The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-03 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

OUTRAGE BY A LANDLORD UPON A POOR TENANT.
Thomas May, landlord •f the house, 17, Avery. farm-rowl
Pimlico, was charged with an outrage upon hie tenant,
Samuel Briggs.
Complainant said he had lodged in the defendant's house
three months. Being a poor man with a wife and tliree
children they occupied a kitchen only, at 3s. 6d. per week.
At a little before eleven on Saturday night defendant came
down drunk, and knocking at the door demanded his three
weeks' rent, at the same time declaring that if not paid in.
an hour he would take everything in the room. Shortly
before 12 o'clock, after complainant and his children were
in bed, defendant came down again and broke the door
open. Complainant's wife sent out for a policeman. De-
fendant pushed the clothes off the bed, and one of the,
children, alarmed, ran into the street. Defendant then.
called to his wife for a bed key to take the bedstead down.
with. The policeman told complainant to put defendant
out of the room, and on his only placing his hand upon
him for that purpose defendant pulled the sleeve oat of hid
coat. Defendant struck at complainant's wife.
Police-detective Ladbrook, of the B division, proved.
the latter part of this statement. Cries of "murder" and
"police" proceeded from the house two or three times per
week caused by defendant's drunkenness and violence.
le was drunk on Saturday night, and, after he had been.
removed from the kitchen, struck witness.

Defendant said complainant owed him rent, and bad also
had to leave othor places. He should like to know whoa
complainant was going to pay him?
Complainant said he was out of work, unfortunately.

Defendant denied any attempt to commit assaults.
Mr. Selfe said that his conduct in getting drunk and
conducting himself in this way was very improper, and
fined him 20s. or 14 days.

MAILS FOR THE UNITED STATES.—To prevent
misconception, it is considered desirable to give notice
that no alteration has taken place in the days for de-
spatching mails from this country to the United States,
or in the lines of steamers by which the mails will be con-

vexed.
WORCESTER CATHEDRAL BELLS.—The new peat
of bells for Worcester Cathedral, which has just been cas
at a cost of some £3,000, raise& by public subscription
through the exertions of the Rev. R. Cattley, one of the
minor canons of the cathedral, having last week been, raised
to their destination in the tower of the cathedral, the first
peal was rung on Saturday last to welcome the New Year.
The bells (12 in number) are very musical, but the first;
bell being out of tune with the rest of the peal will require
tuning, or the peal will have to be confined to an octave.
A clock is shortly to be placed in the tower of the cathe-
dral to keep st ict Greenwich time.
THE EASTERN FISHERIES.—The total quantity of
herrings landed at Lowestoft during the past season wsm
6,912 lasts, or 91,238,400 fish. Largo as this quantity will'
seem, it was 250 lasts, or 3,300,000 fish loss than iu 18
This falling off was compensated for, however, by the
somewhat higher prices which prevailed during the PA"

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