The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-06 00:00:00

LORD SHAFTESBURY AND HIS STEWARD.

Mr. Green applied to the court to allow the
recognisances of the Earl of Shaftesbury and also
those of the defendant to be discharged, intimating
at the same time that it was not the intention of the
prosecution to proceed any further with the
charge of embezzlement.—The Recorder, who ap-
peared surprised at the application, said at present
he certainly did not feel justified in acceding to the
request, and the matter must be brought before the
judges later in the session.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

- _
STREET PREACHING NUISANCE.—TWO rough-
looking
men,
named John Ferguson and Michael
Healey, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with
drunk and disorderly conduct.
Benstead Webb, 112 C, said that at half-past 8
the previous night, he was at the corner of Thomas-
street, Oxford-street, where a crowd had assembled,
in consequence of a man preaching, when he saw
the two prisoners,who had walked from the Victory
public-house, and who were both drunk, force
their way into the crowd. Ferguson took off his
hat, and every time the preacher waved his hand
Ferguson imitated him by waving his hat, which
caused a great disturbance, and he had to take the
prisoners into custody with assistance.
Mr. Alfred Park Philpott, of No. 12, Edward-
street, Portman-square, said that last night he
was passing along Oxford-street with his wife, and,
seeing a crowd collected in Thomas-street, he
went up to ascertain the cause, when he found a
man was preaching, and, after being there about
two minutes, the prisoners went into the crowd,
and the police came up and told them to move on,
and 46 C took hold of one, 'and the other ran
away, and was caught by 112 C, and both of them
were taken into custody, but there was not the
slightest cause for doing so. He asked the police
why they took the prisoners, and they told him
to mind his own business ; and on his following to
the station the police said that if he did so they
would take him too. On the way to the station 46
C threw. Ferguson, and the police behaved very
roughly to him. The prisoners were not drunk,
though they might, and probably were, sinful
people, and were of the class of people the preacher
might benefit._ _

Inspector Harrison said there were three gen-
tlemen present to support the police.
Mr. Henry Mitchell, of No. 168, Oxford-street,
"-street, said that yesterday even-
opposite
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noise as usual on Sunday evening—
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a sort of howling of a man's monstrous voice, he
more generally talking between two and three
hours, causing him to feel quite nervous. After
enduring the annoyance for several Sunday even-
ings he went down yesterday evening and asked
him to lower his voice. Seeing the police there,
he asked them if they could not remove the
preacher, and they said they could not, but that
they would report his complaint. The two prisoners
then came across the road and forced their way into
the crowd, and got in front of the preacher and
imitated him, and then there was a good deal of
excitement and the police removed the prisoners.
He had attended the court in the hope that some-
thing might be done to remove the nuisance.
Mr. Adrian Blaiser, of No. 5, Duke-street,
Grosvenor-square, said that he stopped a short time
to hear the preacher, and saw the two prisoners
come from the Victory publichouse, both of them
being intoxicated, but one more than the other, to
the other side. They then forced their way into
the crowd, and as soon as they got in made a row
by imitating the preacher's movements. The police
took them into custody, and then Mr. Philpott in-
terfered, and as soon as Ferguson found that some
one was interfering in hid behalf he became very