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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1847.

Immediately upon the appearance of
f the Gazette
Extraordinary of the Ist of June, within twenty-four
hours, indeed,
u
tion
after its publication, we . protested.
against the insufficiency of the proposed distribution
of military and naval decorations. Nor did we content
ourselves, moreover,with a merely general expression
of dissatisfaction at the abbreviation of official muni-
ficence within the interval between 1793 and 1815
inclusively.
iWe proceeded further—we particu-
larised the immortal glory achieved by British valour
at the bombardment of Algiers and at the battle of
Navarino. We maintained that some mark of dis-
tinction from the SOVEREIGN had been well and gal-
lantly earned by the brave fellows who had fought in
those renowned engagements.

Last evening the Earl of HARDWICKE brought this
matter directly under the consideration of the
Government, and elicited from the Earl of Aucx-
LAND the assurance that "it is the intention of the Ad-
miralty to take the subject again into consideration, with
the anxious desire of doing all the justice which it is in
their power to perform.
Nothing more explicit could be desired in the way
of a half promise, and considering that the First Lord
of the Admiralty has therein pledged himself to a
revision of the disputed Gazette, we may assuredly
look forward to a speedy extension of the catalogue
of those officers and seamen who are eminently
entitled to some such honourable recompense. The
Earl of HARDWICKE deserves the especial acknow-
ledgment of those whose services have been hitherto
unrewarded; and the remonstrance as to the ineffi•
ciency of the arrangement sketched out by the Ad-
miralty authorities, came with a very felicitous force-
fulness from himself, seeing that he was a partici-
pator in one of the great naval victories excluded
from the Extraordinary Gazette above-mentioned.
We allude to the sanguinary engagement fought in
1816—scarcely half a dozen months beyond the limits
of the distribution—in the bay of Algiers, an en-
gagement which redounds so much to the honour of

England, both as an evidence of the indomitable
prowess of her sons, and of the generosity of her su-
preme rulers. At that famous battle there was, as
the Earl of HARDWICKE truly observed, more ter-
rible bloodshed than at any other sea fight on re-
cord, with the single exception of the victory at the
Nile. Under NELSON, off Aboukir, the average
slaughter was sixty-four men per ship. Under
PELLEW, off Algiers, the average was sixty-three
men per ship. Brilliant as was this triumph
of our navy conceived to be at the period of
its achievement, ' the gallant seamen and officers
who served under his pennant on that me-
morable occasion are denied the distinction of
a simple medal, while those testimonies of merit
are about to be bestowed, as the Earl of HARDWICKE
indignantly expressed it—for actions "comparatively
trumpery." " You granted," continued the Noble
Earl, "you granted twenty millions for the emanci-
pation of the black slaves in the colonies ; will you
be so inconsistent as to refuse a bit of ribbon to those
who, serving at the cannon's mouth, tended to the
liberation of the white slaves in Algiers ?" There
is no Administration, however niggardly in character,
but would eagerly repudiate such an ignoble
kind of parsimony. To the Russell Administration,
therefore—an Administration rather profuse in its
munificence than otherwise—the inquiry must have
sounded abhorrent. Hence was the reply of
Lord AUCKLAND of an unusually explicit
and conclusive character. We have remarked
that the remonstrance came with felicitous
forcefulness from Lord HARDWICKE, because
that Noble Lord in his youth shared in the
dangers and glories of Algiers. If our memory is
not wonderfully deceptive, the naval historian JAMES
declares that the vessel which suffered the most
frightfully at the battle of Algiers was the frigate
Leander, commanded by Sir EDWARD CHETIIAM,
HOW Sir EDWARD CHETHAM STRODE. Such was
the havoc among the crew of the Leander that we
believe we are correct in asserting that in one berth
of thirteen midshipmen, eleven out of the thirteen
were either killed or seriously wounded the
Earl of HARDWICKE and a brother reefer being
the two who escaped uninjured. Of all the
glorious sea-fights recorded in those annals of
heroism—the history of the British navy—the battle
of Algiers was fought in the sublimest cause—the
vindication of the freedom of humanity ! Of all
actions, with the exception of one, it was the
bloodiest. Shall the survivors of that extraordinary
engagement, where a fortified city, mounted with
one thousand pieces of cannon, was quelled, and its
battlements beaten down into ruins by a fleet of
English sailors and marines—shall the survivors of
that extraordinary engagement still go unrewarded
by a scrap of ribbon and a medal, while others are
decorated who have shared in actions " comparatively
trumpery ?"
What we have observed with reference to Algiers
might be urged with similar reason for Navarino,
for Copenhagen, for the engagement of the Fisgard,
for the retreat of Lord CORNWALLIS, for the gallant
deeds of Sir WILLIAM HOSTE, of Sir JAMES DE
SAUMAREZ, and of many other distinguished officers.
We have merely selected Algiers in particular, as it
is unquestionably the most daring and the most un-
paralleled, as it certainly was the most bloody and
the most generous, of the unrewarded battles.
Let it not be imagined for an instant that in de-
manding so urgently the bestowal of these badges of
glory upon those who have smelt gunpowder under
the banners of the nation, we are arguing merely,
as it were, for the distribution of a few straws
or a handful of Ifrummagem buttons. The insignia
of courage are, in the majority of instances, merely
an inch of silk and a pewter medal, it is true ; but
hat pewter and that silk are things worthier than
oys or baubles. They are sublimated by the grandeur

of their associations. Listen to the words of a great
captain now living; listen to the expressions of Sir
CHARLES NAPIER, the Conqueror of Shade, whOspeaks
thus upon the advantages of such rewards (see his

" Remarks on Military Law," p. 210) :—" Let me ask
any man conversant in human .nature whether the
grandson of a soldier, whose Waterloo medal [or the
grandson of a sailor, whose Trafalgar medal, or whose
Algiers medal] hangs over the cabin chimney, will
not feel an honest pride when he looks upon this tes-
timony of his progenitor's bravery ? The youth
may be a weaver, a ploughman, a smith, an any-
thing ; but he will still feel proud of the medal ; and
the less he is connected with the army [or the navy]
the higher will his veneration be for the
military [or naval] character of his ancestor."
Further on this eloquent warrior continues—" Such
honours tend to improve the feelings of our children ;
it brings some prominent era in the history of their

country home to them ; they become identified with

her battles ; her glory grows more dear to their
hearts, it enters into their family, and clothes with its
brightness those dear to their affections" Let the
Government take these sentences, as well as the
Extraordinary Gazette, into their consideration ; let
them bestow the medals—and bestow them speedily
—upon the survivors of Algiers and similar unre-
warded engagements.

The statement which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer made last night in the House of Commons,
when proposing what he expressed a hope would be
the last vote which it would be necessary to submit to
the House for the purposes of relief in Ireland, will
be perused with peculiar interest, not only by the
people of that country, but in all parts of the kingdom.
We trust that the anticipations of the Right Hon.
Baronet may prove well founded, and that the favour-
able character of the ensuing harvest, and the in-
creased exertions of the landed proprietors, ren-
dered practicable by the assistance afforded from
the national Exchequer, will restore to their
country the ability to provide for its own desti-
tution, and enable it no longer to need that help
which we so readily bestowed in the dark hour
of its adversity. That statement not only related
to the progress of the relief already afforded, and
what its amount has been up to the present time, but
also as to what we may reasonably anticipate with
respect to the future. Nothing can afford a stronger
proof of the real character of our feelings towards
our Irish brethren than a plain and simple statement
of the operations carried on from the time of the first
indications of an insufficiency of food, occasioned
by the failure of the potato crop, until they are again
restored to independence. It should be appreciated
by the high-minded people of that country, and if
they are not sufficiently grateful therefor, we are
convinced that it is because they are deceived and
led astray by those who, actuated by what has
been well termed the " Anti-Russell mania," have
viewed everything through a distorting medium, and
conceived most erroneous and exaggerated ideas of
the duties and the acts of Government. The simple
figures now cited, the pounds, shillings, and pence
expended, will furnish the most triumphant answer
to the complaints of these calumniators, the perfect
vindication of the Ministry from their charges.
It is unnecessary to follow the Right Hon. Baronet
through the several details, suffice it to say, that of
the ten millions of pounds sterling placed by Parlia-
ment at the disposal of the Government for that pur.
pose, 9,360,0001. has already been expended, or is
about to be expended, for the relief of Ireland, and
that a reserve of 640,0001. is still retained, in order
to provide for any contingencies that may arise
before the next harvest. The whole sum applied up
to the harvest of 1846 was 734,0001., of which 368,0001.
residue 364
was advanced
the potato facli°l(l.ebubyhygierha::
sury. A great change, however, then took place ;
unfortunately
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had only been partial,
in that fearfully aggravated thea
uni-
versal throughout the entire country.l A panic set
became
of \tVhfell
country,
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of the calamity. The gentry
some honourable exceptions, became
felt the inadequacy of their means toPproavirde sed—f
they
helpless sufferers ; and, because they could noort thedo
all that was required, they abandoned every
exertion, and flung themselves upon veje
national resources with a despairing recklessness.
Although the statute authorising the advance of money
for the purpose of carrying on the public works that
might be sanctioned by the ratepayers and the Board of
Works provided that the same was to be fully repaid by
the several baronies, sums were presented, the re-
payment of which would have absorbed, in many in-
stances, the entire rental of the districts for several
years. Intimidation was suffered to prevail until it

attained an alarming height. Everything proposed
was passed, and many persons who had no possible
claim were placed upon the list. Private individuals,
who would gladly have provided their fair proportion
of employment, and directed the labour thus appli-
cable to works of a useful and reproductive cha-
racter, found they were wholly unable to stem the
torrent, and also that they would still have to pay their
quota of the general fund as fully as those who
made no effort on their own behalf; consequently
there was scarcely any exertion made. Even the
labourers who, in ordinary seasons, would have been
retained were discharged by their employers, and
sent to the public works as the sole means by which
they could obtain a livelihood. Under this state of
affairs it will not appear surprising that the number
of persons engaged on those works at one period
amounted to no less than 734,000, or that, although
this number was gradually reduced by the judicious
course adopted by the Executive, the expenditure
thereon should have amounted to the enormous sum
of 5,C 00,0001. in round terms.

The Government had most judiciously given a
pledge, towards the close of the last autumn, that
they would not interfere with private enterprise in
the supply of food. Had they declined to do so the
consequences would have been truly disastrous.
They, however, without any violation of their
promise, and without even the slightest com-
plaint being urged against them by private
traders, established depots in certain districts,
and they defrayed the freight and charges
of the importation of such articles of food as were
presented to the starving people; this expenditure and
the loss on the provision depots amounted to nearly
250,0001., while 390,0001. was applied through the
medium of the relief committees, prior to the esta-
blishment of the soup kitchens. The cost of this latter
mode of relief, which was estimated at three mil-
lions of pounds, will not exceed 2,200,0001. There
were also the different advances by way of loan for
works of utility, such as the 620,0001. to certain rail-
roads, the money to be advanced for the improvement
of land, and the grants for piers, and fisheries, &c.,
showing altogether the above-mentioned outlay of
9,360,0001., of which 4,380,0001. is absolutely be-
stowed, and the residue is to be repaid by easy instal-
ments. Surely this simple explanation will convince
the Irish people how fully they may depend on a
Government that has hitherto acted with such paternal
care, and induce them to abstain from any acts or de.
monstrations by which the power or stability of that
Government may in any manner be deteriorated.

There are certain gentlemen who enjoy a perfect
freedom of action, and are privileged to perform the
most extravagant antics with impunity. No one is
shocked if they are jocose at funerals, and grave
at christenings, and though their number happily
is not legion, yet somehow or other the circle
seems to have gone on increasing of late. Here
now is a new candidate for the honours
hitherto reserved for the favoured few, with
whose doings our facetious friend Punch makes so-
ciety familiar, in the person of Mr. Alderman JOHN-
SON. The worthy Alderman, than whom, in private
life, there is not, we believe, a more amiable person,
is about to essay the task of undoing the Reform Bill,
which he terms a "diabolical" affair, " one of the
worst Bills that ever passed." There is a certain
charm in audacity which wins its way to the heart,
and the notion that such an enterprise is about to be
attempted by an ex-Lord Mayor, is calculated to
have great effect upon the electoral mind. In-
stead of JOHNSON being swallowed by PEEL,
we shall see the late head of the Conser-
vatives absorbed by the monster capacity of
this legislative Magog. He will from this time for-
ward think with Mr. JOHNSON'S brains and vote with
Mr. JOHNSON'S tongue.
It is not fashionable in these days to be consistent,
and the respectable Alderman has learned the value
of the maxim which recommends that the conversa-
tion should be suited to the company. It seems that
in spite of an anxious wish to speak out plainly, he
is exposed to doubt and misconstruction as to the
real character of his politics, but that need not be a
subject of serious complaint. It is a matter of almost
equal indifference to the electors of London whether
his "honesty" at Bride-lane is greater than the amount
of his " sincerity" at the meetings of the Conservative
Association ; or if his "candour" at the Farringdon, is
better than either, since the result will be just the
same. He has only to please himself, and may rest
assured that his responsibility will end there, the
citizens of London having made up their minds not
to trouble him with the task of watching over their
interests in the ensuing Parliament.
A letter from Breslau of June 29 says—

•' Prince Germain de Hatzfeld, against whom a sen-
tence of excommunicatio❑ has been issued by the Arch-
bishop of Breslau, and whose two majorats have been
seized, because the conditions on which they are held
required that they could only be possessed by members
of the family of Hatzfeld, belonging to the Catholic re-
ligion, not being able to get the anathema removed,
hls manifested his formal intention of embracing Ger-
man Catholicism, and has consulted the lawyers of the
Breslau bar on the question, whether in case he adopted
that mode of religious worship he should be regarded as
not belonging to the Catholic religion, and should lose
the possession of the majorats. The Breslau bar have
declared unanimously that inasmuch as the German
Catholic worship is true Catholicism, reduced to its pri-
mitive simplicity, Prince de Hatzfeld, in embracing that
worship, would be a true Catholic, and in consequence
could not be deprived of the said majorats."
We learn from Vienna, 29th ult., that the Imperial
decree prohibiting the exportation of corn has not
had the effect of bringing down the prices in Austria.
The EMPEROR has addressed a letter to the Minister
of the Interior requiring explanations on this subject.

Madrid papers of the 2,1 -instant have arrived.

The act of accusation against Senor ANGEL LA
RIVA, accused of firing at the QUEEN, appears in these
papers.

The Heraldo states that there are hopes entertained
of a reconciliation between her MAJESTY and the
KING CONSORT. Another reconciliation has taken
place, which is of ill omen for the future prosperity
of Spain. CHRISTINA and NARVAEZ are reconciled.
The fact that a " cordial understanding" subsists
between these notorious evil-doers is pompously an-
nounced by the Faro, the Union, and the Esperanza.
Several of the Bishops appointed since the death of
FERDINAND have resigned. The QUEEN'S troops
have dispersed the Carlist band of the Estudiente near
Burgos. An officer and one man were killed, five
were taken prisoners, and the remainder were dis-
persed.
The Three per Cents. were done at 28i for cash; the
Four per Cents. at 171; the Five per Cents. at 171;
the Debt without Interest at 51; and the Coupons at 13.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday.
The Minister of Finance, towards the close of the
sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday,
brought in a Bill to authorise the Government to
contract a loan for 300 millions of francs.

M. PALLEPRAT, one of the accused in the Cubieres
affair, has escaped from France, having first of all
written to the Chancellor, announcing his intention
of
Snot appearing before the Chamber of Peers. The
escape of M. PALLEFRAT was the subject of an
animated conversation in the Chamber of De-
puties on Tuesday, in the course of which
the Marquis DE MORNAY taxed the Govern-
ment with having connived at the escape, in
order to screen a rich man from justice. M. HEBERT,
the Minister of Justice, who was present, did not
attempt to gainsay this accusation as against the Go-
vernment. He contented himself with saying that,
as far as he was personally concerned, it was not
through any fault of his that M. PALLEPRAT had
escaped. It is expected that the co-accused of M.
PALLEPRAT will be acquitted.

" Two unexpected incidents," says the Union 111O-
narchique," will impart a new turn to the proceedings in
the trial pending before the Court of Peers. The first
is the sudden disappearance of M. Palleprat, one of the
four accused ; and the second is, the formal declaration
of General Cubieres that he never gave money, nor even
made offers of money, to M. Teste. The General, how-
ever, admitted that he had at one moment entertained
an idea of attempting to corrupt the former Minister of
Public Works, but that he soon regretted having enter-
thou
tained such a thought—one which was suggested to him
lishngan
by M. Palleprat. We mention those reports without
vouchingehing for their accuracy ; for we have been assured
that . Palleprat has written to the Chancellor that he
would .
;htnot present himself before the Court, and
Thei Press
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said tbat the Ministry intend
which that paper had previously
isChamber of Deputies to authorise the

prosecution of M. EMILE DE GIRARDIN for the pub-
lication of the article in question.

According to the Courr:er Francais, the Emperor
of hloßocco has sent an Envoy to Tlemcen, to re-
quest the assistance of the French against ABD-ED.

FADER.

The report of M. CALMON, jun., on the Montereau
to Troyes Railway Bill has been distributed to the
Chamber of Deputies. The original Bill authorised
the company to contract a loan of 4,300,0001. The
report proposes that 3,000,000 f. shall be advanced by
the State, and that 2,000,0001. more shall be raised by
the company, on the privileges which accrue to it
from the adjudication of the line.
The National contains the following on the subject
of the intelligence said to have been received by the
Government from Greece :--
" We cannot understand the scheme of the Govern-
ment on the news which it must, have received from
Greece. The Cabinet, if we are well informed, must
have learned that a movement of an extreme gravity has
taken place in the provinces. General Grivas, it is said,
is at the head of the insurgents, and already the accounts
declare he has made himself master of two strong places
in Acarnania. It is affirmed, on the other hand, that a
new difficulty has arisen at Athens, relative to the time
that M. Mussnrus is to pass in the capital of Greece,
and also concerning the choice of the Minister who is to
make the visit of apology commanded by M. Metternich
to the representative of Turkey."
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Wednesday at 77f. 95c. ; the Five per Cents. at 118 f. 85c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, 9601 ; Havre,
64.5 f. ; Great Northern, 575 f.; Avignon, 662 f. 50c. ; Vierzon,
598 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 507 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau,
270 f.: Basle, 1871. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 4251.; Tours
and Nantes, 405 f.; Paris and Lyons, 4311. 25c.; Lyons and
Avignon, 435 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 4571. 50c. Spanish
Three per Cents., 33.
LYONS, JULY s.—Paris and Rouen, 948 f. 75c.; Avignon
and Marseilles, 6701. ; Vierzon, 692 f. 50c. ; Northern, 5651. ;
Paris and Lyons, 422 f. 50c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 8.
Boulogne and Amiens, 151% —East Indian, %—Namur
and Liege, 4%—Northern of France, 107/B—Paris and Lyons,
51/9—Paris and Orleans, 495/B—Sambre and Meuse, 7%.

QUEEN'SBENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Guildhall, before Lord DENMAN.)
COLLETT V. CURLING,

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a milliner,
in Waterloo-place, to recover from the defendant a sum
of 1801. for rent of rooms occupied by him as offices.
Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Yardley appeared for the
plaintiff, Mr. Humfrey for the defendant.
The case had been marked as a special jury one by
the defendant, but no special jury having been struck by
him, it was tried by a common jury.
It appeared that in March, 1844, defendant agreed to
rent for the term of the plaintiff's interest in the pre-
mises, 4, Waterloo-place, certain rooms for offices; that
he himself drew up an agreement, which plaintiff signed,
and that having entered upon, and occupied the premises
up to September, 1846, when the interest of the plaintiff
ceased, he had never paid one farthing of rent. By the
terms of the agreement, plaintiff could only claim rent
yearly, and in this action, although brought for one
year and a half, plaintiff only sought a verdict for
1201., and would be compelled to bring a fresh action
for the second year's rent.
Sir F. TIIESIGER commented in very severe terms
on the conduct of the defendant, and having proved his
case,

The jury at once gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
—Judgment immediately.
We recommend ladies who have apartments to let,
not to sign agreements drawn up by any lawyer seeking
to become a tenant, unless seen by their own solicitor—
let them remember " Collett v. Curling."
The other special jury cases not being ready the Court
rose, and the City sitting terminated.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.
OLD COURT.
_ _ _

(Before Baron A IDE RS 01; and Mr. Justice MAuLE).
Charles Pollard was placed in the dock this morning,
charged with stealing two bills for 1,000/. each, the ac-
ceptances of the Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte.
Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin prosecuted, and Mr.
Humphries, Q.C., and :►lr. Russell were retained for the
defence.

The facts of this case have been so lately detailed in
the columns of The Sun that it is not necessary to give
the evidence-at length.
It appeared that the prisoner, bearing that the Prince
was in want of money, introduced himself, on the
11th of June, as a man of business, who was in the habit
of procuring money for noblemen, and said he would
readily lend the prosecutor 3,0001. or 4,000 L, and only
charge 51. per cent. By appointment he returned on the
14th current, and produced for the acceptance of the
Prince two bills at two months' date, for 1,0001. each.
The Prince accepted the bills, and the prisoner signed
his own name as drawer, adding that he had now made
himself responsible if the Prince did not meet them
when due. When the Prince told him that he would
not consent to the bills leaving his hands, the prisoner
said they would certainly remain in his strong box till
due. He then left, promising to bring the money on the
morrow ; on the morrow, however, he returned with an
apology, but not the money, and wrote some gibberish,
neither English nor French, which the Prince could not
understand, and therefore the latter drew out a form in
English, acknowledging the receipt of two " cheques"
for 1,000/. each, and promising the money on the 16th
at the latest. The prisoner copied this receipt with this
mistake as to the proper word to describe the instru-
ments, and signed it, and was not seen again till he was
in custody. He, however, wrote the Prince on the 16th
that business compelled him to leave town, and he could
not see him with the money. On the 25th he called on
Mr. Alexander Symmons, wine merchant, and endea-
voured to get one of the bills discounted at 10 per cent.,
the bill at the time being said to be in favour of a silver-
smith in the Strand.
Mr. Humpu RIES, for the prisoner, argued that the
crime of larceny had not been established, for the Prince
had had no property or possession of the bill. He had
it in his hands merely for the purpose of accepting it,
and no more.
Baron ALDERSON said there could be no doubt of the
Prince's property in the bill. But the question for the
other side was whether the Prince had parted with that
property.
nwothdeealing party was immaterial.
Mr. CLARKSON submitted that the prisoner was to be
in possession of the bill till it was due, and that it was
for the jury to say whether the proceedings originated
from an intent to defraud; for if so the case laid in
the indictment was proved.
Baron ALDERSON said there could be no doubt of
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with a respectable
man, imprudently parted with his property in the bill.
He was sorry for it; but, as the law stood, he must direct
the jury to find a verdict of acquittal.
The jury then returned their verdict, and the prisoner
left the dock.

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Mr. Hardwick,
purse, containing two sovereigns.
Mrs. Sarah Harris, of 25, Exmouth-street, stated that
on the previous afternoon as she was proceeding along
Oxford-Areet, she saw the prisoner in company with
some other lads who were sounding the pockets of
several females. Witness watched them for some time,
when her attention was called to a sharp tug at her
dress. On looking round she was surprised to find the
prisoner with her purse in his hand. She laid hold of
him and detained him till a constable arrived, into whose
custody sbe at once consigned him.
The prisoner did not deny the charge, and begged the
Magistrate to send him to the Old Bailey, as he had
been previously convicted at the Middlesex sessions.
Mr. HARDWICK said that was a very sufficient reason
that he should be sent there again. He should there-
fore commit him to take his trial at the ensuing ses-
sions.
James Latchin, a diminutive urchin, was charged with
stealing a silver milk ewer, the property of Mr. James
Barnet, tailor, No. 32, Afadtiox-street.
It appeared that on the preceding afternoon, about
three o'clock, the prisoner was observed to sneak up
the area of the prosecutor's house in such a suspicious
manner as to cause the prosecutor to follow him and
bring him back to his house, where he was se.irched,
and the milk ewer found in his pocket.
The prisoner, who admitted the charge, was com-
mitted for trial.

CLERKENIVELL.-(
THIS DAY.)
John Fenton, who stated himself to be a licensed
hawker, was charged by his wife with being drunk and
incapable, under the following singular circumstances:—
It appeared from the statement
prisoner came of the wife that the
to London on Wedne: day topurchase
goods, and went out yesterday, with 301. in his pocket,
and remaining out longer than she expected, she went
to look for him, wheng
she found him in Golden-lane,
followed by a crowd of boys, and flourishing a bag con-
taining twenty-nine sovereigns and a quantity of silver.
Finding her entreaties in vain in bringing him to reason,
she called a policeman and gave him in charge.
Mr. BROUGUTON said, under all the circumstances, he
should let him go, but e hoped this wculd be a warning
to him on his next commercial trip to London.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—It is expected
that the royal visit to the north will be about the 12th
of the ensuing month. Her Majesty will be accompanied
by Earl Grey and
other noblemen. Lord John Russell,
it is feared, will be detained in town by his electioneer-
ing engagements.
THE ATTACK ON THE LETTER-CARRIER.—On in-
'PUT yesterday at the General Post-office, it was stated
that the pocr man Bradley, who was so brutally treated
by the ruffians who not only attempted his life, but the
robbery of the letter-ba on Wednesday morning, in
Mitre-court, Cheapside, was much worse from the effects
of the wounds he received on his head. The police are
doing everything in theirower to discover, if possible,
the perpetrators of this bruptal act. Besides the reward
of 300/. offered by the solicitor of the Post-office for the
apprehension and conviction of the offenders, it is stated
that the Society of Bankers are also determined to in-
crease the reward by 3001. more, so that such a diaboli-
cal attempt on the life of a public servant and the pro-
perty of the citiaens of London shall not go unpunished.
There is very little doubt but that it was a maturely
preconcerted plan by parties who have a good know
ledg,-, of the g,:n4,ral coot-.nt-. of the I,,Jnit2rd-stri,et bag,
which chiefly contains the letters and money packages
for the bankers and merchants, amounting to many
thousand pounds, and expected a rich booty, in which,
through the determination of Bradley, they were disap-
poin let