The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-07 00:00:00

THAMES.

STABBING A POLICE-CONSTABLE BY AN ITALIAN SEAMAN.
—Geralo Lorenso, an Italian seaman, belonging to the ship
Commund, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge,
charged with feloniously stabbing William Izzard, a police-
constable, 133 H, in the abdomen with intent to murder or
do him"grievous bodily harm.
The case was gone into yesterday very shortly before
Mr. Paget who, in the absence of an interpreter, translated
the evidence to the prisoner in Italian, and then remanded
him until to-day for the purpose of obtaining the services
of a regular interpreter. The facts were these :--The
prisoner and other foreigners were making a disturb-
ance in Batcliff-highway on Sunday night, and Izzard
was endeavouring to persuade the foreign seamen to be
quiet and go home, when the prisoner struck him with his
fist and thrust a knife into his abdomen. The constable
exclaimed, "I am stabbed," and fell. The prisoner was
immediately arrested by Enoch Sparrow, another police-
constable, No. 56 H, and the wounded man was carried to
the Leman-street station-house, where he was attended
by Mr. Phillips, divisional surgeon of police, of No. 2,
Spital-square:
Mr. Phillips said the wound in the abdomen was a
punctured one, and might be dangerous. The patient
could not attend and give evidence at present.
Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week.
DEAF AND DRuNK.—Benjamin Castle, aged 54, was
charged with being drunk and negligently driving a horse
and cart in High-street, Whiteehapel, to the common
danger of passengers.
Chandler, a police-constable, No. 117 11, said the pri-
soner was intoxicated, and driving a horse and cart in a
very negligent and reckless manner at half-past 5 o'clock
in the evening. The prisoner drove among three women
in the road. One of them was knocked down. He picked
her up and took her to the London Hospital. She was not
hurt and had declined to make any charge against the
prisoner.
The prisoner, who is very deaf, and had the evidence
bawled into his ear, said, in his defence, that a woman
slipped off the foot-path under his horse and cart. She
was a very low class woman, and after she left the hospi-
tal there ought to have been an end of the matter.
The magistrate said that a female was not to be run
over because she belonged to a low class. The prisoner
was drunk and driving furiously, and for that offence he
must pay a fine of 20s. or be imprisoned seven days.
The money was paid.
THE CHARGE OF STABBING IN WHITECHAPEL.—Yester-
day after our messenger was despatched, and a German
named Ludwig Schultze had been remanded on a charge
of threatening to shoot Christopher Y Ounge, another Ger-
man, and stabbing him on the head with a knife, the
magistrate, Mr. Paget, was informed there were other wit-
nesses, and in the course of the afternoon the prisoner was
twice arraigned in the dock. Other persons, Germans,
were interrogated, and their evidence was so conflicting
that the magistrate could place no dependence on it.
The pistol which the prisoner was said to have presented
at Younge was not loaded with ball, only with powder. A
knife which the prisoner gave to another prisoner was
produced. It was a large common clasp knife rounded at
the end, and Mr. Phillips, surgeon, of Spital-square, who
examined the wound on Younge's head, said it was trian-
gular in shape and could not have been inflicted with the
knife produced. It penetrated to the scalp. A broken
knife might have inflicted such a wound.
Mr. Paget, who had directed the depositions to be taken
by the second clerk, at great length gave his decision in the
evening, after a prolonged investigation, and said the Ger-
man witnesses examined since the morning had prtvari-
cated so much, and their testimony was so inconsistent,
that he should not be justified in sending this case before
a jury, and discharged the prisoner.

MARKETS.---This Day. •

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4lss to £5 15s ; new
do., £3 lOs to £4 lOs; old clover, £5 10s to £6 12s 6d ; new
do., £4 4s to'.£s 1U; and straw, £2 Os` to £2 lOs per load.
Trade quiet. -
CummuLAND.—Old meadow hay, £4lss to £6 Os Od;
new do., £3 lOs to £4 12s 6d ; old clover, £5 lOs to £6lss ;
new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 2s to £2 12s per
load. A moderate demand.
WrirrEcHAPEL.—Old meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15s Od;
new do., £3 lOs to £4 lOs ; old clover, £5 10s to £6 12s 6d ;
new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per
load. Demand inactive.

COLONIAL.
TEA—Business has been very quiet, the trade hav-
ing deferred their operations until the public sales, which
commence to-day, when about 21,500 packages will be
offered, 17,500 of which are printed without reserve.
SUGAR.—The market has remained very quiet, and only
moderate dealings have been reported in West India, at
about former prices. In the refined market there is no
change of importance.
COFFEE.— There has been a moderate inquiry for Ceylon
descriptions, and late rates are generally sustained.
RICE.—The dealings have been restricted, but no mate-
rial change can be reported in prices.
TALLOW.—A ilrmor tone has prevailed consequent upon
the advices from St. Petersburg reporting an advance in
the rates of exchange. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted, old
44s 9d, new 45s ; and last three months 45s 9d per cwt.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d. s. d.
Walls End Hotton 20 6 Original Hartlepool .. 20 6
Braddyell's Hetton 19 6 Hastings Hartley...... 17 9
Caradoc l9 9 Buddle'sWestllartley 17 9
Hotton Lyons 18 0 Walls End Haswell... 20 6
Cassop
Hartlepool
Ships at market, 46—sold, 33.