The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY•)

Henry Meyer, a very fashionably dressed young man, re-
siding at No. 87, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, and whose
connexions are stated to be of the highest respectability, was
placed at the baron the following charge :
Police-constable No. 26 of the C division, stated that be-
tween twelve and one o'clock this morning, as he was
on duty in Park-street, he saw the defendant in a very in-
toxicated state, nearly opposite to his own residence. He
was accompanied by a friend, who was endeavour-
ing to persuade him to go home. After some time
the defendant threw his hat into the carriage-way,
and on witness picking it up and returning it to
him, he struck him a blow of tremendous force on the cheek
with his clenched fist, which knocked him down. On getting
up the defendant again knocked him down, and then fell
heavily upon him ; after which he kicked him twice in a
savage and brutal manner, in a part of his person likely to
produce very serious and probably fatal consequences. Even-
tually the defendant was overpowered, and taken to the sta-
tion-house.

Two other charges of violent assault were preferred against
the defendant by police-constables who assisted in taking him
into custody.
The defendant said that he had drank to excess, and was
quite unconscious of what had occurred. He was, however,
most sincerely sorry for his misconduct.
Mr. HAnDwica said, that in such a flagrant case an ex-
ample must be made of the evil-doer, and he should there-
fore fine the defendant 51. each for the first and second as-
saults he had committed, and 21. for the third, as it was not
of such a violent character as the preceding ones.
The defendant immediately paid the 121. and was liberated.

QUEEN-SQUARE.-(THIS DAY.)
_Dennis Coughlan, a crossing-sweeper, was charged by the
authorities of St. Margaret's parish with refusing to support
his wife and child, who thereby became chargeable to that
parish.
His wife, a quiet, subdued-looking woman, attired in the
workhouse garb, said that her husband was continually ill-
treating her, which compelled her to leave him and to reside
with her mother. He refused to allow the merest trifle for
her maintenance or that of his child. He swept a crossing
in Bridge-street, Westminster, immediately adjacent to the
law courts and the Houses of Parliament, and was in the
habit of taking a good deal of money from benevolent pe-
destrians, sometimes as much as 9s. a day. She had left him,
owing to his conduct, nine times, and each time on her re-
turn she had been obliged to leave him, so that it would be
worse than useless to make another attempt to live with him.
Coughlan, who was very decently dressed, said that the
crossing in very wet weather yielded no more than Is 6d. or
2s. a day; in fact, there was only six good months in the year,
and he had been laid up with rheumatics for five months.
He was willing to " forget and forgive" the past, or to allow
his wife Is. a week.

The Clerk of the Court said, the crossing on which he
bestowed his attention was one of the best in London, and
yielded a vast deal more than Coughlan had stated.--He
spent all his earnings in drink.
• Mr. Bulimia. expressed his surprise at the smallness of the
sum, and intimated to Coughlan that he should commit him
for a month to the House of Correction if he did not allow
his wife more than the sum he had stated.

Coughlan said he would allow her 2s. a week.
His offer was accepted, and he was discharged.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

NAYDLIZZULETS.
SxrrrnmELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3/5s ; use-
ful ditto, 3/ 8s to 3/ 128; fine Upland ditto, Si 133 to
Si 16s ' • Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat straw, 1/ 6s to 11 Es ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ tis to 11 lOs per load. Supply but
moderate, and trade very dull.
_ _

CuirßEruAND.—Coar-se Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 lOs; useful
ditto, Si 103 to 31 15s; fine Upland ditto, 31 16s to 4/;
Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 4116 s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/98; Wheat
Straw, 118 s to 1/ 12s perload. Both hay and straw moved
off slowly, at barely stationary prices.
WHITECRAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3/';
useful ditto, Si 5s to 3/ 108; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to
31 168; Clover Hay, 31 58 to 5/ 5s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to
1/ 88; Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 11 10s per load. A full average
supply, and a heavy demand.
- - DIZAT PILAZZETS.

Sounum., MARCH 13.--Although the supply of each
hied of fa4stock on sale to-day was a full average one, the
general (lonely.' was steady, and last week's quotations were
mostly supported;—Beef, from 28 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s to 4s
6d ; cal, se lOU to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 4d per 81bs,
to sink the offal. Supply—Beasts, 48 ; Sheep, 2,010; Calves,
50; Pigs, 49.
BotFoRD, MARCH 13.—Prime Mutton and Veal sold rea-
dily at full prices, but otherwise the trade was in a sluggish
state. Beet; from 2s 8d to 4s ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 6d ;
Veal, 3s 104 t. 4) 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s per
Suckling Calves, ths to 28s ; quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s
to 20s ; and Mulch Cou with their small Calf, 161 to 191
4464/,
Lg33'g3, 11.4.ncii 12.—We had rather an inactive •trade
here to' 1q op the following terms :—.Beef from 2s 10d to 4s
2d; Mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork,
2s 6d to 3s 84 per 81bo,