The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-22 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SCANDALOUS TREATMENT OF A VALUABLE HORSE BY A
DRUNKEN BREAKSMAN.—Thomas Rowley, a breaksman in
the employ of Mr. John Clough, horse-dealer, of No. 15,
Down-street, was charged before Mr. Knox with being
drunk and violently flogging a horse, the property of his
master.

Mr. Clough said that on the previous afternoon he told
the prisoner to drive a pair of horses in a break, and he did
so, but, on being called upon to stop, he refused, being
drunk, and flogged one of the horses, a valuable animal,
shockingly and unnecessarily. He never saw a horse bear-
ing the marks of severer punishment in his life.
James Ward, a person in Mr. Clough's employ, said he
called to the prisoner, by his master's orders, to come back
into Brick-street and stand there, when he said ho did not
care a - for Mr. Clough or him, and set to flogging ono
of the horses violently.

In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prisoner

was drunk.

Mr. William Cutler, of Brick-street, proved seeing the
prisoner, who was drunk, driving his break down Park-
lane in a reckless manner amongst the ca triages, nearly
coming in collision with a brougham, and in coming back
the prisoner, without any provocation, called him a liar
and scoundrel. He had observed the prisoner,flog one of
the horses cruelly and without reason.

Sergeant Horsey, 6 C, said that on being called by Mr.
Clough, he found the prisoner drunk, and the horse was
pointed out to him, which had 20 wheales, some 2 feet in
length, on it.

The prisoner said he was driving a young horse, and it
wanted correcting, as it was the first time it had been out,.
for a week, and a breaksman was no use if he did not car"'
his horse. He had good testimonials as to his character.
Mr. Knox asked Mr. Clough if there was the slightest
pretext for saying the horse was a young horse and re-
quired correction.

Mr. Clough said the horse was six years old, a beautifu'
horse, and required no correction ?

Mr. Knox said it was sworn that the prisoner was
drunk and used the horse in a shocking manner, and it
appeared from the evidence of the witnesses that there
was no occasion for it, and the sergeant described the con-
dition of the horse as a mass of wheales. The law of Eng-
land did not permit him (Mr. Knox) to punish the prisoner
iu a similar manner, which he deserved, but he should
commit him for a month with hard labour, without the
option of a fine.

The prisoner asked to bo fined, but Mr. Knox refused.

THAMES.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Rose Bindford, a very turbulent
and desperate woman, was charged with committing a
savage assault on Mary Guinness, at two o'clock this morn-
ing, in High-street, Shadwell.

The parties belong to the frail sisterhood, and both have
given much trouble to the police. They quarrelled
about the possession of a sailor named Frank Kennedy, an
homeward bounder, who, having plenty of money to spend,
was of course an object of attraction to all the Rateliff-
highway and Shadwell girls. Kennedy was in company
with Guinness for some time, and Rosa Bindford decoyed
him away, and was walking with him along High-
street, when the prisoner approached with a largo glass
decanter in her hand, with which she beat her rival
over the head, arms, and body, and broke the bottle to
pieces over her, inflicting sundry wounds. Inspector
Roberts, of the K division, said both women were the
worse for liquor, the complainant the worse of the two.
She presented a frightful spectacle, and was covered with
blood. He found several pieces of glass in her hair, in her
hand, and her arm. There were cuts on her arms, her
head, and her baud. The prisoner said that Bindford had
taken her man away. Both women were very had charac-
ters.

Kennedy was sworn, and said that the prisoner attempted
to knock his hat off with a decanter, and it fell out of her
hand and alighted on the complainant's head.
James Hockley, a pclice-constable, heard the blows and
part of the decanter fall. The prisoner was battering the
complainant as hard as sha was able with the remains of
the decanter. The complainant was in a terrible condition.

James Collins said he picked two pieces of glass out of
he complainant's head. The glass had formed part of a
thick decanter.

Mr. Paget commented on the barbarous nature of the
outrage, and said the prisoner was a perfect savage, and
had committed a most atrocious and brutal assault. He
sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour
for two months.

MARKETS.—This Day.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

There was a good supply of beasts on sale here to-day,
in fair average condition. There was much less activity
in the demand for all breeds, and prices declined 2d per
8 lbs. The top price was 4s 10d per 8 lbs. Sheep were in
moderate supply, and the trade on the whole was steady
at Monday's improvement in prices. Prime Downs and
half-breeds realised 6s Gd to 6s 10d in the wool, and 5s 2d
to 5s 4d out of the wool. The few calves in the market
changed hands at fully late rates. Pigs moved off slowly
at our quotations.

Per 81b to sink the offal.

s cl s d
•
CrSe. & inf. beasts-3 4 3 8
Second quality do ..3 10 4 2
Prime large oxen ..4 4 4 6
Prime Scuts, &c.... 4 8 4 10
Crse. and inf. sheep.i 2 4 8
Second quality do ..5 0 5 8

s d s
Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 10 6 4
Prime b'thdown d 0.6 6 6 10
La-ge coarse calves.s 8 6 2
Prime small dm.....6 4 6 8
Large hogs ...3 1 4 4
Small porkers 4 6 4 10

Lamb.... 08 Od to 03 Od.

- -
Suckling calves, —s to —s; and quarter-old store pigs, —8
—s each.

Head of stock on sale.
Total supply, Foreign supply.
Beasts 1,35/ Beasts 570
Cows. l2O Cows
Sheep 6,100 Sheep 2 BOO
Calves 4O Ca yes.. 23
rigs l9O Pigs —