The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY)

A respectably-attired man, whose name did not
transpire, but who was described as a cabman, was
charged with having assaulted the police while in the
execution of their duty.
Police-constable F 116 stated that on Saturday night,
about nine o'clock, he was on duty in Shire-lane, when
he observed a number of prostitutes and the prisoner
making a noise and creating a disturbance. He re-
quested them to go away, but the prisoner said that they
should not do so, remarking that he and those like Lim
paid for the clothes the police wore. The officer told
him it was his duty to see that order was kept in the
streets, and they must therefore retire or desist from
causing such a noise. The prisoner then shook his fist
in his (the officer's) face, nuking use of a very gross
and brutal expression; and, thinking it high time to put
a stop to the dispute, he walked him uff to the station-
house.

An lderly gentleman said he attended on behalf of
the prisoner.
Mr. HALL, wished to know if he was a solicitor?—Ho
replied that ho was not, but acted as managing clerk to
Mr. Oliver.

Mr. HALL questioned him farther, with a view of str-
ati} ing himself that he was what he represented, and
observed that 11,.: did so, not with any intention of easing
disrespect upon the gentleman, but he made it a practice
of asking these questions for the purpose of guarding
against being imposed upon by a class of persons very
properly designated " Police-court touters," who were a
great nuisance and a curse to the public. They often
obtained money from persons who were charged with
offences without being,able to render them the remotest
assistance, and he had determined to put a stop to the
practice.

The gentleman then stated that the prisoner was one
of those unfortunate individuals who had once commit-
ted an error, and it would seem that for some reason, of
which he and the prisoner were ignorant, the polies
were anxious to get him committed upon some paltry
charge of this sort. He had been mice before at this
court and discharged, and had also been acquitted at the
Middlesex Sessions on an unfounded :accusation of mis-
demeanour.

A second police-officer confirmed the statement of the
first witness, denying, in reply to a *question from the
solicitor, that either he or his brother *officer were drunk
on the occasion.

The solicitor then applied for s remand, on the
ground that there were several respeo table persons tot
present who could give a different. ,complexion to the
transaction.

Mr. HALL declined to adjourn it, .for a short period,
inasmuch as it would deprive the olficers of their rest,
but he consented to admit him to d in his own recog-
nizance of 201. and one surety of 1.401. to appear again
on Thursday next at twelve o'clock.
The bail was put in and the prisi 'Ler liberated.

AWFUL CATASTROPHE AND LOSS OF
LIFE AT KILM)SH.

INQUEST OF THE BODIES.--THE VERDICT.
DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENIN C rumour re-
specting a lamentable loss of life at Kilrush is un-
happily confirmed by the sec or d edition of the
Weekly Freeman, published this ,aff;ernoon. The fol-
lowing are the pal titulars

"Kilrush, Dec. 13, 5 o'clock A.m.
" The number of bodies found (luring this day, as I
have already stated, are 33, five of vi how are not as yet
claimed by any friend. Many of the bodies, though not
quite 24 hours in the water, are so m utilated that it was
with difficulty they could be identi Stied. There are 12
others yet missing. The fatal r• yev-boat has been for
many years in the service, and has been Heretofore em-
ployed as a horse-boat, but, beiirg found too weak,
was used as a passenger boat. She, belonged to a mast
named Williams, who has for t r a last three }ears
let her at a weekly rent ti the 1.), ,a,tmen who worked
her, both parties neglecting he r repairs ; come
quently this sacrifice of human 1•1 e. The description
given by the surviving boatman of tthe accident is, that
when within about GO yards of the• beach the boat split
frcm the bows down by the keel, 117 d began to fill with
water, when the passengers loaned tto the side favouring
the swell of the sea, when she up et with crew and pas-
sengers-49 or more human beim la, as the precise num-
ber lost cannot be yet ascertain& d. There were four
persons saved by another ferry hos ,t'is crew. An inquest
was held by Mr. F. O'Donnell, cot 'oiler, this evening, on
the bodies found, at which Captai a Kennedy, poor-law
inspector, attended, who ordere& coffins for all the
bodies recovered. Another batch ,of coffins will be in
readincsi to-morrow for any move that may be found.
Tha verdict returned was—

"' We find that Jonathan Br Ins and other persons
came by their deaths, on Wednestia:/, the 12th instant,
by drowning, while crossing the ferry at Cornogue, on
their way home from the Kilru sla workhouse through
the mismanagement of the boatms ri and passengers.' "

TIM lIUNGARIAN REFUGEES - The subscription
announced in our last for these gat lint sufferers produced
enough to supply them with outfit a., to pay their passage
to America, and leave about 150/.. to be divided among
them on landing, a sum which wit'l be considerably in -
creased by the subscriptions ope n ed in Greenock und
other places. Application was Ilia de to the E
and Glasgow Railway Company t' carry the refugees to
Glasgow at a reduced fare, but ti 19 t greediest and most
unpopular of companies sharply and peremptorily de-
clined. The Caledonian Compa) sp , however, acted in a
very different spirit. The retug N s leave Edinburgh by
the Caledonian line this morning. • and in the evening sail
from Grtenock in the liountstut. rt -Elphinstone for New
York.— Scotsman.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL &IC/ ETY:—The ordinary
half-yearly general meeting of t is society WRS held at
the society's house, Hanover-sqt le re, at eleven o'clock,
on Saturcliy; his Grace the Dul a .'of Richmond in the
chair. In the report from the c c tned, which was read
by the secretary, it was stated that the last country
meeting of the society, at Nc vich, had been mo.t
successful, and that the affairs of the society were in the
most flourishing condition. The opinion of Sir Frede
rick Thesiger and Mr. Warren had been obtained as
to the liability of members to r arrears of subscrip
Lions; and the council recommen le d that those members
in arrear for more than two ye. tr s' subscription should
he sued in the county courts. ter a good deal of dis-
cussion, several parties being 01 ip,osed to legal proceed-
ings, whilst others maintained tF te necessity of resorting
to them, the report was age e• 1 to. Mr. Raymond
Barker, on the part of the C ommittee on Finance.
brought forward the statement o E the society's pecuniary
affairs for the half-year ending el last, from which it
appeared that the receipts anion ;Led to 5,750/. 183. Id.,
whilst the expenditure was only 3,9204 17s. 4d., leaving
a balance in the hands of the b It.kers and secretary of
the society of 1,8291. Os. 9d. 'l3 the recommendation
of the council it was unanimo ti sly resolved that the
veterinary surgeon of the societT . should be instructed to
pay particular attention to the du .eases in cattle all over
the country during the ensuing 9, ear, and with that view
the society agreed to[pay hint 21.. 2s, and 11. Is. for
travelling expenses, to visit d'tse aced cattle throughout
the kingdom, and report to the society thereon. A vote
of thanks having been aware ,eel to the chairman, the
meetis g adjourned.

LARGE CABBAGE.—We r eve seen an extraordinary
large cabbage, grown in ( ,Iteeklaw, Nursery, Dunse
Cattle. The cabbage is ont. ; of the Drumhead species,
and inenur, d 13 het in a iret,mference, and weighed,
when taken out of the gr ono( 36 lbs. The quality
seemed to be good, and ovc fi'y pa tof it sound.—Berwick
Advertiser.