The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A POLICE-CONSTABLE.—John Gog-
gan, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget
charged with assaulting Joseph Bull, a police-constable,
No. 204 K.

The constable stated that ho was in High-street, Poplar,
on Saturday night, and the prisoner accosted him and
asked him the way to Limohouse. He directed the pri-
soner on his way to Litnehouse, and was walking back on
his beat when the prisoner struck him a violent blow under
his loft ear, and knocked him down. Ho was half stunned
by the blow, and when he got up asked him what he
meant. The prisoner said, " kill every - police-
man iu this neighbourhood," and hit at him again. He
parried the blow, and a constable came across the road and
captured the prisoner.

Johu a constable of the K division, confirmed
the statement of the last witness.

The prisoner—l have been locked up for nothing. I
was drunk on Saturday night, and recollect nothing at all.
Mr. Paget asked some questions about the prisoner, who
said ho lived at No. 9, Silver Lion-court, Poplar, and was
generally at work among the guano.
Mr. Paget—lf I were to overlook this, and not punish
such brutality very severely I should leave tha police,
when doing their duty, exposed to all kinds of violence.
The constable civilly directed you on your road, and you
knocked him down. You are sentenced to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour.

SANGUINARY AFFRAY.—An immense number of Irish
from Ratcliff and vicinity assembled opposite the court to
learn the result of an investigation commenced by Mr.
Paget at 11 o'clock. The inquiry arose out of a sanguinary
affray between the police and several Irish in Brook-street,
Ratcliff, on Saturday night. It commenced at nine o'clock.
large pane of plate glass was broken in the window of
the King's Head publichouse, in Perriwinkle-street, a few
yards from Brook-street. The landlord asked Pead,
police-constable, No. 401 K, for advice, and he said you
had bettor summon the party who has done the damage.
The word "summon" was no sooner mentioned than the
constable was struzk by an Irishman. Pead took his assailant
into custody, and was immediately attacked by a number of
Irish of both sexes. The prisoner was rescued. Stones and
flints were hurled at the police, Sergeant Freeston, No.
58 K, and Sergeant Butt, i K, were fearfully wounded
and disabled, and other officers were cut and bruised. The
police wore compelled to use their truncheons, and several
of the Irish received blows and contusions. Four persons
were captured and brought before Mr. Paget. They were
a rough lot, and gave their names as follows :—John Bar-
nett, Michael Sullivan, Mary Murphy, and Honors Bayley.
They were all identified by Pead, Freeston, and Butt, as
taking an active part in the affray. Mr. Paget remanded
all the prisoners until Saturday next, and accepted bail
for Bayley, who was liberated.

WESTMINSTER.
A BRUTAL HUSBAND.—WiIIiam Powell, a costermonger,
was brought up on a warrant, charged with threatening
his wife.
Complainant said that she had been married to the de-
fendant 20 years, and had five children. On Monday last
her husband threatened to kick her brains out, and she
very much feared him.
Mr. Arnold—What was the cause of his using the
threat ?
Wife—He was drunk on the Saturday and drunk on the
Sunday. On the Monday he only got food for himself. I
did not ask for any for myself, but for my little child.
Mr. Arnold —Has he ever ill-treated you?
Wife—He kicked me violently in the back on Sunday
night.
Mr. Arnold--Is there any cause for this conduct ?
Wife—He is seldom or never sober—that is the cause.
He is my husband, and I don't want to hurt him. I only
waut him to keep away from me. I will work to support
the children if he will leave me alone.
Defendant entered into a long, rambling story, in the
course of which he charged his wife with having assaulted
him, and endeavoured to convince the magistrate that lie
was always anxious to live a cosy, quiet
Davis, one of the summoning officers—This man is one
of the greatest brutes alive. He is constantly beating and
knocking her about. Ile would have killed her one night
if I had not been present.
Inspector Bates, of the B division—He has been using
her shamefully for 10 years.
The wife again said she did not wish to press the charge,
and was anxious to separate from her husband, declaring
that she would work her fingers to the bone to maintain
her children.
Defendant said ho would make her a separate allow-
ance.
Mr. Arnold told him ho had nothing whatever to do
with arrangements of that sort, but he would take care that
the woman was protected from his violence.
Ho was then ordered to find bail for six months.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.
Marvellous was the assemblage at Putney, Barnes, and
Mortlake, on Saturday ; those whose life is a continual
holiday, and those who enjoy the boon of a Saturday half-
holiday, were mingled together to the number of thou-
sands. Not only was the bank thickly peopled, but the
London and other rowing clubs mustered in groat force,
the one named manning two twelves, besides a number of
other boats, so that the flotilla was considerable. There
was no practice in the morning, the tide being unfavour-
able. At three o'clock in the afternoon the Oxonians
launched their boat and paddled down to the Putney
Aqueduct, from a yard or two above which they started up
with a very fine flood tido. They commenced their work
at 32 strokes per minute, with all their enormous power
thrown into it ; rowed 31 when opposite the London Row-
ing Club boat house, and 36 at the point, their pace being
so great that they reached it in 3j minutes. Here they
thickened their number of strokes till they stopped at
Barnes Bridge, which was reached at a little above 19
minutes. They then paddled up to Wilcox's and down to
Hammersmith Bridge, after a slight rest. They then
started off again and came down the reach to the aqueduct
at 36 strokes per minute, which were again thickened at
the end. The Cautabs paddled up at just before high water
at Mortlake, and then came down to Ilanamersmith Bridge
smartly, where, after a short pause, they had a very dash-
ing pull to their boat house at 36 strokes per minute. They
kept good time, and their stroke was long, but there was
some amount of unevenness in style amongst the rowers.
The c)mpetitors have, as usual, been invited to dine with
the Thames Subscription Club after the race.

A FRENCH CORPORAL.-111. Houdot, a corporal
in the 36th Regiment of the line, is giving lectures at Albi.
The Journal du Tarn announces that the subject of the
last lecture is to be " Erasmus and German literature in
the 16th century."
The Vienna Gazette of 2d April says :—" In pre-
sence of the obstinacy with which some persons endeavour
to mislead public opinion by seeking to spread the news
of an Austro-Prussian Alliance, we cannot too plainly
affirm that no negotiations iu this sense exist or have
existed."

The Board of Trade have directed inquiries to be
nstituted into the circumstances attending the wrecks of
the Carron, on Paterson's Rock, Isla of Sauda, and the brig
Robert, at I, ohntthitTeu, oar kbaroi3e.