The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-03 00:00:00

A RAIL ITrA Y RIOT.

The right of possession in tliifeliesnineat(rioows
at the Worcester station, on the West Midland
Railway, has been the cause of something border-
ing on a riot. The matter came before the Wor-
cester magistratss yesterday, when a man named
named Thomas J arrett, in the employ of the railway
company, was charged with a violent assault upon
Walton, the tenant of the refreshment rooms. The
facts which gave rise to to the charge were briefly
these :--For some time a dispute has existed be-
tween Mr. Walton, the the tenant of the refresh-
ment rooms, and the railway company, as to the
terms of his taking, and matters were brougnt to a
crisis on Sunday last. The rooms were locked up
as usual on Saturday night, and on Sunday morn-
ing, on the attendants going to open them, they
found the doors and windows barricaded, and a posse
of railway workmen stationed to prevent any in-
gress to the rooms. Mr. Walton was at once
communicated with, and he thereupon got together
some 20 or 30 men, and armed with an axe he was
proceeding to cut down the barricades to effect an
entrance, when the railway advanced, and Jarrett,
selecting Mr. Walton for attack, aimed with a blow
at him with a bludgeon, knocking him down sense-
less. He was carried away from the scene of action,
and a general fight between the twp parties seemed
inevitable, when a body of police arrived, and put a
stop ty the fray. Jarrett was taken into custody,
and on Monday afternoon appeared before themagis-
trates. (The Mayor, Mr. Sherriff, being the mana-
ger of the railway, did not act.) A medical certifi-
cate was read stating that Mr. Walton was too ill
to attend before the bench, and Jarrett was accord-
ingly remanded for a week. A great deal of popu-
lar feeling appears to be excited. The railway
officials on leaving the hall were hooted and mobbed,
and had to be escorted by the police through the
town. The refreshment rooms were still closed
yesterday, to the inconvenience of travellers.

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

AuPlralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Deo. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.
Liraxil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4.
Capo of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dee. 2.
Dec.D
ee.2.
2.
via Marseilles Deo. 13.
Falkland Islands
a Soft
and
t dh a mpton
Ceylon,
via Southampton
via Marseilles
...Deo 13.
IndiaGibra 1 (Calcutta),tar,v
i
India (Bombay), via Southampton * Dec.* 11.
via Marseilles
Dec. b.

Lisbon
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 2.
via Marseilles
Newfoundland ... .. Dec. 10.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dee. 4.
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet.Deo. 5.
W.C. of Africa M-
adeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Dee. 18.
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru,
a Dec. 15.
California, and British Columbia..

importing tea without colour on the leaf pre-
vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual
kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always
good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents.

DIABOLICAL ACT.—One of the most distressing
instances of the distress occurred at Darweu, near Black-
burn, during last week. A young man named Frank Shan-
ley went to the Low Hill Farm, Lower Darwen, to see the
master. Mrs. Shorrock attended the door, and told Shan-
ley that her husband was not in the house. lie then asked
for a drink of water, which was furnished to him, and then
begged for something to eat. She told him she had nothing
to spare, to which he replied, " Has folk to starve to death ?"
This expression touched her heart, and she told him she
would get him a little to eat. As she was passing to get it
she saw him put his hand into his pocket and then point it
at her. She closed the door and called a manservant to her
aid. Shanley ran off, followed by the manservant, who
overtook him. The offender then threatened to shoot hiat
if he came near, but, another man coming uP at the time,
they apprehended him and conveyed him to the lockup,
On Friday the prisoner was charged with the offence, and,
making no defence, ho was committed for trial at the next
Liverpool assizes for attempting to shoot Mrs. Shorrock,