The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-01 00:00:00

the produce-market, especially with regard to bal- POLICE INTELLIGENCE—( THIS DAY.
sams, vanilla, coffee, sugars, syrup, hides, and wood.
Strong N.E. winds prevailed to the westward of
St. Thomas's for several days previous to the 18th,
which retarded the arrival of the steamers from the
Jamaica Gulf and Colon routes.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A RUFFIAN'S REVENGE.—Patrick Costello, a thick-set
powerful-looking costermonger, was charged as follows
From the evidence of Norwood, 130 C, it appeared that he
had charged the prisoner at this court on the previous day
with causing an obstruction on the footway, and that last
evening, about 20 minutes past eight, while on duty in a
rather dark spot near Soho-square, the prisoner came be-
hind him, knocked him down, and while he (the constable)
was lying on the ground, kicked him several times very
severely on the head and back, causing him great suffering.
Appleby, E 47, said, hearing a disturbance, he went to
the other constable's assistance and saw the prisoner strug-
gling with tho last witness. Ile also saw the prisoner
kick him on the head and back, and. while he (Appleby)
was assisting in taking him to the station, he kicked him
twice in a brutal way on the leg, and said " when he came
out of prison he'd break his - head."
In answer to Mr. Beadon, prisoner said ho had had a
drop of drink.
Mr. Boadon said he should commit him for a month for
each assault, and if he came before Iffin again would send
him for trial.
AN UNFORTUNATE PROSECUTOR.---Emma Johnson
was charged with stealing from the shop of Mr. Frederick
Ensoll, draper, of Borwick-street, Soho, a piece of printed
cotton.

At Greytown trade was nearly ruined, and many
of the inhabitunts were about to leave. The water
on the bar had deepened to 16 feet, but the en-
trance was very narrow. Vanderbilt's agent seemed
sanguine as to re-opening the Nicarguan route to
the Pacific. The ships in the roads were rolling
gunwales under, and their crews complained sadly,
provisions being very bad and dear.
Aspinwall was thriving rapidly. There wore
between 20 and 30 ships discharging ; and the
steamers from New York were loaded with pas-
sengers. Vanderbilt's ships and those of the new
company (late Collins's) are running against each
other, and booking passengers, second class,
through from New York to San Francisco, for 50
dols., railroad and provisions included.
The inhabitanis of Carthagena had just banished
the intendente and some other officials, and sent
them in a schooner to Colon. It is supposed that
this act wilt induce the Federal Government at
Bogota to 'send troops against them, and will cer-
tainly delay the opening of this port and that of
Santa Martha. Strong gales from N.E. had pre-
vailed during the fortnight. St. Thomas and the
shipping were healthy.
It was reported that over 25,000 Africans had
been landed in Cuba during the past 12 months.

The prosecutor in this case is peculiarly unfortunate,
having only the previous day charged a woman named
Seymour with stealing a piece of cotton print under exactly
similar circumstances, from his shop, and he stated that he
had lost four pieces besides these.
The prosecutor said the prisoner came in and made a
trifling purchase, and after leaving he missed some of hie
property, ahout Ss. value. He followed her, and under her
shawl found the piece of cotton print produced-19 yards.
He taxed her with it, but she said it was not his. How-
ever, on looking at it he found his private mark on it. It
was taken from a shelf in the shop.
The prisoner, who has been at this court before, was,
pleading guilty, committed by Mr. Beadon for three
months, with hard labour.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

:Peers present—Tho Lord Chancellor, Lord Cranworth,

Lord Chelmsford, and other Peers.)

APPEAL.-COMMERCIAL BANK OF SCOTLAND V. lIIIIND.

Mr. Anderson, Q.C., was heard for the appellants.
The respondent by his summons claimed £66 Bs. 10d. as
the balance due to him on a cash current account between
the parties, besides interest.
The appellants pleaded that they only received one sum of
AO from the respondent in June, 1855, and that tho entry
of 6th June, 1855, is a duplicate entry of that in the pass-
book of the sth of June, 1855, and that it was made by mis-
take. And the appellants contended that they were
entitled to a proof of their averments by parol evidence.
Tho respondent replied that the entries in the pass-book
could not be cut down, except iy writ or oath of the
appellants.
The Second Division of the COurt of Session in Scotland
decided in favour of the respondent, and against this deci-
sion the appellants appealed.
Mr. Rolt, Q.C., is now being heard for the respondent.

SECONDARIES' COURT.
(13-eforQ Mr. Potter and a Jury.)
ILLNESS OF JURYMEN.

Upon the list. being called three jurymen sent excuses.
One had an attack of paralysis and was bedridden. A
second had had a slight attack of paralysis.
The learned Secondary—Does he attend Ipo business ?
Messenger—Very little. Perhaps half an hour a day.
The learned Secondary—He will be excused for the pre-
sent, but his name will not be taken off the list yet.
In the third case, the person summoned had met with
a severe accident, and a doctor's certificate handed in.
The learned Secondary said he would be excused for a
few days.
A jurymen was excused attending, he being above three-
score.

BLECTION INTELLIGENCE.

PONTEFRACT.

THAMES.
Antocrots OUTRACM—Thos. Gibson, described as an
agent, of No. 7, Exmouth-street, Commercial-road East,
was brought before Mr. Yardley on a charge of violently
assaulting and injuring a poor boy named Maurice Trotter,
aged 13 years.
It appeared from the evidence of the boy, which was con-
firmed by several witnesses, that tho prisoner was turned
out of a publichouse for being drunk and disorderly therein,
and his conduct outside attracted the notice of the bystanders,
who were laughing at him. The complainant, who was
among the spectators, said to another boy, "Here is a
drunken man turned out of a publichouse," on which the
prisoner, who uttered an eath, raised his foot and kicked
the boy most violently on the lower part of his person. The
boy fell and fainted away ; he was very seriously injured, and
had been moaning and in great pain all night.
Tho prisoner said he was intoxicated, and that he was
very sorry for what he had done.
Mr. Yardley said the prisoner was a great brute, and had
committed a most atrocious assault on the boy ; nothing ,
could be more dangerous than to kick a boy as the prisoner
had done. Drunkenness was no excuse but an aggravation
of the offence. There was a law which extended its pro-
tection over women and children, and was designed to pro.
tect them against such ruffians as the prisoner. He should
put that law in force by sentencing the prisoner to be ha-
prisoned in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour.
Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, of Arbour-street, East

Stepney, afterwards made an earnest application to the
magistrate to remit the sentence of imprisonment and hard
labour, and substitute the imposition of a tine, or allow
compensation tobe made to the injured boy. He made this
application on behalf of the wife and three infant children of
the prisoner, who would be ruined if he was sent to prison. •
Mr. Yardley said he could net entertain the application.
A savage assault had been committed, and if he had erred
at all, it had been on the side of mercy. He would not alter
the sentence. If he did children would be at the mercy of
every rail:lan in the streets.

The prisoner was sent away in the police-van to undergo
his sentence, and will have to work on the treadwheel of
pick oakum. His friends and connections were said to 1;41
highly respectable.

The election for the borough of Pontefract, caused
by Mr. Overend, Q.C., having accepted the Chiltern
Hundreds, terminated yesterday in the return of
H. C. E. Childers, the Liberal candidate by a ma•
jority of 63 over Mr. Samuel Waterhouse, his Con•
servatiye opponent.
The numbers at the close of the poll were :
Childers
Waterhouse
The contest was carried on with great spirit 0a
both sides, and excited much interest among all 'lO
classes of the inhabitants. 0-/

SCARBOROUGH: . . •
The nomination of candidates for this borough,
to supply the vacancy occasioned by the elevation
of the Hon. W. H. F. Denison to the peerage, on the -
death of his father, Lord Londesborough, took place
yesterday, at the Town-hall. The Mayor acted as
the returning officer.
Mr. WHELDox proposed Lieut.-Colonel Caulfield,
and Mr. A. H. DARBY seconded the nomination.
Mr. J. D. Dent, of Ribston Park, who represented
Scarborough previous to the last general electio*, •
was nominated by Mr. ROWNTREE and seconded
by Dr. CROSS.
Lieut.-Colonel CAULFIELD, in addressing the eleo• ,
tors, explained his political sentiments. He denied
that he was a Roman Catholic, and said he was -
the friend of religious and civil liberty. He wee
a supporter of the ballot, and desired an extension
of the suffrage.
Mr. DENT, after alluding to various political
topics, said he siould support Lord Palmerston, as -
he had done before, when ho was right, and oppose
him when he was wrong.
The show of hands was in favour of Mr. Dent,
and a poll was demanded on behalf of Lieut.-Col.
Caulfield.
The polling was to take place this day.