The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

DESPERATE ASSAULT ON A LICENSED VICTUALLER,
—lnn. Price, a labourer, well known to the police as a
most violent character, was charged before Mr. Long
with the following desperate outrage at the Duke of
Grafton, New•road.

Mr. John Brown, the landlord, stated that about 4
o'clock the previous afternoon, the prisoner came in
front of the bar, and as he was under the influence of
liquor he requested that he would leave. He asked for
some gin, bet complainant refused to serve him. The
prisoner upon this became much excited, and made use
of such threats that complainant was compelled to have
all the glasses, rte., removed from the bar. This having
been done, he, the prisoner, several times attempted to
strike him, when, upon not succeeding, he observed that
he would come round and serve him out. He also
threatened that he would do violence to any member of
his (complainant's) family that he met. Complainant,
in consequence, directed the members of his family to go
into the parlour, when upon their entrance into it he
locked the door. Complainant sent out for a police-
man, but not one could be found. After about an hour's
search for one in vain, complainant procured a cab and
proceeded to the station-house. He returned with two
policemen, when he found the prisoner held by four men.
After a desperate struggle with the police he was bound
down on a stretcher, and was on that carried to the
station-house.

Mr. Long—Did he ever threaten you before I
Complainant--He has, your worship, many times.
He is the terror of the whole neighbourhood. Yester•
day he threatened that he would have the lives of all
my family, and all the b--- police be could get hold of.
Gkoddard, A 302, said that the prisoner kicked him
on the shin of the right leg as he was taking him into
custody. (The policeman showed one of the wounds on
his shin.)

S 33, Sergeant of police, Rho assisted in apprehending
the prisoner, said that he was one of the most desperate
characters that the police had to deal with, and that he
had been several times convicted for assaults en the
police, and that he bad only lately been discharged
from the House of Correction, where he had been six
weeks for an assault upon the complainant.
The prisoner was sent to the House of Correction for
a month, with hard labour.

ASSAULT ON COMMISSIONER EVANS.—Yesterday a
drunken man entered the Bankruptcy Court, and threw
two oranges at Mr. Commissioner Evans. One of the
oranges struck his honour's head. He was taken into
custody.
SHOCKING CRUELTY.—Last night an inquest was bold
at St. Thomas's Hospital, on the body of li2mma Walker,
aged two years, whose death, it was alleged, had been
caused by her father and stepmother. The evidence
went to show that the greatest cruelty had been exer-
cised towards her by her unnatural parents, who had been
in the habit of violently beating tho unfortunate child,
and also depriving it of proper nourishment. A verdict
of manslaughter was returned against the father and
stepmother.

THE CAPE COLONT.—Mr. Woodford Pilkington, the
city engineer of Cape Town, has been selected by the
governor as engineer to the government of British Kaf-
fraria. The object of his appointment is to superintend
the erection of the necessary works contemplated by Sir
G. Grey for the pacification of the Kafir frontier. It is
said that the Hon. Mr. de Wet intends shortly resuming
his practice as barrister in the Supreme Court. The lieu-
tenant-governor has appointed Jas. Fichat, Esq., resi-
dent magistrate of Bathurst in the division of Albany,
to fill, in conjunction with his present appointment, the
office of sub-collector of customs at the newly-proclaimed
free port, the "Kowie Mouth," situated in the same divi-
sion. Mr. D. J. Aspeling has been permitted to prac-
tise as notary public in thie colony, —Civa Service Onette.