The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-03 00:00:00

THE IizONDONr VITERSDA'Y-F,V2NINGi UGUST 3, 18 5 4

Captain LAtFAN believed that the reasons which
had led to Sir H. Ross being appointed over his senior
officer would be honourable to Sir John Burgoyne
himself, and satisfactory to the country. He (Captain
; Laffan) bad an interview on this subject with the Mi-
nister for War (the Duke of Newcastle), who said that
Sir J. Burgoyne having made a reconnaissance in the
East, his advice and services were found so invaluable
by the Government on his return to England, that it
was deemed extremely desirable to retain him at home.
The "vote was then agreed to.
A sum of 58,1391. for the payment of, the said Artil-
lerymen was then agreed to.
A sum of 840,785/. was next agreed to, for the pay-
ment of the Customs' officers.
A sum of 1,1.54,5941. was also agreed to, for the pay-
me,it of the officers of the Inland Revenue department.
The Militia Pay Bill was read a second time.
Tae Midland Great Western (Ireland) Railway Bill
wal read a third time and passed.
The Militia (Scotland) Bill ai amended was reported.
The Public Health Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of Sir J. WA.LMSL EY, in the absence
of Mr. flume, returns were ordered of the number of
visitors to the Tower of London, St. Paul's Cathedral,
Westminster Abbey, and other public institutions, dur-
ing several years.
NEWSPAPER STAMPS.
Mr. CRAUFURD, in the absence of Mr. J. Fitz-
gerald, moved for a return of the number of stamps at
ld. each issued to each newspaper published in London,
Dublin, and Edinburgh respectively, for the second
quarter of the year 1854, specifying the name of each
newspaper, and the number of stamps issivd to each (in
continuation of Parliamentary paper No. 238 of the pre•
sent session).
Mr. WILSON would not oppose this return, but
wished it to be understood that the Government would
not be consenting parties to such returns as the present in
future. Even annual returns of this nature were a great
interference with private business, and he thought the
house ought not to consent to such returns for a shurter
period.—Agreed to.
The house adjourned at six o'clock.

FISHMONGERN' COMPANY.

The annual dinner of this company, which is cele-
brated on the let of August, the anniversary of the ac-
cession of the Brunswick dynasty to the throne of Great
Britain and Ireland, was held on Tuesday, at the Fish-
mongers'-hall, London-bridge. Mr. Toogood officiated
fur the Prime Warden, who was prevented by illness
from presiding.
Amongst the company present were :—Earl Fortescue,
Viscount Ebrington, M.P., Lord Charles Russell, Lord
Ernest Bruce, the American Minister, Sir Charles
Wood, M.P., Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, &c.
Lord Palmerston and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
were unfortunately prevented from attending.
After the usual loyal toasts, which were received with
the greatest enthusiasm,
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed the " Health of
her Majesty's Ministers." He said their position at
the present time was attended with the most arduous
difficulties. In the midst of their endeavours to promote
the cause of enlightened and constitutional reform they
had been suddenly interrupted by the outbreak of hostili-
ties both unforeseen and unexpected. What might be
the result of the war it would be presumptuous in him
to hazard an opinion upon ; but in their endeavours to
maintain the honour and interests of the country, he was
sure the Ministry might rely upon the loyalty and pa-
triotism of the people.
Sir CHARLES WOOD returned thanks, and expressed
his regret that some others of his colleagues had not been
present to return thanks for the honour done to them,
but he was quite sure that it was only their attendance
upon their duties which had prevented them from ac-
cepting the invitation. He quite concurred in the re-
marks of one of the preceding speakers, that the Minis-
ters were raised to office solely by the confidence of the
country, and as soon as they forfeited that confidence,
they oueht to retire from the scene. He (Sir C. Wood)
had been long enough in Parliament to remember
the time when those principles, which they now
saw so triumphant, were advocated only by a small
minority. However firmly, and through whatever
difficulties they had fought the battle, he telt one com-
fort at least in the fact that in this hall and in this
company these principles had ever been in the ascen-
dancy, and that he was speaking amongst old and long-
tried friends of the principles of liberty. The Prime
Warden had alluded to the difficulties in which the
Ministers were placed, and had approved of the conduct
they had pursued He (Sir C. Wood) was not ashamed
to say that as long as they thought peace could be main-
tained in a manner compatible with the honour of the
country, they had been most anxious to preserve it. They
were alive to the injuries which a war would occasion to
many interests in the country, and they were not insen-
sible to the feeling of the country, which looked upon
war as one of the greatest calamities. (Hear, hear.) So
long as it was possible to avoid war, the Ministers were
anxious to do so ; when they found it was no longer
pcssible, they were ready to accept the glove thrown down
to thern—(cheers)—and he trusted that the conduct
which they had since pursued would show to the country
that, although unwilling to involve the country in a
war, they were not unprepared. He believed that the
fleets and army of this country were the admiration of
the world, and that he was justified in saying that both
the army and navy had never in the proudest day of
their renown been so well equipped. What might be
the result of their operations no one could be boastful
enough to say. It was no slight task to beard the bear
in his (len, but he was sure that whatever human skill
and daring could effect would be accomplished both by
the army and navy. (Cheers.) The issue was not in
the hands%of men, but in the hands of One far above all,
and as he (Sir C. Wood) was convinced of the justice of
the cause, so did he firmly believe that, they would,
sooner or later, be found successful. The right honour-
able baronet sat down amidst loud cheering.
The PRIME WARDEN then gave the " Health of the
American Minister."
The AMERICAN MINISTER returned thanks, and said
he could not feel himself a stranger in a strange land, so
great was the kindness with which he had been every-
where treated, not on account of his own bumble merits,
but from the affection entertained by the parent state
fora distinguiShed and promising child on the other
side of the Atlantic. He had read the history of this
country carefully and diligently, and although he took
no part whatever in its politics, he thought that there
never had in any former time been two more honourable
parties than the Whigs and Tories of Great Britain.
(Cheers and laughter.) The devotion of these parties and
their leaders to their principles did credit to them, and,
whether right or wrong, they had evidently acted upon
principle. Now, however, when he came amongst them,
he found an amalgamation of parties—the lion lying
down with the lamb, and all united in carrying on a
great war. About this war he should say nothing,
although he confessed he entertained a very strong
opinion. (Hear.) When the might and power of this
country were directed by wisdom and talent, and when
its vast resources were devoted to one object, it was very
hard if that object could not be accomplished. In Aine's
rica they spoke the same language as the English, and
they read the same books, and he thanked God that there
was not in the United States a child worn which had
not as good a right to come to school and learn to re td
as to breathe its native air. (Hear.) They were, there-
fore, able to read the books of this country, and there
were many standard books comparatively little known
in England which were to be met with in every cabin in
America. He might mention, for instance, such works
as " The Pilgrim's Progress," and "The Vicar of Wake-
field." (Hear, hear.) He begged to return thanks for
the honour done to him, and in his humble position it
should always be his endeavour, whilst maintaining in a
proper spirit the honour of his own country, to promote
the alliance of kindred nations which were bound toge-
ther by the ties of mutual interest, but which he desired
to see united by the still stronger ties of mutual affec-
tion. (Cheers.)
The company separated at a late hour.

SAUNDERS FITZSAI7NDERS.
Edinburgh, July, 1854.
P.S.—A. word about our celebrated Provost or Mayor,
Mr. Duncan Maclaren—the grand conservator of so-
briety within the ancient and extended royalty. He has
published some statistics about the Public-houses Act,
meant to show its successful working. The greater the
blockhead the more naturally he resorts to such data,
in every ease to be received with hesitation, especially
where moral agency is concerned Your contemporary,
the Scotsman, has taken up the tabular calculations of
this gentleman, and in better hands our civic chief could
not be—that is to say, he will figure as a puling child in
the hands of a strong man. Mr. Maclaren has now
been three years in office, and, if reports be true, lusts
for an incumbency of three years more of dignity and
importance as "My Lord !' A little cant may concur
with other more mundane agencies in promoting his
views. Now, the bill before under notice is much of a
landed interest aff dr—a boon from that exalted and vir-
tuous body to the multitude—good and cheap, fruitful
in happiness, hut costing nothing but a little trouble in
fining offenders. The Evening Post, landed interest
journal, however, professes to appreciate the zeal of the
ally of its party, Mr. Maclaren, in the moral crusade or
Quixotism of the squires, and attributes it to a hanker-
ing after the civic chair. Says the Post (of 26th July)—
"They [the citizens] cannot but be aware with what
craft and industry he [the Lord Provost] is working up
a kind of claim to a renewed tenure of office-- * * *
with how much anxiety he has endeavoured to appear as
the patron of the anti public-house operations, ostensibly
to ingratiate himself with the supporters of the tem-
perance cause."

STATE OF TRADE.

( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)

MANCHESTER, Aug. I.—We have to report a decidedly
firm market in the medium and lower counts of water
and
highemrue niricyeasrns; indeed, for o
are reciuired;,
hsisme dc ,
howeesveririonsnsotslightly
gene-
ral. But it is found that, having supplied their imme-
diate wants, the buyers now hesitate to operate further
at the extreme rates demanded. This is particularly the
case with the home manufacturers of such cloths as have
either not risen at all, or not in nearly the same pro-
portion as the yarns from which they are made—a state
of things which is much too wide-spread. The result is
that the business of the day has been a good deal re-
stricted in arnount. The want of demand for China is
fseelntHtiAnthLtrrihtheaxesre:numbers of water twist, which are usually
Hall to -day exhibits
price ; and there improvement,isl'°very
July 29.---The aspect of trade in oubssakrurd,iPimi.lintlioeee.rnsces.e
or •
any description of goods. The spinners have a large
littl
little
dispositione i either rt
oi np demandurchase
proty,rtion of their machinery wholly or partially unem-
s,b uast they are,
eisn
fi r general,ed unwillingaren o t
tt remunerative.enterj fi into
cp,lionleradc t;
The wool market is inactive, with the uthoeautio,ry
fdoerntcri
eoiri ROCHDALE,teOd asJ:vuwlyc3hl
material,.i—so
l't'ihmaeicteei°ldi'altnn:uef(fcintuo
urenrtspo
of
transacted.' English wool is scarce at present, and the
dealers have Very light stocks on hand.

CRYSTAL PALACE, Wednesday.— One Shilling Day
Admission at the doors, 11,686 ; admission by season
tickets, 847 ; total, 12,533.
Oua POPULATION.—It appears by the census that not
half the adult population of London were born in the
metropolis. If the recruits marched back to their
native soil, London would be left with less than half the
grown-up men and women that are in it. The Irish in
London were f• aind to be 103,548 ; the Scotch, 30,401.
Of every 100,000 persons born iu England, 271 were
found to be in Scotland when the census was taken ;
but of every 100,000 persons born in Scotland, 4,723
tlwao nerdeenii in
tst rloE7Srnctegioamittal time
"o
13,8:11drai;8;aogir, as the Registrar-General has it,
the tendencyf people burn in Scotland to enter Eng-
rneT;a
ht
heaar t
whlf o
eef r
ett
hesne
m6d e6n6wosye
were
oeo fr
eitinhg en
LeErosnngd resi-
dentsnh
'which dOttained above 1,000 Russians at the time of the
Census.

Paul
Ointment[ADVERTISEMENT.]--Holloway's and
l Pills essentially beneficial for healing Wounds _Mr
Spencer, of West Brunswick, informs Professor Hollo-
way, in a letter dated May 26, 1854, that a friend of
s
residing in New-street, in that town, and well known
there, was afflicted for a length of tine with ten running
ulcers, and although lie had the best medical advice for
m ilesrouni, yet he was not benefitted by the same ; there.
13
ore, as a last resource, he was induced to try Holloway s
intment and Pills, and, after persevering with them
dr three months, the wounds all healed, and he was
kompleteli cured, to the, wonder of every one that knew
"liim.—Sold by all vendors of medicine, and atProfaser
Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand; London.

Sir T. Burgoyne, vtiy,Sir H. Ross should have
.been THR prAttc..HOUSES (SCOTLAND) ACT.—
appoittted to be Lientenant-General of the Ordnance ? WHAT IS A TRAVELLER?—TEETOTAL
Mr. MONSELL assured the hon. member that it was TERPERENOE IN THE CASE OF THE YEO-
impossible
any slight could be intended for Sir J. Bur-
.31/INRY RACES.—THE POLICE SDPERIN-
goyne.
TE-VDENT, MID-LOTHIAN, AND THE SEORE-
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER -aid TARY AT WAR.
this was an appointment emanating from the Crown, LETTER 11.
and he doubted the propriety of introducin incidental
discussions on such a subject as this. As' to Sir J.
Burgoyne, no terms of praise could be too high for his
merits. (Hear.)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIB,—I again take the liberty of addressing you as to
the state of matters in Scotland, produced by the opera-
tion or influence of Forbes Mackenzie's Public-houses
Bill. I write at once to expose the affair and to put the
people of England on their guard, le-t they also become
the victims of a mean and demoralising fanaticism.
I mentioned to you the case of Mrs. Ross, a licensed
victualler at Portobello, more than three miles from
Edinburgh. Three apparent travellers had come to her
house and obtained some refreshments. They had
walked the distance betwixt the two points at the very
least. A policeman, called the police superintendent
(there is likely another constable or two in the district
besides himself), raised a prosecution against the woman,
and she has been fined for violating the act of Parlia-
ment. The question now comes to be, What is a tra-
veller within the meaning of the statute ? This is a nice
point, and reminds one of the poser of the ancient sophist,
HOW many grains make a heap ? To the weary pedes-
trian, it may be on a journey of necessity and mercy,
this is a very serious matter. To the entertainer of the
individual it may involve the loss of capital and of bread,
as I believe three offences ainst the tyrant stature sub-
jects the offender to deprivation of his license. What a
travelleris is notdefined by Forbes Mackenzie in his bill, and
regarding actu aides the feeble foot-passenger who walks
one or two miles might want a glass of beer more than
the first-class passenger from Carlisle to Glasgow (per
-Caledonian line) requires his claret or champagne in a
first-rate hotel in the capital of the west. But how is the
licensed victualler to discriminate a traveller ?
himself a London police magistrate, thought a thief
looked like other people ; and although a man may have
dust on his shoes and sweat on his brow, and declare
he is a traveller literally fainting from fatigue, he may
only have come from the town to the country village
two or three miles distant, and the innkeeper, recollect.
ing the penal decision just promulgated, may refuse the
wayfarer a mouthful of refreshment. A person depen-
dent on a bench of justices will dread the effect of con-
duct which may be dictated by motives of compassion.
So happily is Scotland situated under the rules imposed
by her moral reformers. If I recollect aright, the bill in-
tended for the benefit of England contained a saving
clause in favour of travellers. Your readers will know
how to appreciate the generosity of the exception.
I need scarcely say that the bill of Forbes Mackenzie
has emboldened the abstainers. In my last letter I men-
tioned some of their pranks. In Edinburgh they have
taken up a locus stancli somewhat resembling that of
I public officials. Once a year the Mid-LothiamYeomanry
Cavalry assemble for six drays' drill. After "deploying"
for this time, the business isconcluded with races overthe
course at Musselburgh, about six miles from Edinburgh.
There are few public amusements in the Scottish capital,
and parties flock to the scene of recreation as your friends
do to the Goodwood races. A most daring proclama-
tion was issued by the abstainers, warning publicans
against the crime of having tents for refreshments on the
grounds. But not content with this, the following let-
ter was addressed to a licensed victualler who was about
to set up a tent near the race course :
" 17, South-bridge, Edinburgh, July 26, 1851.
Sir,—l understand that you are one of the parties who
yesterday took a stance for the erection of a tent on the
Musselburgh Course on Saturday, the 29th inst. From the
public intimation given, you must have been aware that,
under your certificate and license, you have no power to go
to Musselburgh anal there sell exciseable liquors. By doing
so, you commit a breach of the terms of ;,our certificate,
for which, depend upon it, you will' bo called in question.
Three such acts will render you unlit ever after to hold a
license in this country. With yourself, therefore, you are
playing a daugerous game ; the law, I assure you, will be
enforced against you an l every other individual who at-
tempts to transgress its provisions by opening tents at the
races and there selling drink,—l am, &c.,
" JOHN STR&CHAN."
The hint as to "three such acts" is sufficiently significant
and obvious. There is the will, whether the way exists
or not. Certain it is, a correspondent of one of the local
journals, the Scottish Press, has averred that in this spe-
cial case, Forbes Mackenzie was not sharp enough, arid
the abstainers (will they pardon the figure ?) have
counted without their host.
I have already mentioned that generally the police in
Scotland are converted into spies, for the purpose of
carrying out that oppressive measure. In certain cases
they are aided by what is called the "peeping volunteer,"
or member of an abstinence local committee, as also
backed by a vicious and restless fanaticism. But, Sir, I
have specially to call attention to an act of gross inso-
lence on the part of the Inspector, or, as he is termed,
superintendent of Mid-Lothian county police—a person
of the name of List. It would seem as if the barrack
canteens were in some way exempt from the operation
of the Mackenzie Bill, and this official has discovered,
not drunkenness, be it remembered, but some drinking
on the part of civilians in the canteen of Leith Fort on
Sundays. Perhaps the soldier would have had a glass
of beer with his father or brother on the evening of that
day, in the only place the article could be obtained. On
ascertaining this fact, either from personal observation,
or through some of his minions, List wrote to' the Secre-
tary at War, and had in return the following letter
" War Office, 24th July, 1854.
"Sir,—l am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of the 20th inst., relative to the admission of civilians
into the canteen in Leith Fort on Sunday, and to acquaint
you, with reference to the communication from this de
pertment of the let inst., that the Secretary at War has
taken such steps, through the medium of the general
officer commanding the troops in Scotland, as will, it is
hoped, prevent a repetition of the aria a complai led of.
"I am, ,Sse.,
"JOHN CR00318."
Tim description I have given of the conduct of the
'nover in ties business will be evident from the few sea-
;ences which follow in the connection. Either this was
a legal action—to wit, the business in the canteen—or
it was illegal. If legal, what had a police-officer to do
with the case ? Nuthine ; and he only evinced the
erossest audacity in interfering. But if illegal, there
was an instant remedy. You must know that here we
have various sorts of prosecutors for the public interest,
from the Lord Advocate of Scotland' to the town or
county procurators-fiscal ; and descending from these,
generally men of standing in society, we come to the
police superintendents. List is a justice of peace pro-
curator, and could have brought the canteen affair before
the local bench, if any irregularity, That this was not
done clearly showed that even the Mackenzie bill, or its
predecessors, did not reach the action. Nor did the
Mid Lothian police official even refer the point to his su- '
periors, the magistrates, but at once applied to an ex-
traneous authority, the war department of the Govern-
ment, In London, I apprehend, were a sub-inspector
to act in this way, the result might be serious. But
anything is lawful and right in certain quarters, so that
it carries out the anti-public-houses fanaticism. It is a
pity that the Secretary at War condescended to reply to
such a communication. It ought to have been referred
to tee Lord Advocate, who is virtually Minister of Jus-
tice and of Police for Scotland, or to the principal sheriff
of the county, Mr. John Gordon, in order that this
esteemed and upright magistrate might have passed a
befitting judgment on the impudence of his servant.
Is not this a fine state of matters—police espionage to
ascertain where an oppressive law has been even acci-
dentally broken—police intermeddling where there is no
offence—a faction assuming legal powers and menacing
she citizen with penalties and ruin, and watching his
premises as detectives do houses suspected of harbouring
thieves or containing stolen goods—and fanaticism ram-
pant and exulting ! Will the English people allow of
such an infliction ? Their antecedents belie the assump-
tion. Let them, therefore, watch carefully against their
moral reformers Messrs. Patten and Co., and the ami-
able bill of these worthy senators. If off their guard,
they may, before the close of the present session, find
themselves in for the pains and penalties, the confusion
and annoyance, to which Scotland has been subjected by
a paltry individual accidentally occupying a place in the
House of Commons,
Again expressing my earnest wish that your contem-
poraries would honour me by copying this letter, solely
dictated by public motives—l remain, Sir, your obliged
and obedient servant,

CHOLERA IN LONDuN.

LA IV INTELLIG trNCE.-.4t-ty. 2.

The return made by the Registar-General shows that
from 1,008 in the preceding week the deaths in London
rose to 1,219 in the week that ended last Saturday. In
the ten weeks corresponding to last week of the years
(1844-53) the average number was 1,072, which, if raised
in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,179.
The present return is therefore in excess of the estimated
amount.
The zymotic class of diseases, which numbered 293
deaths in the previous week, rose last week to 422.
The increase is caused by cholera, which has made con-
siderable progress since the 26 deaths occurred which
were announced in last report. It was fatal last week
to 133 persons, namely, to 42 children under 15 years
of age, 78 men and women between that age and 60
years, and to 13 persons 60 years old and upwards.
Seventy-one, or more than half the number of cases, oc-
curred on the south side of the Thames, 35 in the
east districts, and the remainder in various other parts
of the metropolis, as far as its western extremity
Diarrhcea increased from 58 to 84 in the last two weeks.
The districts of Kensington, Chelsea. S. George, Han-
over-square, Westminster, and St. Martins-in-the-Fields,
with a population of 376,247, had only 8 deaths from
cholera; ani the same is to be said of the north districts,
with a population of 490,396, viz., Marylebone, Hamp-
stead, St. Pancras, and Hackney Union. In the cen-
tral districts of the Strand, Clerkenweil, St. Luke's, East
and Wrst London, and the City of L ndon, there were
11 deaths.
The following are some of the cases returned by the
local registrars of deaths :
WHITECHAPEL--ALDGATE —At 10, Rose-court, Up•
per East Smithfield, on 28th July, the son of a labourer,
aged 3 years, " cholera (30 hours)." Dr. English in his
certificate says :—" The water-closets in Rose-court,
owing to their not being emptied, made the court smell
horribly." Mr. Harris adds—" Another child is ill The
landlord has for years bid defiance to the parish autho-
rities ; he has been warned and summoned and fined by
the mazistratea at the Thames police. He promises
to let the soil into the drain to-morrow. Thirteen
houses are in this small narrow court ; very small
confined yards to each house; and I believe every room
is nearly filied with poor Irish. About 50 houses near
the above are in the same wretched condition as Rose-
court."

Mr. Commissioner Murphy would at once grant a
rule. In another case the law officers of the Crown had
submitted to him a question whether, where the act
spoke of the head of a department sanctioning a re-
commendation of s s dary. and there was no head, from
there being no such department in existence, whether an
order could be made.
Mr. Sargood admitted the importance of the pint.
'ln this case it was very hard 'on 11r. Gunnell to con-
tinue such an order. Out of 3001. a year, to make an
order for 1301., with his family, was a great hardship.
He doubted very much the power of the Court to set
aside such a pension, and he thought the only way to
touch it wou d be as subsequently-acquired property.
His Honour said a rule nisi should be granted. The
case was one which clearly required reconsideration.
Rule nisi granted.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-Aug. 2.

Christopher Clifford, 24, was indicted for having un-
lawfully placed his hand in the pocket of a certain
woman, whose name was unknown to the jury, with in-
tent to steal any property therein being.
Mr. Poland prosecuted ; 'Mr. Parry appeared for the
prisoner.
The only • witness in the case was a sergeant of the F
division of police, and his evidence was to the effect
that one day a short time ago he was on duty in the
Strand, when he saw the prisoner, in company with two
other men, attempting to pick pockets.
Mr. Parry addressed the jury, and induced them to
come to the conclusion that the'case was not sufficiently
proved, and the prisoner was found not guilty.
Mr. Witham told the Jury that the prisoner was a
convict under a ticket of leave, but, with regard to that,
it had nothing to do with the charge on which he had
been tried, and, under the circumstances, he did not
think that the jury had done wrong in giving the ver-
dict they had done. He was not aware that he bad
any power to order the prisoner to be detained for having
forfeited the conditions of his ticket of leave, and he
must therefore be discharged from custody, but he would
say, that he considered this system of liberating convicts
in this country, on tickets of leave, was working very
bad—it was an encouragement of crime, and the worst
of characters were turned loose upon society to plunder
where and who they could. It had long been the habit
to send the convicts to distant colonies, the best and
most healthy colonies, but now that plan was altered.
Now ha thought some colony, not the very best, such
as hard-working emigrants went to, not the best
that could be selected, nor yet such a place as would
be dangerous to life or health, could be found
to send convicts to instead of keeping them in prison
for a short time and then setting them loose again
in this country. He was afraid the ticket of leave sys-
tem in England would never answer, and would prove
an evil to society. The prisoner was then liberated.
James Mannus, a private in the Royal Horse Guards
Blue, was indicted for assaulting Fanny Wilmot.
Mr. W. J. Payne appeared for the prosecution.
The prosecutrix, a young woman of three or four and
twenty years of age. stated that she was an unfortunate,
and following her course of life she was at a public-
house at Knightsbridge, where she met the prisoner,
who got into conversation with her. He had come up
from Windsor on leave, and he treated her with drink,
after which they repaired to a coffee-house, and there
they took tea. Subsequently he accompanied her to her
lodgings, No. 4, Car line-place, Trevor-street, Knights-
bridge, and when they had been there a short time, she
asked him for money. He was excited by drink, and
on her making this request, he became very violent,
and struck her a heavy blow over the eye, by which she
was knocked on the floor, and seized her by the throat
with one hand. He held her in that position, and pre-
vented her calling out by holding his other hand over
her mouth. He called her filthy names, and said he
would kill her if she made any noise, and through fear
she at last submitted to his wishes, and he undressed
himself and went to bed. She also undressed herself, but
did not go to bed, • and the moment he dropped off to
sleep, she ran out of the place, and went to a young
woman, who like herself was unfortunate, and lives
two doors off. She had nothing on her but her chemise,
not even shoes or stockings, and her friend gave her
some clothing, and advised. her to go to Knightsbridge
Barracks to fetch tile piquet. On her going there, some
hours later, she was advised to give him into custody,
which she did. She had a severe black, eye her neck and
breasts were much bruised, and at the present time her
eye was very much bloodshot.
M iris Jennings, the young woman alluded to, corro-
rated the pi.ostcutrix as to the condition in which she
went to her, and said she had evidently been very muc
knocked about

ST. GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST—ST MARL—At 11, Den-
mark-street, on 22d July, a dock-labourer, aged 40 years,
" Asiatic cholera (10 hours)." Mr. Armstrong, the re-
gistrar, writes- "The deceased had lately had little
' employment, and the whole family have, in consequence,
had extremely poor living. The houses have recently
been connected with the sewers, and some days before
the deceased was attacked a cesspool was emptied close
to the room in whic i he lived or slept. During the
operation he complained of diarrhoea."
In the same sub-district, at 19, Denmark-street, on
the 28th Jtily, the widow of a mariner, aged 70 years,
" Asiatic cholera (23 hours)." The registrar adds :
" Deceased was resident in Stepney, and on a visit to
her son for the day, when she was taken ill. Was pre-
viously well. Her son and his wife live in a front room
at the top of the house, and state that the stench aris-
ing from bone-burning on the opposite side of the street,
renders the room so offensive that they roust leave the
house ; this complaint is also made by the neighbours.
The medical attendant state that this case was not at-
tended by any premonitory diarrhoea."
In the sub-district of Mile-end Old-town, Stepney, at
9, Dunstan's-road, on 26th July, the son of a blacksmith,
aged 3 years, "cholera (8 hours)."
In the south districts 71 deaths from cholera are re-
ported. The following are some of the cases :--
ST. OLAVE—ST. JOHN.—At 19, Bermondsey-street,
on 26th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 5 years,
" coolera Asiatic (4i hours)."
lii the same sub-district, at 12, Bermondsey-street,
on 29th July, a railway porter, aged 34 years. " malig-
nant cholera (12 hours)." The medical assistant adds :
—" Was at his employment in perfect health a few hours
before his death."
BERMONDSEY—ST. JAMES.—At 4, Bermondsey-wall,
on 23rd July, the daughter of a bookseller, aged 4 years
" cholera (9 hours)." No medical attendant. Mr.
Mears says, " This child was seen by my assistant only
haif an hour before death."
In the same sub district, at 4, Bermondsey-wall, on
24th July, the daughter of a sawyer, aged 3 years,
" cholera (20 hour 4)." The registar adds—" This child
was seized about the time of the death of the above.
There is no supply of water to this and adjoining four
houses; drainage very defective. It will be observed 3
deaths occurred in this house "
In the same sub-district at 10, Marine-street, on July
24, a mariner, aged 27 years, "Asiatic cholera (13 hours)
after premonitory diarrhoea (24 hours)." The registrar
adds—" The wife of this poor man informed me that he
left home in perfect health on Sunday morning last for
Dover in an excursion train, that just before leaving Do-
ver he was taken ill, was purged excessively on his jour-
ney, and came hope in collapse."
In the same sub-district, at 4, Bermondsey- wall, on 27th
July, a sawyer, aged 62 years, " cholera (32 hours)."
The Registrar adds :—"This man was at work when
seized, I saw him soon after, he was then in collapse."
-In the same sub-district, at 3, Perseverance-court,
on 28th July, the wife of a hawker, aged 30 years,
"cholera (24 hours), no premonitory symptoms." The
Registrar adds:—•' From minute inquiries instituted it
appears this women had no previous diarrhoea, but was
seized with vomiting, purging, and cramp simulta-
neously."
In the same sub-district, at 8, Toxton-street, on 29th
July, the daughter of a labourer, aged 18 years, " diar-
rhoea (.some days), cholera (13 hours.")
BERMONDSEY—ST. MARY MAGDALEN.—At 13, Ab-
bey-street South, on 25th July, a trotter cleaner, aged
13 years, " Asiatic cholera (16 hours.)"
ST. GEORGE, SOUTHWARK.—BOROUGH-ROAD.—At 24,
Gun-street, on 23d July, the wife of a bookbinder; aged
36 years, " Asiatic cholera (24 hours)."
ST. MARY, NEWINGTON—ST. PETER, WALWORTH.—
At 7, Berkeley-terrace, on 25th July, the wife of a mer-
cantile clerk, aged 35 years, " Agitate cholera (14 hours)."
LAMBETH—WATERLOO, let t —At 3, Curtis Hatch,
on 29th July, a baptist minister, aged 52 year,, " diar-
rhceea. (3 days), Asiatic cholera and collapse (18 hours)."
CAMBERWELL—At 1, Rose Cottages, Waterloo-street,
on the 23d of July, two daughters of a proctor's clerk;
ned respectively 8 years and 1 year, "cholera Asi tics
(15 hours and 9 hours)." The medical attendant makes
the following note :—" There is an open sewer within a
few feet of the front door, and also at the end of the
garden of the above house. In the same sub district, at
Garden Cottage, Harris-street, on the 22nd of July a
carman, aged 49 years, " cholera (16 hours)." Mr.
Flover, on his medical certificate states :—" The sewer
has been recently stirred up and drain pipes laid down,
a large uncovered space being left." There are not less
than four miles of uncovered filthy sewers in the Cam-
berwell and Peckham districts, which ought to be
covered.

The prisoner, in his defence, said he treated the girl,
and gave her 3,6 d., and when she had got that, which was
all he had, she demanded more, and as he con Id not
I give it her she kicked up a row. To save himself from
being turned into the street in the ni2ht, without money,
and his regiment being at Windsor, he made her hold
her noise, and she bit hint on the hand. He then struck
her, and she *ran away, and he went to sleep.
The prosecutrix denvd all this.—He was fund guilty.
Corporal Hitchins attended to say that the prisoner
joined the regiment in January, 1851, and since then he
had been twice tried by court martial, and on each occa-
sion sentenced to six months' hard labour, besides which
he bad been four times in confinement for breach of
military discipline.
Mr. Witham said the prisoner was an ill-conditioned
fellow, and had committed a most ruffianly assault. Had
he been convicted summarily he would have been sen-
tenced to six months, and be should therefore give him a
little more. He then sentenced him to eight months'
hard labour.

As the prisoner was leaving the dock, he thanked the
corporal for'giving him "a lift."
The whole of the cases being disposed of, the court
adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips and Mr. Commissioner
Murphy cleared their lists on Tuesday, and the Courts
rose for the vacation. A sitting will be held in a few
days to hear applications for bail.
IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES MATTHIAS GUNNELL.
Mr. Sargood, at the rising of the Court, applied in
this matter to rescind an order made on the insolvent's
retired allowance, as one of the clerks of the House of
Commons. Mr. Gunnell was discharged under the act
some years ago, when an annual sum was set aside,
which was afterwards reduced to .130/ out of a salary
of 7001. Mr. Gunnell had since retired 011 a pension.
Without any alteraticn, the provisional assignee still
claimed the 1301. a year, which it was found impossible
to pay, and therefore the present motion to rescind such
an order. The Speaker of the Hone of Commons had
sanctioned the order made, but Mr. Gunnell found that
it was quite impossible, with his family, to continue
such payments.