The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

Timothy Sullivan, an Irishman, who hawks fruit about
the street, said that on the previous evening he was in
Sloane-street, Chelsea, with his barrow, when the prisoner
and two other Irishmen came along. Prisoner stopped in
front of him, and using very bad language called him a
Methodist and a parson. In order to get rid of prisoner
he went round his barrow, but prisoner followed him up,
and repeatedly struck him. He ran away, followed by
prisoner, who caught him twice and brutally used him, cut-
ting both his ears and lips, and blackening his eye. He was
quite sober, and gave no provocation whatever.
A witness was called who corroborated this statement in
every particular, and described prisorier's conduct as most
cowardly.
Prisoner denied the charge, and said he never struck the
man at all ; that the prosecutor came and abused him and
followed him round the street, and finally throw a largo
stone at him, which he had when taken into custody.
It was proved that prisoner picked up the stone to throw
at somebody, and was in the act of doing so when given
into custody.

Two witnesses gave a similar account to prisoner of the
transaction, and said that he did not strike prosecutor, but
that they took him away to prevent his doing so. Both,
however, said that blood was flowing from prosecutor's
mouth and ears, but thought that he might have caused it
himself.
lie was fined 20s. or 14 days.

THAMES.
Fuvons DRIVING nNT THE Bow ROAD.—Heinrich Bram-
mar or pramnier, aged 29, a native of Holstein, and dwell-
ing at No. 64, St. George-street, better known as Rateliff
Highway, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with
being drunk and furiously driving, to the danger of pas-
sengers in the Bow-road.
James Clark, a police-constable, No. 199 K, said in con-
sequence of the continued furious and reckless driving of
persons in charge of horses and vehicles in the Bow-road,
and the numerous accidents that had taken place, he was
stationed in the road on horseback. There were two other
mounted constables in the road. The prisoner was driving
a pony and cart. The horse was galloping, and the pri-
soner, who was drunk, was whipping it. The conduct of
the prisoner endangered the lives of foot passengers, and
there was also danger of collisions with other vehicles.
The prisoner was trying to pass another cart—in fact he
was racing.

Mr. Paget--In a public road ?
Witness—Yes, sir ; the furious driving on that road is
fearful. I have been put out on special duty there.
Inspector Griffin, of the X division, confirmed the state-
ment of the constable as to the state of the Mile-end and
Bow-road. Furious drivingA
green was very prevalent, and many
persons had been killed.
grocer, named Stone,
while drunk, run down an old man in the Mile-end-road,
and killed him on the spot. A man named Wm. Amos,
cowkeeper, of No. 2, Oxford-terrace, Cubitt-town, Poplar,
killed a child named Keenan, while driving furiously and
recklessly close to Bow Church, on Friday last, and was
now under remand by Mr. Partridge, who heard the case.
A class of rough tradesmen, who were regardless of the
lives and limbs of people, drove recklessly. Everybody
tried to pass everybody,'and the danger was very great.
Mr. Paget asked at what pace the prisoner was driving
his pony and cart ?
Clark-12 knots an hour, sir.
The prisoner said he only went as fast as the cart before
him and the cart behind him, and he did not drive
furiously. He called two foreigners, who said they did
not know why the police locked up the prisoner.
Mr. Paget said that public attention had been called to
furious and careless driving in the streets, and the number
of persons who had been killed or maimed in the streets
of the metropolis. The prisoner was intoxicated, and
ought not to have been driving at all. It was a bad case,
and he should inflict the full penalty of 40s. for furious
driving.
The fine was paid.

MARKETS?-This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

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SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 108 to £5 lOs Od ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £lBs to £1 14s per load.
Trade quiet.
CumBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £4 I.os to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 lOs to £6 108; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
A slow demand.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; clover,
lOs to £6 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £ll4s per load.
Trade inactive.

COLONIAL.
The markets aro closed for the Easter Holidays, and will
re-open on Thursday next, the 20th inst.

DETERMINED SUICIDES.—An inquest was held
yesterday by Mr. J. Humphreys, coroner, at the
London Hospital, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Francks,
aged 88. It was shown that the deceased had resided at
No. 23, Artillery-street, Spitalfields. For some time past
she had been very feeble and almost imbecile. On Friday
night she retired to rest at her usual hour, and on the fol-
lowing morning at 3 o'clock she was discovered lying on
the pavement in front of her window. She was bleeding
from a frightful wound in the head. When she was raised
up and carried to the hospital she was found to be dead.
It was believed that she had leaped from the window. The
jury returned an open verdict of " found dead." A second
inquest was held by Mr. Humphreys, at the Golden Lion
tavern, respecting the death of Elizabeth Craig, aged
47. The deceased was a single woman, but had been
in a very low and desponding state for some months
past, apparently without reason. She was discovered
on Friday morning lying in the back yard with a
compound fracture of the skull, which caused death in-
stantaneously. The deceased had placed a table in front
of the window, upon which she stepped, and then preci-
pitated herself from the second-floor window. Verdict—
" Insanity," ,