The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-25 00:00:00

THAMES.

RETURNING FROM THE FOREST.—Charles Plummer, aged
21, a. sweep, of 9, Pear-tree-street, Lambeth, Ellen Plum-
mer, his wife, 19, Thomas Edward Gosling, of the same
place, 20, a sweep, and Mary Glancey, 61; of No. 14,
Middle-pollards, Tower-street, Lambeth, the mother of
Mrs. Plummer, were all charged with being drunk and dis-
orderly and assaulting various persons in Bow, Middlesex,
last night.

The parties had been to Epping Forest in a light cart
yesterday, and indulged too freely. On reaching Bow Mrs.
Glancey, who was inebriated, wanted Charles Plummer,
who was driving the horse and cart, to pull up at a public
house and have more drink. He refused to do so, and she
laid hold of the reins. There was a violent struggle for
the possession of the reins, and Plummer began to beat the
old woman. She screamed, all the parties in the cart were
fighting and tumbling over each other, the horse reeled, a
mob collected about the party in the cart, and a police-
constable, named Joseph Goodson, No. 227 IC, seized the
horse and told the party to desist. Charles Plummer ho-
mediately jumped out of the cart and struck him with a
piece of the whip handle he had broken over Mrs. Clancey.
He then threw himself on the ground and laid hold of the
policeman's leg, and the young woman followed her hus-
band and tried to bite the constable. Gosling leaped out
of the cart and took part in the affray. He struck the police-
man several times.
A general skirmish then took place.
All the parties were on the ground fighting and tumbling
over each other, 'while Mrs. Plummer and Mrs. Clancey
used their tongues, and called out " Murder !" as loudly as
possible. Mr. Harry Tucker, the landlord of a public-
house, who interfered in the interests of peace, was as-
saulted by the women, and Mrs. Clancey got possession of
the constable's truncheon, and attempted to beat him with
it. The staff was taken from her. Other constables ar-
rived, and the prisoner; instead of finishing their excur-
sion in Lambeth,
road station-house, and the horse and cart were taken to
were consigned to the calls of the Bow
the greenyard. Mrs. Clancey declined to charge her friend
Mr. Plummer with the assault, and said it was all owing
to the drop of drink and the heat of the weather.
Mr. Partridge said the prisoners had made a very bad
finish to their day's excursion to Epping Forrest, and
would apparently suffer for this a long time. Ho fined
Charles Plummer and Thomas Edward Gosling 40s. each,
Mrs. Plummer 55. only, and discharged the old woman
Clan coy.
The fines wore paid.

The Earl Cathcart has left Maurigy's Hotel for
Thornton-le-Street, Yorkshire.
LORD DERBY AND HIS &N.—CURIOUS ELECTION
INCIDENT.—An incident showing the odd changes
which time can make occurred at Preston last week during
the course of Conservative canvass in that town. The two
Conservative candidate; along with their party, wore pro-
ceeding up one of the streets of the town, when one of them,
with a keen eye to business, observed a voter on the other
side of the road. A rush to him, and a demonstration of the
usual blandness prevailing at election times, followed. An
introduction succeeded, and after the voter had shaken
hands with Sir T. G. Hesketh he turned to the Hon. F. A.
Stanley (Lord Derby's son) and said, "Allow me to ex-
press the pleasure I feel at being introduced to the son of a
man whose life I saved many years ago." The honourable
scion of the house of Derby and his party wondered
what the old voter meant, and as they appeared to be
anxious for some explanation, he .procceded to toll how,
many years ago, when Lord Derby, during the course of
the celebrated contest between himself and Orator Hunt
was being kicked, beaten, pelted with refuse, and generally
abused by the Conservative mob in Preston, and then
dragged opposite his (the voter's) house, where in all pro-
bability he woula have been killed, had not he seized his
lordship (then Mr. Stanley), and pulled him into his dwell-
ing, where he hid him in a dark closet. The infuriatedmob
immediately afterwards broke into the house, but wore un-
able to discover Lord Derby. They then rushed out in
another direction, fancying that his lordship had escaped
by some back way. The voter then administered re-
freshment to the victim of Tory bigotry and violence
secreted in his house, and afterward got some policemen
to taken him to his head-quarters. When the voter
had concluded the narration of this story the lion
F. A. Stanley thanked the voter for his kindness at the
time named, and then begged for his support "for his
father's sake:" A negative reply Was give; and the hon.
gentleman, consideraily surprised, rejoined, " But, you
know, you are an old supporter of my father." "Yes," ho
answered, " but your father has changed his politics since
I was his supporter. I have not. I, like your father, was
not a Tory then ; and I don't intend to go over
to the party who abused him in Preston." He was
questioned pretty closely about "that party," and some of
the Conservatives present blushed pretty extensively whilst
the ancient voter verbally castigated the Tories for hunt-
ing and maltreating Lord Derby when he contested Preston
at the time named. He afterwards left the two candidates
and their supporters to reflect upon the change that had
ensued since the present head of the Conservative party
in England was chased and almost beaten to death by a
mad Tory mob in the very town which has just returned
his son to Parliament as a
member.

:A DOUBTFUL STORY.—The Courrier de l'lsere
relates the following extraordinary instance of determination
which occurred three days since at Miribel Lanchiltre, in
that department. A. boy, 12 years of age, named Durand,
having climbed a tree to take a bird's nest built in a hole of
the trunk, had just inserted his hand to reach it when the
branch on which he stood broke, and, being unable to with-
draw his hand, ho remained supended by it. In this pre-
dicament, seeing no help near, he drew a pruning-knife
from his pocket, and cut off his hand at the wrist. Having
fallen at the foot of the tree without further injury, he
walked homo, whence, after a first dressing had been ap-
plied, he was conveyed to the hospital at Cironoble.