The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-08 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The tallow trade is steady to-day, at full prices. P.Y.C.
is quoted at 41s 9d per cwt. on the spot, and 43s 3d for
October to December delivery. Rough fat, 2s ld per 8113 s.

Particulars. 1860. 1861 1862. 1863. 1864.
Stock this day.... 36,681 52,192 35,t83 41,180 45,290
Price
of Y.C. 6,52ra 44511 to 48:361 to 43531 to 41$ 6d to
3d 16$ 6d 48s 9d —s 41a 9cl
Delivery lastweek 1,893 5,4 5 1,467 1,052 802
Ditto from June 1 17,981 16,827 14.649 8,869 9,393
Arrivals last week 2,266 1,481 2,791 1,927 980
Ditto from June 1 27,5(.8 12,258 12,020 12,305 9,662
Price of Town .... 55s Od 49s 3d 50$ Od 44$ 3d 438 Od

POLICE INTELLMENCE—This Day.

BON-STREET•

SAVAGE ASSAULT ST A Gto arinsla.AN.—llanry Procter,
a private in the let battalion of Coldstream Guards, was
placed at the bar charged with assault.
Police-constable 60 A, said last night (Sunday) he was
erosaing the Green-park in plain clothes, when he heard a
loud scream and cry of murder. He ran towards the spot
from whence the cry seemed to proceed, and there found the
prisoner struggling with a female. The prisoner immediately
he (witness) came up struck him a blow inthe face, and then
asked him what he had to do with the matter. He then
told him he came to protect the woman from his violence,
and that he should take him to the station-house. A
struggle ensued, and he (witness) having nothing to pro-
tect himself, being off duty and in plain clothes, he
remained with the prisoner for about ten minutes, waiting
for a policeman, when prisoner took off his belt and struck
him a blow with it. The constable on duty on Constitu-
tion-hill then came up, and witness told him to take the
prisoner to the station for assaulting him. The female did
not attend to make a charge against the man. He, witness,
did not tell the prisoner he was a police-constable. On the
way to the station the prisoner produced a two shilling
piece, and told the constable who had him in custody
that he (witness) had given it to him for a bad pur-
pose. The accusation was entirely groundless.
Police-constable 179 A, said he took the prisoner into
custody. He did not knew until the charge was being en-
wred at the station-house that the person he assaulted was
the constable. He confirmed the assertion of the last wit-
ness witii respect to the two-shilling piece.
The prisoner denied that he took off his belt.
Police-constable 179 A said while he was conveying the
prisoner to the station he said the same thing, but a young
man who was walking with them said, " Yes, you did."
Brown said h© did not know the man he had struck
was a policeman.
A sergeant from the prisoner's regiment said he was
habitually absent without leave, and was addicted to
drinking.
Mr Flower said it was a very savage assault and one
which he should feel it his duty to punish severely. If it
had been proved that the prisoner had known the person
who interfered to protect the female from his unmanly
vioilence to be a constable, or had the female attended, he
should have sent him to prison without the option of a fine,
but as that was not the case, it would influence his decision.
It wits, however, a very bad case, and under all the circum-
stances of the case he should fine the prisoner £5, or in
default, commit him to prison with hard labour for one
month.
Timothy Foley, a man having the appearance of being
a sweep, was placed at the bar charged with illegally sel-
ling spirits.
Sergeant Rogers, of the metropolitan police, said the
prisoner lived at 20, Lincoln-court, and on Sunday morn-
ing, about half-past three, his attention was called to loud
laughing coming from Foley's house. He looked through
an aperture in the shutter, and saw the prisoner standing
in the midst of a group of 14 persons, with a bottle in
' his hand, selling the contents. He saw the prisoner
receive money from various persons, and then he waited
outside the house for a short time. He saw five people
stagger from the place, and then he and another constable
entered and took the prisoner into custody for illegally
selling spirits. He had been charged and convicted of the
same offence four or five times.
An officer from the Excise then examined the bottles
taken from the prisoner, and said they contained very weak
gin.
Mr Burnaby, the chief clerk, asked whether it was gin at
all, or whether it was not some poisonous compound ?
The excise officer said it was gin lowered to about 80 per
cent below proof. The prisoner's charge, he believed, was
2d. per class.
Mr Flower said it was lamentable to thick that a
very useful act of Parliament should be, to a
great extent frustrated by persons such as the pri-
soner. It was not to be supposed the prisoner did
know the penalties he was incurring, because he had been
four or five times charged with the same offence, and on
one occasion fined £6O. He should now sentence him to
pay a fine of £lOO, or in default, three months' imprison-
ment, with hard labour,
Prisoner—£100 I You don't mean hard labour I
Mr Flower—Yes, I perfectly well know that persons
who carry on a trade like yours do not like work.
Prisoner—No it ain't likely ; but Ido hope you'll think
three months inprison is quite enough, without the labour.
Mr Flower—No, I shall do nothing of the kind,
Prisoner (scratching his head)—Tery well, then, I sup-
pose I must go and do it,