The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-10 00:00:00

7 !MMES.

Richard Wainwright, a carman, of Barkingside.
Essex, in the employment of Mr. Smithies, was
charged with wantonly and cruelly Musing a horse.
Mr Threadgold, a gentleman residing at White-
horse lane, Stepney, saw the prisoner proceeding
along the Whitechapel- road with a horse, tied by a
halter to the back of a waggon which ho was driving.
The poor animal, whose fetlock was cut, fell fre-
quently on its knees and seemed to suffer extreme
pain. Mr. Threadgold remonstrated with him, but
he said he acted under the direction of his master, and
that if he refused to du so he should be discharged and
(H.:, of want.
Mr. YARDLEY (to the prisoner)—lf your master
ordered you to knock a man on the head or to commit
a burglary, would you do it? Prisoner—No, I know
myself better than that.
Mr. YARDLEY—Yet you are equally guilty of a
bre .ch of the law in what you have bean doing.
When Mr. Threadgold asked you how you shouid
like to be treated so yourself, you replied, " Not at
all." The rule you should do as you would be done
by should apply even to dumb animals. Why not
kill him on the spot, instead of driving or dragging
him in such a state upwards of seven miles ?
Inspector Holmes, of the K division, here stated
that for several reasons the knackers gave more for a
living than for a dead horse, inasmuch as, in the first
place, it saves the trouble and expense of sending for
the animal, and next, it was more easily flayed when
fresh killed.
Mr. YARDLEY said it was a most disgraceful
thing to find that for a slight amount of profit any
man should inflict such an amount of cruelty on a
poor suffering animal. lie regretted he could not
reach the master, and he would, therefore, fine the
prisoner 20s.
Mr. Seymour, the chief clerk, called his Worship's
attention to an Act, by which the horse and waggon,
which were then at the Green-yard, could be at-
tached for the amount of the fine.
Mr. YARDLEY immediately ordered the detention
of the horse and cart, and discharged the prisoner.
Ile at the same time cautioned the managing man of
Mr. Smithies, who was in court to watch the case,
that any repetition of the same conduct would be
visited with the heaviest punishment.
A tall powerful old man, named John Williams.
seventy.one years of age, whose head was covered
with a profusion of white hair, was brought before
Mr. Yardley, charged with feloniously cutting and
wounding a boy, named Alfred Howard, aged eleven
years. It appeared that the prisoner is a jobbing
butcher, and was employed by Mr. Dixon, in the
Cannon street-road. The peculiar appearance of the
old man had caused him to be made the butt of a
number of idle boys, who were in the practice of
irritating him and calling him " Jowley " and
" Whitehead." On Tuesday evening he was sharp-
ening a large scraper knife on the pavement, when
the boy Howard came by and called him " Jovvley."
The old man immediately rose, ran after the boy, and
threw the scraper knife, a very heavy and dangerous
instrument, at him. The knife lodged in his right
arm, inflicting a very deep wound, from which the
blood flowed copiously.
A policeman, named Payne, 23 H, took the lad to
Dr. Meyer, divisional surgeon, who dressed the
wound, which was a very severe one It was a jagged
wound-, and the knife had penetrated to a considerable
depth.
The prisoner said he was very much annoyed by
the boys, and the lad called him names.
Mr. YARDLEY—This is a very savage and wicked
act of an old man—a very malicious outrage. It
would serve you right to commit you for trial. You,
an old man, to throw such an instrument as that at a
boy because he used an expression to you, is very
bad. You feel not the slightest compunction for the
serious injury you have done that boy. I floe you
51., anti, if it is not paid, you will be imprisoned for
two months.

SAVINGS' BANKS.
TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stu,—By direction of the Board of Managers of
this institution, I forward to you copies of a letter,
written by command of his Royal Ilighnesa the
Prince Albert, President of the Institution, and of
the resolution unanimously adopted thereon by this
Board.

As the subject referred to is one of considerable
importance, as regards savings' banks and provident
institutions generally, you may deem it of sufficient
public interest and concern to give insertion to these
documents in your journal.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
EDWARD BOODLE,
Comptroller and Secretary of the Provident
Institution, St. Martiu's-place.

Jan. 8.

" Windsor Castle, Dec. 27, 1849

"My dear Sir,—l have laid before the Prince
Albert your letter of the 24th instant, together with
the papers which accompanied it.
"his Royal Highness is much pleased to see so
large an increase of the number of depositors, and of
the balances, which speaks so strongly of the in-
creased prosperity and feeling of security of the
middle and lower classes.

" His Royal Highness wishes very much that,
after late occurrences, an institution at the head of
which stands his Royal Highness's name as President,
should take the lead in subjecting itself to some inde-
pendent audit, of the strictest and most searching
kind.

" I need not say that this wish is not founded upon
the slightest doubt or want of confidence upon the
part of his Royal Highness, but he thinks that such
an example from such an institution would be of very
great value, and would serve not only to raise it very
much in the estimation of the public, but would tend
to restore the public confidence in savings' banks,
which must have been shaken by the disgraceful
expose which has taken place in an establishment
bearing, up to the day of the discovery, a very high
character.
" Such a voluntary submission of their accounts,
upon the part of an institution standing so high as
the St. Martin's-place Providentainstitution, would be
a precedent of immense importance.
"I am commanded to request that you will submit
this letter to the Committee of Managers.
" Sincerely yours,
(Signed) "C. B. PHIPPS.
" To Edward Boodle, Esq."
"At the special meeting of the Committee of Ma-
nagers of the Provident Institution, held at their
board room, St. Martin's-place, on Tuesday, the Ist
of January, the following resolution was unani-
mously weed to :
"That this Committee of Managers cordially con-
cur in the suggestion of his Royal Highnesss, con-
veyed to them by Colonel Phipps's letter read at this
meeting; and that it is quite ready to submit the
account of this institution to the examination of any
person or persons who may be appointed for that
purpose.

MURDER. OF A CHILD.—WARWICK, TUESDAY.—
This afternoon Mr. G. Moore, the deputy coroner for
the borough, brought an inquiry to a close, at :he Union
Workhons'•. respecting the dilith of an illegitimate male
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Alter evidence had been gone through the jury returned
a verdict of " Wilful Murder against Bridget Taweney.',