The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-01 00:00:00

THAMES.

A 'DESPERATE RIOT IN RATCLIFF-HIGHWAT. —Henry
Bramham, the landlord, and `Charles Bloom, assistant
manager of a public-house called the Rose and Crown, in
Ratcliff-highway, were brought before Mr. Partridge,
charged with assaulting a woman named Moriarty, and
seriously wounding her ; also with assaulting Denis Con-
nor and others.

Mr. Charles Young defended the prisoners, who are both
Germans.

Yesterday evening there was an assemblage of Irish at
the Rose and Crown. They came from the neighbourhood
of Holborn and Bagnigge-wolls-road to witness the depar-
ture of friends in an American merchant ship for the United
States. After leaving the emigrants the Irish visited several
publichouses, and at last wont to the Rose and Crown. They
all became uproariously drunk and did some mischief. A
fight and row ensued, and it was imputed to the prisoners that
as the Irish were leaving the house they were brutally at-
tacked by the two Germans, who beat them with a truncheon
and a bar of iron. Several of the Irish were very badly
treated and disabled. Mrs. Moriarty was wounded on the
head. There was no doubt the prisoners had used con-
siderable violence. Mr. Young said they were put in
mortal dread, and that the Irish were twice turned out of
the house and returned. The potman was maltreated by
6 or 7 Irishmen, and only escaped with his life by jumping
out of window. The injuries sustained by the complain-
ants were brought on by their own violence and riotous
conduct. ißrainham was obliged to use a truncheon in
self-defence:

Mr. Charles Young then called several witnesses, who
proved the riotous and aggressive conduct of the Irish, to
the murderous attack made on the German potinan in the
house, and their attempts to remove the pots and measures
from the bar. The riot was a formidable one, and it
commenced by the Irish fighting among themselves. They
had been previously turned out of two publichouses in the
locality. In one, the White Hart, they tore up the boards,
and in the other, the Artichoke, they made a formidable
disturbance. It was also sworn that Michael Connor, one
of the complainants, was swinging the iron bar, and said,
" Come on, you German, I'll serve you out," and he in-
flicted many blows with it.

After much contradictory evidence and a two hours' in-
vestigation,

Mr. Partridge said this case ought not to have been put
up first, and that many persons charged with drunkenness
and slight offences, and a majority of whom would be dis-
charged, or liberated on paying small fines, had been un-
necessarily detained for two hours. The case had lasted a
long time; but with a duo regard to justice no part of the
evidence could be suppressed. There was no evidence ho
could depend upon to show that either of the prisoners had
used the bar of iron. If that had been made out he should
have punished them severely. There was a regular Irish
row, and although the prisoners had acted incautiously in
not sending earlier for the police, he could not say any case
was made out against them, and they would be discharged.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS

SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £6 Os Od
new.ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s ; old clover, £5 Os to £6 15s ;
new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £lBs to .£1 12s per
load. Trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £5 5s Od to £6 6s Od;
now ditto, £5 Os to £5 15s ; old clover, £5 5s to £7 Os ;
new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 ss; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 15s per
load. A slow demand. •

WHITECHAPEL.—oId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £6 Os Od;
new ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s; old clover, £5 Os to £6 15s;
new ditto, £5 108 to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to Li 12s per
load. Trade inactive.