The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-07 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

LACONlC.—Applicaut—Please, your worship, I
owe a month's rent.

Mr. Arnold—Go and pay it.
Applicant retires (evidently much chagrined).
RUFFIANISM IN THE ARMY.—Wf• Graves, a pri-
vate in the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, was
charged with violently assaulting Jane Dismore, an
unfortunate woman.

Prosecutrix, who was evidently very weak, and
whose head was enveloped in surgical bandages,
said—Between 12 and 1 o'clock this morning she
was in York-street, intoxicated, and the prisoner
accosted her; because she would not go home with
him he knocked her about with his stick, cut her
head open, kicked her about the head and body,
and loosened all her teeth.

Prisoner said she and her companion were 'kink-
ing together with him, and oue of them stole his
money ; he asked her for it, and she said she had
not got it, and then he hit her with the back of
his hand.

Police-constable Audsley, 251 B, said he saw the
prisoner cross the road and speak to the prosecutrix.
She said she wanted to have nothing to do with
him, and walked away ; ho followed her, knocked
her down, and kicked her while on the ground.
The prosecutrix denied being with a woman or
the prisoner.

The worthy magistrate, having ascertained that
prisoner beyond all doubt was sober, said he had
asked the questions about his sobriety to find any
excuse, however bad, for his conduct. He would
give him credit for supposing that this was a
woman who had robbed him, but even were that
true nothing could justify such a cowardly and
brutal assault as he had committed, and these un-
fortunate wretches who were the victims of their
own misconduct were not to be subjected to these
dastardly and brutal attacks from ruffians like the
prisoner. He sentenced him to the full term, viz.,
six months' bard labour, and, having ascertained
that his character was " indifferent" in the regi-
ment, said even were it the best he would have
given him the same term of imprisonment.

111 A
leKETS.—(This Day.)
COLONIAL AND FOREIGN PRODUCE.
SuGAR.—The market is firm but less active, the supply
on offer being light.
L'OFFEE.—Except lot the best qualities the market is
rather quiet, but firm and steady.
TEA. —Not much passing, and rates unchanged.
Rice is well held, but the firm rates demanded keep tran-
sactions in check.
Saltpetre.—Transactions aro of merely rot ail extent, at
lets rates.
Jute =remains quiet but steady, at £l6 lOs to £22 for
common to line.
Metals—Market quiet; Straits tin £33 to £93 10s, Wal-
larou copper £s3 to £B3los.
TALLOW.
The market is still flat at 43s 93 spot, 43s 93 to 41s June
4is last three months.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE.
The supply of stock to-day was moderate, and the trade
was dull.
Of beasts there were 770, including 198 from abroad.
The beef trade was dull, and prices were barely sustained.
Of sheep and lambs the number on sale was 10,700, of
which 2,290 were from abroad. Mutton sold slowly at
rather lower prices. Lamb met a dull sale.
The number of calves was 350, the proportion foreign,
being 220. The veal trade was steady for best qualities,
but dull for inferior.
There were 60 pigs on sale, all English fed.
The pork market was steady.
Quotations —Beef, 3s 4d to ss; mutton, 3s to 4s 83 ;
veal, 8s 43 to 5s 6d; pork, 3s to 4s 6d; lamb, 6s to
7s 6d.