The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

A VIOLENT SCENE IN A HAYMARKET SUPPER-ROOM.—
Margaret Prescott, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt, with assaulting Mr. Kalinski, artist in glass
works, at Wade-lane, Leeds.
Mr. Kalinski said—Being in town on a visit to his
brother, he went with him to the Argyll-rooms on Saturday
night, and afterwards went with him to supper at the re-
freshment rooms, No. 66, Haymarket. The prisoner was
there with another female and two gentlemen. The gen-
tlemen left, and the prisoner and her companion came and
sat by me and my brother, and asked us to stand come
supper. I refused, and then the other woman made use of
very bad language, and prisoner said, "If you don't I'll
throw this glass at you,"and she went to the table and took
up a glass and deliberately threw it at me, cutting my
head very badly. I lost a great deal of blood. I think it
a most scandalous thing that because a person who goes
to a place to take supper does not think proper to treat
persons of the prisoner's class that they are to be treated
in such a way. My friend went after the other female
and held her, but the landlord took her part and she got
away. We have as much right in the place, even if we
are Jews, as anybody else, and I think the landlord's con-
duct most uniustifiable.
By Mr. Tyrwhitt—l was attended by a doctor (Dr.
Tothill, the divisional surgeon), and think it fortunate
that I am still alive, as it is a bad wound.
Mr. H. Kalinski gave similar evidence to his brother, and
went on to say—" The prisoner and her companion were
very violent. Knives and forks and glasses were thrpwn
at us, and were flying about the room. I seized the pri-
soner's companion, and the landlord struck his hand to
release her. I lost my hold and she got away. I have
every reason to believe that women are encouraged to the
place by the landlord for the purpose of preying on cus-
tomers.

Police-constable Evans, 113 C—Hearing a smashing of
glass in the Haymarket I went to No. 66, and the prisoner
was given into my custody by the prosecutor, who was
smothered in blood.

The prisoner said it was her companion who threw the
glass at the prosecutor, and called a witness, a waiter at
the rooms, to support her assertion, but the waiter admitted
that he was only present during part of the time that the
glass throwing was going on.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—l believe the prosecutor's statement, and
I shall fine the prisoner £3 or a month. The prosecutor
appears to have got amongst a nice set of people, and such
a man as the landlord ought not to be allowed to have a
license.

THE CIRCULAR NUISANCE.—The following letter was
handed this morning to our reporter by Mr. Tyrwhitt :
" Abbey-road, N.W., Oct. 13.
"I venture to forward for your inspection a circular left
at my house last evening purporting to be issued by a firm
called Clay and Co., of Regent-street, in reference to a sale
of cotton goods, which they state formed part of the stock
of Vv ilsburg, Spursfield, and Corven,' bankrupts, of Can-
non-street West, E.C. Especially I would call your atten-
tion to the highly objectionable nature of the envelope in
which these circulars are issued, doubtless used to call
special attention to the contents. In the ' London Direc-
tory' of 1865 and 1866, there is no such firm to be found as
that whose stock is said to have been purchased.—l am, sir
yours obediently,—"
The writer enclosed his card.
The circular is one of the usual kind respecting a
"Sublime Stock of Silks" for sale at the usual "Alarming
Sacrifice."