ; but calves moved
off steadily, at an advance of 2d per 81bs. Pigs and cows
were exceedingly dull.

Per Blbs to sink the offal'.
s. d. s. d. 5. d. N e.
Interior Beasts... 3 2to 3 41PrimeSouthdown 5 6 510
Second quality-3 6 3 101L,Arge crso. calves 4 4 5 6
Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6'Prime small do 5 8 6 0
Prime Scots, dze. 4 8 4 10 Large hogs
Inferior Sheep _4 2 4 6 Small porkers 4 4 5 0
Second quality ...4 8 410 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0
Prime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 4 Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 0
Lamb, 68 oa to 6s Bd.
TOTAL SUPPLY:

FOREIGN SUPPLY.

Beasts 930 Beasts 4O
Sheep and lambs
Calves
Pigs 3OO Pigs

NEWGATE AND LEADENITALL.
Each kind of meat moved off slowly, as follows :
For 81bs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d.
Beef, Interior 210 3 2
Do., middling 3 4 3
Do. prime large 3 10 4 0
Do., do. small 4 2 4 4
Pork, large 3 8 4 2
Lamb, 5s

e. d. s. d.
Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8
Do., middling 3lO 4 4
i Do., prime 4 6 4 8
Veal 3 S 5 0
Pork. small 4 6 5 2
8(1 to Cs 6d.

MEAT MARKETS.

SOUTHALL, April B.—The supplies of stock on sale to-
day were tolerably extensive, and the trade ruled heavy,
as follows :—Beef, from 3s 61 to 4s 8,1 ; Mutton, 3s Sd to
5s Sd ; Lamb, Cs 4d to 7s ; Veal, 44 ed to 5s 2d; Pork, 3s
10d to 5s Od per Blbs, to Rink the offal.
ROMFORD, April B.—Our market was much less active
to-day, and prices were a shade lower than last week.
Beef. from 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 103 to 5s 10d;
Lamb, I,s Sd to 70 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s ; Pcrk, 4s to
4s 10d per Blbs.

The learned Judge summed up. It was for the jury
to say if they considered the prisoner intended to murder
the prosecutor, or to overpower him to rob him of his
watch.

The jury found the prisoner guilty on the second
oount of wounding with intent to de bodily harm.
The learned Judge, in sentencing the prisoner, said
that the jury had acquitted him of any intention to take
away the prosecutor's life, and had found him guilty of
wounding with intent to do bodily harm. He must say
that in the whole course of his experience that this was
by far the worst case of its class that be bad ever met
with. The savage attack which the prisoner made on
the person of the prosecutor, no doubt to plunder him,
was a crime in its nature so heinous and from
the time and place and circumstances in which it was
committed calculated to create alarm in the public mind.
that be (the learned Judge) would be guilty of a great
dereliction of duty if he did not sentence him to as severe
a punishment as the law allowed, and he therefore sen-
tenced him to be transported for life. His lordship then
addressed the jury, and said that their finding the pri-
soner guilty on the second count had made no difference
in the sentence. Had they found Wm guilty on the
first count he should have recommended him to mercy,
which would have been commuted to transportation for
life,

Swanarara By WHOLESALE.—A moustached foreigner,
styling himself Captain John Jonsen, a Hungarian, at
Birkenhead, has for the past week or so been ordering
goods from every one who would give him temporary
credit in that town and Liverpool. On Tuesday Captain
Jonsen attended a public sale, and had knocked down
to him goods to the value of 411., for which, however,
as for everything else he had ordered, he did not pay.
After his departure from the sale-room two valuable
cups were missed, and he was traced by a detective to his
lodgings, Where, on his pockets being searched, invoices
for goods which bad not thin arrived were found to the
amount of about 3001. He was taken before the
magistrates yesterday and committed for trial.