The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-28 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

GROSS OUTRAGE AT A TAVERN.—William Barry,
a labourer, was charged with the following outrage
at the house of Mrs. Gascoyne, the Royal Clarence
tavern, Westbourne• place, Pimlico.
Complainant said that he came into her house
on Saturday nignt, having a dispute with a
cabman, and called for liquor. Mrs. Gas-
coine, seeing he had been drinking freely,
recommended him to go home and have a cup
of tea, telling him it would do him a great deal
more good than liquor. He became very much
excited on being told this, and endeavoured to get
over the bar and seize Mrs. Gascoigne by the throat.
Complainant was called and recommended him
to leave the house, but he refused, and when
complainant tried to put him out he knocked him
severely and repeatedly. When he got out he in-
tentionally made a blow at a pane of plate glass
with the side of his head. The damages was £2.
Defendant—l am very sorry, and lam sure I'll
pay for the glass if he will forgive me.
Mr. Self e—l shan't allow a compromise of that
sort after such conduct.

Complainant—l have no wish to press this
matter particularly, but for my own sake and
others in the trade I have found it my duty to
come forward. Here is a hard working man with
a family, and I am very sorry he conducted him-
self so.

Defendant—l was mad drunk.
Complainant—That I deny. You knew full wel'
what you were doing.

Mr. Selfe—He is fined 10s., with 40s. damages,
and in default committed for a mouth.

THAMES.

A FLAGRANT NUISANCE ON TIIE SABBATH DAT.
Three lads, named William Norman, William
Dale, and Jeremiah Shen, were brought before Mr.
Paget charged with playing at a game called pitch
and toss, which, under a recent Act of Parliament,
can now be punished with great severity.
Mr.,W Walker,timber. merchant, Mill wall, Poplar,
said that a footpath ran through his wharf, and many
boys, whose language was foul and abominable,
had been in the practice :of assembling there every
Sunday and playing at pitch and toss with half-
pence. The windows in his house were often
broken by these scamps. If they were remonstrated
with the boys used abusive language and threats.
The prisoners were engaged in playing at pitch and
toss with halfpence on the wharf and made a great
noise. He asked the magistrate to speak sharply to
the boys. He did not want them to be committed
to prison.

Mr. Paget—l shall not only speak very sharply
to them, but act sharply, if this nuisance is
not discontinued. I have not the slightest
doubt of the accuracy of this ,gentleman's
statement. You lads have no right to be on
the wharf at all or to be carrying on a game of
pitch and toss in a public place at any time. This
is generally a Sunday nuisance and must be sup-
pressed. I give you all warning if you are brought
before me again for a similar offence I shall punish
you severely. The gentleman don't wish you to be
punished and I will allow you to be discharged.

Major T. 11. Clarkson, late Adjt. of the Bth
Depot Battalion at Colchester, has joined at Chat-
ham for duty with the 3d Depot Battalion, succeed-
ing Major J. C. Jervoise, who has retired from the
service by the sale of his commission.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived in town on Saturday, from Golding Lodge, the
Earl of Chesterfield's shooting box in Nottinghamshire.
His Royal Highness transacted business at the Horse
Guards on Saturday.

A letter from Bangkok states that the Supreme
King of Siam, who is a very observant astronomer, and
himself edits an almanac which is published at Bangkok,
left his capital in August last, with a number of the most
intelligent persons of his court, for Wai-Wan, iu the
Gulf of Siam, where ho would personally direct the ob-
servations of the total eclipse of the sun.
LIBERAL GAINS IN WEST SUFFOLK.—The Liberals
have been gaining great successes in the registration
courts of the West Suffolk division. At the court held
before W. Mayd, Esq., for the Bury St. Edmunds polling
district, they claim to have achieved a gain of 103 ; and
these, added to successes in other districts, make a total
gain of nearly 300, and several other districts have yet to
be visited. They appear to have made a great onslaught
on the clergy, many of whose qualifications have been so
loosely inserted in past years that nothing was wanted
but an objection in order to get them struck off, so that a
large number of that body have lost their stel foi the pre-
sent year.

A letter from Basle says : —ln many of the Swiss
cantons the formalities preceding marriage are so onerous
that a legitimate union is often inaccessible to modest
purses. The Constituent Assembly of Zurich has just
taken a resolution on this subject, which does honour to
the liberal spirit which presides over the deliberations of
that body. After having voted by an immense majority
the introduction of the optional civil ceremony, it has
abolished all taxes hitherto imposed on those who wish
to be united; the latter in future will only have to pay
some trifling fees. The intervention of functionaries and
ecclesiastics in the celebration of the rite is to be gratui-
tous.

RATES OF POSTAGE TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.—On
the Ist of October next, and thenceforward, the entire
postage if any must be paid in advance on letters addressed
to British Columbia and Vancouver's Island, but letters may
be posted unpaid if the senders desire it. The postage will
bo at the rate of one shilling for every half ounce, and no
further charge will be made on delivery. Registered letters
will be liable, in addition, to a registration fee of 4d. each,
which, with the postage, must also be paid in advance.
Upon newspapers, books, and trade patterns, the postage
will remain as at present, viz.: —For each newspaper not
exceeding 4oz. in weight, 2d. ; above 40z., and not exceed-
ing -Vb., 4d. For books and trade patterns a racket not
exceeding 40z., 4d, with 4d. additional for every weight
of 4oz. These rates must be prepaid. As in the case of
letters, no further charge will bo made on delivery of
newspapers, books, or trade patterns in British Columbia
and Vancouver's Island.

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