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London, England, 1860-08-22 00:00:00

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and daughter repeated their statements, to kbITZ-T-A.-4
-he set up a general denial.
Paynter, in reference to the allusion the deAl 11
fendant has made to the Walworth murder, x-
pressed his belief that, had the defendant been
per-
mitted to return home in the violent state of
drunkenness in which he was captured, there was
much reason to fear he would have te-enacted that
fearful tragedy. He (the magistrate) thought this
one of the worst cases of the kind that had ever
come before him.
Defendant was remanded till Thursday.

GREENWICH.--Jahn Lawes, a man employed
as a stoker at the Surrey Consumers' Gas Works,
Rotherhithe, was placed in the dock before Mr.
Mande, charged with committing a violent assault
upon Margaret Barry, a young woman, residing at
3, Neptune-street, Rotherhithe.
The complainant, who appeared exceedingly ill
from the effect of the prisoner's violence, said the
prisoner had been living with her mother for a
period of three years, and last evening, about II
o'clock, he returned home and wished her to go out
with him. This she refused to do, remarking it
was an improper hour to leave home, upon which
the prisoner seized hold of her and struck her three
violent blows with his fist in the face, knocking her
down, and then kicking her in the stomach. She
(complainant) called out for assistance, and a lodger
in the house went for a police-cOnstable.
The prisoner admitted striking the complainant,
but denied kicking her. lie then said he had been
living with complainant's mother three years, and
had been paying his addresses to the complainant,
to whom he was engaged to be married.
Mr. Maude—What ! Cohabiting with the mother
and keeping company with her daughter ? Did
ever anybody hear such disgraceful profligacy ?
And (turning to the complainant) is this true ?
The complainant hung down her head, and made
no answer to the question put.
The prisoner said he was very sorry, and if his
worship would look over the charge he would pro-
mise he would have nothing more to do either with
complainant or her mother.

The mother of the complainant here stepped for-
ward and corroborated her daughter's statement as
to the violence committed. She also admitted
having lived with the prisoner, by whom she had
had two children, both of whom were dead.
Mr. Maude said it was truly shocking to witness
the disgraceful profligacy which had been exhibited.
With this, however, he had nothing to do, but the
assault he could punish ; and as the case was one
which a recent Act of Parliament was intended to
meet, the prisoner would be imprisoned and kept to
hard labour for three months.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
x Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Crowded Houses Nightly to the powerful Adelphi drama of
Janet Pride.—Last three nights of Miss Julia Daly.

THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster,
J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby ; Miss Woolgar and
Miss Laidiaw.

To conclude with IN AND OUT OF PLACE. Miss
Julia Daly, Messrs. C. Selby and C. J. Smith.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
To-Morrow (Thursday) Evening, August 23, the Annual
Benefit of Mr. Wm. Smith, Acting Manager, MASKS AND
FACES. Triplet (his original character), Mr. Ben. Webster ;
Peg Wofflngton, Miss Woolgar. LOAN OF A LOVER
Gertrude (for this night only), Miss Rebecca Isaacs ; Peter
Spyk, Mr. W. Smith. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS :
Pat Rooney, Mr. George Hodson.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Wx. BATTY.
Immense Success of "Maseppa."
A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on
SATURDAY next, Aug 25, commencing at Two o'clock. "'
This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of
MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new
and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments,
introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po-
nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World.
To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders
of the day.
Doors open at halt-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Rcvolti.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.—
EVERY EVENING,
A Grand Selection from
MARTHA,
And Selections from
DINORAH, TROVATORE, MACBETH,
And numerous other Entertainments.
Balcony, is Hall, 6d.
Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall.
The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised
expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with
Negro delineations, anecdotes, dm, in addition to the usual
entertainments.
The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday
Evening.

TRH WEATHER.—Syx OFFICE, AUGUST 22, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
55—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.61; a fall of half an inch since yester-
day.

WtxD—Sonth-Westerly ; fresh, with heavy rain in the
morning.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAT.—Morning, sh. 23m.—Afternoon, 6h. 45m.
To-uoßitow.-Morning, 6h. 7m.—Afternoon, 6h. Sim.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1860.

The House of Commons went last night into
Committee on the Naval Discipline Bill, with the
view of making. the Royal Navy more agreeable to
sailors. Flogging was discussed in all its bear-
ings, and the singular humanity of lowering the
number of lashes from fifty to forty-eight was
agreed to. Only think of sparing two lashes to a
poor degraded 'seaman's back ! What, would any one
of these fine legislators consider the anguish of two
such lashes from the hands of the boatswain's mate,
prompted by an overruling commander to " do his
duty," merely as a spectacle of caprice. Even Sir
CHARLES NAPIER, martinet though he be in all
naval discipline, felt the opinion of the House so
repugnant to l;he use of the "cat"—that he backed
out from his folrmer profession, that a ship's company
could not be managed without resorting to flogging.
Men have feelings, and sailors are but men, with
hearts as brave and minds as kind as the best of
landsmen, but they will not for any consideration
short of natiotnal honour consent to be dragooned
at the mere pleasure of an irreAponsible captain
into all sorts of " black list" servitude. There is
no question about the necessity of discipline on
board a man-tof-war; but there are two sorts of
discipline—that of conciliation and that of coercion
—the one leading gently but firmly from error,
and the other aggravating the wrong by making
it Worse, from an excess of temper.
We are clearly of opinion that a more humane
eystem of discipline would not only please the men,
but Would in the end tend to making the navy
more Popular, and strengthen the true defence of
the country against any and every foe who may
fancy an .
Inval,ion. Britain's best bulwarks are
her wooden
Walls ; but it is of little use to have
these wooden 'walls unless you have good hearts
and true to meet
the invader. Pay men fairly—
treat them holiesti
3r, and depend upon it England
will never be at a loss for good and able seamen to
man her fleets.

The admirahl e address delivered by the Earl of
especially
DERBY last Suturday at I(irkdale
is
deserving the a ttention of our readers. The occa-
sion was one of great interest, namely,
laying the
foundation stone of an industrial school and church.
We have long v.nd consistently advocated the,o„se
of these institutions, and it is highly gratifying to
all their well washers to see a statesman of Lord
DERBY'S eminence and ability supporting their
claims to public encouragement, with all the weight
of his perspicacious arguments and all the power
of his earnest eloquence. The justice of his remarks
on the disproportion existing between the rapid