The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-01 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGWSTREET.
~On Tuesday jaxa Dembrichi assuming to be Cipint Dem-
brifki, and his wife., and a Mr. L-ais Sosnowski, were elarled.
:•%iith-having- oommitted-an- annoyarrn-trv-tingirift-at 'the bell
of the house of Lady Coatts Trotter, in Grosvenor-square.
The defendants, who were extremely well dressed, and
who call themselves Polish refugees, but who are disowned
by the Asssciation, have been long known as persons in-
trudioglipon the nobility and gentry with begging petitions,
containing, fabricated 'efaims to compassion. 'The eldest de-
fendant Dembricki, is reported to have no claim whatever
to the title of Count. .
William Best, butler to Lady Trotter, said some time ago
he had, at the request of her Ladyship, come to this Court,
and made known the fact of the two- defendants, man and
wife, having. sent in a petitionfor money to her Ladyship, the
statements in which petition there-was good reasonto be-
lieve were lubricated.. Since that period the defendants had'
taken every means in their power of annoying him. Yester-
day morning they had rung the bell; when he went to the
door, they asked to see Lady Trotter, or Sir Dudley Coutts
Lindsay. "Witness told them he knew they were impostors,
and then Sosnowaki began swearing at him, upon Which he
shut the door. On relating what had occurred, he was ad-
vised to pursue thein and give them into custody. .He went
out for that purpose, but on being seen by Sosnowski, that
person threatened him with his umbrella if he attempted to
follow them. Witness, however, did follow, and, in Hyde
Park, meeting with a policeman, he gave them into custody.
Complainant believed that the parties rang the bell that
morning to annoy - him, because of the part he had taken in
exposing their impositions. - •
Mr. MALTBY, atter some consideration, said the case was
one which he could not deatwitli. with.. therefore, order
the parties to be discharged, : •

MAR YLEBONR.
Tuesday William Harvwood is as placed at the
_bar, beforee
Mr. Rawlineon, for final examination, upon the charge of
having attempted to murder his son Arthur. aged 16, by
striking him on the head with a fire-shoVel.
The appearance of the poor lad excited the commissera-
th' and sympathy of all present; his head was bound
round with a handkerchief, which concealed from view nu-
merous wounds, and upon his face fkeee several contusions;
his eyes and nose were also much disfigured, and he was :so
extremely weak as to be scarcely able to stand. The. Worthy
Magistrate therefore ordered for him • a chair, in which he
sat close to the Bench.
The evidence now given, coupled with that before ad-
duced, went, to show. that on Stmday, the 14th instant, some
words took place between the prisoner and his son Arthur;
and that' in the afternoon of the same day • one took up the
poker and the other the tongs, but no injury was inflicted,
either by father or son, with the implements named. In the
evening, Arthur, who had been out for a few hours, returned
home, and, sitting en a stool, fell asleep, with his head
resting upon a chair, when the prisoner, while he (Arthur)
was thus lying, caught up the tire-shovel, and struck him
with it repeatedly on the: head, with such force, that the
shovel was -much bent by the blows. A scuffle had pre-
viously occurred, in the course of which Arthur struck the
prisoner, who said he would have redress for it. , The police
were called in, •and on their arrival they found Arthur in a
state of insensibility, and completely smothered in blood.
All that could be gathered from what fell from him- prior to
his being taken to the • hospital,. were the- words, "Father
asleep."
The prisoner stands committed for trial, but will be brought
up.again this daY, when the whole of the depositions will Le
read over.
Ellen Turner. a very well-dressed young woman, was
plaeed at the ,bar charged with having stolen property of
different descriptions to a Considerable amount, belonging to
her- iiiistre-si,Mre:' Harriet Bennet, 23, Portman-place, ledg-
Wftre-road.
It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Bennett that the
prisoner had been in her service about three months, and
that having missed a cloak, she questioned her respecting it,
when she at first denied all knowledge. as to where it was,
but subsequently said that - She had lent it. Fier box was
searched, and in it were found a pair of gold ear-ringe,- thir-
teen handkerchiefs, and other articles, all of whiCh Mrs.
Bennett identified as her own. .
The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next.
A young man, named William Green, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Rawlins on, for re-examination, charged on
suspicion of having been concerned in plundering the shop of
Mr. William Evans, a boot and shoo-maker, in an extensive
way. of business, at 25, Paddington-street, near this court.
The prisoner was .committed on a charge of stealinga pair
of lady's boots, but he will be, again brought up, when it is
expected the robbery of a large amount of property will be
traced to him.
Thomas Anskilly was charged with stealing from the shop.
of Mr. Edward Grove, No. 114 and 115, Edgeware-road.
IThe prisoner, who was engaged as cutter in the com-
plainant's tailoring establishmentewas suspected of stealing
cloth to the amount of 101.- or 121. a-week. One of the
pieces was therefore measured, and found to contain twenty-
two yards and a-half. It
.was then given to the prisoner to
cut a coat off. He did. so, and entered into his book two
yards as taken. On the piety being measured, it was ascer-
tained that four yards had been cut off, being two yards un-
accounted for. lie was given into custody, and on being
searched at the station-housta the cloth was found concealed.
upon his person, and about one yard and a-half of velvet .in
his hat.'
The constable corroborated the finding of the cloth, but at
lire complainant's request the case. was remanded, •as he
thought other charges could be brought against him.
•
Tuesday William Holder, a -
repectable-looking man, tra-
veller aria collector, in the eniploynient of Messrs. Flockton
and Co., the tar and turpentine distillers of Bermondsey, Was
brotiwlit before• Mr. Trail!, charged with embezzling various
stuns. of money,, the property of the firm.
Edward Symonds stated that he was cashier in the above
firm, anal that, the prisoner had been in their employ for the
but twelve months, as collector, and that it wae his duty. to
have. paid over all sums of money he received for his em-
ployer on the day.following that on which he received them.
The witneee added, that of late. it was discovered that the
primer had collected- Various sums of money of the cus-
tomers, which he had not accounted for, and on subsequent
inquiries, it was ascertained that he had converted them to
his town puiposes.
These facts were proved, and the prisoner, who said nothing
inlis defence, was committed.
Thomas. Sparkes, shopman to a pawnbroker in the New-
cut, Lambeth. was charged with stealing 401., the property
of-his employer.
It appeared that the prisoner had been discharged from
his situation in the month of October, bat was still in the
habit of .calling occasionally to see some of the inmates. On
Monday evening, the 22d instant, he called at the com-:
plainant's hotree,- and shortly alter his departure it was 'found
that a bag containing 401., in gold and silver, and deposited
in a drawer up stairs, had been emptied of its contents. The
prisoner being . suspected, lie was -subsequently takefi" into
custody at Folkestone, and a -portion of the stolen money •
found in his possession, together with a Watch belonging to
his employer.--He was committed.
• Thomas Barnes, a native of Novia Scotia, was brought up
chweeed with destroying his clothes in the workhouse. •
Stevens, the gate-porter, stated that the defendant was
admitted the preceding night, and that he tore up all his
clothes, and they were compelled to furnish him with those
he uow had on, namely, a coarse linen frock and a pair of
duck trowsers.
The defendant said that he belonged to Novia Scotia, was
a sailor, and had- recently come from Alicant, in Spain, and
.being discharged in the river he could not get another ship,'
owing to the number of hands already wanting ships, and wan
in great distress. He added that his clothes were in such a'
state that he could not bear them any longer. • The magis-
trate discharged him.
Thomas Frond, a mechanic, was charged with assaulting
his wife, in such a dreadful manner that her Weis considered
in danger, a certitieateeto which effect was produced. It ape
peered that on the preceding night the prisoner, who is 'a
bricklayer, at Camberwell, went home, and finding his supper
hot ready, he began to quarrel with his wife, and at length
seized the- poker, with which he struck her over the head,
and cut her severely. The blows were given with Such force
as to.break the poker, and the unfortunate woman was found
lying senseless on the ground, covered with blood. She was
obliged to be taken to the hospital, and she being pregnant
it is believed that premature labour will arise.
Mr. Cottingham said that he -should remand the prisoner,
and that in:the:event of his wife dying, he should consider it
his duty to commit him for trial for murder. •
WORSHIP-STREET.
On Tuesday George Walker, Joseph Hodes, Henry Turner,
James Ayres,' John . Bush, and James Seabrooke, six well-
dressed boys whose ages varied from 13 to 16 years, were
finally examined before Mr. Bingham, charged with having:
assaulted and wounded Mx. Charles Grills, a tea-dealer, living
in Sherwood-place, Bethnal-green.
Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon of Wed-
nesday, the 17th instant, as the brother of the prosecutor, a
boy 14 years of age, was engaged in cleaning the outside of
the shop windoW, he was suddenly surrounded and assailed
by the prisoners, -one of whom snatched a handkerchief out of
his hand and ran away with it. On observing their conduct
the prosecutor came out of the shop, and endeavoured to re-
cover the handkerchief, upon which the prisohers emu.:
taneously attacked him, and after striking him several tinier
aboutethe head and face they dragged him to the ground,
and continued beating him until he became insensible. II
was rescved- from further violence by some of his neighbours;
who found him . bleeding profusely from the ears, nose, and •
mouth, and carried him frome apparently lifeless. •
In their defence the prisoners, who displayed throughout
the most unbecoming levity, admitted that they -were all
present onthe occasion; but each of them endeavoured to
exonerate himself at the expense of the others. •
Mr. BrNons..lt said that it was far too serious- a case for
summary adjudication, and he should therefore commit the:
prisoners fur trial at the, ensuing Clerkenwell sessions.
Cnanrrr.--The Magistrate announced the receipt of 21,
as a donation to the poor-box, from L.N.
LAMBETH-87REET.
On Tuesday Alexander Deirlien, a herculean-built German,
was brought before Mr. Henry, and charged with committing
a desperate assault upon the person of William. Frederick
Bathbone, a countryman of his.
From the evidence it appeared that the parties were fellow-
workman, and that, having a dispute, the prisoner struck
the complainant with a poker, and inflicted three severe
wounds on his head

Mr. HENRY, after remarking upon the violence .of tlte de-
fendant, convicted him in the full penalty of 51., or two
mouths' imprisonment.
The prisoner, having paid the money, was discharged.

SUDDEN 'I3EATR OF MAJOR RUTIIERFORD.—On
Tuesday an inquest was held at the Feathers, Duke-street,
St. James's, before Mr. Higgs, on view of the body of Major
Rutherford, aged 58, Major of the 88th Foot unattached, who
was found dead ,in a closet in the Army and Navy Club-
house,St. James's-square, on the preceding day. It appeared
from
the evidence, that on Saturday last deceased called on
his cousin, Dr. Rutherford, of Devonshire-street, Portland
place, and complained of pain in his chest. Bleeding was
recommended, but to this deceased objected, consenting, how-
ever to be bled -at the Army and Navy Club-house, on
Monday, at half-past two, if it should still be deemed neces-
sary. On - Monday, at one o'clock, deceased went to the
club-house, and desired the hall-porter to send a gentleman,
whom he expected to call on him, up stairs, He then went
up stairs himself. At a quarter-past two Dr. Rutherford
called, and was sent up stairs according to deceased's instruc-
tions. Not finding him in the room as he anticipated, he
waited about three-quarters of an hour with some anxiety,
and then went -to the hall-porter,' to ascertain whether the
Major had left the house. He was informedthat he had not,
and further, that some one was in the closet, and had been
there for some film; that the door had been knocked at se-
veral times, but that no answer had been obtained. - After
some further delay, the door of the closet was broken open,
and the deceased was found on his knees quite dead, and
apparently having been dead for sometime, the limbs having
become rigid. Au empty corked phial was • found henna of
hiS pockets, 'whieh, upon being taken to Mr. Taylor, chemist,
Pall-mall, was pronounced to hare been perfectly free from
1 everything of a poisonous nature. The jury immediately
returned a verdict of " Died by the Visitation of pod."
AN Lusa. DEFENCE.--A man named Jeremiah
1 O'Leary was charged at - Worship-street Police-court, on
1 Saturday with robbing his landlord of 19s. 64, and on being
asked if he had anything to say in answer to the charge, lie
replied, with a penitential shrug of the shoulders, " The divil
a word, your honour; and it's my opinion a great dale tuv
',l2ucl 1,),a0 lband as it la :''