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London, England, 1842-08-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDANN4YENING, AUGUST 30, Pi 42

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" Who runs may read."

'" FOREXOLT.
of ..Pae Duke de Broglie's Report of the Committee
tae French Peers on the Regency Bill is published
.; Sunday's Moniteur and Debats. The other papers
niplain of the refusal to 'be allowed a' copy, and
It,eir indignation will probably be greater when they
Ind that the Report has found its way into the Debats,
the Ministerial organ, as well as the official Moniteur.
The uiegeucy Report begins with the words,
" ' The Kiiig does not die in France." The Quotidi-
enne, the Royalist print, remarks on this phrase,
." the *King does not die." Very. well. However,
be is sometimes killed, and sometimes driven from
his thrcne, and this ought not to have been forgotten
by the Noble Duke. This great and fine maxim of
our ancient national rights, which the Duke de
Broglie recals, as well as M. Dupin, is now only a
dead letter-. • In 1830 the godfathers of the young
establishment set up the doctrine of the sovereignty
of the people above it, and you have pleaded the
rifatalismever dies,"
of necessity. Do not, then, say " The. King
dies," for in your mouth such a cry would be an
a.pos tas
Leave it to old France, who. suffered it on
tomb of Louis XVI., as well as on that of _Henry
'La if vou like, say, " the Regent does not die?'
t:ount Roy, as Reporter of the Commission of
i
„I;o4nptibalite, having proposed to the Chamber of
eers the erection of a marble statue to the late Duke
b()Hems in the Luxembourg, the motion was carried
by acclamation.
The Frankfort journals of the 26th, supply some
additional details of the assacsination. of a high Russian
otlnctionary. The victim was Prince Gagarin, Master
1.; 'the Ceremonies of the Imperial. Court, and Vice-
Kresident of the Cabinet, and 'ale murderer a game-
keeper, named Rheimann,
ho
t), pp in in Finland, He shot
rince with a pistol rs
tried
home from the court at he was returning to his
. three r.st. The assassin was
by a militarY, co:omission, and sentenced to re-
-6,000 lash-es, from rods applied by 500 men, a
iztion. of wbs,
, ch he had received, and was taken to
itaeinhodespr,itai.. When cured he was to receive the re-
d should he recover the horrible punish-
ment .in
tho was to work for the remainder of his life in
-berian mines.
it,jy`le Augsburg .Gazette of the 24th contradicts what
blari" ad statedrespecting the conduct of Mr. Fon-
is-
-4311e, tritish Consul at Belgrade, with reference ire Civil broils of Servia. The President of the
'cif Servia, Ephraim, uncle of Prince Michael,
te;tl-I.n_fhe name of the Senate, entered a solemn pro-
ageinst the conduct of the Ministers, Prohtseh
iladicievvitsch. Prince Michael seems not in-
cllned listen to his uncle.
~,,„."e have received Lisbon news of the 22d inst.,
01,4't by the Liverpool steamer. Prince Frederick
4-nstrio had arrived at Lisbon in the Bellona
'gate„ ',and had gone to visit their Majesties at (pinta.
:MONEY—TRADE—COMMERCZ•
1cr,41, Consequence of the late disturbances in the
irl"rta, the ortlers for manufactured goods have greatly
erea.le d in the city of Norwich.
ex,'lol.-tyianc,n ester, a general resumption of labour was
dill yesterday; yesterday; though the majority of cotton-
tir-mn, len and weavers still abstain from work. At
hals—,4llo.am quiet prevails for the present. White
th,-,"ot 'been able. to obtain bail. At Westbromwicb,
tofr. VIAS an attempt yesterday (Monday) by a large
of men to compel those at the Earl of Dart.
j4"tnl is pits to desist from labour, but the military
and after a slight riot, 13 of the insur-
ent
3 were taken, and have since been committed to
14f Cord gaol.
in e to the undecided state of the treaty pend-
g.
ti„ with Portugal, by which it is understood the
I,:t 'es on wine 'will be altered, not a single pipe of
4'l! t Wine was enterecrat. the Customs yesterday__ .
ht,llanloble, a small village near. Southampton, has
°
; Idshed the metropolitan markets with nearly 90,000
4ters and crabs this season

ECCLESIASTICAL.
ItThe parishioners of St. Mary Somerset, and St.
thary Monathaw, have resisted an attempt made by
e parish authorities to enlarge their church, and
Passed a resolution that the adjoining churches would
IAY accommodate the population, and that these
lb-trishes should be united to others under these cir-
„„a`ulnstances. The churchwardens upon this demanded
goll, when 'they were defeated by a majority of
to .10.

ELECTIONEERING.
Itis rnmouredat Aylesbury that Captain Hamilton,
-41.1 is about to take up a three years' residence in
B,Bhtish India. If true, this will create a vacancy in
77Z-lection for the borough.
.be enronership for 'Shropshire was contested last
],l' "• At the close of the poll on the fourth day, the
luabers re—l-Tinton, 1,359 ; Warren, 711.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
The tidal dock at Southampton was opened yester-
aif This dock is the largest in England, and covers
at plea of 16 acres, it will always have 18 feet water
Wl,._l"rw spring tides. It was commenced about three
's ago at a cast of about 140,000/. ; and the Royal
ki,"t India Mail Company have contracted for the
ere
!a portion ofrental of per annum.
eree is another dock, now in progoreoss, called the
ller'or wet dock, which covers an extent of 14 acres,
is the nearest to the town.
NAVAL AND MILITARY.
l'he staff of the Northern district of England has
be°ll remodelled. Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Ar-
t:lhnot takes the entire command. General Brother-
'4 and Colonel Broke have been added to the staff.
,e head-quarters are to be Manchester and Bradford.
The
present disorganization of the various parts of
te:tioy_al Dockyards is much complained of at pre-
ai"" For all the yards there are not more than 6,000
enu who have been divided •into companies of thirty
a-; Often two or more of these companies may be
PluYed upon ship or service, and very little scrutiny
t,al.P Physical or moral requirement is observed on
lug the men for the establishment.
LAW AND POLICE.
t O'Neill, the Chartist, was re-examined on Monday
"adley, with John Blanchfield ; they were both
Intaitted to Stafford gaol, two sureties however
or ;IR accepted on the part of O'Neill, in the amount
tl4ool. each, and his own recognizance of 2001. In
4'lchfield's case only half the sum was required.
Isaac Morgan, an elderly and respectable man, and
,tt°„,",a Henry Morgan, his son, were charged yesterday
`Vol-ship-street, with obtaining various sums of
)I°lleY by means of forged checks on the Bloomsbury
the of the London and Westminster Bank. Both
'prisoners were committed.
k,lury Lancaster, an attractive young woman,
e,eu 25, was committed for a month at Clerkenwell
eeßterday. for attempting to swallow a quantity of
„ atgg4r of lead last Saturday. She had lived with
veral gentlemen at various times, with whom she
abl? travelled the greater part of England, but having
ed into dissolute habits, sank from one grade to
nether.t:inulla Ross, a young man lodging in the Old
near the back of the premises in Seacoal-lan-
eh 'en
were- consumed by fire on Saturday night, was
I•llrged at Guildhall yesterday with assaulting Wil-
4inisliarding, a policeman. It appeared that during
hi: ure the prisoner ae to pass, in order to get
.iet child, who was at home; the policeman refused to
:.:Qn him, alleging his orders, upon which a struggle
th„3.,lied• The Magistrate dismissed the charge, stating
the.policeman, as well as the prisoner, had l‘oth
"wu avant of temper and coolness in the case.
FINE ARTS.
Sir eorge Hayter has just had presented to him
ve Splendid casts of the Laocoon and, Apollo of the
Nhilseatl, which were given by Pope Pius VII. to the
14,1'Sir Thomas Lawrence.
•THEATP.XCIS.M.
• ofetitGarden opens on Saturday next for the
Wliter
i •
season after being repainted and' cleaned.
t'At,,r.,looug‘as Jerrold's new comedy, to be called Ger-
r
h"' s aterries,. or Waterloo in 183.5, is in daily re-
.;atial,.as also a new play by the author of the
"most
of Bruges. Miss kemble returns from her
cil°vieeial concerts to resume her original character of

SPORTI.
The rowing match between Pocock and James
Maynard for 201. took place
West-
minster-bridge to Putney, when the former won by
some lengths.
COITILT-I'A.SRIONARLE.
The Duke and Duchess of Bedford leave Longshaw
Lodge, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, this day, for
Chatsworth.
Sir Roly.rt Peel was expected to leave his,seat,
urayton-Manor, yesterday, for Dalkeith, the seat of
the Duke of Buccieuch.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left town for
ltvde, Isle of Wight.
Lord Auckland is occupying Lord Francis Eger-
ton's house in Belgrave-square.
Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to reach
. Endleigh Cottage this day from Minto Castle.
The Earl of Radnor has arrived at Bath.
A. grand fete will, it is understood, be given at Ra-
Yensworth Castle early in October, in honour of the
earning of age of IL Liddell, Esq.
Lord W. Beresford left London on Saturday morn.log for Cologne.

MISCELLANEOUS.
At Derry, owing to the long-continued
tel
Water has become so scarce as to be sold at the rate of
211• per can.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the coal-mines of
Durham on Wednesday last, and inspected the various
operations of the collieries and their machinery.
The late thunder-storm killed the wife of a sawyer
the North, and also injured severely two others at
Durham. A cottage in Sussex and another in 'lamp-
Shirewerefired by the lightning, and burnt down.

LAW INTE LLIGE NCE.

INSOLVENT COUItT (THIS DAY).
Mr. Commissioner HARRIS sat to-day .for the pur-
pose of hearing applications to .bail. No less than
the unprecedented number of 94 cases had accumu-
lated since the last sittings, which. hive scarcely ter-
minated more than a week agO.
The Learned COMMISSIONER informed the parties
in waiting that the hearing of the.cOuntry bail would
be deferred till to-morrow.
IN RE THOMAS ELLIS-LOAN SOCIETIES.
The detaining creditor against the insolvent in this
case was the Secretary to the London General Loan
Society.
Upon looking over the schedule the Learned Com-
MISSIONER said he found that all the creditors named
there were treasurers and secretaries to different loan
societies both in town and country, to whom the in-
solvent had, become liable, either as a borrower him-
self, or surety for another. It was truly surprising
that a person so circumstanced could raise so much
money from suteh_a source.—The insolvent was libe-
rated uFon bail.
IN RR CATHARINE MARIA' FORDE.
The insolvent in this case was Miss Forde, the well-
known andlavourite actress. The amount of debts
appearing in her schedule was very large, but all
that her hail was required to , qualify for was 35/.
being double the amount of a -small judgment debt
against. her. Her vesting order was dated nearly a
month- back., -
Mr. Lewis, the insolvent's solicitor, stated to the
Learned Commissioner that 'll/. 16s. had been paid
into Court, and.also 2'2 duplicates handed over to Mr.
the auctioneer, to-the Court—
Mr. /Commissioner Halms said, under those cir-
cumstances, he should now accept bail, when the in-
solvent might be liberated after filing an amended
balance sheet.-
Messrs. Layton and Fox having qualified were ac-
cepted as bail, and Miss Forde was liberated, after the •
order of the CoUrt_was Complied with.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.)

ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE, AND THREATENING TO
MAKE AN INDECENT CHARGE.—Charles Fitzgerald,
aged 25, was indicted for committing a robbery, at-
tended with violence, on the person of a man named
Watt 3, in. the month of May last.
It appeared that the prosecutor was looking, on the
evening in question, into a print-shop in the Strand,
when the prisoner came up to him and told him he
had some prints and books to dispose of, which were
valuable, and asked the prosecutor .to become a pur-
chaser. The prosecutor stated that it was not likely
he would be a purchaser, but that •if the prisoner
wished, he would look at them. '.l-16 accordingly went
with the prisoner to his lodgings in Stanhope-street,
where he resided, and as soon as he got into the house, the
prisoner seized the prosecutor, shook him, tore his
clothes; and threatened to accuse him of an indecent
assault if he did not give him money. Prosecutor
gave him a shilling and some halfpence, and as soon
as he dot into the street, "seeing a policeman, he gave
the prisoner into custody. The prosecutor was sub-
sequently taken ill, and confined to Bartholomew's
Hospital for two months, which accounted for the de-
lay which had taken place in bringing the prisoner to
trial.

Mr. Baron ROLFE, in summing up, expressed a
doubt as to.whether the violence committed was suffi-
cient to support the charge of robbery with violence.
The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of robbery,
attended with violence. The prisoner was then re-
moved until the next trial should have taken place.
MR. CHURCHILL'S CASE.— Win. Stringer, alias
Fitzgerald alias Mills, and Charles Ncwstead alias
Smith alias Nell Gwynne, were indicted for assaulting
Mr. J. E. Churchill, with intent to rob him, on the
11th of the present month. The prisoners pleaded
Not Guilty.
Mr. CLARKSON, in opening the case to the Jury,
stated that the law made a distinction between an
assault with intent to commit a robbery committed
by two persons, and an assault committed with that
intent by one person only. It would, therefore, be
for the Jury to determine whether the two prisoners
had conspired together to make an assault
for the purpose of robbing, not Mr. Churchill par-
ticularly, but any person they might happen to meet.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail the
facts of the case as they afterwards appeared in evi-
dence. He invited the most searching investigation
into the evidence he should offer, and besought them
narrowly to watch every word that fell from Mr.
Churchill.

The witnesses on both sides were ordered out of
Court.

The prisoner Stringer said that he had only been
committed on Friday, and was without legal advice;
he trusted no prejudice would exist against him.
Mr. John Ellis Churchill examined by Mr. Bon-,
KM--I am in the employment of Ellis and Evrington,
in St. Paul's Church-yard, and I am the nephew
of Mr. Wynn Ellis, one of the partners,
I lodge at 44, Great larlborough-street. On the
evening of Thursday, 11th of the month, I went out to
take a walk in Hyde Park, at about nine o'clock. I
am in the habit of walking in the Park of an evening,
as I am detained in the City by buness until seven
in the evening. I was so detained on the day in
question. I was going from Grosvenor-gate, in the
direction of Kensington-gardens. After I had got
about 300 yards, I turned to the right, and was then
in the direction towards Oxford-street. The prisoner
Newstead then overtook me, and touching his hat
asked me politely the nearest road to the City. His
appearance was most respectable. 71-Ie stated that be
had been spending the day at Kensington. -I told-
him the road that I was going was the most direct
way. We walked on together about 20 or 30 yards,
when I heard some one coining behind. On looking round
I saw the prisoner Stringer coming towards us. He
seized me by the collar, called me a..ki—d beast, and
said I had been guilty of indecently exposing my
person. I raised my stick, with a view of knocking
him down, when the other prisoner seized my arm,
and said you had better go quietly to the station-
house. I remarked that if there were two of them
it was useless my resisting, and proceeded as a pri-
soner with Stringer to Oxford-street. Newstead fol-
lowed behind. We went down Park-lane to one of
the streets leading to Grosvenor-square. Stringer
observed that he had been watching me for the
last three -quarters of an hour, and added further
that my friend, meaning Newstead, kept close
behind me. I requested Stringer, as he seemed
determined to take me to the station, to let
me go to my house in the neighbourhood, that
I migh ttake some friend with me. We proceeded
down Lower Brook-street, a contrary direction to the
station. He asked me what security I would give
him if he allowed me to go into my house. I said
what security can you require if. you see me to my
door ? Opposite to Mivart's Hotel I saw a police-
man in the distance. I said to Stringer it will
soon be settled by a policeman. He then said you
shall not go to your lodgings, you shall go to the sta-
tion-house. He immediately turned back, and
changed our direction, for the purpose, as it seemed, of
a'oiding the policeman. We went towards Davis-
street—there we met a body of police. I remarked,
the police are coming towards us, and the prisoner
Stringer immediately stopped. The prisoner New-
stead had disappeared when I first saw the policeman.
The police approached. I said we will go towards
them. He crossed the road; and seized my collar,
dragging me as though I were a prisoner towards
them. On coming up to the police he gave me in
charge for an indecent assault, and stated to the In-
spector that if be went back a little way he would
probably find the other fellow. I was taken to the
station-house, the charge made, the Inspector read the
charge to me, and I was locked up in a cell. I asked
twice for writing materials, and requested a messenger
to be sent to my friends. No notice was taken of
my request. On the next morning I was taken to
Marlborough-street, and the charge. was gone into.
(The depositions then taken at Marlborough-street
were then put in and read by the clerk, they have al-
ready been published.) After the examination I was
committed as a prisoner, and remained locked up
until 1 procured bail. One of my bail knew Mr.
Shepherd, in whose service the prisoner Stringer
alias Fitzgerald had represented himself to be. Mr.
Shepherd was fetched, and confronted with Stringer. I
was not present then, but by the advice of the Magis-
trates' clerk, I gave Stringer in custody on a charge of
assault. (Mr. Fitzpatrick, the clerk at Marlborough-
street, here stated what occurred on Mr. Shepherd
coming to the office. It appeared that the Magistrate
sent for Stringer, that Mr. Shepherd was confronted
with him, when Stringer admitted that what he had
sworn in the morning, that he was in the employ of
Shepherd or Sutton, was false. He also stated that he
knew Mr. Shepherd, but he did not see him in Court,
although Mr. Shepherd was in Court. Stringer had
stated in the morning that he had been obliged to ask
Mr. Shepherd's leave to attend the office. After he
carne back in the evening, before he knew Mr. Shep-
herd was in the office, the clerk asked him if he per-
sisted in saying that he was in the employment
of Shepherd and Sutton. He said he did.
The clerk asked if one' of the parties could
be got to attend if he was sent fbr. He said it would
be no use, for the office was shut, and they were
gone to Camberwell. He did not come in the morn-
ing until after his time. The clerk asked what wa.s
the cause of the delay, and he said he had had great
difficulty in getting leave from his employers.
account l‘lre
ir enhgi !hadexa mg
tn res u
Marlboroughmed—A-After 'le
gave him in charge for adassault upon me, and he
was taken to the station-house. I was going away.
He said to me, " You shall have Newstead before you
in the morning, the man you were indecently engaged
with in the Park." I have seen him this afternoon.
That was the first time that 'heard the name Newstead

mentioned. On my oath I hadnot been in company with ;
Newstead one minute when Stringer came. On my
oath there is not one word of truth in the charge.-
In- answer to questions from the prisoner Stringer,
the witness, Mr. Churchill, inthe most solemn manner
denied that there; was the least particle of truth in the
charge which Stiringer made, .or that he had ever
ogeted Stringer miiney.to let hini' go.
Charles Wallis examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am
a dentist, living at 44, Great Marlborough-street. I
am a friend of Mr. Churchill, and was with hiin when
he gave the charge against the prisoner Fitzgerald
alias Stringer. Whilst there I heard Stringer say
menacingly to Mr. Churchill, " I will bring up New-
stead to-morrow, the man you were with in the Park.
I met with him by accident this afternoon, and he said
he would come."

Cross-examined by Stringer—l can positively swear
that you said Newstead.
. ,

Itolea Liiter, police constable C 14—I was at the
station-house when Mr. Churchill made his charge.
This witness corroborated the. testimony of Mr.
Churchill as to the' use of the name Newstead
Stringer.
Ellen Thorn—l am the daughter of Mr. Thorn,
15, Denzell-street, Clare-market. It is close to Stan-
hope-street. Stringer lodged at my mother's house.
Another man lodged with him in the same room.
(C. Fitzgerald was here placed at the bar.) That is
the man. They poised as brothers. Newstead was in
the habit of calling there. He and Stringer often
went out together. Newstead *as there just before
Stringer was taken into custody.
Cross-examined by Stringer-41e used to call on
you about four o'clock in the afternoon.
By the CounT—They used to come in very late at
_

—William Thorn—l am the brother of the last wit-
ness. I remember Stringer taking the lodging.
Charles Fitzgerald came about a week after. They
lived in the house together. They passed as brothers.
(The trial was proceeding when we went to Press.)

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
John Hughes,. 18, described- in the calendar as a
shoemaker, was convicted of stealing six knives, six
forks, and one spoon value 31., the property of Colonel
Henderson, and sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment and hard labour.

Benjamin Pedigree, 17, was indicted with stealing
a pair of boots, the property of Charles "Wright, from
the person of James.n right.
The Jury convicted the prisoner, and
The COURT, he having:been formerly convicted,
sentenced him to ten years' transportation.
George Henry Lyne, James Wright, and William
Sadd, were convicted of stealing a half-crown and
some halfpence, the property of Charles Realff, from
the person of Charlotte Realtr.

The prisoners having all been previously convicted,
were sentenced to ten years' transportation.
William Dean, '27, a labourer, was convicted of
stealing 155., the property of Robert Mays.
The COURT (the prisoner having been previously
convicted) sentenced him to seven years' trans-
portation.
John Burns and James Smith, the one a labourer
and the other a sweep, were convicted of stealing a
pair of boots and socks, the property of George
Stokoe, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

John Hubbard, a bricklayer, was convicted of steal-
inF'a plebe of stone, value ls., the property of Thos.
Cubitt, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment
and hard labour.

Amelia Cates, aged 19, was convicted of stealing a
mouseline de laine dress, value 145., the property of
Samuel Hughes, and sentenced to six months'
imprisonment.
Wm. John Shaiv, a sailor, aged 16, was convicted of
stealing one pair of trousers, a shirt, and a cap, value
55., and money to the amount of 75., the property of
Frederick Cooper.
The prisoner having been previously convicted, was
sentenced by the Court to seven years'transportaticsn.
George Richards; iVbitiW Maker; wag convicted of
stealing, on the 18th of August, at a Chartist meet-
ing on Islington-green, a pocket handkerchief from
the person of Henry Hall, and sentenced to one month's
imprisonment and hard labour.
The COURT refused to allow the prosecutor his ex-
penses, observing that if he chose to attend such meet-
ings he must abide by the consequences.
Cum:, MURDER.-Our readers will recollect that
on Saturday last, Sarah Stroud was convicted of the
murder of her own child, by throwing it into the Re-
gent's Canal, and sentenced to death, the Learned
Judge holding out no hopes of mercy. Since the
conviction of the prisoner,' Mr. Doane, her Counsel,
has appealed to the Learned Judge who tried her
(Mr. Baron Rolfe) to stay execution, on- the ground
of an irregularity as to the baptismal name of the
child. We understand, in consequence of this appli-
cation, the Learned Judge has written to the Secre-
tary of State to stay execution till November, in order
that the point raised by the Learned Counsel may be
considered by the Judges.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.)
A NOVEL APPLICATION:—Jomes Brown and Benja-
min Ball, two men lately employed by Mr. Thomas
WilliamF, whalebone cutter, of Cheapside, appeared be,
fore the Lord Mayor, and stated that they had been in
Mr. Williams' service for about five months. On Friday
last, Mr. Williams came into the shop, and he found
some work tkat was lyin' .• unfinished. He said nothing
about the work, but said to the applicants, " Maki, out
your accounts, I discharge you." . _They made out their
.aqcounts, and, had since applied to Mr. Williams to give
them acharaeter, but. he refused to do so.

Mr, Williams- said that on Friday last he was going
upstairs into'the shop, and he heard a voice say ',hush."
He went into the room, and he there saw the applicants.
Under an old jacket he discovered that some work had
been secreted, and thinking it looked rather suspicious,
and as the work was in a state in which it ought not to
be, he gave the applicants their discharge.
The LORD MAYOR said that there was certainly suf.
ficient ground of suspicion for Mr. Williams to be justi-
fied in giving them their discharge, but he could not
compel him to give the applicants a character. The
summons must therefore be dismissed.

Joseph Maish, John Wilson, Stephen Stephens, and
Joseph Lawton, four men also in the service of Mr.
Williams, were then put forward charged with assault-
ing the applicants in the last case, Brown and Ball.

this case arose out of the transaction detailed above.
It appeared that Brown and 8411 went to the. shop yes 7
terday, about twelve o'clock, and a regular roiv took
place. All the parties stripped, and a severe conflict
took place. Mr. Williams was in the shop at the timer
and in the scuffle he received a severe blow on the lip.
The Loan MAYott said the best thing he could do
would be to bind the whole of the men over to keep the
peace towards each other, and perhaps Mr. Williams
would take the men Brown and Bail into his service
again, as it was a and thing for•men to be thrown out of
work with a stain on their character.
_Mr. Williams said he would do so.
The parties then left the Court
GUILDHALL—(THIS DAY.).
John Hallett, a butcher's man, was placed at the bar
charged on suspicion of having stolen a bundle of fat.
Inspector Death stated that he saw the prisoner take
a bundle into the tap of Mr. !Teesdale, a publican, re.-
siding in the neighbourhood of Newgate-street, and
leave it there. The witness went into the house, and
found concealed, behind a barrel, a large parcel of fat.
The prisoner was then found, and taken-into custody. •
Mr. Alderman JOHNSON' said he should discharge the
prisoner, but he directed the house of Mr. Teesdale to
be examined, as he belieied it to be the receptable of
stolen goods, and the case would be borne in mind at the
next licensing day.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Matthew Stevenson, who had been remanded from thiS
Court for the production of further evidence, on the
charge of embezzling a large sum of money•, the property
of Mr. Henry Slater, upholsterer, of 22, Queen's-build-
ings, Marylebone, was this day placed at the bar on the same
charge, together with his brother Win. Stevenson, who was
charged with being accessary. It will be remembered
by the readers of The Sun, that the prisoner MattheW
had been upwards of four years in the employ of the
prosecutor as porter, and that on the 10th of August
the prosecutor gave him a cheque for 671. 17s. 7d. upon
the London and Westminster Bank, .the cash for which
he was to receive, and return to Mr. Slater. The prisoner
was proved to have ca shed the cheque, but in Ftea d ofreturn-
ing with the money he was found some hours afterwards in
the streets in a helpless .state of drunkenness, throwing
the money about in all directions ; and so freely had be
made use of it that by far the greater portion of it was
gone.
Mr. Slater repeated his evidence relative to the prisoner
Matthew, and merely stated, with regard to William,
that he :was a brother of the other prisoner's.
Charles Scholefield, a clerk in the London and West-
minister Bank, deposed to paying the'eheque in question
to the prisoner. Matthew on the 10th of August; which
he paid with six five-pound notes and thirty-seven pounds
seventeen shillings and sevetipcnce in gold and silver.
Davit! John Liston, the keeper of wine vaults in
2, Picqnet-street, produced :.five-pound note, which he
believed to have been paid to him by the prisoner Wil-
liam on the evening of the 10th August.—(The note was
produced and identified as one of those given by the
witness Scholefield, to the.other prisoner in exchange for
the cheque.) When witness chttnged the note the per-
son presenting it gave the name of " Stevenson," of No.
6, Essex-street.

William Batty was in the public-house on the lOth.of
August, and further identitied William Stevenson as
being the man who changetl the 5/. note above mentioned
on that day. •
Henry Barker was in Kilpack's wine-vaults in the
Strand, on the 10th of August, and he saw the prisoner
Matthew Stevenson give. to William a Si. note, and tell
him to go and get it changed.
Policeman F 23 repeated his evidence of a former
day relative to the apprehension of Matthew Stevenson,
and the finding on him 45/. ss. 114 d.
The prisoner Matthew admitted having given hiS bro-.
ther a note to get changed, but denied that his brother
knew anything of the robbery.
William denied all knowledge 'of the robbery.
Both the prisoners were fully' committed for trial.

FINE ARTS.
Messrs. Baily, of Cornhill, have just published a
series of portraits of illustrious living characters, exe-
cuted in lithograph by French artists, with singular
beauty and distinctness of touch. Great— improve-
ments have been made of late years in this branch of
engraving, of which the Plates before us are nude-
niablC proofs. The artist, from whose original draw-
ings they have been taken, is a German gentleman, by
name Diet, portrait painter in ordinary to the Duke of
Saxe Meiningen,under whose immediate patronage he
has visited this country, and obtained the honour of se-
veral sittings from the Queen and Prince Albert, and
other members of the Royal Family. his portrait of
her Majesty, which is a half-length, is one of the
most pleasing we have yet seen, and is an admirable
likeness, not only as regards features, but character
and expression of countenance. Nor is that of Prince
Albert less accurate as a resemblance. His Royal
Highness is represented standing in one of the apart-
ments of Buckingham Palace, with his right hand
resting on the head of a favourite greyhound, while
his left holds an open journal. Ile is dressed in the
plain, unassuming attire of a private English gentle-
man, and his attitude is full of easy dignity. The
portrait of 'the Duke of Wellington is not quite so
fortunate as a .likeness. His Grace is seated with ,
folded arms in an arm-chair, absorbed, apparently, in
deep thought; beside him, on the walls of the apart-
ment, hangs a picture representing, characteristically
enough, a battle-scene, and on the table before him
lie some books, and what appears to us to be the plan
of a campaign. As a work of art, the engraving is
carefully finished in all its details, but the features
of the Duke are too large and massive, and the coun-
tenance not sufficiently sharp. Still it will be recog-
nised as a likeness, though it certainly is not a striking
one. Of the remaining portraits, the cleverest is that
of Lord Lyndhurst, which displays all that acuteness
and worldly sagacity, tempered by good-nature and
urbanity, so characteristic of the original. The series
of portraits is, we understand, to be continued, and to'
appear regularly in Monthly Numbers; if it be car-
ried on with the same care and spirit with which it
has been commenced, we cannot permit ourselves to
doubt for an instant of its success.

STRAND THEATRE.
Last night a pleasant and amusing burletta, under
the title of Zegerdemain, or, the Conjuror's Wife,
from the pen of Mr. Oxenford, was produced at this
theatre, and was received with great success, played
with great spirit, and given out for nightly repeti-
tion amid general applause. The plot of the piece
consists in the elopement of a young lady, Emily
Granby (Miss Ellen Daly), with an actor, Edward
Dexter, who captivates her affeetions,by his perform-
ance of Romeo. The young actor not succeeding in
the higher, walks of the histrionic art, becomes a con-
juror by profession, without, however, acquiring the
secret of transmuting the precious metals. He is re-
duced to great poverty, and, worked upon by the arts
of his landlord, to whom he is indebted, he steals
a watch entrusted to hip for the performance of
a trick ataone of his professional exhibitions, for the
purpose of extricating himself from his difficulties.
His wife, is, however, warned of his guilt, and
interposes, in time to save his character by effecting
the restitution of the stolen article, which has the ad-
ditional advantage of reconciling her to her friends,
and of identifying her husband as the heir to a large
fortune. The denouement thus places the conjurer and
his wife in affluent circumstances, and accomplishes,
what all lovers of the romantic most earnesly desire,
a happy result to those who venture vpon matrimony.
Mr. Snugby, the shopkeeper, was, excellently played
by Mr, Corrie, his jealous wife by. Mrs. Vosbroke, and
the footman? Tom Cautious, by Mr. J. W. Collier.
Miss Ellen Daly performed Emily with great skill
and versatility, equally with Mr. Maynard, who
enacted Edward Dexter. Sinister was happily struck
off by Mr. 11. Hall. The excellence and variety fur-
nished. by this little theatre create as pleasant an
evening as can be spent anywhere in the metropolis.

PORTUGUESE NEWS.

LISBON, MONDAY, AUG. 22.—N0 definitive result
has yet been attained in connexion with the re-con-
struction of the Cabinet. Costa Cabral is sinking in
the estimation of the Court, and so feeble here is the
support even of the largest majorities in the Cham-
bers, so changeful the political horizon, and so potent
the force of intrigue, that I am very doubtful as to
the Minister of the Restoration being able eventually
to weather the storm. If he fall he will be almost as

much the victim of his own incessant intrigues as of
those of his adversaries, for his time and energies have
been so wholly occupied with secret manoeuvre and
espionnage that he has permitted himself no opportu-
nity for the exhibition of administrative capacity, or
for consolidating the confidence of the- country by
proving his claim well founded. The Cortes will
continue to sit for about another week ; he will next,
if at all, complete the personnel of his Administration,
and then, if he has any thing in him, it will be shown.'
The never-ending debate on the address has been
wound up at last in the Chamber of Deputies by a di-
vision, which gives to the Government a majority to
content the heart of the greediest Minister. The
numbers were--

For the Government Address 62
For the amendment l9
Majority
The debate, which occupied nearly a fortnight, has
been nearly one perpetual storm. But the last day's
proceedings, immediately before the division, were of
such a nature, that if it is desired to maintain any
place in the public respect, no repetition of them must
ever be witnessed. Senhor Silva Cabral, a Lord of
the Treasury, and a brother of the Home Minister,
having veh;mently attacked in the course of his
speech, Senhor Avila, late Finance Minister, who had
as violently assailed his former colleague for the part
which he took as the leader of the Oporto movement,
was repeatedly interrupted by Avila with the gross
and bullying phrase, " F falso !" Ruffled by this,
Silva Cabral assailed Avila with increased vehemence
for his capitalization scheme of January last, charging
him with being dismissed for having " burlado"
(humbugged) the public ; and Avila retorted with—
" But not dismissed for robbing the public—not
dismissed for being a thief!" There was logic
in :this, and the hit was tremendous, for, un-
fortunately, Silva Cabral, while Corregidor of Rocio,
laid himself open to grave imputation. The scene
which ensued was most humiliating. Costa and IZe-
hello Cabral, the two brothers of the party thus
grievously insulted, started up and demanded a re-
tractation of the offensive epithet. Rodrigo Magal-
haes interposed with some of his copious oil, which he
flung over the troubled waves with apparently but
little effect. Rebello, the most vehement of the three
brothers, shook his clinched fist across the benches at
Avila, and muttered about " blood ;" the Home Mi-
nister, who is the second brother, the insulted being
the eldest, called Avila a "calumniator," and Avila
retorted with " traitor !" The President rang his
bell like a fury, and called all the interlocutors to
order, whereupon, after a brief pause, Senhor Costa
Cabral got up and made a speech so pacific as, under
all the circumstances, to be more than a ob-like
model of patience. He desired no formal censure, and
preferred giving Senhor Avila an opportunity of ex-
plaining Avila hereupon got up and explained that
he used the terms "thief and robber" only in a general
sense, and thus' the scene ended. Now, if this was
not " the very fiend's arch mock," it is perhaps the
height of sincerity
" To lip a wanton, and pronounce her chaste ?"
With what a Mephistophes' sneer at constitutional
assemblies and representative government did Baron
Marischal, the Austrian Ambassador, and Count
Raczynski, the newly arrived Prussian envoy, witness
thii scene from the diplomatic tribune ! I shall not
disguise my contempt. Think, in any country, of a
Lord of the Treasury designating a Finance Minister
a " humbug"—of the Finance Minister retorting on
the Lord of the Treasury with " thief and robber !"
and. of all this beingsprinkled withhyssop and sponged
with slavet. Farr* it from me tb inculcate a resort
to deadly weapons, but assuredly the least which the
occasion demanded was a strong vote of censure.
The Finance Minister has laid upon the table of the
Chamber of Deputies two projects of law; one seek-
ing an authority for the Government to collect the
various imposts and other resources of the State, ne-
gotiate loans upon them, and, even in the absence of a
formal vote of the estimates, engaging to give a de-
tailed account of the expenditure in the next ordinary
session of the Cortes. The other Bill was to autho-
rize the Government to alter the mode of collecting
the revenue, with a view to make it at once more
productive in its 'amount and less expensive in its ma-
chinery. Both projects were referred to the Finance
Committee.

The Tariff Convention is as far " at sea" as ever,
with no appearance of approximation. I learn by
letters from Oporto that the commercial community
of that important town is in despair, and I Should be
sorry to transcribe all the vehement -and :litter things
that I have heard stated by British merchants here as
to the incapacity which presides over these transac-
tions, and the mismanagement which has 'entangled
and delayed so mischievously the practical part of the
negotiation. Instead of appointing a mixed Commis-
sion, fairly and carefully chosen, to sit from day to
day, as a board of international trade, and discuss
every item of the tariffs respectively seriatim, by
which means mutual concessions would be obtained,
and just conclusions formed by the collision of opposite
minds and rival interests, the Plenipotentiaries ap-
pointed each his own set of Commissioners, and the
reffalt has been what any one might have'foreseen—
that each set has presented a one-sided Report, sus-
taining exagFerated views, and that both doggedly
persist in maintaining their ground.
The Austrian frigate Bellona entered the Tagus on
the 18th instant, commanded by his Imperial High-
ness the Archduke lircderick of Austria. The Prince
was received with all the honours, and immediately
proceeded to -Cintra., here he has been splendidly
entertained by her Most Faithful Majesty, whose first
cousin he is. At the Royal dinner yesterday the Mi-
nisters of the Crown, principal officers .of State, and
foreign Ambassadors were present, and every arrange-
ment-is made for the suitable entertamment of the
Prince during his brief stay.
The exaggerated reports forwarded to London by
certain otudnunes of a threatened Spanish invasion
have fortunately not embroiled the t‘v -Peninsu-
lar countries in war, however they may have
served to embitter the relations between them.
The army of some 60,000 Spaniards, Which was to
have invaded the frontier at three different points,
according to these veracious statements, was
more expanded even then Falstaff's men in buck-
ram, the • movement of troops having, in fact, nut
extended beyond 600 men. The exaggeration was
thus exactly a hundredfold. This battalion of 600
men,. accompanied by a park of field artillery, did in
realiti advance as far as a village adjoining lladajos,
and therefore in some respect threatens Elvas, where
the guns Were mounted to prepare for every possible
contingency. No hostile demonstration, however, of
any description having been made, and the movement
of troops being legitimate, to strengthen the cordon
against the admission of contraband, the guns were
speedily dismounted and the menacing-aspect got rid of.
It were well that some liberal monsure•was extended
to the barbarous regulations of the Lisbon Alfandega,
and that the vexatious restrictions imposed upon vessels
loading and unloading- under certain circumstances
were assimilated to the more onlightened policy which
has lately been introduced at Madeira and the Azores.
The director of the Lisbon Custom-house seems to
take an Ostrogothic pride in counteracting and
fettering the freedoin of commercial pursuits. Vessels '
compelled by stress of weather to put into the Tagus
to refit, to unload part of their cargoes, or to embark
fresh,provisions, are every day sultjected by him to
the most vexatious delays and annoyances ; and the
last proof which he has afforded of the liberal spirit
that animates him was undei these circumstances
An Oporto merchant had taken his passage by one of
the Peninsular Company's steamers from Lisbon to
Vigo, and on application being; made at the Custom-
house for a docket to enable um to carry on board a
case of valuable French engravings, the Director not
only refused, but added at the public table, in the
presence of hundreds, that the Peninsular Company's
steamers were habitually concerned in smuggling
along the Portuguese coast, intimating, of course, that
in this instance the French engravings, with their
proprietor, would be landed somewhere near Oporto
instead of at Vigo. Mr. Vanzeller, the agent, on
hearing this, remonstrated with the Director; but in
vain ; denounced this charge against the Peninsular
steamers as a calumny-, but obtained no satisfaction
whatever. 'He next applied to Lord Ho-
ward, and memorialized the. Government to
compel the permission • to be accorded (which
to withhold at all was flagrantly unjust),
and to force the insolent official to forbear for the
future from venting his slanders in the public hall of
the Alfandega. Before, however, any answer was
received the steamer had taken her departure, the un-
fortunate Oporto gentleman was obliged to forfeit hir,
passage and seek some other means of conveyance,
and the Peninsular Company was put to the loss of
the sum of '2O milreis passage money, which their
agent was obliged to return.
Of the 12 contos paid into the War Office twelve
weeks since by Bitron Tojal, to be devoted to the pay-
Ment of the first instalment of the claims of the British
Officers who served in the Peninsular war, not one
farthing-has yet been paid over. My firm belief is,
that the upright officials of the War Department here
have eaten the money long since!

DEATH 'OF SIR GEORGE TAPES GERVIS, BART.—
Sir George died at his seat, Milton Admiral, on Sa-
turday, in his 45th year. He was the son of. the first
Baronet by the daughter of Barrington Biggin, Esq. ;
married the eldest daughter of A. E. Fuller, Esq. ; suc-
ceeded his father in 1835, assumed the name of Gervis
by sign manual, and some time represented the borough
cf,Cliristchurcli in Parliament,

PROPERTY TAX.
(orrict A
Office of Stamps and Taxes, London, Aug, 23.
SlR,—The Board, finding that considerable mis-
understanding exists as ,to the mode in 'which the
property tax is to be assessed on rent-charges under
the Tithe Commutation Act, deem it expedient that
special instructions should be issued for the guidance
of the local officers on the point. I am accordingly
directed to state that, in all cases where the- tithes
have been 'commuted under the Act referred - to, no
separate assessment is to be made in respect of the
tithe -commutation• rent-charge on the persons en-
titled thereto, but he will pay the duty thereon through
the owner of land, by way of dedUction, as'hy, the
commutation of the tithes into a rent-charge the lands
are in effect tithe-free. As -.4.^.spects the occupation
the assessment is to be made on the full annual value
of the lands, under schedules A and B, deducting from
the duty chargeable under the latter one-eighth thereof,
according to the seventh rule in schedule B.
Thus, supposing a tenant to occupy a farm for
which he pays a rack-rent of 5001. to his landlord,
who pays a rent-charge on the same farm of 1001., the
assessment will be as follows :