The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-24 00:00:00

THAMES.

SAVAGE ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED GAROTTE ROB•
BEET.—John Green, alias William Johnson, aged 26,
a powerful ruffian, well known to the police as a card
sharper, swindler, and thief, was brought before Mr.
Yardley, charged with assaulting and attempting to rob
William Littler, a ship's steward, of High-street,
Wapping. _

The complainant, who had sustained very serious
injuries, stated that he was passing along the White.
chapel-road last night, when he met the prisoner, who
entered into conversation with him and invited him to
drink. They went into a public-house kept by a pugi
list in the road, where they were joined by another
man. After remaining there some time and
drinking several glasses of grog, they left and
went into a night-house in High-street, White-
chapel, where they had same more grog. He was
anxious to leave and go home, on which the
prisoner said, " Oh, don't be in a hurry ; you can go
home along with me and have half my bed." He thought
the prisoner meant what he said, and remained with
him some time longer. He left the prisoner at two
o'clock this morning, and was passing along a narrow
court, called Plough-street, leading out of Whitechapel
High street, when the prisoner came behind him, put
his right arm round his neck, and compressed it so
tightly that he nearly strangled him, and threw him
down. The prisoner, and another fellow who was him,
then knelt upon him and attempted to drag his watch
from his fob. By a violent effort he partially released
his neck from the prisoner's grasp, and shrieked
and growled as well as he could. Fortunately, there
was a police-constable close by who heard his groans,
and the prisoner and his companion ran away.
Mr. Yardley—Did you lose anything ?
The prosecutor.—No, sir ; but my watch was par-
tially dragged from my fob, and one of my pockets,
which contained no money, was turnedeinside out. My
throat is very sore, and I have been very ill all night.
The witness then exhibited marks on his neck, which
had been tightly compressed. In answer to a question,
by the prisoner, the witness said they met at a foot race
in Manchester two years ago. The prisoner brought
that circumstance to his recollection last night.

George Woodward, a police-constable, 187 H, stated
that he heard the groans of the prosecutor, and as he
approached the prisoner and another man ran away. He
seized the prisoner, but not before he made a desperate
resistance. He afterwards took another man into cus-
tody, but the prosecutor could not identify him.
The prisoner, who treated the matter very lightly, said
he was drunk last night and did not know what he did.
Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner for a week.

for the 23d of Feb. at
cati Railway Company is called Rome and Fras-
A general and special meeting of the
Paris.
A. comparative statement of the receipts on the Lom-
bardo-Venetian Railway shows a
during the past year against 160, i
400/.n 1805, the
increase being 44,700/.
It is stated that, owing to the activity of the home
demand, only a small portion of the silk recently arrived
will be likely to go to the continent.
The Bank of Antwerp, whose charge for advances on
foreign bills has lately been 6 per cent., have to-day
reduced their rate to 5 per cent.
GENERAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. The new
movement organised under the above designation is
about to be inaugurated, we are informed, by a Free
Trade Hall meeting, on the evening of the 6th February,
at which Sir John Pakington and Mr. Cobden are
expected to be present. We learn also that a conference,
for free discussion of the provisions of the proposed
scheme, is to be held in the library hall of the Athe-
naeum on the evening of the 30th. Numerous importan
accessions to the committee, we hear, have recently been
obtained.—Manchester Guardian.
OFFICIAL CHANGES.--The office of Deputy-Secretary,
like that of Secretary at War, is to be abolished. Sir
Benjamin Hawes, who has most efficiently discharged
the duties of the office for nearly six years, will
become permanent Under-Secretary of State, Mr.
Peel retaining the Parliamentary Under-Secretaryship,
and Col. Mundy obtaining a military command. The
office of Secretary to the Ordnance will also be abolished,
as the ordnance branch is now amalgamated with the
army generally. We understand that Mr. Godley, now
Director General of Stores, will be Assistant Under-
Secretary to the department under the new organisa-
tion.
AMERICAN SHIPS AND THE TREATMENT OF THEIR
CREWS.—The elitist officer (first mate) of the American
ship, Albert Gallatin, was summoned yesterday, at
Liverpool, for assaulting three foreigners, one a French-
man, named Millard, and the other two Germane, named
Zimmerman and Zill, under circumstances of great
cruelty. The bench fined the defendant 40s. and costs
in the first case, and 51. and costs in the second, and
40s. and costs in the third, accompanying his decision
with some pertinent remarks upon recent affairs in con-
nection with American ships at that port.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—Between eight
and nine o'clock on Friday night the premises of Messrs.
J. and J. Huntington, of Park-road, were discovered to
be on fire. Situate as the mill is, in the centre of a
densely populated neighbourhood, the inhabitants were
greatly alarmed. The mill and warehouse were said to
be Ailed with wheat and flour, and were about seven
storeys in height, and has only been in the possession of
the present owners for about three months. Floor after
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FOUND DEAD AT RATOTAPP.—Yesterday after-
noon inquest was held before Mr. Ballet, at tho
shell
White Horse tavern, White Horse-street, Ratcliff, on
the body of a newly born female child, which was found
dead on the morning of Thursday last, in Collingwood-
street, Ratcliff, stitched up in a fish basket. The medical
evidence proved that the child had been recently born,
and that there were several marks of violence on its
person ; but there was no evidence to show that it had
• been born alive, and the jury returned an open verdict
of " Found dead in a fish basket."
MURDER OF A CHILD IN ST. PANCRAS.—Yesterday
evening an inquiry was held before Mr. Brent, at the
Bell and Crown, Pratt-street, Camden-town, respecting
the death of a female infant found murdered in Har-
rington-square. It appeared from the evidence that on
Monday afternoon last a nursery-maid, who was walk-
ing with some children in the square, observed a black
bundle lying on the footpath, which upon untying she
found to contain the deceased's body. A rope was
fastened tightly round the throat of the infant. Medi
cal evidence having been adduced in proof that the
child had been born alive, and that its death had been
caused by strangulation, the jury returned a verdict 01
" Wilful murder against some person or persons un-
known."
At Constantinople on Thursday the exchange on
London was quoted 128. The rate, it will be remem-
bered lately fell from 136 to 121, upon the news of the
proposed arrangements for the establiehmea of a Da.
tional bank.