The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-16 00:00:00

SHIPPING7TRIS DAY,

LONDON, July 16.--Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze amnd one
_Wind 1i....,v
weather.
.--Arrived—Northern
CARDIFF, July 15.-" Mr. 11., W.—Sailed—Mail of
Athens, for Pernambuco.
Light, from Havannah. .
—Wind 5.E,..._
CLYDD, July 15. Arrived—Wolverine,
'
KINGROAD, July 14.
verme,
from Montreal.
Wind R
DARTMOUTH, July 14 . -.E.—Sailed—Adele,
for Kingston, Jamaica. .
d S•E
FALMOUTH, July 15. -xvnl ~. „.."-Arrived—Frederick
°
Rittztaff, from Sunderland for '. 1/ Oba.,, N,
B. Sailed—
Baltic, for Bristol. .

1 from Ostend—Mo-
(BY MAGNETIC TELEozoil.)
from
cTueTrnOsUenyt
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning:
Arrived, July 15—Anna and John, from Antwerp—
Crapind, from Guernsey.
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Trident,e r rla fjr:hm,ll
gA—Agatha,
from Havre—Prince Albert,
from Aalborg.

DEAL) Saturday Morning.
Passed, July 15--Seagull, from London for Havre—
Arthur Jones, from London for Bayonne—Ocean Brig,
from London for Galatz.
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war)
onside the Good-
A schooner was observed on shore at daylight this morn-
ing on the off part of the Goodwin.

ADVENTURES OF AN ABSCONDING BANKRUPT.—
Some time ago the firm of Spence and Co., cloth
merchants, Leeds, became bankrupt, or rather executed a
deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors, and John
Spence, the managing partner, was permitted to assist in
£15,000 in this
factyoung
becoming mewith two or three
of the Leeds detec-
tive force, was sent atter him, and at length found him at.
Newton, in Connecticut. Then, however, it appeared that
his associates had robbed him of £9,000. He had given one
who
known,had Inspectorassisted mu,n tt
of them into custody, but then went bail for him for 10,000
dollars, which sum was forfeited. This had considerably
reduced his exchequer. end Inspector Hunt was only able
to obtain £5OO of the £15,000, with which emu he returned
o Liverpool in the Scotia on SattaLlaY,

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A BETTING MAN.—Edward
Smith, a betting man, well known about Coventry-street,
was charged before Mr Knox with wilfully assaulting
Richard Jeffs, a drayman employed by the City of London
Brewery Company, Thames-street,
The complainant said that on the previous afternoon he
was at the corner of Panton-street, about to get on his
dray, when the prisoner gave him a blow in the mouth. He
had a struggle with the prisoner, and both fell, and on get-
ting up, the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the head
with a very thick stick, inflicting a bad wound. He was
compelled to go to Charing-cross Hospital to have his head
dressed, and had to go again that morning.
Mr Knox told the complainant that on the previous
afternoon, finding that he was not ably to give evidence,
having been drinking, he had ordered the case to come en
this morning.

A gentleman named Bigg proved seeing the prisoner
strike tho complainant in the mouth, and afterwards strike
him on the head with a stick. The complainant was not
sober at the tic e.

Sergeant Lees, 9 C, proved going after the prisoner, who
ran away as soon as he had assaulted the complainant, and
taking him into custody.
In answer to Mr Knox, the sergeant said he believed the
affair arose out of " chaffing " that had been going on, it
being known in the neighbourhood that the man could not
stand it.

The prisoner wished the case postponed, that he might
call witnesses to prove that the drayman insulted a young
girl.

Mr Knox said that, whatever the origin of the affair, the
prisoner had no business to use a thick heavy stick like that
produced, and give a man such a blow as he had inflicted ;
besides, it was shown that the prisoner had struck the first
blow. He would not postpone the case, for he knew what
the result would be.

The prisoner said the drayman had his whip in his hand,
and all he did was to protect himself.
Mr Bigg said that was not true.
Mr Knox ordered the prisoner to pay a floe of £5, or be
committed for a month with hard labour.