The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-10 00:00:00

'‘. A-MBURGH. MAIL.
21.4.-1 he reform in the Post-office
which has longlen announced in- the kingdom of , .1
Poland, has now:taken place, and this department, l.:'„*j,,!
like all the braneljes:of the administration, is regulated ff
More on Russian;principles. Hitherto there was only-. -
one rate of4postdge for the whole -kingdom; without if,
,regard to the distance, the first from 5 to 100 wersts;
The second, from.,
,lti to 200 wersts ; and the third, :rot
from 200 to 700 wersts ; besides ten per cent. for the -;58
roadS. The carriage for parcels is likewise regulated
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according to the distance.
ALTONBURG, AUG. 29.—The Crown Prince of .
Hanover is expected here ; but it is said that his mar-
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riage with our amiable Princess Mary will not take'
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place till January or February next year. The Es'•
tates of the Duchy in the Assembly last week voted
a portion of 30,000 dollars to the bride.
CHRISTIANA, AUG. 20.—The lung gave his sanc-
tion on the 20th, to the penal code voted by the
Storthing. There is a general report that his Majesty
will shortly arrive here to close the Storthing in
person. 30
CHEMNITZ, SEPT. I.—(From the Leipsic Gazette.)
—We have just received the melancholy intelligence
that the town of Sayda was this morning burnt to
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the ground, with the exception of 20 houses. A 're-
port states that Tetschen is in flames, and several hun-
dred acres of forest. They affirm at Dresden that
they clearly saw the fire in the forest.--Hamburgh
Papers, Sept. 6. ~/
HANOVER, SEPT. 2. ylt is said, that on the mar- J
riage of the Crown Prince, at the beginning of next
year, an amnesty for political offences will be pub-
lished. M. Hupedon, who has been to London to 1,,;
settle the long agitated question of the toll at Stade
and Brunshausen, has returned to Hanover, the diffi-
culties, it is said, having been arranged to the satisfaee
tiOn of all parties concerned.'
WARSAW, AUG. 30.—0 n the 20th of this month
the town of Ciechanow was destroyed by fire ; 114
houses, and 24 of the large establishments, are re- A
duced to ashes ; 300 families have lost every thing
The value of the furniture, &c., destroyed is a million
' of. Polish florins (167,000.:rix dollars).
The harvest is over in almost the whole kingdom;
it is very abundant ;-oats less so than other kinds of !, -
grain. We have not yet had any very oppressive
heat.--Prussian State Gazette, Sept. 4.
DUTCH FUNIN..—AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 6.

, Money. Bills.
Actual Dtbt, 254 per Cent
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent.
Nitwit Svndic,4% percent. ll4 yi, 144%
DAM, ditto, Ohi per cent 77% ilk
Commercial Company, 4% per cent 141% 424
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ......
Loan 1837, 5 per c5nt...... ................
Exchange on London, One month l2 28% .:
Twomonths .....
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Hamburgh, One month as 81 u •
Two months ....
Dutch Papers, Sept. 7.
A USTRI A N "'U N LS.—VIENNA, AUG. 30
Five per Cents. Metalliques • ICB% '
Four per Cents
Three per Cents
Bank Shares i.e. ..... ea ..... 1631
Ailtgemeine Zeitung, Sept. & . ,
HAMBU RUH BORSEN HALLE, Sim. 6.
Bills: Money.
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares
Anglo. Russian Loan 109% 109%
Russian 51,er Cent., Ist series, Certificate 103% 103%
Inscription, let series ll3
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series..... ..
87 97%
Ditto in Certificates 97%
New 4 per lent. (1840) 89% S9'
Dutch Actual Debt, 234 per Cent. .........
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Polish Bonds
New Tickets ... 168

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Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Bl
Spanish, New 5 p r Cents. lB
EXCHANGES ON LONDOI'.
HAMBURGH, SEM 6.-13 9%, Two months 13 8.
RIGA, AVG 17. —Three Months, 38.
VIENNA. A UG. 10.-1 Ines months. 9. 44%.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN,
Bills. Money
St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. lO4 11.3%
Prussian English Bond, 1530, 4 per cent. It2lfi --
Exchange on London -- 6 V*34
Prussian State Gazette, Sept. 4.

JUSTICES' JUSTICE..
On Thursday se'nnight, in the Dover. Police-01u°
James Fitzjames and Edward Gladstone, comedian`'
were charged by Frederick Fox Cooper with assault
ing him on the previous evening. The charge lieirf
proved against Fitzjames, he was fined 10s., well"'
ing costs.
The same parties were then charged with threaten.
ing the life of Mr. Cooper that morning'; and were
required to find two sureties in 291. each, to keep t",,"
peace for two months, and in default were committed'.
They found bail after being confined about three e"
four hours.
From this incarceration arose a charge on their po;
d
against the gaoler and turnkey of Dover Gaol, i
exceeding their duty in causing their hair to h°
cropped after the fashion of common felons, duril
the short time they were in their custody while
was procuring, according to the decision above. e
Magistrates met on Friday to investigate the ea'
when Mr. Bass appeared as the solicitor for the COW;
plainants, and submitted that, although in order
bring the matter before the Justices, he had ti"v"--
the parties to take out summonses for asmults, the
proper course would be to treat the matter as one Ii
volving a tyrannical excess of their duty .on the P,..4
of the officers, to which course the Magistrates assee;o:
Mr. Fitzjames was sworn, and stated that on hew,7i
placed in custody till they found hail, they aniti:to
themselves with singing the song of " All's 14°,;:y
when the gaoler came to them, and threatened, if they
did not leave off singing, to place them where wcie
would not get bail for three days. He then Itir
them take off their coats and hats, and tuck up ti"rt,
shirt. sleeves. After this their hair was'croppedsll%e
by order of the gaoler. They were placed' among `,
debtors; but were ordered not to speak. They turut
key told them they must pick oakum, or go Nvitlni,
their dinner. He (Mr. Fitzjames) declined h'tto
The gaoler threatened that if they did not eonforra
the rules of the prison they would he publicly whiPro
He clearly understood that if he did not pick
he would have no dinner. The gaoler's manner
such as to intimidate him. Gladstone asked the 11:;
geon if it was necessary they should have their flier
cut. The surgeon said he thought not. The go, be
said, "If you do not submit to the rules, you will .
placed upon bread and water." They both reme„ii
strated with the gaoler on having their hair cut; °'735
Mr. Gladstone requested him to wait till their friers
returned with bail. Their hair was, cut off aboutrie
quarter of an hour after they were put into gaol. °
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of their friends stated, in the hearing of the vole
that he would go and get bail for them. it
Mr. Gladstone corroborated the statement of -
Fitzjames, and added, that they expostulated with
officers not to take off their Bair, as they would
bailed in a few minutes, and the want of their b 0
would be detrimental to them in their profession
actors. To this the turnkey replied, in jest, that
would cut off their heads if the gaoler bid him. ca
The gaoler stated, that while in his house he het'
a noise some time after the complainants were 101';
up, on which he went to the gaol, and found the if
bellowing and singing. He informed there, tit be
they infringed the rules of the prison, they.
,woulle
placed in solitary confinement for three days. to
admitted that he ordered the complainants t.°,, o,g
" cropped," and subjected to the same treatnleg,ei
other prisoners committed for misdemeanour. .-LP of
had been examined by Mr. Coleman, the surgeoto
the gaol. They were clean. They neither of
asked him to have their hair left on. He told 3130
donald to treat these men as misdemeanants. ge ere
bound to take their description. All prisoners 'f',o
treated in the same way, and the rules of the Pris
es
left him no alternative. Persons of the higher ca-in,
of society, he said, had been served similarly ; an d,O
stanced a Mr. Baring and a Mr. Beresford, who 11
their hair cropped in Dover gaol.
Mr. Coleman, jun., surgeon, had examined, tr
complainants in gaol. He told Mr. Coulthara rt
should treat them as other prisoners - and thougo
the gaoler did quite right. He did not sly it
unnece3sary to Icut their hair. He thought it s'ef
about two o'clock when he examined them.
were treated the same as other. prisoners. lie
no harshness exercised towards -them by the goo;.,ti
The gaoler did not tell him for what complains
were committed.
Mr. Robins said he went to the, gaol to offer -
about three o'clock. ° 43 3
Mr. Fitzjames said—There was no noise ;
merely sang. lot e
The turnkey, on being examined, said he did i
hear the complainants sing when they were in pris-rd,
When the process of " cropping"'was going forry3bo
one of the parties being cropped requested that tre
hair might be left alone, as he was an actor, apd
loss of it would be injurious to him in his business. or
told them if they did not pick oakum they would ,
no dinner.
One of the Justices said, the case for their conch
deration was, whether the officers had exceeded. t'die
duty ; and if not, whether they had been harsh In
exercise of it. tlOt
Mr. Bass submitted that they had done both.-- 01,
they ought not to have entrapped the surgeon intClers
order to treat these gentlemen as other priserivii
without having informed him that they were cibre
waiting for bail; that they had evidently know-co:
that bail was about to be given, as a person, int V
hearing of the gaoler, had told the parties thadhe
would go and fetch bail, and that the necessitY °'ee
case did not require any such severity as hadthe
used ; and he, then left the case to the decision ei the
Bench, quite confident that they would, as well forleot
sake of justice as for the honour of the town, Pre -
the perpetration of such outrages by their offieer'e
The Court was then cleared ; and after beil"Z.ere
deliberation a considerable time, the parties for'
called in, and the Mayor said the Bench had, asioll
well weighing the evidence, come to the conehltiol
that the governor of the gaol was perfectly just 0.0";
in ordering the hair of the prisoners to be ell oly
and, therefore, they dismissed the case.—Belk '
server of Thursday.

The account voyage to 00,
which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, lvss • '•."
from the Scotsman.