The Sun.
London, England, 1838-08-13 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

John Macgregor, Eq., appeared before Mr. CHAMBERS to
charge a military gentleman, named Donatus Hanclty, with
an assault.

Mr. Macgregor was walking down Tichborne-street, when
he was suddenly stopped by the defendant, and asked for the
payment of a sum of money which he did not owe. The de-
fendant required his address, and complainant gave it to him,
but tho defondant not being satisfied, became very warm,
soiled him by the collar, and created so much crowd and dis-
turbance that complainant was obliged to have recourse to
the police.

The complainant did not owe the defendant a shilling.
The defendant begged the Magistrate to postpone the case
until he could procure the attendance of a gentleman who
would prove the accuracy of his statement. In the meantime
he hoped the Magistrates would get the complainant's real
address.

The complainant asserted that he had given it. He re-
sided at Mortey's Hotel, but he slept at 15, Piccadilly.
The Magistrate consented to postpone the case for further
evidence, but when the parties made their second appearance
at the office they had settled the matter, consequently the
charge Ras dism►ssed.

it was decided by an amendment of the Chamber
of Deputies, that the column of the grand army at Boulogne-sur.Mer,
should be surmounted by a statue of Napoleon. The Committee wished
this statue to be executed in marble. The Minister of the Interior has
decided that it shall be in bronze. M. Bosio is to execute it. MM.
Lemaire and Bra aro intrusted with the two bas.reliefs in marble for the
Pedestal,

We understand that the Committee of Presbytery,
according to their instructions, applied to Lord Gillies, the resident Lord
Ordinary, on Friday night, for an interdict against the proposed plan of
running railway coaches on the Sabbath. The result of the application
was, that his I,nrOship ordered the Railway Company to lodge answt rs
to the application, and declined to grant an interim interdict, thus lea,
ing the Company at liberty to run their coaches on the Sabbath for the
present. Accordingly the coaches commenced running on Sunday.-
4dinburgh Observer.
OPTICAL PHENOMENON.—When the dense fog
which overspread the horizon here on Friday se'nnight had cleared
away, about ten the sky became so bright that one of the most imposing
views of the opposite coast presented itself that ever was witnessed from
our shores. It was dead low water, which fay.oured the view, and it
seemed as if a curtain had been suddenly withdrawn, exhibiting the
whole lin@ of the ?synch coast as distinctly as if it had only been a few
offi Calais was so plainly distinguishable that comparatively
minute objects were plainly discernible. Boulogne piers were perfectly
visible; the sails of the vessels in that harbour were observed outspread,
and the whole of the villages along the coast seemed so close at hand
that ti:ospoctator on Dover pier might fancy them as near a= the marten*
%WM immediately adjacent to Folkestone.--Dover Chronicle.
TURNPIKE TRUSTS.—By a report to the House
of Lords it appears that there are 1,119 turnpike trusts in Englawi
and Wales, the debts upon which amount to 7,304,803/., being 13fied,
per mile, guaranteed by 3,783 Acts of Parliament, obtained at an ex.
pense of 1,500,000/. The return might have added that to each of
these trusts there is tielerli and treasurer, generally country attorneys,
With saiariea varying front 100/. to 5001. per annum.
CHEAP POSTAGE.—The family of a Noble Peer,
being lately at one of the watering places on the Clyde, his lady pur,
chased and paid for a pair of gloves, which, however, she omitted, 044,
hurry, to take with her. A few days afterwards a franked lettiA.was re.
ceived, requesting that each of thegtoves should betransinkt‘ed through the
Post Office, under separate covers, to Lord a distant part oc
Argyiesdire, which was accordingly das...qlgsgow Ares,