The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-07 00:00:00

THAMES.

MENDICANCY.—Thomas Jones was brought before Mr.
Paget, charged with soliciting alms and assaulting Mr. W.
Duffield, a tradesman in the Commercial-road, East.
Albert Godfrey, police-constable 159 K, stated that his
attention was called to the prisoner last night by Mr. Duf-
field. The prisoner was begging. He saw him receive
alms of a gentleman, and then walk into an upholsterer's
shop where he flourished a piece of lath and made a noise.
Directly he saw him he came out of the shop and he took
him into custody. He made use of very bad language, and
said ho would rip up Mr. Duffield when he came out of
prison—ho would make mince meat of him. Mr. Duffield
was a highly respectable confectioner, and had been as-
saulted by the prisoner, who appeared to bo a strong and
healthy man.
The prisoner, a singular-looking man, said, or rather
mumbled out a defence, that he had been in the Royal
Navy. He sailed in the Warspite for some time. He was
in the Crimean war, and received a shot through his wrist.
His eye was injured also.
Mr. Paget—Where do you come from ?
The prisoner—From Dublin. I was born in Thomas-
street (now Sackville-street), Westmoreland-street, Mer-
rion-square, and other places. I work hard for my living.
Let me go. I will not be hero again. The prisoner then
mumbled out a good deal of nonsense, and few words could
be understood.

Mr. Paget—l have no doubt you are a sturdy, disorderly
mendicant. You are sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment and hard labour.

Liverpool Cotton Market. —TLii Day.

Market firmer, especially for American qualities.
Sales probably 10,000 bales.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This da3.

LONDON, Feb. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; blowing a strong breeze, and fine weather,
but a little cloudy.

LET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I

GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Feb. 6—Gresham, from Hongkong.
Sailed—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne ; Britannia,
steamer, for Cadiz ; Plymouth Rock, for New York.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Anchored—Voluna, from London, for St. Helena, has
been supplied with anchor, in lieu of one lost.
The John Gray, for the west, has proceeded to Ramsgate.

A POLICEMAN IN A CURIOUS POSITION.:---A
gentleman of early-rising tendencies was in the streets •f
Trowbridge a few mornings ago when he observed a sin-
gular and decidedly suspicious scene. This was a man
being lowered from a bed room window by means of a
sheet. The man having been let down gently to the
ground the gentleman observed that he had no shoes or
stockings on, but these articles were immediately thrown
out of the window from which he had been lowered. The
observer of these suspicious movements conjectured that
the man was a burglar, and collared him. He proved to
be a policeman whose duty it was to promenade one of the
terraces in the neighbourhood, but having won the affec-
tions of a young lady, this Romeo of the force had got ad-
mitted to the house, with the lady's connivance. The man
begged to be let go, but his ruthless captor took him to the
police-station.

FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.—On Saturday night a
Hansom cab was driving over the St. George's-bridge,
which crosses the Grand Surrey Canal in Camberwell,
when the fare, a gentleman, rose up as if to stop the driver,
and fell out between the doors and wheel of the cab. His
legs became entangled between the spokes of one of the
wheels, and he was driven round and round upon the
ground, receiving such injuries that when released life was
found to be extinct. The unfortunate deceased was named
Oxley, a livery-stable keeper.
THE WILL OF THE LATE MR. JOHN GIBSON.—By
a will made and signed May 25, 1855, this eminent
sculptor left Penryn Williams £500; Mr. Theed, £400; Mr.
Benjamin Gibson, his cousin, £200; Mr. de Soullavy,
£lOO ; Signor Giuseppe Incoronata, of London, £lOO ;
Signor Giuseppe Bonomi, £2OO ; Mrs. Anna Jameson,
£2OO ; Mr. Solomon Gibson, his brother, £lOO. His books
and prints, with their frames, he left to Mr. Spence, the
son of his early fellow-workman, and now the eminent
sculptor. His own or other drawings were left to
the Royal Academy. By a codicil added May 26, 1865,
ho bequeathed to the Royal Academy his group
in marble cf the wounded warrior supported by a
female figure, then nearly finished; all his works in
marble not sold at the time of his death—models in Gesso
of his works in marble not sold, except the models of such
works as have been presented in marble ; all his models in
Gesso not executed ; the first cast of Venus de Modicis,
which was sent to Canova to be executed in marble, and
which, when executed, was to replace the noble statue car-
ried off to Paris. Moreover, he bequeathed to the Royal
Academy a 2,000, free of testamentary tax, on the following
conditions :—A space sufficient for their reception, and
easy accommodation is to be provided for his works,
which are to be open to the use of the students of the Royal
Academy, and to be exposed to the public, according to
such regulations as to the council shall seem best. Lega-
cies of £lOO were left to his executors in England, the pre-
sident, treasurer, and the secretary of the Royal Academy
for the time being, and who were then Sir Charles Eastlake,
Mr. Boxall, and Mr. Hardwick, who would prove his will.
By another codicil made since his late illness, Gibson left
£2OO each to his devoted and affectionate attendants, Mrs.
Spence and Miss Lloyd ; the same sum to a female servant
who had been long in his, service, and a similar sum to
each of two of his workmen.