The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-14 00:00:00

M A RLB ORO UGH- STREET.

THE H AYMARK ET. —Joseph Jones, a gentlemanly
looking man, residing at 41 Tettenham-court-roadt
Henry Andrews, described as a broker, of No. 41,
Threadneedle-street, and Gustav Portbury, a
waiter, residing in Dean-street, Soho, and two
young women, named Mary Clarke and Adelaide
Walmsley, were charged before Mr. Knox with dig"
orderly conduct in the Haymarket, and Jones wag
further charged with assaulting the police.
The evidence of Inspector Pay, C division,
Sergeant Leech, 17 C, Sergeant Pope, 26 C, and
police-constable Portch, 28 C F., Palmer, 4 C itt
and Mead, 33 C It, was to the effect that they saw
Jones and Andrews about one o'clock that morn-
ing in the Haymarket drunk, pushing against every
person they came near, at the same time shout:
ing at the top of their voice and causing a crowd of
prostitutes and other disorderly characters to assera:
ble. The constable Portch requested Jones and
Andrews to go away, but they refused. Jones
struck Portch in the face, not a very severe blow,
but it had the effect of causing Portch to go down,
and in doing so his thumb was hurt. While the
altercation was going on between the officers and
Andrews and Jones the other defendant (Portbury)
came up, as also did the females, and joined la
the disturbance, but Portbury appeared to have,
taken very little part in the battle. As the crowd
kept on increasing, there not being fewer than 600
persons collected, the police took all the defendants
into custody.
In answer to the charge,
Jones admitted that he was not sober, and said
that he was handled by three very strong fellows/
but not very bad ones, but he considered they acted
very roughly towards him.
Mr. Knox reminded Jones that he was drunk 5t
the time, and therefore could not well recollect
what occurred.

Jones said he did not think the police had a right
to tell him to move on.

Mr. Knox said that now that he (Jones) WO
sober he would ask him whether he thought the
police would have been doing their duty if they
allowed drunken men to disturb a whole neighbour-
hood by shouting out at the top of their voices ?
Jones made no reply.
Andrews said he was perfectly sober, and all be
did was to attempt to get Jones home.
Mr. Knox said all the witnesses had sworn 00
Andrews was drunk.

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Andrews said he was not drunk, having dined
at seven o'clock, and it being one when be was taken
by the police. . _

Mr. Knox asked Portbury whether he thought the
authorities of Cologne (Lortbury's native place)
would allow such a thing as a mob of two or three
hundred persons to disturb the public peace to
on for some hours, and Portbury said they WOW
not.

Mr. Knox discharged Portbury, and fined Jone°
£5 and Andrews 40s. The females were committed
for seven days each.
Alfred Ilunt and Solomon Belasco were chargoa
with attempting to pick pockets in the Haymarket/
and after hearing the evidence of Sergeant Leech;
and Walker, 216 C, Mr. Knox committed them far
three months, with hard labour each. •

THAMES.
RATCLIFF-HIGHWAY AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE 101111'
ING.—William Harris and Thomas Harris, brick'
layers' labourers, from New cross, were brought
before Mr. Paget with being drunk and fighting
Ratcliff-highway.
Stephen Emmerston, police-constable 483 K, said
that at one o'clock this morning the prisoners and
twelve others emerged from a disorderly public,:
house in the neighourhood of Ratcliff-highway.W,
were all drunk and quarrelling. When they reactlel
the highway they all began fighting like savages. I
was a general row, and they all struck at each other'
He separated the prisoners from the others, all,
his legs were seized and he was thrown on his bao,i
The loose women in the Highway screamed, and
some of them who always delighted in a row an
brutality, encouraged the rioters. There vier!
many blows exchanged, and there were black ej:
and blood streaming down the faces of many.
succeeded in capturing the prisoners, and lock°
them up. He saw them knock down several ine°'
and they were also knocked down in return.
The prisoners said they were brothers, and bard'
working men. They had been to Blackfriars 'l3
search of work, and strayed to Ratcliffe.highof:
where they met with three persons and went t° '
publichouse, where they drank three pots of ale
among the five, and were quite sober. They eoo°
found they were in a hornet's nest. Drink was cle:
manded of them by strangers, and because the.
refused to submit to the • demands made 0(.111
them they were attacked and beaten. r,,
Liam Harris was kicked and knocked dOfrni
and when Thomas went to the assistance u,
his brother, he was illused by the hiabWllj
, sf,
roughs, and his billy-cock hat, a silk handkerer,
his grub handkerchief, and a belt stolen from bus'e;
lie was enraged at such treatment, and Oro
thrashed a few of his assailants, Thomas gar bo
assured the magistrate he had no wish to be a nex
brawler, that his skull was fractured by a leg
falling upon it while at work, and from a nel6
of 45 feet, and a little drink soon affected him. 40
Evidence was given of the att.ick made upon the
prisoners, who were more sinned against than 5
Ding, by the Ratcliff-highway roughs. bs/a
Mr. Paget said that the prisoners should job
appealed to the police if they were ill-used, arialos
join in a row in a public street. lie would al pi..
them to go at large on entering into their receg
sances to keep the peace.

0°
MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—There appears to
lack of visitors to the far-famed Gallery of Wax-work in T3;:re
street. Visiting the exhibition a few evenings sinco 4i'neV
astonished at observing the hosts of Hi ht-seers who kePt mi -903
ing in, for the purpose, evidently, of enjoying a delightfu'
pleasing lounge, which, this favourite place biy#l,llol,l. OffQrd