The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-12 00:00:00

THE IMPOSSIBLE 7,439,216.

Among the many extraordinary circumstances con•
nected with the present revolution in France, it is not
the least of such that M. Louis Bonaparte has been able
to gull the people into the belief of his having received
the affirmative votes of more than 7,400,000 persons.
That he should seek to deceive in this, as he has in many
other ways, should not surprise us; but that he should
have so completely forgotten the prudent advice offered
to a deceiver in the fable, to "keep probability in view,"
is extraordinary, since he has laid himself open to de-
tection in his falsehood by every one who will be at the
10C.1118 to examine his figures in connexion with the popu-
lation returns, which are free to the inspection of every
one. The narnkrs advertised in the Moniteur as having
voted on the question of his dictatorship, Oui or Non, are
7,439,216
/von ... 640,737
Annitic.3 ••• ••• 36,820

Total who voted ... 8,116,773
The total population of the 86 departments
of France at the last census, in 1846, was 35,401,761
From which must be deducted the inhabi-
tants of Corsica, not included in the re-
turns of voters

230,271

32,171,400

Of this number one-fourth only are men 20
years old and upwards ...
Deduct further the number given in the
/stench tables as between 20 and 21 years 303,500

8,792,872

Leaving ... ... 8,439,372
as the greatest possible number inscribed as electors
capable of voting, being only 372,502 beyond the
number who are asserted to nave voted, and conse-
quently allowing only about 1 in each 100 of adult
males to have soF.taiued from voting. More than one-
fourth of the above number, viz., 97,023, are stated in
the census returns as being above 85 years of ago, and
may on that account be assumed as unlikely to have voted.
In addition to this, there are the sick, and those absent
during the days of election from the district in which
they were inscribed. A very moderate allowance on
these accounts would more than make up the above-
named excess of 372,599, without reckoning any of the
very numerous class whe, upon principle, abstained from
voting on the question, and who, in the department of
the Seine alone, are stated to have been 96,819 out of
394,049, the number inscribed in the department. If the
proportion who thus abstained is assumed as correct data
for the whole of France, then the number who did not
rota would be 2,085,863; leaving the 6,403,509 as the
extreme number whose votes were recorded, or 1,713,264
fewer than the number asserted by M. Bonaparte to have
been given. The number of negative votes is stated in
the ilioniteur to have been 640,737, of which number
96,511 were given in the single department of the Seine
—about 1 in 3 of the total number said to have voted;
whereas, in the rest of France, the adverse votes are
stated to have been only 544,226, or only 1 in 20 of the
alleged voters! Credut qui vult.—Examiner.

SPORI IN G NOTES.

No. CLXVI•

ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-THIRD DERBY.
(Continued from No. CLXV.)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE s UN.
Six,--since dotting down my last remarks on the
lsre Derby, I find by my last communication from w-
market, that Esy observations concerning Butler's stable
were in several respects incorrect. As I before re-
marked, Hugo and Weathergago are not worthy any
sane man's consideration for the great race now in hand,
and Hesperus I made little or nu remark about. lam
now in a position to state, that he is in gentle work,
much improved since the close of last season, and that
he will probably turn out to be the best of that stable.
Labouring under the idea—from not having heard any
thing about them—that Maidstone and Canterbury—
two purchases from the Goodwood stable—were thrown
out of training, I did not take their chances into con-
sultation in descanting iu my last letter on Butler's
lot. Canterbury is doing no work; in tact, is out of
training; and Maidstone, though doing gentle exercise,
and lookins: well, is by no means a Derby horse in any
respect. I shall make a point of concluding the Derby
article to-morrow, when I will give the summing up to
the best of my judgment.
Before closing this brio f note I will take a glance at the
OUNDLE STEEPLECHASES.

The principal one, marked on the list to be run at
p
twelve o'clock, will in all probability have some seven
or eight starters, namely, the British Yeoman, the Ge-
neral, Isaac, Verax, Carrig, Maria Monk, and perhaps
another or two. The Yeoman has on this occasion to
concede a stone to his next-door neighbour, and
considerably more to others in the race. This
of course will militate much ° against his
?hone() ; I, however, think, that as the course
it in anything but a light condition, the
Yeoman, if run to win, will be one of the first three.
The General, at lest. 41b., is held perfectly safe by Isaac,
at a pound less. Venture, Miss Mew bray, Johnnie
Barrie, Carrig, Cogia, Mischance and Gulnare, I have
no holey for. Hinton's running is uncertain, so,I shall pass
his chance over without comment. This weeding of the
field leaves me the two cracks Verax and Maria
Monk—with Isaac and the British Yeoman to dispute
the palm of superiority. If I place MARIA MONK and
VERZX iu the first two positions, with Isaac and the
Yeoman tolerably well up, I think my venture will not
be very wide of the mark.
The Selling Stakes, over three miles of country, I
should book as a certainty for YOUNG LOTTERY or OUT-
CAST, with Bullfinch, Gulnare, and the Parson's Daughter
in attendance.
The latest betting on the Oundle events quotes Verax
as the favourite at 7 to 2 (taken), Maria Monk 5 to 1,
Carrig 5 to 1, General 8 to 1, Isaac 8 to 1, and the Yeo-
man the same figure. For the Selling Stakes—Outcast
is marked at .5 to 2, 3 to 1 taken freely; Young Lottery,
4 to 1; Ormsby, Bullfinch, or any other, 6 to 1.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF,

Jan. 12, 1852.

THE NEW CHIJECEL AT lIAMP3TEAD.7—DIItiIT the
heavy gale which prev.ileci on FriLlay morning the district
of Hampstead suffered most severely. Amongst many other
casualties was that of the blowing off nearly thirty feet of
the spire of the newly. erected district chureh. The edifice,
built in one of the loftiest positions of that elevated neigh-
bourhood, from its peculiar site and extreme height (being
upwards of 200 feet) has been an object of great attraction.
It was a moat tottnnate circumstance that the accident hap-
pened during the night; for had it occurred when the work-
men were in the church (the interior not yet being finished),
the consequences must have been most fatal, as the masonry
fell on the roof, dashing through to the body of the church.
The damage is estimated at upwards of 1,300/.
LEAP OF AN AMERICAN }loam--According to the
Sunburg American, a horse near that place recently leaped
from one abutment of an unfinished bridge to another a dis-
tance of thirty-two feet; and on
.a subsequent day, after
into pieces and spilling smashing a buggythe driver and two
ladies into the road, be Jumped twenty-three feet on rising
ground, with the four wheels or the buggy attached. The
Boston Transcript simply add " Iziachet we seen the story
Inint we .shouldn't have btlteyed It."

THE " PRESERVED" MEATS AT
PORTSMOUTH.
PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY.—At the eleventh hour the
Admiralty have given orders to Sir E. Parry, at the
Clarence Dockyard, Gosport, not to give any morein-
formation to the newspapers in reference to the exami-
nation of the tin cases of putrid matter supplied to the
navy as " preserved meat, warranted to keep for
for
.five
years." But the following short summary of t
col-
lected by a gentleman on the spot, may be relied upon as
authentic. Goldner, who was, and has been ever since
1845, the contractor for the supply of these provisions,
was lately resident at Greenwich. The last contract
consisted of 8,660 canisters, or over 73,0001b5. weight of
food. The result of ten days' examination is, that, out
of 6,671 cases only 189 have been found " good. For
this contract Mr. Goldner was paid at the rate of
sid. per lb. for the best beef and mutton. Mr.
Goldner is or was also a contractor with the
Russian Government for a supply of tallow,
and for the Le- ,duction of which he had a tallow
factory at full work, in Galatz, inMoldavia; and there
can be little doubt that the offal and refuse of this fac-
tory is the " preserved meat" which he has supplied to
the English navy. About four months ago an agent of
his was allowed to remove and take away 2,000 of these
canisters from the Clarence Victualling-yard, in conse-
quence of a report having got abroad that their contents,
were emitting a very unpl( asant telour ; what became et
these 0 000 remains a mystery, but they were included
in the 8,660. Yesterday the examination came to an
.
abrupt close before ono u'elock; but it resulted the
condemnation of two hundred tin cases, out of which not
a single one was found " good;" but any person apply-
ing for information on behalf of a newspaper received a
decided refusal until such time as some communication
can be had from the Admiralty on the subject. However,
it is now confidently asserted in Portsmouth that a large
portion of this fceqd stuff wile put on board the ships of
Sir John Franklin.
Up to a late hoar last evening no communication of
any sort had been received by the Board of Examiners
either from the contractor's representative in London, or
from his sureties, and nothing whatever is known of the
contractor himself, beyond the fact that he ia no longer
to be found in Greenwich.
.Since last Tuesday week, the Board of Examiners ap-
pointed by the Admiralty to discharge the disgusting
duty of revealing this foul fraud, have gone through
their task as well and as long each day as their physical
energies permitted. The operation of forcing open the
tin cans took place in a large empty store of the Clarence
Victualling-yard, and it was simply this :—upon two
empty barrels was placed a large board, around which
stood the examiners, and as the cover was raised each
and all present mechanically started back from the
fearful effluvia emitted; but they went a step further;
they emptied the can of its pollution, and findingit to
be that which its stench announced, put it back again
and placed it in the yard. So they stood yesterday,
arrayed in lines, of every weight, from 4 lbs. up to
32 lbs., and which no passer-by may approach in safety.
Now, will not the public ask, bow is it possible that
ever since the year 1845 Goldner should have had the
contract, notwithstanding the competition and the many
other tenders sent in? By what magic was it that he
was always so fortunate as to be declared the contractor?
Had Greenwich politics, or any individual high in office
resident there anything to do with it ?
The following explanation of the circumstances under
which preserved meats were issued to sea-going ships,
and likewise to the causes which led to the recent con-
demnation of those meats, which had been contracted
for by the Admiralty,at Portsmouth, appears in the Ob-
server of yesterday.
" The preserved meat is supplied in tin canisters of a
certain dimension and strength, hermetically sealed.
The supply is obtained by contract, and subject to
examination—any canister on opened become un-
serviceable within twenty-four hours—it is therefore
impossible to examine every canister, but a cer-
tain proportion, about five per cent,. is usually
opened. in this examination it can be ascertained
in the canisters actually opened, whether improper parts
of the animal have been used; but where the proportion
of improper meat in the whole supply is very small, it
must happen that on some occasions breaches of the
contract in this respect will escape notice, from the im-
possibility of examining every canister; but this is not
the usual cause of the meats becoming unserviceable. If
the air has penetrated into the canister, or was not
originally entirely exhausted, or if there was a defect in
he original curing, meat which on examination appears ,
erfcctly good and is properly passed, would corrupt and
e come unserviceable. Preserved meat was first issued
to the navy, as an article of comfort for the sick, in the
year 1815. It was also supplied in a limited quantity to
Captain Parry on his Arctic voyage in 1819, and again
to Captain Trotter's ships in the Niger Expedition in
1840. The reports in these instances were favour-
able ; still, as the article, from its comparative
scarcity and cost, could only bo considered as
one of luxury, its general use in the navy was not
then contemplated. In 1840 a patent for preserved
meat was taken out by Mr. Goldner, and from
this time considerable improvement was made in the art
of manufacture, and in the cost at which it could be
supplied; and in consequence of this the Board of Admi-
ralty wore induced in 1846 to authorise the issue of pre-
served meat, experimentally, on a more extensive scale.
The trial thus made appearing to be successful, the
Board of Admiralty, by a circular of the 29th of April,
1847, directed that preserved meat should be introduced
as an article of victualling into the navy, and issued to
ships on foreign stations one day in each week, with
preserved potatoes, in lieu of a salt beef ration. About
the end of 1848, or in the beginning of 1849, it was re-
ported to the Admiralty that, iu addition to such occa-
sional condemnations of preserved meat as are common
to salted provisions, parts of the animal nut fit for use
had, in a few instances, been found mixed with the
meat, and immediate steps were at once taken to re-
medy the evil. In the following year (1850) a new con-
tract was entered into with Mr. Goldner, and in
1851, increased quantities of preserved meat being re-
quired for the navy, a further contract was made with
that gentleman for a large additional supply. It was in
the course of examining the first deliveries under this
contract that an improper substance was discovered in
one of the canisters, and upon this the whole quantity
under delivery, amounting to 22,3'251b., was at once re-
jected; and complaints at the same time reaching the
Admiralty of the nature and quality of the preserved
meat
.then being served out in ships abroad, orders were
immediately sent to the commanders-in-chief on foreign
stations; to stop the issue of such provisions, and to re-
tnrn the supply into store. The contract with Mr. Gold-
ner was then immediately cancelled; and, in order that
the exact amount of penalty to which he as contractor
is liable may be ascertained, every canister in store, as
well as those returned from ships abroad, is nowlbeinc,
subjected to examination.—ln justice to the contractor,°
however blameable his conduct, we are bound to
state that a very small proportion of the
caaisters examined is objectionable on the
ground that improper parts of the animal
have been employed. The principal proportion of those
condemned may have become unserviceable from the
other causes before stated. It appears, therefore, that
the use of preserved meat generally was adopted after
much experience—that, on the first complaints, imme-
diate measures were taken to supply a remedy; and
that this last extensive examination and condemnation
has been occasioned by the determination of the Admi-
ralty not to permit improper meat to be supplied for the
use of the navy. It is much to be regretted that this
failure of the proper supply should have taken place;
and in issuing the preserved meat the Admiralty were
not swayed by any motive of economy, but were de-
sirous of substituting a change fur the salt meat ration
—a change which those only who have served long at
sea can sufficiently value. The supply was obtained by
contra ct—a mode which is generally preferred—but
suchinstances as the one now under consideration show
some of the inconveniences to which the system of con-
tract is liable."

E. SILAS'S SONATA.
(From the Musical World.)
Sonata! what various and vivid emotions are excited
iti our breast as we write the word. It recalls past
times, pest excellencies, past performances, past rivalries,
past friendships, with their many interesting azsocia-
tions, and from it we borrow a hope that a genius may
yet arise to shed a beneficial influence over the atmo-
sphere of the musical world, and ditTel the crowd of
dull spirits that now hang around the stalls of our great
music-publishieg establishments. It is a matter of deep
regret to must admirers of the art, that at the present
period
works
dthere are uu productions equal in excellence to
the art is in
of the composers of the past. Some infer
a state of- decline, others believe it to be
merely in
a state of transition. Unquestionably, the
public of England have now a better appreciation of
the compositions
; yet the original of
enter-
tained by the public . the great masters than that enter-
the previous quarter of this cen-
tury
Coe classical for:
musical press of Linraol compositions issued from the
ductions of former da at the present day, do not pos-
or elevated character of the pro-
quarte.tts, concertos, tls.„, In
notturnos, fantasias, mazieirlareplace of sonatas, trios,
satiated with caprices,
morceaux caracteristiques, fa,nast, romances sans paroles,
oddities. Composers say the rac"giques, and such like
has departed, but publishers
high pretension,
the public will not
kore:otif spirited publishers
paretension, and they
accept mediocrity in works of lai
a sonata, con-
position by a
have the experience that professors
oerto, or any other classical form of composition
with
modern composer, with as much alacrira
cloyed appetite shuns the choicest viands.
The as
One
The truth is, that time, the true propounder of excel-
lence, has so completely established the surpassing beauty
of the sonatas, quartette, and symphonies of Mczartandßeethoveen, that it is to be feared the portentouswords
of Dante,
"Lasoiate ogni speranzi, &c." may be too
significantly applied to all those who enter upon their
der artment of art. It may be objected that the sonatas
of Clernenti, Dust eh, Steibelt, Cramer, Ries, Hummel,
and other pianistes, wore a source of great profit to com-
posers an publishers, but this must be attributed to the
progress then making in the art of performing on the
pianoforte. Composers were performers, each seeking
to produce effect by new figures or forms of passages
suited to his peculiar style of performance, and which
were then quite as availlsl.e to excite the admiration of
an audience as the impossibilities of a modern fantasia
by
List, Dohler' ys3Dre -
Then the sonatas of Beethoven were not well under-
stood, nor wore they so welladapted for great mecha-
nical display; their excellencies
were spiritual, not
Physical; time has
dulled the tinsel brilliancy of the
compositions of the great pianistes,l -1 it has exalted
W II U
the beauties of those of Beet'ideal
The has
out-
lived the material. Those w"v".
on their s
of the great pianistes
which were in much demandeor
and are now merely sought
in
illustrationtheir first publication,
of the history
of the art; while the sonatas of
hisßeethoven, which may
be said to have been dropt from
unheeded and unnoticed, are now l
witteden ati their birth
into a reputa-
tion boundless and enduring as music itself.*
-
lot fora moment have in any ilaten •
tiou to depieoitice

* Some opinion may be formed of the relative estimate
of Beethoven's works at the period of their publication and
the present time, from the fact, that, out of the numerous
editions that have lately appeared, a larger sum has been
paid by a firm to an artiste in London for the mere revision
of their edition than the composer, with a few exceptions,
received for the copyright of the original.
t As it may not be generally known, it is but an act of
justice to state that this symphony was composed at the re-
quest of the Philharmonic Society, and the commission was
endorsed by a munificent sum.

AUSTRALIAN GOLD DIGGINGS.
The following correspondence, dated August 20,
from the new diggings at Buninyong, appears in one
of the Melbourne papers received yesterday by the
Honduras :

"Buninyong, Wednesday Evening.
4" The inhabitants of Geelong are becoming nomadic'
—various tribes from Corio, Chilwelloind Ashby have
sent their deputations, and the denizens of the western
district may bo described ere long as dwellers in tents,
as hewers of wood and drawers of water.' Geelong is
going out of town and coming to Buninyong; bricks
and mortar are deserted for tarpaulins, comfort for in-
convenience, ease for hardship, ordinary travail for hard
labour, and all is set at nought and succumbs to the
desire for gold, gold that is to be rent from the bowels
of the earth. Neither rain nor storm overpowers the
desire; the cry is still They come, they come.' First,
a party of stragglers trudge through the slough with un-
tiring energy, some few with ' swag at back,' others
shouldering guns and forming the advance party, a sort
of picket to the baggage coming on; anon a solitary
horseman rides through the township, and asks 'How
far is the diggings?' and so all wend to the caravanserai
at the foot of Hiscock's Diggings,' and swell the gipsy-
looking encampment formed there ; some sanguine,
others desponding, according to temperament, but all
hastening to the same point, with the same desire and
object in view. En the evening the cradle rests, the dip-
pers and the tin dishes are thrown aside for the night,
and horses are turned adrift, and the busy workers have
retired to their tents, the line of which may be seen and
traced by blazing fires. Tea, beef, biscuit, and damper,
all or some of which form the evening refection are then
partaken of, pipes follow, and a deep slumber ends the
eventful day; but ero this period arrives it is necessary
to ascertain the result of their enterprise. I will go to
the nearest cradle first. Good evening, Mr. Bichard;
what luck to-day?' 4 Well :I don't know; come and
look at it; hero it is;' and Bichard pours out the water
from a paunikin, and shows the gulden deposit at the
bottom. How much do you say?' Well,l don't know;
shall I say two ounces and a half? ' Don't say too
much; suppose you state two and a quarter, and then
you'll be within the mark." Be it so,' said I, 6 I want
but the truth,' and so I write.

" Messrs. Diehard and Wilson's party of six, horse
and cart, three days work, 21 ounces, besides specimens
in quartz.
" Messrs. Pattison and HOVIG'S party of four, horse
and cart, three days and a half work, about 1 oz.
" Mr. Gundry's party of four, horse and cart, two days'
work, 1 4 (5.
" Mr. South's party of three, horse and cart, one day
and a half's work, 1 oz.
" I made inquiries of various other parties, but found
that they had not completed their arrangements, or got
their cradles into working operation, in fact the work is
not begun.
" Many are coming, and some few are leaving, and
others grumbling, butr the above statements you msy
rely upon ai official, eceived from the mouths of the
parties themselves, and the quantities specfied seen
with my own eyes; and, if they are not so prolific
As many would desire, I think it is a gratifying fore-
taste of what may be anticipated from a fair trial c.
the diggings, which anticipations the seven rich
specimens I forward in their matrices will guarantee; but
rich as they are, there are many still more so, which may
be seen by examining a
perfect gem dispatched by this
mail to Messrs. Young and Shottun by Mr. Veitch. The
specimens I forward will challenge
comparison with any
yet found in the Pyrenees, or any other part of Port
Phillip, and there are still finer specimens in the hands
of parties now working on the ground. Many of them
are found every
cradle working, and hence I think it may be deduced
that ere lung
r idea:
ve
in sometimeswil be hit
twoup 0
17 three in on©
~
The following
locality : is another account from the same

" In my last I reported my
arrival here, and gave
what information I had been enabled to collect at
the late hour at which I arrived here. Since that I
have been on the field and have spoken to nearly
every one there, without finding a single per-
son that is doing good. Several or, only pot

commencing, and of them nothing definite can be stated;
one party of two had procured about a quarter of an
ounce since Friday :last, inclusive, and this was tho
largest quantity which I saw. The gold is very dense
and pure, far more so than any other native gold I have
seen, and it will, therefore, fetch a higher price in pro-
portion to its purity; but the people about here have
most inordinate ideas of its value, and imagine that they
will get a price equal to the current rate in London, and
some state variously that they have been offered 725.,
755., and 775. per ounce for it; of course, I advised them
to take the first opportunity of selling at either of these
rates, which are very far beyond the real value. In the
first place, at least 108. must be deducted by the buyer
to cover the various expenses of transmission, freight,
insuranc©, &c.,and the cost of reduction and assay; for
I may state, for the benefit of the uninitiated, that gold
is rarely, if ever, found in a state of actual purity,
being always in combination with some other metal,
as silver, iron, tellurium, Stc. ; so that the term
pure' or impure es commonly used is merely
relative. I hear a great deal on the spot of men
who have collected large quantities of gold, but have
not yet been able to meet with any instances, so that I
feel strongly inclined to 'ignore the bill.' Lest, how-
ever, they should exist without my having seen them, I
will give leave to move for a new trial, and shall make
further inquiry, before I start, for lam going to have
another race with tho in order, as before, to send
you by the same post communications from two placoA,
40the same post. At present but
little ground distant, by
been turned up, and although persons
have been marching in various directions, gold has hi-
therto only been found in the one limited spot. The
Clones diggers, who came down here to inspect, won't
look at the place, preferring their hard work, with com-
parative certainty, at the Deep Creek. The carpenters
here are doing a heavy trade in cradles, on what they
call an improved construction; but the plan is demon-
strmively bad, being based on erroneous data."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE
STREET.
William Henry Baker, a constable of the H division,
appeared before Mr. Hammill, at the instance of the
Metropolitan Police Commissioners, upon the following
charges:
Mr. Daniels, the solicitor, stated the me for the pro-
secution, and c'slled
Mrs. Anne Burnett, the wife of a grocer in Middlesex-
street, Aldgate, who stated,—On the Monday or Tues-
day evening before Christmas I was 'seising through
Commercial street, Whitechapel, in company of my
sister-in-law, when ese accidentally met a gentleman
named Hart, well known to my family, and of whom, as
ho had just returned from New York, I was anxious to
make inquiries about one of whom is settled there. We
had not been long
in conversation when the defendant
Came up and made an observation to Mr. Hart which
implied that he might take indecent liberties with me,
but neither of us liked to take any notice of the offen-
sive remark, and I and my sister-in-law, Mrs. Myers,
were about to go home, when the defendant followed
up his previous insult by making a disgusting noise
with his mouth at us as we passed him. We had done
nothing whatever to cause his interference with us,
and, though natarally indignant at the insult I had re-
ceived, I did not then report him; but on passing through
the same street again on Christmas-night, with my sis-
ter-in-law and ayoung lady named Phillips, the daughter
of a neighbour, the defendant again came up to us, and
asked if we were not the ladies who had insulted him a
few evenings before? I then complained of his insulting
me, and expressed my regret that I had not made a re-
port of him at the station, upon which the defendant,
with apparent contrition, asked us what we would have
him do? I told him, nothing but make an apology and
go about his business, upon which he begged our pardons
for the annoyance he had caused us, and we were walk-
ing along perfectly satisfied, when my sister-in-law eau-
tieuod him to bo more careful whom ho so insulted in
future, as she was both a married woman and the mother
of six children. " Married!" said the:defendant, bursting
out into a coarse laugh, " why, don't I know you, and
haven't I taken you home drunk many times?" I then
became so exasperated at his infamous conduct
that I told him 1 would at once report him, and was
hastening on for that purpose, when the defendant ran
after me, seized me roughly by the arm, said I should
not go that way, or if I did ho would lock me up for
being drunk about the streets, and dragged me along
for several yards just like a drunken woman, when be
relaxed his hold of me, and I immediately went to the
station and lodged a formal complaint of his gross mis-
conduct against him. The complainant most earnestly
declared that neither she nor her friends had had any-
thing to drink upon either of the evenings they had
been so insulted, and that all of them were perfectly
sober.
Mrs. Phoebe Myers, sister-in-law of the last witness,
and wife of a general dealer in the same neighbourhood,
gave a precisely similar account of the manner in which
the former had been treated, and in describing the way
in which she herself had been insulted, stated that the
defendant not only declared that he bad taken her
home drunk upon several occasions; which was totally
false, but called her a disorderly character, and that
upon her telling him how closely she was to her home,
he loudly exclaimed, " Home, indeed? why I could
have gone home with you myself many a night."
Miss Abigail Phillips, a milliner, confirmed both the
last witnesses in identical terms, with the addition that,
upon the second complainant telling the officer she was
a married woman, he roughly seized her also by the
arm, jeeringly laughed at them, and told them he never
saw such married women; he then threatened to lock up
the first complainant upon the charge of being drunk
and disorderly, and forcibly pushed her on for four or
five yards. Upon seeing such violence witness indig-
nantly told him that he ought to be ashamed of himself
to push a married woman along through the streets, in
such an advanced stage of pregnancy as the complainant
was, upon which the constable exclaimed, "D— her
being in the family way, I'll lock her up for three hours,
if I can only catch hold of her." This witness also pro-
tested the perfect sobriety of all of them, and declared
that she had never seen either of the complainants in the
slightest degree affected by drink in her life.
Mary Bevan, the wife of a shoemaker in Union-strset,
Spitalfields, who was accidentally passing at the time of
the second assault and insult by the constable, also de-
posed to the same facts they had done.
Inspector Kendall, of the H division, stated that at
eight o'clock on the night in question a gentleman en-
tered the station and complained of the officer 220, who,
he said, was so drunk as to be unfit to take care of his
beat, and that he had just insulted two ladies, both of
whom he had known for some time, and knew to be re-
spectable women. The defendant returned to the sta-
tion shortly after, and was at that time perfectly sober.
Mrs. Barnett, accompanied by her sister-in-law, had pre-
viously come to the station to complain of having been
insulted both then and on a previous evening, and he
must also state that the complainants were likewise per-
fectly sober, though very much excited. The defendant
had only been a short time attached to that division,
having been draughted into it at the close of the Exhi-
bition; but he bad always borne a very good character
in the force, no reports whatever eaving been made
against him, and he was generally a steady well-con-
ducted officer.
Egerton, the acting sergeant at the station, also
de-
posed to the defendant's sobriety on the night in ques-
tion.
In answer to the charge, the defendant stated that
both women were intoxicated at the time referred to,
to, and positively denied that he had conducted himself
towards them in the manner they had described, but ac-
knowledged that he had no witnesses to call to confirm
his statement; and
Mr. theanuinn, after severely commenting upon his
conduct, which he characterived as so gross a violation
of his duty as not to be for a moment tolerated, and to
call for the strongest conderanation, at once sentenced
him to undergo a month's imprisonment in the House o"
Correction.