The Sun.
London, England, 1845-02-11 00:00:00

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BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Lawrence Donoughue was charged by a person named
Hugget with assaulting him the previous evening, while
drinking at a public-house in Newton-street, Holborn, occu-
pied by a Mr. Frogarty.
The complainant said that he went into the house with a
friend to have a pot of ale. They sat down in the front room
on the first-floor, where the defendant and a number of others
were drinking. This was about eleven o'clock. They had
not been long in when an altercation took place respecting
Catholics and Protestants, on which the defendant rose from
his seat and struck the complainant over the eye a severe
blow. He had not given him the least provocation,
or taken any part whatever in the conversation.
In fact, he had never seen the party before. He
expected his friend presently in Court, who would bear out
the statement he had made. The friend referred to not
making his appearance Donoughue was called upon for his
defence, when he denied that he had struck complainant
without provocation, but rather that he was struck first, and
had only returned the blow in defence, as he would show by
a witness whom he had brought.
John Frogarty was then called, who stated that he was the
father of the landlord of the public-house,• and was present
during the time that the alleged assault was said to have
been committed. The fact was, the company into which the
complainant had intruded himself was a cock-and-hen club,
the regulations of which required that every: person who
entered the room should pay sixpence. For this
they were allowed some drink. The complainant
paid the sixpence on entering the room, but is companion
refused. The latter was repeatedly requested to do so, but
would not, and made use of the most blackguard language,
when Donoughue rose, backed by several of the company, to
put him down stairs. Hugget now interfered, and began to
strike about him right and left. It was then that the defen-
dant resorted to blows, but not before he had been
struck once or twice himself. They were a pair of the big-
gest blackguards he had ever seen, and he had been at
thousands of cock-and-hen clubs in his life.

The constable who took the defendant into custody said
that there was a regular row in the house when he was
called in.

The friend of the complainant having now come into
Court, was called upon, when he repeated a similar story to
that of the latter, with the admission that he had not paid
the sixpence required of him, but said he was ignorant of its
being a club as represented.
Mr. JAPDINE said the evidence was so conflicting that he
must dismiss the case, and cautioned Mr.Frogarty, that if these
cock-and-hen clubs originated any more such rows, the
license of his house would be in jeopardy. Such clubs were
illegal, and he trusted warning would be taken to pr,3vent oc-
currences of that kind.

FLANDERS MAIL.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BRUSSELS, FEB. B.—The Chamber of Representatives con-
tinued to-day the debate on the Budget of the Minister of the
Interior. . .

The Minister of Public Works, on a question being put by
M. Brouckere, promised to acquaint the Chamber in a few
days with the resolutions which the engineers shall have
proposed to him respecting the tunnel of Cumpitch.
M. de Brouckere desires that the tunnel may not be re •
constructed.

• At the close of the sitting, the Minister of Public Works
brought forward a modification of the law as to railroad--
a modification which is rendered necessary by the convention
concluded between the State and Richards and Co, on the
iron railway of L'Entre, Sombre, and Meuse.
The King gave audience to-day successively to Lieut.-
General Lellierer, and M. Solvyns,Secretary of Legation at
Constantinople
We learn from Ratisbon that the Rev. Diepentsock has
refused to accept the dignity of Prime Bishop of Breslau, to
which he had been elected by the chapter of that city. The
two members of the chapter who were sent to him to induce
him to accept this high post left our city yesterday without
having been able to prevail upon him.—Brussels Papers,
Feb. 9.

MARKET NE WS.-(T HIS DAY.

13.8.4 witaitzcnrs.

SarrrifFrELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/10s to 4/ ; use-
ful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5145; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to 5/ 103;
Clover Hay, 4/ IN to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 123 to 1/ 15:;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 15s to 1117 s per load. Supply rather
limited, and trade steady.
CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4/ 12s ;
useful ditto, 4/14s to 516s;' fine Upland ditto, 5/ 8s to Si 12s;
Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 51 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/14s to 1/ 16s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ 16s to 11 Hs per load. • A moderate supply,
and an active demand.

WHITECHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si lOs to: 41 15s ;
useful ditto, 41 16s to 5/ 48; fine Upland ditto, 51 5s to
51 12s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/13s to 1115 s ;
Wheat Straw, It 16s to 1/ 17s per load. Both Hay and
Straw moved off slowly, at late rates.