The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-30 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTION ORDER.—
A middle-aged lady, in a silk dress, was amongst the ap-
plicants for redress this morning, and stated that she
wanted a protection order.
Mr. Selfe—Under what circumstances ?

Applicant—My husband left me three months ago, and
the female he is keeping last night abused me. He is con-
.tinually in the neighbourhood, and I have no doubt has
intentions against my goods.
Mr. Selfe— How did he leave you ?
Applicant-1.300 in debt, which I have paid, and com-
menced business again for my eight children. I don't want
him to come and lay claim to what I have got.
Mr. Selfe—There are two kinds of protection hero. The
one you seek is for the protection of the goods of a woman
whose husband has deserted her. You say that your hus-
band is continually in the neighbourhood?
Applicant—Yes, he is.
Mr. Selfo—Perhaps ho will repent of his way.
Applicantr-I am sure „Lean% say. My friends propose
getting me a divorce.
Mr. Selfe—That will bo an effectual protection,
Applicant—That's what I wish when I get my affairs
settled. lam anxious to commence business again, but of
course I can't without some surety. My husband ran away
from his creditors.

Mr. Selfe—There is a difference between running away
from his creditors and running away from his wife. A
man may run away from one or other or from both. Your
husband may soon got sick of his illicit connection and
return to the bosom of his family.
Applicant—That lam quite sure he never will; I will
take care of that.

Mr. Selfo having pointed out that he had no power to
grant an order under such circumstances, the lady with-
drew.

THAMES.

A WIFE-BEATER. - Thomas Cotton, a labourer, of No. 3,
Little Union-street, St. George-in-the-East, was brought
before Mr. Benson, charged with violently assaulting his
wife.

The complainant, a squalid, careworn, half-starved
woman, said the prisoner neglected her and her children.
and ha had often struck her. Last night she went after
him to a publichouse, and he came home with her. He
swore at her, and uttered the most foul abuse. Sho went
into the kitchen to look after her children, who were sleep-
ing there, and her husband followed and knocked her
down with his fist, and then kicked her. Iler screams
brought a police constable to her dwelling, and the pri-
soner was given into custody.
Mr. Benson—Well, prisoner, what have you to say to
this ?
The Prisoner—Nothing, sir.

Mr. Benson—Nothing ? You hear what she says.
The-Prisoner—l bring the money home, and she goes
out and spends it in drink.
The wife denied this, and said she expended her
husband's earnings in a frugal manner.
The Prisoner—You were drunk last night.
The policeman who arrested tho prisoner said the
woman was quite sober last night.
The Wife—l had one pint of beer yesterday, and no
more.

Mr. Benson said the prisoneed conduct vas quite un-
justifiable, and ho was without excuse fur beating his
wife. He sentenced the prisoner to ono month's hn-,
prisonment and hard labour, and to enter into his own
recognisances in the sum of £2O to keep thc, peace and be
of good behaviour for three months.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

(From the Illustrated London News.)

The will of Sir Anthony George Perrier, C. 8.,
late British Consul for Brest, in the Department of
Finnisterre. Morbihan, and Cotes-du-Nord, was
proved in London by Follett Pennell, Esq., one of
the executors, power being reserved to William
Pennell, Esq., the other executor. The penalty in
England was sworn under £3,000. The will was
executed at Paris, May 5, 1859, and he died at Brest,
July 8, 1867, aged seventy-four. The testator
was the nephew of Sir. A. Perrier, formerly
Mayor of Cork ; and married, in 1816, Louisa,
daughter of William. Pennell, Esq. He has
bequeathed to his wife, Lady Perrier, a life interest
in all his property in Great Britain, and on her
decease he leaves the same to his daughter Louisa
for her life; but in the event of her marrying the
property is to be equally divided amongst all his
daughters, in certain specified proportions, or at
her death to the surviving daughters. The testator
states that he does not leave any part of his property
in England to his son John, of the Admiralty, in
London ; nor to William, a lieutenant in the navy,
both being better off than his wife and daughters,
he having provided for them by the French will
out of his property in France.

The will of Morgan Treherne, Esq., M.P. for
Coventry, of Stratford-place, has been provel in
London, by his son, Morgan Dalrymple Treherpe,
Esq., the sole executor. The personalty was sw6rn
under £30,000. The testator wrs Deputy Lieute-
nant for Surrey, and died July 11, 1867, at Long
Ditton, at the age of 64, having executed his will
March 10, 1805. He bequeaths to his wife an
immediate legacy of £l,OOO, and his carriages and
horses, and a life interest in the remainder of his
personal estate, including the leasehold residence,
with the furniture. He has bequeathed legacies of
various amounts to his sons and daughters, and

appoints his son, Morgan Dalrymple Treherne,
residuary legatee.

The will of Miss Anna Maria Prinald, formerly
of Eltham, Kent, but late of Camberwell-grove,
Surrey, was proved in London, under £lB,OOO per-
sonalty. She leaves
.the following charitable be-
quests :—To the Royal Hospital for Incurables,
Putney, and the Asylum for Idiots, each £5OO ; to
the Orphan Working School (Haverstock-hill), the
Law Association for Widows and Families of Pro-
fessional Men, Hospital for Consumption and Dis-
eases of the Chest, Houseless Poor Committee Society
(Old Broad-street), Convalescent Home for Femalei
(Bayswater), each £2OO ; to the Church of England
Scripture-readers' Association, the Friendly Female
Society (Camberwell), Infant Orphan Asylum,
Church Pastoral Aid Society, British and Foreign
Bible Society, Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts, London Hospital, Colonial
and Continental Church Society, Canter Hospital,
Benevolent or Strangers' Friend Society, and the
Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, each
£lOO ; to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-
road, and the Association for the Welfare of the
Blind, Euston-road, each £5O ; to the ragged schools
in Southwark, £2OO ; to the incumbent of .Camden
Church, Camberwell, £lOO for charitable objects
in connection withat that church ; to the minis-
ter of Blackheath Park church, £lOO, to be
applied in like manner ; to William Moon, of
Brighton, inventor of a system of embossed
reading for the blind, or to the treasurer of
the :society formed for embossing books on that
system, £lOO. She bequeaths to the Vicar of El-
tham £5OO stock, the dividends to be applied in
keeping the family tomb in repair, and the surplus
to be given to the deserving poor of that parish.
The wills of the undermentioned were recently
proved :—The Right Hon. Caroline, Baroness
Churston, under £2,000 personalty ; the Baroness
Georgiana Solardi, £4,000 ; the Hon. John Yarde
Buller, £9,000 ; the Hon. Henrietta Jones, £B,OOO ;
and the lion. Henry Byerlcy Thomson, one of the
Puisne Judges at Ceylon, £5,000 personalty in this
country.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE2—This Day.

Market flat. Sales probably 8,000 bales.

INVESTMENTS 1N MINES.

TO THE EDITOR' OF THE SIIN.

Sin,—l notice the remarks in your paper of the
16th from Mr. Spargor's pamphlet, which I think
ought to be read by all the investing public. There
cannot be a doubt blit money can be safely invested
in our metallic mines in this country to much
greater advantage than lending millions to foreign
countries, with 80 and 100 years' .credit ; in fact,
better give them the money, for doubtless a tithe of
it will never be returned to the English investor !
What mighty and miraculous events may occur in
less time than 80 years ? The sick man may die
long ere this—nearly three generations of credit
may expire. The Ecton Mine paid the Duke
of Devonshire more than a million sterling, when
the price of copper was less than the present
quotation ; the Anglesea Mines paid several millions
sterling when the standard of copper was less than
100 ; the Devon Consols more than a million ster-
ling, and the price of copper under the present quo-
tation ; and nu•nerous mines in Cornwall gave
fabulous profits in dividends when the price of
copper was from 10 to 20 per cent. below the price
in August, 1867. Where money is lost in mines it
has invariably been by re-opening old and exhausted
mines. In embarking in old mines it is just like a
young man marrying his grandmother ; to x; it, the
once rich mines of Burra Burra, the Cobre Mines
in Cuba, the rich mines in South Africa, the Cape,
Canada, and California cannot pay when they get
deep, unless the price is very high, and then the
English mines get inundated with foreign copper.
It is much better that the price of copper should re-
main just where it is—say about 115 standard—
and then Cornwall and Devon have nothing to fear
by embarking in new and unexplored ground. The
cream or profit from mines is from the adit level to
the 100 fms. under it, and below this depth the
mineral invariably declines in value as the centre of
the deposit is passed. This is understood by prac-
tical miners in most countries. £lO,OOO invested
in English mines is equal to £lOO,OOO invested in
most of the foreign mines. Ispeak this from my
experience in foreign mines.—l am, &c.,

AN INVESTOR IN MINES FOR 40 YEARS.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, August 29.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-thy, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :