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THE SUP, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1%5.

the Government had adopted, and explained the
error which was made in stating that all the public
business of the house would be over next week.
There are a great number of " appeals," which the
noble and learned lord truly said "formed an im-
portant branch of the business of their lordships'
house." To bring the session to a premature close
will inflict a great hardship upon the parties inte-
rested in the cases still pending. Lord STANLEY of
ALDERLEY endeavoured to extricate himself from
the awkward position in which he had placed him-
self, by saying that he had only asked what time the
private business would take, but the Duke of MoN-
TROSE would not let him escape so easily, and declared
that the noble lord had most " distinctly stated
that it was desirable to bring the session to a close
at once. 1' Why," said the Duke, "is there this
great hurry ?" As for the natural end of the ses-
sion which was spoken of, that was the middle of
August, and not the end of June. The terms which
his Grace employed to censure the cause of the
Government were not too strong, and indeed only
too well-merited. He said that the " proposition
of the Government was a monstrous one, and was
not justified by any absolute necessity." It is, in
truth, quite " monstrous" to expect parties who
had their bills before the House for two months
to wait till next year. It is a long time since
this or any other Government exhibited such a wan-
ton disregard of proprieties, and displayed such un-
scrupulosity in pushing forward their own plans at
the expense of others, and in defiance of justice,
good feeling, and consistency. The expenses which
the unfortunate parties will be put to who have
their bills thus thrown over will be enormous, and
for what end will they thus incur all the annoy-.
ance and losses ? Simply because the Ministers
want to get the elections over at as early a period
as possible to suit some pet plans and special
notions of their own. The country, however, will
judge for itself if that line of action be in accord-
ance with the dignity of statesmen, and suitable
to those who have such heavy responsibilities
upon them. As for Earl RUSSELL'S attempted
rescue of his friends, it put them in a
worse plight than ever. He said that after the
Appropriation Bill had been introduced, and the
votes in supply were all taken, it was not usual to
delay the prorogation " simply for the sake of
private business and appeals." It may well be
asked of the noble lord at whose instance and
through whose exertions all these necessary arrange-
ments have been made ? Was it not the agency
of the Government officials that forced these matters
through the house, and now they are put forward
to prove the expediency of an early dissolution in
defiance of the dictates of propriety and the con-
sideration of important interests. Lord MALMES-
BURY also took up the cudgels in support of the
hapless private bills so unmercifully dealt with, and
reminded the noble lord, the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, that the delay which was suggested was not
one of weeks, but only of ten days, and that if Par-
liament did not meet for seven months a long period
of anxiety and suspense must be gone through by
all those interested in private business and appeals.
Altogether, this episode in the House of Lords last
night was a most unfortunate one for the Ministers.
They may, perhaps, be induced to give a little more
time now that they have made such a confession ;
but in any case, and at any rate, they stand con-
victed before the public, and iu the face of the
1 country to which they are about to appeal, of
having designedly purposed to commit a great
wrong, and act in an extraordinary manner for no
' reason whatever than to fulfil their own wishes and
meet their own immediate ends.

The effect of overcrowding upon the public health
has just been very forcibly shown by Dr. FARR'S
report, in which that industrious and careful
analyser examines and compares the two last census
returns and the annual report of the Registrar-
General. With a view to the illustration of this
particular point of overcrowding he has classified
the districts of England end Wales, and the density
of their respective populations. The result is that
the rate of mortality increases in almost regular
proportion as the population grows more crowded,
so that whereas in a population of 86 to the square
mile the mortality is from 14 to 16 per 1,000,
in a population of 1,128 per square mile
it is from 23 to 25 per 1,000, and
the intermediate stages correspond pretty accu-
rately. Thanks to the vigilance of our sanitary
reformers the metropolis itself has indeed shown a
decrease of mortality along with an increase of popu-
lation, so that, although we have now 100 persons
on three acres, where they formerly occupied four
acres, the death rate has declined 1 per cent. But
the mere fact of the injurious nature of over-crowd-
ing is so manifest that it behoves our legislators and
philanthropists to give the subject their careful atten-
tion. Very many of the trades which men follow in
this great commercial hive are themselves dangerous
to health, not only intrinsically, but from
the crowded and unwholesome places in which they
have to work. Muchmight be done by employers and
foremen making some better arrangements for ven-
tilation, and much by the men themselves, who,
when engaged in sedentary work, grow strangely
unwilling to admit fresh air. Still, there must be
some trades which require unhealthy conditions, and
the mere numbers congregated in the manufactory
or the workshop and the glare of the gas are
I themselves injurious. The great counterbalance is
for the men so working to have healthy sleeping
places—a rare and doubtful chance in our London
alleys ! But at least we can secure so much open
space in the vicinity of London as possible for an
occasional Sunday walk and breath of country air,
and viewed in this light the preservation of our
heaths, commons, and forests becomes an absolute
and imperative duty.

A SILENT AMBASSADOR.—Some of the Paris
journals relate the following :—" A curious inci-
dent marked the official reception which took place at the
Tuileries on the occasion of the Euperor's return. His
Majesty, after having received the congratulations of the
diplomatic body, approached the new Turkish Ambassador,
Salvet Pacha, and addressed to him some kind remark.
The ambassador bowed, but without making any reply.
The Emperor added that he was always desirous of living
on the best terms with the Porte. The ambassador bent
a little lower, but still kept silent. At a third phrase from
the Emperor the envoy bowed to the ground, but still
without opening his mouth. Every one, including the
Emperor, was astonished, and yet the silence of Salvet
Pacha was very natural, as he does not understand
French.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT TREDEGAR.—Mr.
Lionel Brough, the Government Inspector of Mines
for the district, has been making a careful examination of
the underground workings of the colliery during the pre-
sent week, and the result of his investigations will be made
known at the inquest. Thero is now no doubt entertained
that a collier named Jones, or his son, fired the gas ; but
how this gas was allowed to accumulate, and why Jones
and his son were permitted to go in to work until it was
cleared, are questions which will, without doubt, be care-
fully inquired into by the coroner and jury. Independent
of the loss of life, six valuable horses were killed by the
explosion, and the inspector, in his examination of the
workings, found the carcase of a poor dog swollen out to
an unusual size through the effects of the choke-damp.
A SUPPOSED CLERICAL DELINQUENT.--A curious
action for slander was tried on Thursday before
Lord Ohief Justice Erie and a jury. A farmer, named Bar-
ber, charged the Rev. Mr. Howes, perpetual curate of
Bracknell, in Berkshire, with improper conduct towards a
young lady, who lives at Wokingham. The slanderous
charge was made before several of the rev. gentleman's
parishioners and personal friends ; and for the sake of the
young rady's character, as well as his own, Mr. Howes felt
constrained to bring the action. Witnesses were called on
both sides, and the case was adjourned till Friday, when
the jury could not agree, and they were discharged.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA.
(Via Crookhaven.)

NEW YORK, June 14.

Accounts from all parts of the South depict a
condition of deep distress. There was a scarcity of
provisions. Disorganisation and idleness prevail
among the negroes and poverty and disappointment
among the whites.
The Government storehouses at Chattanooga,
containing a quarter of a million of property, have
been destroyed by an explosion, supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. The continued destruction
of Government property in the Southern cities
creates much alarm.

Judge Underwood has arrived at Washington to
consult the Attorney-General concerning the indict-
ment of treason brought by the Norfolk Grand
Jury against Generals Lee and Longstreet, Go-
vernor Smith, Letcher, and 40 others.
Seddon, Hunter, and Campbell have been con-
fined in Fort Pulaski, awaiting their trial for
treason.

Mr. Davis is still confined in Fort Monroe. Mr.
Benjamin is stated to have arrived at Bermuda.
Breckenridge and Trenholm have escaped out of the
country.
Numerous papers reassert that Wendell Phillips
distinctly urged the repudiation of the Federal debt
if negro suffrage were not granted.
Missouri has adopted a new State constitution.
The Government have received an official announce-
ment that the Netherlands have withdrawn the re-
cognition of belligerent rights from the Confede-
rates.

It is denied that a large fleet .will be sent to
Europe.
James Watson Wallace, of Montreal, has made
an affidavit that Connover, in his testimony at the
secret session of the conspiracy trial, fraudulently
personated him by representing himself as Wallace.
Two other persons have sworn that Connover's
testimony was perjury.

THE BOMBAY MAILS.
MALTA, JUNE 23.

The Ceylon, from Southampton, 12th instant,
arrived on the evening of the 20th, and left on the
afternoon of the 21st for Alexandria.

The Syria, from Marseilles, 21st inst., leaves
Malta at 8 p.m. to-day for Alexandria.

FRANCE AND ALGERIA.

PARIS, June 23.

The following is the text of the Senatus-Consul-
tum referring to Algeria, brought into the Senate
on the 22d inst.:—
«
1. The native Mussulman •is French. He con-
tinues nevertheless to be ruled by Mussulman law,
and may be admitted to serve in the land and sea
forces. He may be nominated to civil functions
and employments in Algeria. He may, at his own
request, be admitted to enjoy the rights of a French
citizen, and is in that case subject to French law.

"2. The native Israelite is French, but he con-
tinues to be ruled by his particular statute. He
may be admitted to serve in the land and sea forces,
and may be appointed to civil functions and employ-
ments in Algeria. He may, at his own request, be
admitted to enjoy the rights of a French citizen, and
is in that case ruled by French law.
" 3. A foreigner who can prove his residence in
Algeria for three years may be adulated to enjoy all
the rights of a French citizen.
"4. The quality of French citizen can only be
obtained conformably to the terms of Articles 1,2,
and 3 of this present Senatus Consultum. After the
full age of 21 years, it is conferred by an Imperial
decree in the Council of State.

"5. Public administrative regulations will de-
termine :-1. The terms of admission of service and
promotion for Mussulman and Israelite natives
in the land and sea forces. 2. The civil functions
and employments to which Mussulman and Israelite
natives may be appointed in Algeria. 3. The
forms according to which the demands permitted
by Articles 1,2, and 3 of the present degree shall
be drawn up."

FRANCE.
PARIS, JUNE 24.

The Droit says :—" The cabmen's strike appears
to be drawing to its conclusion, and matters are in
a fair way for a conciliatory arrangement. About
600 men are about to re-enter the company's ser-
vice, and it is hoped that others will follow their
example. Yesterday the Tribune sentenced several
men to terms of six and four months' imprisonment
for molesting the new drivers engaged by the

company.
BOURSE, June 23.—The same improved feeling
which characterised speculative transactions at the
opening yesterday has continued to-day ; and al-
though there is no appreciable augmentation to
noticeln the quotations of the principal Securities,
the tendency of operations is towards better rates.
Threes, for the Account, are done at 66fr. 371 c., and
Italian Five per Cents.. at 66fr. 75c. The shares of
the Credit Mobilier have realised 732 fr. 50c. Mexi-
can Loans (Old and New) remain unchanged—the
former at 464, and the latter at 332 fr. 50c. The
market has continued to maintain the firm position
it assumed at the opening, and a further advance
has taken place in most values—the following being
the last quotations:-
4f per Cents 95 50

Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Do. Bonds —
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred
Roman

tio: end month .--
3 per Cents. 66 471
Do. end month 66 45
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3595
Credit Foncier 1260
Italian Loan 66 80
Do. end month GG 80

FAIL'

Orleans
Northern

Cash. Acct.
~.. 821 25 ... 820
... 1070 ... 1070 ._7.

Lyons and Mediterranean 842 50 841 25
Southern 582 50 580
Western 523 75 ...
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 4BB 75 487 50
North of Spain lB2 50 185
Saragossa 330 330
Ditto to Barcelona 145

COLLAR DAYS.—There seems to be a notion that
Collar Days for Court ceremonies are arranged ac-
cording to some accidental circumstances occurring at the
moment, the fact being, however, that there is a standing
order regulating all the Collar Days throughout the year.
We believe the official list has not been issued for many
years, therefore our readers may attach some value to the
following information, as it will be found a useful guide in
such matters. The Collar Days throughout the year are as
follow :—Easter Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday ; Whit
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday ; Ascension Day ; Trinity
Sunday ; Jan. 1, New Year's Day ; Jan. 6, Twelfth Day ;
Feb. 2, Candlemas Day; Feb. 24, St. Mathias ; March 1,
St. David ; March 17, St. Patrick ; March 25, Lady Day ;
April 23, St. George ; April 25, St. Mark ; May 1, St.
Philip and St. James ; May 24, the Queen's Birthday ;
May 29, Restoration of the Royal family ; June 20, her
Majesty's Accession; Juno 24, St. John the Baptist ;
June 28, her Majesty's Coronation ; June 29, St. Peter;
July 25, St. James; August 24, St. Bartholomew ;
September 21, St. Matthew ; September 29, St. Michael the
Archangel ; October 18, St. Luke ; October 28, St. Simon
and St. Jude ; November 1, All Saints ; November Gun-
powder Plot ; November 30, St. Andrew ; December 21, St.
Thomas ; December 25, Christmas Day. It may be neces-
sary to remark, perhaps, that when the Collar is worn the
Riband and Badge should not be worn.—Court Journal.
The directors of the East London Railway Com-
pany hare decided on making their allotments of
shares in the proportion of three certificates of
fully paid shares to one certificate of ordinary
shares, as nearly as circumstances will permit.

There was a meeting yesterday of the creditors
of Messrs. Woodehouse, Kerrich, and Co., East
India merchants, whose suspension was announced
on the 27th ult., a balance-sheet was presented by
Messrs. Hart Brothers and Co., showing total
liabilities £259,460, with assets stated approximately
at £253,932, and it was unanimously resolved to
liquidate the estate under inspection.

The Forty Days' Regency in France,

(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
PARIS, Friday, June 23.

A pamphlet is announced for this day or to-mor-
row with the title " Forty Days' Regency." The
chief object seems to be an apology for Prince Napo-
leon's speech at Ajaccio, and M. Persigny's letter
from Rome addressed to M. Troplong—" the two
most important events of the Regency." If it be not
a joint production of the personages whose names
occur often in its pages, there is little doubt as to
the source at which the writer has sought his inspira-
tions. In the chapter which treats more particularly
of the " two most important events" the author
professes the theory that a Government under insti-
tutions like the present is n6t carried on against the
will, but rather with the co-operation of all who
have the power of promoting the general develop-
ment of the country's interests—" on condition,
however, that they hold the Napoleonic criterion as
a dambeau."

This theory, studied by the light of the flambeau,
is the theory of liberty for all, in the Napoleonic
sense of the word ; or, as the writer expresses it,
"in the Napoleonic social order." When once this
theory is accepted as a principle the partisans of
social order, in the Napoleonic sense, should have
the right of expressing their opinions, without,
however, binding the Emperor or " the Sovereign
unity," as well as of combating both the enemies of
the Empire, and its directors who may be incompe-
tent or of doubtful loyalty, with the same arms these
last made use of. Unfortunately, it is not thus that
the greater number of persons who place the govern-
mental abstraction above the imperial form think.
On pretence of defending the sovereign's preroga-
tives they assume to be infallible, and proclaim their
infallibility as a dogma, so as to make you believe
that freedom of opinion is not possible under the
imperial rule.
It was reserved for Prince Napoleon and M. de
Persigny, each after his own fashion, to react
against that general opinion, and to treat from their
respective points of view certain momentous ques-
tions, the solution of which rests entirely with the
Emperor, by means of the faithful and zealous co-
operation of these two personages, and this, what-
ever may be the future of that solution. The
writer observes that "it is only necessary to men-
tion M. de Persigny for every one to bow down
before the loyalty of his character and the firmness
of his opinions. Of the idea of which the Emperor
is the personification, M. de Persigny is the apostle,
and so long as he lives it cannot enter the imagina-
tion that any other is more capable than he is of
applying that idea to the internal policy of the Go-
vernment."

As regards Prince Napoleon, the writer will not,
he says, insult him by even discussing his attach-
ment to the existing order of things. Those who
affect to doubt a fact which is, indeed, self-evident
must have forgotten his speeches in the Senate when
he proclaimed to the enemies of the empire the
community of interests, the solidarite which subsists,
and will for ever subsist, between the Napoleons.
The reason why the secret enemies of the Empire
raised such an outcry against the Ajaccio oration
is found in the Prince's speeches on the harmony
which reigned among the Bonaparte family ; and it
is for the same reason they raised the outcry against
the letter written by M. de Persigny " respecting
the man who strives at this moment to disorganise
the Legislative Body, while he gives to the Sove-
reign the title of August,' and calls the Ministers
martyrs." This is clearly meant for M. Thiers, and
is provoked by his late speech on the Budget. The
writer is happy, however, to be able to affirm that
these people will take nothing by their uproar, for
they cannot forget that " in the Palace of Meudon
(the suburban residence of Prince Napoleon) and
the modest mansion in the Rue de l'Elysee (where
M. de Persigny reposes) there are two men of un-
shaken devotedness, who are at the Emperor's
orders, and who preserve in their retirement the
force they may one day require to second him in his
resolves." It was, indeed, said at the time that the
Emperor had been advised to annul the Paris elec-
tions, because the result was against the Govern-
ment ; and it is just possible that the " resolves"
now alluded to refer to that point.
The writer goes on to show that M. dePersigny's
letter and the Prince's speech are based on one and
the same sentiment, and that the latter is the true
interpretation of the former. M. de Persigny went
to Rome in order to study on the spot the problem
of which the solution will be easy when only Catho-
licism and Imperialism are in presence of each other ;
or, as the writer expresses it, " the religious Gospel
of Christ and the social gospel of Napoleon." He
went to Rome with that conviction, and with that
conviction he quitted it, having satisfied himself
while there that there existed a great anti-Imperialist
conspiracy, organised solely against the policy of
France, and ready to sacrifice the Papacy itself to
thesatisfaction of its hate. If that conspiracy be
baffled the solution of the problem is certain. If it
gain the upperhand, ,what should the Imperial
Government do ?
" The Prince, convinced, as well as the Emperor, that
those who would popularise their notions must take their
inspirations from the revelation which guides them, has
gone to the very source of the initiation, and not only in
respect of the Roman question, but of all the questions at
this moment before the world, he has given it to be under-
stood that the Empire would all the same go on its way.
It is its mission, and it cannot fail to fulfil it. But then
would come a struggle—the ruin of civilisation, the imme-
diate accession of a Democracy inexorable towards all who
should oppose its triumph ! Whose fault is it ?"

The writer is far from ascribing the fault to Im-
perialism. Assuredly, it is not to the ideas of peace
and liberty which Prince Napoleon recognised in
his uncle that whatever may happen should be
attributed, but rather to the conspiracy organised
not only in Rome, but in Paris, in London, and in
every foreign capital ; to the conspiracy of oligar-
chies who make use of religion as a watchword and
of liberty as a decoy. All this M. de Persigny
knows better than anybody—he who, as the writer
reminds his readers, was so long at the head of the
Home Department, and who was removed from
office " for having attempted to cauterise the sore
at the very moment it began to spread." The
Prince knows all that as well as M. de Persigny ;
and believing himself compelled to display more
boldness in his interpretation of " the Napoleonic
Revelation" he went the whole length, with the
conviction that devotedness never imperils anything
but treason. It was for this that treason, and
treason only, travestied the acts, the words, and the
thoughts of the Prince. When the Emperor wrote
his famous letter on the Ajaccio speech, it was not
to that member of his family who will be faithful
to him until death, and who gave a toast to his
dynasty amid the acclamations of all Corsica, it
was merely for the sake of public opinion, in order
to counteract the effect of false interpretations
and of artfully fabricated calumnies. Unfortu-
nately, the Prince, with an apparent disavowal
before him, had no alternative but to resign
the Vice-Presidency of the Privy Council and the
Presidency of the Commission of the Universal Ex-
hibition of 1867, just as M. de Persigny had to
retire into private life the moment M. Thiers re-
entered public life.
The writer concludes this chapter with the fol-
lowing words :--

" It will be asked what necessity had the Prince for de-
taching from the life of the dead Napoleons the political
programme of his dynasty. There are things which may
be done but not said, and one should forewarn one's enemies.
I do not share that opinion, but in any case it is applicable
only,to the Government, and the Prince spoke as a mem-
ber of the family he glorified. When the ancient Romans
pronounced the funeral oration of their ancestors they
spoke, without engaging Rome, of the view they took of
the future, and Rome contented itself with drawing from
their disclosures the lesson which they contained."

Whether the writer of this pamphlet, of which I
have summarised the most interesting chapter, ac-
curately explains the Emperor's motives in writing
his letter to Prince Napoleon, and whether his
Majesty believes in the existence of a permanent
conspiracy in the capitals of Europe against Im-
perialism, is more than I can say. But lam con-
vinced that he is in error when he insinuates that
there are but two men in France, Prince Napoleon
and M. de Persigny, who are unchangeably devoted
to his dynasty. A supposition of the kind is not
flattering either to the Sovereign or to the French
people who elected him to the Presidency of the
Republic, and then to the Imperial throne. No one
is more convinced than he is that France is not so
much made for him as he is for France ; and events
have proved that Napoleon 111. does not yield in
patriotism to any of his predecessors.

The John Bull believes that the bishopric of
Chester will be conferred upon the Rev. Dr. Jackson, the
chairman of Mr. Gladstone's Oxford committee.

ALARMING COLLISION ONARAILWAY.—A STOKER
SHOCKINGLY SCALDED.—This morning an alarming
collision occurred on a branch line of the South Eastern
Railway now in course of completion from the main line
through Hatcham New Town. About eight o'clock a train
of empty trucks, drawn by an engine, was proceeding along
the line when a train of trucks laden with earth for the
purpose of forming the embankment, and which was being
propelled by an engine at the rear, ran into it with a violent
shock, the consequence being that the engine of the empty
trucks train was forced on its end, and several of the trucks
of the other train were completely doubled up, the stoker
of the former train being shockingly scalded. No time was
lost in conveying the poor fellow to Guy's Hospital, an
engine being employed for the purpose. The engine of
the empty trucks train was totally disabled and several of
the trucks smashed. It is alleged that the collision occurred
through a lad appointed to look after the points having
neglected his duty. It is a fortunate circumstance that the
collision did not happen on a bridge over the Surrey Canal
immediately adjacent, or probably it would have been at-
tended with the loss of several lives.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

MARLBOROTJGH-STREET.

A GENTLEMAN FINED FOR ASSAULTING A POLICE-CON-
STABLE.—Mr. Wm. Anderton, gentleman, of 51, Maddox-
street, was brought before Mr. Barker charged with being
drunk and assaulting Police-constable Allwood, 186 C.

The constable said about half-past one that morning
he found the defendant drunk and creating a great distur-
bance in Albemarle-street. He requested the defendant to
go away, but he refused, and knocked off his helmet with
a stick he had in his hand, and followed this up by striking
him on the head with the stick and knocking him down,
and then attempting to kick him. He then took the de-
fendant, who was very violent, into custody.
The defendant said he was very sorry to hear what had
occurred.

Mr. Barker said the defendant would hare to pay a fine
of £5 or be committed for a month.

THAMES.

MURDEROUS ASSAULT—A RUFFIAN IN " PADDY'S GOOSE."
—Dennis Macarthy, described as a dealer, aged 30, was
brought up on remand charged with violently assaulting
Henry Foster, barman and waiter at the White Swan
Tavern in High-street, Shadwell, and which is known far
and wide as the " Paddy's Goose," containing, besides the
usual accommodations of a tavern, an elegant theatre and

long dancing room.
A few days since the prisoner and another man entered
the White Swan and had some ale. There was an inof-
fensive old man near them, on whom the ruffians fastened
a quarrel, and the prisoner struck him, put his hand in his
pocket, and attempted to rob him. --Foster at once inter-
posed, prevented the intended robbery, and told the pri-
soner and his companion to leave the house directly. The
two ruffians, disappointed in their plunder, made an attack
on Foster and repeatedly struck him, and prisoner used a
foul epithet and imprecation, indicating his intention of
ruining the health of the barman, and at the same time
kicked him with great force on a tender and vital part of
his person, disabling him and putting him in intense pain.
Mr. George Matthews, the landlord, and David Smith, a
waiter, immediately secured the prisoner, and, in spite of
a determined resistance, handed him to the police. Foster
has been under the care of Dr. Ross of Shadwell, and is
now recovering. The injury is great, but not permanent.
Police-sergeant Sutherland, No. 46 K, said the Paddy's
Goose, the popular name of the White Swan, was a well-
conducted house, frequented by mariners of all nations,
and that the prisoner was a thief and had been twice con-
victed of felony.
The magistrate commented on the atrocious conduct of
the prisoner, who went into a respectable house for a dis-
honest purpose. For this violent and savage assault he
sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and
hard labour.

A THIEF IN THE SHOP.—John Harvey, 20, was charged
with stealing is. from the till of Marshall Louder, his
master.

The prosecutor is a pork butcher in Bedford-place, Com-
mercial-road. The prisoner had been long suspected of
robbing the till and he was watched, and was seen by a
fellow shopman named Joseph Lonlan to put his hand in
the till most deliberately and take is. out and put it in his
pocket. Lonlan told the " governor" of the theft, and the
prisoner was given into custody. A pound's worth of silver
was folind upon him, and in his box was receipts of the
Post-office Savings Bank for £8 ss. The prisoner urged
in defence that the savings were honestly obtained, and
that he was in the receipt of 14s. per week from Mr. Louder
for nine months, besides board and lodging. He denied
the robbery.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

A FEMALE HIGHWAY ROBBER.—Sophia Field, aged 28,
was charged with stealing a purse containing 855., from a
sailor named Robert Nelson.

The sailor had been taking a cruise in the neighbour-
hood of Whitechapel, and he was staggering along Back
Church-lane, when the prisoner, one of the numerous
land sharks in that quarter, marked him as her prey, and
she very coolly took a purse containing 355. worth of silver
from his pocket, and transferred it t 9 her own. Cho rob-
bery was observed by William. Grayburn, a cigar-maker,
of 29, Gloucester-buildings, New-road, St. George-in-the-
East, who immediately took her into custody. The sailor,
who said he was more than three sheets in the wind, had
no recollection of the affair, only he missed his money.
Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if she would be tried
by him or prefer going to the Sessions for trial.

The Prisoner—l am innocent.
Mr. Partridge—Then I shall commit you for trial.
The Prisoner—Try me here, settle it at once, your
worship.

Mr. Partridge—l can't try you here if you say you are
innocent.

The prisoner—Then I will plead guilty.
Mr. Partridge—Don't do that if you are innocent. I
don't wish you to plead guilty.
The Prisoner—l am guilty. I plead guilty.
Mr. Partridge—No doubt you are guilty. I sentence
you to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour.