The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-13 00:00:00

MARKETS--.Thia Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
Our market to-day was fairly supplied with beasts as to
number, but their general quality was inferior. Prime
Scots, &c., were in request at full prices. Otherwise the
beef trade was heavy, at barely s Monday
'-- currency. Sheep
—the show of which was moderate—changed hands slowly
on former terms. The top figure was 6s. per 81b. We had
a steady sale for calves at previous quotations. The de-
mand for pigs was heavy; whilst mulch cows were a dull
inquiry, at from £l4 to £2O each.
Per 81b to sink tho offal.

s de d
Cm. &Inf. beasts... 3 8 4 0
Second quality do ..4 2 4 8
Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0
Prime Scots, (tc....5 2 5 4
Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 4 4 6
second quality d0:..4 6 5 4

s d
Pme crs-wool sheep.s 6 5 8
Prime S'thdown d 0.5 10 6 8
Large coarse calves. 4 2 4 4
Prime small d0......4 10 5 0
Large hogs ..3 10 4 8
Small porkers 4 6 4 2

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day.

OLD COURT.
Joseph Nash, 65, was indicted for feloniously forging
and uttering a cheque for £7 10s., and a certain other
cheque for £7 10s., with intent to defraud the Metropolitan
and Provincial Bank (Limited).
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned
judge sentenco him to seven years' penal servitude.

. NEW COURT.
Tho cases taken to-day were of that pec iar description
that public morals are best served by abstai ing from pub-
lishing them.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SINGULAR CASE.—ALLEGED VIOLENCE OF THE POLICE
TOWARDS A FOREIGNER.—ManueI Gonzalos Ferrerri, a
Spaniard, describing himself as an interpreter and teacher
of languages, was charged before Mr. Knox with being
drunk and disorderly, and assaulting Police-constable John
Rogers, 87 E.

The prisoner then placed in the dockpresented a ghastly
appearance, having two bad black eyes, his face much
bruised and covered with blood, as also was a light-colured
coat he was wearing. During part of the examination he
was so faint that he was obliged to be accommodated with
a seat.

Police-constable Rogers, 87 E, said—Hearing cries of
" Police !" about 2 o'clock in the morning, I went to the
corner of Howland-street, and saw the prisoner struggling
with a female, who said he had molested her. I told tho
female to go away, and she did so, but the prisoner refused,
and struck me a blow on the shoulder with a stick, knock-
ing me down. I caught hold of the prisoner's legs and
pulled him down, and the prisoner then took out a knife (a
small table knife) and said he would do for me. In falling
the prisoner fell on his face, causing it to be injured. The
prisoner was very drunk and violent, and it took six of us
to get him to the station. He refused to wash the blood
from his face.

The Prisoner—The constable kicked me while I was on
the ground. I had a sharp knife in my pocket which I
could have used if I meant to hurt the constable.
Mr. Knox—The prisoner appears to have received severe
injuries.

, The Prisoner—l was with a friend at the time when the
constable came up.
Mr. Knox—What are you ?

The Prisoner—l am an interpreter.
The Constable—l had another constable with me.

Mr. Knox—Let the other constable be sent for.

Police-constable Robertson, 70 E, on the case being re-
newed, said—This morning, at two o'clock, I heard a cry
of police in Rowland-street, and on going up saw my brother
constable and the prisoner on the ground together. The
prisoner had a knife in his hand. I laid hold of the pri-
soner's arm, and took the knife from him. We tried to get
him to the station, when he kicked and jumped about, and
fell down a time o: two, on his face once. We were obliged
to get more assistance, and it took five or six of us to get
him to tho station.

Mr. Knox—l will not call on you (prisoner) for any de-
fence. That you were very drunk I have no doubt. The
constable in the first part of his evidence, which I believe,
finds you in altercation with a female. It appears you then
conduct yourself in a disorderly manner, and strike the
constable a blow with a stick. He says it caused him to
fall, but it is difficult to believe that a blow on the shoulder
would cause a man to fall. He then saw you take out a
knife and threatened to kill him, but I do not believe that
you intended more than a mere flourishing of it, particu-
larly with such a knife, when as you say if you intended
to do so you had another, and one more suited to the pur-
pose than a far from sharp bread and cheese knife. A
scuffle then takes place, in which the constables coat gets
damaged to the amount of 55., in which I am sorry to see
your face has got so badly injured. I shall discharge you
as you have received far more severe punishment than I
should have inflicted upon you. I am not so clear as I
could wish to be that unnecessary violence has not been
used towards the prisoner.

The prisoner, on rising from his seat, said—Can I have
an order from the hospital ?

Mr. Knox requested the sergeant in charge of the case
u take the man to the hospital, and left for that purpose.

THAMES.

A RUFF N.—Edward Curtis, a dissipated-looking fellow,
with a bruised face and black eye, employed in the tea ware-
house of the London Docks, was brought before Mr. Par-
tridge charged with being drunk, disorderly, fighting with
a sailor, and assaulting Samuel Rimell, a police-constable,
159 H.

The police-constable said the prisoner was engaged in a
fight with a sailor last night in Rosemary-lane. They
were knocking each other about unmercifully. He stopped
the fight and advised the prisoner to go away. The pri-
soner immediately turned round and kicked him several
times on the legs. He seized him, and was then struck on
the breast. The prisoner threw himself on the ground and
struggled, kicked, and "splashed" about violently before he
was taken. It required the united exertions of four men
to carry the prisoner on a stretcher to the station.
George Stephens,
,a police constable, 683 A, confirmed
the latter part of Rimell's statement.
The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had
done, and had been already punished.
Mr. Partridge--With a bruised eyo and face. You are
fined 10s.
CASUAL. PAUPERS.—George Griffiths, James Brown, and
Alfred Clark were brought before Mr. Partridge charged
with tearing up their clothes in the casual ward of the
Poplar Union-house.
The Poplar Union has been singularly distinguished for
its liberality to the destitute poor. All corners have been
admitted, and as many as 500 have been admitted to the
casual wards in one week. The other parishes in the east
have not been so liberal. In Mile-end, St. George-in-the-
East, Radcliff, and Whitechapel admit only a limited num-,
ber every night. Yesterday morning 79 " casual paupers'
were admitted into the Poplar Union-house, and all were
provided with a bed and breakfast. Tho prisoners were
among them, and tore up their clothes. On Mr. James
Monck, the superintendent, expostulating with them, they
said their garments were old, filthy, and offensive to them.
Mr. Partridge asked Brown how old he was, to which he
replied 18 years. He also said he came from Croydon.
Mr. Partridge—Why don't you stop in your own parish,
and not come into a district overcrowded with poor and
labourers of every description.
The prisoner—l can't get any work at Croydon.
Mr. Partridge—And you boys, Clark and Griffiths, why
don't you obtain work ? You are stout healthy fellows.
Mr. Partridge—You are all sentenced to be imprisoned
and kept to hard labour for 21 days.
About 100 " casuals," as the workhouse authorities term.
them, who have been sheltered in Poplar union house since
a merciful act was passed by the Legislature, have been
convicted for tearing up their clothes.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The election interfering with business. Market
quiet. Sales, probably 4,000 bales.

The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

Great Western
North Western
South-Western ..
Brighton
Midland ..
South Eastern
Great Northern ..
Bristol and Exeter
Great Eastern

1865. 1864
... £72,999 £72,358
... 120,524 113,573
... 282,270 28,219
... 22,854 20,763
▪ 48,804 45,664
27,243 25,813
35,704 34,371
• 7,095 6,884
▪ 37,925 35,197

These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are generally of
a favourable character. On the Great Western
there is an increase of £641, on the North Western
of £6,957, on the South Western of £57, on the
Brighton of £2,091, on the Midland of £3,10, on
the South Eastern of £1,430, on the Great North-
ern of £1,333, on the Bristol and Exeter of £l6l,
and on the Great Eastern of £2,728.
The transfer books of the Home and Colonial
Assurance Company will be closed from the 31st
inst. to the 9th August, preparatory to a payment
of interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for
the half-year ending the 30th June last.
The sixth report of the directors of the Imperial
Bank, to be presented at the forthcoming meeting
of shareholders states that, notwithstanding the low
rate of money which has prevailed during a great
portion of the last six months, and that the dividend
will have to be paid on 10,500 new shares, which
previously only carried interest at the rate of 5 per
cent. per annum, the directors are enabled to re-
commend a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per
annum free of income tax. After payment of divi-
dend, &c., and allowance for rebate of interest on
bills discounted, bad and doubtful debts, &c., there
remains a balance of £6,897 18s. 2d., which it is
recommended shall be appropriated as follows :
£3,000 to the reserve fund, £BB9 13s. 9d. to be
written off preliminary expenses, and £3,008 4s. sd.
to be carried to profit and loss new account.

JOHN GILBERT'S NOBLE PICTURE OF THE HONEST
VOTER, in " The British Workman" —we should
rejoice to see pasted up on the wall of the house-room in
every cottage in the land. It is a beautiful and startling
example of the pictorial teaching of this great artist. It
is, besides that, wonderfully apropos just now in the midst
of the Elections. The Honest Voter hero revealed to us in
his workshop might be a portrait from the life of Joe
Gargery, in " Great Expectations."