The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday a powerful fellow, named Samuel Badgery,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with
the following unprovoked assault upon a poor woman
named Sarah Mullins, the wife of a labouring man resid-
ing in Richardson's-place, St. Luke's :
The prosecutrix, whose face was much contused,
stated that while standing at the corner of Bath-
street, Old-street, near her own house, at one o'clock
that afternoon, she saw the prisoner most shamefully
ill-using a poor blind man who picks up a scanty
living in that neighbourhood by selling tapes and
laces, and after witnessing his conduct for some time,
in the hope that some man would interfere for the
blind mans protection, but which no one did further
than giving vent to exclamations of indignation, she at
length went up to the prisoner and told him that he
ought to be ashamed of himself to so knock about a per-
son old enough to be his grandfather ; on which the
prisoner turned round, and, telling her he would serve
her the same, instantly struck her a violent blow in
the face which felled her to the pavement; on recover-
ing from the effects of this violence, she got up and
called for the police, and was a second time struck:to
the ground ; her screams at last reached the ears of her
husband, and brought him out to her assistance, but he
had no sooner made his appearance than the prisoner
furiously rushed upon him, and, knocking him to the
ground also, finished his operations by giving him
several violent kicks in the ribs with his hobnailed boots.
Several of the male bystanders at length interfered, and,
a constable being procured, the prisoner, who made a
stout resistance, was overpowered and secured.
Three witnesses corroborated the above statement in
every particular, and described the prisoner's conduct as
cowardly and gross in the extreme.
The prisoner, who displayed great violence even while
at the bar, and so rolled about the dock as to give
grounds for supposing he was labouring under the effects
of intoxication, flatly denied all that had been stated
against him, and called a friend of his to make good his
assertion; but this person, so far from doing so, fully
substantiated the evidence of the other witnesses.

Mr. BINGHAM considered it a most cowardly and un-
provoked outrage, and sentenced the prisoner to pay a
fine to the Queen of 505., or in default ordered him to
undergo a month's imprisonment and hard labour in the
11@use of Correction.
CLERKENWELL.

Yesterday Sarah Bull, an interesting looking and
pretty little girl, aged 14, was brought up in custody of
police-constable Peck, 8 E, charged with being drunk
and using obscene language.
The constable deposed, that between four and five
o'clock on the previous day he saw the prisoner reeling
with drunkenness in the New-road, St. Pancras. His at-
tention was called to her condition by a gentleman who
chanced to be passing at the time. On their way to the
station she used the foulest language. The gentleman
accompanied them thither,
Mr. BROUGHTON—What, is it possible that mild-look-
ing little creature used bad language ? Peck, who is a
very respectable officer, said he had hardly ever heard
such language from the worst prostitutes.
Mr. BROUGHTON then read a letter from a gentleman
of distinction, residing in one of the principal squares in
the west-end, but who requested that his name might not
be made public. The writer said he was shocked at
witnessing the condition of a child so young ; her lan-
guage, he said, was obscene and disgusting _in. the ex-
treme. He concluded by expressing an earnest' hope
that the magistrate might ascertain the: names of the
publicans who furnished her with liquor, in order that
their conduct might be represented to the licensing ma-
gistrates.
Mr. BROUGHTON interrogated the child, . who cried
bitterly. She said her father and mother were dead,
and that she now lived with her uncle, Mr. Rogers, an
extensive and opulent builder, in Kentish-town.
Being asked what made her drunk, she said—l took
my share of two quarterns of gin and three pints of ale
between three of us.
Mr. BROUGHTON—Who are the others ? Prisoner—
Amelia Boyett and Anne Prescott.
Mr. BROUGHTON—What ages are they? Prisoner—
Amelia Boyett is 13 and Anne Prescott 12.
Mr. BROUGHTON dispatched a policeman to request
the prisoner's aunt, Mrs. Rogers, and the two other girls
to attend.

Some time after these parties were in attendance.
Mrs. Rogers, a well-dressed woman, deposed, that she
was the prisoner's aunt, amd had taken her into her
house about three weeks ago, but in the period interven-
ing between the death of her mother and the 20th of last
month she had associated with depraved characters, and
had become so attached to the streets that it was impos-
sible to keep her out of them. During the last week she
came home twice in a state of intoxication. On the pre-
vious day she went out on a message, when she got her-
self into the beastly condition described.
Mr. Broughton then had the children placed beside
him on the bench.

Amelia Boyett, an intelligent-looking child, having
been sworn, stated—Sarah Bull came up to me yester-
day, and I said to her " Won't you stand a quartern of
gin?" She said, " Yes, go and fetch it, and I did fetch
it in a tea-cup ; we drank it at the corner of the street.
Anne Prescott came ; we had another quartern, and
being thirsty afterwards we had three pints of ale, which
we also drank. The beer was got at the Rising Sun,
and the gin at the Dolphin public-house, in Kentish
Town. The landlord of the former served me.

Mr. BROUGHTON (to the prisoner)—Why don't you
stay with your aunt? Prisoner—Because I liked to be
on the streets, and could not bear confinement.

Mr. BROUGHTON—WouId you not like a good place ?
Prisoner—Yes, if I could get on the streets now and
then.

Mr. BROUGHTON said he had never witnessed a case
of more astounding profligacy. He would, however,
make an effort to save a child so young and so favoured
by nature from ruin—for she was on the very brink of
it. The worthy magistrate then directed the police to
ascertain and report to him the landlords of the beer-
shop and public-house. He directed the child (whom
he discharged) to be removed for the present to the
workhouse.
HAMMERSMITH.

A middle-aged lady of fashionable appearance, de-
scribed as Mrs. Susannah Folkard, residing at No. 10,
Pelham-road, Brompton, appeared before Mr. T.
Paynter, the sitting magistrate, to a summons at the in-
stance of Colonel Francis Holme, which charged " that
he goes in danger of his life or some bodily harm from
you—you having on the 23d day of August last, in the
parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, unlawfully
threatened to knock him (the said Francis Home)Jdown,
and that if it were not for the law, you would do him a
mischief, and use other threatenicg and menacing lan-
guage towards him."
Mr. Humfreys, solicitor, of Newgate-street, attended
with the defendant.

Colonel Francis Home deposed, that he resided in
Park-row, Knightsbridge. About half-past seven
o'clock on the morning of Friday, the 23d ult., on his
return home, he heard the defendant's voice, and in con-
sequence went into the parlour and locked himself in.
The defendent then came to the door, and said, " if you
don't let me in, I'll break the door." She afterwards,
upon his telling a person that it was no business of
theirs, and that her (defendant's) conduct was not re-
spectable, said " If you repeat that I'll knock you down."
She then put her arm inside the door, and he nas
obliged to use force to remove it.
Defendant, holding up her arm, "yes, you old black-
guard, it's quite black new."
Evidence continued—On the evening of the same day
he was walking out when the defendant came up to him,
joined him, and persisted in walking with him, and
abused him by saying she would do for him, and would
follow him. She also called him a blackguard, and was
so annoying to him that he was compelled to go home.
Mr. PAYNTER asked Col. Home if he apprehended
personal danger from the defendant ? Col. Home said
she had threatened to do for him several times, and ho
feared that she would so irritate his temper, and induce
him, by her violent conduct, to act in a manner he could
not answer for. He really thought she was occasionally
deranged, and had been so for years, and it was impos-
sible to say what she might do in that state.
Cross-examined by Mr. Humfrey—Had not lived with
the defendant for the last eight years. Had never lived
with her as her husband. Defendant had used his name
against his express desire that she should not do so. His
acquaintance with the defendant began about the year
1828. Had never heard that she had an income of 3001.
Never did represent himself as her husband. Recollected
that, once, when the defendant's father and mother left
her some money the defendant implored him not to dis-
grace her in the eyes of her family, and he went down
into the country with her, and signed a paper or deed as
Col. Home, and the defendant signed it as Mrs. Home.
He did not sign a deed of release, but refused to do so as
her husband, but she got the money just the same.
Mr. Humfreys here handed Col. Home a letter, which
he said would refresh his memory.
Colonel Home having attentively read the letter, said
r it had been improperly taken out of his desk some time
back. It would, however, make no difference in his an-
swer, as he could not tell, after such a lapse of time,
what answer he had sent to it. Although defendant did
at that, time get some money, he knew no more than Mr.
Humfreys what she did with it. He did certainly re-
ceive it so far ; it was put into his right hand, and with-
out looking at it he handed it over to the defendant, and
was not cognizant of what she did with it. Did not be-
lieve that she ever had 3001. a year. Defendant had
never, with her money, bought articles of furniture which
were now in his possession, except, he believed, a kitchen
stove. He dated his final separation from the defendant
at the period when he ceased to have intimate acquaint-
ance with her, which was eight years ago, but she had
continued to reside in the same house until the last three
years. When he said her conduct was not respectable,
defendant said, "If you repeat that I'll knock you down."
Mr. Humfreys then submitted that that was not suffi-
cient to warrant the magistrate in calling upon the de-
fendant to find sureties to keep the peace, inasmuch as
it did not prove that Colonel Home went in bodily fear,
the threat being a conditional one.
It appeared that defendant had on a previous occasion
been brought before the same magistrate for annoying
Colonel Home, and bound over to keep the peace.
Mr. PAYNTER put it to Colonel Home, if he would be
satisfied with tke defendant again entering into her own
recognizances to keep the peace ? Colonel Home at first
demurred, and shrugged up his shoulders, but at last
acknowledged that the defendant had kept her recogni-
zance while it was in force.
Mr. PAYNTER then bound the defendant in her owi
recognizance of 1001. to keep the peace for e,ne year.

STATE OF TltADll.—The hosiery market continues
depressed ; the wrought cotton and silk goods are least
in demand. The lace trade is also dull, though immea-
surably better than the hosiery.—Nottingham Review.

ELECTION OF CHAMBERLAIN•
Yesterday the polling went on at a rapid rate for
Alderman Brown, but Mr. Ileppers friends showed
their opinion of his engaging in the contest by cowing
forward in very limited numbers indeed.
At three o'clock the following numbers were ex•
hibited :
Mr. Alderman Brown

Mr. Heppel 49
Alderman BROWN came forward amidst loud
cheers. He felt, he declared, most grateful, when be
looked at the state of the poll, exhibiting, as it did/ $
very remarkable contrast.—(Cheers.) He had been
on the hustings but seldom that day, for he had taken
the advice of his friends, who apprehended that the
excitement might be greater than he could very we
bear, and recommended him to stay away. lie bad
a habit of thinking aloud upon many occasions/
and he thought that he came to the hustings,
and looking at the board, where he beheld 50
extraordinary difference between the two candidates,
he represented to his friend Mr. Heppel how 0'
necessary it was to keep up the show of a conteit:
He thought that Mr. Heppel most gravely replied OP
he persevered to vindicate the privileges of his fellow'
Liverymen—(Laughter)—that he was resolved te,
supply them with an opportunity of recording their
votes for him. He thought that the Livery of London'
most respectfully and gratefully feeling the obligatifs
they were under to Mr. Heppel, who had upon bU
right hand Mr. Taylor, and upon his left Mr. Wailsel:.
said that they would avail themselves of the honour
recording their opinions by proving that they did lot,.
want that candidate who had manifested such fond
ness for their privileges, but had selected an Alder:
man, one Anthony Brown for the office.—(Cheers
Such was his thought. He would now pass from 11.10
dream to reality. He exhorted the Livery to g° ,la
and show the extent of their impression. cewn
not help saying that, although all personality had bee
disavowed, he felt that he was a persecuted man"
that Mr. Heppel, without the remotest chance of sue.;
cess, had thought proper to call for a poll. lie di
think that his feelings ought not to have been so
worked upon—that the business of the Livery should
be unnecessarily interrupted by one for whom scarce
five hands had been held up in the hall.—(Cheers'
He concluded by expressing his hope that, in afe'l
days, he should appear before the Livery to We'
them for their exertions in his favour.—(Applause.)
Mr. HEPPEL came forward amidst mingled apPlause
and hisses. He assured his friend Alderman Bre°
that he was influenced in the course he was pursuing
by nothing of a personal nature, and that if Alderates
Humphery happened to be in the situation of Alder
man Brown, precisely the same line of conduct sle a
be adopted. He considered it to be his duty to ON%
the Livery the means of recording their votes for °I3
who was not an Alderman, and he declared that it
veral of the Livery had expressed to him their eatii
approbation of the principle for which he contena`;
Mr. AMBROSE MOORE stepped forward. AS
was a great hater of all humbug, he would endestal".4
to expose the fallacies in which Mr. Heppel bacl,„?t;
""
dulged.—(Chcers.) He charged Mr. Heppe' r
having gratuitously placed a gentleman who had per
formed the duties of Magistrate for upwards of twe
years, in a situation by which an expense of 6
eh
would be incurred.—(Cheers.) Upon what was gnu
a proceeding justified? If upon the principle of P.re re
tecting the privileges of the Livery, the Livery w'si,
certainly much obliged to him for his care and ectif
deration, but the Livery were well able to protect t
own privileges, and looked upon the conduct of
candidate as an unwarrantable intrusion.
The Hall_was then adjourned.

COURT OF SEWERS.
_Yesterday a Court of Sewers for the city snof
Liberty of Westminster, and part of the Coal
Middlesex, was held in the Sewers-office, Greethe
street, Soho-square, John Donaldson, Esq., in
chair.
The Court was occupied during the day
ordinary business, the receiving of collectors the
clerks' reports, and the ordering of payments t°
contractors, Messrs. Bennett, and to other parties-,0,
The Court then sanctioned the building of sAyi,
tional lengths of sewer in Gloucester-road,
dington; in Kensal-town; and in Charlotte's,4
Bloomsbury ; and, after some other uninteres'
business had been transacted, it adjourned.

PHILANTHROPIC socirrir• ,fig
Yesterday the Quarterly General Court °f dos
subscribers to this charity was held at the 1•"°$0.
Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. The objects of Oita d
ciety, which had been now established upwarcor
thirty years, were to endeavour to ameliorate the ti
sequent evils which. arose from the social neon
_704
• which existed for criminal punishments, by 0pt,,,,
an asylum, first for juvenile offenders who had tl7;',;(
selves committed crime ; and, secondly, for 64'1°1-A
the offspring of convicted felons, who are
destitute by the death or exile of their parents. iory,
Samuel Rawsell, Esq., took the chair at two (ie.*.
Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed pr,
Poynter, Mr. Baggelly, Mr. Bilke, and the Rey'
Rice. hie°
After the disposal of some of the routinehtl,s 600
of the Society, the meeting proceeded t', the Alec the
of those children who were eligible, to reoeisiebero
benefits of the charity, when two boys, who Wept.
already convicted of felony were elected for ill° victi
admission; and the names of six children of coo
.11`-
a
were placed upon the list for admission at the
election.
nneti'
The report of the proceedings of the '-'—y,ll6
from the Ist of April last to the 30th of Jll,--oe'
received unanimously. Cbsir
A vote of thanks was then propose:i to theosgh
man, who, in returning thanks, that, agent
the Society did not receive t.'nat encourage r
which it was entitled, by • xeeo6l/ to
se4'
reason of the e •
utilitarian nature of its 'o.biects, yet he was P 0,4
say that it had itself more than fulfilled the 014side$,
game expectations its founders, and had. h
been the parent of many
been after7;ards formed, with the view of e' thso
other societies, w'lleotiof
simiit'i• objects. For himself, he could only ties t°
he should never be wanting in his humble en'
forward the interests of the charity. the
After a few observations with respect to
mission of applicants, the meeting separated'
HISTORIC FANCIES. BY THE HON. GEO..ti--nv SINt,
SMYTHE, M.P.—We are requested to state thot
bohe"
Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, has just Po goo'
a new edition of the above work, in one volo°l,
price I2s. bound, which can now be had of in ollf:
sellers. " This book," observes the Court Journaiell ft is
quite out of the beaten track. The spirit by w„b
and its
inspired is fresh—its style is new Pits elarve',;oo3ol 0,
mode of treatment, are equally curious WI unrosell4
It consists of about fifty different articles in fistoll,
verse upon a great variety of subjects, some. Woo
some personal; come literary, some controverstatich
bearing, as a whole, upon that general creedlosterl,
recently expounded in a more direct and, ruecloiii6
shape by Mr. Disraeli, in the novel of of
We think Mr. Smythe's prose good, and very roofs ,
It is thoughtful and earnest, and teems With4aresie.,
high intellectual intelligence, and sincerity g(),
But we like his poetry better. It is as gran ris of t:1,1
geous as a piece of rich tapestry ; and the 11,,n00d of
melody everywhere satisfies the ear, like a 11
„actahlte cathedral music."
Of b.e
ANOTHER LADY THIEF.--A female 0+ - rect.
appearance called on Monday last, on 1 L 0.94.01,11 to
family in Carriage-hill (a suburb of Paisley),s"" goiehehed
great distress of mind, and pretending shen;eo r°"„rtif
Neilston to see a friend. She said she he° e,- preP7her
in a tavern in High-street, Glasgow, of 09,1; sod ei:01
consisting of 250/. in cash, a fine silk 131$1 bbY 9- e5l
articles, which accounted for the rather 6bs 'hie/ '
d the sea
she then wore. The money, the plaid,
she said, had been discovered—the thieves 'li 'ey,. Abe
further plaid and money kept as evidence against table
further said she was niece to a highly ree,Pee s
shige
tleman in Hurlet. With the exception Of "'brown ;be
was otherwise genteelly dressed in a fine whorei
9tio
gown and Tuscan bonnet. The peoPle S° me 0' be
called acted the part of good Samaritans. •
core bet
family about four o'clock in the morning discwith r
had been able to resume her journey, carrruted
5Z Bs., which her kind entertainers had eeM..--t"
then The woman has not since been heard
gow Courier.
BIRTHS. suir„ the /I*
On the Ist inst., at Tissington Hall, Derby hid,
of William Fitz Herbert, Esq., of a son. tbo sts
At Findrassie House, near Elgin, North Britat sop
of Robert Dewey Forster, Esq., of Findrassis+ °f
heir, on the 2d inst. • sters
On the 4th inst., at Nether Seale Ilan, LelCof
Lady Gresley, of a son. the $
On the sth inst., in Cleveland-row, St. Jame?* of J'
Francisdaughter.
On the H
sth inst.q , at Olney Lodge, Battersea, the 15‘11,,er,
Tritton, Esq., of a son. ford.tv,'"
On the sth inst., Mrs. Edward Walker, of Ox
fox
of a son.
o'o
MARRIED. thee 14.-•-nc. P9l
On the sth inst., at St. Pancras Church, 11' h fp151"".00.
William Dunbar, Bert., Minister of the Entlisstokrure
Chapel, Aberdeen, Josiah Dimmock, Esq., of6e°
Trent, to Helen Mackenzie, youngest daughteK gold
Stephen, of Camden Town. d della e°l
On the 14th ult., at Nice, the Comte Theobal to Jseocl
de Parcien, only son of the Marquis de Paraien' F. 5.9
Sarah, daughter of the late Captain Nagle Led't
granddaughter of the late Admiral Lock. „wolf' lop'
On the 4th inst., at Kessingland Church,
elate
Henderson, C. 13., to Elizabeth Martha, relict ot
taro the Right Hon. Lord James Townshend,
DIED. Iu 1114
On Friday, the 6th inst., after a long aeq,P. rreifiel'
Mr. William A. Crowley, eldest son of Mr. vY
Trinidad-place, Islington, aged 20. of J. Ste-
On the 4th inst., Anne, youngest daughter
Esq., of Caversham-rise, near Reading; of fast4te('
On the sth inst., Mr. Amos C. Tucker,
St. 31111.41° Brighton, aged 48.
On the sth inst., Mrs. Charles James Payee,
oourt, Leicester-square.
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London: Printed and Published by office,fity
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at T
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Strand, in the Preolact of the Savoy. to
Middlesex, Saturday, September 7, 1844.

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