The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-30 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

(Before Mr. WITHAM, Chairman, and a Bench of
Magistrates.)
Yesterday William filyerscroft, alias iVilliam Wilson,
surrendered to take his trial under an indictment which
charged him with having stolen a silk scarf, the pro-
perty of Lavinia Smith.
The prisoner was a very respectable-looking man of
about 40 years of age.
Mr. O'Brien appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Payne was for the prisoner.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutrix that
she was a dressmaker, living in Church-street, Stoke
Newington, and that when before the magistrate she had
given her name as Lucille Montague. Her proper name,
however, was that described in the indictment. It had
happened that as she was returning home from Charlotte-
street, Fitzroy-square, on the evening of the 6th iust ,
and was proceeding along Holborn, at about nine o'clock
le the eceaing, she was accosted by the prisoner at the
bar, who put some questions to her on the subject of the
weather, which at the time was wet. At first she paid
no attention to him, but pursued her onward course.
Eventually, however, she entered into conversation with
him, and shortly afterwards he persuaded her, as it was so
wet, to accompany him to a coffee-shop where they might
take shelter. Whilst they were at that place the prisoner
called for hall•st quertern of brandy, of which spirit
she partook of a glass. They remained in the cufftee
shop about twenty minutes, and in the course of their
conversation she mentioned that she was on her way to
the Bank, where she should get. into an omnibus which
weulo take her home. Upon this the prisoner said that,
singular enough, he was going the same way, and he
vvowd he happy to accompany her. Accordingly. as
she did not decline the proposal, off they started, but
they had not proceeded very far before she became per-
fectly unconscious as to where she was, as wed as of
everything that was passing. What became of her from
that moment she did not know, but when the regained
her senses, towards the middle of the night, she found
that she was in a house of ill-fame in the vicinity of
Heaton, and that the prisoner was in the room with her.
Upon discovering the situation in which she was placed
she implored the prisoner at once to quit the room, a
course which he refused to take, whereupon she call. d
out, when a woman belonging to the house came up, from
whom (as she again felt very ill) she asked for a glass of
water. At this period she took off her bonnet and scarf,
and laid them on a chair in the room. She then renewed
her solicitation to the prisoner to leave the room, but he
again refused to do so. She thereupon intimated to the
young woman who had come up that it was her wish
that the prisoner should leave the room, when the for-
mer said that if she (the prosecutrix) would come down
sutra she would herself soon get rid of him. Ac-
cordingly she went down stairs into a back par-
lour. The woman of the house called out to the
prisoner to the effect that the prosecutrix was gone.
The prisoner then came doe, when upon being told
that she had run awe), he ran out as if after her into
the street. She then went upstairs, aid on reaching the
room where she had previously been, and where, tee,
she had left her scarf, she discovered that it had been
taken away. She instantly went after the pris tner, and
having overtaken him, gave him into the custody of an
officer, and then, being in custody, he took the scat f out
of his hat. The prosecutrix, en her cross-examination
by Mr. Payne, stated that she had been married, and
had had two children, one of whom was illegitimate, the
father being Mr. Morel, of Marlborough street. The
other child was by her husband. That she had been
married she would swear, but she declined to say who
her husband was; she was now a widow.
The policeman, H 60, said that the house to which
the prosecutrix had been taken was in the Vinegar-
ground, City-road, a most notorious locality, full of
houses of ill-tame and prostitutee.
Mr. PAYNE made a powerful speech on behalf of the
prisoner, and eubmitted that the fact of the scarf having
been found in his hat was purely an accident.
Professor Elolloway, of 244, Strand, was called to
speak to the character of the prisoner. He stated that
the prisoner had been in his service as bookkeeper and
foreign correspondent for the last five years, and that
his conduct and character were irreproachable.
The CHAIRMAN having umtnet up,
The jury returned a verdict of uilty.
Toe Cuernaratt sentenced the prisoner to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Charles Shadbolt, conductor of omnibus No. 2,327,
was summoned before Mr. Alderman Gibbs upon the
charge of having refused to admit a person into the
amm bus when there was sufficient room.
Charles Bustard, 353, N division of the metropolitan
police, said—On the 21st of August I was at the
Flower rot public-house, in Bishopsgatr-street, at five
o'clock, and I waited till a quarter-past five, when the
defendant's omnibus took its stand in front of the house.
The horses' heads were towards Kingsland-road. There
were three passengers, and one got out and two got in.
I went up to him and said I wanted a seat to King land.
lie said ho would not take me, that he had room for no
more than his customers, and ho persisted in refusing to
admit me. Ha then refused to take two ladies, although
one of them offeriA to pay any amount of fare for the
accomm dation. He stated that his was not a three-
penny " bus," and I told him I asked nothing about the
far.-, and that I should certainy report his conduct in
the proper quarter.
Tho d.-tendant said he -objected to admit the cora-
pl,inant because the charge of 6d. was re:used by that
person.

James Ovvrton said he went down to Kingsland by
the defendant's omnibus on Thursday nighr, and there
was a crowd round the place. The complainant was
amongst the crowd, and the conductor said his fsre was
6d., and he carried no threepenny fares upon that oc-
casion. The omnibus, he thought, carried thirteen
passengers. _

Alderman G/BBS sa!d the public were accuit )med to
overcharged in the way described, and that females were
very frequently victimized. The penalty he should in-
flict would be 203., or Bridewell for one month, and the
offence should be nominated in the licence.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Two men named John Sutheriond and John Francis
Richardson, journeymen ty;_efounders, were brought be-
fore Mr. Ilammill, charged, the former with having ob-
structed the thoroughfare and caused a crowd to assemble
in front of the premises of Messrs. Henry Caslon and
Son, letter-founders, in Chiswell-street, St. Luke's, and
the latter with disorderly conduct in inciting a mob to
rescue the other prisoner from the custody of the police.
Mr. Wakeling attended to conduct the prosecution,
and Mr. Child tor the defence.
Inspector Brannan, of the G division, stated, that
having received information that a large mob had
assembled in Chiswell-street, and that the thorough.
faro was completely obstructed, he proceeded there
accompanied by tour sergeants and a dozen con-
stables ; and on reaching the complainant's foundry
observe d the defendant Sutherland parading about
in the front of the premises, with a large
placard at his back, and a similar one slung to
his
breast, avid surrounded by a crowd of at leapt 150 per-
6011i. Witness immediately stepped up to the prisoner,
and requested him to withdraw, to which he replied, "I
am paid for what I am doing, and while I keep moving
on you have no power to interfere with me," The pri-
soner then resumed his walk backwards and forwards at
a very slow pace, occasionally shouting out " French
invasion! French invasion!" And as tio passed the pro-
secutor's windows he obtrusively exhibited the placards
towards them, After warning him several times that
unless he went away he must take him into custody, the
prisoner suddenly stopped, and continued to mark
time" in a military manner with his feet, but without
advancing more than a yard in several minutes; and as
he persisted in this conduct he secured him, and whilst
conveying him to the station house, the prisoner re-
peated his cries of " French invasion!" until they reached
Finsbury-square, when the other prisoner, Richardson,
presented himself, and repeatedly addressing the mob
with the exclamation, "Do you call this justice?"
pressed upon the police with such violence that it re-
quired the efforts of several constables to keep him back.
The prisoner, however, again thrust himself in front ut
the crowd, and turning round to them exclaimed, " that
it was a shame that the man should go to prison for no-
thing," with other violent observations.
In cross-examination the witness said that he had
known the prisoner Richardson for many years as one
of the workmen in Messrs. Caslon's type-foundry, and
that the other prisoner was employed in the same capa-
city by another extensive firm.

In answer to a question from Mr. IlembaLL, the in-
spector said that he had also seen another ma❑ in the
crowd, exhibiting similar placards, but that he instantly
disappeared on finding that the prisoners had been taken
into custody.

Mr. Childs, for the defence, said it would be unneces-
sary to call any further evidence, as there had been quito
enough to show that the proceedings of the deleodstit
had been wholly irregular, and amounted to a breach of
the law, but they had acted under the erroneous impres-
sion that us long as they kept moving about the p dice
had no authority to interfere with them; and if the ma-
gistrate would take a lenient view of the case, he fel as-
sured that, under his advice, such conduct would nevar
again be repeated.
Mr. liemmlLL ordered both prisoners to find substan-
tial bail for their peaceable behaviour for the next three months; in addition to a penalty of Os. upo❑ the pri-
soner Richardson fur obstructing the police and inciting
to a rescue.

WESTMINSTER.
John Gould, a toll-collector in the employ of the
Vauxhall-bridge Company, was charged with having
caused the death of Albert Arthur Towers, a child be-
tweenseven and eight years of age, under circumstances
of a peculiarly heart-rending description.
It appeared from the evidence of Emily Jackson and
Catherine Foulsham, two girls, that on Monday, the 22d
of July, at about five in the evening, the child, who was
the son of a very respectable elderly man named Tow-
ers, a warder at Toothill-fields Bridewell, was crossing
the Vauxhall-bridge-road, apparently coming from
school, when a quantity of boiling water was thrown out
of the window of the toll•house at the corner of Roches-
ter-row, which fell upon the child, who was shockingly
ealded. There was at the time no other person In the
toll-house but the accused, who, hearing the child's
screams, came out and expressed his regret at what bad
happened. The child was immediately taken by a baker
,•ppusite into his house, and subsequently to the house
of its parents. One of the girls, in giving her evrdence,
alleged that she had heard the words " I have caught
u at last," at the time the water was thrown; but,
,ip,.n being pressed upon this point, she could only say
hat she heard sum, thing about " last,' and had taken it
o moan "I have caught you at last."
Henry Pauling, 185 B, proved hearing the child's
:creams, and going to the spot, when the accused in
f coned him ,hat he had thrown the water out of the
rindow into an angle outside the toll house, where they
tirew rubbish. There was nothing to prevent the
public passing over the place so described.

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Mr. G. Pearce, of Regent-street, burgeon,
the injury which deeetiaed had suffered, and added that
he die I , yesterday morning. cit 0
The acousk d', tins oee to the charge wag, that l'i
entirely the result of accAent.
Mr. Bur:Au:el, called up:ei the accused to find two AU;
rites in 84., and enter into his own recognistnee la i
describes
like amount, to answer the charge of inauslatighler s
the Central Criminal Court.
.HAMMERSAILLII.
Daniel IWorcan, a c
cab-driver at Kensington, wss beeegob!
up on a .eared.: Wore Mr. 'l'. rapier, on a hart.,
baying used most abusive and unsvarrantable lailliZt
towards Captain Robert Butler, durieg
es such driver. be OP
The complainant stated, that on the 92ci inst.
.10a,
his eelPlolw
gaged the defendant, who was on the liensinetoi? "this
Lt., take him and two I:dits to London, elliagnil, sir
he should pay him by the hour, at the rate 0.1.;I:
hour. 1-le at first hesitated. but after' aids sala,,bot
lit sir, get in;" which they accordingly
hoe ever, they had got about a quarter of atailed°u ge
Kensington turnpike, defendant suddenly Pulle,AoP;iio%
ti.,Wit from his box, and opening the cab duct, 111 eel
complainuut, said, " Get lu t of my cab dire
give tee Bd., or I',l drag you out and have you s 't out,
up." Complaieant and the ladies this
gebo.
did.
„Prouo
tied defendant said, " Give we Bd. directly, dingy
r,u.rd, or ril lock you up." Having nothing lelieetidiss
51. note, he borrowed hales. cruet' treat one ef.ld. a Yoll
and tendered it to the defendant, lA° 11,3,001 fer
, who the -- is going to 1100...Vsoolber
change fur you ?" Complainant called solid
c,b that was passing, and borrowed e
...ho re.
from the driver, which he gave to defendant, "car
pealed the same language about gettiog ebongt for the
plainant Eisen said to him, 4. sVell, will that OOl
44 jell
eightpencer and defendant grudy answered thosb•
put the shutting in his pocket. fie, then id titl, bof
man complainant had it/St hired, " Minel• (/1/191010; 'the,
you take him; he'll not pay you. COP .1 I oug of lb!
further said that one of the ladies did not go dole
coaub,
la,taii,risrta,gun)d.oclue:ocuntda,tuoto.b:id to
khaneor,cei'4,:roY:jdaowonrad.obiusti.s
complainant, aud suid he would° 005 de•
fact he had never before heard such ato ..ii op
sire and disgusting language as that with 141' to Flo'
vfeuticnda:tiint had assailed hum, and totaby
vocation.
denied the com t. prig
uncertain about tho rigr. etriePtlist,i"niPa
be stopped
.:, to bet 110
w the. was to have, and where te mil' tii°4l,l
.to-drile 01/
gentlemani Ie; uted to satisfy On, °liiiliion, bag of .
"me (115 tan").." ' 0' &wag .
stateinsle,en
co so so;
threatuensiendgteatninybraissbbiaecittin tmiaB.l3agl'tillatgitiee:hit!:WeePirtaeirl7t• III:
ly said
Captain Butler ex ia'ned that ue .--,4i viitb bita,
defendant, that if hel'h not had ja-es
should have taken a different course. 0 of
es
,t;
aelnanddeitse.ehsn,edwia.Eaumfuntititetner said that he badi-dclerri'vse:fte' bet;
itohroT
called two witnesses
the altercation, bellpa
d hs ei ;1
hoi
sh ors,r,
oirr}ing:
totr:hr.
i_eil:gee t
iii.bi :s:
, oue of vi had hear" -
10 Old
wai said. and the other
Defendant then said he hoped the ulcsgoi bis fsgilosi
deal leniently with the case, ou acc,3l° , pock° pod
He was quite wilting to beg the cspisieliditoorgeo
had been himself a soldier, and had bisi toe, ,;„,
was well known in Kensington as is flute'. gel ''''
Defendant's master and auotber Perg°- -
good character for civiaty generally. d 110011 r;
Mr. PAYNTER said that whatever the e,, b
at g eld
rat character might be, he bad in this teed oat c 0 01,
of the grossest culaconduct. The null els bees drilfej
be imagined for it was, that he mast li° ego prollos
at the time. The public, however, 6,,ed dere: 0
from such outr ges. lie therefore, Wren' 0 cal II
to be imprisoned with hard labour for t
months.
------",all,oC„flbe
DISTRESSIING OCCU"'" d di"-sr.
A most uielanchuly circutustauce, attel: to of Jo
death of a fire ho,s, of fifteen years of eg„,,ic, Weir fecell
John Al•Dougall, of the Customs.. Gruen"- is' bold e • 0
oop Thursday evening last. It appears Oa 'be if
cock of that de Mr. Ft-rrier, of Cl'PPenbfi/ of ligsli,
present residing in Gieenock, his neii: Syr. 14."-,, lin ill
thirteen years of age, and two sons c. wee' lelell:
aged respective ly thirteen and fifteen,
,so the bed,
small host with the intention of fist 'filo ilie'diet•
burgh shore. Ia returning in the el sup riferi. do
!hen, and the current stt.iug strongly uP
of Quic j•Dir,
Farrier,
,g . • .he r
riaenr,ct repeated efforts t.i gain ate 13# on, opu..
_sc,
boys, from exhaustion, could eo loge' -tie Pa lob
OD" . alle'
who was unable by himself t° for their lid eP
caused them to lie down in the attain soy (lill osir
and to steady the boat. In this called for 111":0 Iry
the riser, one vessel to which they es.li Pb
passing them unnoticed, till about pliii,:al,o% tb° Tbel
nay morning, when they succeeded io,lnoirot§'4 01011
at a place called Lee, ju the parish of roo,b00;130; tir
plie• wd•efriotrasshheulrtee,r, and proceeded $0 lits berg were tee
stands a short distance from the besicr„:6o, bid - d t 011"
fused admissi, n ; tshtaelyingwethiee,ir fico°leneui.e:%e.irfle talbeedr:
they could obtain s• e.,„ • eut-Oth. „Aer ands, .(iir
n t ,r to .0
was some hay. Thither the parr.? i rl-100 0 bvirotberif
coveredt he U l Shl
that
ants
joeuhrunt;virirliamoluegason.pouseseibi d'ee:sogtofouirsetubieettl,olaci,
on missing, and Mr. Ferrier' is 130 viol wile ° 00. it!'
Ferrierthihits,nilme observedsu w
afterwardsoah nfe, nehisrhsittinglooo'VkhiinsL wentl' whistled
al
oi, uoud‘ri,.:4o?:slbfbbf;l:rinfrfigbfcid:4lo-n ft`nt.;:lie::ief:
the youngest boy yrethtuartnbitso
boy, but,tod,, coo. , infer-. p,
earlypu uibiant Dumbarton,
almost
knrenet.ndge(l,lpe wo'
morning
concludedu
.
f tr
lion,u I-servants sitting- in tne Net ill ;Or "bi; ofear
see
eitill :ley I:de rtyo hthe house and Ine nil ; 0 sa„,° ,uose
7iik!';4'llsl.
and e v,, r y means av
• could i:::bsys'ir"trb 0a td 0111.7 v bat bo;t of
store unim,stion, but,
breathed once: or twice, and then die
return to 11;8001 h‘i
have induct the unhappy youth to reltisuppoeee vetted'
course can never be known, but it ie loathe! be•f/'
ohbatsgzeaftlhyorveusws•eilth the view ot' seei4 -iy I' ° de
anxious to be earlypainssiGngrede7ocaltt,l;o;iri'..:ilidi°galajet
had fallen ;asleep through fatigue 200 "
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RAILWAY SHARE MAR r.
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market hilscoshire . St
STOCK
to-day.
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131t21.16.Saphn.a_ares, i:N AdLsis°l:s-111anPc°wasuetrLee'r aAs
and fCll:::itslioe;efidi:::tld:
Eastern anAGdi
7-3 London and North-Western, 1034--1)214 s.l6disbePi6,
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29. esti' os,
MANCHESTER. Ana, , 1,,,e to
...0 d?,
N3',:-41)::iittt
eog,Histaelrse'ed:
51.16
,0:04.
~dis.--York and N°llll P.. .. ill
STOCK EXCIIANGE.We have little cut! 7,,,s Ir:dicii!:
this share market. Only a small business The too:pig;
but Lancashire and Yorkshire remain firtn..,..: 404i,-04 i!lcs,.
were as follow :-Lancashire and Yorlocial;130100;15.100
Fifths, 9 dis. - Manchester, Sheffield, sli,e resbir,e'pooo,ool
-Ditto, Preference, 7 13- 16--North Stzlitekrborgb
d.-South-Eastern and Dover, 154, •S ...Oa/ ,
Stock (No. 4), SIA -East Lancashire, A it
,of lip
Glasgow, 240e2 C. div.
BIRMINGHAbI, AO' 29. :ter' eP° li
STOCH EXCIIANGE.--The sh ire MOrreile `gustb I"
a complete stand still. No list of transsettr•
to-day. The sales were-London and,N2prele _„.'
-Ditto, New Quarters, 1 p.-Midlana dal ' oWitOr
followS Tcc:
If
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szo. ... -. ANGE.-The only trolls°
ellber
Lusa Midland Junction, 04. 01'- A'
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1 v.---t---difrY do V 01,.,
made Fever by Holloway's Pills in van resic ufeg',, 0,
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tchareeuosfe ofh her limbg:f.aenr,i
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in
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hayie:airopier:iirrehiliveoadba.--eporicifitediapreefico:;o:
uupyotnn
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m to try
'sce:onu'tr.i.Mrats the most eminent medical men h• A frificib tyi fees
Establishm
cure to do, and in an incredible short se tbe Moog°,
Holloway's ceiebrated Pee
no4,,rt tto'S
This case is copiedafrovOrtoteope , 0
see:as considered oeles.t ob! . , 40,0
old by all Druggists, 2rid t odiCr: 0,
ent, 244, Strand, Londe°. tbef 0.- of
THE GREEN-EYED_TI% telc P 418,6
MONSTEn• ~ cost, 00 _ si•
instance of jealousy. without sufficien.t
_..zo,
sA te.,l to
evideneeyinn,lodging
husband it-
jtiunmollith Just previous to the recent Pett°o4o directity
mentioned
Mary Ryan with the usual finagle r-soe's papfe iff,'
-housekeeper, w2saper 10, olinoelf
murder case. Ti!earP3, John porellos:
ar to ~,cr
equently hearing this f! II a his ocer, 0,101
as the intended compalu° hi, 00,, 01)001
the police
particular inquiries es t.0.,4, joill be eel
,L_'erl3 ingeniously answered, otell.'4,7oee tb„°,,i peee'of fol:
Bnio of horns to such a pitch, that he ; vsgsbe,P,olat Lid
if lettthi Mary go to the assizes with thtn,nd be suo be s-
j hieild g
bettere sveii t
halfon histo Akinoenems
otourtol ;0004
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BIRTIIB.
0 F A 13 014 DAlStOri'
On the 27th inst., at Queen's-road, the flirti
the wife of William Waller.
of othnetflic"
Rev.he23dWinnst..,BoaiirtdlielAya.inDblleudcionoßT ecjs ete'rft
wife o (JulJO
Cottle ioof
Curtis O n the a 2yswthardin,sEt.s,qi:t Quedgeley-hoes sorfol
jowl
On the 270 ins 7.. at the Vicarage, str2
wife of the Rev. A. V. H. Hallett. fi'
, Ge°so I.
.o..sitiag.th, Roche"..e4h, S- lite
On the 27th inst., at St. Margaret-s, iici,i'of tb°
..,
Knight, Esq., of Essex-street, Stcalid,:a: .Esq'' istile.,,,
Sarah Anne, daughter of George Ass" re ,liistr,
cinct, Rochester. ii over's1011) S 5
On the 28th inst., at St. George's, 1.013.40, t.. 110,03
Chatteris, Esq., of Sundleford Priory, .e.,lsi.sirl
giana, second daughter of the late Adio" vele;
terman Hardy, Bart. of 'el 4'.
~ 0 ~ et
DIAL • eldest "o„re. $6
On the 2,3 th init., Frederick Janvr,trnairsgetobiremee
rick De Lis:e, Esq., a York •place, yin warwtoss ~
t)ii the 17th inst , at S:oney Th°rllienrY II-
i:,p.,,hi-a.1.1:;‘,
•45.•111ary Alicia, eldest drub of
a 14, pA,
berlayne, Deret, age iss - 5° le
On the 28th inst., at Bridport, , . Tho° thel*
1 rbes • d fief
beloved and only dam:liter 0 wt so, ~, 0 '6f
tier end was one of Christian trariqn ode el'
harth' ilF:„ife
At. Hertford, on the 27th inst., tiesn • 0 _.O.
Ttimilas Colbeck, I. ,at aged 75' ,ee W"' 40' V'
On :he 2th inst. Uhatlisna-pal t,_,z;orth ~., tit 1
Ann, late 'f• Fix, Esq., to sag tog .
.0
n, daughter of the • , Eases,
. AiD, of
On the 23th inst., at Littleour", re, t•ii ootl
of Edward Berl*. Eq. h plan', OP !..g;,,
On the vOth of juzie, near Rama P iof aitrYl oged 4
• tiroe.in . ...._
~
Burdett, Esq., lute 2d Mudra* I- ~.-Twictientil!>* ,40,
the late W. J0i2223' irdett, E.41,•222_-_-- ------,, "Oil ll'ot
-Th by 1115/1137fi;''' D'Oti
strand, Printer, +t
.i... 5001:::
-.rib.: vriatott Atiii Pub3°- "I A; Ql6O ~.. tile 11
co 112,
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