The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-11 00:00:00

MARLBoRouun-sTREET.

ASSAULT ON A WIFE AND DA UWlTER.—Benjamin
Newman, a warehouseman, r:siding at No. 22,
Langl►aui-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with assaulting his wife and daughter.
Mrs. Matilda Newman, who had a black eye,
said—The prisoner is my husband. Last night I
was returning home from the Alhambra, where I
had been with my husband's knowledge, with my
daughter and a young friend, and when near my
door my husband, who was standing there, walked
towards me, and after making use of fearful lan-
guage struck me a severe blow in the eye, and
would have further assaulted me, but was prevented
by a constable. I went a little way with my friend,
and afterwards on returning home I found my hus-
band on the landing, and directly I got in he struck
me again, and I first fell on the bed and then on
the floor, near the fire-place. He also struck my
daughter.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Can you get your living without
him?

Mrs. Newman--I can.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—llas he ever done anything of the
sort before ?

Mrs. Newman—He has.

The Prisoner—l did not know where they were
going. I was kept at the street door till half-past
*twelve, and had to go to work that morning at four
o'clock. I have been 16 years in one situation, and
never locked up before. I hope my wife won't press
the charge, and cause me to lose my character.
Mary Ann Newman—l had been with mother to
the Alhambra, and in Langham-street met my
father, who said he meant to stab my mother with
a knife he had in his pocket, but I did not see a
knife. He called my mother beastly names and
struck her, and hurt her head while in the street
and afterwards when at home, and he also struck
me in the face.

Mr. Tyrwhitt—Has he ever assaulted you be-
fore ?

Witness—No ; but he has my mother.
The prisoner—l have been a good father, and
always take home my earnings.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—Some people seem to think be-
cause a man works he is exempt from all punish-
ment, but that is quite a mistake. The prisoner
will be committed for two months with hard
labour.

BURGLARY IN REGENT-STREET.—W. 11. Gar-
wood, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyr-
whitt with burglariously entering the house of Mr.
Baker, hatter, of No. 104, Regent-street, and steal-
ing a travelling bag.

From the evidence of Maud Hunt, an assistant to
Mr. Baker, it appeared that at a quarter-past one
in the morning the housekeeper came upstairs
to her bed-room, and told her that some person was
in the house. She went down stairs and saw that
a travelling bag in the parlour was gone, and while
in the parlour saw the pritouer pass along the lobby
and then return towards the street door. She rushed
upon the prisoner and seized him, but he got a way.
She then called " Stop thief l " when a young man,
who was on the opposite side of the street, ran after
the prisoner, and shortly afterwards she was in-
formed that he was taken into custody.
Thos. George Sicklen, a young man, living at No.
76, Mount-street, proved pursuing the prisoner,
and seeing him run down Golden-place, Golden-
square, and there losing
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said he
was positive the prisoner was the same person he
pursued, and knew bim again by the peculiarity
of his legs, which were very much bowed.

The prisoner—You say I ran ; that's a lie, for I
hurt my foot a little bit ago.
The Witness—You ran fast enough to get away.
Mr. John Baker, hatter, of Regent-street, said
that his house had :been entered three different
weeks, and each time a pair of his boots taken
away, and on the prisoner, when at the station,
were a pair of his boots. He had no doubt the pri-
soner entered the house by means of keys.
Richard Dowell, of No. 4, Golden-place, proved
seeing the prisoner iu Golden-place, and heard him
enter No. 34 through the walls of the houses being
thin. Heard him threw down hid boots directly
the got into his room.

i Police-constable Norrish Pike, 51 C, proved tak-
ng the prisoner into custody at No. 3, Golden-
place.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, as it is
believed other charges will be preferred against him.

THAmEs.

At 12 o'clock George King, a carman, was
charged with stealing, and Thomas Carr Henry
Gaylor and Joseph Williams were charged with
feloniously receiving, knowing it to be stolen, a
chest of tea, the property of Traward Brothers,
carmen, of Chamber-street, Whitechapel.
On Saturday last King, who was in the employ
of Traward and Co., was directed to carry
eleven chests of tea to the Dublin wharf,
and two chests of tea to the Irongate wharf.
He delivered one only at the Irongate wharf,
and the other was subsequently traced to Mat-
thews, who is a beershop-keeper, with which
is intermingled the trade of a grocer and cheese-
monger. The prisoners Carr and Gaylor were con-
cerned in the transaction, and assisted in con-
veying the chest of stolen tea to the pri-
soner Matthews'. Dunaway, a clever detective
officer, No 11 11, who arrested all the prisoners,
said that King made a full confession of his guilt.
The officer said to him,,, My information is the chest
of tea was shifted out of your van into another in
the neighbourhood of Petticoat-lane." The prisoner
said " That's right ;" it was taken out of my van in
Cog's-square." King afterwards said that two
chaps persuaded him to steal the chest of tea.
Mr. Benson remanded the prisoners.

MR. I. TV. ANSON'S ANNUAL BESEFIT.

Mr. Anson will entertain his friends at the
Adeiphi Theatre, on the 19th inst., with a varied
performance, including the favourite drama " Flying
Scud," a farce, and " A Roland for an Oliver." In
the latter popular old dramarMr. Anson will him-
self resume the " Sock and Buskin," and appear as
Sir Mark Chase. We feel constrained to assist in
making this announcement public, because in com-
mon with every well-wisher and patron of the
drama, we feel indebted to Mr. Anson for the dis-
interested labour he imposes on himself in behalf of
the members of the dramatic community who are
in a position to require assistance from their
brethren. He labours with the ability, energy, we
may say with the devotion, of one who feels that he
has a mission to perform in behalf of afflicted and
distressed humanity. As a secretary to two bene-
volent institutions, his work is almost unceasing.
The patrons of the drama and the frequenters of
the various theatres owe a kind of debt to those
who in their working days have done much to
amuse them ; and they, therefore, cannot help ap-
preciating the efforts made by one who, like Mr.
Anson, has devoted so much time in alleviating the
suffering of those in whom all playgoers must feel
an interest. As treasurer of the Adelphi Theatre,
Mr. Anson has for years enjoyed the esteem and
consideration of all those for whom and with whom
he has had to act; in him the public also have found a
most efficient and courteous officer. We have no
doubt that the announcement to which we now help
to give publicity will be read with interest by the
patrons of the theatre, and that Mr. Anson's benefit
on Wednesday, the 19th, will be signalised by the
most complete success.—Theatrical Observer.

The Empress Eugenic is at this moment occupied
in the foundation of a new charitable institution for
the creation of orphan asylums in the agricultural
districts. Her Majesty has already had several in-
terviews ou the subject with M. Frcimy, Director of
the Credit Foncier Company.

The Zouave Jacob, now liberated from inili(ary
service, has established himself at Passy, where
crowds of lame, sick, and paralytic persons con-
tinue to besiege his door. His niece sells photo-
graphs of him at lfr. each, which seems to be the
principal source of his livelihood. No cure has yet
been mentioned as having been effected.