The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-18 00:00:00

RAPE.

Alex. ill`Dougall, aged 24, described as a carpenter,
was placed in the dock, charged with committing a rape
on Elizabeth Carey, a married woman.
The details of the case were quite unfit for publica-
tion ; but it appeared that all the parties, who led a very
loose life, lived in the same house together, and there
being reason to suppose that the woman was a consent-
ing party, the prisoner was acquitted.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
Job Coleman, a respectable-looking man, was indicted
for forging and uttering a forged receipt.
Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine and
Mr. Parry defended.

The facts of the case were these. The prosecutor is
a hay salesman, and the prisoner is a cow-keeper in
Union-street, Hackney. There was, it appeared, a run-
ning account on the part of prisoner, who bought hay
of prosecutor, but did not pay for all he had. In Octo-
ber last he bought some hay, and paid 4/. 10s. on ac-
count. This was paid to prosecutor's salesman at
Smithfield. The account ran on until the present year,
when, in June, an action was brought before the
Secondary, Mr. Potter ; and prisoner being examined,
under the new act, on his own behalf, and then produced
a receipt for the amount then claimed, and which had
been standing for some time, and swore that he bad
paid the amount to the prosecutor's wife, and that a
man named Whalley, who was the prosecutor's agent,
gave the receipt. The verdict in the action was given
for plaintiff, and the document impounded.
The cross-examination now leaving the matter in some
doubt as to whether the matter was not a mistake, the
jury instantly acquitted the prisoner.

THIRD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Gurney.)

Frederick Henry Thonl,pson pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment for bigamy.
It appeared that the parties bad been married at Nor-
wich. The prisoner had married his first wife 16 years
ago, and that she had left him to live with another man
10 years ago. The prisoner had married his second wife
four years ago.
The Judge asked who had instituted these proceedings.
The second wife, a pretty young woman, with a child
in her arms, said that she did.

The Commissioner—You knew he was a married man ?
Wife —Yes ; but his wife lived with another man.
The Prisoner—Yes ; and we lived for many months in
the same house.
The wife admitted that it was so.
The Prisoner—Yes' my lord ; and they (the second
wife and her mother) have taken all my things.
The Commissioner said it was clear that the first wife
had not suffered any harm, and ordered the prisoner to
be imprisoned for 14 days.

EXPLOSION AND Loss OF LIFE AT A SUGAR RE-
FlNER'S.—Yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. Baker, the
coroner, held an inquest at the London Hospital on view
of the body of Johanna Deiderick Cordes, aged 50 years,
a sugar refiner, who lost his life under the following cir-
cumstances :—lt appeared that the deceased was in the
service of Messrs. Hall and Boyd, the sugar refiners, of
Breezer's-hill, Ratcliff-highway, and on Saturday, the
30th ult., deceased proceeded with a lighted candle to
clean out a tank filled with charcoal. The morning was
dark, and on removing the lid he placed his legs inside
the tank, when the foul air ignited, and blew the de-
ceased backwards about ten feet against a brick wall.
The deceased was found by Hermann' Henckin and John
Buck in a dreadfully disfigured state, being burnt over
the arms, face, and body to a considerable extent. He
was taken home, and subsequently was conveyed in a
cab to the London Hospital, where he lingered and died
on Saturday evening last. Mr. Horace K. Debenham,
the house surgeon, stated that the deceased was admit-
ted with extensive burns on the body and limbs, which
caused death from shock to the system. The jury re-
turned a verdict of "Accidental death."

THE DYERS' STRIKE.—The strike of the operative
dyers still continues. A placard has been published by
Messrs. W. Andrews and Sons, of Ardwick, reporting a
conversation which took place on Saturday last, between
a master dyer and one of the finishers on strike, " show-
ing the inconsistency of the rules of the Operative Dyers'
Association." The facts alleged in it are, that the union
will not allowthis man to continue working for his former
employer, at the old wages of 245. a week, which Messrs.
Andrews still offer, but allows him to go to work for
Messrs. Dewhurst at 235.. If this be so, we do not know
on what principle the union can justify its proceedings,
nor do we know how so many intelligent men can be
tamely induced to submit to such unreasonable dictation.
An operatives' association, which compels a man to
work for a shilling a week less than his employers are
disposed to pay, is a very doubtful friend to the opera-
tive class. It is stated also that above 300 fresh hands
have already been taken into the trade in consequence
of this strike.

PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE.—IMPORTANT NEW REGULA-
TIONS.—The Customs' authorities, having considered
the effect of a regulation recently adopted, by which
passengers arriving from the continent by steam-vessels
in the River Thames, having only one package of bag-
gage each, and not containing any article liable to duty,
may have the same examined on board the vessels be-
tween Gravesend and London, in cases where the ne-
cessary accommodation shall be provided by the owners
or master of the vessel for the examination, and being
of opinion that the measure may be extended to pas-
sengers having more than one package of baggage, pro-
vided the packages shall not contain articles liable to
duty, and time will admit of the examination being made
during the passage between Gravesend and London,
subject to the following regulations, viz. : —The pro-
prietor to be present during the examination, and see
the packages re-closed ; the officer to place over the
mouth of each package an adhesive label, to prevent the
seine being re-opened whilst on board, and the packages
to be then placed under the charge of a tide-waiter, until
the vessel shall arrive at her destination ; the packages
thus examined to be landed on arrival under proper su-
pervision before any other baggage, and in the event of
any label having been removed or effectually torn, the
package to be sent to the baggage warehouse for re-ex-
amination ;—orders have been issued for the officers to
govern themselves in the matter accordingly, observing
that the original arrangements as regards the immediate
disposal of the baggage of passengers having one package
only is still to be carried out, and that any packages
containing articles liable to duty are to be sent to the
baggage warehouse, in conformity with the existing
practice.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

There is not much variety in the original co-
lumns of the Paris journals. The leading articles
of the Constitutionnel and the Pays aro on the fete
of Napoleon, and are, of course, full of expressions
of satisfaction at the circumstances under which it
has taken place. The greater part of the other
journals abstain entirely from comment on any
subject. The Union has an article on the Eastern
question, in which it again declares that the Em-
peror of Russia must become paramount in the
East, and this because, according to the Union,
there is no cohesive and exclusive principle of faith
in Europe by which the march of Russian ortho-
doxy can be checked. It is difficult to understand
clearly what the Union means when it attempts to
illustrate its arguments, but it is pretty clear that
this journal does not think it possible for anything
great or good to be done except by persons of its
own party at the head of power, aided by the
priesthood, which it also represents.
It is stated that the Emperor and Empress leave
Paris to-day for Dieppe. An application has been
made to the Directors of the Northern Railroad
for the Imperial Carriage, which was used at Com-
piegne, to convey their Majesties to that place.
The Archbishop of Paris and the Abb6 De-
guerry, have, on the proposition of the Minister of
Public Instruction, been created by the Emperor
Officers of the Legion of Honour. In the army,
Generals de la Hitte and Bergere, and Vice-
Admiral Grivel, have received the Grand Cross,
and Generals Lafontaine, Vache de Tournemine,
Allouveau de Montreil, and MacMahon, are raised
to the grade of Grand Officers of the Legion of
Honour.

The Moniteur states, that at the diplomatic din-
ner given on Monday, by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, the health of. the Emperor of the French
was proposed by the British Ambassador, and
that the toast was enthusiastically received by the
guests. _ _

The Moniteur publishes further accounts from
the departments of the celebration of the fele
Napoleon. They all state that considerable enthu-
siasm was displayed.
An Imperial decree promotes to the rank of
General of Division Count de Fitte de Soucy, Gene-
ral of Brigade.'

Colonel- Desmarest, of the staff, has just quitted
the command of the sub-division of Orleansville,
and arrived in Paris, to occupy the post of first
aide-de-camp to Prince Napoleon.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday signed,
with the Marquis d'Antonini, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of
the Two Sicilies, a declaration regulating questions
relative to the arrest and delivery of sailors desert-
ing from the vessels of the two nations.
Letters from Toulon state that 500,000 rations
are being prepared in the arsenal of that place for
the use of the fleet at Besika. The Montebello has
arrived at Toulon, and the Jena has left that port
to take the place of the Friedland.
A letter from Brest, of the 13th, announces that
the steam corvette the Infernal had arrived there
from Cherbourg, and was being placed on the war
footing.
The Bourse opened freely yesterday, with every
appearance of a further rise in the price of public
securities. The announcement of a decline in the
price of Consols in London produced a re-action,
and the Three per Cents„ which opened at 81f. 15c.
fell to 80f. 90c., at whic they closed for the end of
the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed
at 104 f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,260 f. ;
Rouen, 1,120 f. ; Havre, 520 f. ; Great Northern,
900 f. ; Bale, 367 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg,
1,010 f.. ; Paris and Lyons, 970 f. ; Lyons to the
Mediterranean, 840 f. ; Western of France, 765 f. ;
Bordeaux and Cot te, 652 f. 50c. ; Caen to Cher-
bourg, 627 f. 50c. ; Dijon to Besancon, 560 f. ; Great
Central, 558 f. 75e. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 890 f.