The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-28 00:00:00

THAMES.

AN IRISH RoW.—Bridet Noylan, a large Irish woman,
was brought before Mr Partridge charged with cutting and
wounding Ellen Dillon, who appeared in a rueful condi-
tion. Her clothes were saturated with gore, and there were
surgical plasters on her face. Her hair was matted with
blood. She stated that she lived at 15, White Hart-place,
Poplar. The prisoner lived in the same house. She said
her poor little children were in their bed, their father being
on the salt seas, when the prisoner's father came in
very drunk, and wanted to stop there. She turned him
out, and he swore that he would be revenged. Soon
afterwards the prisoner came home and said are you able
to fight me. She expressed no objection at all, and they
were about to fight when the prisoner took up a chopper
and beat her with it and cut her face and head. While she
was down the prisoner seized her by the hair of the head,
dragged her about the house and kicked her.
The prisoner said that Mrs Dillon turned her poor old
father into the street and struck the first blow.
Mr Partridge fined the prisoner 40s, and in default corn.
mitted her for a month to the Hluse of Correction:

MARKETS--This Day,

MARK LANE.

The arrivals of English wheat
.fresh up to our market
to-day were very moderate, Selected parcels were in fair
average request, at full prices; otherwise, the English
wheat trade was quiet, on former terms.
There was a good supply of foreign wheat on the stands.
American descriptions moved off steadily at full prices.
Other kinds of foreign wheat met a slow sale, at late rates.
Floating cargoes of grain wereArt_fair average request, at
previous quotations.
The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. Malt.
ing descriptions were in slow demand, at late rates. Grind-
ing and distilling qualities sold slowly at late currencies.
The malt trade was dull at about previous quotations.
The market was well supplied with oats. In harvest de-
scriptions a fair sample business was transacted, and prices
ruled tolerably firm. New Russian produce, however, was
somewhat difficult of sale.

Beans and peas were in slow request at late rates.
Flour changed hands to a limited extent on former terms,
ARRIVALS THIS WICEIt.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English .. GJ 530 350 2,010 370

Irish
Foreign .. 3,790 6,130 sks
brls

WHITECHAPEL.

The supply of meat on sale was but moderate. The trade
was steady, as follows :
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 8d ; mutton, as 8d to 6s ; veal,
3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s Sd to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the
Quetta%

BOROUGH HOP.
Very little business is passing in hops to-day, Prices,
however, rule stationary.

Pedestrianism.

BROMPTON.

RACE BETWEEN FORD OF LAMBETH, AND SAMPSON OF
CLERKBNWELL,—The first-named of these pedestrians is a
lad well known to metropolitan patrons of the sport. The
last match he appeared in was when he contended with
Rogers, on the above ground, some short period since,
Ford on that occasion obtained a clever victory. Rogers
was looked upon as too good a man to cause any success
obtained over him to be regarded as unimportant.
Sampson is a lad who, like Ford, has obtained consider•
able distinction among his compeers ; for, with one ex-
ception, he has never yet had to play second fiddle. The
meeting, as announced, took place on Mr J. Roberts's
Ground, and caused a good muster to assemble, notwith-
standing the intense coldness of the weather. The dis-
tance the pedestrians had to run was 130 yards, the stakes
pending the issue in the aggregate amounting to X4O. The
betting opened at evens, but after some few attempts had
been made to get on at this price, Ford was made the fa.
vourite at 6to 4. The referee having been appointed the
pedestrians came to the mark, having to start by consent.
They were in admirable fettle. There was, nevertheless, a
mutual wish to lose no time in " fencing" on the mark in
a cutting N.E. wind, and there was not more than five or
six minutes thus consumed, Sampson, as a warming up of
the system, coming away some three or four times, when
" They are off," was the cry from all parts of the course.
This final bcund from the scratch had been decidedly
cleverly effected ; but although Ford had watched the rapid
movements of his man with a keen eye, he could not
prevent Sampson from coming away with the lead of a
good yard. On came the Clerkenwell champion at a
slashing pace, followed by Ford, and a struggle replete
with excitement ensued. When 100 yards of the race had
been accomplished, Ford, although he had from the start
succeeded in diminishing the space between them in some
trifling degree, was still to the rear. This might be looked
upon as the critical moment of the race, for there were now
but some 30 paces between the gallant competitors and the
goal. Sampson was as yet to the front, and as he was
maintaining the struggle at the same stinging pace as at
starting, his partisans were confident he was to be number
one at the finish. In a moment, however, these hopes were
dashed down, for when within some dozen yards of the
" tape," Ford, who had closed on his opponent, came to the
front and went in the winner of this admirably sustained
struggle by a yard and a half.

CHRISTMAS IN TUE CORONER'S COURT.—In the
lista of the Liverpool Borough Coroner Court, yesterday,
there was a startling array of fatalities. No less than 30
deaths requiring investigation had been reported between
Saturday and Monday night. Of these two or three had
been caused by drowning ; one or two by accidents in the
streets ; four by burning and similar casualties ; 15 of the
bodies had been found dead, and three were unknown. The
coroner was of opinion that 26 only required the attention
of a jury, and 26 of these would be gone into this day (Wed-
nesday), when the usual cases will probably have increased
the total to something short of 30.
ROMAN CATHOLIC CEREMONY. -- Yesterday
morning an elaborate ceremony was performed at St John's
Catholic Church, Duncan- terrace, Islington, under the
direction of the Rev Canon Oakeley, formerly a clergyman
of the Established Church. The celebration was in honour
of the patron's day. At 11 o'clock there was Pontifical High
Muss, the sermon being preached by the Very Rev Canon
Harris. At Vespers the sermon was preached by the Very
Rev Father Rowe, of the Brompton Oratory. At the High
Mass there was a full choir and band, and many of the
religious orders of Loudon were present,