The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-21 00:00:00

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drain must be rather heavily felt, especially if we
should suffer from another deficient harvest. The
wonderful effests which railways must produce in
India seem to constitute an unanswerable argument
for the active completion of the lines already com-
menced, and the suspension of which would involve
a double sacrifice, owing to the large outlay already
incurred, and which must then remain un-
profitable. But the arguments as to the con-
sequences to arise to British commerce from
railways are quite as forcible in a number of
other instances as in that of India, and there can
be no question that, owing to the extraordinary
power in Parliament and the city of the Indian in-
terest, this kind of enterprise has in that region
been overdone. In our North American possessions
we have no means of winter traffic, except over a
United States' line from Portland, and no route by
which a body of British troops could either enter or
leave the country; while as regards the strip of
about 100 miles that separates in Central America
the commerce of the East and West we are much
in the same position. It is too late, however,
now to dwell on these anomalies, since our
expenditure of India has been so contrived that we
must go on. All that can be done is to discuss the
lightest mode of meeting the difficulty. If the Go-
vernment, by whom it appears £4,000,000 will be
required to meet the results of the famine, are to
supply the wants of the companies by loans, they
will commit great injustice to the subscribers to the
last loan, and also damage their own credit, since
the market for such loans is by no means illimitable.
Some persons, perhaps, will reiterate the cry that
the money might be raised at 3-16. per cent. by an
Imperial guarantee, and that thus ,14 per cent.
might be saved. This " saving," however, would
be simply as follows :—The British capitalist
would receive 1.1 per cent. less interest, and the
native Hindoo would gain the amounts which our
own people would thus lose. Most persons will
he disposed to think that an advance of
£50,000,000 to the population of India, at the
moderate rate of 5 per cent., when Canada and
Australia are glad to pay us 6 or 7 per cent., may
be regarded as a sufficient boon without such a
donation as is thus suggested. Of course, failing
the other means, an Imperial loan will be indis-
pensable, but in no case must it be founded on
the idea of involving a saving of money for the
benefit of India. To any such saving from the use
of their credit the people of England, not of India,
are entitled. It should be contracted, therefore, to
be repaid by the companies with interest at 5 per
cent. in the course of a very few years, and under
express stipulations that the facility thus accorded
should not be allowed to stimulate a renewed ex-
tension of projects. In that case the uncertainties
and annoyances of this unwieldy question, which
otherwise seem likely to oppress the money market
for years, will be disposed of, and with the extra-
ordinary results that must flow from the comple-
tion of these works, together with the influence of
the American war, which seems likely to operate
on the cotton production of India in the same way
as the Crimean war operated with regard to hemp,
there will then be little doubt that Indian Govern-
ment securities will attain a position second only
to that of the oldest British funds.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BOW-STREET.

Charles Lamb, a " tout" about the outside of the Royal
Italian Opera, was placed at the bar charged with assault-
ing John Watson.
The complainant said last night, just as the opera was
closing, he was standing near one of the iron gates, when
the prisoner came up and asked him what he wanted wait-
ing about the entrance, and told him to " hook it." He
(complainant) told the prisoner to go about his business,
when he with two or three others surrounded him. Lamb
deliberately made a snatch at his neckerchief, and a gene-
ral disturbance took place, during which the police con-
stable came up, and the prisoner was given in charge.
Police-constable 82 F confirmed the statement of the
complainant.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he was " a
harmless hinnercent man," as the reason he was in charge
was "cos the police had a spite agin him." He was quite
certain " he never took hold o' the gen'leman's cheker."
The:magistrate fined him 10s.
The complainant Watson then stepped out of the wit-
lICSS -DON, ana was /llama al lawa „a-6,a wtLU nuerrer-
ing, with the police.
Police constable F 45 said, about half-past two this
morning, I was on duty in St. Martin's-lane, when the
prisoner came up•to me and said he was a special constable,
and that as he did not approve of my conduct he should
take my number and report me, as he had been sent from
Bow .street to look after the policemen on duty.
Magistrate to prisoner—What do you say to that ?
Prisoner—l totally deny it.
Police constable 33 F said I saw the prisoner in St. Ma-
rtin's-lane last night. A girl was walking away from him,
end I aslred prisoner if she had insulted him, he said no ;
and shortly afterwards he said he was a special constable,
and that he had been sent from Bow-street, and should
take my number.
Magistrate—Do you wish to ask the witness any ques-
tion ?
Prisoner—l should think so. Are you sure I said I was
a special constable ?
Constable—Yes ; certain.
Prisoner—Your worship, I did nothing of the kind. I
was going through St. Martin's-lane about half-past two
this morning, when I saw police constable 45 up a court
with four or five girls. I said I should take his number,
and then he asked me what I wanted it for. I told him he
was not doing his duty in talking to the girls at that time.
33 F came up and asked me if the girls had insulted me.
I replied, no ; but that I should report No. 45 for talking
with the girls. Policeman 33 said he thought I was as-
suming the character of detective, and that he should take
Ime in charge. I said I was neither a detective nor a con-
stable.
Magistrate—Your first eizarge against Lamb was made
at half-past 12—you were then in Bow-street; what took
you into St. Martin's-lane at half-past 2 ?
Prisoner—l wanted to be up to business early in the
morning, so, as I was out late, I thought I would not go to
bed at all, and then I should be sure to be in time. I said
nothing about being a detective.
Magistrate--There seems to be some mistake. The police
are jealous of their honours, and don't like to be interfered
with. Under all the circumstances I shall discharge you.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ASSAULT ICY A MAN OF COLOUR.—A man of colour,
S.
about 6 feet in height, was charged with assaulting
Mr.
Lambert, of the Wheatsheaf Tavern, Oxford-street.
Mr. Lambert said that on the previous evening the pri-
soner came into his house at a time when he was pretty full,
and used the most disgusting language. He told him to
leave and followed him to the door for the purpose of seeing
that he left, when he turned round and struck him a severe
blow and then ran away. He was pursued by some per-
sons whom he struck and bit in aver ery violent manner.
Mr. George Mather, of 37, Glost-street, Queen-square,
corroborated Mr. Lambert's statement.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should fine the prisoner 20s. or 14
days. The prisoner went into a respectable house, used
disgusting language, and then assaulted the owner of the
house when he tried to get rid of him. He (prisoner) was
one of those pests about London that must be stopped.
ser-
vant, was charged as follows :
Mr Richard Flack, of the Crown, Park-lane, said that
he went into his bagatelle-room the previous evening to
tell some persons who were playing that some one else
wanted the table, whentheprisoner,whose friends were play-
ing, said, "You fat-headed old----, I'll kick your inside
out." He then sent for a constable, and while the person
a'elionjeOtHhNe pEriltsOoreNr'sril—woidllikaimckßhuisrb—idgeh' eaado
Tho prisoner then made a blow at hi,.. with hi. fist. which
he guarded off. He then asked the prisoner for his
1 aEaton-
ddress,
and he replied, "Oh, I'm John Brown, Esq., of ,
square," but believing that to be false he gave him into
custody. The prisoner was then quite sober.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was very gross conduct towards the
complainant, and the defendant must find one surety in
LIO to keep the peace.
VIOLENT SOLDIERS.—Thomas Burrows and William
Mathewson, both corporals of the Grenadiers, were charged
with behaving in a violent manner at the Blue Posts, New-
man-street, Oxford-street.
Burrows was fined 55., and the other discharged.

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EXTRAORDINIRY CASE OF CnILD D 3."
of age, vies brought
bath Godfrey, a woman about 30 years
agtig two children named
before Mr. Selfe, charged witfih:eag
d- four, the other two
Kate and Mary Gough, the ,
rday last.
satuwife, and she left Edinburgh
two children, whose parents
years, in Edinburgh
The prisoner with her .
on Saturday, taking
etiy. the children were missing a COM-
are in Scotland•
forwarded to London, and last night, on the
munication waslilria steam Navigation Company's ship
arrival of the
geeir wharf, St. Katherine's, the prisoner was
Caledonia/0
S. Farthing, a police constable, 133 H. The two
arrested bY • with her. The following
were
of the St.
. Katherine Steam Wharf, in i—r 2,- '
children gallsoldier s
iota play, 1861,—Dear Sir, A wo-
n°arteihonard'of the prisoner's apprnboy,.;.., was read :
L'andninabmureekiZZlOdfrey, a passenger by the steam ship,
has, it seems, taken away with her two children belonging
to the people with whom she had been lodging. The father
has been at me to-day in great distress, He is in poor cir-
cumstances, and unable to go by rail to-night, by which
mew ize onid hay° intercepted theme Will you, there.