The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Tms DAY.

DESFERATE ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—Thos. Welsh
33, a deserter from the Royal Naval Reserve, was charged ,
at the Westminster Police-court, with assaulting the
police and resisting his lawful apprehension, and James
Marney, 19, a labourer, was charged with attempting to
rescue the prisoner and assaulting the police also. The
facts were not disputed. Detectives Watts and Clough,
of the B Division, went to Exeter-street, Chelsea, and
apprehended Welsh on the charge of desertion ; after he
had gone a few yards he called on the crowd
to rescue him, and Marney was the first to
volunteer for that purpose ; he knocked Watts
down and kicked him, enabling Welsh to get free,
and, after escaping, they with a vast crowd made a vio-
lent attack _upon the police, and grievously assaulted
Watts, Clough, Parish, 339 B, and Ross, 206 B, the
whole of them being smothered with blood and bruises.
Prisoners only pleaded drunkenness in excuse, and Mr.
Woolrych, after describing their conduct as cowardly and
ruffianly, sentenced them to three terms of six weeks'
hard labour, making four months' and a half in all.
AN UNFORTUNATE PROSECUTOR.—Edward Murrell and
Henry Jones, two young men in the employ of Mr.
Thompson, draper, Regent-street, were brought !before
Mr. Benson, at the Marlborough Police-court, charged
with embezzling money received on account of
their employer. The cases were heard fiseparately,
but the evidence in each case was nearly the same.
The prisoners, who were in the employ of the prosecutor
as porters at a weekly salary of 16s. each, had goods
given them to deliver, for which they were to receive
payment ; they received the money, and then absented
themselves from their employ, and on being taken into
custody by Detective Shrives, of the C Division, they
each made a similar statement. Mr. Benson sentenced
Murrell to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour ;
and committed Jones for trial.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

TATTERSALL'S-LAST ETENING.

CROYDON GRAND METROPOLITAN STEEPLE.
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sto 1 agst David Copperfield (offered—t 11 to 2
6 to 1 agst Q.C., (taken and wanted)
6to 1 agst Souvenance (offered)
7 to 1 agst Lymington (taken and wanted)
10 to 1 agst Red White and Blue (taken)

DERBY.
10 to 1 agst Albert Victor (taken)
10 to 1 agst General (taken)

CITY BE'rTING..--INEITETIDAY.
CROYDON GRAND METROPOLITAN.
sto 1 agst David Copperfield (offered-11 to 2
taken)
11 to 1 agst Q.C. (offered-5 to 1 taken and
wanted)
100 to 15 agst Souvenaiice (taken)
10 to 1 agst Lyrnington (taken)
12 to 1 agst Rod, White, and Blue (taken)
12 to 1 ag,pt Ampleforth (taken)
GRAND NATIONAL HURDLE.
5S o 1 agst Standard Bearer (taken)
6to 1 agst Ampleforth (taken)
7to 1 agst Scarrington (taken)
Bto 1 agst Q.C. (taken)
10 to 1 agst The Czar (taken)
10 to 1 agst Bliss (taken)
10 to 1 agst Magdala (taken)
10 to 1 agst Broadlea (taken)

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE A.'
NORTHAMPTON.

On Sunday night, 1-etween eleven and twelve, a fire
occurred in a house and shop in St. (}ilea's-street, occupied
by Mr. Wm. Watts, tailor and draper. The fire was die-
-covered by a police-constable on duty in the neighbour-
hood, who observed flames shining through one of the
shutters. The constable raised an alarm, and endeavoured
to arouse the inmates, but at first he was unsuccessful.
After a time he succeeded, and Mr. and Mrs. Watts and
three of their children were rescued through a window at
the back of the house. Two other children, the youngest
of the family, aged 5 years and 3 years, were left in the
top room of the house, and it was impossible to rescue them
before another twenty minutes had elapsed. They were
then found dead, having died from suffocation. Mr.
Watts is said to be seriously affected by the smoke.
All stock in the shop and the furniture were destroyed.

MURDER IN TIPPERARY.
News arrived in Dublin on Saturday of a murder near
Cahir, county. Tipperary, which it is greatly to be feared
(despite Mr. Gladstone s Land Pacification Act) has an
agrarian character. The victim was the bailiff of Colonel
Charteris. He was assailed when on his return to his
house, and his head beaten in with stones. He died be-
fore making a deposition. It may here be remarked that,
although there is a detective department in connection
with the constabulary force, the perpetrators of the murder
committed a fortnight since near Templemoro have not
been discovered. The Ribbonmen now seem to prefer
seeking victims among the tenants of landlords rather than
the landed proprietors themselves.