The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-19 00:00:00

THAMES.

SEAMEN ON SRORE.__James Lander, John Watson and
Charles Smith, homeward bound seamen were brought
before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk, disorderly,
and assaulting several police constables.
Yesterday evening lite Kay,
a police constable, No. 27 SK,
was called to the Gun beerhouse, in High-street, Shadwell,
and found all the prisoners, who were fighting in front of
the counter, and shouting and swearing at the landlady
who was on the top of her counter, armed with a stick
with which she was striking at the seamen, and threaten-
ing to kill either of them who came over the counter.
She said they had asked for lemonade and pepper-
mint, with which sho could not supply them. Lan-
der said he had lost his cap, and would not
leave the house without it. M'Kay, who was very for-
bearing, persuaded the sailors to leave the house, and
gave them the landlady's name and address. The prisoners
then tuck up their sleeves, and endeavoured to force their
way into the beerhouse. M'Kay prevented them. Lander
hit him on the head, and Smith kicked him. A desperate
affray then ensued, and Walker, Pawsey, and Fenge, con-
stables of the K division, who attempted to arrest the pri-
soner; were beaten. Lander seized Walker by the throat
and received a blow from the constable's truncheon which
forced him to let go. Smith was armed with a knife and a
slug shot. He did not use either weapon, and both.were
knocked out of his hand. Watson dealt Fenge a severe
blow and knocked him down. A reinforcement of police
now arrived from the King David-lane station, and the
prisoners were secured.

The prisoners said they were half seas over last night,
and had lost all their money.

Mackay said the prisoners wore not searched at the
station-house,

Mr. Paget said the prisoners were engaged in a very dis-
graceful disturbance. He should make a distinction with
the prisoners. Two -of thena, Lander and Watson, had
made use of no instruments, and for the assaults they
committed he should sentence them each to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour. Smith had brandished a
knife and then a slug shot. Neither of those weapons
had been used, but he should mark his sense of the pri-
soner's conduct in even producing such dangerous in-
struments, by doubling the punishment he inflicted on the
other man. He sentenced Smith to be imprisoned for two
months, and kept to hard labour.
Smith—Give me six months at once, I will do it.
The prisoners were in a jolly humour, and were re-
moved by the gaoler.

THE MISSING INDIAN STEADIERS.--The latest ad-
vices received at Lloyd's relative to the missing Indian
steamers are from Hong Kong, and dated July 21. The
Azof steamer, which was despatched in search of the mis-
sing Peninsular and Oriental steamer Corea, has returned
being able to glean the slightest
tidings from
there is no doubt entertained but
that she of aewtwher f
founderedate and
without
ina typhoon with all hands. About
120 people are supposed to have perished in her. The
steamer was not insured. The Chanticleer steamer is be-
lieved to have foundered in the same typhoon with all on
board. She belonged to a private firm at Hong Kong, and
was nearly 600 tons register, with 90 horse-power. The
other steamers, Lalla Rookh and Fohkien, are both lost.
The Fohkien left Shanghae on June 13, having a valuable
passengers. About 24 hours
encountered a thick mist.
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those on board saw to their horror an ironbound coast
ahead, 200 ft. high, on which the vessel was steaming at a
rate of about 12 miles an hour. The captain endeavoured
to savo the ship, but she ran on and came with great force
against the rocks, knocking the bows in and tearing them
into splinters. The steamer was well provided with beats,
and they just escaped from the wreck in time, as within 20
minutes from the time that the vessel struck the bows were
under water; in fad, nearly the whole vessel was sunk
except the afterpart, which was kept afloat a while longer,
Until the weight of water burst in the after.water-tight
bulkhead, and she sunk in 10 to 20 fathoms water. The
stoma and her carp aro tho Gity_ftm £60,000.