The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-04 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MARYLEBONE.
Thomas Collins, an Irishman, was charged'with assaulting
Thomas Hurley, also a native of the sister isle.
The quarrel arose at a dance which takes place every
Sunday night at N0..5, Cambridge-court, Tottenham-court-
road, and the card.of invitation to which is as follows :
" Your precense will be wanted at Widow' Mahoney's
next Sunday niglkt, July 2d, to the dance. Admittance the
same as usual. Fiddler, Peter Carroll."
The prisoner said he was first struck by complainant, and
called as a witness a man named Kelly, who said he saw
Hurley borrow sixpence of his wife about six o'clock, and
then go home to tea ; he saw no more of the assault.—
(Laughter.)
Mr. RAwuNsoN said he had proved nothing, and fined
the prisoner 285., at the same time giving the police orders
to look after Widow Mahoney's, and prevent a recurrent(
of such disgraceful Sunday proceedings.

The Countes of Tankerville gave an elegant
dejeuner a hi fourc' elle yesterday afternoon, at Petersham
Lodge. The breakfast commenced at six o'clock, after which
there was a dance, veiich was kept up with great spirit until en
advanced hour of the evening.
NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.--Tile
fallowing is a statement of the weekly income of this Railway
for the month of June :
Week ending June the 3rd. £1,099 12s. Bd.
--loth
17th
24th
T•er • still remain to be completed fifteen miles of the

That the earliest official acts of the new reign must
have been performed through the instrumentality of
those Ministerial officers who constituted the respon-
sible portion of King William's Government was ac-
cording to precedent and to public convenience. It is
the class of proceedings subsequent to them in order,
where routine terminates, and voluntary (or w'hrt may
be termed characteristic) action begins, that will ex-
cite the first serious notice of the people of England,
ind fix at once their hopes or apprehensions for the
future. There is but one of two courses for a British
Govetntnent to adopt—either to resist change until sa-
zisfactory proof shall have been afforded of its neces-
sity, or to throw the onus of abstract, a priori, proof, in
each case, upon the friends and advocates of our existing
.nstitutions. To every reflecting statesman it will be ma-
lifest that the stron,!est frame of Government ever known
on earth could not bear up, under such circumstances,
igainst the assaults of revolution. Once place .4 what
is," and what " is demanded," upon the iiame naked
level, by stripping the former of its natural defences in
the habits and prepossessions of mankind, and you
force upon each succeeding generwion the task of re-
minding the whole fabric of society, in correspondence
Aid) whatet er may happen to be the prevalent crotchet
f the hour. Now, this is the alternative upon which
tarty men are driven, who discard " stability" from
heir list cf Close political attrihntes cofflain

strings like mci, and show that they are in earnest in
the advocacy of their principles. We regret to be
under the necessity of giving this advice, or rather of
seconduig the strictures of tl►e defunct Constitationd,
but the welfare of the country shall always with us
overbalance uur prt.dileetions for party. We care not.
in fact, whom these o'iservations may please or dis-
please. if we be but successful in urging any one
c.mstitnency, or any one candidate fur Parliamentary
honours, to a more active exerti:m, and a more libera: