The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE POPE AND GARIBALDI I—SERIOUS APPAIR.--A
coffeehouse-keeper, named William Simmons, of Carr•
street, Limehouse, was brought before Mi. Paget charged
with assaulting and wounding a man named John Coghlan.
The affair which gave rise to the present investigation
occurred on the night of Saturday, the 4th of last month,
when the enthusiasm in favour of Garibaldi was very great.
The evidence previously given went to show that the pri-
soner, his brother and mother, were opposed to the popular
feeling in favour of the great Italian general, and made a
disturbance in the prisoner's house and threatened him.
The prisoner, becoming frightened, threw a chopper at
John Coghlan, which struck him on his knee and wounded
him severely. He was taken to the London Hospital.
The officer who had charge of the case announced that
Coghlan's leg was amputated yesterday in the London
Hospital, and that he was in a precarious condition.
Thomas Coghlan, 4, Escott-cottages, Robert-street, Mill-
wall, gave the following account of the unfortunate trans-
action. On Saturday evening, April 5, I and my brother
John went to visit a friend in Vincent-street, Limehouse,
We stopped there until 12 o'clock at night, and then went
into a coffeeshop in Carr-street. Two men were talking
about Garibaldi and the Popo. One of the men said
" the Pope ; who cares about the Pope ?" His
brother said, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself; the
man has never done you any harm." The prisoner, who
is the proprietor of the coffeeshop, shoved his brother out
of the shop. His brother said ho would go out of the
house without being shoved out. The prisoner said
if you don't go out I shall have you locked up, and showed
his brother to the door. The prisoner also said, "If you
don't go out I shall do you an injury," and shoved his
brother on to the pavement; His brother opened the door
a little bit, and the prisoner threw a chopper at him, It
wounded his brother on the knee, and he was taken to the
hospital.

Mr. Paget said on this evidence he should remand the
prisoner until Tuesday next.

Mr. Ring, a solicitor, tendered bail for the prisoner, who,
he said, received very great provocation before he threw the
chopper.

Charles Lebbell, a police constable, No. 398 K, said the
wounded man was not expected to live, and that this case
would probably resolve itself into one of manslaughter.
Mr. Ring—The prisoner has this day surrendered on
bail.

Mr. Paget—l cannot take bail now.
THE 'WILD SPORTS OF THE EAST,—Julia Nicholls was
brought before Mr. Paget charged with assaulting and
wounding Margaret Collins, who is in the London Hos-
pital.
Samuel Damerell, police constable, 140 H, said the pri-
soner and the injured female belonged to that dangerous
class called basket girls, who, under pretence of selling
oranges and other fruit, robbed sailors and others. Last
night he saw the two women quarrelling near the Sailor's
Home in West-street. They struggled. He was about to
separate them, when the woman Collins gave a shriek, and
rushed away from the other. Her mouth was covered with
blood, and her under lip was off.
Mr. Paget—Bitten off, do you mean to say ?
Damerell—Yes, sir ; bitten off by the prisoner. The lip
fell off on the ground. It was taken to the London Hos-
pital. I have been there, and the surgeon will not allow
the patient to be disturbed.

Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner until Wednesday, the
18th inst.

THE NEW BILL ON " SENTENCE OF DEATH."—
This (Tuesday) evening Lord Ellenborough's bill on " San-
tenee of 11:0ath" stands for the second reading in the Reuse
of Lords,