The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-27 00:00:00

THAMES.

ANINVETERATE SMUGGLER.--Auguste Anderson,
a Swede, the carpenter of the English steamship
Mary, trading between London and Gothenburg'',
was charged with smuggling 6lbs. of foreign manu-
factured tobacco.

The prisoner was convicted yesterday and fined
40s. for smuggling Blbs. of tobacco found on his
person as he was leaving the ship. He paid the fine
some hours afterwards and returned to the ship,
where he was again arrested for having Gibs. of
tobacco which had not paid duty or been re-
ported to the Customs' officers in his berth. The
prisoner admitted the tobacco was his property.
It was part of 141bs. he had brought from Sweden,
and he had no more, and would not transgress any
more. He was now fined the treble vahle and duty
on the tobacco, 11s. 6d., which he paid, andleft
the court smiling.

HORRIBLE ASSAULT ON A WIFE. —Thomas Cross,
a labourer about 45 years of age, was charged with
beating his wife, Ann, whose head was bandaged,
and her hands and her clothes covered with blood.

The deplorable condition of the woman excited
great commisseration. Her brutal husband had
frequently ill-used her, but never so badly h he did
last night. He then ill-used her without any pro-
vocation. After beating her with his fists over the
head, face, and bosom, he pulled off his boot and
beat , her with that until she was insensible. He
seized her by the hair of the head with one hand and
held her down while he beat her with his boot.

Henry Lewis, No. 403 K, was called to the house,
No. 9, York-place, Stepney, last night, and found
the complainant bleeding profusely from a wound
on the head and another on the forehead. Ile took
the prisoner into custody, and procured the services
of Mr. James Horton, divisional surgeon of police,
who dressed her wounds.

The prisoner, in defence, said ho asked for his
supper when he came home. It was not ready, and
upon asking the reason she made him a coarse
answer. She had often done so before.

The complainant denied the assertion of her hus-
band. She did not use any coarse language.
Mr. Paget hoped no woman with any preten-
sions to decency would use such language as that
attributed to the complainant. He asked if Mr.
Horton was in attendance.

Lewis—No, sir, he is not.
Mr. Paget—l will not dispose of this case until
Mr. Horton is here.

The prisoner was then remanded.

MARKETS.—This day.

MARK-LANE.

There was a poor show of English wheat hero to-day,
and most of the samples camp to hand in but middling
condition. For all kinds the demand was in a sluggish
state, at prices about equal to Monday.
The fresh imports of foreign wheat have exceeded 9,000
qrs., but the supply was not on the increase. Sales pro-
gressed slowly ; nevertheless, prices were supported.
Floating cargoes of grain produced quite as much money
as last week.

The quantity of English barley brought forward was
only moderate; but 16,670 qrs. of foroign having been
reported, the trade was heavy, at barely stationary prices.
There was a slow inquiry for malt, at previous rates.
The supply was good.

Oats moved off steadily, at full quotations. The quan-
tity brought forward was moderate.
Beans and peas were unaltered in value.
The flour trade was very quiet.
SHIP ARRITALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 560 340 900 150 620
Irish _
Foreign 9,290 17,670 20,010 2,650 sacks
brls

BOROUGH HOP.
There is very little business doing in any kind of hops,
and late rates are barely supported.

WHITECIIAPEL.

Our market is fairly supplied with each kind of meat,
which moves off slowly, as follows :
Per 81b. by the carcase.

Beef 33 2d to 4s 8d I Veal
Mutton ..; 3s 4d to 4s 10d I Pork

Termination of the Strike on the Brighton
Railway.

LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY.

The strike, we may state with certainty, has by
this time terminated, the menhaving accepted the pro-
positions of the directors. The drivers and firemen
at Brighton resumed work this morning, and a num-
ber of others were taken from London thence by the
2 p.m. train to-day. The London men resume
work to-morrow, when the trains will run as usual.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(This Day.)

The Market opens with a better feeling. Sales
probably 8,000 bales.

FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.—The following is a
copy of the now clause which Sir John Pakington proposes
to insert in the Mutiny Bill instead of Clause 22 :—" Every
soldier shall upon enlistment be placed in the first class
of the army, and no soldier in such class shall, in time of
peace, be sentenced to the corporal punishment of flogging;
every soldier in the first class shall, for the commission of
certain offences, to be specified from time to time in the
Articles of "Was, be degraded to the second class of the army
and every soldier in the second class shall be liable to be
sentenced by court-martial to corporal punishment not ex-
ceeding 50 lashes for the following offence; viz., mutiny,
aggravated insubordination, or disgraceful conduct of an
indecent kind; every soldier, when serving with a mili-
tary force in the field or on board ship, shall be liable to a
like punishment by court-martial for any of the offences
before enumerated, or for desertion, drunkenness on duty
or on the line of march, misbehaviour, or neglect of
duty."

The screw steam storeship Industry, Staff-Com.
E. Youel, left Plymouth on Monday for MCCUSiOII
and Rio Janeiro.