The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

LAW AND CRIBBAGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin—Seeing a report in your paper of the 7th n:
a charge against a young wan of the name of RobartA,
fur destruction of Mr. Godbold's property, and that this
charge was dismissed without redress, because the pro-
prietor had been induced to play at cards, 1 cannot for-
bear asking you if such a case can be faithfully reported.
Good God ! is it possible that the act of playing at
cribbage or whist in a man's own house or warehouse,
not being a public-house, is a crime which debars a man
from obtaining justice ?
Is it come to this ? Are we to have a City functionary,
vetted with a little brief (annual) authority, take upon
himself to limit or prescribe to us our amusements on
pain of forfeiting our rights as citizens to the protec-
tion of the law ?.

To all such cant and humbug I beg to subscribe myself
AN INVETERATE FOE,
And I am sure that you are equally so, or I could not
read your pap'r.

PARIS CORRECTIONAL eOLIOE.
A LOVING HUSBAND.—A worthy dyer is Paris,
who had the good (?) fortune to be possessed of a pia try
wife, was at times tormented by the insinuations of the
green-eyed monster, during which he gave way to great
violence. On the morning in which the scenes occurred
which caused his appearance at the bar of the Correc-
tional Police, he had imbibed more than a double dose
of jealousy towards his spare rib, and he, consequently,
determined to idiot on her a corresponding quantity of
what he thought wholesome dis: ipline. That no inter-
ruption should take place, he firmly locked his door,
arid then commenced. The cries of the unfortunate
woman soon brought a crowd of neighbours to her door,
but beyond that barrier they could not penetrate, and
all they could do was to offer her their sympathy and
condolence. The cries, however, became so loud that
one amongst the listeners ran and got the assistance of
the police, who, on being. refused admittance, very un-
ceremoniously burst open the door, and carried off my
dyer to the guard-house. On being brought up- to the
Court, the following dialogue took place between the
culprit and the President :
Presideat—Robelin, you are accused of ill-treating
your wife. What heve you to say to the charge?
Prisoner—Those are little family matters which con-
cern no one but ourselves.
Pre ident—lt concerns public justice, and I beg yen
to reply a little more respectfully.
Prisoner—lt is very easy to talk in that way to a
man. Ask her what i beat her for.
President—We base nothing to do with your mo•
tines—you have no rieht to beat her at all,
Prisoner—Oh ! well then I ant nobody in my own
house—l arc a child—a canary hit-d
—and my wife may
put me in the corner.
President—Besides, you assaulted the guard who
came to your knee to restore order.
Prisoner—Oh ! apu may say what you will about
that—l know nothiOg about it.
The corporal of the guard here stepped forward, and
gave his evidence. " The prisoner was as red in the
face as a radish, and as furious as a clap of thunder.
He began by telling us that we had no right to come
into his house. Ho then called me a Csssack and a
Bedouin. Go on,' I said, I shall put it all down on
paper.' He then raised his hand to strike me... ' Oh,
oh,' said I, not quite so fast ; I shall put no more down
on the paper, but if you touch me I shall run my sabre
through you.' That calmed hint a little, but not
much. He calledane an assassin—that I cared nothing
about. I put that down on the paper.'
Prisoner—l recollect nothing about all that stuff. I
only remember calling him a jackass, because he would
maintain that I bad no right to thrash my wife.
President—He was in the right.
Prisoner—How ? What! In my own house, and
with my own stick?
President—l repeat that you are very much to blame,
and I entreat you not to persist in ill-using your wife.
Prisoner—Well, well, don't talk politics.
President—The tribunal would have been indulgent
to you if you had testified some repentance.
Prisoner—Why, there is nothing in the whole of it
but a mere flea-bite.
The Court condemned him to twenty days' imprison-
ment and thirty francs fine.
The attention of the Correctional Tribunal was a
few days since directed to a charge made by a Madame
Bouvillon against a young man named Cesar, whose
dog had taken rather an ind.Lcate liberty with one of
the lady's legs.
Madame Bouvillon, the fair plaintiff, represented her-
self as a rentiere, and-the elegance and recherche style
of her dress did not contradict that assertion ; and,
although her annual revenues might have been derived
from stock of not the most solid character, yet, as she
confirmed ber assertion by an oath, we must believe
her. According to the account given by the fair ren-
tiere, it appears that while sitting one evening last week
at her open window, absorbed in the perusal of
a heart-stirring romance, the door-bell was rung. She
hastened to open it, and discovered the visitor to he a
young man of rather dubi,us exterior, leading by a
string a very little beautiful spaniel. He entered the
room, and without any ceremony took a chair, saying.
" Madame, I have brought you back your lest dog."
"My dog, Sir ! But, Sir, you are mistaken, for I have
no dog ; I never hasi one, for I do not like them."
" That, is very singular. 1 found this little spaniel three
or four days since, and, from inquiries I have made, I
understood it belonged to you,,and that you were very
uneasy at its loss." "It was a mistake, Sir, I assure
you." " I am sorry, for I should have been so very
happy to have rendered myself agreeable in your eyes."
By degrees the stranger had drawn his chair close
to the lady's, and at length began to be too for-
ward in his advances. Madame Buuivillon, who ex-
pected visitors, rose from her chair, thinking that
would be a signal for him to leave, but the hint
was lost upon him, for, on the contrary, be only rose,
and seizing her round the waist, was proceeding to
ravish a kiss from her ruby lips, when•she darted to
the door and called the porter to her assistance. On his
arriving she; in her turn, became the assailant, and seiz-
ing the intrusive visitor by the collar, pushed him to-
wards the door. The dog, which had hitherto been a
quiet spectator of the scene, now rushed to the assi,t-
ance of his master, and seizing the lady by the leg made
her relax her hold, and cry aloud for help. Her dress
was torn in various places, and her whole toilette disor-
ganised, which, in addition to the pain of the bite, en-
raged her so much that she sent for the guard, and had
the intruder taken into custody.
The defence made by the gentleman was of a charac-
ter to render still less doubtful the means from which
the fair .plaintdf derived her recites. He said that it
was the result of a bet made after dinner.
The Count, after a short consultation, condemned him
to 16 francs fine, and 23 francs for the damage done by
his spaniel.

The marriage of Lord Henry Russell to Miss
Stopford is postponed until . the 21st. They are to pass
the honeymoon at Bentley Priory, the seat of the Mar-
quis of Abercorn, at Stanmore.
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY.—A correspondent, who made inquiries yes-
terday, says—" The late accident on this railway, as we
stated on Wednesday, was caused Lty slip' in the em-
bankment between Wootton • Bassett and Chippen-
ham. On inquiries yesterday at the Great :Western
station, we learnt that four or five gentlemen were
brought up by the train very seriously injured. Three
gentlemen were so much hurt that one of them was
obliged to be left behind at Wootton Bassett, and the
ether two at Reading. There seems to be every dispo-
sition among the officers connected with the railway to
keep the affair as secret as possible." ,
On the 24th ult., as Mr. Hole, of South Musk-
hatn, was walking in his fields, he found a quantity of
bread loaves in a turnip-field ; supposing them to have
been stolen, he caused the inquiry to be made and the
field further searched, when another lot was found, making
in the whole forty-eight quarter loaves and a half of white
bread ; they were taken to Musklam church ; upon in-
quiry it was found the loaves had been thrown into the
field by a felloW who goes by the nick-name of " Pep-
permint," who had lately set up as a baker at Newark,
and had been taking' bread into the country to sell
with his horse and-cart, but not being so fortunate as
to dispose of it, and wishing to keep up an appearance
that he was doing a great business, and astonish the na-
tives, by returning from his journey, every day with
an empty cart, he 'threw his loaves into the field as
before described. The week previous, he had thrown
a quantity into a • field at Maplebeek, ' and also
at Ket'sall. ,As soon as it was found who had thrown
the bread away, Mr. ‘' Peppermint" cut his lucky ;
and it being supposed that the fellow must be
mad, fears were entertained that he had drowned himself.
The river Devon was dragged ; but while this was per-
forming news came that the mad nen had :been seen at
Nottingham ; all anxiety respecting him ceased, and his
friends began to condemn his folly. The bread found
was distributed amongst the poor.—Nottinghum Mercury.
They write from Libowne, in the Gironde, that
the census has produced such an effect at Sainte Terre, a
small place in that district, that no stranger can make his
appearance without being taken for a tax agent, and ex-
posed to serious risk. A few days since a commercial
traveller was pulled out of his cabriolet by the pea-
santry, and severely beaten ; nor was he su&red to
escape till some influential persons interposed, and con-
vinced his assailants of their error. On the 2d inst. a
similar assault was committed upon another person,
equally unconnected with the Government ; he was
• dragged to the river, and would have been thrown in,
but for the exertions of two men, who saved him:.

EXTENSIVE FIRES.—On Wednesday the house,
No. 50, Bread-street, Cheapside, in the joint occupation
of Mr. S. D. Davies, furrier, and Air. Daniel Davies,
table iir.en manufacturer, and Mr. Downs,. hatter, took
fire. The loss is supposed to be between 2,000/.• and
4,0001. Mr. Daniels is insured in the Alliance Company.
Two other fires also took place, one of which occurred
about seven o'clock, last night, at The house of Mr
Lucas, Suter's-buildings, Somers'-town, a carpenter and
builder, when u considerable part of the stock was con-
sumed. The other fire broke out in Richmond-build-
ings, Princess-street, Soho, in a house occupied by Mr.
R. Ellis, carpzutcr, when the workshop, With all its con•
tepts were seriously injured.
ANOTIIER il,
oNAER AT THE NIAGARA
FALLS.—We have just• arrived froni the Falls, whither
we went this morning per cars, on learning that a person
was cast away on one of the Three .SiSterS. islands