The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-10 00:00:00

THAMES.

JACK'S CRUISE AT AN END.—John Howard, a weather
beaten, sun-dried mariner, of diminutive stature, without
hat, jacket, or shoes, and the garments he had on badly
torn, was charged with assaulting John Fenge, 405 B, and
Edward French, 259 S, police constables, in the execution
Of their duty. _ _ _ _ _

The prisoner is an homeward bounder lately paid off,
and, with the usual improvidence of sailors, has gat rid of
all his wages, and the new " rig out" which he purchased
of the Jews when he came ashore. Last night he was on
a cruise in Ratcliff-highway. He was drinking at several
grog, shops, treating loose women, singing, capering, and
indulging in all manner of practical jokes. When all his
money was gone he began to be mischievous, and capsized
every one before him. The police interfered, with
him, and told him to go home, which he refused
to do, and run a muck at the constables. Fenge
attempted to seize him, and he struck him three times on
the face and marked him, and also hit him a violent blow
on the chest and knocked him backwards. French then
attempted to seize him, and he made a butt at him with his
head, overturned him in an instant, and hurt him very
much. The sailor then made a furious onslaught on other
constables, who were too much for him, and he was
quickly subdued and carried to the station-ho Use. The
worst part of his conduct was that he got the finger of one
policeman in his mouth and tried to bito him, in which,
fortunately, he was unsuccessful. _ .

The prisoner said he was three sheets in the wind last
night, and recollected nothing at all. He was sentenced
to be imprisoned for two mouths and kept to hard labour,
on which he waved his hand to the girls at the back of the
court, and exclaimed, " There's an end to my cruise."

BIIRGLARY—ROBBERY—CAITTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—
Benjamin Barrett, aged 20, and described as a labourer, of
Thrawl-street, Spitalfields, in which locality there is a
regular thieves' colony, was charged with burglariously
breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Mr. Tyson,
stockbroker, of No. 56, Lichfield-road, Bow, and stealing a
hearthrug and tablecover therefrom.
Last night, between the hours of 9 and 10 o'clock, Mrs.
Tyson made the house "secure," as she termed it, in the
usual manner, and locked and barred the doors. Soon
afterwards she fancied she heard the front parlour window
raised, and heard a noise in the parlour. She went into
the room, and two fellows made their escape. Everything
portable in the front parlour had been disturbed, and an
antimacassar removed from the sofa ; a hearthrug,
tablecover, two jugs, and other articles. were missing.
Mrs. Tyson had no doubt other things would have been
taken if she had not disturbed the burglars. The front
window was opened. The upper sash had been made fast
to the lower one in the usual manner by a " catch." It
had been shoved back from without by a knife, the win-
dows unfastened and an entrance effected. The " catch"
was described by the police as no protection to windows,
and could be easily shoved back with a knife. John
Shearman, a police-constable, No. 285 K, was on duty
about half-past ten last night in the Mile-end-road, and
saw the prisoner coming from the direction of Tredegar-
square, near Lichfield-street, with a hearthrug on his
shoulder. He asked the prisoner twice where he ob-
tained the hearthrug, to which he made no reply, but
threw it off his shoulder and ran away. Shearman
picked up the rug and pursued him. The prisoner was
stopped by a police-constable named Tripp. He was
searched, and a tablecover was found in his trousers.
Two common table-knives, much worn, were found con-
cealed upon him. They did not belong to Mr. Tyson.
The police were of opinion they had been used in forcing
back the window " catch."

Mrs. Tyson identified the hearthrug and tablecover.
They were stolen from her parlour last night.
The prisoner was remanded for a week to make inquiries
about him and his confederate in the robbery.