The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

THAMES.

A HARD CAtilE.—A poor man named Wilson, a rigger,
name before Mr Paget for the second time this day to make
a complaint against the magnates of the Whitechapel and
Stepney Poor-law Unions.

The applicant's wife died on Saturday last in the London
Hospital. She had been very ill for twelve months pre-
ceding. He applied to the relieving officer of Shadwell in
the Stepney Union where ho was born, and where he had
lived all his life, and where he lived now, to bury his
wife, and represented that ho had not the means of
defraying the expenses of a funeral. He was referred
to the Whitechapel Union in which his wife died, and
where his wife's body was lying. lie went to
Whitechapel, and was told by the relieving officer that, as
he belonged to the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, that parish
must bury his wife. He went back to Shadwell and was
laughed at, and directed to go back to Whitechapel. Last
night he attended the Board of Guardians of the White-
chapel Union, and was ordered to go about his business—
" bury your wife, indeed; we ate not going to bury her, go
away with you." That is what they said. He had been
going backwards and forwards between the two unions for
the last three days, and the body of his wife was unburied.
He had received a notice from the hospital authorities to
remove the body. He had no money to buy a coffin, and
knew no one who would advance him the money.
Mr Paget said ho had no control over the Guardians or
officers of the two unions, and could not interfere. He had
no funds at his disposal to carry out the wishes of the poor
man, and could give him no redress.
Wilson, who was deeply affected, left the court wiping the
tears from his eyes.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

Market quiet. Sales, probably 6,000 bales.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Dec. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South-
West; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
CARDIFF. Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Satellite, for
Singapore.
OFF POOLE BAY, Dec. s.—Arrived —Bombay, from Lon-
don for Auckland.

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Polly, for
Singapore. _

BRISTOL CHANNEL, Dec. s.—Arrived—Robert Bristow,
from Portland.

HOLYHEAD, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Amalia, from Liverpool
for Cuba.

NEWPORT, Dec. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Emma,
from Mauritius.

PORTSMOUTH, Deo. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Centu-
rion, from London for Sydaey—Trevelyan, from London
for Calcutta.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, 'Wednesday Morning.
Arrived—Scotia Queen, from Kustanjah—Maas, from
Rotterdam. _ _. .

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Passed—Diadem, of Sunderland, from Taganrog for
:Lerwick'.

THE REV. DR. GUTHRIE AND A BOAR.—At the
Edinburgh Sheriff Summary Court on Monday,
Sheriff Hallard presiding, Alex. Dods, gardener, Greenend,
was charged with culpable conduct endangering life in not
keeping a boar belonging to him under proper charge. Dr
Guthrie deponed that he and his son were driving in a gig
at Greenend, when an enraged boar attacked and wounded
the horse. Thinking that the horse was not much hurt
they drove on till they came to Liberton Manse, when they
saw that the horse had received a gash in the thigh tour
inches long and an inch and a half deep; ant there was
also a wound on its belly of some length. The doctor said
that the attempt of the boar was manifestly to rip up the
horse ; but the force of the stroke had been spent on the
thigh. lie considered it a great wonder that he and his
son were not killed. Other evidence was led both in sup-
port of the charge and in exculpation; art) ultimately the
char! Vbe4 fonnd not proven: