The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-13 00:00:00

T H A ME S.

INSENSIBLY DIVUNIL—NAREOR E,C&PE FROM DEATH.
—An Izish labourer, named Toomey, was brought be-
fore Mr. Yardley, charged with being insensibly drunk
in the London Dock, and stealing rum from a cask
on one of the quays.
Mr. John Sayre, a constable in the employ of the
Dock Company, said the prisoner WAS found on the rum
quay iu a state of insensibility, and Mr, Ross,' surgeon,
of High-street, Shadwell, was called Open to prescribe
for him in the guard-house of the dock, and pronounced
bins to be dead drunk and to have been drinking rum.
Mr. Ross applied the stomach pump to the prisoner, and
extracted from his inside a pint of strong rum. The
man was insensible for several hours afterwards, and if
restoratives and other means had not been applied, he
would have died. The prisoner was under medical
treatment all night, and was still very ill. A cask on
the river quay hal been plundered.
Mr. Yardley—ls the prisoner a labourer employed in
the dock
Mr. Sayre—Yes he is, air, occasionally employed.
The prisoner in defence said, that all he had to drink
before be commenced work was two pints of beer, and
that got the better of him.
Mr. Yardley—Nonsense ; what say you to the rum
taken from your stomach by the stomach-pump ?
Prisoner—lt was the beer, sir, which got sour on my
stomach, (a laugh).
Mr. Yardley—No, that cannot be. It is contrary to
all the laws of chemistry for beer to be converted int
rum on a man's stomach. (laughter). You were nearly
killed by drinking the rum, and I hope this will be a
warning to you as long as you live. I fine you 10s. for
plundering the rum cask, and is default seven days
impri-oument.
SCANDALOUS OuTnAIE —James Winder), a big man,
described as a wax-flower maker, of No. 4, New-Areet,
Shoreditch, was charged with assaulting Mr. J. Sherren,
landlord of the Blue Anchor pnblichouse, Brook-street,
Ratcliff, and John Putt, 197 K ; and Michael Sull,van,
an Irish labourer, of No. 4, Queen Catharine-court, was
charged with being drunk and disorderly, and inciting
, people to rescue Windom from the custody of the police
constable Putt.
It appeared that Windon, who had acted like a mad-
man, went into a beer shop in Brook-street last night,
and, after making a disturbance an i doing considerable
mischief there, was turned out. He then went into the
house of Mr. Sherren and demanded his cap, which be
said he bad last in the house. Mr. Sherren, finding the
man was inebriated, begged of him to leave the house,
which be refused to do, and attempted to get over the
counter into the bar. Mr. Sberren prevented him doirsg
se, and the prisoner laid hold of bins by the ,neckerchief,
and nearly strangled him, tore his shirt to pieces, and
inflicted other injuries upon him. Mr. Sherren's neck
tie was also broken to pieces, and he was very much
hurt. Some , persons went to the assistance of Mi.
Sherren, who was quite exhausted, and the prisoner was
given into the custody of Putt, whom he twice knocked
down, kicked him, and disabled him. Other constables
secured the fellow, but not until after a desperate
struggle wi h him. On the way to the station-house,
Sullivan, who was also intoxicated, called upon the
people to resist the police, and was very active in throw-
ing stones at them. He was also captured and, locked
up.
Mr. Yardley sentenced Windon to 21 days' imprison-
ment, and Sullivan to 8 days' imprisonment.

SOUTHWARK.
BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Charles Cushin, a
labourer, was brought up in custody of 49 M, charged
with committing an aggravated assault upon Mary
Ann Betts.
The complainant, whose mouth was bleeding, stated
that she had lived with the prisoner as his wife for six
years, and during that time be had frequently pro-
mised to marry her. She worked very hard to assist
in keeping the house, but latterly the prisoner had been
so much addicted to drunkenness, that he not only
neglected his work, but took everything from the
hou,e he could lay his hands on, to turn into money
for liquor. When she remonstrated with him he
abused her, and threatened to illuse her. Fur some
days past he had been intcaicated, which rendered
him incapable of working, and the result of this was
she was nearly, starved. That morning he went out,
and when she asked him for some money, or to allow
her to come to his warehouse for a trifle to purchase
food, he made use of an oath, and struck her
in the mouth. She fell down, and then he kicked
her on the hip. A ccnstabie came up at the time
and took him into custody.
The prisoner was sentenced to one month's hard
labour.

MARKET NEWS.—Cais Day,)

CORN EXCHANGE.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the week ended Aug. 13, 1857, made up from tho Re-
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
WHEAT I BARLEY I OATS RYE I BEANS I PEAS
58s id 39s ld 27s 3d 4ls 11d 46s lld I 103 10d

• TIIE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. -
WhEAT BARLEY I OATS RYE I BEANS PEAS
625 3Ss 4(1. 27s 9(1 40s 9cl. , 46s Ott 42s lld

ENGLISH GRAIN F
Wheat, 79,912; barley, 1,
beans 3,629; pea

BOLD LAST WEEK.
76(3; oats, 3,257; rye, 78;
as, 1,733 quarters.

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATH AND LEADENHALL.—The trade generally
ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 28 10d to 4s
2tl ; Mutton, 28 2d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 48 6d to 58 6d ;
Veal, 3s 6d to 48 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4% 6d per Sibs, by the
c vase.

SoUTHALL, Aug. 12.—To-clay's market was but mode-
rately supplied with stock, in which a steady business was
transacted, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutton,
3s 4.1 to 4s 101; Lamb, 4s 8:1 to 5s 8d; Veal, 3s Bd. to 4s Gd;
Pork, 4s Od to 4s Gd per Blbs, to sink the offal.
lIOMFOED, Aug. 12.—We hat a fair demand for stock,
as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; Mutton,
4s Od to 5s Od ; Lamb, 5s OA to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s Od to
4s 8d ; Pcrk, 3s Bd, to 4s 6d Per Sibs ; Suckling CalTes,
18s to 25s each ; Milch Cows, 171. to 211. each.