The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-16 00:00:00

JERSEY LAW.

The following is an account of justice as administered
in the island of Jersey, and is wondrous strange if true:
I knew a scoundrel in Jersey, who ~wed a person
residing in Southampton 801. The creditor had heard
the debtor had come to Jersey; he pursued him to Jersey
to obtain the money. The debtor happened to be at the
pier head, when his eye saw there his friend, the cre-
ditor, land frcm the packet, come doubtless to hunt him
up. He dogged the gentleman to an hotel, fetched the
officer, and served upon him a bill for eighty pounds,
at the suit of a Mr. A. The sheriff found Mr. B. at
breakfast, and asktd him if his name was Mr. 8.,
and having replied in the affirmative, he handed
him the demand. The astonished Mr. B. looked
at him, and recovering a little from his surprise,
cried out, Why, odzounds ! the man owes me the
money, not I him! lam come over to-day by the packet,
on purpose to get it. Ha! ha! this is a capital joke 1'
You will not find it one, Sir. Are you prepared, Sir,'
demanded the Sheriff, to pay that money?' Un-
doubtedly not.' roared Mr. B.; I tell you the scoundrel
owes me! Pretty thing, indeed! Ha! ha! That's rich!'
Will you find bail that the amount is paid?' pursued
the Sheriff. I tell you, Sir, the boot's on the wrong
leg; the knave owes me the money, and I have left my
business, and put myself to great expense and inconve-
nience, to come over here and recover it; and as soon as
I have swallowed doWn this muffin I shall be off and find
him. I must return by the next packet. Ha! ha! that's fat!
Me owe it? Ha! ha!' I will wait, Sir.' replied the Sheriff,
till you have finished you meal ; and then, Sir, as you will
neither pay the money nor find bail, I must fulfil my
instructions, painful as they may be. You must con-
sider yourself try prisoner.' Imagine the surprise, the
disgust, the indignation that seized upon the infuriated
creditor as he found hiniself actually in durance. And
there, in spite of all his ravings about his innocence
and the infernal mistake, he remained three long
weeks, till he was brought up to the Hall, and no one
appearing against him, he was discharged ; for his ras-
cally debtor had, as you perceive, caused him to be un-
justly arrested and confined, in order to allow himself a
clear exit to France, which he effected. And there was
no redress for the poor creditor, so he quietly went to his
home at Southampton, after suffering his three weeks'
imprisonment in Jersey, minus his eighty pounds, and
rejoicing that he was at length out of that infernal place."
—7 he Emigrant, by W. H. Leigh.

Great excitement was caused on the sth in the
peaceable town of Ai. A man, named Victor Moreau,
had long entertained a violent hatred agairst his brother
Gustave, but it was hoped that his hatred had died away
during the period he had served in the army. On his
return to Epernay, however, he showed that his senti-
ments had undergone no change; and he actually bought
two pistols, powder, and shot with the remainder of a
sum of money which his brother had given him, most of
which he had spent in debauchery. He then went to Ai,
it is believed, with the firm intention of killing his
brother. Luckily he did not find him at home. He
then went to several cafés, and drank a great many
glasses of liquor, after which he proceeded to the house
of an uncle and aunt. He burst into the room, and,
without any salutation, said he was hungry. His aunt
invited him to eat, and whilst doing so, an old master of
his, named Roger, came in, and knowing the violent dis-
position in which he was, trie.d to calm him. " What do
you want here ? " cried the man; " begone ! " and then
added, "I must put an end to this; I must kill you !"
At the same moment he took a pistol, and fired it
at his uncle and aunt, but without touching them.
M. Roger again entreated him to be calm, but
the prisoner cried out, " Let me alone, or look to your-
self!" and he immediately fired the other pistol at him.
Fortunately he was not injured, and an alarm being
given, two gendarmes and several individuals appeared,
and all the issues from the house were guarded. " Sur-
render!" cried one of the gendarmes. "No!" said the
man, "and if you advance you are dead!" As he spoke
he presented the pistol, which he had re-loaded. "Fire,
then," said the gendarme, " but take notice," he added,
as he drew his sword, " that if you miss me I will run
you through the body!" and turning to the people, he
courageously said, " Comrades, if you see me fall, never
mind, but seism the man, to prevent him doing more
mischief." The man immediately snapped the trigger of
a pistol, but it flashed in the pan. In the twinkling of
an eye he presented another pistol, but he checked him-
self, and said, " Why should I fire on you? I bear you
no malice, and you only do your duty. Look there!"
and he discharged the pistol at the ceiling. The gen-
darme then rushed in and secured him. Besides
powder and shot, a poniard was found in his possession
Such was the cold brutality of the wretoh, that, after
firing at his uncle and aunt and M. Roger, he filled his
pipe with tobacco, and tranquilly smoked ft.—Gal/yr/an/.
CORRUPTION IN FRANCE.—The late Minister of
Public Works, M. Teste, whose conduct cannot bear the
test of investigation, has been convicted by a committee
of Peers of having sold the concession of a mine of rock
salt. This rock has proved one which M. Teste's repu-
tation has split upon. Salt is usually considered to be
a preservaLive against corruption; but in this instance it
has turned out otherwise.—Punch.
N A TaTwsl:e were t
o h Committeeave appointedassembled
foro inquire
to hear the evidence of Mr.
e the LaAblovs.ev
yesterday,
Aylvvin in favour of the maintenance of these laws; but,ere
after waiting until two o'clock, and th b Sir
tthAevllaGst i
mbeing only
Howard Douglas present, they could not form a quorum,
and accordingly proceedings terminated for this session.
GLASGOW PIG-IRON MARKET, JULY 13.—The
iron market is very firm this week, and prices have ad
vanced to 70s. 6d. and 71s. cash for 3-3ths No. 1, and
2-sths No. 3. Glasgow Chronicle.
IRISH WASTE LAND IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.=
Yesterday there was a general meeting of this society at
the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, to consider the pre-
sent state of the company's affairs. The Right Hon. the
Earl of Devon presided. Colonel Robinson read a de-
tailed statement of the objects and progress of the society,
frotn which it appeared that the number of the tenants),
had greatly increased, as well as the amount of the so
ciety's rental, and that the tenants' property had more
than trebled itself during the course of the last three
years, up to the time of the late disastrous failure in Ire-
land. The society had employed all its tenantry in the
bad season in permanent and reproductive works. No
one had died of famine on their estates during that pe-
riod. The general appearance of the crops on the estates
was highly favourable, including 100 acres of potatoes.
The various crops were growing over 1,200 acres of re-
claimed land. Amongst the improvements suggested
was the construction of a pier and harbour at Kilkerran
in Connemara, which would greatly promote the fishe-
ries and facilitate intercourse with the surrounding dis-
trict. The Government had given its sanction and sup-
port to the undertaking. After some discussion, in
which the Noble Chairman and several proprietors took
part, a vote of confidence was unanimously passed to the
directors, and another for supporting them in prosecut-
ing the objects of the society. A vote of thanks was
passed to the Noble Chairman and directors, when the
meeting adjourned.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAKI.—One day last week
a lady took a first-class ticket, at the Exeter station of
the South Devon Railway, for Starcross, and on arriving
at her journey's end, she found, to her great chagrin,
that she had somewhere or other mislaid it. After
searching the carriage in vain, she made up her mind to
pay her fare again, and went towards the office for the
purpose : meeting the station-master by the way,. she
mentioned her loss to him, and found, to her great sur-
prise, that he was already informed of it. "Be knew it
half an hour ago ; she had left it on- the counter at the
Exeter station.' - The lady was delighted ; she saved
'her money, and was initiated into one of the mysteries of
science at the same time.— Western Luminary.
INTERESTING Drscovw.—The Union, of Mans,
gives an account of the discovery at Boisse-le-Sec of a
subterranean passage leading to a hall nearly fifty feet
square, in the middle of which is—an immense stone
trable, having above it'a lamp in baked clay, suspended
by an iron chain. Another curiods. discovery has taken
place at Morellettee, near MaMers. A peasant, who
was digging there for clay, found, at about six feet
below the surface, a chest, bound with iron, and con-
taining a long chain and an iron collar, and the head of
a man, on which the skin and beard were still intact.
DISCOVERY OF A NOTED ENGLISH ROBBER.—
The celebrated English robber, " Thunderbolt," who
had for a number of years past successfully eluded all
pursuit, died a few days since at Brattleboro', Vermont,
where he had resided a number of years, and enjoyed
much celebrity as a physician, entirely unsuspected, but
much respected. The Barre Patriot gives the following
account of the discovery of who he really was:—
"During his last illness he refused to be undressed, and
when near his end, hired two men to bury him in his
clothes, just as he died—a contract which was not ful-
filled on their part, in consequence of the neighbours,
who were desirous of giving his remains a mere decent
and befitting burial. On removing his clothes, previous
to his being laid out, the cause of this eccentric desire
of his was manifest—the withered leg and cork heel,
the shot marks and the scar which witnessed a previous
attempt at suicide—precisely as laid down in Lightfoot's
description of him—marked him as the " Thunderbolt"
who had gained so much notoriety in England and this
country, as one of the most daring and successful high-
waymen that men that ever graced the annals of crime.
On his person were also found a dirk and pistol, and
among his effects, arms of all descriptions, together
with watches, diamonds, jewellery, &c., to an enormous
value, packed away in sawdust. 110 always went
dressed in three suites of clothes, to make his figure
more portly, and to prevent recognition, and his withered
leg was found wound with cloths, to 13444, it appear the
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