The papers of Tuesday morning supplied an instance of almost

in- credible cruelty on the part of a Policeman and of a Magistrate at Hatton Garden. The circumstances, as we find theta r pored in the Times tiro briefly these. A poor apple-womati was taken stelJetily ill (in lebour) at the corner of Totterthuni met Road mei Wranduitill Street, oll. the night of Satin day week. Being in great mail, she put down her 1)hket 00 the pavement ; the basket lees immediately. pounced upon by a Policeman ; who, w he asked for merey's sisee to give it up 100110 use of sotne teal and disgusting expressions, and carried it le 'The NVI)111411 Was tkeu hi&uuuuu iiud brought to bed. fler hit-hand applied at the Hatton Garden Office, on SI outlay, for the lwAiet and apples : the basket wae returned to him, but he was telt! thet tie. apples we :.e all i aten. They had cost seven or eight shillings, and thr woman wile weirdly distressed f r .cotninott comforts. On Thursdity. two reseeetahle men ritteteltel at the Office to represent the case to Mr. Lanig; libel' the following dialogue occurred..

Mr. 1...ring-.‘ What du you apply for?"

Me Jones-. To explain to your Worships the circuit:Atm/Ts under whiek she et-Tended, and to her, for the restitution of het property." Mr. Laine-e She i'as got her basket firs; n. hass't she?" Mr. .lones--. Bat her :Tides are kept ; and she is nine at Irr peattst aced, hi a slate of destitution."

Mr. Laing eonnot help that ; the case is dteided, and the fridt etitem; I Anil wit hear any mare." Mr. .1111.C3-.." But is your Wor.hip aware that the woman was taken in labour, and could not help—" Mr. Lititg-" She was not so here. I tell you, Sir, I align tilt 'a sir you.'' (Rising. tied tutu iuug applivatit's raill to pieces. )- Mr. Junes-" I am k m to. Mr. Flower: lie must know I would itot—" Mr. liaring-" Speak to me, Sit ; you must speak to in:: I heard the ease, and I tell you again it is derided and (lane with."

Mr Joues--.• The poor man was prevented speaking to your Worshi,1 to tell—" I..titig-" false, Sir ; if you, or lee, or anybody says so, you • wy what is false."'

Mr. Jones-" The-man is here, iiyour Worship will bear-,--" Mr. Laing (advancing towards applicants, and flinging the fragments of Mr- r.trd into the fire)-" You mean to insult itie, Sir; you, you me LII to insult tie. You mean to say I do not know what I am about-that 1 d r:ot know toy tight hand fr lllll utmv left."

There was more of this ultereation, carried cm by the Magistrate in the sante strain. 'file applicants were dismissed without redress.

Some assistance has been given to the W0111101 by Mr. Basil Ali:intrigue, to wheel applieution was made. [Is there no Home Secretary, Whig or Tory, who will remove tide Laing from the bench ?j

At Marlborough Street Police-office, on Tuesday, a journeyman

tailor was chareed with attemilting to force his way into A psley I Immo on the previous: night, and insisting upon seeing the Duke of Welling. ton, alleging that he had just arrived from Rome, mid had urgcn busi- ness. When the porter bad thrust Min out of the gate, the trimmer was observed by a iioliceman to open the iron gate, and secrete himself behind a pillai : lie was then taken into custody. As the porter did not apiixer against him, he was discharged.

Vs:later, the Policeman, was finally committed flour the 'names Police-office 011 Tuesday, charged with being iniplietatai iii fiva dis- time incendiary fires in Rotherhithe.

Betweeli four and five o'clock on Thursday morning, it was disco-

vered that the etarlequitt seemlier, lying moored by the Goveriallent tender off the Tower, was on fire, the tenet; issuing from oats of her sides with great repidity. There was at great bustle imineeiately on the River, as the alarrielsells respouded to each other in quick saccee. ion. fit a few neuters, scores of seamen arrived in their boats, and. attempted to pie out the fire; but every effort proved jar Ifeettod., fur the inflammable matter on board, and the 9u:entity of wood cetanined in the vessel, caused the dames to be exree.higly. rapid .inut violent. When the firemen arrived, they found it impossible to save the vessel from destnartion, and us they could not get et her with the etigittes,• they judged it best to scuttle and sink her ; but owing to the host and other emuscs, this was a work of comities:Ode time, and she, did sot go down until she had been bundle; two hours. Sete °ray reeked limo Hatulturg on Wednesday, with packets, passengers, Ithei I viglitogr5 which homely had beets landed. She was recktmed the ewifttei sailer leaving the port of London ; and cost 12,000/. Great meetly pitied:14. for the adjoining tier of vessels, as they were consiAlcreei in imminent danger. Among them were the Royal William, of Margete, and the Floating Church, the latter of which caught fire; but by the exertions. of the military and others, it escaped without much injury. It has not as yet been aseerteined how the accident arose, bet it is supposed from the ignition of the cinders in the machine-room: Happily no lives were lost.

An extensive and svetematiie course of frauds upon the Excise de- partment has recently been discovered by Mr. Golding Bird, the General Examiniog Surveyor. of Excise. The system was well known many veins ago, but was checked by the precautions of so executing and aifixing the stamp to reams or bundles of paper as. to preclude their removal tvithout being broken and rendered useless. It was known from circumstances that illicit pracocee were being carried on; and

Mr. Bird, after a persevering inquiry and search, has discovered that the true stamps, denoting the quality and weight of the paper, and that it had paid duty, had been ingeniously removed by some strong solu- tion, mid afterwards placed on paper which had not been du .y entered

or paid duty, m m

id sometimes es on inferior paper ; thus both defrauding the revenue and the fair dealer. Mr. Bird has traced one fraud to an extensive paper-stainer; and the whole subject is in course of investi- gatiou before the Excise Board, preliminary to the prosecution of the known parties.— Times.

There has been recently an issue of half sovereigns frem the Mint, but it is probaele that not any more of the same sort teal be issued. They are very little larger than the old sevemshilliog pieces, and, like then), liahle to be lost. lihty are of the same weight as the other half- sovereigns, but thieker, and do not sound when snuck on a counter ally mere than if they were pewter; which has caused many persons to hesitate in taking atm.—Daily PaptTs.