The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-08 00:00:00

GUILDHALL -(THIS DAY.)

Thomas Buswin, a porter at the Courier OPT, was
charged, before Mr. Alderman Harmer, with having
conducted himself in a disorderly manner in the street.
Mr. John Chamberlain, of 164, Fleet-street, stated,
th it he was passing Anderton's Coffee-house, yester-
day, when the prisoner who had a parcel of news-
papers on his back ran violently against him. He at
.
first thought it an accident, but the prisoner almost
immediately ran against 'two females, one of wile°
was nearly knocked under a carriage. On complaT
ing to the prisoner that his conduct was exceedingl
improper, he became very abusive and proceeded oa
his course, knocking down a boy on his way. He was
ultimately given into custody. He (Mr. Chamberlain)
came forward entirely on public grounds.
The prisonerin his defence said he did no such thing.
Mr. Alderman HARMER—Do you think this gen*
tleman would hate taken the trouble of coming here,
if your conduct had not been such as he describes. If
you want to be expeditious you must go into the road
and not among the passengers on the pavement.
The worthy Alderman said he should fine him ss-
but if brought up again on a similar charge, be would
be fined 51.

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.---
On Tuesday night last, some scoundrel,ln order, as is
supposed, to wreak his hellish vengeance on the Com-
pany, placed a sleeper across the rails, about two or
three miles on the Birmingham side of Wolverton, by
which the lives of all the passengers travelling from
London by the five o'clock train were endangered. The
engine, from its weight and velocity, passed over the
wood without losing the rail, and the next coach to it
with breaking the axletree. The passengers, by this
sudden jerk, were thrown from their seats, but escaped •
without any injury. Four or five of the next carriages
also passed over without damage, but the mail, which
was the centre carriage, was thrown off, and for near
I.a
mile dragged over the chains and other impediment! n
the road. A gentleman who was in the mail describes
the motion as most awful, the carriage pitching forward
every moment, throwing the passengers with great vio-
lence against the sides end roof. The guard was thrown
off into a ditch, and, though stunned by the fall, escaped
without any serious injury. From some cause or other
the engineer was unable to stop the train for nearly a
mile, when it was discovered that the mail coach and
the second class coach next the engine were so much
injured that they could not proceed ; nor could they,
with all the efforts of the engineers and other persons
about the train, be removed out of the way. After a
lapse of about two hours, and with the aid of another
engine from Wolverton, the train proceeded, leaving the
two damaged carriages behind.—Northampton Herald.
THE NEW FAITH.—The Tory papers have
crowded their columns during the past week with a re-
port of what they call a Great Protestant Meeting" at
Manchester. The intolerant and intolerable language
used by the speakers at this assembly far exceeded in
brutality anything uttered by the Chartists in their mo-
ments of excitement, but it seems that sedition is pri-
vileged among certain classes, and only to be punished
when spoken by the poor. The zeal of this meeting
was ostensibly directed against Popery ; but its real
objects were political. The tone of the speeches be-
trayed the fact that religion was there, as it has been in
ail ages of the worid, made merely the engine for party
purposes. Loud and vehement was the outcry against
the progress of Popery.—Senzerset County Chronicle.
STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT.—On Sunday after-
noon a waterman named Norman and his son were row-
ing up the river in a boat containing a quantity of beds
and boxes belonging to various Custom-house officers,
when the steam-ship Antwerpen passed them on her wait
down the river, and the swell caused by her was so great
that the surf washed ever Norman's boat and imme-
diately swamped her, and both father and son were
placed in a most perilous situation. The two Normans,
who were struggling in the water far apart from each
other, were picked up by some seamen in two boats
which put off from the pier near Rotherhithe Platforn3,
off' which place the occurrence happened. A great pot*.
tion of the property was picked up by two Thames
police constables.
THE FARMER'S REAL FRIENDS.-Meetings
like those at Richmond and Guisborough are, of all the.
plans that could be devised, the best for securing 01.1:
" protection" for the English fanner, which aristocrat!_
cupidity and poverty-striken indolence vainly expect
derive from the Corn-laws. In Associations such as.eb'
honour to the North Riding of Yorkshire, the Engl.ls,
farmer stands upon his own defence, boldly comPetlii_.
with his foreign neighbour in the common field of en-
with
terprise and ingenuity, and looking for profits and. P1.,.°41
perity, not in monopolies and excessive prices, hc:_,l
the increased production, consequent upon tale9t,n
the increased consumption, which cheap producti.od
by
variably commands. What a contrast is anode,
_a
the speeches of the Duke of Buckingham at Brill,
the Earl of Zetland at Richmond, during the last T:ce
clays—what an instructive illustration of the at:or:coy
between the real and the pretended friends t
British farmer.—Gateshead Observer.
The musical world of Paris are in raptures wit,h,.
a new tenor singer, who has just made his debut at
at
Opera Comique. He was leader of the orchestr'nri_
that theatre, hut having given much satisfactionina
the
vate concerts, was induced to turn his attention
stage. Some of the notes of his voice are quite tottvirili
ordinary. Many good judges of music say that be
soon be a formidable opponent to Duprez. bition
Baron Dupotet gave another public ex-L at
of his experiments on animal magnetism on FridgarY
the Athenee. On this occasion some extra the
the
things occurred. One female was so affected hY,oung
fluid that it required six persons to hold her. Ae' As
man also was affected to about an equal degret.i11jeece,
no suspicion of collusion was entertained by the a ...ciog
M. Dupotet has made a great step towards con
the hitherto incredulous.—Letter fl orn Paris. On
DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT'_a
wt
Thursday last, about 12 o'clock, a frightfulh cu
rro,
occurred at the iron foundry of Messrs. Smit,.n6
!a..stene,
and Co., at Leamington. A tremendous grier
olishing
weighing two tons, used for the purpose 0 feLir
stoves, and worked by Amin, suddenly burst lied 01,
parts, one of which, by the force of the steamartitinn*
chincry, was driven through two wooden Pc, _ wan
broke a lathe-bed in its way, and then stru _
employed Ezra Rutter, t levieral
on the
whosepr ebmoi,sieys
was
afaturner,
yo
yar
rapidity of its passage to the distance of se
aueo'LeCe
lathe, composed of two pieces of o coots_e tbe
breaking, in its destructive course,
ironthe bedl ofidi
rau
thickness. The unfortunme man was cru h.
tcl, 1" tie
most dreadful manner, and when the body was I,esubefa
verdict of "it vitearsdaai,triatinladtedrectourrposeed Aa coroner's inquest, w.aiderital
yes Leamington
.w E Chronicle.ED .ping
the 111°I. •
that
of of Wednesday last, so great was the fall oELLf rain
expectedly
WEED.—During
the course of the forenoon the Tweed unesyciodies
swelled to such a height that a quantity of lore
to different individuals in the ta.L..., bad
svvele°pntgfitr'ogm the channel on the Anna, where they bad
been laid out to bleach. The loss sustained bY
lost
individuals has been considerable. One sustained
nearly two dozen men's linen shirts, notwitas,
reveet
every eff irt was made, at great personal risk, tfiifeji7aa•
them being carried down by the current.—Ke s