The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-08 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The vivid and tremendously real Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS-
TOPOL !
After which the JEUX EQUESTRES DE L'ARENE, or Acts in
the Circle, with that miraculous feat, Mr. J. H. Cooke's Sant du Pont,
or Flight of the Bridges.
To conclude with a BALLET D'ACTION, with a variety of Prin-
cipal and other Dances, by artistes of celebrity.
Box-ofdce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

TJIS DAY—Morn. 54 min. aft. 12—Evening 11 min aft. 1
T3-XfoßßOw—aforn.2l min. aft. I.—Evening44 min. aft. 1

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. E.
THER3IO3IETEE, IN TILE SHADE.
56 —highest sines noon yesterday.
50 --Lowest this morning and during the night.
51—this day at noon.
BAROMETE7, 29.55—a fall of three-quarters of an inch
since yesterday morning.
%vita). S.W.—Rather fresh, with continuous rain, and
very dull weather. Afternoon—sunshine.

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THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, —A letter appeared in the
Times some days ago, stating that the Duke of Argyll I
had omitted the toast of "The Army and Navy," on the
occasion of the dinner of the British Association, because
he "disapproved of the war." An M.P. who was pre-
sent writes to ray, that on being questioned after the
dinner as to his reasons, the Duke stated that he had
desired to make the proceedings as short as possible, in
consideration of the ladies who dined with us ; that the
toast in question had not been given at the dinners of
the British Association in previous years ; and that in
proposing the Queen's health he had especially stated
that on that occasion the name of her Majesty was emi-
nently welcome as the head of both the services which
had added fresh glories to their country.
KINGSLAND AND DALSTON RAGGED SCAOOL.—Last
night, the seventh anneal meeting of the friends and
supporters of this school was held at the Congregational
Church, Kingsland. The Right Hon. the Earl of
Shaftesbury presided. From the report, which was read
by the Secretary, it appeared that the school, at last,
Was free from debt, and its affairs were in a hopeful,
prosperous, and encouraging condition. From the finan-
cial statement, it appeared that the receipts were
121/. 15s. "50. ; the expenditure, 119/. is. 3d. ; leaving
a small balance in the hands of the treasurer.
THE MAILS SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. -- The
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Vectis,
Captain 'Cook, left this day widi the usual Peninsular
mail, 55 passengers, and a full cargo of general merchan-
dise. . The Vectis takes out specie to the amount of
38,2821.—viz., for Lisbon, 22,680/. ; for Cadiz, 15,602/.
On reaching Gibraltar the Vectis will proceed to Malta,
and will take up her previous station from thence to
Marseilles. The company's steam-ship Valetta will re-
turn with the homeward mail, and on her arrival here
will undergo repairs. Some anxiety is manifested re-
specting the United States mail steam-ship Union, which
vessel shouh‘in regular course have arrived here on Fri-
day last. There is no doubt whatever she has encoun-
tered the strong gales which were so prevalent last week,
and thereby been detained.
THE ALLEGED STARVATION OF A FAMlLY.—Yester-
day, Mr. Wa,kley, the coroner, and a jury, which had
been previously empannelled to inquire as to the death
of James F. Weedon, aged 12 years, the son of a shoe-
maker, residing at 17) Compton-street, Brunswick-
square, now in custody at the instance of the authorities
of St. Pancras, upon the charge of attempting to starve
his entire family, was resumed at the Elephant and
Castle, King's-road, Camden-town. The jury returned
the following verdict :—" We, the jurors, are unanimous
that the deceased came by, his death by consumption,
accelerated by want of proper nourishment. We wish to
compliment Mr. and M.S. Jones in bringing the case
before Mr. INrchrnore, and also that gentleman on-his
conduct on the occasion. We desire also to express our
strong disapprobation of the manner Mrs. Ward Las
given her evidence."
THE BEAUFORT TESTIMONIAL—The committee of the
Beaufort Testimonial have published a list of centribu-
tore, amongst whom we are pleased so recognise the
names of the Duke of Northumberland, Sir R. L Mur-
chison, Admiral Dundas, and many of the most distin-
guished mercantile marine firms, not only of this country,
but also the United States. The services performed by
Admiral Beaufort wore of that universal nature that all
countries alike may claim the privilege of havineb bene-
fited by them, and the right of contributing towards
their commemoration.
THE INCOME TAX.—A great sensation has been cre-
ated amongst the various artisans of the dockyard at
Devonpert at being served with demands for 4/. 15s.
income-tax. During the last twelve months they have
been employed at unlimited earnings, which in nunier•
ous instances have made their incomes rather more than
100/. per annum. Parties have the right of appeal, but
as the demands have been made from of documents,
it is supposed that but few will be exempt.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY.—Yesterday workmen were en-
gaged in erecting barriers at the junctions of all the
streets and avenues communicating with the leading
thoroughfares along the line of which the Lord Mayor's
procession will pass on Friday next, the sOth of Novem-
ber. A very large number of persons visited the Guild-
hall this morning, to inspect the decorations, which are
extremely gorgeous, and precisely similar to those with
which the hall was fitted when the Emperor Napoleon
visited the corporation. •
CIALINE PEAL—Mr. C. J. Brooke, a chemist at Co-
logne, has made a new invention in the preparation of
peat, to which he gives the above name, He says that
cialine peat can be made of most sorts of common peat,
and that it will surpass every other fuel in the intensity
of flame and heat. The experiments hitherto made in
fwges show that cialine will produce a flame several
feet long, while common peat will only give one seven
or eight inches long.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—The annual
meeting of the Great Marlborough-street West Branch
of this association was held yesterday evening, at the
Hanover-square Rooms—R. Bevan, Esq., in the chair.
Among the clergymen on the platform we observed the
Hon. and Rev. H. M. Villiers, the Rev. W. T. Rooker,
the Rev. W. G. Lewis, &a; the Hon. D. Kinnaird, Ed-
ward Corderoy, Esq., &c. The room was crowded with
oompany, the greater portion of whom were ladies,
ESCAPE OF Two ettnlE RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—TWO
Russian prisoners of war escaped from the Lewes war
prison during the afternoon of Tuesday last. Their names
are Victor Jeifstiern, whose age is 26, height 5 feet 7
inches, of slender person, visage and complexion dark,
hair and eyes brown, without whiskers ; and Johan
Aspegien, aged 23, height 5 feet 8 inches, strong and
robust, of a dark and healtisy complexion, with brown
hair and hazel eyes, and no whiskers. Both prisoners
speak a little Eng ish, in addition to their knowledge
of the Russian, Ste:dish, and Finnish languages.
COMMITTAL OF AN ATTORNEY ON A CHARGE OF FRAUD.
—At the Brighton police court, on Tuesday, Henry Rh
chardsou, a middle-aged gentlemanly-looking person,
said to he a London solicitor, was charged with obtain-
ing 2/..155. 6d. under false pretences, the moneys of
Richard Reed, asssistant at Mr. Harmer's, butcher, East-
street. The prisoner, who had occasionally dealt with
Mr. Harmer, called at the shop with a cheque for 2/.
15s. 6,1. on the Union Bank, for which he obtained cash,
saying it was as good as ready money. The cheque was
subsequently paid into the bank, and brought back,
marked "no account." The defence was that the pri-
soner had deposited a lease, and opened an account with
the Union Bank, whence he had also obtained a cheque
book. It appeared, however, that the lease was of no
value, and that the prisoner had obtained the cheque
beak by representing to one of the bank partners that
he was about to live in Brighton, and was going to pay
in some money to the bank for his use. No authority
was given to him to draw cheques; unless. he paid in
'money. The prisoner was committed for trial. The
prisoner, when ho called at the Union Bank on the sub-
ject of, as be said, ()peeing an account, Obtained cash for a
cheque on the London and Eastern Bank for 4/.175: 6d.,
which was afterwards returned to Brighton with ".no
account" on it.—Brighton Guardian.
REFUSING TO DELIVER VD RAILWAY nee-mete—On
Thursday, before the Colchester magfistrates, _Ur. Thos.
Wilke, wholesale leather.. Red*, ct West. Smithfiefd,
London, was sutumoTf4 by the. Eastern Counties st6siPO
way Company for refusing -to deliver up his ticket; ,
pi
the arrival of the 8.30 flown train at Colchester, contrary
to a by-law of the company. It appeared that on the
morning of the 16th Oct, defendant was a passenger from
Sudbury to Colchester, and on the arrival of the train
at the latter place he refusedeithente deliver up his ticket
or give his name. He was afterwards followed into the
town, when be made a similar refusal, as also en return-
ing to the station to leave Ly the train. Mr. Barnes, for
the defendant, submitted that the by-law under which
the offence was laid had not been painted on a board, as
required by the act, and placed in some conspicuous part
of the station. That being the case, the bsneh had no
jurisdiction. As to the keeping back the ticket, it was
not done with any intention to defraud the company ;
but, having been put to considerable inconvenience by a
two hours' delay of the train, as a commercial man, de-
fendant resolved to bring an action against the company,
and retained his ticket for the purpose of showing that
he was a passenger on a particular day, that he had
paid his fare, and that he ought to have campletetl his
journey within a specified time. He did not believe it
was intended by the act that there should be a °envict
tion when the ticket was kept back for a bona fide rea-
son like that. The bench dismissed the case on the
ground that the by-laws had not been paieted on a
board.—Bitey and Norwich Post.
THE LAW OF RAILWAYS.—On Friday, at the Hud-
dersfield Railway station, a scene occurred which caused
some excitement amongst those present. A passenger
bad travelled from Manchester;by the seven p.m. train,
which is third class as far as Huddersfield, and after-
wards first and second class. As the gentleman wished
to proceed as far as Mirfield, he inquired whether he
should get out and book by eteeend class to that place,
but was told that he could
.not be allowed either to
purchase a ticket, or to remain in the company's carriage
without one. He, however, was determined to test the
matter, and entered a second class train, signifying at
the same time his intention to pay second class fore from
Huddersfield to Mirfield. Some angry words parsed be-
tween him and the railway officials, who threatened to
eject him by force from the carriage, on which the
passenger told them that he should, in that case, proceed
against the person that molested him for an assault. Ile
was allowed to proceed, and on arriving at Mirfield,
and tendering the second class fare from Huddersfield to
that place, it was refused, and a demand made for secmd
class fare from Manchester. He would not pay that
amount, alleging that he bad already paid the com-
pany for conveying hiM between Manchester and Hud-
dersfield. The clerk refused to accept the sum tendered by
the traveller, and it is stated that the magistrates will be
called upon to decide the matter. The decision is of itn-
pertanee, as it will perhape be learned whether, under
any cireumstancee, the railway company can refuse to
furnish a passenger with thesticket required to complete
his journey when they hawathrown out the inducement
to travel by third chars to Huddersfield, and then by
second class from Huddersfield to Mirfield. -Iludders-
field

ANTI-DEAR BREAD MoviinzrT.—FORMATION OF A
"PEoPnEs' PROVISION LEAGUE."—LIst evening a
crowded meeting was held in the Cowper-street School-
rooms, City-road, to inaugurate the " Peoples' Provision
League," and to consider and devise some means to pro-
cure an immediate reduction in the price of brca,4. The
following resolutions were agreed to :—" That it was
desirable to obtain a revisal of the Turkish tariff; and
of the treaty of the 16th of August, 1838, on which
that tariff was founded, so as to establish a free trade in
corn in all parts of the Turkish empire.; and if it could
be ascertained that there was any collusion by servants
of the Crown with foreign powers, by which the supply
of corn has been permanently limited, it was desriable
to visit upon them the penalties of the law. That it was
desirable to procure the reclamation of the waste lands
of this country, and to prosecute and expose all persons
guilty of defrauding the purchasek of food, either by
adulteration, or false weights and measures. That the
committee be requested to draw up rules, and again re-
port to a future meeting."

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 1855