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

workhouse, he saw the prisoner, who was not sober. She
had threatened to assault him before.

Mr. Long—What caused her to say so ?
Complainant—She has two children who are supported
by the parish, and who receive each 4s. a week. She has
also an illegitimate child at Margate, which.costs the parish
7s. a week. - The board of guardians at their last meeting
determined upon taking the children into the workhouse
schools. The prisoner, who was aware of what the board
had determined upon, when she saw him, asked him what
he intended to do with her children. She then said with an
oath that she would break his head, and observed that they
should not go in. She struck him a violent blow, from the
effect of which he fell. She tried to bite him. He was
obliged to 611 a police-constable.
Police-constable Gregory, I) 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 fined 405., or a month's imprisonment

WESTMINSTER.—A respectable-looking man, having
the appearance of a stable 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 in the country at the time, he did not
know but that the drawers were 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 in 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 have hardly any money.
Mr. Paynter—l cannot, unfortunately, assist you ; you
must go to the county court at Lewisham.
Applicant having thanked the magistrate, left the court,
looking very dejected.

THAMES.—George Franklin, a hearty, jolly-looking
mariner, applied for advice 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 voyage he was in possession of a
house of furniture, plenty of clothing, and was worth
£l5O, which he left in charge 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 possessed.
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—No, 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 ddserting
my ship, she has robbed me of £l5O, which was the result of
my hard earnings for years.
Mr. Selfe—l 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 been 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 Comptrollbr 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 AP-William, 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.