The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-09 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

ALLEGED FENIANISM.—At the Guildhall, Augustus
Byrne has been charged with being in possession of fire-
arms, supposed to be for an unlawful purpose. The
apprehension of the accused occurred in a somewhat sin-
gular manner. The prisoner's wife was on a previous day
charged with stealing calico from her employers,
and on her safe being searched a tin of ammunition was
found. On the husband's apartments being looked over
there was discovered a quantity of firearms and ammuni-
tion, an Irish Times, &c. On being interrogated, the
prisoner said that he was a revolutionist, and had been so
all his life. The case was remanded.

THE ALTRINCHAM MURDER.-At the Altrincham Police-
court, Patrick Madden, Michael Paddon, John Paddon,
William Carr, Patrick Fowey, and Michael Donlan were
charged with the murder of Mr. Thomas Jenkinson,
brick and tile manufacturer, at Bowdon. The only evi-
dence was that of the police superintendent, who stated
that at midnight on Saturday parties of Irish labourers
were returning home, some of them being the worse for
liquor. When about two miles on the way, they seemed
to have possessed themselves with bricks and torn-down
rails, and commenced to attack everyone they met with.
They came upon Mr. Jenkinson and two boys who were
about to avail themselves of the brilliant moonlight to
gather mushrooms. An attack was made on them, and
Mr. Jenkinson's skull was battered in, and he died almost
instantaneously. As the prisoners had been identified as
belonging to the attacking party, the remand asked for was
suanted.

THE FEMALE BARMAN AGAIN.-At the Worship-1 treet
Police-court, Mary Walker, the " female barman," was
charged with refusing to fulfil an agreement that she had
entered into with Parrott, the landlord of the Duke's
Head public-house, to serve him in the capacity of bar-
maid for twelve months. It will be remembered
that Miss Walker preferred a complaint against
Mr. Parrott for having assaulted her, and after two days'
hearing the summons was decided against her, and
Miss Walker, who had then left the present complainant's
house and was serving in a house in the Whitechapel-road,
refused to return, and hence the present summons. Owing
to some informality in the summons it was withdrawn.
ATTEMPTING TO THROW A WIFE OUT OF THE WINDOW.
—At Marylebone Police-court James Redman, a house-
keeper, was charged with attempting to throw his wife out of
the window. It seemed that the accused was of a very jealous
disposition, and had not been married more than a week
when he was jealous of a single man lodger that resided
with him. On that occasion, in a fit of passion he struck
his wife, and was bound over to keep the peace ; sincethen
he has frequently been summoned for similar offences.
From the wife's evidence it appeared that on the previous
evening she went out with a friend, and the house was
visited by the accused during her absence. On her return
Redman assaulted her, broke up the crockery, and con-
cluded with attempting to throw her out of a window that
was partially open at the time. After hearing the evidence
the magistrate decided on sending the case to the Central
Criminal Court.

THE CAB STRIKE.— At Westminster Police•court a cab-
driver applied to the magistrate for a summons against a
cab proprietor under the following circumstances. Appli-
cant said he was engaged to carry two ladies from Cre-
morns to Victoria on Monday, and as he passed the water
side two carts with cab bills on them chased him. In the
narrow he kept them at bay, but when the road got wider
one of the two drove against him and ran him upon the
path, and nearly turned the cab over. The ladies in the
cab screamed, and one fainted. A policeman procured her
some water, and as she recovered he went on to Victoria.
The cab proprietors in the carts used very abusive and
threatening language. Mr. Selfe granted a summons
against one of the offenders, whose name and address were
known,

MB. JEFFERSON DAVIS.—Mr. Jefferson Davis
nas arrived at 36, Clarges.street, Piccadilly, from a visit
to the Far]. of Shrewsbury, at Alton Towers.

It is reported that a descendant of the doges Fos-
caH has lately been discovered at Venice, in the capicity of
porter in the palace of his ancestors, and that a subscription,
headed by Victor Emmanuel and his family, has been opened
In Italy to ameliorate the condition of this obscure descend-
ant of an illustrious house.

THE NEW INVENTION FOR OBTAINING WATER.—
We are given to understand that George Watson, Esq.,
of the firm of Watson and Baker, Southwark•bridge-road,
and Shadwell, has undertaken to procure water at almost
any depth by his newly " patented " artesian well tube,
and that an experiment is about to be tried before a
number of the most eminent scientific gentlemen con-
nected with her Majesty's Government, on the grounds
attached to Richmond Villa, Upper Plaistow, when
the principal residents iA the district will be admitted by
tiekets. • -