The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-05 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

ONCE TOO OFTEN.—DEFRAUDING SILOPICErPERS.—
Mary Magner, a respectable looking young woman, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Selfo, under the following cir-
cumstances.

Mr. Frederick Robinson, of 27, Hendon-street, Pimlico,
cheesemonger, said that last evening the prisoner cameo to
his shop at about seven o'clock, and having asked for a
quarter of a pound of butter, tendered half a crown in pay-
ment to the shopwoman, who immediately asked him
whether it was good. He then confirmed her suspicion
that it was spurious. The shopwoman having told him
that she believed prisoner gave her a bad shilling on Thurs-
day night, prosecutor told the accused that ho thought it
his duty to lock her up, but at the same time ho should be
sorry to do so if ho found she was a respectable person.
She declared that she was, and gave her address 6, War-
wick-street, and he then accompanied her to see whether
it vas correct, but she turned the wrong way on arriving
near the spot, and then said that her address was 6, Regent-
street, and when ho said ho would go there she refused her
address, and ho then gave her into custody, fer which he
had very good reasons.

Mr. delio—What were they—anything more than you
have stated P

Prosecutor—This is the fourth time this week that I
have had bad InDney brought to my shop; thrco times it
was taken, and was not discovered. I told my shop-
woman to look out, as I was sure that the person who had
been successful in passing them would come again.

Mr. Selfe—Havo you no dotcctor in your shop to try
money with?

Prosecutor—Yes, but the young woman, imposed upon
by the appearance of the coin, did not use it; sho was not
up to it.
Mr. Solfo—l hope sho will be more careful; this will
make her sharper. Where do you live, prisoner ?
Prisoner—l have no settled place where I live.

Mr. Selfe—Then where is the unsettled place ?
Prisoner—Nowhere.
Police-constable—l know her well as the daily companion
of utterers of bad money.

Roche (the gaoler)—She was charged here a short
time ago.
She WAS remanded till Monday.

THAMES.

A PERTINACIOUS PAUPER.—DonaId Thompson, who
says he is sixty years of age, but does not look so old, and
appeared to be in good health and vigour, was brought
before Mr. Partridge charged with refusing to do the work
assigned to him in the City of London Union House, Bow-
road.

This was Thompson's sixtieth or seventieth appearance
at this court, and ho is certainly the most troublesome
pauper that ever lived. He has tormented and plagued the
Poor-law Board, the guardians of the City Union, other
boards, churchwardens, overseers, and more particularly
the magistrates of this court, for the last fifteen years. A
now complaint has been launched every time he has ap-
peared in the Thames Police Court. He has tired out the
Lord Mayor and all the aldermen of the City, but he
..8
pro-
mises to be a periodical nuisance to the magistrates of this
court for many years.
Mr. Edwin Rolland, labour-master in the Unionrag t
ton
'louse,oe
said the prisoner was last sentenced by
month's imprisonment in Ilclloway It _
and came out on Tuesday morning ---
same
utsa oTtlioprisoner
Correction,
found his way back to the workhouse on the evening,
He was requested to pick oakum
gnn. The
on Wednesdaymorning,
and refused—no quantity was almaedprisoner had
done no work for three days.
The prisoner said ho should like the magistrate to read
his correspondence with the Poor Law Board guardians,
and others.
Mr. Partridge said be should not like to do it. (A laugh.)
The prisoner said he was not well, and he must severely
condemn the public press for stating that he had a new
disease every time he came to that court. He had only
one disease. ("Laziness," ini,en audible whisper from a
person at the back of the court). Silence was requested,
and the prisoner said he was really ill.
Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he would see the
medical officer, to which Thompson replied, no, I have no
faith in him, and asked the magistrate to road the opinion
of a superior authority ; he meant a physician.
Mr. Partridge decline 1 to peruse the document.
Thompson then demandod an interview with the guar-
dians who would attend the union-house on Monday next.
He wanted to state his grievances.
Mr. Holland said when the prisoner was last before the
committee he said he had no complaint to make.
Thompson said he did not object to the work—ho only
uli.etett to the place, the refractory ward, into which he was

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

TURKEY.

-4- -

MARSEILLES, March 4.—Accounts from Con-
stantinople of the 25:h ult. state that the Sultan
has decided on visiting his African provinces, par-
ticularly Tunis. The Bey has already been in-
formed of the Sultan's intention.

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United
Danubian Principalities has addressed to his agents
abroad a statement of the motives which led to the
secularisation of the property of the monasteries.
By suppressing, he observes, the right of mortmain,
he has followed the example of the other European
States.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

CITY BETTING.—This DAY.

There has been no material alteration in the Liverpool
Steeplechase betting to-day, except the advance of Martha,
about which they take 20 to 1 rather freely. Amy has
reoeded a few points since yesterday, but Bantam is
very firm at .5 to 1. There has been very little doing on the
Liverpool Spring Cup. Costa is the favourite at 6 to 1, and
the Monk and Argonaut about 8 to 1 each. The follow-
ing aro the latest quotations :

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
sto 1 agst Bantam (offered)
6to 1 agst Emblematic (offered)
10 to 1 agst Jerusalem (taken)
10 to 1 agat Wee Nell (offered)
12 to 1 agst Portland (offered)
100 to 6 age Real Jam (taken)
100 to 6 agat Ocean Witch (offered to take 20 to 1)
25 to 1 agst Romeo (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agat Amy (offered)
100 to 6 agst Martha (taken)
25 to 1 agat Worcester (offered)
25 to 1 agst Bell's Life (taken)
24 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered—take 30 to 1)
33 to 1 agat Harry (offered)
50 to 1 agst Leonidas (taken)
50 to 1 agat Cheater (taken and offered)
60 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken)
50 to 1 agat Emblem (offered)
60 to 1 agat Reporter (taken)
60 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered)
100 to 1 agst Wife (taken)
LIVERPOOL SPRING cur.
6to 1 agat Costa (taken)
Sto 1 agst Argonaut (offered)
Sto 1 agst The Monk (offered)
Bto 1 agst Warminster (taken)
Bto 1 agst St. Lawrence
10 to 1 agat Truant

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, Maroh 6.—Wind this day at noon—North.
Esaterly ; moderato breeze, and cluudy weather, with
rain.

Fe.r.a.touTn, March s.—WindN.E.—Arrrived—lmpulso,
from Moulmein for Sunderland—Ross D. Mangles, screw
;tamer, from Liverpool for Bilboa.

CARDIFF, March 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—John, from
Bilboa, Sailed—Bolton, for St. Thomas—Charles Gamins,
for St. Jago do Cuba.

SHIELDS, March 4.—Wind E.—Sailcd—Cesur do Lion,
[or Sbnnghai.

PENZANCE, March s.—Wind N.E.—Arrivod—Arms•
colic* from Rio Janeiro.

QuEntisTowN, March O.—Arrivcd—Annio Scott, frcm
Pernambuco.

(n MAGNETIC TELEGRAP II.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, March 4—Pro,erpiue, Elizabeth and Cicely,
Dublin Lass, and Crescent, from Guernsey; Cyclops, from
Tuticorn; Old England: and Adelaide, from Madras;
from Mauritius; Susan Howland, from ualcatta.
Arrived, March s—John Masterman, from Penang;
Fahrenbeit. from Demerara; Zuma, from Guernsey; Salt-
marsh, from Morlaix.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed—Fortunato, schooner, from Lisbon ; Omar Pasha,
from Melbourno (in tow) ; Glendevon, from Calcutta (in
tow) —all for London; H.M.S. Landral, from Bermuda, tor
River.

Anchored—Martha, for Marseilles ; Stork, for Madeira;
Charl, for Syn. ; Fanny Fern, for Santa Cruz —all front
Loudon.

Foreign Mail Packet List.
-
MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ••• Mar, _ 00 •

. via Marseilles ... ...... Mar. 14.
Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Mar. 6.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Mar. 30.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Mar. 20.
via Marseilles ...Mar. 14,
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Mar. 13.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Mar. 20.
via Marseilles Mar. 14.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles Mar. 7.
Portugal.... Mar. 6.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 13.
via Marseilles Mar. 7.
Newfoundland ..Mar. IG.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Mar. 10,
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. Mar. 4.

AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AND MURDER AT ROME.—
A letter from Rome gives an account of an audacious
crime committed in ono of the most frequented thorough-
fares of tho city. M.l3aldini, a money changer, who has a
shop on the Corso, tut resides at a distance, has long been in.
the habit of removing his specie to his dwelling-house after
business hours in a hackney coach. On the evening of the
crime, when two clerks were conveying the money, the
carriage was suddenly stopped in the Via Lucina by threo
men, one of whom held the horse while the two others
poniarded tho clerks, seized the money, amounting to
10,000 solidi (63,000 fr.), and got clear off. Ono of the
clerks was killed on the spot, and the other died the next
morning. The coachman, whose complicity appears probable,
has been arrested, but the robbors have not 3of been dis-
covered. As soon as General do Montebello was informed
of the crime, he instructed the commander of the French.
gendarmerie to render every assistance t o the Roman police.
The general impression is that the perpetrators belong to
tho same band that recently stole 30,000 ecudi from the
Roman Railway Company.
'TIE MADDENING OLD PROBLEM ALL OVER.
AGAIN.—A Templar draws attention to the legal
question raised in connexion with Mr. Bolton Corney's
query as to the date of Shakspere's birth, as to when a
person is a year old, or of age. In the Atherireum for
January 16, a correspondent stated the legal rule as follows :
—" Strictly speakfug,a year of a person's age is completed,
onsot his birthday, baton the last instant of the day before
his birthday." A Templar disputes the legal accuracy of
this rule. For " last" he would read "first;" referring,
as his authority, to Anon. Salkeld, 44 :—" It has been ad-
judged that if one be born the Ist of February, at eleven at
night, and the last day of J armory
in the 21st year of his
age, at one of the dock in ihe morning, he makes his will of
lands and sties, 'tits a
goo will, for he was then of
moi,o '
this be
Per Holt, C,J. lle also refers to Anon. 1 Ld. Ray *d
good law, it strengthens the ease of those who be-
-480 ; Fitzhugh v. Dennington, 2 Ld. Raymond,
1094.
If
tave, on the evidence of the monumental inscription, that
kapere was born en the 23d of April, 1564,
THE AREA OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE is 4.369,729
equaro miles; its population (1861) is 224,389,000.
Hence our Queen reigns over nearly one-third of the land
of the earth, and about a fifth of its population. Scarcely
fewer than thirty native languages are spoken by her sub-
jects : for instance—English, French, Italian, Dutch,
Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Greek, Persian, Arabic,
11 altese, Chincse, Armenian, Hindostanee, Bengalee,
Mahratti, Tamil, Te1t1;(1, Carnatica, Ooria, Singalese,
Malay, Burmese, Hottentot, liciffre, Negro, Maori, besides
many barbarous tongues which have not been formed into
written languages. In. her Majesty's realm there aro four
great established religions—the Christian, the Brahman, the
Mohammedan, the Buddhist. Of these the Christians
number, at a rough estimate, 34,031,164; the disciples of
Brahma, 50,000,000; the Mohammedans, 20,000,000; the
Buddhists, 10,000,000. In form, feature, habits of life, and
modes of thought, the British subjects exhibit as many
diversities as can possibly exist in the members of the human
family. Place side by side an Englishman, a Ilintloo from
13ritish. India, an Arab from Aden, a Chinese from llgng
Bong, a Negro from South Africa, an Indian from North
America, and a native Australian, and we shall have speci-
mens
of such of the great types of the human race.
Assemble together au educated Englishman and a heavy
Untutored Hottentot; a lively French Canadian and a grave
and bellicose Bed Indian; a rice-eating Hindoo and a man-
eating New Zealander; a graceful lonian and a lumpish
EBquimaux; and betN%een all these subjects of one Sove-
reign there would be es little in common as could possibly
exist between inhabitants of the same planet.

rut. He was a pauper, but he was a real Britit'd Eta:s(d,
and wanted that justice to Nlllicb every tree ho) sr Mrilca
was entitled.

Mr. Partridge—You shall have justice, You are a most
incorrigible and disorderly fellow, and I sentence you to 21
days imprisonment and hard labour. This conviction
shall be recorded, and next time you aro brought here, and
a case is made out, you will be convicted for 42 days.
The prisoner—Thank you worship, I am glad I am going
back to Holloway; good day, your worship, I wish you a
good day, sir.

niPEr Ala PARLIAMENT

JSE OF LORDS—Last Evening,
The T •OED CHANCELLOII. took hie seat on the woolsack
St se' clock,
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THE ROLLS COURT.
TY ,e LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to amend
the - act passed in the year 1861 for appointing an additional
this: f clerk to the Master of the Rolls. The gentleman ap-
pointed in 1861 had been promoted, and it now became
SISCA Vritry to appoint a successor.
T he bill was read a first time.
SIR JOHN LAWRENCE'S SALARY BILL,

Oa the motion of the Duke of AI3.OYLL, this bill was
clad a first time.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening.
The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.

THE CHARIT Y BOARD.

Mr. FERRAND gave notice that he would move for
the) appointment of a select committee to inquire into the
construction of this board.

CAPTAIN SPEK E.

Sir W. MILES asked the First 1 ord of the Treasury
whether it was the iateation of her Mijesty's Governmen
to recognise the great services of Captain Speke in opening
Equatorial Africa to the knowledge of the world.
Lord PALMERSTON said he fully acknowledged the
merits of Capt. Speke, who had showed such courage and
industry, and so much capacity in selecting a point, and
however some might demur to the efforts of the gallant
officer, it must be admitted that he had settled that
interesting geographical problem as to the source
of the Nile, but of what immediate value this
solution might be ha was not aware. (Laughter.) Having
referred to Dr, Livingstone and other celebrated explorers
in different parts of the world, the noble lord said that the
Government did not consider that Captain Speke had
effected anything to take bins out of the ordinary category
of distinguished travellers, so as to entitle him to any
special recognition of his services.
In reply to Mr. NEWDEGATE,
Lord Y.A..LUERSTON said ho wac aware that Dr.
Be.ke's researches led to the originality of those of Captain
!peke being disputed.
SIR M. MONTEFIORE'S MISSION.

Mr. Aldermaa SALOMONS asked the Under Secretary
Hof 6tate for Foreign Affairs if her Majesty's Government
had received any official information of the result of Sir M,
Monteftore's philanthropic representation to the Sultan of
Morocco on the judicial crudities indicted ou the Jews at
Sian?

Mr. LAYARD said that he believed the Sultan of Mo-
rocco was not answerable for the cruelties that had been
practised on the Jews in his dominions. The Government,
by letters of recommendation and other means, had endea-
voured to fAcilitate the labours of Sir Moses Montefioce.
Tne Sultan had granted a finnan for the protection of the
Jews in Moroco, the advantage of which might be
estimated when it was considered they amounted to 500,000.
The right hon. gentleman paid a high tribute to the philan-
thropy of Sir Moses blunteffore, which was uninfluenced
by sect or country. (Hear, hear.)
CATTLE DISEASE PREVENTION.

Sir M. SfE WAIN asked the Under Secretary of State
for the Home Department, whether, considering the short
time that had been utfirded for the consideration of the
" Cattle Diseases Prevention" and " Cattle, &c., Impor-
tation" Bills, and the importance of the interests concerned,
he would postpone until after Easter the second reading ut
these bills ?

Mr. BRUCE said that bill had been in the hands of hon,
members for three weeks.

THE GAL WAY CONTRACT.

Mr. BAXI.EII. asked the Secretary to the Treasury,
whether there was any truth in the following statement, ex-
tracted from the Galway Gazette:—" The directors of the
Atlantic Company have applied to the Post-ollice authori-
ties for permission to disoontinue the mail service between
Galway and America until June next. They have
also intimated their intention of entering upon
negotiations with another company for the use of steamer
to commence the service at that time, as the ships of the
company will not be in readiness to sail even then. The
directors are reported to be of opinion that they can never
carry out their contract with the ships at present in their
possession, and will, in all probability, endeavour to effect a
sale of their interest in the project, with a transfer of the mail
subsidy, to some existing company more capable of carrying
out the project than they are :" also, in how many instances
the vessels of the company have kept contract time : and,
if her Majesty's Government is still of opinion that this
service is a great public benefit to Ireland.

Mr. PEEL said that the Alexandra Company had ap-
plied to Government to allow the contract to be suspended
until June next, and were engaged in nogotiationa that
they believed would enable them to commence operations
about that time. Luring the aim months' contract the com-
pany had tailed in lour voyages. (Laughter.)
VACCINATION,

In reply to Mr. BAINES,
Mr. LOWE said that he was not aware that any bill
on this subject would be introduced this session.

LOCAL LEGISLATION IN AUSTRALIA.

Mr. CHILDERS asked the Under Secretary of State
for the Colonies whether any despatch had been received
by a recent mail from South Australia, intimating that Mr.
Justice Boothby (one of the judges of the Supreme Court
of that province) had decided that all the local legislation
of the colony since I 80.) was invalid, and had on that ground
refused to administer one of such acts ; and it su, what
course her Majesty's Government intended to take to
remedy the evils which must arise from such a decision
Mr. C. FOILTESCUE said that a communication on the
subject had been received, and he trusted that measures
would be adopted that would remove any doubt in reference
to the same.