The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-04 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

MANSION HOUSE-(THIS DAY•)

Ten,Ple Mills, a Fisherman, u n Alo.lday applied far, and
obtained a summons against James Beresford, the De-
puty Water Bailiff, appointed fur the conservation of the
River Lea, calling upon him to show cause why he de-
tained a net, which was the property of him (Mills).
On appearing bAre the LORD MA TOR, this morning,
the tables wire turned, the Water Bailiff being com-
plainant. Being sworn, he stated that on Wednesday
evening last, he and liis son, as usual, went down
the river, between nine and ten o'clock, in order.
to see that no unfair advantage was taken of the
fish. His attention was attracted by hearing a
splashing in the water. On looking, he found
it proceeded from a boat, in which was one man. while
there was another on each side, in the water. On pro-
ceeding a little further they found the net produced reach-
ing quite across the River; it was tied on the one side to
• a tree, and staked dov,o en the other. They attempted to
seize the net, but the parties assault. .d them, and made off
it, their boats. Toe net they found upon Plumley-bridge,
drying, and knew it from the curds by which it had been
fixed, oast of which were left in their possession. He
could not identify either of the parties—the net was de-
cidedly en illegal one.
Robert Beresford, son and helper to the last witness,
gave a similar account of the transaction. He attempted
to take the net, when the prisoner swore at him, and, tak-
ing out a knife, cut the cords by which it was fastened, and
at the same time cut sviaress's thumb. He seized the net
i.l his arms, and put it in his boat, and got off, threatening
the bailiffs, if they dared to follow. The defendant con-
tended that the net was a perfectly legal one fur smelt
fishing ; it was quite new, and had not been used. It was
only wet for the purpose of drying it for salt water fishing•
lie had two witnesses to prove that he was not near the
spat on the night in question, having been then at Wool-
wich. He called Charles Houghton and John Wyld,
both labourers, who said that they were work-
ing on hoard of a sand barge, on Wednesday,
night off Woolwich Point. Between nine and ten o'clock
the defendant came on board and asked for a light; be
then said he was going to fish for flounders. They knew
him, and could not he mistaken in his person.
'Robert Beresford affirmed that it was the prisoner who •
cut and took away the net. It was evident it had been
used, but never in salt water.
The Loan MAYOR said the case was a very gross one
for by using such nets the poor fish had no chance of
escaping. If the oldest officer could have sworn to his
identity, he (the Lord Mayor) would have inflicted the
full penalty of 101. for the assault upen the officer, and 51.
for using the illegal net. It was condemned, as would
every one of the kind found up the River Lea.
The Officar said they found four more of the same kind
on Sunday morning. The fish were being totally destroyed.
The LORD MAYOR said it was infamous, and be was de-
termined to put an end to such foul pract:ees, if he should
appoint additional officers.
Mr. Beresford said the poachers were very angry now
at his vigilance, and had threatened they would have his
life.

The Loan MAYOR would protect him, and immediately
orderel summon ies to be issued against the parties using
the threats.

TOWN-HALL-(TiIIS DAY.)

Jacob Antill, a fruiteier carrying on business in the
Borough market, was summoned before Sir P. Lame by
Stovlell, the informer, fcr causing au obstruction on the
footway, by placing tour casks four fe.q from the front of
his premises.

Sir P. LAURIE, after hearing the evidence adduced by
Stowell, and also that of the Beadle of the market, stated
that considering all the circumstances, all he could do was
to make the party summoned pay the costs.
Stowel!—That, Sir Peter, I think would be extremely
unfair to me considering that I have been offered fifteea
shillings to co:npromise the matter, and refused.
S.r PETER LAURIE—Has Mr. Alaill offered to compro-
mise the case? Stowell—lle offered me fifteen shillings,
and I refused.

Sir PETER LAURIE—That alters the circumstances ma-
terially, I tsill never countenance a party who endeavours
to compromise a case. Mr. Antill you are fined 40a. and.
costs.

The defendant in vain attempted to explain that he had'
attempted no compromise, because he had not handed over'
the money. The Alderman remained ir.flexible ; the
fine aas paid, and Stowell quietly pocketed his portion.
Stowell, in the course of the hearing of the case, stated
that an Act ha i been passed inflicting a penalty of tot
upon any informer who compromised a case. He looked
upon that Act as a most bungling affair, and when an op-
por t unity occurred he should compromise any case, as he
felt confident that under the Act he could never be con-
victed. Parliament had passed a law placing certain re-
strictions upon licensed victuallers which could be as easily
evaded as the Act he had alluded to.
H

AYMARKET THEATRE.—MISS Ellen Tree
made her first appearance here last night since her return
from America, and was greeted with the loudest plaudits
perhaps ever heard with the walls of this theatre, together
with a simultaneous rising of the pit, boxes and gallery.-
and every other demonstration of the heartiest welcome.
She appeared in two characters—as Viola in Shakspeare'S
Twelfth Night, and as Pauline in the Ransom, a serious;
drama, first produced at this theatre some four or five'.
years ago. She personated the lovely, pensive Viola,
with that intelligence and feminine grace which alwaysoha-
racterise her performances. Her. Pauline in the Ranson-
is entitled to all praise; it was an exquisite performance.
The character, it may be remembered, is that of a girl,
who knowing that the son of her benefactor has robbed.
his father, pllows the suspicion of guilt to fall on herself,
for fear of causing grief to the parent's heart by the dis-
closure. Miss Tree was the exact personation of one
subdued, who, though perfectly innocent herself, has been
forced to see the progress of guilt in all its stages. She
seemed to move in an oppressive atmosphere, as if every
brenh would convey some dreadful secret, and yet ever
spoke in the firm and collected manner of innocence.
The look she gave to the son when he wished to bars)..
himself to rescue her, and she renrindedhim of the grief he'
wauld occasion his father, was artistical in the highest;
degree. At the conclusion of both play and drama Miss;
Tree, in obedience to the general call of the audience,-
appeared before the curtain, and on both occasions was
e)mplmented with a profusion of bouquets of flowers and
wreaths and sprigs of evergreen—some of the latter nearly
as large as goosberry bushes.
The English Government has just pres2nted
fool. to the master and crew of a fishing boat of Trou_
vi:te, near Havre, who, in December, 1837, bad saved the
crew of an English brig, and conveyed them to England.
EXPORT OF GOLD.—Thtre is no accounting
for the fluctuations of commerce, front which the mass of
specie that floats in the general market of the world.
receives its impulse and direction. Sometimes gold will,
flow into a country, as it often has flowed into Great Ibitain,,
until a surplus accrued which was exported to other coun-
tries ; at other times its tendency is to leave the country, as-
at present. It is the state of commerce which fixes
the exchange, and determiaes whether it is profitable to,
remit or to import. Arid it is certain that it cannot con
tinue permanently against any country, still less against a.
rich and commercial country such as Great Britain,
abounding in the various produce of art and industry. Ant
unfavourable exchange tends to encourage exportation,.
and to discourage importation, and in this manner the•
foreign debt of a country necessarily leads to its own dis-
charge.—Edinburgh Courant.
THE LONDON POLICE AT BIRMINGIIAM.---•
The borough of Birmingham is restored to a state of per-
fect tranquillity, and orders were issued yesterday from the,
Secretary of State, and through him to the Commissioner%
of police, to recal Mr. Superintendent May, of the A di-
vision, as well as the whole o'..the London police at present
there, all of whom are to be in town and appear at Scot-
land-yard to-morrow.
FATAL GIG ACCIDENT.—On Sunday evening
an accident, in consequence of two gigs coming in collision,.
teak place in the New-road, a little to the west or
Buster'. square. The vehicles were passing in contrary'
directions, when, on account of the darkness of the evening
and there being a number of vehicles in the road at the
time, they ran foul of each other, and one of theme,
having the owner, Mr. Seegers, of Little James-street,
Bedford-row, and his wife, in it, was violently upset..
Both the lady and gentleman were thrown out, and the
latter was taken up in a state of insensibility and conveyed(
to the shop of Mr. Jones, chemist, eec., 11, Gower-street.
North, in which, after the lapse of five minutes, he expired,.
in consequence of a severe fracture of the skull.
THE DOG-CART NUISANCE.—On Monday
night between seven and eight o'clock, as Mr. Edwards and!
his son, residing in Norfolk-street, Strand, were proceeding!
along Fleet-street, in a horse and chaise, on arriving oppo-•
site Bouverie.street, the animal took fright at a dog in ti
cart, and started off at a rate of twenty miles an hour ,
On reaching the corner of Shoe-lithe, the horse ran or t
the foot-path, and the shafts of the chaise entered th, -hop window of Messrs. Burbidge and Healey, wholesale.
ironmongers. Several of the police immediately teizedl
the horse's head, and Mr. Edward's and son escaped with,
i
out the slightest injury ; but a poor man named Standoes,
living at No. 48, Fetter-lane, was knocked dawn by the
rse. He was instantly carried into the shop of M.r-
Wi.liamson, Surgeon, of Fleet-street, win% he was found
to be suffering under concussion of the brain. Mr. Ed'
wards desired that every attention should be paid to hint-
THE WOMEN OF ANDALUSIA.—The Anda-
luzas take precedence of all the women of Spain
in
p :int of beauty, grace, and vivacity. When T. bad been. some short time in the country, I began to wonder how
it
was that on first landing Iliad experienced disappointment..
The fact i 3, that "t features of the. Andaluzas," as.
observes their countryman, Blanco I,Vhite, " seem to
improve every day till they grow beautiful." At I
Englishman, just arrived from tis own land, with the clear
complexions of his countrywr,men fresh in his memory, hardly caieable of doing juetice to the dark-skinned And P-
. but, after a short time, he begins to think their fell,
black, heart-searching eyes, their elegant forms, and r;race-
ful steps, not inferior to the more delicate but less graceful
charms of his fairer compatriotes, and that the eetiskiness of
their complexions—
..

" Is but the embrowning of the fruit that tells
How rich within the soul of sweetasns dwells."
—A Summer in .Andalusia.
FIRE.--This morning, abroit four o'clock, a
fire broke out at Mr. derrick's. 69, Lor,don.strect, St.
Pancras. In two hours it was extinguished, but the entire
interior, with all the furniture in t be house, was consume
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--AS one of the mc1:1
belonging to Sanderson's company Was passing up Blael
friars road, on Monday, to Bartholomew Pair, he fell fro, 11
the carriage he was ch lying, eviiich was heavily loaded wit Is
&c., for erecting the. %how, and both wheels passe d
over his bcdy. He was craried off in a cab to Guy's Hos.
pital io a hopeless state.
SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday morning, be).
tcwen eight and nine o'clock, an awful instance of sudden
death occurred to James Allen, a butcher residing St-
George's Market, Grosvenor-square, He was iv-, the set
of lifting up a pole axe far the puirpose of sl Alghtering
an ox, when he suddenly reeled back, fell, •And instantlY
expired.