The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-22 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT IN THE POLICE COURT.—Sarah
Call, a low-looking woman, was charged before Mr. Knox
with behaving in a disorderly manner in the police-court.
From the evidence of Wm. Boden, one of the officers of
the Court, it appeared that on the previous day the prisoner
came to the Court in a state of semi-drunkenness—her son,
a boy about 12 years of age, having been, brought before
the magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) for bogging—and sot to
abusing the magistrate for sending the boy to prison,
making use of the most filthy language. Sbe was put out
of the Court, and when in the waiting-room threw herself
down and abused all the officers of the Court, and con-
ducted herself is such a disgraceful manner that she was
compelled to be locked up.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner sent her boy out to beg and
lived on the wages of his misery, and she had got drunk
on gin and leer purchased by money got by the boy, and
she came to the Court and abused the magistrate and the
officers of the Court in a disgraceful manner. Ho should
fine her 405., or a month.
THE Pooß SOLDlER.—Sergeant Cowdy, of the Park
constables, attended before Mr. Knox with respect to
Patrick Shea, the poor soldier, whose case has been already
fully reported.
Mr. Knox said that ho had received a communication
from Cul. Tyr whitt, stating that the Queen had granted
an order for a special bed for Shea at the Hospital for
Consumption, Brompton. Some of the money which had
been forwarded for Shea would be given to him when re-
quired to provide him with comforts, and the balance
would be kept to form a little fund for his future benefit.
Shea is very grateful for the kindness which has been
shown him.

THAMES.
SOMERSAULTING IN THE COMMERCIAL-ROAD. Two
boys, named Edward and David Phillips, brothers, one
aged eight, the other ten, years of age, were brought be-
fore Mr. Paget, charged with vagrancy.
A police constable said the boys, who were almost naked,
were tumbling head over heels alongside the omnibuses in
the Commercial-road, and halfpence were thrown to them
by the passengers.
Mr. Paget said the nuisance had become intolerable, and
was latterly dAngerous. It was encouraged by stupid
people who threw pence and halfpence to the children.
Mr. Livingston, the chief usher—l have often trembled
for the safety of the children engaged in the sport. They
are in continual danger of rolling under the wheels.
A policeman—Some have been killed, and others
maimed for life. _ _

Mr. Paget—What is the condition of those boys in the
dock ? I can only see their heads.
Mr. Livingston—Most wretched. They have neither
shoes, stockings, nor any linen on their persons, and the
few rags on them cannot be called garments. They are
very dirty and have been badly fed.
The mother of the boys was called into the witness-box
She was tolerably well dressed in black and looked in ex-
cellent case, plump, chum, and well fed. She
_said her
husband was a dock labourer, and he had only earned
Is. 6d. this week. She had throe younger children, and
there was nine in family iu all. She could not obtain
clothes for her children. _ _ .

Mr. Paget - And you send these miserable children into
the road to tumble alongside the omnibuses, and endanger
their lives. The foolish passengers who throw money to
them ought to be punished. They encourage vagrancy
and disorder in the public streets.
The prisolers were then remanded to Clerkenwell House
of Detention for a week.
Charles Warner, a well-dressed boy, about 12 years of
age, was thou charged with a similar offence. A con-
stable detected him tumbling alongside the omnibuses.
Police-sergeant Smith, 47 K, said the prisoner had a

tight shirt, and was made up for tumbling last night, and
that he boasted he could make d. and ls. per day tumbling
head over heels in the road for the amusement of omnibus
passengers, and threw somersaults in the public-houses
every night.
Mr. Paget told the prisoner's mother that she ought to
be ashamed of herself to send out her son to tumble in the
streets. lie would most probably bo brought home dead
if he did nonliscontinue his tumbling.
Tho prisoner was remanded for seven days.

MARKETS.---This day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

The supply of beasts here to-day was only moderate,
but in good condition. All breeds moved off freely, at
prices fully equal to Monday. A few superior beasts sold
at 5s 2d por Sibs. Sheep, the show of which was rather
limited, were in request, on higher terms. The best
Downs and half-breds were worth 5s 4d per 81bs. Lambs
were the turn dearer, with a fair demand. Calves com-
manded rather more money, with a steady inquiry. The
supply was by no means extensive. We have no change
to notice iu the value of pigs. The top price was 4s 4
per 81bs.

For Sibs. to sink the offal.
sdsd
Cree & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6
Second quality do ..3 8 4 2
Prime large oxen ..4 4 a 8
Primo ScAs, 4c. ... 1 10 5 0
Cree. and int. sbeep.3 6 3 8
Second quality do ..3 10 1 6

eded
Pmecrs-wool sheep 4 8 5 9
Prime 6'thdowo a 0.5 2 5 4
Large coarse calyes.* 2 4 10
Prone sraddl d0......5 0 5 6
Large hogs .3 4 3 10
Small porkers 4 0 4 1

Lainb....4s 6d to 53 Bd.
Suckling calres, 22i to 25s ; and quarter old-store pigs,22B
.o 26s each. _ _ _

8. d.

AN INDIAN SHIPWRECK.

A letter from Bombay, dated July 22, gives the
following details of the loss of the ship Tirzah, off
Henery Island and lighthouse :
The monsoon, after holding back for a long time,
and being at least a month over-due, has at length
burst upon us with great force, and the violence of
the wind and of the waves has resulted in the total
loss of the ship Tirzah, on the night of the 17th inst.
under the following circumstances :—The captain of
the vessel, which sailed from Newcastle, New South
Wales, bound for Bombay, it appears had not
heard of the erection of the Henery lighthouse,
and observing a bright light fixed before him
mistook it for the light of Colaba lighthouse (which
by-the-by, is a revolving light). The result was
obvious. Ile was soon among the rocks, in a
very heavy sea and terrific wind, and his ship soon
became a total wreck. Mr. Mien F. Shuttleworth,
deputy conservator of forests, has stationed him-
self this monsoon at the collector's bungalow
at Alibaugh, and from the beach adjacent early
on the morning of the 18th he noticed that a
ship was in distress off lionery Island. Ile im-
mediately collected a crew from among the
native fishermen of the village of Alibaugh, and
started off with them in the lifeboat to the rescue.
The surf was heavy and the breakers high, and
they were soon drenched with spray. Eventually
they came to the vessel, and succeeded in throwing
a line on board. Several lines were thrown from
the ship, but the tide was running so strong that
they were swept away. All on board the Tirzah
who could swim jumped overboard and swam to the
boat, and were hauled on board, with the exception
of a boy, who, although a good swimmer, could
how not
reach the boat, so strong was the tide. He,
-
ever, managed to swim to the island of ilenery,
or Oondari, and, next morning, having recruited
his strength, swam across to the mainland. A
man who never swam before in his life jumped
overboard from the Tirzah and paddled, while the
tide drifted him down to the boat, when he was
pulled in. Another, not so fortunate, lashed him-
self to a plank, and, when near.the boat, a heavy
breaker swept him away. A lifebuoy was thrown
out to him, but he would not leave his hold of the
plank to seize the buoy, and so was lost. The
captain was the last of the swimmers who left
the ship. As soon as he got on board the
boat he told Mr. Shuttleworth that none of
those remaining on board could swim, and so he
had ordered them to tie themselves to the line
which made the lifeboat fast to the ship and jump
overboard. The men tied themselves as directed ;
but some jumped inside the chains and others jumped
outside—the sea rolled them round and round. Two
were thus drowned, their bodies hanging on the
back ropes, and two went down like stones. As
the tide made the sea rose until round the ship it be-
came a mass of broken water. The boat was knocked
about like a cork, and tho people inside tumbled
about as if tossed in a blanket. Considering the
crowded state of the oat, the
As there inmatewas no chance
s stood immi-
neat risk of being b
capsized.
of rendering further held to the men on the wreck,
and as by staying there longer they jeopardised the
lives of the 27 men who were in the boat, the last
steering oar being smashed, and the sea increasing
in fury, they were reluctantly compelled to cut the
line holding them to the wreck and run into Thull
Creek. On reaching the shore a consultation was
held, and Mr Shuttleworth was very anxious to go
off again to the wreck with a crew composed of but
ten men of the survivors to rescue the remainder;
but as, meanwhile, not a vestige of the
four of
remained, as both the steering oars and four
the pulling oars were gone, and as there
seemed to be no hope of doing any good
when they got there, with every probability of
the men landing on pieces of wreck which covered
the water, the proposal was abandoned as a useless
risk. The result was as they anticipated—the chi f
e
officer and seven men floated in on pieces of plank-
ing, &c. ; the captain and 13 men were brought on
shore by Mr. Shuttleworth in the Alibaugh life-
boat, and the boy who drifted ou to Renery (or
Oondarf) Island brings the total number of
to saved
up to 23, the crew all told amounting 31.
Eight are therefore missing, Of whom four were
seen to drown alongside the ship ; one floated
away on a plank, and, being an old man, no
hopes are entertained of finding him alive;
it is
feared that the other three have also met with
a watery grave. The lifeboat is not a self-
relieving one, and it took three men with bucketse
,
baling as fast as they could, to keep
th
water from swamping her. Several of the men, in-
cluding the captain, reached the shore in a state of
nudity. The fishermen who manned the lifeboat
showed the utmost consideration for the unfortunatthe
e
men, and threw off their own clothing
to cover
officers and seamen as soon as they were taken into
the boat. The coast is now strewn for miles with
debris of the wreck.

Bank of England Returns.—This Evening.

Au Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1867.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued .....£37,358,310 Governmt. Debt..£11,015,100
Other Securities.. 3,981,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion ......... 22,358,310
Silver Bullion

X 37,358,3101
BINXING DJ

£37,358,310

TARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) £12,812,373
10ther Securities.. 17,052,659
Notes ............... 13,126,420
Gold and Silver
Coin ......... 1,174 351
,

Proprietors' Capi-
tal ............... £14,553,000
3,399,934
Rest ................
Public Deposits
(includingEx-
cscuer, Sav-
i Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div.
ACCOUntS 6,526,514
Other Deposits.. 19,468,445
Seven Days and
other Bills ..... 517,910

.C 44,465,803

£44,446,803

TIIE SILK MARKET. —The Salta Public of Lyons
reports the state of the silk market as T
past week only differs from the preceding ones by the in-
creasing quietness in silk transactions. The flies cer-
tainly have had something to do with this, but the princi-
pal cause lies in the sluggish state of the manufacture and
in the condition of the various markets, which excludes
all desire to speculate. Prices are understood to be
maintained only in consequence of the rarity of
wrought silks, and the belief is that, as soon
supplyhave
on water, the position will change, j and holdersf show w
themselves more easy. This scarcity of wrought a les
it morefs moret han
is, besides, not such that the markets could support any
considherabllevaitrhrinnth;)
onoug . itwoisulddiffsos
and more offered, especially in Asiatic silk, which is
flossthere si l silk
now being replaced by good European for several articles.
Although the English holders continue firm, we cannot
doubt that they will at length comprehend the difficulties
of their position in the present state of things; and the pre-
sumption is, that if they do not decide to regulate their
prices by the condition of European silks, they will not
for a long time be able to get rid of their stocks."
Mr. W. MORRISON, M.P., AND HIS CONSTI-
TI7ENTS. —On Tuesday evening Mr. W. Morrison attended
a public meeting at the Mechanics' Institution, Plymouth,
and explained at great length his conduct during the Re-
form debates in the recent session of Parliament, justify-
ing his support of the Government amended proposal as
beiug the course best calculated to insure the passing of
any measure. After stating the reasons which induced.
him to take part in the tea-room meeting, the hon. gentle-
man proceeded to vindicate his votes in favour of abolish-
ing the compound householder and for the representation
of minorities, in respect of which votes dissatisfaction had
been expressed by some among his constituents. Mr.
Williamson, secretary to the Plymouth branch of the Re-
form League, moved a resolution condemning Mr. Morri-
son's action in respect of Mr, llibbord's amendment, and
in support of the representation of minorities ; but, after
the
course which Mr. Morrison had pursued was agreed to by
a large majority.
CATTLE PLAGUE INQUIEY.—For the week end-
ing the 17th August no fresh outbreaks have been reported
from from any part of England, Wales, or Scotland. One
of cattle plague is reported to have occurred during the
week, being a decrease of 10 on the previous return. The
diseased animal was killed. There wore 103 healthy cattle
slaughtered to prevent the spread of the disease. Tho total
number of cattle reported to have been attacked ig Great
Britain since the commencement of the plague is 278,923,
and 56,900 healthy cattle kayo been blatightefOCl to prevent
. tb.e *read of thy disease.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLoci.

CRIMINAL COURT—TM; Day.

THE TAILORS' STRIKE.

At the conclusion of the evidence, Sergeant
Ballantine addressed the jury for the prosecution ;
Mr. Keane for Partridge, Sergeant Parry for
Shorrocks, and Mr. ltibto:i for the other defendants.
The Judge summed up the evidence, remarking
in: the outset that his address to them would be
precisely the same as that he delivered to the jary
yesterday.
At the conclusion of the summing up, the jury,
retired, and after an absence of half au hour re-
turned into court with a verdict of guilty against all
the defendants, except Shorrocks and Stoke`'.
The learned .Judge said ha should postpone pass-
ing sentence until to-morrow, when all the other
defendants would be in attendance.
The defendants were all admitted to bail, Part-
ridge finding surety for 1100, the others £25 eacit,

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, August 22.

The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes com•
pared with that of last week :
INCREASE.

Cash in hand lB,Boo,ooofr.
Current accounts 17,000,0001 r.
Treasury Balance

DECREASE.

Bills discounted.. 6,160,000 fr.
Notes ...
Advances 333,000fr.