The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-12 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGUE, Nov. 9.—The Stadt Courant announces
that the ratifications of the commercial treaties concluded
on the 13th of September last, between the Netherlands
and Russia, were exchanged on the 30th of October at
St. Petersburgh. If we may believe a journal of this town,
the plans and other documents, relative to the construc-
tion of a sea-port at Scheveningen, have been laid before
the administration of the Hague. It is affirmed that the
question has been proposed what sum the town of Hague
will contribute to the expense which the construction of
this port will require.
We have already mentioned the heroic conduct of
some Dutch sailors on the occasion of the shipwreck of
the English ship, the Helen, Captain Orfour. We art
now informed that besides the 101. sterling granted by
Lloyd's, the town of Yarmouth has sent, through the
English Consul at Rotterdam, the sum of 501. sterling,
which has been distributed among the four Dutch sailors
who saved the whole crew of the Helen.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 6.—The deputies of the persons
concerned in the fisheries have lately presented an ad-
dress of thanks to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, of
Finance, and Colonies, for the serious interest which (as
the address says) was manifested by these gentlemen in
the treaty with Belgium, respecting the national fishe-
ries. The deputies affirm that the changes made in the
treaty, in the article respecting the fisheries, have already
had a favourable effect, and promise to be yet more ad-
vantageous in future.
MAESTRICHT, Nov. s.—Reports have been for some
time in circulation here, respecting the station of the
railway from Maastricht to Aix-la-Chapelle, which re-
presented the intended sites as very disadvantageous to
the general interests of the trade. In consequence,
several inhabitants have got up an address to his Majesty,
in which they petition him to be so good as to refuse his
assent to the plan already submitted to him for the erec-
tion of the said station, and to be pleased to order, that
instead of placing this station without the city, it may
be erected within the walls.
THE HAGUE, Nov. 9.—According to a letter from
Batavia of the 27th of August, all the Dutch ships then
in the road which were still disengaged, had been
freighted by the factory of the Netherlands Commercial
Company, for the purpose of being laden with sugar for
Cowes, Isle of Wight.
VIENNA, Nov. I.—The joy of the public at the im-
provement of the health of the Archduke Palatine was
clouded by the news of his relapse. The Archduke
John immediately went to Ofen ; but an express has this
moment arrived with the satisfactory intelligence that
the state of the venerable patient is so much improved
that there is no further cause for alarm.
EGER, OCT. 30.—This morning, at nine o'clock, the
inhabitants were alarmed by a report resembling thur, der,
accompanied by shaking of the houses and breaking of
the windows. The powder magazine, near the city, had
been blown up. One of the officers of cur garrison, who
had the superintendence of the powder magazine, is said
to have gone into it this morning, and had scarcely shut
the door behind him, when the whole building was blown
up. Bricks, beams, and even iron doors, were scattered
to a distance of above 300 feet. The dead body of the
unfortunate officer was found, dreadfully mutilated, at
the distance of eighty paces, whereas the soldier on duty,
with his sentry-box, was scarcely touched.
VIENNA, Nov. 3.—The accounts just received fro-n
Ofen, respecting the Archduke Palatine, are again un-
favourable. Archduke John is gone to Ofen; part of
the attendants of the Archduke Stephen, who had already
arrived here, have returned to Ofen. This morning
his Highness the reigning Duke of Nassau left this city.
RAILWAYS.

The Northern
Gloggentz
Venice Milan
Leghorn
Peath
Our exchange was very much agitated to-day, and
the prices which could not be kept up yesterday, fell
still lower to-day, and in spite of many efforts to keep
up the shares in the railways, they fell considerably.
The lowest price of the Northern Railway was 161 i, and
that of Venice Milan 1041.
The prospect is in general very gloomy, and under such
circumstances the discouragement increases. Notwith-
standing this money was not scarce.—Allgemeine Zeitung,
Nov. 6.

REVOLTING OUTRAGE.
(From the Cork Reporter.)
CORK POLICE OFFICE.—THURSDAY.
(Before the Mayor and Capt. White.)
It will be remembered that in our last impression we
made allusion to a charge which had been brought
against two officers of the 67th Regiment, for having
perpetrated a brutal and unmanly outrage on the person
of an unhappy woman of ill-fame. The woman con-
cerned in this case had sworn informations before the
magistrates on Monday last, but afterwards, from some
cause then unknown, refused to substantiate and follow
up those informations. It has since been said that she
had been induced, by a considerable bribe, to forego the
prosecution.
On Thursday last the unhappy woman was again
brought before the bench, when the magistrate, having
ordered the Court to be cleared, demanded whether the
woman would follow up the informations.
She replied, that she would take no further steps in
the matter.
Captain White advised the woman to pause and con-
sider before she came to such a decision.
The woman still persisted in refusing to prosecute.
Captain White said it was not in his power to force
her to substantiate the informations against her will •,
such a proceeding would be opposed to the principles of
the constitution. But he was sorry that such a shocking
crime should escape due punishment. It was his duty as
a magistrate to believe the parties accused guiltless of
the charge, as the complainant withdrew her informa-
tions; but though the woman, in her first informations,
might have unintentionally exaggerated the circum-
stances, still he had no doubt she had sworn truly. If
the indecent outrage sworn to by her were perpetrated,
it stamped with deep disgrace the parties guilty of it.
They held a respectable position, and must have known
the duties appertaining to that position. They held the
rank of gentlemen, and must have been conscious of
what belonged to gentlemen. They were British officers,
and as such they were aware of the indelible disgrace
that must attach to them from such conduct. Under
these circumstances, and as the woman had withdrawn
the charge, he was unwilling to believe that gentlemen
holding her Majesty's commission would be guilty of an
offence that outraged humanity.
His Worship seemed very much moved while address-
ing the complainant.
Mr. J. J. O'Brien said he could bear testimony that
the bench had now, as on all occasions of which ho was
cognisant, fully discharged its duty. As the woman
had refused to follow up her first informations, it wawto
be presumed that the parties were innocent of the
offence, and if she again, after once refusing, were in-
duced to substantiate her informations, it would mate-
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the bench to compel the woman to proceed.
Frmioaairtltytehrdeamshould end there. It was not in the power of
The MAYOR replied, that it was the knowledge that it
was out of their power to compel the woman, and also
the wish not to outrage public morality, by the publica-
tion of so shocking a business, that induced them to
suffer the woman to withdraw the charge ; for an accu-
sation of so disgusting and revolting a nature never
came under his cognizance ; but the bench could do no
more in the matter.
The woman was then permitted to withdraw from the
Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
Mr. Edward John Kinnersley Baker, of 52, Park-
street, Grosvenor-square, was summoned before Mr.
Hardwick for having unlawfully assaulted a young, me-
dical gentleman, named William Fenton, living at 29,
Sale-street, Edgeware-road.
The complainant said he was walking in Burlington-
street on Saturday last, when the defendant crossed over
the street on perceiving him, and, on coming up to him,
immediately struck him on the face and grappled with
him. Complainant struggled with the defendant, and
both fell on the pavement together. The defendant left
him, uttering threats of future violence. Complainant
had more than once been attacked by the defendant in a
similar way,. and so persevering was he in his violence
that complainant went about the streets in constant
fear. Complainant added, by way of explanation, that
the assault had its origin in some family matters, which,
if necessary, he was willing should be explained.
Mr. HARDWICK asked the defendant to explain his
conduct? Defendant—This is only an ipse dixit state-
ment, and therefore it appears to me that there is no
necessity for making any defence to it.
Mr. HARDWICK—I totally differ from you, and I call
on you for your defence.
Defendant—Oh, then I shall state the reason why
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assaulted the complainant. The complainant persists in
carrying on a clandestine correspondence with my sister,
and, although all the family are averse to any acquaint-
ance with him, he will persevere in his clandestine
meetings with my sister. I wish first to ask him who
was in his company when I assed him on Saturday?
Complainant—Your sister was with me; but I deny I
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