The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-25 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

DISGRACEFUL ATTACK UPON A COFFEE-HOUSE
KEEFEII,—A rough-looking fellow, who gave the name of
Cornelius C. Shea, was charged with the most disgusting
conduct at the shop of Mr Samuel Sheen, coffee-house
keeper, High-row, Knightsbridge, and also with violently
assaulting him with a heavy stick.
Mr Sheen said that at 10 o'clock last night he was near
his door, when the defendant came up and addressed com-
plainant's wife and a young woman who was with her in
the shop. The remark he made was not of an abusive but
of a wanton and disgusting character, and on complainant
hearing it he went up to the defendant and quietly asked
him how he could make such a blackguard of himself and
so misconduct himself to a respectable woman, upon which
the defendant rushed upon him and struck him a blow on
the back with a thick stick and knocked him down. De •
fendant then attempted to get away, but complainant
seized him and held him fast. Some of the defendant's
companions came up and endeavoured to rescue him, but
complainant still retained his hold, although he had been
much hurt, and a constable coming up he was given into
his charge.
Mr Selfe—Do you know anything of the defendant ?
Mr Sheen—No; he is a perfect stranger to me.
Mr Selfe—Had anything been said to him by any body
before he accosted your wife and the other female with the
offensive and disgusting remark you have proved he made ?
Mr Sheen—Not a word had been said to him. He came
direct to the street door, and expressed himself as I have
slescribed.
William Charles Penton, potman at the Paxton's Head,
said that he saw the defendant rush upon the complainant,
and knock him down witty a thick stick. He afterwards
assisting in taking defendant into custody.
Defendant said he was drunk, but he was the ill-used
party.
Mr Selfe said that his conduct had been most disgraceful
and disgusting, and committed him for two months to hard
of Correction,
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peered before 11lr Paget to answer a charge made by
Inspector Dendy of the 11 Division, for 'suffering drunken-
ness and disorderly conduct in his house.
Police Constable Alfred Reed, No.
105 11, stated, that
between half-past 11 and a quarter to 12 o'e,lock on the
night of the 16th of the present month, there was a great
disturbance in front of the bar of the
Lily. There were 40
vamps there. Same of them were drunk and fighting.
The screams, shouts, and cries of ' murder I " were dread-
ful. There was a mob of disorderlies collected outside.
One man was lying on the floor of the beershop drunk. A
woman who was fighting, and was mad drunk, shouted
and blasphemed. Her hair washanging
about her nock.
The landlord assisted him in getting the people out of the
house. They came back agair', h .
and there was a repetition
of the disturbance and more fighting, landlord said
ho could not help the row, and could not keep them from
fighting.
The defendant said all his customers on the night in
question were natives of Ireland, and " kinked up an Irish
row." There was not an English
person among them.
Mr Paget—What has that to do with it ? English or
Irish, the peace must be preserve
Inspector Dendy—lt is a very disorder]
Y house.
The Defendant-1 don't snow' It is an Irish house, and
Ido a large trade among thetn• lam not able to turn the
people out. do it
Mr Paget—Yon are able to , and you must do it.
You are fined 40s and costs. The mousy Was paid.

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ACCLIMATISATION.—Airs, Samuel Dovonport,
who has just returned from Europe by
the overland
do well in this
route, has brought with her some flue specimens of the
believe,w h ie
colony.Alianl2 us s
i lThis,kis the first
.successful attempt to
introduce this useful variety of the silkworm into south
Australia.—Australian paper' . •
A pocket-book containing 15 bank notes, of
de Castig-
ml,aonooefmrpl. eoayeehd.w
by the wife of a
accosted. by a well-dressed
or in the Place Vendome.
Castig-
lione, at five o'clock yesterday me.rning,
A few moments after, as she turned the corner of that street
wait:th E tat. Mai
into the Rue de Rivoli, she was
man, who asked her, with an air of anxiety, if she had
found a pocket-book which he had Just lost, and adding
that it contained 15,000 fr., which unfortunately did not be-
long to himself. The woman at once returned to him his
property, when he gave her a franc, expressing his regret
that it was all the change he had upon him to offer her as a
reward. He, howe%er. asked her for her address, saying
i
that he would call upon her. It sto be hoped that he will
not forget his promise.
THE RACE•HORSE DUTY—It appears by an
official document that in the year ended the 31st March
eat the duty on race-horses amounted to 1,7,288 is.