The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-01 00:00:00

TIIAMES.

RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT TILE POPL uP UNlON.—Patrick
Mulrony, a little sunburnt Irishman, about 35 years of
age, was brought before :Nil•.l:aget, charged
of Allwithass:stuains
ltintg,
John Croucher, assistant beadle of the parish
Poplar.
The complainant said there were a great many applicants
for relief at the Poplar Uniod House the whole of yester-
day, and there was a good deal of confusion, rioting, and
bad language among the paupers, chiefly Irish, assembled
there. The prisoner was introduced into the board room
in his regular turn, and out-door relief was ordered for
him. The prisoner immediately threw down the written
order, and demanded admission to the house. He was in-
formed that his request could not be complied with, and he
must leave. The prisoner refused to do so, and said he
would not leave the house, and raved and swore like a
madman. Ile tried to remove the prisoner from the build-
ing and was unable to do so. The prisoner said he would
break every window and all °tinr things within reach,
and endeavoured to seize some brushes in the Town Hall,
now used as a waiting room. He seized him to prevent
mischief, and the prisoner made a violent attack upon him,
struck him several times, and attempted to bite him. It
required the united exertions of five men to secure the pri-
soner. It was right he should state that the prisoner had
been relieved in the casual ward 14 nights, and had now
been ordered out-door relief. The poor rate for the parish
of Poplar recently made was 2s. 2d. in the pound. For the
preceding quarter it was only ls. ld., one-half the amount.
Samuel Owen Cambridge, assistant reliov ing-officer, con-
firmed the statement of Croucher, and said the prisoner
tore up a pair of trousers the witness was wearing, and
plucked a button off another man's coat. There were
between 300 and 400 " roughs" in the Town-hall ready to
assist the prisoner and to get up a general riot if the pri-
soner had succeeded in overcoming the force opposed to
him.

Inspector Allison, of tho IC division, said that at the re-
quest of Mr. Collins, the clerk to tho Poplar board of
guardians, ho sent two constables to the union house yes-
terday to assist in maintaining order among the throngs
applying for relief. There were certain fellows among
them determined on a row.

The Prisoner said if he had money he would retain the
services of a lawyer to escape this charge.
Mr. Paget—You shall loss nothing by the want of a
lawyer. He would hear all the prisoner had to say, and
inquire into the truth of any charge he might make against
any one.

The prisoner made general charges of ill usage, bad
treatment, and being " pulled to pieces" by officers at the
workhouse. There was not a scratch olt him, his clothes
were entire, and there was nut a word of truth in his
statement.

Mr. Paget was resolved in doing all in his power to assist
the offkors of the Poplar Union in the execution of their
arduous duties. If the punishment ho would inflict under
his summary powers were not sufficient to stop outrages
of this n•iture he would commit offenders for trial, and
offenders would be more severely and more adequately
punished. He was satisfied the guardians of the Poplar
Union were doing all in their power to assist tho poor and
relieve the present unexampled distress. He sentenced
the prisoner to two mouths imprisonment and bard labour
for assaulting Croucher.

MARKETS.—TIda day.

MARK-LANE.

Thereof English wheat on
sale he to-dap,
of the samples
was tolerably good. For all kinds the demand was in a
here
was a very
butlimitsthe
generalquantity
quality
sluggish state ; nevertheless, Monday's prices wore well
supported.
Upwards of 17,000 quarters of foreign wheat having
been reported, sales in that description of produce pro-
gressed slowly, but at full quotations.
Floating. cargoes of grain were quite as dear as on Mon-
day
Scarcely any English barley was brought forward ; but
ttla osupply off re
moderato scalp,
Malt moved off slowly, at last week's quotations. The
supply was moderately extensive.
We were well supplied with oats, which sold steadily,
on former terms.
Both beans -and peas were firm in price, and the best
iagtn latew as
rates.
good. Tho transactions were on
town-made flour sold at 60s per 2801 b.

slur ARRIVALS Tills WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 1,420 480 3,250 460
Irish
Foreign 17,440 6,100 45,010 400 sacks
Maize, 4,550 qrs.

BOROUGH HOP.
Good and fine hops are in moderate request, at full
prices ; but all other kinds are very dull.

WIIITECTIAPEL.

The supplies of meat aro moderate, and the demand is
inactive, as follows :
Per 81b. by the carcase.

Beef 3s 2d to 4s 6d Veal
Mutton 3f3 2d to 48 2d
... 3055
140dd
ttoo 4655 i Pork