The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-09 00:00:00

The Suspected Arson at Aylshaut,

of the Aylsham Col-
Dr. Ager, the pi-7---7incipTil
legiate School, and the inventor of Ager's plough_
ing machine, has been charged, at a meeting of
the county magistrates, at the Corn
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ite
v.
H. r
Exchange,
t
Aylsham, before Colonel Fitzroy, h
Marsham, W. Burroughs, Esq., and W. L. Jex
Blake, Esq., with having feloniously set fire to
his own house, on Saturday week. The court
was crowded to excess during the hearing of the
case, and a large number of persons waited out-
side to hear the result of the case. The accused
was defended by Mr. Simms Reeve, instructed by
Mr. Abel Tillett, and was accommodated with a
seat by the side of his solicitor. The case had
excited some considerable interest from the high
Position occupied by the accused, and by the
Publicity that had been given to the case. The
theory of the prosecution was, that at 3 o'clock
011 Saturday week, a fire occurred at Dr. Ager's
house, in the false ceiling theie, that such fire
was the work of an incendiary, and that Dr. Ager
was the most probable person who set fire to the
house. Henry Luton, head of the fire brigade;
William Alai; Police-constable ; Superintendent
Chambers, William Bereford Baker, and Felix Wal-
pole, two of Dr. Ager's pupils, and Mr. Jacob Mid-
dleton, the agent of the Norwich Union Insurance
were examined for the prosecution. After a short
consultation, on the doors being opened, the Bench
expressed how painful the inquiry had been to
f
them, but they were happy to say then had now a
more pleasurable
duty
toDr.
h
Ager that the case wasdismpiesrseodr.mi There
was muc for mi n g
applause in court and among th© crowd gathered
outside.

The Government and the Corporation of
London.

Within the last few days the retiring Lord Mayor
(Mr. Alderman Rose) is understood to have put him-
self in communication with the P- 'rre Minister
upon the events of great national interest and re-
joicing which have happened in his year of office,and
in connexion with which the corporation of the city
of London conceive themselves to have been slighted
by the Crown in the persons of their chief magistrate
and the sheriffs. For sonic) time past there has been a
certain feeling of disappointment in the corpora-
tion that no mark of royal favour such as is cus-
tomary on the occasion of a State visit to the city
by the Sovereign has been bestowed on the Lord
Mayor for the time being, in consideration of cir-
cumstances fresh in the public recollection, and in
which the citizens played a conspicuous and hon-
ourable part at a period of universal joy. It is said
that this feeling of dissatisfaction is not confined to
the members of the corporation, and that the omis-
slon, if such it be, is a theme of general remark.
Perhaps at no time, it is observed, have events oc-
curred in a single year in which the happiness of
the reigning family and the welfare of the nation
at large were more bound up, or with respect to
which the city of London, always foremost in loyalty
and public spirit, set a more conspicuous and muni-
ficent example of devotion to the Throne than in
that of the late Lord Mayor. There was the
agecom-
of the heir apparent,
destinedthenth to be
the entry into
the metropolis nf
of the royal lady
bride, followed immediately afterwards by the mar-
riage of their royal highnesses, and, lastly, the mag-
nificent entertainment of the illustrious pair by the
corporation in the Guildhall, and upon which, to-
gether with the royal reception on the 7th March,
the civic authorities expended a sum of about
£60,000. Here was an occasion, it is urged, if ever
there was or could be one, on which a chief magis-
trate of the city, as representing the only munici-
pality in the metropolis on which the duty devolves
of entertaining royal and distinguished personages,
might fairly have expected some mark of approba-
tion from his Sovereign. It was not till the eleventh
hour, after the members of the corporation had
looked in vain for the coveted distinction, that the
Lord Mayor felt it his duty to put himself in com-
munication with the Minister of the Crown on the
subject, and this he is understood to have done at
the expense of some violence to his own feelings, as
may well be imagined. A reply was received from
Lord Palmerston on Saturday stating reasons,
founded upon precedents, why he had not felt it his
duty to advise her Majesty to bestow any special
mat k of favour on the Lord Mayor on this occasion,
memorable though it was. This communication is
said to have been to the effect that neither on the
coming of age nor the marriage of the Queen was
the Lord Meyer for the time raised to the dignity
of baronet ; that, as a rule, that honour was re-
served for occasions on which the reigning Sove-
reign paid a state visit to the city in person ; and
that were dignities expected to be conferred when
the younger members of the Royal family visited
the city or were entertained by the corporation, the
effect might be to restrict the freedom of their in-
tercourse with the citizens. It was true that to the
rule referred to there had been exceptions—for ex-
ample, on the opening of the Coal Exchange, and
on the visit to the city of the Emperor and Empress
of the French, on both which occasions honours
were bestowed on the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs,
though the Queen was not present ; bat although
on the former occasion her Majesty was prevented
attending by sudden indisposition, she was repre-
sented at the ceremony by the Prince Consort; and
with respect to the visit of the Emperor and Em-
press of the French, dignities were conferred on the
three principal civic authorities, in consideration of
its being an event of great international interest.
At the same time Lord Palmerston is said to have
borne his testimony to the great gratification which
the reception of the Princess and the subsequent
entertainment of the Prince and her Royal High-
ness by the Corporation of London had afforded the
Queen and the rest of the Royal family, and to have
expressed his regret that he could not, consistently
with usage, advise her Majesty to bestow any spe-
cial mark of distinction on the municipality of Lon-
don in the person of its chief representative.

Letter from a Lady in Mississippi—Fight
in a Church.

We have been favoured with the following ex-
tracts from a letter to a gentleman in Salteoats,
from his sister in Mississippi :
" A week has passed since the date of my letter,
but how great a change in so short a time ! Know-
ing how stories grow, I thought I would relieve
you of all uneasiness.

“I went, on Sunday morning, with Mr. and
Mrs. A., to church; and four ladies occupying the
pew, of course turned papa out, I taking his accus-
tomed seat. In the assembly were the captain of
the gunboat now stationed at Rodney, three or four
officers, and about 16 marines. The captain was in
citizen's dress, he and his marines sitting on the
left-hand side, but two marched in among the
ladies. Just before the sermon was to commence, I
saw several people turn very quickly and look out.
I followed their example, and saw some Confede-
rate cavalry outside. Before I could move a gun
was pointed through the doorway, and ---.‘ Sur-
render !' Then commenced confusion. How the
ladies did scream ! Some jumped out of the win-
dows. The captain immediately surrendered ; but
one of the officers ran up in the corner by our pew,
and as soon as the Confederate opened the door
would fire, and then dodge. The Confederate being
on the outside, would open 'the door just enough
for his use when he wished to fire. There the
two kept up their duel right in my face, and Pro-
vidence alone saved me, for I stood up and looked
on. There was firing across the church too. A ball
scratched our father's face. Through it all I could
not help laughing at some ridiculous scenes. Miss
-- (of Glasgow) was saying, ' What shall I do ?'
Her countryanm (Mr. A.) came to her rescue, told
her to get under the pew. She obeyed quickly, all
the time saying her prayers. We had only eight
men. They left immediately with their prisoners.
Shelling then began. We hurried out of town, but
thinking of something we wanted went back. A
great many shells fell during the afternoon. One
went through the cupola of the church. The week
after you left Dan took up his quarters in ' Yankee-
dom.' The last report we have of him he had been
shot by his Yankee friends for some bad behaviour.
"The rest of the home servants remain faithful,
and I think they deserve great credit, for whereas
many poor negroes are crazy about the Yankee
word ' freedom,' they seem to have the good sense
to stay at home with a kind master. Two of Mrs.
I:s servants returned lately from the Yankees, and
report 28 of her servants dead. I know of only
t "tiegroes who have left Rodney, but I would not
car •
hilt all were to go. They are not of so much
rm.Leatee.”

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The Horrible Tragedy at Guildford,

It has been ascertained that the unfortunate
woman who was found murdered in a bed room of
the Coachmakers' Arms, in this town, was not the
wife of Sergeant Maghe, who was found at the same
time and place with his throat cut. It has trap.
spired that her name was Elizabeth Waterer,
daughter of Henry Waterer, a gamekeeper at
Headley, near Epsom, and that she had been in the
service of Mr. F. Faviell, Down-place, near Guild-
ford, up to the evening when she, in company with
the sergeant, applied at the Coachmakers' Arms for
lodgings. She had been in Mr. Faviell's service
since the 23d of October last, and left the house on
the Sunday evening, about five o'clock, in company
with some other females, ostensibly for a walk. The
sergeant, with whom she had been keeping com-
PanY, met them, and she then parted from her com-
panions, and went away with Maghe, never return-
ing. William Humphrey, an in-door servant at
Mr. Faviell's, hearing of the shocking affair which
had occurred, and fearing lest the woman alleged to
have been murdered was his fellow-servant, at once
proceeded to the Coachmakers' Arms and viewed
the body, but the features were so disfigured and
black that he could not identify her. He was,
however, abje to recognise the bonnet, dress, and
shawl, which were found lying across the shako of
the sergeant, as Elizabeth Waterer's. Her mother,
Mrs. Mary Ann Waterer, was sent for, and identi-
fied a petticoat, pair of cuffs, and a collar, as belong"
ing to her daughter.

On Saturday morning the borough coroner, Mr.
Capron, opened an inquisition at the Guildhall,
when Mrs. Waterer and William Humphrey gave
evidence of identity, Police-sergeant Steeds de-
scribed the scene in the room when the door was
forced open by Mr. Superintendent Vickers. He
added a fact not previously made known, that a
pillow was lying over the deceased's face, and she
was lying in the bed with one foot protruding from
under the clothes.

Mr. Phillips, surgeon, stated that the wound in-
flicted on Maghe's throat was likely to prove fatal
as there was every symptom of approaching inflam-
mation.

The inquest was then adjourned until Friday
nest.

It is supposed by the medical men that the un-
fortunate woman had been thrown down by her
paramour, and smothered with the pillow, and that
he the❑ strangled her with the rope.
A letter, on pink paper, was found in Maghe's
trousers pocket, which it is said contains the secret
of the reason of this horrible tragedy, and the whole
of the facts will be gone into at the adjourned in-
quiry.