The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-13 00:00:00

THAMES.

A WAPPING PAllPER.—Elizabeth Normington, a big,
middle-aged woman, of dissipated appearance, was brought
before Mr. Selfe, charged with committing a violent assault
upon Elizabeth Wright, a wards-woman in Wapping poor-
house, one of the workhouses of the Stepney Union.
The prisoner is one of the disorderly paupers of the
Wapping house, where the structural arrangements are de-
ficient, and have been frequently made the subject of com-
ment by the magistrates of this court. Tho guardians,
however, have done all in their power to remedy the evil.
Yesterday the prisoner demanded her discharge, and left
the workhouse. She returned in the evening as a " casual,"
and asked Mrs. Wright a well-behaved woman, for a drink
of water. Mrs. Wright gave her some tea, and after some de-
lay, she went upstairs to the sleeping ward, and used very
bad language. She was requested to go to bed, and refused,
and after acting in a most disorderly manner, made a vio-
lent attack on Mrs. Wright, struck her repeatedly, and
dragged a large quantity of hair from her head. Mrs.
Wright's repeated cries of murder brought several persons
to her assistance, and she was secured.
Mr. Selfe—Was the prisoner drunk ?
Mrs. Wright—She had been drinking, I believe, but she
was not drunk. She said to me, " Mind, I have not been
drinking. I want to give it you well." The mistress then
took off her bonnet and cap, and exhibited a large bald
place on the top of her head, at the same time producing
the hair which had been forcibly dragged from it. There
wag a good handful.
The prisoner in her defence said that the complainant
ill-used her and broke her arm, and she could not raise it to
her mouth.
Mr. Selfe—lf you are in the practice of drinking heavily
that will be a very gratifying circumstance.
Mrs. Wright—We were both down, and she may have
been hurt, but her arm is not broken.
Flowers, the porter of the Wapping workhouse, said that
the prisoner had been repeatedly brought before the magi
strafe for disorderly conduct, but had never been sent to
prison from the court.
Mr. Selfe committed the prisoner to the House of Cor-
rection, and to be kept to hard labour for one calendar
month.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

There was a full average quantity of English wheat on
offer here, to-day, and a portion of it was composed of Mon-
day's unsold samples. The attendance of buyers was only
muderate, and the demand for red and white qualities ruled
inactive. In prices, however, no change took place.
Upwards of 12,000 quarters of foreign wheat having
come fresh to hand, that article was a slow inquiry; never-
theless, importers were firm, and the quotations were sup •
ported. Floating cargoes commanded extreme rates.
We have to report a slow inquiry for barley, at late cur-
rencies.
Most kinds of malt were a dull sale, at previous quota-
tions.
There was a fair sale for oats, at Monday's improvement
in value.
Beans and peas were firm in prices, and the best town-
made flour realised 50s to 54s per 2801bs.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour.
2,410 BO 2,150 I 540
Irish
Foreign •• • • —12,480 ) 7,560 I I 27,080 1,900 sack
4,900 brls.

WHITECHAPEL.
Beef, from 4s Od to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 2d
lamb, 6s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s 04
to 5s 2d per Blbs. by the carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
Most kinds of hops are in improved request, and prices
are well supported.

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COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YISTIRDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam .-11 16t 11 17
Atwe
Brussels — 25 30 25 35
Haml-urgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles .. ..
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 lin
Vienna
13 42 13 50
Trieste .. ...
Petersburgh
Madrid -. 491 494
Cadiz
Legh0rn............ 30 35
Milan
25 45
Genoa
25 371 25 45
Naples
Palermo — 391
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Messina .

Lisbon

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521 62 ••
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52/ 63
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Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York
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Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars OOOOO 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 0 0
South' American Daubions
)1 0 0 0