The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

workhouse, he saw the pris on er, who was not sober. She
had threatened to assault if ini . before.

Mr. Long—What caused tier to say so ?
CoMplainant—She has t Aro children who are supported
by the parish, and who r( ceive each 4s. a week. She has
also an illegitimate child a t Margate, which costs the parish
7s. a Week. The board of guardians at their last meeting
determined upon taking I be children into the workhouse
schools. The prisoner, NI, ho was aware of what the board
had determined upon, wh en she saw him, asked him what
he intended to do with he r children. She then said with an
oath that she would breal his head, and observed that they
should not go in. She at ruck him a violent blow, from the
effect of winch he fell. She tried to bite him. He was
obliged to call a police-c' ;listable.
Police-constable Greg pry, D 294, said the prisoner was so
violent that she was obliged to be put in a cab and taken to
the station-house.

The prisoner was finect 405., or a month's imprisonment

WESTMINSTER.---A respectable-looking man, having
the appearance of a stablo helper or coachman, solicited the
magistrate's advice and. assistance under the following cir-
cumstances :

He said that a. short time ago he was in great distress, and
was obliged to sell some of his furniture, in order to live.
He disposed of a chest of drawers to a man at Lewisham,
and his wife being- itt the country .at the time, he did not
know but that the drawers ware empty. On his wife's re-
turn home in three weeks it was discovered that one of the
drawers was full of very good linen, on which his wife
made application to the purchaser, who said there were
only some rags ha the drawer, which he sold, and refused
either to restore them or make compensation. Applicant
was very poor, and the linen was an object to him.
Mr. Paynter—You must make application at Lewisham.
It is out of my jurisdiction.
Applicant—l hove hardlyany money.
Mr. Paynter—_t cannot, unfortunately, assist you ; you
must go to the coutity court at Lewisham.
Applicant having thanLecl the magistrate, left the court,
looking very dejected,

THAMES.—George Franklin, a hearty, jolly-looking
mariner, applied for ad% ice and assistance under the
subjoined circumstances : The applicant, who had recently
been paid off from one of her Majesty's ships, stated that
when he left home last vo: rage he was in possession of a
house of furniture, plenty• of clothing, and was worth
£l5O, which he left in char ge of his wife, with strict orders
for her to take charge of the property until his return.
Having full faith in her he departed to fight for his coun-
try, but when he got back to his residence he discovered
that his wife had decamped with his household and every-
thing he posiesSed.
Mr. Selfe—But where is your wife ?
Applicant—Well, I don't know.
Mr. Selfe—What do you wish me to do ?
Applicant—She has robbed me to a great extent.
Mr. Selfe—Did you turn her out ?
Applicant—Nof your honour ; she turned herself out, and
took everything belonging to me away with her. Hang me,
if she even left me a second shirt to stand upright in. In-
dependent of seizing the whole of my cargo and deserting
my ship, she has robbed me of £l5O, which was the result of
my hard earnings for years.
Mr. Selfe-4 am sorry for you, but a man cannot charge
his wife with felony, for what belongs to you belongs to
her. It is a joint partnership in law, and, however hard your
case may be, you cannot, under the circumstances narrated,
give her into custody.
Applicant—Since I have beeu home from abroad I have
advertised her .in the morning newspapers three times, as a
caution to tradesmen not to trust her.

Mr. Selfe—Well, you have done right so far, but under-
stand me—you cannot give her into custody for robbing you.
She may be a very bad woman in a moral point of view, but
I cannot assist you.
The applicant then left the court.

FROM. THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 6.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Richard Madox Bromley, Esq., C. 8.,
Accountant-General of the Navy, and of Thomas Tassell
Grant, Esq., late Comptroller of the Victualling and Trans-
port Services of the Navy, to be Ordinary Members of the
Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders
of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of James
Ormiston McWilliam, Esq., M.D., Surgeon in the Royal
Navy, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of
the Third Class, or Companions, of the said Most Honour-
able Order.