The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-15 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ASSAULT ON THE POLICE BY A GENTLEMAN.*--WilliaM
Johnson, a tall gentlemanly looking man, residing at 44,
Stanley-street, Pimlico, was charged with assaults on three
police constables, creating a disturbance, and breaking a
pane of glass at the police station.
Allen, 20 C, said at six that morning he heard a disturb-
ance outside the Californian, a cafe in Panton-street, and
on going to the spot saw the accused strike 158 C several
times. He got between them, and was struck several times
himself as was also 108 C. There was a very great dis-
turbance and the prisoner was very violent. ' _ .

Hearn, 108 C, said on going to, the assistance of the last
witness he saw the accused strike him several times, and
;he was also struck with his umbrella. The accused said,
No - peeler should take him, and he would kill the
-." With some difficulty he was got to the station,
where he broke a pane of glass.
Brown, 158 C, said, while assisting the other constable
he was struck several times in the face with an umbrella,
and his hat was broken to pieces.
The defendant said he was not fighting at all, and was
struck several times by the officers.
Mr. Bingham said the constables must be protected, and
committed the accused for 10 (Lys.
Subsequently an application was made that a fine might
be substituted, but Mr. Bingham said he could not, consis-
tently with his duty, alter his decision; and he wished it to
go forth that the constables, while performing their' duty,
must be protected from gentlemen who indulged in drunken
follies. He therefore resolutely refused the appplicatiou.

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY EVENING.

The United States' mail steamer Arago, Captain
Lines, has arrived with the French and English
mails of the 2d from New York. Her advices are
anticipated by the Weser.
The Arago brings 73,741 dols. for England, and
7-7676ee-thrts. for France. On the 9th, at 10.30 a.m.,
in lat. 46.6, long! 34.50, exchanged signals with the
ship Christian, of New York, bound west.
The Arago has 33 passengers for this port, and
169 for Havre, whither she has proceeded.

THE PROPOSED RUSSIAN LOAN.

The ukase for th 9 proposed Russian "loan of
£12,000,000 3 per cent. stock reached London yes-
terday morning, and the subscription lists are ex-
pected to be opened in about 10 days. The price
is not yet fixed, but 681 or 69 is reported as likely
to be asked. The prudence of the English public
will therefore soon be tested. Even if Europe were
in a perfectly settled condition the terms contem-
plated would seem to offer no particular tempta-
tion; but, with the strong conviction on every mind
that before the lapse of another year a war may be
witnessed that will more or less involve all the
leading Powers, it is difficult to admit the idea of
such a loan being floated. As to the course
that would be taken by Russia in the event
of any rupture each person may form his
own opinion. According to a French journal
quoted yesterday she would take advantage
of it to wrest from Turkey her Asiatic
provinces, and " Queen Victoria, the ally of
Austria, would be unable to prevent the conquest."
This may be merely a malicious inspiration, but,
looking at the question in the most temperate man-
ner, we have had sufficient recent experience—to
say nothing of the articles in Le Nord—to ice aware
that the probabilities of her course are not to be
regarded with satisfaction. The loan is alleged to
be for the sole purpose of bringing her currency
into an improved condition, but this plea has just
failed to serve the turn of Austria, and it appears
strange that it should be put forward with so much
urgency just at a moment when prospects are most
threatening. If Russia is really striving to pro-
mote peace she must be well aware that she can
make war an impossibility, and that it will merely
be necessary for her at the approaching Congress to
declare a determination to join against any Power
that dares to violate treaties or to threaten the
world by unexplained armaments. With the con-
sciousness that in the course of a few weeks she can
thus bring everything to a conclusion, why does
she not wait to take advantage of that happy
period P The currency of Russia has besn nearly
in its present condition for five years past, and a
delay of another month could make no difference.
Again, it is urged that only a moderate portion of
the amount will be required from this country, and
that gradually the whole will be absorbed by con-
tinental purchasers. Indeed, it has been stated that
in several foreign countries they are already eager
to pay a premium for it. if this be true, London
should feel grateful at having the preference;
yet, it must be borne in mind that in times Of
excitement or war continental capitalists are
always the first to take fright, while, as regards
any demand for the stock on the part of the
Russians themselves the prospect is not encou-
raging, since a competing issue of Four per Cent.
Debentures, which has already been announced at
at St. yetersburg, may be expected to prove more
attactive. If these considerations, however, should
not excite caution, the public had better look to
the experience of all recent loans. Turkish is at
8 discount, Chilian at 21 discount, and Austrian at
3to 1 discount. It was lately pointed out that
these results were due to the competition of the
two leading London houses, who, relying upon the
force of their names, and naturally desirous of
securing the commission on such transactions, were
too ready to offer preposterous terms. It appears,
however, that in the present instance, although
negotiations were opened with both of the establish'
ments in question, neither of them have proved to
be the highest bidders.—Times' City Article.

THE SUPPOSED MURDER AT I?A3IS.

GATE.

RAMSGATE, THURSDAY.
Through the exertions of the police further de-
tails have been brought to light in connection with
this affair, but instead of elucidating the circuor
stances under which the deceased met with hiS
death, they tend still more to involve the matter id
mystery.
It appears that the deceased left the London'
bridge station of the South-Eastern Railway, I/
the 11.30 train, on Thursday last, in the same car-
riage in which Mr. Samuel liidd, of London, W 0
travelling. In the course of the journey the,
entered into conversation, and the deceased stated
that he was a native of Germany, and was 37 year°
of age. Mr. Kidd observed that he had lost the
two middle fingers of his left hand, which Wag
bandaged up. He wore a pair of long boots,
very broad toes, and the trousers were inside the
legs. Whether the deceased went on to Dovei or
alighted at an intermediate station is not knouts"
but a person answering to his description wee $
Dover on Friday, and purchased a hatchet at the
shop of Mr. John Green, cutler, of Snargate-street,
and requested the shopman to cut the hand/0
shorter. This was accordingly done, and the per'
son left. Upon comparing the handle of the hatchet
found at Ramsgate with the piece taken off at the
cutler's at Dover, they corresponded exactly. The
following day (Saturday) the deceased arrived at
Ramsgate. His first inquiry at the station was
for a hairdresser, and he was directed to Mr:
Samuel's, King-street, and had his moustache amid
beard shaved off. He then put up at the Royal Oak
Hotel, as stated at the inquest, having in his pox"
session at that time a carpet-bag and an umbrella,
He left the hotel on Sunday morning about tell
o'clock, and proceeded by train to Margate, where,
he stopped at the Elephant and Castle, and tom'
dinner between 11 and 12. Here he left his carpet"
bag in charge of the waiter, while he went out for
a short time. The waiter states that the bag wss
very heavy,' weighing at least 301b3. The deceased,
it is believed, proceeded in the direction of West-
, brook ; and it was near Bishop's Lodge, in this
locality, where the carpet bag was subsequentlf
found, with two linen shirts tied up with worsted.
They correspond in every particular with the one
foundalso
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kerchief, and a small clothes brush. The initials
had .been picked out recently, some trace of the
marking cotton still remaining. The deceased Was
seen by Gibbs (as mentioned before the coroner),
and who now states that the foreigner out he
hand
into his undercoat pocket, and took out betvveell
£4O and £5O in gold and silver. The girl Nines
has been examined, but nothing elicited was calcu-
lated to criminate either her or the man Gibbs ill
connection with the death of the deceased. Nothing
further has transpired respecting the deceased hilly
self; but, on a wall near where the hatchet Wel
found, four distict cuts have been discovered, as a
something had been chopped there.
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ravel the mystery in
which this case is involved.
A number of persons have -been down frous''
London and elsewhere to see the body, but up to
the present moment it has not been identified. The
following,From r is the
to thirty-five
edescriptionof the deceased :
,years of age, about
five feet eight inches high, sandy hair and wills'
kers, inclined to red, and slightly bald on the fore
part of the head. The dress supposed to have bees
worn by the deceased consists of a black cloth coat,
a black satin vest, a pair of grey tweed trousers,
a black silk hat, a black silk neckerchief, a white
andhas
bdreaenwetraskeonf
ethfethseambeedmy,awte_riall:
pgyhrained Wellington boots."
and cotton
a pairgu e rgonrfsa e
lead to its identification, as it ,will
biteileipcohepsloadrlyntaoyhave it interred as soon as possible.

We are most happy to correct an error into wsse uroffaiourlenfoinreiog7
preormicary.k.B
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had
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presenteo
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that the British Government required the disarraswv
o.
of Sardinia as a condition preparatory to the asserabliq
the Congress. We are informed upon authority from youe
there is no appeal that this is not so. This was the Austrifir
—not the English proposition. Lord Malmesbury askedt
equality of time and circumstances for all the Powers, 74.-10
cerned in the present question of disarmament, and "ds
probably upon his suggestion that Austria now &PUPA°
that all the Powers should disarm before the business o'l—
commences.—Times.
cite'
DISAPPEARANCE OF A FARMER.—Great ex
ment has been caused in the neighbourhood of Bretton 1g
the disappearance of Mr. Newton, a gentleman farmer/ Wthe
has no doubt come to an untimely end. He attended a.
show of stallion horses at Redcar on Friday week, nos
place he left about 11 p.m. much the worse for drink•
horse arrived at home the following morning about 5 o'clu,.„
(without his master), and had evidently been nearly evlt.
head in salt water. It is therefore presumed that D_O
Newton had ridden along the sands and had either f 0.7,
into the sea or Saltbum Neck (up which the tide runshlTua
and lost his seat and been drowned. If so, the bodyn..,
probably be carried out to sea by the current, as up to Sa'''
wtoa
day night last no trace of it had been found. Mr. Newt
has left a widow and family to lament his untimely end'
Newcastle Chronicle.
The next public sales of colonial wool are fixe s
d to
commence on Thursday, the 28th inst. Since the last $.l-I_7s
about 45,851 bales have. arrived, consisting, according,!,
circular of Messrs. Winans and Overbury, of 2,544 ,7
Sydney, 25,638 from Port-Phillip, 1,890 from Tasra
10,718 from Adelaide, 5 from New Zealand, and 4,99 Q trw"
the Cape.