The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-11 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

THE MARQUIS TOWNSIIEND AND MENDICITY.—A sturdy
looking mendicant, who gave the name of James Chand-
ler, was charged with begging.
Tho Marquis Townsend said that at a little after four
o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the defendant standing
with his children near the new buildings in Eaton-street,
Pimlico. He had a child on either side of him, stood in a
beseeching attitude, and touched his hat to passengers,
and his right hand was wrapped in a handkerchief ; but
on this being removed at the police-station it was found
that there was nothing the matter with his hand. Prisoner
received money from persons. Ile had boon seen about
begging for the last four or five weeks. Accused was
taken into custody, and the children given up to the.
mother, who was found at a lodging-house in Pye-street,
Westminster.

Defendant—l've done nothing.
Mr. Selfo—You were begging.
Defendant—l did not speak to Any one.

Mr. Selfe—What were you standing there for ?

Defendant—To rest. Let me go, your worship. I want
to go to Leighton Buzzard, whore I can get some work.
Mr. Selfe—llas this man boon hero before.
Sergeant Buckley—His wife was hero yesterday, and ad-
mitted that he had been in custody before.
Defendant—No, I ain't ; and she had no right to say so.
Mr. Salfe—l don't intend to allow sturdy beggars like
you to go prowling about the streets, putting yourselves in
fustian, to collect alms.
Defendant—l did not say any thing.

Mr. Solfe—You were thorn bogging, and 6d. in silvor and
10d. in copper were found upon you. You aro cornmittod
for 14 days.

THAMES.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY AND ASSAULTING A POLICE-
MAN.—John Rock°, a tall Irishman, was brought before
Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and disorderly, and
assaulting George Woolnouge, a police-constable, 146 K.
The policeman said he was called upon on Saturday
night to remove the prisoner from a pie shop in High-
street, Poplar, where he had been making a disturbance
and also threatening the proprietor. He got the prisoner
out of the shop, and told him to go home. The prisoner
then went away. He found the prisoner soon afterwards
in the same street quarrelling with some navvies and
challenging them to fight. He advised the prisoner to go
home, but instead of doing so he made a great disturbance,
struck him, and knocked him down. The prisoner ran
away, and was stopped by another constable.
William Duncan, 224 K, confirmed the statement of the
last witness.

The prisoner—Did I not go quietly with you ?
Witness—Yes, you did, when you saw my staff, and I
threatened to knock you down.

The prisoner said ho had been out of employ for some
time, and got a little to do last week. lie was drunk on
Saturday night, and did not know what he did. If he had
struck the police constable ho was sorry for it. If the
magistrate would listen to him ho would tell a different
yarn.
Mr. Paget—Go on, say what you like.

The prisoner—Five or six navvies beat me because I
was an Irishman.

Mr. Paget—What ? You an Irishman ?
The prisoner—To be sure 1 am, and no shame to me for
that.

Mr. Paget—Certainly not. What county in Ireland do
you come from ?

Tho prisoner—From the county Limerick. The navies
aro always down upon an Irishman. I vas all over mud.
The policemen said the prisoner was covered with mud
and dirt.

Mr. Paget said the prisoner got a little work to do, and
directly he received his wages he got drunk and was guilty
of all manner of excesses. There was very likely to be
some truth in what the.,prisoner said about the navvies,
and if he had been sober and appealed to the police for pro-
tection ho would have justice done, him. The conduct of
the navvies was no justification for the serious assault on
the police-constable, for which he sentenced the prisoner
to one months' imprisonment and hard labour.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 11.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Nyanza, Capt. J. Weeks, has arrived with
these mails, £45,240 in specie, 147 boxes of oranges,
a general cargo, and 48 passengers, among whom
are Capt. Phillips and Lieut. Story, from India ;
Lieut. C. N. APCausland and Lieut. Taylor, from
Gibraltar, &c.

The Nyanza left Alexandria on the 30th ult.,
Malta on the 2d inst., and Gibraltar on the 6th.
She had fine weather and light breeze as far as
along the coast of Portugal northerly
fine weather, with heavy north-westerly
w the ship at times pitching and rolling
swell, and
heavily ;raross the Bay of Biscay westerly winds and
very heavy north-westerly swell ; and in the
Channel fine weather and southerly breeze.
iler Majesty's ships Arethusa, Endymion, Racer,
Psyche, and Caradoc were at Alexandria when the
Nyanza left ; the Royal Oak, Resistance, Prince
Consort, and Vittoria at Malt; and the Redpole
and Skylark at Gibraltar.

The Fronch frigate Andromaque was at Alexan-
dria ; and the brig Titan at Gibraltar.
The following British vessels _arrived out at
Gibraltar :—Steamer Britannia, Captain Mullett,
from London ; schooner Gambia, J. Rees, from
Cardiff ; steamer Cairo, F. Pott, from Liverpool ;
steamer, Genova, D. Ross, from Glasgow, for
Genoa; schooner Urania, T. Jones, from Cardiff;
schooner Margaret Jane, P. Rowlands, from
Cardiff ; steamer Blonde, 11. Carmel, from Cardiff ;
steamer Euxine, J. D. Steward, from Southampton
for Malta and Alexandria; steamier Lady Flora, G.
Ward, from Cardiff; steamer Stella, D. Penman,
from London for. Malta and Constantinople ;
schooner Edward Stouard, E. Williams, from Car-
diff; steamer Gibraltar, J. Harris, from London
and Plymouth ; brigantine James Stouard, T. Jones,
from Cardiff ; brigantine Robert Twentyman, D.
Evans, from Liverpool; and steamer Calpe, J.
Gregory, from Liverpool for Trieste.
The American ship Harry Bluff, arrived at Alge-
ciras from Callao on the 26th ult., spoke the follow-
ing vessels on her passage :—December 20, lat.
24.11 S., long. 20.27 W., British brig Queen of the
Fleet, from Rio Janeiro, 12 days out, bound to New
York, all well on board ; 28th, lat. 3.30 S., long.
29.9 W., schooner William Cass, of Goole, bound
to Rio Grande ; Jan. 12, lat. 24.0 N., long. 40.35
W., ship Freyedis, from Callao for Gibraltar, 98
da)s out ; 13th, lat. 24.30 N., long. 40.58 W.,
British ship Beautiful Star, from Foo-Chow-Foo,
for London, 99 days out.
The Blanche, an iron vessel, which had stranded
near Marbella, was got off on the night of the 31st
ult. by the steatntug Lion. Beige and towed into
Gibraltar for repairs.
Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follows :—London, 90 days' date, 49} ; Paris, 90
days' date, sf. 23c. to sf. 24c. ; Marseilles, 90 days'
date, sf. 24c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, 1 dis. ;
Cadiz, eight days' sight, par ; Seville, eight days'
Malaga, eight days' sight, dia.
sight, par. ;

Mr. Osbaldeston's life, written by himself, will
shortly be published by his widow.
HE'S ONLY A. PRINTER.—" He's only a printer"
was the sneering remark of a leader in society. He was
only a printer. Well, what was the Earl of Stanhope ? lle
was only a printer. What is Prince Frederick William,
who married the Princess Royal of England? He, too, is
only a printer. Who was William Caxton— one of the
fathers of literature ? He was only a printer. What were
Samuel Phelps, George D. Prentice, M. Thiers, Douglas
Jerrold, Bayard Taylor, G. P. Willis, J. Galosq, C. Rich-
ardson, King, and Artemus Ward ? They, too, were all
printers. What was lien Frapklin? Only a printer. What
is the Hon. Joseph Howe ? Ho, too, is a printer ! Every-
body can't be a printer—brains are necessary.