The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-06 00:00:00

THAMES.

A ROUGH AND VIOLENT FELLOW.--WILFUL DAMAGE.—
Samuel Marsh, a jobbing bricklayer, about 50 years of age,
was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting
several persons, and breaking two large
panes of plate
glass, valued at £l2.
Yesterday evening the prisoner, who was partially in-
toxicated, was in the Hoop and Grapes public-house, in
Ratcliff-highway, with some ale in a pot, and he fastened
a quarrel on some peacable guests in front of the bar, and
threatened to throw the ale in their faces. He then became
very noisy and troublesome, and on Mr. Henry Holt, the
landlord, putting his hand on the prisoner's shoulder and
requesting him to leave the house he struck him with his
fist on the face. Mr. Holt then attempted to eject the pri-
soner from the house, and he made a violent and determined
resistance, in the course of which he seized a cask and
overturned it, and received a severe blow on the nose. He
was forced out of the house by several persons, and he
then said " Look out," and obtained several bricks, which
he threw at the window, breaking two large panes of glass,
each valued at £6. A boy named Robert Rupp, in the
employ of Mr. Holt, was struck by one of the bricks, and
his head was cut open. Other persons were assaulted by
the prisoner, and a coachman had a narrow escape of being
struck by one of the bricks, which he avoided by " bobbing
his head," and it passed over him.
The Prisoner said he had been much ill-used by Mr.
Holt and others, and that he would pay for the glass he
had broken by instalments.

The prisoner's wife asserted that her husband was dread-
fully Mused by the people connected with the publiehouse,
and that he would have been murdered but for the inter-
ference of the police.

Mr. Paget investigated the charge of cruelty made
against Mr. Holt and others, and found it to be quite false.
No more force was used than was necessary to turn the
prisoner out of the house. Mr. Paget said that he could
not overlook such misconduct as that committed by the pri-
soner, who had sl&saulted the landlord, and returned to the
Hoop and Grapes with the deliberate intention of destroy-
ing the landlord's property. Mr. Holt's conduct was very
proper, and he had a right to turn a disorderly customer
out of the house. He sentenced the prisoner to one
months' imprisonment and hard labour.

Liverpool Cotton Market—(This Day.)
--4,--

Market opens firm, and fully id. advance in
American and Id. in Dhollerah over last Friday.
Sales probably 20,000 bales.

The transactions in the Foreign and Colonial
Produce Markets during the last few days have
been on a very restricted scale ; yesterday, however,
a more favourable tone was apparent consequent
upon the favourable advices from the continent.
Sugars have been held for advanced rates, while
coffee is in good demand at an advance of ls. to 2s.
per cwt. The public sales of tea have proceeded with-
outany material change in prices ; while in rice, fruit,
spices, and saltpetre there has been no change of
importance as regards values. Tallow has been in
very limited request for both present and forward
delivery, and prices show a downward tendency.