The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-01 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

DESPERATE ATTACK UPON A FOREIGNER.—Martin
Shelby, a rough boy, was charged with violently assaulting
and wounding a poor Spaniard named Francesco Reach.

The prosecutor was dreadfully disfigured in the face, and
he wore a large bandage round his head, which was severely
wounded. He gave his evidence through the medium of
an interpreter.

Prosecutor's statement was to the following effect :—On
the night before last he was at the Harp of Erin beer-shop
in the Broadway, Westminster, when he was suddenly at-
tacked by the prisoner and some others with him. Prosecu-
tor was at supper at the time, and some mistake arose about
the beer he was drinking, and then the prisoner struck him
a violent blow on the head with a pair of tongs, and he was
at the same time attacked by the companions of the pri-
soner, one of whom cut his eye open with a quart pot.
Mr. Selfe—How many blows were you struck?
Prosecutor's reply was—l can't say how many, because
I lost my senses.

Prisoner said that the Spaniard was excited, and seized
him, at the same time brandishing a knife, a foot long, and
that that was how the disturbance began.
The prosecutor was questioned and positively denied the
assertions of the prisoner. Ho declared as before that he
was quietly eating his supper when they fell upon him.
A police-constable, who understands Spanish, said that
he was conversing with the prosecutor a few minutes before
the occurrence in question, at the Harp of Erin. He was
at the time perfectly sober and quiet. Witness had known
him a long while, and he was a very harmless well-con-
ducted man.

Mr Selfe adjourned the further hoaring of the case for the
attendance of some witnesses who were absent.

THAMES,
A NOISY FAltt.—SiNouLalt CASE.—Mrs Clithoroe, who
descriLed herself as a "respectable married woman," was
brought before Mr Partridge, charged with being drunk
and disorderly, and refusing to pay a cab fare.
George Brown, a cab driver, stated that a little before 6
last night he was hired by the prisoner opposite the George
publichouse in the Commercial-road, and ordered to drive
her to No. 6, Calvert-street, Mile-end-road. Soon after she
got into the cab, and while he was driving through Stepney,
she began shouting, swearing, and hallooing. He should
not have said much about that if she had not called him a
vagabond, a thief, and a villain. Re begged of her to be
quiet, but she would not, and a mob collected. He stopped
the cab, and she gave utterance to another volley of abuse.
He then gave her into custody.
John Mackay, 414 liti, said he took the prisoner into
custody. She called him a thief and a blackguard, and
used very foul language.
The prisoner—I am a respectable married woman.
Inspector Griffin,
but not respectable.
IZ division—She is a married woman,

Prisoner—T am respectable.
Inspector Griffin,—You are not respectable. You have
been locked up before for being drunk and disorderly.
The prisoner said her husband was the officer of a ship,
and she expected him home. Yesterday she went to
Victoria Dock to meet him. The ship did not arrive. one.
met with a female who stole the interior of a valuable
brooch and a white handkerchief, and who invited ha to
drink.

strange woman ?
Mr Partridge—Raw came
you to be dri

The prisoner--I don't know sir. I know it was wrong.
Here is the rim of the brooch. The inside is gone. I had
a shilling to pay the cab fare, and the driver drove me tc
the station-house.

Mr Partridge—You were drunk and noisy, and if you
havo been robbed it is your own fault. Your conduct was
not respectable, but very disorderly. I fine you 10s, and
in default of payment, seven days' imprisonment.

THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN THE TEMPLE GAR-
DENS.—Active preparations are being made in the
gardens of the Inner and Middle Temple for the annual
show of chrysanthemums, a display which always com-
mands much attention, and which is justly regarded as
something marvellous in the heart of the metropolis. In
the Inner Temple there is a very beautiful row of the
choicest flowers extending along the whole length of Paper.
buildings. They are of all imaginable colours and sizes,
and the manner in which they are arranged shows them off
to the greatest possible advantage. On the opposite side
of the gardens, by Harcourt• buildings, there is another
row, but they do not show so well as those on the eastern
side on account of the building operations which are going
on. But Mr Broome has reserved his finest specimens for
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the northern side of the garden, along the whole extent of
the beautiful flowers have been carefully covered in.
They are all well developed and in excellent order, so that
it may fairly be expected that the display of the present
year will be equal to any of those which have preceded it.
In the Middle Temple gardens Mr Dale has been equally
successful up to the present time, and he has raised some
very splendid specimens, which will be ready for public
inspection at the same time with those in the Inner
Temple. The space which Mr Dale has at his command
is not so large as that which Mr Broome has to work
upon, but he has turned what he has to the best advan-
tage, and both the gardeners may congratulate them-
selves upon what will certainly be, unless the weather
should prove thoroughly unpropitious, a highly satisfac-
tory show.
CLOSING OF PUBLIC-HOUSES IN LIVERPOOL.—
ADOPTION OF TIIE NEW ACT.—The new Act of
.Parliament for closing public-houses between the hours of
one and four in the morning was adopted yesterday by the
Town Council of Liverpool, after a brief discussion. A
memorial in Uivour of the adoption of the Act, and another
from the Licensed Victuallers' Association asking that its
adoption be deferred for six months, were read. Mr Clint,
chairman of the Watch Committee, moved the adoption of
the Act, which had, he said, been of great benefit to good
order and morality in London. The motion was seconded
by Mr J. Stitt, who said that upwards of 1,000 persons
were convicted during the last six months of offences com-
mitted between the hours of one and four. Mr Bairstow
(an hotelkeeper) said that the adoption of the Act would
Inflict great hardships upon dock labourers and others; but
Mr Robinson (a brewer) said that the keepers of "night
houses" would alone bo injured,