The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-13 00:00:00

SOUTIIIVARK-( THIS DAY.)

CIIARGE OF STABBING.— M ary Cronin, a masculine-
looking young Irishwoman, was brought before Mr.
Combe, charged with stabbing Ellen Godfrey with a
knife.

The prisoner and the prosecutrix are both women of
easy virtue, and resided opposite to each other in Suf-
folk-place, at the rear of the Police Court. Last night
about eleven the prisoner was fighting with another
female near the place, when prosecutrix interfered and
separated them. All was quiet until near one o'clock,
when prosecutrix went out to speak to a neighbour, and
she had not walked many yards before she was suddenly
attacked by the prisoner, who stabbed her in the left arm
with a sharp knife, and ran away, exclaiming that she
was determined to do for her. A constable fortunately
came up and secured the prisoner, and immediately
took witness to St. Thomas's Hospital, where the wound
was dressed.

Mr. Combe asked whether the wound was dangerous ?

Police constable 94 M produced a medical certificate
from the house-surgeon of the hospital, stating that it
was an incised cut, but not of a dangerous description.
The prisoner said she had a quarrel with the com-
plainant, bind she struck her first. She hal a knife in
her hand, but did not intend to injure her. They were,
in fact, both drunk at the time.
Mr. Coinbe said, as the wound was not dangerous,
he should fine her 405., or six weeks' imprisonment.
She was committed.

LANCASTER ELECTION.—The polling took place yes-
terday. The proceedings were throughout very peace-
able and orderly, but, from the commencement, it was
apparent that Mr. Greene would be returned. At the
conclusion of the poll the numbers were—were—FurMr.
Greene, 668 ; for Mr. Armstrong, 543 ; majority for
Mr. Greene, 125.
FLIGHT OF BLANQUI. —The Lorierttais of the Bth gives
a minute narrative of the escape of the formidable re-
publican leader Blanqui from the Palais at Belle-Isle-en-
Iver. Blanqui fled with another republican prisoner
named Cazavan, and managed to evade the notice of the
dressed
keeper by an ingenious stratagem. He made up and
a figure. of himself, which the turnkey in making
evening inspection of the cell mistook for his prisoner,
c.oncealsehdo,rthl
ilwho appeared to him to be sitting and warming himself.
having
nafterwards
exchanged
layheewas very
e prison.
for a suit of black, and obtained from some friend I,ooof.
barn, where
in gold. He has since been placed -
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC a penal cell.
THE in
IN. FRANCE.—The
clergy of the Roman Catholic chauCith
composed in the 80 sees which formre the
France. is. thus
of it :-15 archbishops, 65 bishops 175 vicars-
general,
661 canons, 3,388 curds, 29,537 desservansvicafrs-
succursals,
6 chaplains for the three ceinetries of Pari°c
vicars in the small communes. The pers," and 7,190
of the
protestant worship are 756 in number, 507 onfnweh
for the reformed church, and 249 for the Lutheranoni are
worship. In the Jewish church there are 53 rabbis
and 61 officiating ministers. The church in Algeria' I.' is
not included in this account.

BEST MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH ENDS.—We have heard
of an old German officer, who was a great admirer of
correctness in military operations. He used to revile
Bonaparte for spoiling the science of war, which had
been carried to such exquisite perfection by Marshal
Dann. "In my youth (he observed) we used to march
and countermarch all the summer, without gaining or
losing a square league, and then we went into winter
quarters. And now comes an ignorant, hot-headed,
young man, who flies about from Ulm to the middle of
Moravia, and fights battles in December, The whole
system of his tactics is monstrously incorrect." The
world is of opininion, in spite of critics like these, that
the end of fencing is to hit, that the end of medicine is
to cure, that the end of war is to conquer, and that
those means are, the most correct which best accomplish
those ends.—Traveller's Library.