The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

OF ENGLAND'.
We spoke summarily a few days agy, of
which M. C. H. Dupin was to read at the .Ac

Science, about the roadsteads or port: of ref.'

in England upon the English shore facing Frame.
are to-day enabled to present our readers with a skein
of the interesting wcrk..
The works of Plymouth, began twenty-tire yearr, after
those of Cherbourg, have been terminated long. t;ine• ,
says M. Dupin, in beginning ; and whist (TheriaT,;ur,
drags slowly to an end impossible to foretell, England
is going to create as many Cherbourgs as she fly
from whence all her war navy, quickly and
lected in one single mass, might be thrown

safely col

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France, in a number of hour, from one hour it mi a h•At-
to seven hours at most, upon every weak poiot, from
Dunkerque to the bay of St. Maio.
Here is at all events how all those cortitiEd
originated. We will show, by M. Dorin'., researcht;..
that England knows how to make the best f,r vower
of the most harmless and apparently phi;P”"
circumstance.

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In 1843 a Special Committee of the Honse of Ccan-
mons, established to take notice of t 1 es;-e-
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rieneed by merchant• vessels on the coasts of

had torwirded to the Government the recommertio.tions
of establishing harbours of refuge.
The committee, with a wise reserve, had refrain'
from recommending any situation to be preferred ftl
similar harbours ; nay, they had e
'propositions would be much better

aut such

)fyed by a rriPoi

of some learned persons, aho en,.
knowledge, and especially appinted for suL,
important object.
lieing anxious to continue this recnminenclution, the
Prime Minister, Sir Robe/ t Peal, is coz cert with ti,e
Lords of the Exchequer, readily appoint( d a commis-
sion, or board, to be occupied with the sketched woz k.
The Admiral (Martin) was named the' Chairman of it,
and all that England possessed of celebrated engineers
and distinguished and experienced naval officers, duly
brought the tribute of their ability to clear up such an
important affair.
Here is the technical programme given by the Lords
of the Exchequer to that great commission, or board,
upon the objects which were judged to recuire au im-
mediate notice.
1. To determine whether it is desirable that a harbour
of refuge should be constructed in the British Channel,
after duly weighing, on one hand, the public advantages
likely to result, and, on the other hand, the expenses re-
quired by it.
2. What site will seem the most advantageous for a
harbour of that kind, in order to unite in the best
manner the three following qualities .
" That the entrance be easy in. every tide for ships
endangered by rough weather.
" That the harbour may serve as a station for armed
vessels in case of war, and perform both defence and at-
tack.

-1-wed 'with pra(•tict.Li
all !y.

" That it should present easy ways of defence in case
of an enemy's attack."
Moreover, should the CoFnmissioners find cut that all

these conditions cannot be fulfilled by a single harbour
of refuge in the British Channel, they are authorised to
develope their researches accordingly ; then to make
known those advantages proper to the various sites
which they will think it their duty to recommend, show-
ing, of course, those they consider most eligible.
These remarkable instructions were dated April 2,
1844. In four months and tive days the Commission
visited all the ports along the British Channel, • made
new soundings, collected the opinions of all special mer,
from the least pilot up to geologists and engineers. A t
last, on the following August 7tb, the board had closed
their labours, and presented their conclusions to the
Lords of the Exchequer ; all that, says M. Dupin, in
less time than the Academy of Sciences take to give
their conclusions upon a thirty-paged paper.
Now, the author states the results of the inquest.
Prima fade, one might think that the south-western
coast of England, liberally provided by nature, and
assisted long since by industry, offers a sufficient number
of harbours of refuge, which leave nOthing to be wished

for.
We have already mentioned Plymouth, to which must
be added Falmouth, the most western -situation. In re-
turning towards the east we find in succession—Dart-
mouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Thames.
Not only those chief harbours of refuge have not been
judged sufficient by the board; but they have also judged
that the addition of one great port would not even suf.
fice. They demand works and propose expenses for
these four new situations, which I will make known in
succession.

A speciarcommission, instituted in 1840 (this epoch
is remarkable), had granted the preference for creating
new harbours of refuge:—first, at. Dover; second, at
Beachy Head; third, at Fortness, near the North Fore-
land.

Here is the private programme of the board of 1840 :
—To visit the coast between the mouth of the Thames
and Selsea Bill, to examine the harbours as shdtering
the vessels which cross the Channel in stress of weatlvr,
and as harbouring merchant vessels pursued by hostile
cruisers in time of war, and more particularly as stations
for war steamers, iu order to protect the British trade in
the narrow parts of the Channel.
The first board had proposed Forene;:s, near Margate,
which offered a safe site and a good ttneherage ground
for merchant vessels. The new board rejects rt. They
want two ports:—Harwich, that with some improve-
ment will offer the same advantages, by serving as a
national station to a squadron of war-steamers; and the
Bay of Hollesley, which will conveniently receive men-
d-war. Ramsgate also attracts the board's :attention.
But the site which they prefer to any other is lover.
Dover is the point both nearest and most threatening to

France.
Lately Dover has become still more valuable by the
railway from London to this port, and branching into
other lines. In two hours' time massus of soldiers,
marine crews, naval stores and ammunitions, and a whole
train of ordnance, can be sent to Dover, starting titan
London, Deptf,ffd, Woolwich, and Portsmouth.
Dover possesses a dry dock for the repair of merchant
vessels, and expanse of wide quays and spacious c are-
houses; besides the fore-out dock, the wet dock is more
than two hectares and a half in surface, and works are
going on to double this space. There is, morel/et., a
third dock, which might be fitted to receive a great
number of sloops and gun-brig, which dock is now
being considerably improved.
When the celebrated William Pitt carried on deadly
struggle between England and France, he wished eager;y
to establish a road closed in the front of Dover; he had
plans drawn up for that
.purpose. The ordnance de-
partment has found them again in its records, cod has
presented them to the board, whose labours I am exa.-

mining.
After numerous experiments continued during a whole
year, the commissioners conclude unanimously (but for
one vote), that Dover, favourably situated to pretect the
navigation of the straits, is the natural station of a divi-
sion of war vessels. Moreover, the construction of a
harbour of refuge in this place is also ascertained as indis-
pensable for the protection of trade.
In continuing to advance to the south, the board neg-
lects the two bays separated by Cape Dungeness, both
excellent anchorages. The reason for this seeming abo-
lition, however, deserves to be named. It runs thus :
It is because, when nature presents such a commodious
shelter, it will always be a subject of serious thought to
know that one must not be satisfied with the good we
find, in order to procure to other places (of an ascer-
tained importance as to the site) the artificial help they
require, to acquire the qualities of a safe and quite an-
chorage.
Two or three leagues farther than Cape Beachy you
will find Seaford.
This presents a magnificent anchorage, which lies fe-
licitously within the same distance from Dover and
Portsmouth. Such is the intermediary 'site for wich
the Commission does not hesitate to propose to Govehrn-
ment a great work of art.
The Board demands that in a. direction from north
north-west to south south-east there should be con-
structed a breakwater or pier, one marine mile in length,
and a little curved at each extremity by a rectilinear
bend.
Behind this lung 'breakwater, first-rate men-of-war
would find a depth of water more than sufficient ; and
nearer to the land there would remain a very large space
for merchant vessels of every tonnage. This formidable
situation would threaten at once all the French ports,
from Boulogne to Havre, from which it is only 72 miles
distant.
This port will find, without doubt, some inconvenience
in not being protected well enough by Cape Barrow,
westwards, the west winds prevailing especially in the
stormy season ; but this objection is not predominating
in the eyes of the Commissioners. Taking into consi-
deration the neighbourhood of the inner port of New-
haven, they do not hesitate to propose for such a valu-
able zo expense of thirty millions of francs-
-1,250,0001. Let us add that by bird's flight the distance
from Seaford to London is cn.ly 40 kilometres-30 miles ;
and that, through the railway between Brighton and
London being branched to Seaford, it would be Brighton
two
y to
reach Seaford from the metropolis in less :ban
hours.
From Seaford to Portsmouth the British navy will
have nothing to do with ; one must go further 60 miles
westward to reach the magnificent s.
The isle of Portland shelters and protects westwards
and southwards ; the extensive road of the same name
opens eastwards.
This road is adjoining that of the Weymouth, looking
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nomical and easy.

Besides, the -isle of Portland ponesses inexhaustible
stone quarries, a great part of which belong to tke
state, and will be ready for the groundwork of the
breakwater.

The isle has plenty of soft watt✓ springs, which 011
supply all the vessels anchored in the roads.
Finally, this road offers the advantage of an inner
port ut Weymouth, which is formed by the mouth of the
little river Way—hence the name of the place.
Such is the whole of the works the Coirioissioll PF"-
poses in that site ; a naval division stutioncd at Port-
land, having under its protection, jointly with the Dart-
mouth station, all the intermediary points ; iu short,
these two situations will complete with Plymouth an
unbroken chain of communication, co-operation, ani.
protection between Dover and Falmouth, in an cxtcut or
300 sea miles, or 556 kilometres.
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differentousts..c., brsoe
M. Dupin then enters into all the pPrticularsucs,f
works to be undertaken upon those
ginning with Dover, which the Commission
ission, which
first necessity. Re next quoteS, -word for
finitive conclusions of the Eaghsh Comm wars,the de

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—.Ant great interest in every respect, and accompanies
Slims with useful remarks, well worthy being meditated,
mad by which we will conclude this rapid analysis.
Here are the conclusions of the Commission.
" The Board cannot close their report without ex-
pressing in the strongest terms their unanimous opinion
and profound conviction, that it is indispensable to adopt
such measures as will procure to the south-east frontier
a powerful naval protection.
" Without any exception, the tide harbours situate on
the coast between Portsmouth and the Thames are net
capable of receiving large steam vessels. Now-a-days,
when steam has introduced so great a change in the
situation of modern affairs, it is an imperious necessity
to snake up, by artificial means, for the want of proper
sea ports in the narrow part of the Channel.
" A hydrographical chart shows the points or places
where, from our propositions, our merchant vessels will
find refuge in harbours and closed anchorage grounds.
" By such means, connected with the use of steam at
sea, with railways and telegraphic communications by
land, the naval and military strength of Great Britain
can, in a few hours. be brought to bear with the greatest
effect upon any point of the coast.
" The resolutions we have thought it our duty to sub-
mit to your Lordships of the Exchequer to be executed,
will require a great amount of public "expenditure ; but
when the lives, the private property, as well as the
national safety, are the interests at stake, we think no
pecuniary consideration should be allowed to prevent
the realisati' n of results of such vast importance."
The general chart to which the:Commissioners allude
in their conclusions, says M. Dupin, presents a series of
distances which will certainly strike every attentive ob-
server. Here they are related according to their res-
pective bearings, proceeding from west to east, in geogra-
phical miles, 60 to the degree. Miles
FrouifFslmouth to Plymouth, Ist centre of protec-
tion and aggression
38
From Plymouth
.to the Isle of Guernsey (a British
posse= non at the entrance of St. Male's Gulf) 78
From Plymouth to Dartmouth 3O
From Dartmonth to Portland (the second important
centre of protection and aggression)
From Portland to the Anglo-Norman Isle of Guern-

soy 6O
From Portland to Alderney, the next Anglo-Nor-
man Isle

48

(Alderney lies 29 miles from Cherburg.)
Prom Portland to Portsmouth, rounding off Isle of
Wight .
From Portsmouth (the third centre of protection
and aggression) to Alderney B7
From Portsmouth to Seaford (the fourth centre of
protection and aggression) 5B -
From Seaford, doubling Beachy Head, to Dover
(the fifth centre of protection and aggression)
From Dover, penetrating in the Thames, as far as
the anchorage in the Nore, facing the naval ar-
senal of Sheerness (the sixth centre of protection
and aggression)
From Dover to Harwich over the Thames (the se-
venth centre of protection and aggession) 55
It will be rem•irked, undoubtedly, how the centres of
protection and aggression are multiplied, and almost
hegytd, in proportion as the coast of England becomes
nearer to that of France. From Portsmouth to the port
of llarwich, in an extent of twenty-two myriametres
only it is proposed to create, according to the estimates
for 96,000,000 of sea works. There will be five great
centres of protection, capable of receiving five naval
armies, and serving as starting points for five expeditions
of great war-steamers— the farthest expedition being
ab'e to pounce in seven hours upon the coast of France,
and the nearest one in one hour and a half; the whole of
which works will exercise their influence, not to say their
sway, upon 150 leagues of our shores, from Dunkirk to
the Bay of St. Malo.

We ;hall end this memoir by observing that,*along all
this vast unfolding of open shores, France possesses but
one great centre of protection—that is, Cherbourg.
Under the reign of Louis XIV. an illustrious member
of the Academy of Sciences, a great citizen, who never
left untried any service be could render to his native
country—the Marshal Vauban—had known how to give
us, at Hard} ek, near Dunkirk, a fin t centre of protection,
which was destroyed not by war, but in peace, by decay,
in the reign of Louis XV. _ _

I should consider myself the most happy of men if I
mid hopa this memoir will not be without influence ; so
that, in our age, following the example set by a great
reign, and aroused by the indefatigable energy of our
rivals, we should zealously occupy ourselves about the
means fit to give us sufficient centres of protection for
.our merchant vessels from Dunkirk to Cherbourg. This
Is a vital question both for commerce and the safety of
the country—such a question as can be well solved only
by the united aid of civil, military, and naval science
and art.

Let us call to oar assistance hydrography, navigation,
hydraulic architecture, railways, and electric telegraphy,
in order that from Paris, as rapidly as from London,
talutiry adrices and orders for action should be trans-
mitted in opportune time, finding within proper dis-
tunces lx.th places of protection and radiating centres,
such as are required for the security of our shores, and
the honour of our native country.—Journal du Havre.

TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE NEAR
FOLKES LONE.
FOLKESTONE, OCT. 3.—During the last few days, the
villages adjacent to this town have been most painfully
excited by the commission of a double murder, in the
parish of Elham, about ten miles distant, and the suicide
of the murderer. The unfortunate victims were the
wife and child of the wretched perpetrator of the deed.
named Sharruck Richard Bragg, a bricklayer by trade.
Oa Wednesday morning he rose at an early hour, and
while his wife was in bed with an infant by her side, he
stru.3k her violent blows on the temple with a hammer,
and then committed thelike violence on a little girl,' five
years of age, which lay in a side bed, after which he de-
stroyed his own life by cutting his throat.
The particulars attending the dreadful catastrophe
may be gathered from the subjoined evidence which was
adduced at the coroner's inquest on the bodies. It was
I-el lat the King's Arms Inn, at Elham, before Mr. T.
T. Delasseux, one of the county coroners.
William Jaggers, a schoolmaster residing in the vil-
lage, was first called. He said that he had lodged at
the house of the deceased for about ten months. The
family consisted of Sharruck Richard Bragg, his wife
Mary, and her two children, the eldest named Ellen,
aged about five years, and an infant aged four months.
The conduct of the. deceased man towards his wife and
children was most kind. On Tuesday night, about half-
past ten o'clock, witness went to bed; the deceased, his
wife, and children had retired before that time. About
half past five o'clock on the fo!lowing morning he heard
a heavy fall on the floor fn the room of the deceased;
shortly before which he heard the wife of the deceased
groaning. The groans continued and at times grew
louder. About six o'clock witness got up and dressed
himself; and on looking out of the window saw a little
girl knocking at the front door. He immediately went
down stairs and opened the door, but the child was gone.
lie then discovered some blood lying on the floor in the
front room, which is under the apartment occupied by
the deceased, and on looking up he perceived more
dripping through the ceiling. He instantly called up a
female Lamed Quested, and desired her to go and open
the bedroom door of the deceased.

Ann Quested, the wife of a blacksmith, was.next exa
mined—She deposed that at about hall-past six o'clock
on Wednesday morning she was called by the last wit
ness to go into the deceased's room. She did so, and
was horrified on teeing the deceased man lying on the
floor covered with blood. She also saw the bedclothes
saturated with blood. Being much alarmed, she hastened
down stairs for assistance.

Richard Foreman stated that he had known the de-
ceased about twenty years. For the last five or six
years he'had seen him frevei ty. During the last few
weeks he appeared much trouNled in his mind, and ha:
corrp'aim dto witness about i . lie was w:th him for
about three-quarters of an h. u • at his home on Tuesday
evening. He was then low-qa cited, but witness did not
observe anything unpletviarA -13 tween him and his wi!e.
He left his house a nine o'clock.

By a
.in:nr—Deceased always appeared very much a
tacked to his wife and children.

James Bragg, brother to the deceased, said that, on
Tuesday even;ng, about seven o'clock, he met his
brother, end had some converfatioi with him. For the
last mouth e sed had laboered under a depression of
tz. Witness was at work with him about three
weeks ago, he was then strange in his conversation, and
diff-:rent from what he had been in the habit of being.
By the CORONER—From what he had seen and heard,
he believed that the deceased was jealous of his wife.
He bad heard the deceased say, " If I was to die, there is
another man ready to marry my wife."
Sarah Bragg, the wife of the last witness, was then
called. She was one of the first to enter the deceased's
bedroom on the alarm being given. She saw the de-
ceased min lying on the floor. He was quite dead, and
the upper part of his body was covered with blood, On
a chair ne.►r his corpse she found w razor covered with
blood. She then went to thd bed and lifted the infant
from it. The moter was perfectly insensible, and was
groaning her..eray. The little girl was in a side bed. She
was covt,Ted with blood. They were both breathing.
Mr. James Beattie, surgeon, of Elham, deposed to the
nature of the wounds which the murderer had inflicted,
and from which both his wife and child had died almost
immediately after his being called in.
The CORONER summed up, and left it to the jury to
state whether the deceased man was the master of his
actions when he destroyed himself end wife and child.
The jury consulted together, and then found " that
the deceased Sharruck Richard Bragg killed and slayed
Mary his wife, and Ellen his daughter, while in an un-
sound state of mind, and while in that insane state did
destroy himself byeuttingbis throat with a certain razor.

IMPRISONMENT FOR STEALING WALNUTS. -At
Wandsworth Police-court, on Monday, two young men,
named Thomas- Chandler and Henry Elliot, were sen-
tenced to be imprisoned seven days each for having
knocked down some walnuts off a tree in an enclosed
field at Barnes, belonging to Lord Lonsdale. The agent
of his Lordship said it was net for the value of the wal-
nuts that he prosecuted, but on account of the great
damage done to the fences.
The Whittle Dean Water Company have entered
into contracts for the manufacture of their great aque-
duct pipe, the diameter of which is twenty-four inches,
and it will be about twelve miles in length. Consider-
able progress has been made in the formation of the
company's reservoirs at Welton, and the works neces-
sary for their completion are proceeding with activity.—
Newcastle Gazette.

EXPORTS FROM SOUTHAMPTON.—We understand
that-the exported articles of merchandise from this
port to foreign ports during the month of September,
have considerably exceeded any previous month ; the
value is about 200,0001., exported to the East and West
Indies, Chins, Alexandria, Smyrna, Constantinople,
Italy, the Peninsula, and the Channel Islands. There
has been also shipped from hence, for Lisbon, about
30,0004 in gold, 'Which is ranch in demand there, and c mn-
SeqUelitly At a high premium.—ilampahire Independent,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, October 6,
(Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.)
IN RE--.

Mr. AsurrxsT, a solicitor, applied to his Honour under
the following circumstances:—A fiat had been issue d
against a person who had been in partnership, and the
business was carried on by the continuing partners.
The bankrupt, however, found that it was impossible for
him to make out the accounts without having the books
of the partnership lodged with the official assignee.
This, however, was refused, and the present was an
application for an order from the Court for the purpose.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said he could not make
any such order, but the bankrupt and his accountant
were entitled to have tree access to the books, and make
any extracts they thought proper.
It was then arranged that a room should be set apart
in the house of business, in which the bankrupt could go
through the accounts.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
, A gentleman who assumed the name of Henry Phillips
was brought before Alderman Wilson, charged with
having on the preceding night, at nine o'clock, taken
several ladies round the waist in Gracechurch-street.
A policeman stated that the gentleman, who was
accompanied by another, attracted the notice of people
in the streets by the familiar manner in which they
claimed acquaintance with several females, who seemed
not to relish the liberties they took, and quickly passed
on. The witness requested both gentlemen, who were
evidently elevated with liquor, to go home, and one of
them wisely took the advice. The defendant, however,
not only refused to leave the spot, but to allow the ladies
to pass unmolested. He was, nevertheless, cautious
enough, when he saw that any female whom he "my
deared" happened to be in the company of a gentleman,
to apologise for the mistake. As he seemed to be getting
more warm it was considered necessary to cool him in
the station-house, out of which place he was bailed at
nine o'clock in the morning, so that he was quite long
enough there to judge of its comforts.
' The defendant said he was sure the policeman was in
error in saying that he put his hands upon any lady. It
was true his friend, in whose company he had been
dining out, wished to have a little conversation with the
other sex, but he interfered to prevent what he knew
was unbecoming steady men of business, and it was while
he was engaged in the duty of prevention, that the
policeman mistook him for the aggressor, and took him
into custody.
Alderman Wresoev—Policeman, why did you not se-
cure the friend of this gentleman ? The policeman—l
had enough to do to secure this gentleman, and to save
the ladies from his unwelcome embraces. Besides, as
the other at once desisted, I allowed him to go on with-
out any further delay, and the defendant might have
gme away too, but he would insist upon going up to
the women. When I told him that I must take him into
custody, he looked very big, and said he had been dining
with the Lord Mayor.—(Laughter.)
Alderman WiLsoN—Had you been dining with the
Lord Mayor? Defendant—Oh dear, no, Sir. I never
thought of such a thing. It is pretty well known that
if a man dined with the Lord Mayor, it would not be
easy to find him in the street at nine o'clock.—(A
laugh.) I was dining with my friend over in the Bo •
rough ; and the fact is we took a. little too much.
Alderman WlLsoN—lt seems that you drank more,
for you certainly behaved worse. You are fined twenty
shillings.
Defendant—Sir, I thank you very much, I shall pay
with pleasure indescribable.
Alderman Wtesoer—l would advise you, in your fu-
ture frolics, not to say you have been dining with the
Lord Mayor.
The defendant—Oh dear, certainly not. I might
have said that I dined as well as if I had dined with the
Lord Mayor, but I could not have meant that I had
been his Lordship's guest.
BOW-STREET.
Frederick Smith was charged, before Mr. Henry, with
stealing a coat, value 2L, the property of Mr. E mans,
landlord of the Edinburgh Castle Tavern, in the Strand.
Maria Kernes, servant to Mr. Emans, said that, on
Tuesday last, she was going down stairs, from the second
to the first floor, and met the prisoner with a coat under
his arm going up stairs. She asked him what he
wanted, and he said he wanted Mr. Wilson. She told
him there was no such person there, and he west away.
When he was gone she missed a coat, which had been
lying across the bannister, and called out after the pri-
soner. He was stopped at the foot of the stairs by the
barman.
The barman corroborated part of this statement, and
produced the coat. The prisoner had toad him that
the coat belonged to Mr. Wilson, and that he was about
to leave it for him.
Mr. Emans prored that the coat was his property,
and was worth 21.
Policeman F 68, proved that in March last he took
the prisoner into custody for stealing a tumbler and
two towels ; he was then committed for trial at tie
Clerkenwell sessions, convicted, and sentenced to six
weeks' imprisonment. He then gave the name of
Charles Jones.
The prisoner said that the coat wa's given to him by
a person who met him inthe streets, and offered him a
shilling to carry it. 11. was committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DRIVEN FROM PILLAR TO POsT.—Lacy, one of the
officers of St. George's parish, brought Harriet Arundel,
a widow who had evidently seen better days, before Mr.
Hardwick, for the purpose of stating her melancholy
case. The woman had residt d in the lifetime of her
husband in the parish of St. George's for several years.
Her husband died, leaving her with five young children,
in such reduced circumstances, that she was obliged to
apply to the parish for assistance. As her settlement
was with the parish GC Nlarylebone, her husband having
been apprenticed in that parish, the officers of St.
George's caused her to be regularly passed to Maryle-
bone. No objection was made by the officers of Maryle-
bone to the settlement, and her case being taken into
consideration, an allowance of ss. per week was given
her towards e support of herself and family. As soon
as the New Settlement Act came into operation, in
which it is provided that a residence of five years shall
confer a settlement, the authorities of Marylebone
stopped the weekly allowance. The widow fell into ar-
rears with her landlord in consequence of this proceed-
ing, and finding her children in a state of starvation, she •
applied to the officers of the parish of St. George's for
relief. She was told that the parish of St. George was
exonerated from the burden of her support, as she had
been regularly passed to Marylebone. She went to
AfarylelaJne parish, when she was told that she mast
apply to St. George's. The woman, acting on advice, went
to Mr. Rawlinion, the magistrate of Mars lebone Police-
court, and was then told to make an application to the
Marylebone board the following board-day. She went,
hut was told to ga away, as no attention would be paid
to her case. Lacy said he had investigated the poor
woman's case, and had found that she was a very de-
4erving object. He knew that her family, all very
young, were in a state of starvation—indeed he did not
know what would have occurred had he not relieved the
poor woman with a trifle out of his own pocket, and had
not the magistrate (Mr. Hardwick) kindly ordered her
last week a trifle from the poor-box.
Mr. llAnnwicrt looked to the new Act, and said he
did not find any power in it for a magistrate to interfere
in such a case. He was of opinion, that the officers of
farylebone took an erroneous view of the new Act. It
Appeared to him that the woman was still legally en-
titled to relief from Marylebone, and he should advise
the woman to go into that parish and make a regular
claim for relief.
Lacy said, if Marylebone disputed the settlement,
snd would pass the woman back to St. George's, he was
sure the authorities of St. George's would be willing to
try the question. In the meantime, however, the poor
creature and her children could not be allowed to starve.
The woman then left the Court, after receiving five
shillings from the poor-box, with the intention of getting
a lodging in Marylebone, and making another applica-
tion for relief.

CLERICENWELL.
John Lloyd, a cab driver, was charged by the police
with being drunk and upsetting his vehicle, whereby he
endangered the lives of two persons who had hired it.
Police-constable 39 bl,'said he heard loud screams in
the City-road about twelve o'clock on Monday night, and
on proceeding towards the spot he saw the prisoner lying
in the middle of the road, with his cab completely turned
over. As he came up, two persons had just extricated
themselves from the cab. However, not liking the
trouble of attending in the Court that morning they
went away without giving their address. When the
prisoner got up he seemed rather stupified, but as the
constable thought this might have been caused by the
fall, he allowed him again to mount the box, but he
had scarcely got twenty yards before he drove the cab
4gainst a lamp-post, and again upset it.
Mr. BROUGHTON sentenced lain to pay a fine of 305.,
or be imprisoned for one month.
WORSHIP-STREE T.

CHARGE Or STABBING.—Ann Sinnot alias Nance
Ruffey, was charged with having stabbed a man named
Daniel Crawley.
Sergeant King said, that between twelve and one
o'clock on Saturday night there was a disturbance i❑
Flower and Dean-street, Spitalfields, which he quelled,
and he then saw Crawley go into a sort of eating-house
of the lowest kind, kept by the prisoner. Presently he
came out holding his hand to his breast, from which he,
was bleeding profusely, and ran towards witness, ex-
claiming, " I'm stabbed! I'm stabbed to the heart! Oh,
stop the blood and save me!" He said that Nance
Ruffey had done it, and after having been seen by a
surgeon was conveyed to the London Hospital, where it
was found that a wound, an inch and a half deep, had
penetrated the chest. The prisoner, on being taken to
the station-house, said her landlady was quarrelling with
her, and had sent Crawley to break her door open, and
that when he came in he threw the meat in her face,
and that she must protect herself.
A certificate from Mr. Wordsworth, house surgeon at
the London Hospital, was produced, stating that Craw-
ley had a punctured wound in the chest, and was in a
dangerous state.
She was remanded for a week.

Charles Greville, a youth, about 14 years of age, was
charged by Mr. Thomas Graynall, landlord of the
Prince of Wales, Finsbury•market, as follows:—
Mr. Graynall stated that at about 9 o'clock on Monday
night, the defendant and several other boys were making
a great disturbance before his door. Ile warned them
off repeatedly, they however replied to his admonitions
and threats by letting off a number of fireworks. Ile
then ran out with the cane in his hand and applied it to
the backs of several of them, and whilst doing so, ho
distinctly saw the defendant throw at him the half brick
now produced which met him in the head, and fur a
time completely stunned him. The defendant ran off,
but was captured.
The defendant did not deny having thrown the mis-
sile at the complainant, but said that the latter was the
aggressor, as,he had come out of his house with the cane

in his hand and beat the boys, who were quietly playing I
in the road, with it, without any provocation whatever.
The mother of the defendant begged for mercy.
Mr. 1311gal:um fined the defendant 305., or in default,
a fortnight in the House of Correction.
SOUTHWARK.
James Dillon was charged before Mr. Seeker with
practisirg a very gross imposition on several tradesmen
in the vicinity of this Court.
It appeared that on the preceding afternoon the
prisoner went into a public-house and called for half a
pint of beer, for which be paid with a shilling. The
change was given to him, and in a few moments after-
. wards he said the landlady had given him sixpence short.
Although the landlady was certain she had given him
the full change, she was induced to give him another
sixpence, he so pertinaciously declaring that he had not
received it. He was afterwards watched into two other
shops, where he practised a similar imposition, and when
he was subsequently given into custody there was found
in his possession abundance of copper money. When he
was searched at the station-house there were several small
articles found in his pocket, which he had obtained at
other shops, in each instance having given a shilling, and
although receiving his full change, declaring that the
shopkeeper had made a mistake, and given him sixpence
short.
In the course of the examination, it was stated that a
number of other charges of a similar description were
likely to be preferred against him; and for that purpose
he was remanded until to-day.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIiza Jarvis, the wife of a
wine merchant, late of Bush-lane, City, was brought be-
fore Mr. Seeker, charged with having made a very de-
termined attempt on her life the preceding morning, at a
coffee-shop in the Waterloo-road.
A young woman named Bade, servant at the coffee-
shop, stated that on Saturday night the defendant came
to her employer's house, and, after having taken some
coffee, engaged a bed for the night. The following
morning she requested that her breakfast might be
brought up stairs to her bedroom, and she ordered a
slice of bacon, desiring that a knife and fork might be
provided. Her wishes were complied with, and a consi-
derable time having elapsed, and she not coming down
stairs, the landlord went up and knocked at the bed-
room door, informing her that it was getting late in the
day. The defendant answered in a feeble tone of voice,
requesting that he would send the servant girl up to her,
and the latter, upon entering the room, discovered the
defendant lying on the bed, holding her right arm, from
which the blood was flowing into a basin on a chair by
the bed side. The knife which was sent up with the
bacon was lying close by, and from the marks of blood
upon it, there was no doubt it was used by the unfortu-
nate woman to inflict a wound across her arm; but to
the blade being extremely blunt and jagged was to be
principally attributed the circumstance of her not baring
effected her object; as it was, however, a deep incision
was:inflicted across the inside of her arm at the elbow. A
medical man was immediately called in, and he pro-
nounced that, although a good deal of injury was done,
still that it would not be attended with any danger.,
Acting-inspector Simmons, L division, stated that in-
quiries had been made respecting the defendant, and
that it was ascertained she was the wife of a merchant
in Bush-lane, in the City, who had some time since
failed for 44,000/. He had absconded from his creditors,
and a reward of 3001. was offered for his apprehension.
Since the flight of her husband, the defendant had been
lodging at a house in White- street, Southwark, and was
supporting herself on a small weekly pittance which she
was allowed by parties whom she. did not know, but
whom she had occasion to believe were friends in the
country.
Her landlady came forward and said, that for some
days she had been in a very desponding condition of
mind with regard to two of her children, who had been
taken away from her, and placed at a boarding-school.
Their board and education were paid for by unknown
parties, and she was possessed of the idea that her chil-
dren would be taken away from her entirely. This latter
circumstance preyed heavily on her mind.
Mr. SECKER put some questions to the unfortunate
woman, with a view that she should explain the cause of
her having attempted suicide, but she merely said that
her misfortunes were great, and that she could not bear
up against them. She, however, now regretted what she
had done in her excited state, and would not attempt the
like again.
Mr. SECKER said, that in the defendant's condition of
mind, he could not take her own word, and that it was
necessary she should find two sureties of 101. each to be
bail for her.
The defendant not being prepared with the required
sureties was committed.