The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.—MichaeI Taylor, an Irish labourer,
residing in Surrey-builliugs, Horielydowo, was emu-
moned before Mr. A'Beckett, for committing assants on
Bridget Donovan and Ellen Coglam, at a wake ; and the
two latter were also charged witu assaulting the first;
named defendant.
The court was crowded with Irish, and it was with
some difficulty the officers could keep order.
Eden Coghaii, a fat, ruddy-freed young woman,
wearing a white, transparent bonnet, decorated with
orange blossoms —a bonnet well-known on more heads
than cne in this court—said she was a single woman,
and on Saturday night, the 24th ultimo, she went with
Mrs. Donovan, a inatried woman, to wake poor Tcby
R:,an, at No. 2, ziurrey-buildings. They arrived there
abut eleven o'c:ock, when the company began to gather
—as poor Teddy was much respected —aod kept e in-
versing together until near two o'clock on Sunday
ing, as peaceable as could be, when Mike Taylor Caine
in and wanted to seat hirnselt alongside Mrs. Doacivan,
who felt highly indignant at his it,,pertinenee, and tild
him to go and sit with his equals. tie made no IM.re to
do than strike her and tear her cap. Witne,,s niotioned
to him tube quiet?, when he trod on her toys and struck
her. A second row then ensued, when tablas an .l chairs
were upset, the lights put out., and the corpse was
rolled on the floor. The riot was so great that witness,
Mrs. Donovan, and all the remainder were glad to
make their escape, and that put an end to the wake:
Mrs. Donovan corroborated the testimony of Miss
Coghlan, and, on cross-exatnitiati,n by Mr. Charnoek's
clerk, said there were lots of gin and beer about, but
they never partook of a drop of either. Most likely
some of them were drunk, but they did not see them.
Mike Taylor was drunk and unruly, and had no right
there.
Taylor, in his charge against Donovan and Coghlan,
said they were atlas drunk as, beasts. There were more
than a hundred at the wake, some in the kitchen, others
in the bed-rooms and parlour. The beer and gin
were served round in buckets and tea-pots, out of which
they all helped themselves plentifully. He did not
assault any one, but both the ladies threatened to pitch
into him outside, and as he was going home they fell
on him and knocked, him about. The whole of them
Were drunk, but witness took very little.
Mr. A'Beckett raid it was a very disgraceful affair on
both sides. lie should fine Taylor, for the assault in the
house, 205.,' and the females 20s. each fir the assault
outside the house, or 14 days' imprisonment.

LAMBETH.—Mr. Charles Foulshara, proprietor of
the Clayton Arms Tavern, in the Oval, Kennington,
appeared before the Hon. G. C. Norton, to answer to a
summons taken out against him under the Beer Bill, for
having his house opened on the "fast night" for the
sale of beer, &c., after the hour of 10 o'clock, contrary
to the provisions of that statute.
Police-constable 33 L deposed that, while going his
rounds on the " fast night ' at a quarter to 11 o'clock,
he saw the Clayton Arms Tavern open in the ordinary
way, with the gaslight on, and in fact having all the
appearance of an ordinary night of business, and he felt
it to be his duty to report the circumstances to his supe-
rior officer.
Mr. Foulsharc, in reply to the charge, assured the
magistrate• that the cause -of tho complaint arose from
mere inadvertence, and a total forgetfulness on his part
of the day, and the necessity of closing, as on Sunday,
at ten o'clock. Had he thought, at the time, it was
necessary to close, he should not have given the police
the trouble of summoning him.
Inspector Conlin, the officer in whose name the sum-
mons- had been taken out, admitted that the house of
Mr. Foulsham was one of the most repectable in the
district, and one that had been carried on so regularly
that the police had not the slighteet cause to look
after it.
Mr. Norton—Then it is your opinion that its being
open arose from inadvertence ?
Inspector Coulin—l do, your worship.
Mr. Norton—Then the summons is dismissed.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at
Edinburgh on Friday, Mr. J. Anstruttler presiding.
The shareholders having, at the special meeting held
on the Monday previous, negatived the pr.,posals for
arrangement of the differences between tie Elia:burgh
and Glasgow Company and this company, the directors
had only a very short additional report to make. They
believed that Mr. Miller, the arbiter,- would have his
audit of the accounts of the expenses of the line com-
pleted with all despatch, so as to ascertain the captal on
which the lessees were required to pay a dividend ; and
in the meantime the directors would make such arrange-
ments as they were able for the discharge of the more
pressing claims against the company. The directors
referred to the report of the traffic auditors as showing
a progressive increase in the traffic of the line. The net
balance for the half-year amounted to 9,0161.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report,
which was seconded by Sheriff ROBERTSON, and agreed
to. s