The New York herald., 1879-03-13

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disgraces and is backed up by a force OF uni
formed ''heelers." If the citizen who was
assaulted and beaten by Williams had been
| guilty Of any ctfence or had created dis
turbance the police would have been justi-
fed in interfering. and it would have been
their duty to arrest him or at least to re-
move him from the building. Captain
Williams made no arrest. but, being
| armed with a club, and doubtless
with a revolver as we'll. simply
set upon an unarmed citizen because
he fancied himself insulted and beat him
like rufiian. Even if the man had act
ually committed an offence against the laws
the officer would not have had any right to
discipline him in accordance with his own
ideas of justice. The punishment Of an Of
fender is left to the courts, fortunately, and
not to the police.
There may be some doubt whether we
have police commission at oil. Certainly
the condition OF the streets, the prevalence
OF vice and crime and the easy escape of
criminals. unless they happen to be shot
or captured by private citizens. seem
to imply that the commission has
ceased to exist If it has any vitality
left. however, its first act should be
to remove Captain Williams from the force
altogether, provided the charge now brought
against him is substantiated. If patrolman
had committed the outrage alleged against
this captain he would have deserved imlnedi-
ateremoval as IN unfit person to be intrusted
with the duty Of preserving the public peace
and protecting lite and property. In an
officer controlling large body OF men the
offence is much more serious md
reprehensible. Nor is this the first
time Captain Williams has been guilty
of brutal conduct unbecoming
police officer. Many grave charges are
just now made against the present Police
Commission, but none Of them involve a
more fragrant dereliction Of duty than the
retention in the force of q man of ungov-
ernable temper and brutal instincts. Such
a man should have not his "shirt" only,
but his whole uniform stripped from his
back.
The Royal Wedding i'm Engia
Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of
Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and
first Duke OF Connaught and Strathearn, and
the third son OF Queen Victoria, is to be
married to-day to the Princess Louisa Mar
erick Carl, the "Red Prince" Of Prussia.
To celebrate this auspicious event Queen
Victoria hos commanded that her loyal sub
jects should throw aside for few hours the
"trappings and the suits Of woe" which
have been worn since the death of Princess
Alice at Darmstadt Within the beautiful
Gothic chapel of st. Georges, at Royal
Windsor, there will be gathered to-day
goodly number of royal and princely guests
to witness the ceremony, which will doubt
less be as impressive and elaborate as the
2Anglician ritual and the resources of the
Eord Chamberlain will permit. And Lon
don will. of course. send many of her
countless thousands I'd line the quaint
streets of Windsor, TO revel in the glitter
of pageantry and PROFESSIONS, the love
of which has been greatly developed in
England of late years. The marriages of
ordinary mortals are generally supposed to
be arranged in heaven; the results are not.
however. always strikingly happy. The
engagements of princes and princesses are
not usually looked upon as coming within
the province of the god Cupid; but the pres
ent one, besides having been brought about
by the Grown Princess of Prussia, o lady
gifted with an eminent degree OF womanly
common sense, is said 10 have sprung up
in the good old-fashioned manner-that is
to say, the young couple met and fell in
love, just as other people do occasionally.
The cable will bring US in good time full
accounts Of the festivities and SOL
emnities; the merrymaking in Eng
lish town and hamlet; the echoes of
the pealing bells, and maybe the illusions
of the Poet Laureate, who greeted so
charmingly 1.-THE Sen Kings daughter from
over the sea, when she became 'the bride
OF the heir ef the Kings of the Sea-" AS
yetw have only the announcement of the
music selected for the occasion, and the
world will wtndcr If the old minnesinger
is silent at thu nuptials of the young couple
who are expected to win and hold the
hearts Of ireland for the Saxon oppressor.
Charges Rejected.
Tho charges against the Superintendent
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