The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-25 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday three men named John IVells, Charles
Mantes, and Richard Clutterbuck, were brought be-
fore the sitting magistrates, Mr. HONE and Sir WIL-
LIAM Da CRESPIGNY, on the following charge;
during the investigation of which great indignation
was excited against the individuals accused.

John Yates stated, that having some small tene-
ments to let in Glasshouse-yard, St. Saviour's
parish, the three prisoners called on him last week
and hired one of them. They had not been many
days in the new habitation before the neighbours
were exceedingly annoyed by the constant howling
of dogs, and on complaining to the prisoners of the
nuisance, abuse and ill language were bestowed upon
them. In the course of the week the people resid-
ing near the spot observed the prisoners take several
very fine dogs into the premises which they occu-
pied, especially in the night time, and suspicion hav-
ing beer► excited that they were dog-stealers, infor-
mation of the circumstance was given to the owner
of the place, who proceeded there yesterday morn-
ing, and having endeavoured in vain to obtain
admittance in the usual way, he was at length
obliged to burst open the door, "and on his err-
trance a most disgusting scene. presented itself
to view. On the ground was discovered lying
the carcasses of nine dogs, divested of their
skins, and two more were suspended from a hook
in the ceiling, prepared to undergo the, same opera-
tion. In the same apartment where the dead animals
were found, four of the same species, alive, were
fastened up, all of which seemed to be starved to
death. One of the animals, a very fine bitch, was
in that condition from hunger, that she had devoured
one of her own whelps ; and the other dogs that
were alive would have, it was asserted, eaten each
other, had they not been fastened up apart. The
complainant added, that being convinced the prisoners
were dog-stealers, and that the animals found on the
premises were all stolen, he had them taken into
custody.

Mr. HONE—Were the skins of the nine dogs
found on the premises ? The answer was in the
negative; and it was described to the Magistrate,
that of late several valuable dogs had been stolen in
the district, no doubt for the sake of their skins,
which were valuable, and fetched a good price at
the furriers who manufactured them into fur caps.
Two of the dogs found on the premises were led
down to the office, and although it was evident they
had been kept without food for a considerable time,
yet they appeared to be very fine animals. One of
them was a large dog of the Danish breed, and the
other was between a bull and a mastiff, white, with
a black spot on the side of the head and en one of
the hinder legs. _ _

Mr. HONE asked the prisoners where they had
procured so many of the canine species ?
One of the prisoners said—" We deals in them
there articles, and buys them up at Smithfield.
market."

Mr. HONE--I did not know before that Smith-
field was a market for the sale of dogs as well as
cattle and horses.

Several of the officers stated that there was no
doubt the prisoners had stolen the dogs found on the
premises, which was a lucrative trade now that fur
caps were so much in vogue.
The Magistrate having expressed the utmost dis-
gust at the cruelty exercised by the prisoners to-
wards the dogs found alive in the place, remanded
them until Wednesday, and gave directions that in-
formation of what had occurred at that office should
be given at the different police-offices in town.
A woman named Kearney was charged with
having assaulted Mary Donovan with a knife, with
which she inflicted a wound on her wrist.
It appeared that the parties lived in the same
house, and Mrs. Kearney, in the absence of her
husband, who was employed during
the night in a
gas factory, having been suspected by her neighbours
of carrying on an intrigue, a close watch was kept
on her movements ; and after ber husband's depar-
ture from home on Saturday night, Mrs. Kearney
was heard slipping down the stairs without her shoes,
and shortly afterwards a man accompanied her up
stairs to her bed-room. No time was lost in com-
municating the intelligence to Mr. Kearney, who
hastened home, and on entering his bed-room found
his wife locked in the arms of another man. Mr.
Kearney, it appeared, being a quiet disposed man,
turned the intruder ottt of the house, merely telling
him that if he caught him there again he should not
let him get off so easily. After her paramour was
g Mc
ortn. Kearney
knowledge that the complainant
"blew up" his spouse; and it
gone,y
was the person who had given Mr. Kearney intima-
tion of what was going forward at home when he
was at work at the gas-factory, in order to.be re-
venged, struck her with a knife, and inflicted a slight
wound on her wrist.

Mr. Kearney interceded for his wife, promising
that she should not be guilty of the like again. She
had vowed to him that she would never commit a
faux pas again, and he heartily forgave her, and he
hoped the Magistrate would also.
Mr. HONE said that the temper of so violent and
unchaste a woman must be restrained, and fined her
for the assault,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.

From the great majority of layers of odds over the takers
yesterday, the Electrees colt and Prince Eugene receded,
Will-o'-the-Wisp, without having many backers, taking
the lead of both of them at the close of the room ; 14 to
1 was offered against Electress and the Prince, the latter
having the call ; there was a report that he had arrived at
Epsom, but it does not appear to have any foundation.
The owner backed Posthuma to a large amount, and
seemed very sweet upon it. Brother to Lapdog also sprung
up ; the betting, however, was not very brisk on this
Stakes. The Exquisite has left Cbifney's stable for Michel
Grove. Varna, Luss, and Sorcery, were backed for the
Oaks, the latter by one of the most influential betting
men, which, coupled with her breed (being half sister to
Cadlasd), is likely to make her a good favourite. The
King's filly was mentioned, but not backed. We give
the last odds :

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the-wisp
14 to 1 agst His Majesty's Electress colt
11 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Prince Eugene
18 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's The Exquisite
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Cavendish's Brother to Sontag
20 to 1 agst Mr. 'Hunter's Canvas colt
20 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Brother to Moses •
,'2O to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Augusta colt
20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ada colt
22 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer
25 to 1 agst Lord Vernlam's Ombre
25 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Posthuma colt (taken)
25 to 1 apt lord Egremont's Brother to Lapdog
45 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Navarin (taken)
Posthuma was backed at evens against Canvas fur 500, and

against Sontag for the same.
OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Green Mantle
9 to 1 agat Lord Exeter's Varna (taken)
10 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Luss filly (taken)
12 to I agst Mr. Ridsdale's Clotilde
16 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Quadrille filly (taken)
18 to 1 agat Duke of Rutland's Sorcery filly (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Mareafield filly (taken)
25 to 1 agst His Majesty's filly—Niiralis's darn