The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-25 00:00:00

THE GOVERNMENT LOAN FOR

EIGHT MILLIONS.

This morning a meeting of the capitalists of London
took place at the Treasury, to bid for the intended
loan of 8,000,0001. for the relief of the destitute of
Ireland. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER took
the chair. There were present :—Baron Rothschild
and his brother, Mr. Bates, of the firm of Baring
Brothers, Sir I. L.Goldsmid ; Messrs. W. B. Williams,
Lawrence, T. Baring, Wills, Thomson A. Hankey,
F. Ricardo, H. St. J. Mildmay, J. G. Scott, James
Capel, George Barnard, and many other wealthy
capitalists.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated the
terms upon which the contract for eight millions
was to be bid for. He said he must have the
money in whole before the 15th of October
next. He therefore proposed to take tenders on
Monday next for the loan, in one lot. The Govern-
ment desired to make the loan in Consols, and the
biddings would be in a money payment, 1001. Con-
sols (at a minimum price to be fixed by the
Government, a sealed paper with respect to
which would be placed upon the table) at
a price above the quotation in the sealed paper.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would not
upon any account allow of discount. Many of the
moneyed men who were present urged a more liberal
proposition on the part of the Government, but he re-
resolved to adhere to his proposition. The paymenbs
to this loan are to be by monthly instalments, and
if regularly paid up to July, to hear interest from
January last.

A deficiency of intelligence in the dispatches from
our Oriental possessions is always to us matter of
earnest gratulation. Like many other ancient
apophthegms, that which asserts "no news" to be
synonymous- with " good news," is peculiarly correct
in reference to India. Instead of containing deplor-
able narratives of slaughter and duplicity, the papers
received in anticipation of the Overland Mail are cha-
racterised by an agreeable and consolatory dearth of
information. Little more than the ceremonious rati-
fication of our treaty with the Seikhs has diversified
the monotony of Asiatic affairs, that ratification
having been formally completed by the Governor-
General and DHULBEP SINGH, on the festival
of Christmas. Although we can scarcely count
upon the permanency of any quietude among the
fickle habitants of those territories, there is some pro-
bability that the arrangement just completed between
the British Government and the Durbar of Lahore,
will be of much longer continuance than any which
has been hitherto effected in that quarter. The so-
journ of our regiments in the subjugated districts
must for a considerable time be a sufficient guarantee
of the stability of the recent pacification ; and the
presence of our representative in the capital will in-
sure the prevention of any hostile conspiracy among
the political leaders of the Seikhs. Beyond what has
already been accomplished for the preservati,n of
tranquillity since the banishment of the QUEEN'S
paramour, it is ascertained that four Seikh corps have
been enrolled, under the direction of Captain
LAWRILDICE, as a frontier brigade at Peshawur.
Every measure, indeed, is being adopted by the
Executive for the carrying out of the principle of the
stipulations, and 'we would fain anticipate the most
beneficent consequences from this actiity, but that
the inflammatory materials with which these efforts
are necessarily being effecred irresistibly impress the
mind with a sense of uncertainty.
Among the miscellaneous intelligence obtained
from India we regret to perceive a repetition of those
wanton paroxysms of cruelty u hick have ahead)
attached so much odium to the name of AKBAh
KHAN. It would seem that that redoubtable
chieftain has been wreaking his vengeance upon the
by the disinclination of his father,
for the gratification of a pique
uneffending inhabitants of a village situated near
inspired Cherokee,
venerable
enble DOST MAHom,D, to reject the
simply
advances made by the Vakeel who had
been deputed to Caubul by the British Government.
The recurrence of such infamous depravities, the
depravities of a licentious and ignorant despot, must
only tend to facilitate the progress of European,
civilization onwards and onwards from the southern-
most extremities of Ilindostan to the wilds of
Tartars
and the frontiers of China. Acting upon the fervid
imaginations of the Oriental races, the benignity and
suavity of the principles allied to the regenerating
influences of Christendom must inevitably it,
the end excite an admiration and an affec
tion which will merge into a co-operative
obedience. Nor can the interference of our
emissaries with the bloody immolations of living men,
by which the Khonds of Goomsoor attest the ardour
of their idolatrous devotion, abate the love to us of
their more gentle and more enlightened brethren.
While it is incumbent upon us, as the vindicators of
moral and physical freedom, to respect the religious
prejudices and superstitions of all tribes and people in-
discriminately, it is likewise a duty devolved upon us,
by our professed liberality, to prevent those accursed
abhorrent acts of barbarity
and which are
too frequently the accompaniments of Ori-
ental sacrifice. Wherever Budhaism is developed
only in innocent eccentricities, or for the actual
inculcation of something approximating to morality,
Budhaism should be tolerated by the followers of the
Nazarene. Such toleration would only be in accord-
ance with the holiest dogmas of his sublime faith. It,
the prevention, however, of the atrocities arisim:
from the ignorance of a sanguinary creed, that
tolerance would beconfirmed and enforced. Under
the 2Egis of Christianity the victims of the inhu-
manity of the Khonds of Goomsoor should find the
shelter most consonant with its character. It is is,
incidental advantages of this description, as well as in
the amelioration of their social condition by the diffu-
sion of the light of knowledge, that the primitive
tribes of India receive ample compensation for what-
ever territorial or individual rights may have been
abstracted or diminished. The sword of authority is
thereby tempered with a salutary beneficence, and
the harshness of our insular domination assuaged by
the leniency of our religious disposition.

There are few subjects to which the public attention
has been more pointedly directed of late years than
that of the education of the rising generation. The
vast importance of training and cultivating the
youthful mind, so as to prepare it to bring fortl,
timely fruit, to qualify those destined to fill the Va-
rious situations in life duly to perform the duties
incidental to their several stations, is now fully known
and appreciated. Why, however, should the neces-
sary improvements be restricted to the seminaries for
the middle: or lower classes ? Why should the
Universities, where the future occupants of the
senate, the bar, and the pulpit receive their first itn.
pressions and have their intellects matured and fitted
for the grave functions that will hereafter be imposed
upon them, be exempted ?
Many, and, we fear, too well-founded complaints,
have, from time to time, been preferred against the
system in force at our Universities. Few parents Can
now commit their children to the care of the one.
giate authorities without a feeling of fear and dis-
trust; their faithfulness and power to preserve the
youth placed under their superintendence from error
are alike doubted. This wide-spread apprehension
evidences that there is something wrong going
on
within those venerable walls, and urges the necessity
of a rigid and searching investigation into the causes
thereof, and of a great and comprehensive reform in
the entire system of university education, The pub.

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lie demand such a reformation, and the times are
favourable to its being undertaken.
We have much pleasure in directing the public
attention to an article, which appears elsewhere in
our columns, taken from the forthcoming number of
the Oxford Magazine, on this interesting subject.
It will be found worth• of a careful perusal,
and we trust that it may receive it front those who
are in a position to carry out the views with which
they may be impressed. We fully concede " that
there is little to be hoped for in the way of improve-
ment from within the walls of the Universities ;"
but we should hope that those statesmen, formerly
educated therein, and who must be fully alive to the
many objectionable parts of the system, and there-
fore competent to legislate thereon in a judicious
and comprehensive manner, will not be induced
to hang back from any feeling of reverence
or regard for even its defects. -A reasonable degree
of veneration for ancient institutions, particularly- by
those who have themselves tasted the fruits of know_
ledge and imbibed the lessons of wisdom within their
precincts, is not only commendable in itself, but it is
likewise useful in other respects. The hand of rash
innovation is frequently stayed by the expanding in-
fluences of reverential feelings, which cause improve-
ments in the time-honoured establishments of the state
to be entered upon in a spirit of benevolent caution.
Again, the very apprehension which is entertained by
many of the danger attendant upon any scheme of
reform, affecting any given institution which they
have been directly taught, or indirectly led, to re-
vere, serves to kindle their zeal in its defence, and to
render them the instruments for making manifest
certain positive advantages accruing to the public,
which might otherwise be altogether overlooked in
the eager desire for affecting extensive reformation.
On the other hand, this feeling of reverence must be
kept within rational limits; for when it is suffered to
exceed them, its tendency is rather to injure than protect
the object of its regard. History is pregnant with
proofs of this nature. Where alterations are clearly
desirable people should be careful to effect them in
due season. The great question of Reform was fer
ears impeded by the unjustifiable dread which
thousands of well-disposed subjects harboured of its
consequences becoming injurious to the constitution.
The sentiment of veneration was carried to an
excess; and the result was, that political reformation
was at length wrought under circumstances of danger
to the entire body politic, which need never have
been engendered. We, therefore, recommend the
Universities to be wise in their generation, and
promptly and cheerfully to set about eradicating the
palpable defects by which their present system of
education is unfavourably characterised.

We have already noticed, under another head,
the acquittal of the National on the 20th in-
stant, accused of having published a libel upon the
KING of the Fuzee's. The gist of the libel consisted
in attributing personally to his MAJESTY the blame
and the responsibility of the acts of his Government.
The article in question was written in consequence
of the recal of the French Consul from the Mauri-
tius. It contained, incidentury, some severe
reflections upon the policy of the Montpen-
sier marriage, and argued indirectly, but in
an unmistakeable manner, that Louts PHILIPPE had
compromised the honour and dignity of France,
Hence, the 'nature of the libel, and the peculiar con-
juncture of public affairs, imparted a lively interest
to this trial. It was not only that the liberty of the
press was seriously involved in the issue, but the pro-
secution afforded the first seasonable and solemn
opportunity for ascertaining, to some extent, through
the medium of a French jury, the feelings of the
people with reference to the Spanish alliance. We
have of late, more than once, alluded to the absurdity
of regarding the proceedings of the French Legisla-
ture as approaching to anything like an index of the
real sentiments of the nation. Their Chambers, con-
stituted as they are at present, are neither more nor
less than pliable instruments in the hands of the
SOVEREIGN. Of course, in this light, we merely treat
of them in a collective sense, not doubting that, in
either branch of the Legislature, there are to be
found members of such honour, intelligence, and
patriotism, as would reflect the greatest credit upon
the councils of any state. But those form the excep-
tions, and not the rule. All that is worthy to con-
stitute an essential representative, is completely
swamped by the influence of the system—to use the
guarded language of the National—which affects the
entire Government of France. This system is sum-
med up in a sentence—the power of Parliament is
rendered subservient to the power of the Throne.
Thus, upon every question where the interests of the
nation come in contact with the personal
wishes of Royalty, the people find that
;heir influence is reduced to a cypher, whilst
that of the Sovereign obtains an uncontrollable
',way. It is the knowledge of these things that leads
every reflective statesman, desirous of acquainting
himself with the real state of public opinion in France
upon any matter of material importance, to regard
with indifference the acts of packed and hired ma-
jorities in the Chambers. But the statesman will
view quite otherwise the solemn deliberations of a
court of justice, where the people, impersonated by a
jury, really have a voice. Therefore it is that
every real lover of liberty will derive intense sa-
tisfaction from the finding of the jury, who,
by their verdict, and the promptitude with which
they returned it, administered a marked rebuke to
Louis Pmetrem. The verdict is the more preciuus,
en account not only of the ability, powerful reason-
ings, and moving eloquence of M. MARIE (himself
a Deputy) but also of the bold and uncompromising
nature of the defence which he set up. He adopted
the article of the .Notional in its full length and
breadth. He attempted neither to ex-
tenuate nor explain away any portion of it.
He showed himself to be well versed in

the philosophy of constitutional freedom, and evi-
dently felt that he was vindicating one of the most
sacred principles of liberty. The opinions of eminent
public men, dead and living, were felicitously quoted
in support of his argument; and the counsel for the
Crown were covered with confusion when M. MARIE
proved that some of the present Ministers, especially
M. GUIZOT, had at different times, in the Senate and
elsewhere, used language of precisely the same
import with that of the National; and yet these
very men sanctioned a trial intended to bring
down punishment upon the publisher of consti•
tutional strictures, which they had repeatedly stamped
with their own authority. Moreover, M. MARIE did
riot hesitate, and apparently not without effect, to refer
to the staunch resistance which, in different periods of
English history, had been offered by some of our most
distinguished political ancestors to every effort made
by the Crown to crush the liberty and independent
privileges of the subject. M. MARIE reminded M.
GuzzoT,that the celebrated Earl of CHATHAM refused
to continue Minister, because he would not submit to
hold power without its responsibility, and because he
telt that to permit the irresponsible influence unduly
to predominate would have been to submit to a
system
of personal government certain of de-
generating into baseness and corruption. Lord
CHATHAM, like other great men, sided with the
constitutional privileges of the people, and so held
the authority of the Crown in wholesome check,
whilst, at the same time, he best served the cause of
monarchy itself. This was hard hitting for M.
GUIZOT; it also served as an admonition to Lours
PHILIPPE that M. MARIE knew far more profoundly
than the Sovereign himself, what best conduces to

the stability of the throne. If the Ministers of France
would only promptly vacate their offices whenever the
Sovereign seeks to violate the undoubted rights of the
people, kings would soon be brought to a sense of their
iniquities. This is the only efficacious mode to be pun•
sued for thwarting inordinate ambition and selfish
ends. Monarchs might find servants more obsequious
to their will, but their possession of power would be
very short-lived. One of two things would happen
as the necessary result of good example—either that
the people would insist upon having an improved
Constitution, and infallibly obtain it, or else the So-
vereign would be obliged to abdicate in favour of a
worthier successor.

The Piedmontesc Gazette of the 15th contradicts in
the most positive tering an article from Rome, published
in the Herald() of Madrid, stating that the Government
of Sardinia had openly authorised the embarkation from
the porta of Genoa and Cagliari of arms and ammuni•
tion for a Carlist expedition to the Balearic Islands ,or
coast of Spain•
A grand banquet was 4011 on the 10th Februar to

Mr. CoBDEN, by the Chamber of Cotnmerce of Rome
The Marquis of PONTENSIANI officiated as chairman.

Madrid papers of the 17th hare arrived.

The QUEEN has directed that Don Josa PALAFOX,
the Duke of Saragossa, is to hare a magnificent public
funeral. The tew Minister of War, General ORAA, ha,
accepted the resignation of General PEZUELA, as Cap-
tain-General of Mrdrid. Orders have been given to
arrest Dt.m •,hou!d h 1 b..• found in Spain.
The garrisons of the Balearic Isles have been re-
inforced. A flotilla, consisting of Ebro, 10 guns, Jason,
20, and the steamer Valence, of 6 guns, has been sta
tioned there. The Captain-General of Catalonia is still
engaged with the Carlist han4s in the mountains.
.IADRID BOLSA, FEB. 17.—The Three per Cents.
closed at 31i for paper; the Four per Cents. at 20f for
cash; the Five per Cents. at 20k; the Debt without In-
terest, at 6k; and the Coupons, at 18k.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
The Epoque, which was par excellence, the organ of
M. GUIZuT personally, expired on Monday, after an
existence of about fourteen months, with the loss of tat
the capital subscribed, and all the subventions granted
by the Government. The Presse, which has arranged
to supply the subscribers of the Epcque, has one of its
usual Billing-sate attacks on the Marquis of NORXANBY.
The Journal des Debuts has a long article on the
authorising the Bank to issue 250 (race totes, a measur.
from which it anticipates the best consequences, ale:
against which the only complaint to be brought is thud
it does not go far enough. The Debuts would wish to
see an issue of not- s for 100 francs each. It says—
" The persons who reject the idea of an issue of 100 f.
notes, and who call their adversaries theorists, indulge in a
theory themselves of the worst kind, as it is contrary to rea-
son and experience. The success of 51. notes in the Unites.
Kingdom of Great Britain is notorious, and the success 01
those of 1/. in Scotland and Ireland, and of notes of five and
ten florins (12f. 50c. and 25f.) in Austria, authorises an opi•
nion that we might one day go farther than 100 f. notes.
But we will restrict ourselves to them, and repeat that they
are generally desired, and they would supply a public want
and, theretore, that there is no ground for applying to Ur
suggestion the only objection that could have any force, viz.,
that the country is not prepared for them. The gaurantee
against the excessive emission of such notes is to be found in
the nature of things, and in the prudence of the Bank."
In the Climber of Peers on Monday the Bill autho-
rising foreign vessels freighted with corn to participate
in the coasting trade of France, was passed without a
division.

In the Chamber of Deputies the Bill authorising an in-
crease of the army of tha inferior by 10,000 men, wtv
passed by a considerable majority.
There is some hitch in the appointment of M. HEBERT
to the Ministry of Justice and Public Worship, in th.
room of M. MARTIN (du Nord), in consequence of the
or the high clergy, who at this moment art.
all-powerful at the Tuileries.
The Minister of Finance introduced into the Chamber
of Deputies on Tuesday a Bill for the establishment of
a regular line of steam-packets between the ports 01
l-lavre and New York. For this purpose the Minister of
Finance stated that he had concluded an arrange-
ment with the house of TIEROUT and lIUNDEL,
which he had made over to that company tor ten
years four of the steam-ships, of 450 tons each, built two
pars ago for the Government. The company, on itr
part, undertook to transport gratuitously for the Go-
vernment all diipatches, correspowlenco, newspapers.
journals, and primed papers, sent to or coming fro,
America. The company is to be obliged to insure th,
vessels at its own expense, and to give security to tL
ttwount of 600,000 E

The KIK° and QUEEN of the BELGIANS arrived in
Paris on Monday.

The price of Nheat continues to advance in most par
of France.

The Three per Cents. cl• sed on the Paris Bourse on Tue.-
day at 78f. 45c. ; the Fire per Cents., 118 f. 75c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 f. ; Rouen, 867 f. 50c. ,
Havre, 6801:; Great Northern. 6271.50 c.; Avignon, 835 f..
Vierzon, 583 f. 75c. ; Bordeaux, 541 f: 25c. ; Boulogne,
412 f. 50c. ; Troyes and Montere4u, 310 f.; Basle, 208 f. 75c. ;
Dieppe, 325f.1. Paris and Strasburg, 4681. 75c.; Tours anti
Nantes, 467 f. 50c.; Paris and Lyons, 492 f. 50c.; Lyons and
Avignon, 480 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 4551.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 24,

Central of France (Orleans and Vierzon), 134—Dutch Rhenish,
414 —ltalian and ;Austrian, 23—Louvain d la Sambre, 1% -
Luxembourg, 214—Namur and Liege, 3 qi—Nortliern of France, 121,
—Paris and Lyons, 7Ni —Rouen and Havre, 27%.

EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the LORD CIIIEF BARON and a Special Jury.
CLARK V. CHAPLIN.

This wa3 an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the
sum of 1001. paid as a deposit for twenly &hares in the London
and Westminster Water Company.
Mr. Martin, Q-C., and Mr. Wills appeared for the
and Mr. Gurney and kr. Ugly f.r the defendants.
In 1840 a company was projected under this title, for the
supply ot, the western portiens of the metropolis with water
of a better quality and in greater quantity than that which
is now received, of which, in the following year, Mr. Chaplin,
the defendant, and late proprietor of the Swan-with-Two-
Neck', in Lad lane, became a provisional committeeman.
The capital to be raised was 600,000'., of which only be•
tween 1,3001. and 1,4001. were paid in deposits, and the
scheme was consequently abandoned.
This action was brought by the plaintiff for the recovery
of his deposits.
Mr. G. Manch, a surgeon, residing in Fleet-street, who
had acted as honorary secretary of the company, proved that
Mr. Chaplin had been repeatedly present at the meetings of
the provisional committee, none of whom, or the solicitors or
himself, ever received anything out of the funds of the com-
pany, the whole of which had been spent in the incidental
expenses of the office, chiefly is advertisements and ex-
periments.

Clerks from Jones Loyd, and Co., the bankers of the com-
pany, and front the London Union Bunk, who kept cash for
the plaintiff, proved the regular payment and transmission of
the cheque for 1001.. given by the platmtiff.
The jury, by direction of the judge, gave a verdict for the
full amount.

COMMON PLEA S.-( THIS DAY.)
( Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.)
NICKr LI, V. ROSS.
The Court was again occupied the whole of the morning
with this patent case.

. BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Two boys, named Murphy and Perry, were charged with
stealing, and a marine- store dealer, named Abraham Beau-
mont, was charged with reciving, 47 railing bars and one
lamp-iron from the Adi Iphi-terrace.
It appeared that for the last fortnight a quantity of
railing bars, which were brought to the Terrace for the pur-
pose of being fixed there. were missed every morning. At
length, on Friday niL;lit last, a mark was set on the bare,
and they were counted. Eight were stolen that mght,
and ten between Saturday evening and Monday morning
List night the prisoners Murphy. and Perry were caught
by policeman F 124 in the very act of carrying off a
isinp iron. Murphy said it was "all right," his father was
one of the workmen, but the policeman tsking him in to custody,
he said he was going to take it to a rag shop in Earl street,
Seven- ditals. and being furl her questioned, mentioned the shop
of the prisoner Beaumont. The prisoner Perry said that h‘
was employed by Murphy to help him to carry the lamp iron,
and had nothing more to do with it. The policeman took
both the boys to the ,tali n, and went to Beautitont's shop.
The latter admitted that he had bought a quantity of rails.
which were lying in the shop, from the prisoners. He said
(hat at Arst he suspected they were stolen, but on making
inquiries he found that Murphy's fathe- was at work at the
Adelphi-terrace, and he thought it was all right. There
were 47 bars in the shop, which he said ne had paid d.
per lb. for. The value is 11/d. or 1:!4d. per lb.
Mr. Ham, remanded the prisoners.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A young female, of lady like manners and dept.rttneni,
about 28 years of age, applied to Mr. Arnold, the sitting
magistrate, for pecuniary aid from the funds of the poor-
box, under the following circturstances
The applicant, whose name is Letitia Hannan presented
lieraelf at this court a few days since, when she stated
that she had been a teacher in some distinguished and
highly influential families abroad, the last of which was
that of the late Baron Lt. Pie, Commandant, de la Place
de Strasburg. The Baron, however, t 4 ing, she was induced o
ret urn to Eaglamt in August last,but tier expectations here were
blighted, amt she was at kngth compelled to occupy a miserable
dwelling in Long-alley, Worship-street, and her little stock
of cash being altogether gone, she was reduced to the neces-
sity of parting with even her under garments during the
recent vary inclement weather. She thought, however, not-
withstanding this, that she should with a little assistance be
enabled to establish a small school, and thereafter to support
herself creditably. Temporary aid was then afforded her,
and Hayward, a warrant officer of the Court, was directed to
make the necessary inquiries respecting her.
The officer Hayward bad found, in addition to her state-
ment, which was perfectly correct, that she had been known
to be without food or firing during the space of twelve and
even twenty hours.
Some of her papers were produced, and several of them
contained certiticates of her excellent character from persons
of distinction, residing at Paris and other parts of the Con-
tinent. Her passport from Paris, dated the 29th of August
produced
d stated that she had removed to No 17,
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was
whatwdaessiareedtutallyreitlierceeL.aatr)yil
lasit:,hewansppall
o
Union-street, B ishopsgtt inquirea,te,
llayward was directed
for her to commence opening a school on a small scale.
The applicant, with tears of gratitude, then left the office

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Joseph IVulford. a grazier and cattle dealer, residing near
Bath, was brought before Mr. Greenwood, for having as-
saulted a female so violently as to render it necessary to re-
move her to the hospital, where she at present remains, and
also with kicking police-constable 31 G in the groin, and
biting off the top of his little finger.
It appeared fromthe evidence of the constable, that about
half-past ene o'clock this morning, hearing a noise in lid-
tannia-street, he repaired to the spot, when ho saw a female
lying on the ground, and the prisoner standing over her, and
beating and kicking her in the mast brutal manner. When
the primer saw him he attempted to make his escape, and
upon the constable seizing him, he got his linger in his mouth,
and bit a piece of it completely off. Another policeman
coming up lie again assaulted them both, and gate police-
constable 31 G a tremendous kick. .

A eertificate from the houie-surgeon of the Free Hospital
was put in, which stated that the woman was in such a
dangerous state from the injuries she had received that it
would be impossible for her to attend to give evidence for
some time.
Mr. GREENWOOD said, he should defer the consideration
of the female's case for the-present. For the brutal and
cowardly asszult on the policeman he should sentence him to
a month's imprisonment, without the alternative of a fine.
The prisoner wfos then removed in the van to the House of
correction.