The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-12 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE.

The Norfolk News of Saturday gives the follow-
ing version of an extraordinary case of assault re-
cently committed at Norwich. Mr. English,
superintendent of the police force at Leeds, and
lately chief constable of Norwich, visited the latter
city on Friday, the 2d inst., with the double object,
of attending the Freemasons' banquet and of
having an interview with a lady for whom he
had long professed an attachment. Miss S., the
lady referred to, is a member of one of the first
families in the city, and during Mr. English,
sojourn here he made repeated advances to-
wards her. Rumour also says that since his resi-
dence in Leeds he has occasionally favoured her with
a note, to which she has not taken the trouble to
reply ; and that she recently received an urgent re-
quest to afford him the gratification of an interviews
near the family residence on the evening of the first
instant, or if he did not reach Norwich in time for
that, to meet him on the Earlham-road at eleven
o'clock on the following morning. She handed the
epistle to her brother, that he might respond to the
appeal as he thought wisest under the circumstances.
Mr. English, fortunately perhaps, did not arrive in
time for the evening interview. Had he done so it
is said that he would have been allured by a gen-
tleman in lady's attire to a spot where two or three
friends, furnished with suitable twigs, were an-
xiously awaiting his approach. So far, therefore,
the plot to punish him for the offence of bestowing
his affections in the wrong direction was a failure.
He did not, however, wholly escape, for Mr. S., the
lady's brother, undertook to perform by himself, in
the morning, the work which had been assigned to
two or three over night. Accordingly, at the pro-
per time on Friday morning Mr. S. reached the
appointed spot in a cab. Near the Mitre cottage, on
the Earlham-road, Mr. S. met Mr. English coming
towards the city, he having been sauntering up and
down for some little time on the look out for the lady.
The driver pulled up as quickly as possible, having
then reached a distance of about forty yards from
the point at which Mr. English was passed. Mr. S.
at once alighted and turned back. The moment he
approached Mr. English he spoke, and as English
turned round he struck him a violent blow with
stick on the top of the hat, following it up in quick
succession with three or four blows on the shoulders,
in the administration of which the stick was broken.
A heavy blow with the fist on Mr. English's face or
forehead brought him to the ground, and Mr. S.
next proceeded to drag him across the road, and
was pulling or pushing him through a gap in the
fence, when he fell upon him and the two were quickly
locked in each other's arms. Mr. F., who happened
to be near, and to witness the encounter, hastened
to the spot, and with the aid of some other persons
who came up at the moment, pulled them off the
fence. Mr. S. succeeded after this in striking
another blow, but eventually he was induced to
think that he had had revenge enough, and drove
off in the cab. English, who had not struck a single
blow in return, then repaired to the Mitre cottage,
and a surgeon was sent for, who directed his re-
moval in a cab to his (the surgeon's) own house;
and there he remained till Saturday evening, when
he took his departure homeward. From all we can
learn he presented a sorry figure about the face, and
at the time of his leaving was also smarting consi-
derably from wounds on the head, arms, legs, and
various parts of his body.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

LEICESTER—Auo. 10.

A fait supply;of wheat to-day. Trade sl,Jw, but late prices
fully supported. White wheat, from 65s to 70s per 9r•
—red, 42s to 60s per 36 stone; a very middling supplY °`
barley, grinding, 29s to 31s ; malting, 36s to 40s per qr.;
oats, 28s to 34s per 24 stone. Beans at high prices-01d,
48s to Us ; new, 36s to 46s per 38 stone.
Fine flour, 44s Seconds, 40s J Thirds, 36s per 20 stone.