The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-04 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL,

The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade
rules steady, at the following prices
Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ;
veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by
the carcase.

We have to announce the death of the Hon.
Charles Henry Maynard, only son of Viscount Maynard,
who expired at his house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square,
on Monday, in his 51st year. He married, first, Lady
Frances Julia Murray, sister of the late Duke of Athole ;
sacondly, the daughter of Mr. Henry Fitzroy, by whom he
leaves two daughters.
THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCITEY.—At the
meeting of the board on the 3d instant, Viscount Ranelagh
in the chair, James Goodson, Esq., the chairman of the
Great Eastern Railway Company (proposed by Col. Brown-
low Knox, M.P.,tseconded by Captain Jervis, M.P.), was
unanimously elected a member of the executive committee
MR. BEECROFT, M.P.—The Leeds Working Men's
Conservative Association gave a complimentary
dinnner to Mr. G. S. Deecroft, the Conservative member
for Leeds, on Monday evening last. The repast was served
in the new Corn Exchange, and was presided over by Mr
Middleton, the president of the association. Upwards of
600 persons were present at dinner, and many more were
afterwards admitted. Besides the honoured guest of the
evening three other members of Parliament were present,
Mr W. Ferrand, Mr. F. S. Powell, and Major Edwards.
The speeches of these gentlemen were not characterised
by any new or striking features, being chiefly devoted to
the enunciation of the idea that the Conservative party is
now and always has been, as compared with the Whigs or
Liberals, the most honest in principle and action, and that
it was best for the country that that party should receive
the support of the working as well as the middle and upper
classes. Mr. Beecroft, in returning thanks for the toast of
his health, seemed to avoid party politics, and confined
himself to an expression of his gratitude for the mark of
honour which had been conferred upon him by the Leeds
Working Men's Association, and to some general remarks
on the proper influence, physically, intellectually, and mo-
rally, of the working classes.
THE ROBBERY BY LADY PHIPPS'S MAlD.—Yes-
terday Ellen West, who was committed for trial
some time since on a charge of robbing Lady Phipps, was
tried at the Berks sessions. Lady Phipps (who was ac-
companied in court by Sir Charles Phipps) gave evidence,
and the prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to 12
months' imprisonment.
RESPITE OF TWO CONDEMNED CONVICTS.—The
Secretary of State for the Home Department having
considered the memorial agreed to at the public meeting
held at Worcester, praying for a remission of the capital
sentence passed upon the unhappy man Butler, and also
having duly reviewed the wlnile of the circumstances of
the case in conference with Mr Justice Byles, the learned
judge who tried the case at the assizes, has thought fit to
recommend that the clemency of the Crown should be ex-
tended in this case, and the sentence of death will there-
fore be commuted to penal servitude for life. The reprieve
was forwarded from the Home-office last night to the Go-
vernor of Worcester Gaol. In the case of Ellis Green,
lying in Kirkdale Gaol, who was convicted at the last
assizes of the murder of his sister-in-law, and who was
sentenced to death, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department has thought fit to recommend that her Ma-
jesty's royal prerogative of mercy should be exercised on
his behalf, and, as usual in similar cases, the capital sen-
tence will be commuted to penal servitude for life. The
official intimation of the reprieve was forwarded to the
Governor of Kirkdale Gaol last evening from the Home-
office. With regard to the case of the other wretched man,
Brown, whose companion in guilt, Lindon, has been already
respited, Sir George Grey has not, up to the present time,
exercised his official authority to interfere with the sen-
tence being carried into effect as appointed by the sheriff,
and the miserable wretch will therefore be executed on
Saturday next at 12 o'clock.

" ROPING" IN TEXAS.—A soldier of a Texan regi-
ment strolled beyond the lines, in Tennessee. A
Federal picked espied him, pointed his musket, and cried,
" Surrender." " Well, I suppose I must, seeing. ..I am
without arms," replied the Texan, and he dropped pas-
sively into step with his captor, who, in his turn,
" dropped" his musket, and proceeded to march into camp
with his prisoner. The Texan ranger was " without
arms," it is true, for a bit of rope in his hand was either
unobserved or unregarded, till it was thrown as a lasso
round the Yankee, and his arms—arms as to the flesh
and firearms—were bound closely to his side. " I reckon
you had better surrender to me now," said the Texan
There was no help for it. A Texan with his hunter's wit
and a handful of rope might pinion Achilles himself, I be-
lieve. "Roping" a kittten or an unlucky hen with a few
yards of thick cord had been the fun of his childhood ; to
rope beef and wild horse had been the ambition of his
bo hood.—All the Year Round.
PASSPORTS FOR AMERICA.—The official order re-
specting passports is as follows :—" Department of
State, Washington, Dec. 17.—The President directs that,
except immigrant passengers directly entering an Ameri-
can port by sea, no traveller shall hereafter be allowed to
enter the United States from a foreign country without a
passport. If a citizen, the passport must be from this de-
partment or from some United States minister or consul
abroad; and, if an alien, from the competent authority of his
own country—the passport to be countersigned by a diplo-
matic agent or consul of the United States. This regula-
tion is intended to apply especially to persons proposing to
come to the United States from the neigbouring British
provinces. Its observance will be strictly enforced by all
officers, civil, military, and naval, in the service of the
United States; and the State and municipal authorities are
requested to aid in its execution. It is expected here that
no immigrant passenger coming by sea in the manner afore-
said will be obstructed, or any other persons who may set
out on their way hither, before intelligence of this regula-
tion could reasonably be expected to reach the country
from which they may have started.—WlLLlAM H. SE-
WARD, Secretary of State,"