The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-07 00:00:00

THAMES.

A REFRACTORY PAUPER—DonaId Thompson, an in-
mate of the City of London Union-house, in the Bow-road.
was brought before Mr. Selfo, charged with refusing to do
the work assigned to him.

The unhappy man, who has received a good education,
and was once in affluent circumstances, has been repeatedly
committed to prison for being refractory. There is no
doubt that some time ago, and owing to his own obstinacy
and his determination on all occasions to have the last word,
that he was treated with considerable harshness, but for a
long time passed he has given considerable trouble to Poor
Law Commissioners, Boards of Guardians, Lord Mayors,
Aldermen, Magistrates, and workhouse officials, by his re-
peated complaints, verbal and written, of real or imaginary
grievances. On this occasion he took an objection to the
magistrate's jurisdiction, and referred to the 130th article of
the consolidated orders of the Poor-law Board.

Mr. Selfe said he had no authority to interfere with the
internal regulations of the City Union-house, but he had
jurisdiction over offences committed there.

John Angell, porter of the City Union, said the prisoner
received 21b. of oakum to pick yesterday morning, and at
night it was untouched. The prisoner on being spoken to
said he would not do any work.
The prisoner, in a very excited manner, said he would
not stay and be murdered in the union-house. The animus
of the guardians of the City Union had been manifested
in a variety of shapes. He had been persecuted and
pauperised by the guardians. Wben he left the union and
had obtained situations the guardians hunted him out of
them. He wished to be sent to prison. He had been in
the City House of Correction frequently, and he was treated
with more humanity there than he was in the union house.
The prison had no terrors for him. What he considered
due to himself he should adopt.
Mt. Selfe—What I consider due to you is 21 dayss im-
prisonment and hard labour in the city prison at Holloway.

THEYELYERTGN MARRIAGE CASE.—In the Court
of Session, Edinburgh, Mr. Young, on Wednesday, com-
menced to address the Court for Major Yelverton, and had
not concluded when the Court rose. He maintained there
was no proof of a marriage in Scotland between the parties,
either by interchange of mutual consent, or by promise and
subsequent copula. He maintained that the correspon-
dence showed that the pursuer was all along endeavouring
to get the defender to marry her ; that, failing in this, she
changed her tactics to this extent—that she was willing to
be his mistress, with the view of ultimately converting that
connexion into the marriage relation.
From the continued rains in the South of France,
inundations have taken place on several points. The rise
in the Var has caused considerable damage to the surround-
ing property; and information was received at Marseillestwo evenings back that the communication by railway w:he
Toulon was interrupted. Advices from Nismes state
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fallen of late, and the water courses had all risen, eh
but wit
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named Sizalon and Jude. A corporal
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conduct had been
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interference exasperated
the harsh treatment he had receivedhis
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Sizalon, who made use of some insulting
on.
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result was that a duel was decided
to the colonel for authorisation
always irreproachable.
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barracks for the loan of a brace
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decided on, and a meeting took
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of Pistols. Foble barracks, and, at the second pass, Sizalon
place close to t
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run through quest at the Ge.gBntlilsiverY
was
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duly 30, and had obtained the military medal,