The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-03 00:00:00

THAMES.

PAVING RATES IN POPLAR.-Mr. Charles Young,
solicitor, attended before Mr. Paget to answer four
summonses taken out against Henry Gaylor,
Thomas Leyland, George Greening, and James
Toser, for non-payment of their apportionment of
the paving rate in the Poplar district.
Mr. Barth, clerk to the Poplar District Board of
Works, was the complainant, and he and Mr.
Parker, surveyor, proved the apportionment ou the
defendants, amounting in all to £l5l 4s. 10d.

It was urged by the defendants that the rating
was too high, and by one of them that the people
of Poplar wanted bread, not stones.
Mr. Charles Young said the Poplar District
wanted new paving, and that it was materially
improved by the sanitary and other improvements
of the Board. The value of the house property
belonging to the defendants and others was in-
creased by the new paving.
Mr. Barth said the great majority of owners of
property had cheerfully paid the paving rate with-
out making any objections.
Mr. Paget said his duty was ministerial only,
and he must confirm the apportionment of the
Board. He ordered the following sums to be paid
with one guinea costs in each case :—Gaylor, £l9
10s. 3d. ; Leyland, £43 11s. 3d. ; Greening, £l5
13s. 10d. ; Tozer, £l2 9s. 6d.
RUNNING OVER A LADY'S FOOT.—Edward Laws,
a carman, in the service of Messrs. Hindes and Co.,
beer and wine merchants, in Seething-lane and
Mile-eud New Town, surrendered on bail to an-
swer a charge of furious and reckless driving, and
running over a lady's foot, in the Bow-road a few
weeks since.
Mr. Paget said there had been two cases before
him recently of reckless driving and running over
women's feat.
Mr. John Layton, jun., solicitor for the com-
plainant, said that the case of Mrs. Jacobs, of Step-
ney-causeway, whose foot was run over by a con-
fectioner's cart, had been already decided, and
the defendant, Manning, of New. cross, had been
fined. He also compens? ted the injured woman.
This was the case of a Mrs. Mason, the wife of a
surveyor in Archibald-road, Bow, who was injured
a few weeks ago. The defendant was driving a
horse and cart, and he drove up against Mrs. Mason
and crushed her foot. She had been under medical
treatment ever since, and was now for the first
time present.
Mr. Paget recommended an arrangement, and
the parties retired. After a few minutes conver-
sation Mr. Layton, jun., received a clique for £25
from the Messrs. Hindes, as compensation for the
injury, and the solicitor announced to the magis-
trate the case had terminated.
ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA.--,-Mr. Pelham, soli-
citor, came before Mr. Paget with a Chinese sea-
man, with the English name of John Hanson, who,
he said, had been assaulted by Captain Walker,
the master of the ship Francis Ililliard. There
were a series of assaults committed on the China-
man. He was struck on the 2d of June on the
high seas, one of his teeth knocked out, hit under
the ear, and rendered insensible. On the 22d of
July, when the ship was coming round Cape Horn,
the captain kicked the complainant, beat him over the
body, and threatened him. At a later period, 35 miles
from Queenstown, Ireland, the captain caught the
Chinaman with both hands, nearly strangled him,
and struck him about the head and face. The
Chinaman's nose was cut and he bled freely.

Mr. Paget said he would grant a summons, and
requested Mr. Pelham to fix upon a day.
Mr. Pelham—Yes, sir. I will fix on the 22d of
October.

Mr. Paget—Where is the ship ?
Mr. Paget—ln the Victoria Dock.
Mr. Paget—That is in Plaistow, Essex. I must
refer you to the magistrates in Essex.

INQUEST AT BRIGIITON.—An inquest was held
yesterday at the Abergavenny Arms, near Kemp-town,
Brighton, before the coroner, on the body of the poor
woman found, as we mentioned on Thursday, near the
Ovingdean-road. It appeared from a post nzortem ex-
amination, conducted by Dr. Barker, that her death was
occasioned by disease of the heart, and the evidence en-
tirely negatived the current rumours that she had met
with her death either by violence or by starvation. The
body was identified as that of a tramp who had been soon
for a fow days hanging about Brighton, but no light was
thrown upon her name or where she came from, although
the police have been unremitting in their inquiries.
The two sons of the Viceroy of Egypt, with their
suite, arrived at Goblentz on Thursday afternoon, on
board the steamer Mayence, and took up their quarters at
the Giant Hotel.