The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-05 00:00:00

PARIS POLICE.

MY CAP. WAS ALL I CARED ABOUT.—The Court of
Assize of the department of Indre et Loire, held at Tours,
was a few days since occupied with the trial of a young
man, aged 20 years, named Guilion. He appeared to be
a regular clodpole, and to the questions of the President
gave the following account of the adventure which led
to the present charge :
"On the 28th March, on leaving the village of Conture,
about seven o'clock in the evening, I overtook a girl who
was walking in the same direction as myself. I spoke to
her, and whispered a few soft things in her ear. As
this did not seem to annoy her at' all, I put
my arm round her waist, and in . this manner
we walked along until we reached Fereieres. On
arri'ing in that village, and feeling thirsty, we
went together into a wine-shop, where we each drank
a glass of brandy. We went out together, with the wife
and daughter of the landlord, and I again put my arm
round her waist, and, as we were going along, kissed
her several times befgre the above-named parties.
When they left us I asked her to grant me the favour
she had promised me, but she refused, and I took away
her cap and hey,handkerchief from her ; and that is all
that passed."
The plaintiff, who was twice the age of the prisoner,
and anything but prepossessing in her appearance, said
she had resisted all the advances of the prisoner. . She
had allowed him to kiss her, it was true, and she had
been forced by him to drink a glass of brandy. She did
not, complain of that ; she complained of having .been
ill-
treated, and thrown down, from which violence she had
fainted, and more particularly complained of the accused
taking away her cap, which cost her Bf. •
PRESIDENT—It is not then to avenge your injured
honour that you bring this charge ?
PlaintiffNo, if he had given me up my cap I should
have laughed at the rest of- the affair, but he would not
do so..

Have you not had a child ?—Yes, have a little boy
seven years old.
Several witnesses deposed that they had met the couple
proceeding along the road quite " cheek-by-jowl" toge-
ther. One of the witnesses deposed with,the discretion
worthy or a Paris vintner. On being asked by the P!
re-
sident what the plaintiff and defendant said to each other,
if they joked, and if the defendant was drunk, he gave
the-following characteristic reply 7—" Upon my word it
is no easy matter to say that a man is drunk, unless one
has ston him several times half seas over ;' and with re-
spect ,to what the couple were saying to each other, I
really think they were speaking without saying a word,
and joking without being in fun."
After this luminous evidence, the defendant being
found not guilty of the criminal part of the assault, was
.‘-sentenced to six months' imprisonment for battery.
THE DOG AND THE THIEF.—Last Friday a dashing
young blade of the first water, looking the gentleman as
well as being the dandy, alighted at about four in the
afternoon from an elegant cabriolet at the door of Mme.
D , a jeweller, residing in the Rue de Fau-
bourg St. Martin. Leon, that is the worthy's name,
entered the shop, and desired to be shown some rich
jewels, as he had a selection to make. The mistress
hastened to lay before the• elegant young man the
most fashionable and richest articles her shop contained.
The gentleman was critical, made several observations,
and tried on several rings to judge of their effect.
A sprightly. conversati‘ncommenced between the witty
Leon and the lively lady of diamonds, in which the
partieS were;abuSily engaged when a second gentleman
entered, and begged to see a splendid gold ehain that
was hanging at-the window. The jeweller immediately
got upon 4 chair to take down the chain in question, but
while she was employed in so doing, Leon, who, on the
arrival of the new comer had begun playing with his
gold-headed cane, accidentally overturned, and .put out
the wax-light on the counter,
.as the gv.h4cl not yet
been lighted. At the moment of • this Mishap
.a third
confederate, for wham the door had been left ajar, suc-
ceeded in getting into the shop unobserved, on all-fours.
! In the twinkling of an eye, thanks to . the obscurity Rre-
vailing, the handy thief swept rings; watches,.chami,
brooches, &C., from the counter on Which they were
lying, into his pocket, while Leon, by his sprightly con-
versation,' continued 'to .divert . the attention of the
jeweller. •
Hitherto the plan combined by Leon and his confede-
rate§ went on brilliantly, when suddenly a little Scotch
terrier, little accustomed to see customers ape in their_
walk the canine species, began to growl, then to bark, and
lastly, flew at the nose of the young man acting the qua-
druped for the time being. "Fox,'Fok, hold your tongue,"
was exclaimeAby his mistress. Fox, in fact, held his
tongue, but it ,was because he was holding a human nose.
" Cursed dog," ejaculated the thief, shaking the dog by
a vigorous 'effort from his nasal feature and bolting
off like a shot. "We had - better make ourselves
scarce" was the cry of the man who wanted to see the
splendid chain hanging in the shop-window, and Leon was
about to put the prudent advice into practice, when the
jeweller, recovered from her momentary alarm, jumped
before him and loudly called for help. Help came, and
Leon was arrested ; the two confederates had, however,
succeeded in making good their escape, and carrying off
jewellery enough to open a shbp in a small way.
When arrested, Leon stoutly denied all, participation
in the act, and indignantly asked how a man of his ap-
pearance could be suspected of so dirty
i a 'trick. Ap-
pearances are not more trustworthy n Paris than
elsewhere, and the fashionable Leon Moria was sent
to " durance vile," in spite. of his denegations, he hav
ing been recognised, though barely twenty years of age,
as an old offender.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
_ (L-LoYn's.)

LONDON, JULY 3.—Wind this day.-at noon, N. to N.E..

DEAL, JULY 2.—Wind, W.N.W.—Arrived the 6:rus,
Spratly, from the South Seas; Bromley, Knox, Algoa.Bay ;
Vesta, Shearer, Pernambuco. Arrived from the River, Dia-
mond, for Port Philip ; Lively, Bordeaux. Arrived from the
River and sailed, the Duke of Bedford, for Calcutta ; Frede-
rick Carl, Rio Janeiro ' • Rapid, Gibraltar ; Union, Rouen ;
Slabb, Rouen ; Egham, Cadiz. Sailed, all the outward bound
except the Lord Goderich, for Hobart Town ; Diamond, Port
Philip ; Lively, Bordeaux.
LlVEnroot, JULY 2.—Wind fresh.—Arrived the Inglebo-
rough, Rea, from Bombay, sailed from St. Helena May 7 ;
Alcione, Benett, Buenos Ayres, sailed April 10, Monte Video
19; Hcbe, Buenos Ayres, sailed April 23; Union, Gill, Ja-
maica; Eliza Sellick, Davies, St. Domingo ; "Stewarb, Butt,
Miramiclii ; Blonde, Greenham, Montreal ; Betty, Bilboa.
Sailed, the Albatros, for New South Wales; Stephen Whit-
ney, New York ; Hector. Quebec.
SOUTHAMPTON, 'JULY 2.—Sailed the Oriental steamer. for
Alexandria.

OFF EASTBOURNE, JULY 2.—The Packet Shilling, C. G.
Hope, sailed May 1, from Mauritius April 3. ,
OFF DOVER, JULY 2.—The Woodbridge, Dobson, Manilla.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY 2. —Wind N. W. VN. N. W. —Arrived
the Buchepalus, from London for Calcutta; Montreal, London
for New York.

COWES, JULY 2.—Arrived the Vernon, Keherne, from
Madeira, and sailed for London.
OFF SALCOMBE, JUNE 30. —The Herneland, Guis, from
Port au Prince for Bremen.

BRISTOL, JULY 2.—Arrived the Only Son, Hyatt, from
Trieste ; Aristides, Newfoundland.

OFF DART UTH, JUNE 30.—The Cybele, Buenos Ayres,
for Hambro'; Mentor, New York, for Rollingam ; Jamaica,
Briggs, Pernambuco • Rose, London, for St. John's, New
Brunswick, with loss of foretompast, sails, &c.
FALMOUTH, JULY 1. —Wind W., fresh breezes.—Arrived
the Stamboul, Sloman, from Monte Video.

SWANSEA, JULY I.—Arrived the Jonn Hardy, Smith, from
Cuba; Margarita. Chick, Valparaiso.
SHIELDS, JULY I.—Sailed the Washington, for Calcutta.
SUNDERLAND, JULY J.—Sailed the Adamant, for St. An-
drew's, New Brunswick.

MILFORD, JUNE 30.—Sailed Romulus, Inglis, Charleston.

THE CARSLINE ROBB.
This vessel, for whose safety fears were entertained, she not
having arrived at }der port of destination long after the proper
time, has at length been heard of. She arrived at the Mau-
ritius, from London, on the Bth of April.

We are happy to inform our readers that the
poor Irishman, a prisoner in Newgate, to whose case we drew
attention last week, has, by the spontaneous intervention of
Lord Normanby, been excused from further attendance on the
Protestant service. The Sheriffs have also promised that, du-
ring their continuance in office, they will not insist on the at-
tendance in Chapel of any Catholic prisoner.— Tablet.
DEATH OF MADAME CATALANI.—By let-
ders received in town on Fri'ay we are sorry to learn that this
tistinguished singer expired at her Casino, on the banks of
Laco di Como, on Sunday the 20th ultimo, in the 61st year of
her age.
We learn from Tulle, that the trial of Madame
Laffarge, for stealing the diamonds; will positively commence
on August 5 ; that she intends to appear in person, and is now
actively- engaged in preparing her defence.
A clergyman in Wales, a few days - ago, who
ished to prepare the children of his parishioner:, for
saying their catechism, asked a simple lad " what his
godfathers and godmothers, slid for him 2" The lad re-
plied, " I don't know -what they will do, but I am sure
they have done little
,enough as yet."—Shrewsbury
Chronicle.