The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-05 00:00:00

GREENLAND'S CASE.

This 'case also stood over to the second motion
d iy in Michaelmas term.

POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—this Day.

MARLBOROUG 11-STREET.

THE TAILORS' Snarin.—John Griffin, a journeyman
tailor, in tho employ of Mr.--Putylc,,--Mlor, of Saville-rosy
was charged, before Mr. Mansfield, with assaulting Henry
Cannon, another tailor.
The complainant said—Yesterday afternoon I was
walking in Brook-street when the prisoner and some
others came up to me and set to kicking me, and the
prisoner, besides kicking me, also struck me. I had given
them no provocation.

Mr. Mansfield—Did they say an thing to you ?
Complainant—Not a word.
Mr. Mansfield—Do you know anything of them?
Complainant—l never saw them before, and gave no
provocation.
Prisoner—He is a union man, and accused me of work-
ing for a firm where he had been, and struck. He said
"I know by your walk you are a ' dung' (a term applied
to men who work for a shop where the hands are on strike.)
He struck me and cut my lips.
Sergeant Cook, 16 C—About half-past three yesterday
afternoon I saw a largo crowd of persons collected in
Brook-street, and on going up I saw the complainant lying
on the pavement. He got up, and the prisoner and two
others made a rush at him, but I prevented them touching
him, and took the prisoner into custody, as he was stated
by the complainant to have been the one who first assaulted
him. The prisoner had been drinking freely.
By the Prisoner—You were bleeding from the mouth.
I believe there had been two or three fighting at one time.
Prisoner—l was walking through Brook-street, with
two companions, when complainant walked over to him
and said "1 knew you are a dung' by your walk." lam
working for Mr. Poole; of Saville-row. The complainant
struck me and I defended myself. The complainant called
some butchers and carpenters to attack us. I took no
notice of the complainant, and it is not my practice to take
notice of persons who are Unionists.

Robert Patten, another tailor, was called by the prisoner,
who said—Yesterday afternoon Iwas with the prisoner
and another in Brook-street. We were going quietly along
when when the complainant said, "Here come a lot of
lungs; we shall give it them now." Complainant then
came over, and, singling out the prisoner, struck him on
the breast, and the prisoner then defended himself. Com-
plainant then called some others to attack us, including two
butchers, and if the police had not come up we should have
"' been killed. I consider it a bad thing a man can't walk
through the streets without being molested.
•
Mr. Mansfield—Were you struck?

Witness--Yes, by a carpenter named Brown, the com-
plainant telling the persons who came up that we were
"dungs."

Mr. Mansfield said the evidence was very contradictory,
and he could only judge by the probabilities of the case,
Tho complainant's evidence was to the effect that
without any provocation the prisoner walked up
to him and knocked him down. On the other side it was
stated that he (the complainant) insulted the prisoner and
his companions by calling them " dungs.",. Ile (Mr. Mans-
field) believed the latter version of the matter to.be the
truth. Tho greatest stain on till) condtitrof the trades
unions was their infringing on the rights of labour of other
men, and he hoped that every trades' unionist who acted
in the same manner as the complainant had done would
be severly punished: The prisoner would be discharged.

THE FISHING TRADE OF THE NORTH.—In conse-
quence of the recent stormy weather the large fleets
of fishing boats, usually engaged at this time of year from
the north-eastern ports, have been much detained in the
harbours. But on Wednesday and Thursday a consider-
able fleet of boats got out of the Tyne, and as the fish is
now well inshore, the most of them had good catches.
Some of the best fished boats averaged about 17,000 fish
each. The price by auction at Shields on Wednesday was
from ss. 6d. to 65., and on Thursday from 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3d.
per 100. The salmon fishing in all the northern rivers is
doing well; in the Tyne it continues to bo particularly
successful, and a great number of licences have been taken
out to net fish. White fish of extremely fine quality is
selling at Shields at 91 per lb. There is a good supply of
white fish in tho northern ports. Some very fair quality
of fish may be bought at ld. per lb.
PARLIAMENTARY REPORTERS.—There are in the
gallery of the House of Commons and Lords between 60
and 70 reporters—the number varying from session to
session—of whom about 15 are Roman Catholics. Of the
latter two are Englishmen and converts. This simple
statement of the figures at once disposes of the allegation
that the "Gallery" is either Irish or Roman Catholic in its
complexion. Of the 15 Roman Catholic reporters, eight
are distributed amongst two morning journals—one of
these being the Times, and the other the most decidedly
anti-Romanist morning journal in London. It is a curious
fact that, in proportion to its staff of reporters, the most,
ultra-Protestant paper of the metropolis —we speak only
of the daily journals—is the one which has the largest
number of Romanist reporters upon it. There aro amongst
the reporting body as staunch upholders of Protestantism
as Mr. Harper or Mr. Whalley, or even the Marquis of
Westmeath ; and anything in the shape of suppression of
fact or argument because it told against a particular side,
or party, or creed, would be at once dotccted qnd denounced.
—Examiner.