The Sun.
London, England, 1862-05-28 00:00:00

HOLY LAND.

On Monday, at the Bromley police-court, before
a bench of magistrates, the hearing of a case,
" Weatherley v. Cowper," came on. It was a sum-
mons taken out by the prosecutor, charging the
defendant with having on a certain day committed
a trespass upon Chislehurst Common, in search and
pursuit of game. The defendant pleaded first, not
guilty ; and, secondly, leave and license.
Mr. Gibson appeared for the prosecution ; Mr.
Pearce (barrister) for the defendant.
Mr. Gibson, in opening the case for the prosecu-
tion, stated that he in reality appeared on the part
of Lord Sydney, the lord of the manor of Chisle-
hurst, who was the real prosecutor, although the
summons was taken out in the name of Weatherly,
who was one of his lordship's watchers. The de-
fendant was a young gentleman, 18 years of age,
the son of a gentleman occupying a farm on Lord
Sydney's estate at Chislehurst, and the complaints
occurred under the following circumstances :—On
the 30th of April last, about half-past seven o'clock
in the evening, the defendant was on Chislehurst
Common with three dogs—viz., a greyhound, a
spaniel, and a retriever. He carried a stick in his
hand, with which he was striking the furze, with
the intention, it was alleged, of starting a rabbit ;
and he was also encouraging his dogs, who were
running about amonst the furze, to all appearance
in search of game. At that time a gamekeeper of
Lord Sydney's named Norton, came up, when the
defendant left the common, and a summons was
then taken out for a trespass in pursuit of game
under the let and 2d Viet., entitled the Game Act.
The opening was supported by a boy named
Robert Clark and his uncle Norton. The boy
swore that the defendant was in the furze some
distance from the bridle road; that he had warned
the defendant off the common, but he had refused
to leave. In cross-examination he admitted that
when the defendant was warned off he did every-
thing he could to call his dogs off. Norton was
called, and swore that he saw the defendant beating
the furze, and calling his dogs towards a bush which
he had his foot upon. In cross-examination he ad-
mitted that no rabbit was caught. The defendant
had no gin with him. He had quarrelled with the
defendant's father some little time previous. He
had not used insulting words to young ladies whilst
they were with defendant.
The magistrates thought Mr. Pearce could not
go into those questions, because ho had not given
them any notice that he was going to prove malice.
The defendant's case was supported by
Mr.
Wheden, an uncle of the defendant, who'resided at
ill
Blackheath. He swore that on the day in
defendant to
uestion
he was very , and went with the
meet the latter's father on his return from tovan
He took the dogs with them, and upon arriving ats
Chislehurst Common, they sat down upon some log
of wood in the road. Whilst there a rabbit
started into the road, and the dogs afterwentts
dot
The defendant went into the furze to c.all h gs
the defendant'
off, when the boy Clark, who was,pea,ting the furze
said " There goes the rabbit, sir.
said, " Shall I go after it ?" and upon the boy say-
ing he might, he put his foot
upon the bush.
had no sooner done so than Norton sprang over a
hedge, behind which he had been hiding, and ran
uP the path towards the defendant, cryiyo ung
at out
last in an
eager tone of voice, " I have got
have I ?"
It was contended that that was sufficient evidence
to prove that from previous ill-feeling on the part
of Norton towards the defendan,,st'er he
",serve
had
ou t , been"
lurking about to find a ground to
and that he had laid this trap out of malice and
spite.
The court having been cleared.
The Chairman, after a conference with his brother
magistrate of one hour and ten minutes, said it was
the opinion of the majority of the bench that the
defendant did not leave home with the intention of
hunting game, but that he had committed a tres-
pass within the meaning of the Act of Parliament,
and fined the defendant ls. and costs.
Mr. Pearce hoped that finding atstroyed the
animus fun, nth.
The CertainlyChairrnau_
the bench.
The fine was immediately paid by the defendant,
who left the court with his friends-

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Tonio jumped away in front, having for his immediate
followers Egbert, Highflyer, and Conqueror, the others,
headed by the favourite, lying close in their wake. On
rounding the top turn Highflyer took the second place,with
the Villager in close attendance, the three halfway down
the far side running nearly abreast, with Conqueror and
Egbert next. On reaching the T.Y.C. post Highflyer took
up the running,followed byTonio, Conqueror, Paul Clifford,
and Egbert,but on rounding the lower turn Conqueror hung
considerably, and came against the post, and his place was
taken by Paul Clifford, who waited upon Highflyer into the
straight, when the Duke's horse was beaten, and at the dis-
tance Paul Clifford was joined by Villager, but who was
disposed of at the stand, Paul Clifford winning easily by
three lengths ; Tonio, who passed Highflyer at the stand,
finishing a bad third. Egbert was fourth, Highflyer next,
and Conqueror next.
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Ethel made play, followed by the Splitvote colt, Tolurno,
and the favourite to the lower turn, when Ethel gave Way

The Prince of Wales and his suite left Jerusalem
on Thnrsday, April 19, at 3 a.m., encamping at
Bethel, and proceeding the following day by Shiloh
to Nablous, arriving on the eve of the Samaritan
PO..MVer. After visiting Jacob's Well in the morn-
ing, the whole party scede Mount. Gerieial in
the evening„ and there awitnnessded this ancient cere-
mony, the only direct veetige of the Jewish Page.
over. The whele Samaritan communit y were nese m-
bled on a terrace :just short of the ;aten-At, About __,. _— --
an hour before sunset the prayers began, and six (OFFICIAL REPORT )
A
sheep, tended by young white
men in . garments,
My I
it . . BELFAST, .olicv 23.
Douglass,
_,ores,--- aving, withthe a..
sance of Cent.
eppe,ared among the crowd, As the sun sank. behind
burst into a wild
the western ridge the young men . ceding R.N., investigated the circiunstances plc-
chant, drew their long bright knives, and brandished and attending the stranding of the barquu
thrown
them in the air. In a moment the sheep were
th. Stella, of Greenock, at Craig-Brien Rock, on Vic
coast of Down, near this port, on the 10th inst., l-
on their backs and the knives drawn acrosds eir
herewith enclose the minutes of evidence in the
throats. In the stream of blood which pourefrom
ease, and I beg leave to submit the following brief
them the young men dipped their fingers, and observations thereupon for your lordships' considc-
marked the forehead and noses of all the children. ration. As the case does not involve any impute-
Next came the skinning and roasting—the first in a tion or corrupt motive or of wilful default on the
trough, the second in a hole prepared for the pur- part of the officers of the ship, Ido not think it
pose. The Prince and most of his suite returned necessary to recapitulate the evidence or to trouble
to the tents, one or two remaining through the your lordships with any beyond a few passing re-
night on the mountain top to witness the " feast," marks on the subject, and especially as in my opi-
which was eaten in haste in the early morning by nion the straTiding of the vessel was the result of
the Samaritans, girded and shod and with staves mere want of judgment in the master in not having
in their hands.sufficient allovvanee for the effect of an ebb
made
Sunday, April 13, the royal party remained at tide, which, from his chart ond sailing directions,
Nablous, and Divine eervice was performed in the he should have made himself acquainted with, and
tents by Professor Stanley, who preaehea im the also from his not baying seen the 2raportance of
Epistle for the day. From Nablous they descended a more uareful look-out kept fee the shore lights.
from the hills of Samaria to the plains of Esdraelon A good deal of the evidence refers to the state of the
and Megiddo, and encamped on the 15th at the foot
compasses, and I think the master should have seen
of Mount Carmel, crossing the plains to Acre on the
that two of these instruments were on deck ; but,
following day. Here the Prince was received by the
considering the nature of the channel, the state of
Governor of Acre, the seashore being lined with
the weather, and of the flood and ebb tides during
troops. Proceeding over the bills of Galilee, they
his course, I do not attribute the casualty in toes-
reached Nazareth by Good Friday, Professor Stan-tion to the state of the con., on board, thougb,
tion, they
ley performing Divine service and preaching. according to the result of their examin
On Saturday, April 19, half way between Mount
must have been exceedingly defectiVe.
thatWhatev of wiler
Tabor and Tiberias, his Royal Highness was enter-
fault the master may be charged with,
Agyle Aga, who
ful neglect or indifference to his trust cannot
the massacres fairly be alleged against him, inasmuch as he
had protected the Christians during but
tained by a famous Bedouin chief,
of 1860. The repast was served in the Arab style, rarely left the deck from his having left Greenockbe-
and the chief was much gratified by the Prince's
tween 7 and 8 o'clock on the morning of the 10th
visit. At sunset on Easter eve the first view of the
inst., and the stranding of the ship at a quarter
Sea of Galilee broke upon the party. The tents were before 11 on the
Stella, night of that day.
of which ' Considering'
the onsidering
pitched by the old walls of Tiberias, on the very , the small size of the
edge of the lake ; and here, on Easter day, Professor enclose her description on form 219, Captain
Stanley, after the usual service and a sermon on St. Douglass and I have been partieularly struck by the
John xxi., administered the Holy Communion to all
apparent respectability and intelligence of both her
the party. On 11Ionday,'April 21, they explored the master and mate, and the former produced to
has
shores of the lake northwards, and then mounted to
us testimonials of his good character slidprofesii
Safed, where they passed the night. On the follow- sional knowledge of which any
seaman might We
ing day they reached Kadesh Naphtali, whence be proud. He has been 11 years at sea,
and haS a
they came down into the valley of the Lake of
Me- master's certificate of competency, which is in thel
tom, and halted at midday on the hill of Dan, at the Stella, at Greenock, and is numbered 19,879, and
first source of the Jordan. The rest of the week was
which was granted to him in September, 1861. I-
spent in crossing the plain of Abel Bethmaachach cannot recommend that he should be held altogether
to the great crusading castle of Belport, and ex- blameless in this matter, but I humbly submit that
ploring the banks of the Litany. On Sunday, April
a slight reprimand and a caution to be more care-
-27, Divine service was as usual performed, at Ras- ful in future would meet all the requirements of the
heya, by Professor Stanley. On Monday they case.—l am, &c.,
reached Damascus, all the authorities coming out to
War. S. TRACY, Resident Magistrate.
meet the Prince, who spent the following day in To the Right Hon. the Lords of the
visiting the antiquities of the town and its bazaars. Privy Council for Trade.
The Prince also received a visit from Abd-el-Tiede I entirely concur in the above report.
Between Damascus and Beyrout the Royal party S. F. DOUGLASS,
4.lted at Baalbec, spending Sunday, May 4, among Inspecting Commander and Nautical Assessor,
the ruins, in a portion of which Professor Stanley ....----
held the service, and preached.

THE GREAT FEN DELUG.E.

2118 BARQUE SITLLA.

THE ALLEGED 11 1U .RDE.R IN DRURY-

An important and influential meeting of the
several commissions for drainage of the Fens was
yesterday held at the Guildhall, Lynn ; the chair-
man of the Court of Sewers, the Rev. C. Currie, of
Longwood Hall ; Alderman Seppings, of Lynn ; E.
R. Marling, Eq., and R. Pitcher, Esq., of Lynn ; E.
Edwards, Esq., C.E., A. Saunders, Esq., C,E., of
Lynn ; James Walker, Esq., C.E., of Terrington ;
J. Patrick, Esq., of Lermans ; the Rev. J. Bram-
hall, J, Freeman, S. Mulford, and a large number
of other influential landowners and occupiers from
Marshland.
The first business transacted was to receive the
report from the deputation to the Home Secretary.
L. W. JARVIS, Esq., said they waited upo the
Home Secretary at half-past 3 o'clock on Friday
afternoon, and after they had gone most fully into
the matter entrusted to them, Sir George Grey ex-
pressed a wish to have the purport in writing, and
he sent him a letter, a copy of which was published
in the daily London papers that day (Tuesday). The
Home Secretary promised to forward it to the chair-
man of the middle level commission.
After some conversation the following resolution,
proposed by R. Pitcher, Esq., and seconded by the
Rev. J. Bramhall, was unanimously agreed to :
" That a representation be made from this court to
the chairman of the middle level commissioners,
stating that it is the opinion of this court that the
work now in progress for making a dam is progres-
sing in too unsatisfactory and tardy a manner; and
that it is advisable that relays of men be provided,
so that the work may at all times be conducted
without the slightest intermission."
An order was made for strengthening the Marsh-
land Mere Sluice, by piling the wings.
The IMA.voit, of Lynn (L. W. Jarvis, Esq.) said
that he did not know whether this was the time or
place to introduce the matter of the distressf
the
and
absolute ruin that had came upon many o
small occupiers through this dreadfulxnallcataof
s:
trophe. He had no doubt that Y
them were utterly ruined, and some had applHied
already for admission to the union workhous.e. e
had received several subscriptions from a distance,
and he did not know whether it would not b© ad.
vi sable to commence a subscription forthwith..
The feeling of the meeting was that the middle
level commissioners ought to be compelled to make
full and proper compensation, and to commence a
public subscription would be to take away the re•
sponsibility from the commissioners.
The meeting adjourned.

TIE TRAGEDY TRAGEDY IN LUDGATE-lIILL.

LYNN, MONDAY EVENING,

Fortunately the promptitude which had been
manifested to stop the hole in the
east bank, which
had been scoured
deep and 40 feet long, has
rendered happily (for the
present at least) averted such and a
catastrophe as the
deluging of the whole of the country on the Down-
ham side of the cut. This afternoon we found a
greater state of activity
on the works than we have
previously witnessed.
The coffer-dam, as it is
called, is progressing very nicely—all the piles
b •
elng connected together as fast as they arc driven
with iron bolts, by an expert diver, who stays at
bottom the of the cut for three-quarters of an hour
at a time. This circumstance alone has drawn
hundreds of persons to the spot, such a novelty
never being witnessed in the Fens befou. It is
felt to be a most, unfortunate thing that Mr. Muller
is not permitted to go on with the earth dam, as
the piling is liable to be carried away so soon as it
is exposed to any force of the tide ; and should it
give way, there will be no obstacle again to the
stone
free course of the spring tides. A cargo of
has arrived at the mouth of the cut to be deposited
between the two rows of piles that form the coffer-
dam. A temporary lino of railway has been laid
down by the side of the cut to assist the transit off
the materials, and to supersede the necessity o
using tumbrils and carts. Trucks have also been
level sluice, and emptying ineto tll© same channel,
Within a few yards of th outfall of the middle
received for this purpose.
the river Ouze, is the outfull of two other cuts for
These sluices are of
the purposes of drainage•
course smaller than that the destruction of which
tabtrophe. They ate known
has led to this bad ca

Yesterday Mr. Bedford, the coroner for West-
minster, held an inquest at St. Martin's Vestry-
room, touching the death of Ann Gedling, eget: 45,
who expired under suspicious circumstances, on
Friday last.
John Guyon, 4, Bedford street, Liquorpona-
, .• ~ ,•, that, of his sister-in-
ling, a hawker ; but rho lived Witte aneklleL •.
Whitehart-street, Drury-lane. On Friday morn-
e
ing he heard that she had takeman she lived
n poison. H
went to her room, and saw the
with, JAn Lemon. Witness said it is a sad affai
Hr.
He said, " Yes, it is; Ann has taken poison."
e
said it was a liquid which he had.
Samuel Lovett, 23, Stanhopetreet, surgeon, said
he had made a post-mortem examination of the
body, and was satisfied that derail was caused by
cyanide of potassium,
John Bampton, police-constable, said he was
called in on Friday morning to deceased's lodgii:sF•
lie saw the man, John Lemon, who said his wife
had taken poison. He said he was a smashe
sonic
r, or
dealer in counterfeit coins, and she had taken •
of the liquid he used in his business, He found
blood on the woman's night-dress, and some on the
the walls of the room. He also found the fiat-iron
with blood upon it, which had been produced. with
e night
fi
man Lemon said they had been together th
before. They were both drunk, and got ghting.
She scratched his face, and they closed together,
and both fell on the floor. They afterwards went to
bed.
John Gedling, 11,
deposed to his mother
years, son of the deceased,
~Vhlt© Hart-street, aged 12
and the man Lemon both coming home tipsy on.
F evening, and that they were fighting. His
mother fell against the chair and broke it, and.
cut her forehead. His mother took a penknife out
of berpocket and cut hither's forehead. Witness
qiusiamooutht eorf
tghoet
oouuptb oo fa
rbae, da
slept with them, but it fa
was 3 o'clock before they
thewen tto
bottle be
do,f
Borne of the contents. She anndadrtaonokk
said, " I have drank the
stuff. His father then sent him for the doctor. His
mother got into bed
again.
Mr. Lovett, recalled, said the man had several
scratches on his forehead.
The Coroner then carefully summed up the evi-
dence.
The Jury returned a verdict that deceased died
from the effects of the
poison, but there was no
evidence to show how it came into the system.

—v._
From inquiries m— ade yesterday afternoon it ap-
pears that a slight improvement has taken place in
-Mrs. Vyse's health, and that her medical attendants
are inclined to think that the unhappy lady will
recover. The state of Mr. Vyse's health is be
such as to inspire serious apprehensions, and
log
stated that his condition is now almost more critical
than that of Mrs. Vyse herself. The shock of the
sudden and overwhelming calamity completely shat 7
tered his nervous system, never very strong, andt
produced extreme prostration, resulting in offrequezi
and prolonged fainting fits, and other sy
an alarming character. Mrs.' 9
V- 6e has haince eh.
they five children, and it is stated
thastince, there
death of one of them, about 18 raontbbseen
effected.
have been signs that her to utpdtaortos
e,
illitlijoava, she has since
Generally of a cheerful disfrolt
iYor,ysms of violent hys-
ervals tourgroat des.
that time become subject at
evocation, without
irrn to her natural disposi-
b,cl for an extreme atketio
pundency, and ut tho least
any, would give way..“: 4
n
hildren, and amoni.,st all la, rumours that
ttejornic.alsrwasllsi,aosnsviat3ej,stonotit ,
...
t. .
residencecsiationoondicit.kap ianci,rnhuoagerft cflhloCourrs
horses,
morning, shortly before 5 o'clock, the
fin.rvieltUrecen circulated with regard to the motives for
bagodYediecsstiteoc‘if:en years,
the horrible tragedy:, there is not 0110 which would
dtahe two children—Annie Howard Vyse
and Alice Vyse,
account for their bLing the victims selected.
gston-on-Tliamns fori intelm'enV net
liiibout a mile and '
funeral procossio aged five—were'
removed from Ludgate-hill to Mr. Vyse's private
gentlemen.
followed libyconaasimsitaoelfclurfifoinmagili'Coiannrcgle:

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