The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-08 00:00:00

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LAW TATTaLLIGENCE.—rrhis Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE. COURT OF C WINCERY.
The leading country markets held on Saturday were but i (Bet-ore the Lord Chancellor ana Lords Justices.)
moderately supplied with wheat, in which about an average Mr. Craig, Q C., at the eating of the Court this
business was transacted, at previous quotations. Barley morning, made an application to their lordships in the
and oats sold readily, at extreme rates, but other kinds of cause of Powell v. Powell, set down for trial at nisi
produce met a slow inquiry, prius sittings at the York assizes, for an order upon the
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The continental markets continue very inactive, but in Clerk of Writs and Causes, to cer rauitously or on
the north of France flour bas been .held for more money.
In the United States the trade still rules heavy.
Very limited supplies of English grain came to hand for
aid.
our market last weeks The imports from abroad amounted
folio upon granting a new certificate. P P
to only 1,598 qrs wh ill, 1,630 barley, 5,379 oats, 1,470
beans, 4,410 linseed, 95,e:sundry seeds, and 2,745 sacks of
flour. Their lordships were of opinion that twopence per
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Compared with Monday-last, the arrivals of wheat fresh folio should be paid to the Clerk of Writs and Causes for
up, to-day, from Kent, were on the increase; but from examining and certifying the copies of the papers pro-
Essex, coastwise and by land-carriage, the receipts were duced in this cause.
very moderate. The attendance of millers was far from The Lord Chancellor said perhaps some general order
numerous, and the demand for most kinds of wheat of would afterwards be made on the subject.
home produce was inactive ; nevertheless, last Monday's
IN EH MIWITS.
quotations were generally eupperted The condition of the
• Mr. Robertson appeared for the petitioner. The ob-
wheats was tolerably good.
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The show of fresh foreign wheat was limited—ofect of petitionthisto make the heir-at-law trustee,
er two mortgage death,.
granaried samples tolerably extensive. Corn, the finest for two mortgagees und
qualities moved off slowly, but no quotable change took Lord Justice Knight Bruce asked if there was a power
place in prices. of sale in the mortgage deeds.
Floating cargoes of grain commanded very little Eaten- Mr. Robertson said he believed there was a power of
tion. We were scantily supplied with both English and sale.
foreign barley ; nevertheless, the trade was less active, at Their lordships were of opinion that the better way
last week's currency. For malt there was a very slow sale, would be for the mortgagees to exercise the power of
and late rates were barely supported.
wsusprpelyinosflolrwisihnqaunidryf,oroenisale contained in the mortgage deeds, and thereby avoid
Scarcely any English oats were in the market, and the the question of law of the liability of the heir-at-law to
gnfowrmmerte become trustee for the mortgagees, to amend the
petition and with liberty to apply.
currency. was a firm inquiry for beans, atfully last Monday's
limited.rms. Most description
currency.

CITY SHERIFFS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.)
A HARD CREDITOR AND A RIND JUDGE.—BROWN T.

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WILLIAMS.

Plaintiff sued the defendant, a waiter, for money lent.
After some considerable examination by his Honour
(defendant not appearing), it was elicited that defendant
was now out of employment, was almost destitute, and
had entirely lost the use of his hands by a serious
illness.

Ilia Honour—lt ie, I think, too bad to summon a man
afflicted in such a wanner. I will make an order for
one shilling per week. If defendant appears at any
future time to make an application to me to reduce the
amount, I will do so.

THE LATE COMMITTAL OF A SOLICITOR.
To-morrow a committee of the Common Council, upon
the suit of Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, sit to inquire
into the state of the Court. It is the general opinion
that some personal feeling has been exhibited in the
presentation of this petition. Mr. Lewis was, it will
be remembered, committed for contempt of court, and
his honour being authorised by the Act of Parliament
is not called upon to notice the proceedings of the com-
mittee. The committee sit with closed doors, but from
what can be gleaned, they appear to think that his
honour was justified.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

MARLBOROI7GH-STREET.

THE MURDER IN THE HAYMAREET.--Giovanni Lani,
who stands committed on the charge of murdering
Heloise Thaubin, of Arundel-court, Haymarket, was
brought up this morning by Sergeant Bradgid, and
placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, for the purpose of
hearing the depositions read over, and for some addi-
tional evidence to be given.
The watch and ring belonging to the deceased having
been produced by Inspector Parke,
Virginie Sylvestre was called and said—l knew the
watch and ring produced ♦ery well. The watch was
worn by the deceased on the evening previous. They
both belonged to the deceased.

Sergeant Huggett, of the City Police Force, said—l
accompanied Inepeotor Parke on board the Pride of the
Thames, on Saturday, Feb. 27. The prisoner was on
board. We went to his berth When the prisoner's box
was opened a bag was on the top. I afterwards took
the prisoner ashore, as the captain was not on board.
The shirt produced was taken out of the prisoner's port-
manteau, which I had seen in his cabin. Found on the
prisoner a receipt.

Mr. Leadley (the clerk) —lt is a passage to
Monte Video, and is signed Howdea and Co., of
Birchin-lane.

Hnggett—lt is 80.

G. Hill said—The prisoner brought to my employer,
Mr. Bryer, of Barbican, gold refiner, the ring and watch
produced. I bought them of him on Wednesday the
24th of February. I gave 80s. for the watch and ss.
for the ring. I spoke to him in German, but be did not
understand me. I first offered 2is. for the watch, and
he went away, but afterwards returned, and, then, I
gave him 30s. He then offered the ring, which I gave
Bs. for. Having read on the Sunday* description of the
watch, I came forward and gave information.
Philip groan—I am head waiter at ICleir'le Hotel.
The prisoner came on the Bth of February. He resided
there till the 23d, on which night he slept out. He
returned on the Wednesday at 4 o'clock. He came in
holding a handkerchief to his face. I said, " What is
the matter. He said a cat had scratched his face. I
said, "This is net the scratch of a eat, but a human
cat." (The prisoner laughed at this portion of
the evidence.) The prisoner said, "No,"
but afterward, nodded assent. He then
fetched his portmanteau and left in a cab. The shirt
produced I know to be the prisoner's, and the blood
stains were on It when he came in. From what I heard
I communicated with the police.

Mr. Frederick Tothill, of Charles•Etreet, St. James's.
square, surgeon, said the stains on the shirt were blood
and mucous, similar to that which he had found of
examining the body of deceased as having flowed from
her mouth and nostrils.

After the above •vidonce had been given the depui
:ions were read over by Mr. Leadley, the clerk, and
Mr. Beadon asked the prisoner whether he had any
;hing to say.

The prisoner said he had nothing to remark. He said
;he watch was sold in the evening, and not in the

morning.

The witneasee then baying been bound over, the pri
Boner was fully committed to Newgate for trial.

The prisoner, during the time he was in the cell, alai
before being brought up, treated the matter very lightly.

THAMES.

STEALING THE NIIMIEB OE A Housc—Chas. Whaler,
aged 22, of No. 9 Turner's-court, St. George in the East,
was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing the
number from the door of a house, No. 22 Christian-street,
St. George in the East.
John Ball, deputy clerk to Mr. Fairclongh, a town
carman, was coming out of his master's yard on Friday
morning last, and saw the prisoner in the act of taking
the number off the door No. 22 Christian-street. One
of the figures had been removed, and he asked the pri-
soner from it, and he took it from his pocket—a brass
No. 2—and then handed it to him, and ran away.
Police-constable Deeble, No. 196, stated that the
prisoner was tried and found guilty of breaking into a
sugar house, and stealing clothes, and was then sen-
tenced to four months' imprisonment and bard labour.
That conviction took place at the Old Bailey six months
ago, and since the prisoner had been out of gaol he had
been the constant associate of thieves.

Mr. Selfe fined the prisoner 10e. for the unlawful pos.
session of the number found upon him, and in default
of payment 14 days'imprisonment.

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told the complairaut wi-len be called. on them tha i br
was deglitute he hpal better go to ',,be workhouse.
Fioding denied that any ,ttch remark Wil,3
by either of them,

- The Lord Mayor—How many passengers are the, e ?
Complainant—Twenty-nine, and we ara all without a
penny to help ourselves
The Lord Mayor said it was a very distressing case,
and it was necessary it should be decided for the sake of
the passengers. If the defendants would pay the colt,-
of the day he would adjourn the case to allow him to
have advice on the point.
Another passenger also complained that the defer•
dants refused to do anything fur him. Tile defendants
had offered him 121. out of the sum he had paid for the
passage of himself and child.
Mr. Fickling—And you consented to accept it ?
Passenger—l did not.
Mr. Fickling said they were only agents for the ship.
They were not the owners of the ship.
The Lord Mayor—But still you are liable. You must
proceed against the owners.
The complainant said he was returning to Australia,
where he had been living in a situation for 20 years.
The defendants having paid the expenses of the day,
the case was adjourned till to-morrow.
The parties then left the court.

THE FRENCH GOVERNMENr.

(From, the Times.)
The uneasiness and apprehension which the pre-
sent position of the French Government inspires
are not likely to be lessened by the series of demands
which it seems to be making on foreign states.
Ever since the establishment of the Second Empire
the press of Belgium and the asylum of Switzerland
have been the objects of repeated remonstrances on
the part of the French authorities. We know that
into so solemn a document as the Treaty of Paris a
condemnation of Belgian free speech was introduced,
and for some time Switzerland has been forced to
require that refugees from France shall reside in
Cantons remote from the French frontier. But
since the 14th of January the Government at Paris
seems to have lost all temper and discretion.
What has astonished the world most during the
last few weeks is the singular agitation which the
attempt of a few Italian outcasts has produced
among those who bear sway in France. It is proved
beyond a doubt that this crime was the work of four
or five desperate fanatics ; that it was unconnected
with any French party or faction or secret society,
and that no Government or police could be charged
with negligence in the matter except those of the
Emperor himself. But whether the attempt be the
cause, or only the pretext, it is certain that it has
been followed by a behaviour towards foreign
States which is hardly in accordance with the inter-
national traditions of Europe. We need not refer
at length to what has passed between the French
authorities and this country. If any State had a
right to be addressed with courtesy and respect
by the French Government it was England. In
the frequent changes which the French people have
thought fit to make in their institutions during the
last 30 years, they have always had in England a
well-disposed and considerate neighbour. Although
we are unable to see the grandeur or the heroism
of these revolutions, we have always accepted
them, and, by proclaiming the principle of non-
interference with the internal changes of France,
we have led the other Continental Powers to ab.
stain from any display of ill-will. One Ambassador
has come and another Ambassador has gone, and
there has been nothing in their reception by the
English Government and people to remind them
that they represented two hostile dynasties or two
diverse constitutions. We will not urge that shelter
has always been afforded to the fallen of all parties,
for it is this very asylum once enjoyed by them.
selves that the present favourites of fortune wish
in their elation to destroy. But it may be said
that for five years the two countries have been
engaged in the common enterprise of defending
and rehabilitating the East, and that their alli-
anoe and friendship have been loudly proclaimed
as necessary to the peace of the world. On our
side there has been done nothing inconsistent
with the fairness of our old policy, or the good
feeling which ought to result from our later alli-
ance. The English people have paid due tribute
to the Emperor's character, and though the prin-
ciples of his domestic government cannot meet their
approbation, they have made every allowance for
the situation in which he found his country, and
the difficulties which attend his administration.
Nowhere, we may add, was the late attempt at
assassination more heartily and universally con-
demned.
Yet, without cause, suddenly and violently a
flood of vituperation is directed against this coun-
try. The President of the Senate, the President
of the Legislative Body, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, the Ambassador in London, and the
Colonels of Regiments scattered over France unite
in addressing England in language which has not
been heard since the days when the courtiers of
the first Bonaparte dwelt on the speedy destruction
of " Carthage" and its empire. That there was
any overpowering national indignation against us
on account of Orsini's crime—an indignation which
the Government dared not to withstan—we cannot
believe. The members of the Government were
the leaders in all that was done ; M. Troplong's
and M. de Morny's addresses gave the note for the
Colonels, nor is it consistent with what we know of
the French army that its officers should have used
such language without having cause to believe that
it would be well received in the quarter where
advancement and favour are to be sought. We
cannot but arrive at the conclusion that the ad-
visers of the Emperor were either blinded by a fear
of the downfall of their power, or that they took
advantage of the opportunity to endeavour to ex-
tort concessions from England, thinking that the
glory of the achievement would give them popu-
larity in the eyes of the French people. It is natu-
ral for a Government so little studious of constitu-
tional forms to catch at the favour of the multitude
by such expedients, and from the manner in which
every transaction was represented in the official
journals it is impossible to doubt that, while hold-
ing in private converse the language of moderation,
the French authorities were willing to appear to
their own people and to European nations as having
extorted from the fears of England a great innova-
tion on her legal and political system.
It is not our part to advise foreign nations as to
their conduct at any conjuncture, and therefore
we shall express no opinion as to the answers
which the continental States in the neighbourhood
of France should return to the similar demands
which the Emperor's Government seems to persist
in making. It is, however, past all doubt that
the requisitions of France are beyond what the
comity of nations would seem to justify. Belgium
and Switzerland have already yielded as far as
is possible for States which have a regard for
their own independence ; Sardinia has not
only brought in a bill against conspiring to kill
or dethrone a foreign sovereign, but is making
changes in her jury system, apparently lest a liberal
jury should by its decision imperil the friendship of
the Emperor. But it is with Austria that an in-
terference of the most novel kind is attempted. The
forms of courtesy have certainly not been disre-
garded, as in the case of England, for the officia.
indignation of Paris is sufficiently under restraint
to avoid an assault on two first-rate Powers at once.
But the demands of the French Emperor's Govern-
ment on the Cabinet of Vienna go far beyond any-
thing which has been attempted in our own case.
We learn that M. de Bourqueney has actually de-
manded that the Austrian newspapers shall not
be allowed to comment unfavourably on the state
of France or the proceedings of the French Govern-
ment. The recent appointment of Gen. Espina3se
to the Ministry of the Interior is an event which
naturally caused great surprise in Paris, and could
hardly be uninteresting to the gossip-loving Vien-
nese. A newspaper published some correspondence
on the subject, and M. de Bourqueney was in-
structed to demand the " warning" in the Parisian
style of the offending journal. There is certainly
of French-
something most revolting in the spectacle
men, after 70 years of continual
and the spread
boasting about
the propagation of theirideas
seeking not only
of their enlightenment, thus
to crush all liberty of
speechi and writing at home,
but to strangle it inacoutntry where it has just
is still weak, timid,
and, one would t
been born, and wherehiuk,
inoffensive. Again, Austria,
much to her credit, has lately relaxed her passport
system.
quiet of the Italian Provinces and
the general The
prosperity of the Empire have encour-
aged the statesmen of Vienna to remove most of
the restrictions which our countrymen found so
onerous even two years ago. But will it be believed
tat the French Government demands the re-esta-
blishment of the old system in more than all its
former severity ? M. de Bourqueney desires that
every traveller from the Italian Provinces shall
obtain his passport at Milan or Venice instead of
from the authorities of the place where he resides.
Generally, too, as the organ of the French Govern-
ment, he demands that the movements of the
Italians should be more narrowly watched. Such
requirements show how far the present French
authorities are disposed to carry their system.
They seem to us to be far beyond what one State
has a right to demand of another, and we cannot
but think that Count Buol has shown a just sense
of what is due to his Sovereign's dignity in reject-
ing them. No one can accuse Austria of harbour-
ing democrats or of encouraging libellers, and to
pretend that any real danger threatens France from
the present institutions of her neighbour is more
thin the volatility Qaaalikind caR Wept.