The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROITGH-STREET-(THIS DAY).

ASSAULTS ON THE POLICE.—Henry Berry was placed
at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with assaulting
police constables Hawkes, 144 C, and,Gibbs, 37 C, when
in the execution of their duty.
Hawkes stated that about five o'clock on the previous
afternoon he was on duty in Walker's•court, Little Pul-
teney-street, when his attention was attracted to the
prisoner, who was creating a great disturbance, to the
great annoyance of the inhabitants of the court. Wit-
ness went up to him and civilly requested him to go
home, when the prisoner rushed upon him and kicked
him several times on his body, and before witness could
seize hold of him he (:efendant) got his finger in his
mouth and bit it severely, and had not further assistance
at that moment arrived no doubt the prisoner would
have seriously injured him.
Gibbs, 37. C, west to the assistance of Hawkes, and
helped him to secure the prisoner. The latter kicked
witness three or four times, and his conduct was so ex-
ceedingly violent that it took four constables to convey
him to the station.

The prisoner, who pleaded drunkenness as the cause of
his having so misconducted himself, was fined 405., or
in default, to be committed for 21 days.

SHOCKING OCCURRENCE IN LAMBETH. —Yesterday
morning, between 4 and 5 o'clock, a painful degree of
excitement prevailed in the immediate vicinity of the
Lower-marsh, Lambeth, in consequence of the following
occurrence, which will no doubt terminate fatally :
From cargful inquiries made, it appears that a master
tradesman, named Spilens, living at- No. 22, in the
Marsh, had from time to time missed sundry pairs of
boots, shoes, and other property from his house, but
he was unable to tell who was the thief until yester-
day morning. In order to catch the party Mr. Spilens
was recommended by the police to secrete himself in
some part of the house, so that he might keep a good look-
out. This he did for two nights in succession without
finding any one attempting to commit a felony ;
but yesterday, at the hour above-named, he noticed
a lodger, named Jones, descend the stairs, and having
taken two or three pairs of boots off the hooks, he ran
up stairs to his lodgings with them. Mr. Spilens at
once followed Jones to his room, and was expostulating
with him respecting his dishonesty, when he ran to the
mantelpiece, seized hold of a razor, and cut his throat
almost from ear to ear. Mr. Spilens at once called for
the assistance of the police, and then went off for Dr.
O'Shea, in the Westminster-road, who promptly at-
tended, but such were the serious injuries the unfortu-
nate man bad inflicted upon himself that there appears
not the least chance of his recovery. He was, there-
fore, removed on a stretcher to the Westminster Hospi-
tal, where he remained last evening still alive, but was
not expected to survive the night out.
LAMBETH BATHS AND WASHHOUSES cOMFANY.—An
extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the
above company was held on Monday, at the offices,
Westminster-road, Lambeth—R. Taylor, Esq., in the
chair---for the purpose of empowering the directors to
borrow the sum of 2,5001. The chairman explained
that the power to borrow the money had been given
them at the meeting held on the 11th of January, but
some doubts having been expressed as to whether a
'sufficient number of shareholders were present to jus-
tify their obtaining the loan, another meeting had
been called, in order that everything nrght be done
legally, and to the satisfaction of the shareholders.
Mr. Peto, their landlord, was to lend the sum required
at 5 per cent., payable in six years, the payments to
commence one year from the time of lending, and they
had not the slightest doubt of their ability to do this,
and still leave the shareholders a handsome dividend.
With respect to the baths, the directors were pushing
forward the works, and had fixed upon the first week in
April for opening, when they would be completely
finished. A resolution empowering the directors to
borrow the sum of 2,5001., was then put, and carried
unanimously, and the meeting adjourned.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—The commercial ad-
vices from New York continue to indicate a recovery in
the tone of the stock and money market, although the
recent rise had led to some sales for realisation. As
compared with the corresponding period of last year,
the imports since the let of January show an aug-
mentation of only 5 per cent., while the exports have
increased 60 per cent. The supply of specie in the
banks was therefore proportionately larger. The de-
mand for European goods was active, but an erroneous
impression appears to have prevailed for some time
that large quantities would be sent to New York at a
sacrifice from France and England on the commence-
ment of war, and the dealers had neglected to keep
themselves in stock. Under these circumstances in-
creased orders may soon be looked for in our manufac-
turing towns, where a falling off in American purchases
has been noticed during the past month or two. In
that case a moderate resumption of specie arrivals may
also be expected. The present steamer, after some
weeks' cessation of remittances, has brought 32,0001.
BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON --In the general
business of the port of London during the past week
there has been considerable activity. The number of
vessels reported inward was 162, being an increase of
22 over the previous week. Of grain there were re-
ported 36,265 quarters, including 22,047 quarters of
wheat ; of flour, 18,529, barrels and 7,539 sacks ; of tea,
49,721 packages ; of sugar, 919 hogsheads, 246 casks,
943 cases, and 32,116 bags ; of coffee, 81 casks and 274
bags ; and of rice, 7,411 bags. The number of ships
cleareeroutward was 103, being an increase of 23 over the
previous week. Of these, 23 were in ballast, and 12 for
the Australian colonies.
ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen mention that the
market for manufactures exhibited a slight improvement,
a favourable change in the weather having stimulated
business.