The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-21 00:00:00

TIIAMES.

OUTRAGE BY A LOAFER.—Thomas Canty, a tall and
powerful fellow, was brought before Mr Partridge charged
with violently assaulting Josiah Green.
Mr Charles Young, solicitor, said the prosecutor was
in the employ of Mr Hugh Campbell, carman to the Sailors'
Home in Well-street, and that ho had been often interfered
with in the performance of his duties by bad characters,
crimps, and others interested in prLventing sailors from re-
ceiving the benefits of the:Sailors' Home. The prisoner
was one of those fellows called "loafers," and a very
drunken blackguard. It happened that the complainant
had taken out a summons, on tho Surrey side of the
Thames, against a man named B ill, who could not be
found for assaulting him. Yesterday evening the com-
plainant had to bring four sailors from the Shadwell basin
of tho London Dock to the Sailors' Home in a cart, He was
met by the prisoner, who said, " You are the man who has
taken out a summons against Bill ?" The complainant
said he was, and the prisoner immediately struck him a
vi.ilent blow on the eye, and knocked him down, The pri-
soner was very drunk and abusive, and was immediate])
taken into custody.

Mr Partridge—What is a loafer ?
Mr C. Young—A touter, and one who sponges on sailors
or knocks them about for the crimps of necessity.
The complainant, who had received a severe bruise, con-
firmed the st,temeat of his solicitor.

Daniel Smith, a Thames police-constable, No. 79, sau
the outrage, and corroborated the evidence of Green. The
prisoner was a regular loafer.

The prisoner, in a whining tone, said he was very sorry
for what he had done, and that he was tipsy yesterday. Ho
worked at any kind of labour.

Mr Parridge—You have committed a very savage
assault, without any provocation at all. You aro sen-
tenced to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour,

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

LONDON, Oct. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little
cloudy.
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 20.—Wind S,S.E.—Arrived—Mary
Ann, from Sierra Leone—Centiede, from Labrador—Re..
den:ore, from Taganrog.
HOLYHEAD, Oct. 20.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Jane
Thompson, from Pernambuco, and sailed for Liverpool—
Alexander, from Liverpool.

COWES, Oct. 20.—Wind E.—Arrived—Bremen, screw
bteamer, from New York, on the Bth, and proceeded for
Bremen.
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BRISTOL, Oct. 20.—Wind s,E.—Arrived—Cromwell
from Satua la Gran

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

G itAvEsEND, Friday Morning.

Arrived, Oct. 20—Eliza Shan, from Shanghai.
Arrived, Oct. 21—Queen Victoria, from Quebec—Royal
Bride, from Colewoo—Cb.ildea, from Poo-choo-foo—
Favourite, from Guernsey—Britannia, from Cadiz.
Oot. 20—Cosmopolitan, steamer, for Hamburg—
Metropolitan, for Rotterdam.
Sailed, Oct. 21—Lord J. Musell, steamer, for Dunkirk
—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne— B3ta, for Oporto—
Ada, for Antigua—Secundo Trituno, for Havanna—Lon.
don, steamer, for Cadiz—St. Petersburg, for St. Petersburg.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—Belvidere, from Colombo, and Wave Queen,
from Demerara, both for London.
steamer, for the westward—Belle of the South,
fox ;,waLlon.
Saileds—cr-elwlerl\lajesty's ships Achilles and Surprise, and

11TISS BATEMAN AT THE THEATRE.—Whoever
iiln dlaiin the happy distinction of
übpeoinng,
htehe
Theatreoldest
playgoer in BirreinghtliA must, we think, admit that within
lengthy exp,;;;.9nce he has never knownt such a
er
yr
frequentersb boxes Royal as has been etideneed during the brief su,„:"'nent
general and and daily increasing "rum
of Miss Bateman. Night after night the theatre has been
,tBoenreasaesrevtne
ethttet.whole
filled to ovoid iwing ;. and, although it may appear BOW
xesintoroof
what "AnderSoulan," it is netertheless true, that hundreds
have been nightly turned from the doors. 11r Simpson has
already converted a portion ofarhtetehmeoartideipapa
of the tipper boies, end to make still further alterations
served seats, and he is now compelled
the tipper boxes Will be ac.coni. modated in the pit, the
To-
night
ctrhheurresmd
(Thursday)
n) daen.rdo fFri Miss
da yl3
entrance to which, at the admission price of two shillings,
will ba from' the door of the Gallery of Illustration, in
New-street. A large portion of the gallery will be retained
for the accommodation of the pit audience, and the number
of admissions will be limited.—Bit nting ham Daily Post.
MUSKETRY CLASSES.—CIasses for the musketry
instruction of Volunteers, under the provisions of
Articles 234, 235, and 236 of the Volunteer Regulations,
will be formed at the Schools of Musketry at Hythe and
Fleetwood respectively on the 12th of November next.
Officers commanding Volunteer corps in Scotland, or in
Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham,
Yorksh're, Lancashire, and the Isle of Man, who wish to
send one or more members to the class at Fleetwood, are
requested to transmit their applications to the War-office
on or before the sth proximo. Officers commanding Volun-
teer corps in the remaining portion of Great Britain may
apply for permission to stud one or more members of their
corps to the class at Hythe on or before the sth proximo.
The comman.liv officer's applieat ion ehould in each case
Le accompanied by a certificate iu the torn,given in appen
-fix GO of the Volunteer Regulations, in regard to the
Volunteer's proficiency in the manual and plii,toon exercises,
and his willile
gness to impart instruction to the members of
his corps on his return.—M. INI4MunDo. War-office,
Oct. 20.

THE SHOOTING OF MII. ILiON.—MILFORD,
TMDAY.—I am Poppy to be able to state that the
medical men casider Mr. Wilson to ho going on favourably,
but to be as yet by no means out of danger. I have heard
that some of the magistre.tes of the neigtboarhood are
alKut to hold an invastigation into tho circumstances on
their own account, independently of the constabulary and
officials. The Earl of Leitrim is now at his lodge at Bally •
hiernan, where Mr. Wilson lies. Ile arrived on Saturday,
having proceeded to the spot upon hearing of the shooting
of that gentlemAn—DaNin Ecening