The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE GREATEST RUFFIAN IN LONDON,--A tall, power-
ful, and moody.looking ruffian, bearing the name of Isaac
Watts, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with vio-
lently assaulting several persons.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. John Brydges, a plumber, of
236, High-street, Poplar, was passing along a narrow street
called Penny-fields, in company with his wife and a young
lady, when he saw the prisoner and another fellow wan-
tonly and brutally attack two sailors without the slightest

provocation, and knock them down, and when they were
down the ruffians kicked them. One of the sailors was left
on the ground bleeding and insensible. Mr. Brydges in-
terfered, and remonstrated with the ruffians, on which the
prisoner assailed him with a volley of foul abuse, and struck
him on the mouth. Mr. Isaac White, of 230, High-street,
Poplar, who was 'standing at his own door, was the next
victim. The prisoner and his companion bought some
pease pudding while Mr. Bridges was following them, with
the determination to give them into the custody of the first
policeman he met. The prisoner and his companion threw
some pease pudding into Mr. White's face, and on his ex-
postulating with them, the prisoner struck him in the face.
Mr. White followed the villains, and they both attacked
him and beat him, and caused his nose to bleed. Mr.
White gave the prisoner and his friend in charge to John
Chadwick, a police-constable, 350 K. The prisoner said
that twenty police-constables should not take him, and
kicked the police-constable in a savage manner. He also
attempted to bite the constable, and declared with a terrible
oath that he would ruin him. It required the united exer-
tions of nine constables to subdue the prisoner and take
him into custody. The other ruffian, James Donovan,
was rescued from the police, and was re-captured this morn-
ing in the Prince of Wales public-house, opposite the court
Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was an
idle, lazy, disorderly fellow, and the greatest ruffian in Lon-
don. The prisoner had been repeatedly fined for assaults,
and on the 11th of last November was held to bail to keep
the peace for six months.

Mr. Yardley wished that the person, at whose instance
the prisoner was held to bail, would exhibit articles of the
fine against the prisoner at the Sessions, and secure the
public from his ruffianism for a long time. He fined the
prisoner £5, or, in default, two months' imprisonment for
the assault on Mr. Bridges, and to be imprisoned one month
for the assault on the constable. That would keep the
ruffian in prison for three months.

Donovan was then put to the bar, and, for the assault. on
Mr. White, was fined £3, and in default one month's im-
prisonment.

VISIT OF PRINCE ALFKED TO
JERUSALEM.

' On the 22d ult. Prince Alt•ed and party paid a
' visit to the Mosque of thr:ar, at the request of the
Pacha, and although it 'was the last day of the pil-
grimage to Neby MQ'osa, when all the fanatics of
the country are assr.,mbled, and the mosque enclo-
sure was full of. men, women, and children, not an
uncivil word was spoken to anyone.
On Friday, 23d, a lovely morning, the whole
party set out for Hebron. First, the cawasses,
then the Prince, the English Consul and his lady,
Major Cowell, &c., escorted by a body of infantry,
mounted as body guard, and last of all a party of
irregular horse for honour. It was a very pretty
sight indeed. In front were two of the cavalry
drummers, fellows in the most original costume,
with conical felt caps, beating the little kettle-
drums at their saddle bows, with leathern straps,
making the valleys ring again. At Nar Elias, the
Greeks of the convent had laid down carpets and
placed an arm chair for the Prince, under the olive
trees where there 'is a view on the right hand of
Bethlehem, and on the left of Jerusalem. The con-
vent bell was rung famously, and a crowd of Greek
and Russian pilgrims were gathered to see the
Prince. But at Bethlehem his reception presented
a most wonderful and interesting sight. The whole
population, in their picturesque dresses, turned out
to see and welcome his Royal Highness, and his
numerous cavalcade rode through a crowd of eager
people, men in their red and white turbans, with
holiday robes of scarlet cloth, women- and girls in
dark blue and red, with gold coins on their
heads and bracelets of gold and silver on their
arms, on every terrace and roof, and many a prayer
of " God preserve tam to his mother," or " God
lengthen his days," was heard in an audible voice
by the bystander; in their vernacular Arabic. One
man even ran forward and spread his garments in
the way, but the Prince, with delightful tact,
turned his horse aside so as to avoid treading on
them. As the party proceeded The mass of people
followed, so that when it reached the Church of the
Nativity, the fine open sr,ace in front of it was
thronged. Here the party-
were met by the Latin,
Greek, and Armenian wanks, bearing huge lighted
wax tapers. All the 'places of interest, including
the Grotto of the Nativity and the dwelling-place
of St. Jerome, were duly visited. After resting for
a short time, anclA accepting the hospitality of the
Latin superior, t'ile party proceeded to Urtas, sup-
posed to be tl-..e site of Solomon's gardens, and now
the indust:ial farm belonging to the Jerusalem
Agricultrral Association and to Mr. Meshullam,
who reF,ides on the spot. On the hill side the shiek
and I:,eople of Urtas met the party, and with their
10P4 guns, fired a feu de joie, to the great amuse-
Anent of the royal party.
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Mr. Meshullam had the Union Jack flying over
his house, and had the honour of entertaining the
party at breakfast. The visitors were so much
pleased with the place and their reception, that
they expressed their intention of returning
thither on their way back next day. Hence
they went towards Solomon's Pools, the goldfinches
pouring forth their song from every branch and
thicket. These pools arc splendid pieces of water,
the largest, as was observed by one of the party,
capable of accommodating two first-rates. At He-
bron the troops were drawn out, and after the
colonel had paid his respects, the party moved on,
not to the town, but westward to the great oak, •
called Abraham's oak, where tents were pitched in !
readiness. Presently a pack of jackals began to
cry among the vineyards, and their voices had
hardly ceased when the plaintive cry of the plover
was heard, and then came the barking of a fox, the
hooting of an owl with a voice like a bell, and all
other sounds special to an encampment. Next
morning the party returned to Jerusalem by a dif-
ferent road, first visiting the unfinished building
called Abraham's house, supposed to have been
begun by David before removing to Zion. The
doorway is 176 feet wide, and all of Jewish style
of building. Shortly before reaching Urtas a hare
was started, and a brisk but unsuccessful chase
ensued. At Urtas dinner had been prepared by
Mr. Meshullam, and the butter, honey, and Beth-
lehem wine were much approved. After dinner
the line of march was resumed, and Jerusalem re-
entered after dark. Next day the whole party at-
tended divine service at the English Church on
Mount Zion, where the bishop preached, and the
church was filled with pilgrims and strangers then
sojourning in Jerusalemeven some of the Turkish
guard ventured in. In crossing the square of the
castle opposite the church gateway the guard
turned out to salute, and on leaving the church
the Prince was received by a dense crowd, chiefly
Armenian pilgrims, desirous to see the Queen of
England's son, and on his way back honoured the
bishop by returning his call. On Monday, the 28th,
his Royal Highness left Jerusalem for the Dead
' Sea. As soon as the sun was risen crowds as-
sembled to see him depart, and the terraces and
domes of the houses were covered with spectators.
The troops lined the street, and when his Royal
Highness left the consulate the castle guns fired
a salute of 21 guns, and another when he passed
out of the St. Stephen's Gate. At the Garden of
Gethsemane the heads of the Armenian and Greek
Churches were waiting to take leave of the Prince,
who proceeded then to the Dead Sea, and thence
by Bethel to Damascus.

STEAM TO NEW YORK.—SOUTHAMPTON, April
19.—The North German Lloyd screw steamer Bremen, Cap-
tain Wessels, was despatched hence at 3 p.m. for New
York, with the German and English mails, upwards of 800
tons of freights 310 passengers from Bremen, 44 from Havre,
and 32 from this port. The screw steamer Hammonia is
due off Cowes on Tuesday next, and the New York on
Wednesday, from New York, the former bringing advices
of the 15th, and the latter of the 16th inst.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government
emigrant ship Forest Monarch, 877 tons, Capt. Thomas R.
Anderson, which sailed from Southampton on the 25th of
August with 48 married couples, 85 single men, 75 single
women, 29 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 33 girls be-
tween the same ages, 4 male and 8 female infants, making
a total of 330 souls, equal to 287 statute adults, under charge
of Surgeon-Superintendent Samuel Leonard Crane, M.D.,
arrived at Sydney, New South Wales, on the 21st Decem-
ber. Sixteen deaths (one male and three female adults and
12 children) and six births occurred during the voyage.
THE ARCTIC REGlONS.—Captain Irminger, of
the Royal Danish Navy, as corresponding member of the
Royal Geographical Society, has announced that letters and
parcels for the members of Capt. M'Clintock's Arctic Ex-
pedition can be forwarded by the Danish vessels shortly
about to sail for Greenland. The names of the vessels and
dates of departure are as follows :—The ship Julianehaab,
to Frederickshaab, Fiskernwsset, and Godthaab, and the
brig Neptunus, to Claushaven and Jacobshaven, both at
the end of April; the Hvalfisken, to Christianshaab, Ome-
nak, and Upernavik, the beginning of May : the brig Peru,
to Egedesmmde, Omenak, Upernavik, and Proven, the
middle of May; the brig Constance, to Christianshaab,
Jacobshaven, and Rittenbeerek, the end of May ; the brig
Tialfe, to Egedesminde and Godhavn, the beginning of
July.
FIRE AND LOSS OF LlFE.—Yesterday morning,
between the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock, the inhabitants of
Church-street, Soho, were aroused from their slumbers by
the springing of rattles and loud cries of " Fire." In the
course of a few minutes it was found that the premises of
Mr. Carlisle, chair and couch 'maker, were on fire. The
discover), was made by one of the inmates going down stairs
and observing smoke issuing from the back room. He im-
mediately roused the other inmates, who were soundly
sleeping, the house being let out to several families. The
police despatched messengers for the Royal fire escapes and
the London Brigade engines, which promptly arrived from
Crown-street, Chandos-street, and Holborn, followed by the
parish engines. • A plentiful supply of water being obtained
the Crown-street engine got to work in an admirable man-
ner, under Engineer Wilkinson, when the fire was speedily
extinguished. Mrs. Emma Carlisle, aged 35 years, was
found on the ground with one of her arms and legs burnt
off her body, by Engineer Wilkinscn. A shell being pro-
cured, the body was conveyed to the dead-house of Soho.
Information has been forwarded to Mr. Bedford, the coro-
ner, but no day is yet fixed for the inquiry. The premises
are not insured. A second fire broke out on the premises of
Mrs. Mary Ponsa, broker, Brill-place, Somers-town, which
was not subdued until considerable damage `vas done.
Cause Aukipria. .„ „ , L ••J • 4