Mr. Arnold, the Westminster magistrate, has sent Mr. King Har-
man to prison for ten days, refusing to inflict a fine. Mr. Harman was concerned with other "gentlemen" in a disgraceful riot, ending with an assault on the .police, at Cremorne Gardens. Mr. Arnold said that the charge against the defendant, that of unlawfully resist- ing Potter in the execution of his duty, was, in his opinion, clearly made out. As the defendant was acting in concert with others, it must be taken as a principle that their resistance was the same as though lie had resisted himself, and although there was no resistance personally in Potter's case, in that of the other constable it was positively shown that defendant 'forced his way back while the others took hold of the officer. It was obvious that the defendant, accom- panied by a gang of companions, went to the gardens with the express object of disturbing the public peace, and with a determination that if any attempt were made to restrain them, they would resist it by force and violence. A pecuniary fine upon the defendant would not in any way meet the case. Taking the whole of the circumstances into con- sideration, and bearing in mind the fact that the defendant had received four or five days' imprisonment already, he should commit him to the House of Correction for ten days. Defendant and his friends ex- pressed their determination to apply to the Secretary of State for his release.
The Mansion House magistrates have inflicted a fine upon John Keith, a seaman, who, in order to obtain a renewal of a certificate as master, which lie had forfeited by desertion, made a false declaration before a police magistrate to the effect that he had lost it at the wreck of a ship in the Black Sea. Unable to pay the fine, Keith was sent to prison for three months. The Surrey Music Hall, made more famous as the scene of Spur- geon's outbursts of theological oratory than for its musical displays, was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon. The fire origi- nated in the negligence of workmen. It was subdued at five o'clock, but by that time the hall had been consumed.
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