The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE POOR-BOX FUND.—Upwards of one thousand per-
sons, chiefly women, and all of them very poor, and the
greater portion of them thinly clad, assembled in the street
opposite the court for relief. Some put in the printed
forms issued by order of the magistrates. They were
signed by the clergy of all denominations or by respect-
able persons residing in the district, who recommended the
applicants as fit and proper objects for the bounty of the
public who have contributed to the poor fund. Mr.
Livingston, the chief usher, said the cupboard was already
full of similar forms, and that it would take him several
days to examine them and inquire into their authenticity.
No more forms would be issued until next fortnight.
The crowd then quietly dispersed. Mr. Partridge and
Mr. Paget were closeted together from 10 till half-past 11,
and considering as to the best means of relieving this enor-
mous amount of distress, for which the funds at their dis-
posal are quite inadequate. The applicants for relief in
the course of the last three weeks amount to more than
ten thousand.

OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE FlRE.—Albert Mould aged 24,
of No. 1, Bedford-buildings, Park-road, Clapham, Henry
York, clerk, 18, of No. 18, Walcot-square, Kennington-
road, and Henry Lewick, clerk, 17, of No. 18, Nelson-
square, Blackfriars-road, were brought before Mr. Part-
ridge (who commenced business at half-past 11 o'clock),
charged with being disorderly, and obstructing police-
constables at 10 o'clock this morning, while the great fire
was raging in the St. Katherine Dock.

Mr. Partridge said the defendant; were very properly
locked up, and as persons of education and apparent re-
spectability must be aware of the arduous duties imposed
on the police and the fire brigade. They ought to have
obeyed the directions of the police or assisted them, and
not obstructed the authorities at such a time and place.
He discharged the prisoners.

William Herbert, a young man, was charged with
wantonly striking a gentleman, named Powell, opposite
the dock.

The complainant was looking at tho fire, and his hat
was knocked over his face. He took hold of a man near
him. The prisoner immediately struck him a violent blow
on the nose, which bled profusely.

Mr. Partridge said there were a great number of persons
at the fire who disgraced themselves by obstructing the
police or assaulting unoffending persons. The prisoner
had committed a wanton and brutal assault, for which he
fined him 20s.

Extraordinary Case.

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Yesterday morning the adjourned inquest as to
the death of Harriet White, who had lost her life
through an operation, was resumed by Mr. Carter,
at the Unity Tavern, York-road, Battersea. After
the examination of a number of witnesses, the jury
returned a verdict of manslaughter. This morning
Samuel Elijah Hardinge, aged 54, an herbalist, of
18, Dorset-crescent, East-road, City-road, was
brought up at the Wandsworth Police-court,
charged with feloniously performing the operation.
The only evidence produced against the prisoner
was a piece of paper with his address on it, which
had been given by the deceased to Mr. Richardson,
a surgeon, who attended her ; but the police had
searched the prisoner's house, and found a number'
of pecular instruments, one of which Mr. Richard-
son said was " illegitimate," and would cause such a
wound as had produced death. The prisoner was
remanded for a week.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY

SurrurrELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover,
£5 5s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load.
A slow trade.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s Od; clover,
.£5 Eis to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 17s to £2 2s per load.
Trade inactive.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to .£5 5s Od; clover,
£5 5s to £6 108 Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load.
A quiet_trade.

This day, price 2d., is published, with a short
preface, the second edition of Mr. W. Ray Smee's pamph-
let, " The Malt Tax." Mann Nephews, Cornhill.

REPORT OF SECRETARY HARLAN.--It appears
from the report of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865,
public lands were disposed of as follows :—Acres sold for
cash, 557,212; acres located with military warrants,
343,660; acres located with agricultural scrip, 460,130;
acres selected under agricultural college grant, 808,358;
acres approved to tho States as swamp lands, 571,429 ;
acres approved to the States for railroads, 607,415 ; acres
taken under the homestead law, 1,160,532 ; total, 4,513,738.
During the quarter ending September 30, 1865, the aggre-
gate quantity taken for the same purposes was 880,591;
making, during five quarters, the total number of acres,
5,394,329. The cash receipts from sales, homestead, and
location fees for the same five quarters, ending September
30, 1865, were $1,038,400. The cash sales for the year
ending Juue 30, 1865, amounted to $748,427, an excess of
$70,420 over the sum received from the same source the
previous year. During the fiscal year ending June 30,
1865, 4,161,778 acres of public lands were surveyed. The
aggregate quantity of surveyed public lands undisposed of
September 30, 1865, was 132,285,085 acres.

THE JAMAICA COMMISSION. —Mr. T. Horne Payne,
of the Home Circuit, has been specially retained by.
Messrs. Sham and Roscoe, solicitors, for the Jamaica com-
mittee, and leaves to-day in the Atrato. The only other
counsel from England is Mr. Gorrie, advocate of the Scotch
bar, practising in the House of Lords and Privy Council.
Mr. Phillippo, a member of the English bar practising in
Jamaica, is retained by Mr. Underhill.

Mr. William Henry Oakes Warren, who was
charged on Saturday with stealing an overcoat from
the Westminster Palace Hotel, was brought up again at
the police-court yesterday. It was shown that the pri-
soner was most respectably connected ; but it was also
shown that he had been in the habit of going to various
hotels and leaving without paying his bilk. He was com-
mitted for trial,