The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-05 00:00:00

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. s.—Wind this day at noop, N.W.;
moderate breeze and cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Fore-
runner, for Madras.
DUNDEE, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Danube, for
Algoa Bay.
FAustounr, Oct. s.—Arrive Maria, from
Newcastle, for Leghorn—leaky and with part of cargo
thrown overboard.
PrLL, Oct. 4.—Wind W.—Sailed—E. C. Scranton, for
New York.
Orr PLYMOUTH, OCt. s.—Arrived—Newton, from
Sierra Leone.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind
corvette Bahiana.
OFF DOVER, Oct. I.—Arrived—Maria Elizabeth, from
Batavia.
OFF HURST CASTLE, Oct. s.—Arrived—Tyne, steamer,
from Brazils.

(UY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.

Wind N.

Arrived—Branch, from Swansea ; Comet, from Sunder-
land; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin; Alliance,
steamer, from Havre.

Sailed—Victory, for Jersey; Hullah, for Waterford ;
Ceylon, steamer, for Alexandria; Bremen, and Hammonia,
steamers, for New York ; Lady Eglintox, steamer, for
London; Jane, for Swansea.

LIVERPOOL, Wedneaday Morning.

Wind S.W.

Arrived, Oct. 4—Ranee, from Calcutta; Peter Marcy,
from New Orleans; Helena, from Smyrna; City of Nantes
screw steamer, from Nantes; Phalanx, from Antwerp.
Arrived, Oct. s—Mary Ann Folliat, and Black Eagle,
from Bombay. Tam o'Shanter, for Bahia, put back leaky.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BItITISII TELEGRAPII.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
W ind . ; tide, 3 hour's ebb ; weather fine.
Arrived, Oct. 4—Secret, from Antwerp; Nepaul, from
Marseilles.
Arrived, Oct. s—Trevennea, from St. Petersburg; Anna,
from Archangel.
Sailed, Oct. s—Boltivar, for Aspinwall; General Stricker,
for Rio Janeiro.

DBAL, Wednesday Morning.

Calm.
Anchored—lmogen, from London, for St. Helena.

The last Australian papers give a full account of
the progress of New Zealand from a census just taken.
Its totals appear insignificant, yet, compared with those of
1351, when the previous census was completed, they show
an extraordinary rate of advance, which, in one or two
generations, will, like the figures in compound interest, ex-
cite astonishment. The entire European population is only
61,199, or:less than the number recently grouped on one day
in the Crystal Palace. Nevertheless, this shows au in-
crease of more than a hundred per cent,. in seven years, and
it is remarkable that one-half of the number are what are
legally termed " infants" —namely, below 21 years of age. Of
the various provinces Auckland is the most populous, and
Wellington the next, the respective numbers bemfr 18,177 and
11,728. Then come Nelson, 9,272; Canterbury, 8,967 ;
Otago, 6,914; and llawke s Bay, 1,514. The disproportion be-
tween the numbers of males and females is great, but still
not so serious as is sometimes the case in colonies, and it
refers, moreover, chiefly to the original settlers, the young
population being more equal. The males amount to 35,043,
and the females to 26,156. The live stock in the colony in-
cludes 1,523,324 sheep, 137,204 cattle, 40,734 pigs, 14,912
horses, and 11,797 goats, and is about five or six times as
great as in 1851. The quantity of land in use has about
quadrupled. In 1851 there were only 3),470 acres fenced
in, or a little more than one acre per head of the population.
Now the total is 235,511, or at the rate of about four acres.
Owing to the scattered nature of the settlements, the intro-
duction of land or coast lines of telegraph appears an urgent
want. This, however, has not yet been begun. With re-
gard to locomotion, the facilities for steamers between the
principal points will probably for a long time obviate much
of the necessity for expenditure in railways or other roads.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
HUGHES, TUE ABSCONDING BANKRUPT..--ThiS mottling
David Hughes, the absconding bankrupt, was again placed
at the bar, charged with absconding and defrauding his
creditors.
The case was proceeding when we went to press.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF A CAB-DRIVER.—John Hill,
a big, rough-looking fellow, described as a cab-driver, was
charged by Mr. Wm. Love, chief constable of the Royal
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with
being drunk and cruelly torturing a horse.
Mr. Love said that morning he was passing by Wood-
stock-street, where he saw a horse and cab, the only ono on
the stand, and observed the horse biting at its knees, lifting
first one leg, then the other, and evidently in great agony.
He examined its legs and found that both knees were broken
shockingly, and presenting a ghastly appearance, blood
issuing from them. The horse was covered with dirt, and
much ill-used. Upon making inquiry he found the priso-
ner in a coffee-house close by quite drunk. The prisoner
admitted he had tho.horse out nearly 12 hours, and abu-od
him (Mr. Love) for interfering. lie (Mr. Love) then sent
for a constable, and the prisoner got on his cab and drove
off down Oxford-street so drunk that he rolled about on the
box, and on arriving in the Regent Circus drove across an
omnibus, impeding the traffic and blocking up the road for
some time. He had also strong reason to believe the horse
had been kept without food all night, as it ate ravenously
some dirty hay lying in the street, the nose-bag being
quite empty, and he therefore ordered the horse to be well
fed at once.
Charles Baker, of Providence-yard, Vauxhall-road, the
owner of the cab, said it was taken out by the regular driver
in a perfectly sound condition, kept out many hours beyond
its time, and seriously ill-used.

The proper driver of the cab said he left the horse in
charge of a man while he went into a public house, and
when he came out the horse and cab were gone.
The prisoner said same one asked him to drive them
somewhere, and he stopped at several public houses, and
had a drop too much.

Mr. Beadon said the proper driver's conduct was very re-
prehensible, and that of the prisoner scandalous and dis-
graceful, and for which he would be committed to the
House of Correction for two months with hard labour.
CRUEL DESERTION OF AN INFANT.—Jane Johnson, a
young woman, was charged with deserting her male infant,
one month old, under the following circumstances :
Mr. Bowman, relieving officer of St. Martin's, attended
to watch the case on the part of that parish, to which the
infant had been left chargeable.
From the evidence of Michael Brennan, porter of St.
Martin's Workhouse, it appeared that at half-past nine on
the night of the 27th of September, he was informed that a
male infant was lying on the steps of the register office at-
tached to the workhouse, and it was at once taken in and
properly attended to. Last night the prisoner came to the
house drunk, and asked if they knew anything of a child
left on the door-step. He took her in to the matron, who
asked her what she knew of the child, but she refused to
give any information, but demanded to see the child, and
said if they did not let her see it she would go to the police
court. She was then taken into custody.
A nurse from St. Martin's Workhouse produced the in-
fant, and the prisoner assumed excessive affection towards
it, calling it her " poor dear child ;" and in defence said,
when she left St. Giles's Workhouse, where she was con-
fined, she gave it to a woman to hold, and though she made
inquiries could not find it again.
Tho prisoner, who conducted herself in a very impudent
manner, was remanded.