The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

HISTORY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,
BY R. MONTGOMERY MARTIN, F.S.S.
London, Mortimer, 1836.

CRACOW.

THE NEW LAW OR ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE ADMIS,

SION OF FOREIGNERS INTO CRACOW.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

BO K'-STREET.Henry Smith was brought before Mr. MINSIIULL, charged
with assaulting the constable of the Strand Union.
It appeared that the prisoner went to the Board-room of
St. Clement Danes and demanded relief. The officers re-
quired that he should first apply to the overseers of the parish
in which he resided, from whom he ought to have produced a
friendly order, when his case would have met with immediate
attention. He was told to apply to them, but be refused to
leave the room without having been relieved. The constable
was called and attempted to remove him, when the assault
took place.

The prisoner said he was of a most respectable and
wealthy family. His father had left a large property, but
his elder brother had mortgaged it and spent all the pro-
ceeds. He had a married sister, who was very wealthy,
but on applying to them for assistance they told him to
go to the parish. His wife was then laying at home in
labour, and he had no one to send to her, nor could she
takes care of the other two young children who were there,
and not able to take care of themselves.

The relieving officer of St. Clement Danes, said the pri
soner was a strong young man, and quite able to maintain
himself, but he was a most incorrigible pauper, and one of the
most " obstropolous" ones that ever applied for relief.
The MAGISTRATE said he must be punished for his conduct,
but the woman must not be left in the state he had described.
The prisoner, crying, said his statement of the case was true.
The parish officer undertook to send a messenger at
once to her assistance. The case would be immediately
attended to, and the result communicated to the Magistrate,
who then said he would defer any sentence until the arrival of
another Magistrate and the promised information.

The Earl and Countess of Denbigh and family will
reside, during the autumn, at the Queen's Lodge, in Bushy
Park. This retreat has been completed on the plan sug-
gested by the Queen herself, who assigned it to Lord D. soon
after he accepted the appointment of her Master of the Horse.
Lord Saye and Sele has left Grosvenor-street, for
Belvedere, the beautiful scat which descended to him from his
father-in-law, the late Lord Eardley. Prior to the demise of
the late Lady Saye and Sele the Belvedere was a scene of
great festivity during the recess.
'We lament to state the demise of the Hon. Arthur
Stanhope, who died at his house in Tylney-street, Mayfair,
on Wednesday afternoon. This highly-respected gentleman
had attained his 84th year. The Earl of Chesterfield was
sent for express on Tuesday last. The deceased was uncle of
the Noble Lord, and his guardian during his minority.
THE LATE JAMES WOOD, OF GLOUCESTER.—

There appears to be no doubt entertained as to this individual
having written the codicil which has been brought to light in
so extraordinary a manner; but though the genuineness of the
document does not appear a matter of much dispute, it is
urged against it that its torn and half burnt state argues that
he intended to destroy it. There is an impression that the
first codicil is in existence, and will yet be produced.—Bir-
mingham Advertiser.
The six brothers Ibbotson, residing in Hathersage
and neighbourhood, continue in good health ; their united
ages now average 80 years each. Probably no county in
England can match Derbyshire in such a rare instance of
health and longevity in one family.--Derby Reporter.
The Journal de Lot et Garonne, mentions that a
labouring man, 60 years of age, at Hugarolles, having acci-
dentally knocked over a hive of bees with his cart, the insects
settled upon him and stung him to death.
Britannia metal tea-pots are now made by steam ;
the round bodies are spun, and the wooden handles and knobs
are cut up, by powerful steam-engines. A good workman can
spin twenty dozen of pot-bodies in a day. —Birmingham Adv.
On Friday last as the sexton was digging a grave in
the churchyard of Sutton Valence, between thirty and forty
silver coins were found, some of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,
and others were 'French. They were found at the depth of
about four feet from the surface of the ground, and they ap-
peared to have been enveloped in part of a garment or dress,
which was found near. The grave had not been disturbed be-
fore in the memory of any one at present resident at Sutton.—
Maidstone Journal.

Tographpos continues his negotiations, in order by
the mediation of England and France to conclude a treaty of
commerce with the Porte ; but it seems that the conclusion
of such a treaty is hindered by the influence of another foreign
power.

DAHLIA SHOW, COLOSSEUM.--The first really
grand show of that magnificent flower the dahlia, which is now
coming into season, took place yesterday, at the Colosseum,
under the auspices of the spirited proprietor, who instituted a
series of prizes for competition. There were two sets of prizes,
namely, one set for nurserymen and another for gentlemen
amateurs or their gardeners, and the rivalry was consequently
productive of great emulation, and also of a very large assem-
blage of show flowers. The chief prizes were gained by Messrs.
Brown, Glenny, Widnal, Gaines, Mountjoy, and the celebrated
surgeon of Seven Oaks, George Kelson, Esq., who snatched
away from the London and Cambridge men the beautiful silver
cup, which was set apart for the best fifty blooms. The prize,
however, was very closely contested by Mr. Glenny, of Isle-
worth, who, with characteristic fairness and generosity, ex-
pressed his satisfaction to see an amateur fairly dealt with
amongst professional men. There were other plants and flowers
exhibited in the rooms, amongst which the heart's-ease seedlings
of Mr. H. Lane, of Berkhampstead, deserve especial mention
for their beauty. The gardener, also, in charge of the Colos-
seum conservatories, put forth his claim, by sending a magni-
ficent plant of the Banana (musa sapientam) kind, for which,
and several others (exotics), he gained the prize for the best
general collection. There are several very grand plants of the
Banana family in the conservatories, two of which are now in
full bloom, and in the course of a short time they will exhibit
the delicately tasted fruit for which the plant is so celebrated
in the East and West Indies, where it forms an essential article
of food. The show took place in the Hall of Mirrors and the
Theatre, and these capacious apartments were crowded through-
out the day with fashionable company, as well as the most re-
spectable middle classes. It is in contemplation, we understand,
to hold another dahlia show, later in the season, all parties
having felt the utmost satisfaction at the fairness of the judge's
awards, which an experience in these matters tells us is a very
rare occurrence. The value of the prizes was also very con-
siderable, being much above the usual amount.

The departmental papers COntinue to give lamenta-
ble accounts of disasters from the recent storms, which appear
to have done great damage in the central and southern parts
of the kingdom. Among the most remarkable facts it is stat-
ed that in the mountainous parts of the Loire hailstones were
found weighing upwards of a pound.—Paris Paper.

Mr. IVlontgomery Martin's History of the British
Colonies has already received at our hands so cordial a
welcome, that we deem it unnecessary to dwell upon
the importance of its publication in a cheaper and more
convenient form. When first published, we endea-
voured to do every justice to the ability and industry
of the author, and, we have pleasure in adding, not
without effect. The volume now published is the
third of a series entitled " the Colonial Library,"
which will be completed in twelve monthly volumes,
and which when completed will form a full and perfect
history of all our colonial possessions. Each volume
is embellished with engravings, maps, and other illus-
trations, executed with a tolerable degree of neatness.

This law will comprehend the following points :-
1. That foreign subjects will not be permitted to enter
the territory of Cracow without being provided with regu-
laryassports..

2. Permissions to remain will no longer be granted to
foreigners not furnished with the regular papers. The sub-
jects of the three protecting Courts will be in this case
sent back to the country to which they belong, and the
other foreigners will be sent back in the direction in which
they came.
3. That punishment will be inflicted, in the event of its
not being provided for by an existing law, for the falsifica-
tion of a passport, certificate, &c. ; and the individual
who presents the falsified passport will be prosecuted in the
state of Cracow. On his being declared guilty, if he should
be a subject of one of the three protecting Powers, he will be
transmitted to his Government, and, in case of his belonging
to any other Government, expelled the territory of Cracow.
4. That the punishment of those who harbour persons
not furnished with regular passports, or who fail to give in-
formation to the Police, will be augmented. The pro-
tecting Powers, however, do not mean to include in the
obligation of producing the passport, the inhabitants of
the frontier, when they are known, and do not remain
longer than three days on the territory of Cracow. They
neither intend to give to this law a retro-active force, as
regards persons who may have been previously admitted
into Cracow without passports, and who are there en-
gaged in trade or work in service, on condition, how-
ever, that there be fixed for those persons a term during
which they may provide themselves with the regular form.
Finally, the protecting Courts intend to allow every fa-
cility compatible with their law of police, both for the re-
ception of those individuals who may be returning from the
territory of Cracow, and for the furnishing with passports
those of their subjects who may wish to proceed to the
state of Cracow for satisfactory reasons. It cannot be
admitted that a law like that proposed, and which is
based on the simplest rules of good police administra-
tion, is contrary to the Bth article of the constitution of the
State of Cracow, since surely there should not and could
not be imposed on the Government of Cracow the obliga-
tion of receiving and harbouring all the criminals, the bad
subjects, &c.