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

THAMES.

ATROCIOUS OUTRAOR.—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 the 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 oath, 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 bad
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. Ho should
put that law in force by sentencing the prisoner to be im-
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 fine, or allow
compensation to be made to the injured boy. Ho 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 ho had erred
at all, it had been on the side of mercy. He would not alter
the sentence. If ho did children would be at the mercy of
every ruffian in the streets.

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

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

PONTEFRACT.

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-
servative opponent.
The numbers at the close of the poll were :
Childers
Waterhouse
The contest was carried on with great spirit
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both sides, and excited much interest among ill
classes of the inhabitants.

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 se
the returning officer.
Mr. WHELDOI proposed Licat.-Colonel Caulfield,
and Mr. A. H. DARBY seconded the nomination.

Mr. S. D. Dent, of Ribston Park, who represented
Scarborough previous to the last general electiou,
was nominated by Mr. ROWNTREE and seconded
by Dr. CROSS.
Lieut.-Colonel CAULFIELD, in addressing the elec-
tors, explained his political sentiments. He denied
that he was a Roman Catholic, and said he wail
the friend of religious and civil liberty. He was
a supporter of the ballot, and desired an extension
of the suffrage.
Mr. DENT, after alluding to various political
topics, said he should support Lord Palmerston, as
he had done before, when he 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.

BEVERLEY.

The nomination of a candidate to represent this
borough in Parliament, in the stead of Ralph Wal-
ters, Esq., unseated for bribery, took place on Mon-
day. The candidates named were, Mr. J. B. Walker
(Conservative), and Mr. H. G. Gridley (Liberal).
The show of hands was declared to be in Mr. Grid-
ley's favour. A poll was demanded by Mr. Walker,
arid took place yesterday. The following is the
result : _

Walker
Gridley

.. 696
.. 473
..----123

Majority :

THIS DA Y'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Feb. I.—Wind this day at 'Loon, N.W.;
light breeze, and fine clear weather, with frost.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 31.—Wind, W.N.W. to N.W.—
Sailed—Avon, for Auckland, Now Zealand—Alligator, for
Cape Coast Castle--Admiral Lyons, for Melbourne.

FALMOUTH, Jan. 31 —The Evangeline (barque), of and
from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro, which put in with damago,
will discharge.
GniNtsltY, Jan. 31.—The Providence (barque), of Scar.
bore', has been run on shore, and fills with the tide.
SWANSEA, Jan. 31.—Wind, W.N.W.—Sailed—Prid• of
the Thames, for Callao.
HOLYHEAD, Jan. 31.—Wind, N.B.—Sailed—Genova,
for Cape of Good Hope—Jenny Lind, for Barbadoes.

ST. Illomas, Jan. 14.—The Armoric' (ship), of Bath,
U.S., Bristol to Savannah, was abandoned Dec 12 in. let
36 lon 22; crew saved and brought here by the Voitigenr
(schr), from Hamburg. Tho William Purrington, from
Falkland Islands for London, put in yesterday leaky, and
will discharge.

(DY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTifAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Wind N. ; hard frost.
Arrived—Arago, steamer, from Havre; Tasmanian/
steamer, from the West Indies ; Nepaul, steamer, lions
Lisbon ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre.
Sailed—Le Coq, for Cherbourg; Dispatch and Atalanta,
steamers, for Jersey. _

LivmnrooL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind N.
Arrived—Elida, from Dantsic.
FIRE ON BOARD THE ENDYMION.—Tho main and mizeg
masts were pulled out of the Endymion yesterday, and th,
fire was extinguished about three o'clock this morning.
Vessel and cargo very much injured from the main hatch
forward.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISE TELEGRAM)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Wind, W.N.W.; tide, three hours' ebb ; weather frost{•
Arrived, Feb. I.—Sylph, steamer, from Bordeaux; Ho.
land, steamer, from Ostend.
Sailed, Feb. I.—Kbersonese, steamer, for Hong Kong•
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Wind N.W., moderate.
Rhadamanthus, from west, for river;
Spheroid, for St. Vincent; Grecian, for Vancouver
Island ; Julia, for Cape of Good Hope ; Sir Colin Campbell,
for Rio Janeiro ; Kerelasv, for Ardrossan—all from London.
Sailed—Comet and Sarah Metcalfe, for London.

DEATH of MR. HENRY FARREN.—The death of
Mr. Henry Perron, the manager of the St. Louis TheatF•
(observes the .New York Weekly Herald of Jan. 18), will
cause a reeling of deep regret amongst his numerous
pro-
fessional friends, both in this country and in England. ne
was the eldest son of William Perron, the celebrated End'
I:sh comedian, and was himself an actor of fair abilities;
He came to this country some throe or four years ago, en
made his first appearance at the Broadway Theatre in Li:
character of Claude Molnotte. He did not create any Yerl
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marked impression, and after performing throe or fon.
nights, went starring it into the country. He
settled down into the dreary and unprofitable career of A
provincial manager, in which death has prematurely 0,7,11
taken him. He leaves a young wife, to whom he was
recently married, and who is also, we believe, in the Pr
lession.