The Sun. — 1863-10-31 (London, England)

THAMES. A BRACE OF RUFFIANS —Daniel Shea, aged 28, and Joseph Early, 19, two pow erful fellows, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk, disorderly and violently assaulting Mr. William Henry Mills, a licensed victualler, in High-street, Shad well, Robert Wass, his potman, and James Hayward, a seaman of the brig Ryhop.  Mr. Mills said the prisoners came into his house last night at 10 o'clock. They were preceded by a confederate, who asked for a pot of beer. The prisoners knew he had forbidden them to come to the house on any pretence, and that be would not serve them. Directly they entered the house they abused, swore at, and insulted every person in the house,,and without any provocation beat an old man who could not defend himself. Early struck another man, and cut his cheek. Another man received a blow on the eye, which was blackened. He went into the tap room in the middle of the disturbance and ordered the prisoner to leave the house. Shea immediately seized him by the throat, while Early beat his potman. He sent out for the police, and others called out murder. He never saw two such ruffians iu his life, They fought desperately. Wass, the potman, confirmed his master's statement. When he requested the prisoners not to make a disturbance, they threatened to murder him, and Early knocked him down. He got up, and Shea hit him on the eye. Mr. Mills was recalled, and said his reason for not serving the prisoners, and forbidding them the house was, they had often made a disturbance there, One night Shea hit a man, as he was sitting down, in a cowardly manner. The sailor, Hayward, whose name was on the charge-sheet, was seriously injured, and could not leave his ship. Roche, the jailor of the court, said the prisoners were too  well known to him. They were a pest to the publicans and shopkeepers in Ratcliff-highway, High-street, Shadwell, and Broad-street, Ratcliff. They were ualwhippers, and worked one day and were idle six more. They had been in the practice of going into public-houses demanding beer of the customers, and, if they did not give it them, they used their fists.  Mr. Partridge said the prisoners were lazy and savage ruffians, and had been guilty of several violent assaults. Ho sentenced them to be imprisoned for six weeks for the assault on Mr. Mills and six weeks for the assault on the potmar, with hard labour in both cases, the second sentence to commence on the expiration of the first. If they were ever brought before him again for a similar outrage, he would commit them for trial.  European Impressions of the Japanese Ambassadors.  Every one remembers, says our Paris contemporary La Patrie, the Japanese Ambassadors who last year visited France and England. We have not forgotten their inquisitive curiosity. Truly these impassionate personages should not have forgotten a single incident of the entirely new spectacle which presented itself to their eyes. It was everywhere remarked with what avidity they listened to and took notes of the explanations of their interpreter. Oa their return home they hastened to arrange these notes, which have just been printed at Jeddo. A Frenchman who has lived there for some time, on seeing this book, immediately translated and sent us the introduction, which we give word for word, persuaded that it will be interesting to our readers :  ,