The Staffordshire and Potteries Examiner. — 1881-05-07 (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England)

TETE S.A.LVATION ARXLY AND ITS OFFICERS.  On Tuesday, at the Clerkenwell Police Court, John Rosenwell, was charged with unlawfully assaulting and beating William Powell and Daniel Baugh, " cadets " in the Salvation Army, at Victoria Road, Islington, on the 24th ult.—Mr. Ricketts appeared for the defence.—The evidence of the complainants was to the effect that the army was proceeding along the Victoria Road in procession, when the defendant, according to one witness, threw a piece of fish, and struck one of the "cadets" in tho face with it; and according to another he picked Up a handful of mud and threw at the complainants. It was also deposed by one of the complainants that the defendant took a stick and struck him across the back more than once. This statement caused some laughter in court, as the witness is a tall, broad-shouldered plan, whilst the defendant is a mere pigmy compared to him. The witnesses stated that they had not seen defendant before that day, and there was a great crowd following. They Were sure he was the person who committed the assault. When the army and its eupporters had marched to their hall, they pointed out the defendant to the inspector of police on duty. Colonel Henderson, they said had allowed the Salvation Army a number of police, whilst they were doing God's work, to protect them from the street Arabs and roughs like the defendant.—Mr. Ricketts; The day in question was on Sunday. Were not you and the rest of the army singing in the streets such as "My grandfather's clock," "In this pld chair," and "Jim Crow ?" (A laugh.)—One pf the "cadets" said he could not remember, and another said the army were singing the songs of Zion set te those tunes for the purpose of Ilavin4 sinners, and taking them direct to the Great Captain above, ,—Mr. Ricketts: "You " cadets " say that you do no work; what money are you paid for your services F— s' Cadet " Golightly r We get no money. We get our food and lodging for doing onr Master's work. I have come from Cumberland to do the work along with others, and we get our grub and such like,—Mr, Ricketts; and I suppose these processions, these singing of song tunes in tho street, is solely for the purpose of getting !money P—Witness : It is done for the purpose of getting money to pay for the hall and other expenses.—Mr. Hosack said he did not consider the identity made out, and dismissed the charge.  The French troops have occupied Bizerta, to the north-vvest of Tunis. -  • A telegram from Posth says that the Jewish congregation at Pencsova has held •a solemn funeral service for the late Lord geacolBfiel4. Four hundred persons, according to official newo from Odessa, have been arrested for taking part in the excesses against the Jews at Elizabethgrad last week.  The English edition of the Freikit, issued on Saturday, contained a full translation of an article on the death of the Czar, for publishing which Herr Most is now awaiting trial on a charge of libel and inciting to murder.  Among the visitors at the private view of the pictures at Burlington House was Mr. Gladstone, who arrived between one and two o'clock, and carefully examined the portrait by Mr. Millais,