The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-23 00:00:00

CAPTURE OF PRUSSIAN FRIGATE.

A. message from Alexandria states that the Frenc
vessels have captured the Prussian frigatelHertha.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This DAY.

VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—Thomas Ward,
a young man, was brought up before Mr. Knox, at the
Marlborough Police-court, charged with violently assault-
ing Police-constable Booker, 382 E, and Mary Ann White
Was charged with attempting to rescue Ward from the
custody of the police. The constable, who was much
bruised about the face and body, stated that on the pre-
vious evening he was in Broad-street, Bloomsbury, when
he saw Ward, who was drinking, making a great dis-
turbance. He requested him to go away, when he
refused, and knocked him down, fell on him, and
struck him several times, and he was obliged to use his
truncheon on him to get him off. On taking Ward
into custody White tried to get him away, and it took
five constables to get him to the station owing to his
violence. In answer to Mr. Knox the constable stated
that he was very much hurt. After hearing evidence as to
the prisoner's violence, Mr. Knox committed Ward for a
month with hard labour for the assault on the constable,
and ordered him to pay for the damage done to the con-
stable's cape, or be further imprisoned for seven days, and
as it appeared that White had not been guilty of any
violence discharged her.
CANNIBALISM—John Callaghan, a seaman, was charged
at the Thames Police Court with unlawfully wound-
ing Mary Buckley, in Williams'-court, Cable-street,
Whitechapel. There was a row in Williams'-court among
the Irish fraternity there, and the prisoner, who came
from Red Cross-street, Southwark, on a visit to his
" Shister's husband," joined in the fray, and the whole
party began knocking each other about in wild confusion.
The prisoner was scratched by Mary Buckley, and he
threw her down, fell upon her, and bit her lip off. She
was raised from the ground and taken to the London
Hospital, where she has been and is now under medical
treatment. The prisoner denied the alleged cannibalism.
He was remanded for a week.

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A DISHONEST SON.—William Miles, aged 14 years,
Was charged with robbing his father, Thomas Miles, of
two hats and a coat. The prosecutor bewailed the dis-
honesty of his son in a very indignant and sorrowful
manner, and said this was not the first time he had to
charge him with robbery, and he was insulted and told
that he wanted to get rid of his son cheaply, which was
not so. He had six children, and they were all honest
with the exception of the prisoner, who contaminated

them all. He was a very poor man, and his earnings only
15s. per week, but he educated his children and brought
them up properly, and it was a grievous thing to have a
wolf in sheep's clothing among them. The robbery and
sale of the hats and coat was proved by the father and
mother of the boy, who treated the whole affair with the
most supreme indifference. The magistrate said he would
remand him for a week, and then send him to a reforma-
tory school. The father must pay something out of his
earnings for his support.

FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT
ROIHERHITHE.

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This (Tuesday) morning the inhabitants of Rotherhithe
were aroused at a few minutes before three o'clock by the
springing of policemen's rattles and a general cry of
' Fire." Upon reaching Church-street they beheld a
scene, and one fortunately seldom witnessed at a London
fire. At the second floor windows were a number of per-
8011S crying out to those below to fetch the £Lre escape.