The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-15 00:00:00

VIOLENT OUTRAGE.

A letter from Innspruck, of the 6th instant, has the fol-
lowing :—" A barbarous outrag,e, was lately committed in
Carpacia upon two English gentlemen, Mr. Glcig and his
son. While travelling from Agram to Fiettine, they were
attacked on the 13th of August, about, 25 English miles
from the latter place, by a body of thirty or forty peasants,
:-nd after a stout but fruitless resistance, overpowered. The
r &Luis assailed them, without the slightest provocation
with large stones and sticks, and some even with muskets.
They endoavoured to defend themselves by presenting pis-. gals at their assailants, and once Mr. Gleig fired over their
heads, but the shot not having taken effect, seemed only to
irritate them the more. They closed round Mr. Gleig, and
as he still abstained from taking life, beat him to the ground.
In this situation be must Lave been ki1le;1, had not. his son,
a youth of 13, discharged his pistol among the ruffians,
which, drawing their attention tar a moment from his father,
g v e the latter art opportunit' to recover his feet, and a short
sword which he fortunately carried with him. Of this wea-
pon he made such good use, that he in his turn deli-
vered the gallant boy from the hands of four men with whom
he was ;true-gling. The result, however, was that, on an
assurance front the leader of the assault, the Richter, or
magistrate, of the village of Marlavoditn, that no harm
would come to thorn, as they sh-Juld be carried before Count Liethtenstein, they gave of their arms, and were imme-
olia ely made prisoners ; tb' were then dragged into tae
Dorf-tickler's cottage
and bleeding . and there, with wounds still open,
profeely,
by ruffi:lo: they were, kept all night, guarded
who Wrank, and smoked, and, from time to
time., nade signs as if they intended to murder them. The
baggage, papers,
aainicid
... money of these gentlemen were ail
taken from them,
seemed desperate, when,
uhout midnight, there fonretiru c";
Fieurne, M. 'Ainrovitch, whaoltheeYarcianmeofblhea merchantaff. insistenn d
seeinii the captives. To him, wgho spoke Eny:lisnlisisMr.
Glef.g made known his ease, and he lost not a moment in
:ending off an express for Mr. Hill, the British Vice-consul
Ficome. Having been kept in this manner all night, Mr.
Gleig and his son were on the morrow carried back as prisoners
to the town of Logue. Here the authorities put Mr. G. in
thains ; while the Stoot-richter, or judge of the district, before
whom he was taken, refused, in spite of passports, and
Various letters to persons of rank in Germany, to believe
that he was not what the peasants represented him to be,
a spy or a robber. No orders were given to dress his
wounds, which continued to bleed a good deal, and he was
ordered back to Agram. But just as the waggon wi.s
brought round for the purpose of removing him, Mr. Hill
arrived. The latter gentleman had proceeded to the go-
vernor of Fieume, immediately on receiving the express,
and procuring from him every necessary assistance, lie
hastened to the relief of his countrymen. Nor could any
functionary behave in a like case with greater firmness,
discretion, and ability. Mr. Gleig's release was not only

obtaincd, but Coe ruffian who began lint rfAtived a
en the spot, the now lls ankio'es
to appear just qs ht had prcr;ou:ly been to bilmon`r a bar
mob. Tile case, we understand, has '.le;...ent 6'fore
the British Ambassador at Vicni ahc there can be no
doubt, from the w=tAlA..tiorstn justice of the Austrian Go-
vercment, thAt ample satisfaction will be obtained, for tt“
gr-;r's and wanton an outrage."—Gaii,-ptv,i,

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CAURCH-RATE.

A numerous Vett"ry Meeting of the Parlshieertt if
Christchurch, Surrey, was held yestrt-tistV in the Ulinrch;
on the requisition of the ,Cint•ehwardens, to make ix
Church-rate for the necessary repairs and 'el'eini,irot of the
Church. ati to authorise the Chur,.":ll.-;;Arilens out of streh
rate 615,0 to pay the expertr.-et "oE the parish clerk, ligl&ng,
warming, and eleen-L=lng the Church, pew-openers, r.!e?.o
and vestenroom keeper, the sacramental Inted and wine-,
the nr.gan, clock, expenses of the 'v6itatien, the appaiiier't
and registrar's fees,' end divers other expenses h attendant
upon the decent performance of divine wtrstrip in the parish
Chureh. (being the charges and npenses of the like nature
ivreurred by preceding Chnrchwardens), with suell vnrtations
or additions as the current year of alliee They require."
The Chair was taken hv. IT. MArLuroN, the Rector,
end the attend:lnce wee aceedingly numerous.
Mr. ZET-rertrzeK'sT moved that a rate. or :.>„(1. in the
pound he granted ; and Mr. Joel SC'eanded the motion.
Ur. IlAwEs said no 'Tatou whatever had been given for
the proposing of a Church-rate, and that wet a strong ar-
gument against the granting of one on the present occasion.
He, however, did not nicest to lay hold of the rate this
morning, but inteeded to show that the morncnt which
had been selected for calling the re,;;try was most unjust
and unfelt-. Mr. Hawes concluded by moving as an amend-
event a resolution to the triect, that it is manifestly unfair to
hold a vestry meeting for the decision of important parochial
business, when, by,the accidental circumstance of the poor.
rate of Is. in the pound having been made, a large portion
of the inhabitants of the parish, without any neglect on
their part, ore deprived of their votes ; and that it is the
opinion of the vestry, that to allow a fair and reasonable
time for the payment of the last rate, it be adjourned till
Thursday the I.2th of October.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. A PSLET PEDLATT, in an able speech of considerable
length, seconded the amendment.
After some angry discussion had taken place,
The CHAIRMAN said he granted a poll as demanded on
the question of the amendment for an adjournment, the
poll to commence at the close of the general business of the
day, and to continue until four o'clock in the afternoon ; to
commence again to-morrow morning at nine, and finally
close at four in the afternoon. The poll to be taken ac-
cording to Sturges Bourne's Act.--(Great disapprobation.)
In the event of the amendment being negatived, the vestry
would be continued at nine o'clock on Saturday morning,
on the original motion of a Church-rate.
Mr. HAWES said his object was to give time to the
poorer classes to pay their rates. He wished to inform
those who had supported the amendment, that on Saturday
morning he would move an adjournment again, and trusted
to carry adjournments as many times as would make up the
month which he had originally proposed. The sole object
of doing so was to enable the whole of the parishioners to
express their opinions on this important subject.—(Loud
and repeated cheering.)
The Vestry Clerk then proceeded to take the poll.

CHELSEA REFORM DINNER,

A numerous meeting of the electors of Chelsea, Ken-
sington, Brompton, and Fulham, was held yesterday at the
Stag Tavern, Fulham-road, for the purpose of establishing
a Reform Association for the support of Liberal principles,
for attending to the registration of voters, and for the more
effectual protection of the Reformers of that district.
The company sat down to dinner at five o'clock, H.
Warburton, Esq., 'M.P., in the chair.
After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been given,
The CHAIRMAN rose and said that he then came to
what might be more especially called the business for which
they were met together. They all knew the fate of the
late Middlesex election, and by what acts the Tories had
succeeded in partially defeating the Liberal party. He
held in his hand a printed circular, issued at a general
meeting of the Middlesex Conservative Registration Com-
mittee, which entered into various details upon the subject
of the registration. That Committee, relying upon their
exertions for the last two years, calculated upon having a
a majority of I,l79—(Cries of " Oh, oh!" and laughter.)
This was doubtlessly greatly exaggerated, but still there
could be no doubt that that party had most strenuously
exerted themselves to manufacture votes, and there was
no question that the majority which they had obtained
was owing to those exertions. The course to be pur-
sued by the Liberal party must naturally present it-
self to every mind. They knew that the leader of the
Conservative party had said that it was before the Revising
Barrister that the battle was to be fought. 'Were they,
then, to sit idle 9 Were they to do nothing to meet the
exertions of the other party If they did not exert them-
selves at the registration their exertions in Committees at
the time of the election would go for nothing ; and as often
as an election took place they would assuredly be beaten.
With these things before their eyes, if they remained quiet
and did nothing, they must make up their minds to be re-
gularly beaten.—(Cries of " No, no r) The result of the
late election, though most unfortunate, inasmuch as they
lost Mr. Hume, was anything but discouraging, because
the Liberal party polled fifty per cent. more than nt any
former election,—(Loud cheers.) The course he had taken
at the close of the late election was this. He established
an office for the purpose of raising objections and meeting
objections made by the other party. He had advanced for
this purpose 2001,—(Cheers.) If this plan were generally
and actively adopted, if they had a Committee, whose re-
gular duty it would be to attend to this object, he did not
despair of the success of the Liberal cause. He had made
inquiries as to the expense of such a Committee, and he
found that looking at it in the most economical point of
view, it could not be less than 5001. a-year. But what
was this sum scattered over such a constituency as that
of Middlesex ?—Cheers.) He knew that Mr. Byng, Mr.
Whitbread, and many other staunch Reformers, would at
once subscribe.—(Cheers.) But this would not be enough.
It was necessary that the electors also should exert them-
selves by attending to the registration of the district to
which they belonged.--(Cheers.) It was for this purpose
that they were assembled, namely, to form en association
to attend to the Reform interest in this particular district.
There should be a local association in every district ;
but there should be also a central association to attend to
the whole eouaty. He trusted that the electors would
come forward to defend and protect their own in-
terests, and he could promise them, if they did so, the most
complete success.—(Cheers,) The Hon. Gentleman con-
cluded by proposing " The healths of Mr. Hume and Mr.
Byne."—(Lonsl cheers.)
Mr. HUME rose to return thanks, and was most enthu-
sisstiedly received. Ho said it was quite true that lie
had been defeated in the county ; and he was satisfied
from what had conic to his knowledge since the election,
that the large addition to the number who voted for him
was owing to the cfforts of the Tories, who registered many
persons whom they supposed friendly to themselves, hut
who proved themselves staunch Reformers. He hoped
they would bear in ailed what had been said by their Hon.
Chairman 'se to the necessity of attending to the registra-
tion. If they wished to see the metropolitan county freed
from ins present situation of being a mere blank in the le-
gishture, they must adopt the means pointed out.—
(Cheers.) Whether he was Member for Middlesex or for
Kilkenny, or any other place, it would make no difference
M his effects on behalf of the people.---( Loud cheers.) Ho
now stood before them, as he had always stood before
them, the uncompromising opponent of Aristocratic Tory-
ism, and the determined advocate of popular power.—
(Cheers.) All power originated from the people, and every
aesvernment should look to the welfare of the community
generally, and not to the selfish interests of the few.—
(Cheers.) Ile had always endeavoured to diminish the
unholy influence of the few, and because he had never
compromised, and he trusted to God he never should, the
Tories were as decidedly opposed to him as he was to
them. There was therefore no love lost between them.
He was one of those that had been too sanguine in his ex-
pectation of the benefits that would arise from the Reform
Bill. But if that Bill was not found to give the people a
full command in the representation, it should be extended
so as to do so. He considered that the Ministers were
hound to carry out the principles of the Reform Bill. He,
for his part, had always been the strenuous advocate for in-
creasing the power of the people, and he knew no better
means of doing this than by adopting the Vote by Ballot.—
( Loud cheers.) There should, however, be at the same
time an extension of the suffrage.—(Renewed cheering.)
It was by adopting the plan proposed by his Honourable
Foiend, their Chairman, and by pursuing that plan with
prudence, firmness, and activity, that they must alone hope
to secure the objects nearest to the heart of every true Re-
former.—(Loud cheers.) He would promise that he, for
one, would be always found at his post. He would con-
clude by most sincerely thanking them for the honour they
had done him.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the " Health of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers," which was drunk with loud cheers.
Several other toasts followed ; and resolutions were
agreed to, pledging the meeting to form such an Associa-
tion as that referred to. Mr. Warburton being obliged to I
retire, the Chair was filled during the remainder of the
evening by Sir J. S. Lillie. The festivities were kept up
to a late hour, and the utmost unanimity and good feeling
prevailed throughout.

WA.I.; POIi.TUCAL;
-• '••q '•- -I';`l"r7:t. •
rt:!,t,GLAPiitu DESPATCHES.
" Most Excellent Senhor—Having, at eight o'clock, set
out with the division which accompanied me. in .pursuit. •of
the rebels (for at itlott 10,4 r VI st.4o,nin 1./4;4041e;
hint terwiirak. t n'rn en Erni they had left Alcobaga be-
.;even and eight o'clock of the same night, in the di-
rection of Rio Mayor. I passed the night near Villa da
Bataihs, and at break, of stfirtiltig: 1
qe43.lfthtd 4 .§qharoli of avthy beiagiiig to. the Fifth
It egifilent, for
lie Oil-Age;
nontidenVe; 46 tit. likeilaining whether the enemy had
actually marched for Rio Mayor.
" Proceeding to that place, I learned that the enemy
had stopped scarcely +more then two hottrs ltl A.Oitditira,
til'A be had enntitinxd hip iiiech in all baste, going,
ace rirding to srrinn, to Santarem, and, according to others,
to Valloda, for the purpose of passing to the South of the