The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-27 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday for Perth,
en route for Balmoral, on a visit to the Queen.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone
left Audley-end, the seat of Lord Braybrooke, yesterday,
to visit the Deanery at Peterborough, whence the right
hon. gentleman and Mrs. Gladstone will proceed on a
visit to the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, at Worsley-
hall, near Manchester.

A deputation from the National Association for the
Improvement of the Dwellings of the Working Classes
had an interview yesterday with the President of the
General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The
deputation consisted of Mr. R. H. Moore, Mr. W. R.
Pope, Mr. Henry Steevens, and Mr. Brown, solicitor.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-
office to the Governor of Gibraltar.

The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P., and Lady
Russell and family, are at present staying at Taylor's-
crescent Hotel, Filey, Yorkshire.
At the last vestry of the parish of St. Mary Abbotts,
Kensington, the following gentlemen were elected mem-
bers of the new burial board, pursuant to 15 and 16 Vic.
c. 85 :---TheVen. the Archdeacon Sinclair, P. H. Benest,
Kensington-park, W. Cumming, Notting-hill-square,
Sir W. Wheeler, Victoria-terrace, T. Carrington Camp-
bell, Earl's-terrace, G. Whitfield, Thurloe-square. The
board has purchased a large plot of land a little beyond
the pleasant villas of Ealing. It is to be walled in, and
chapels are to be erected.
CRYSTAL PALACE, SEPT. 26.—SHLLINGDAY.—Admis-
sion at the doors, 6,235; admission by season tickets,
663 ; total, 6,898.
A FLOATING CHURCH.—A new floating church is about
being established in Birkenhead.
In about 20 days 33t persons died from cholera and 17
from diarrhoea in the Isle of Jersey.
Mr. Samuel Wellard West, of the firm of Norris,
Adams, and Co., of Deal, Ramsgate, and Margate, is
appointed Royal Danish vice-consul for the port of Rams-
gate and its district.
O'CONNELL'S MONUMENT.—The first stone of the in-
tended monument to the late Mr. O'Connell was laid in
the cemetery at Glasnevin on Saturday. The proceeding
was private.
DUBLIN SAILORS' HOME.—The secretary received from
the crew of one vessel last week upwards of 2001., a great
part of which was secured to the men by bank orders on
London, and more of it laid out here,for proper clothing.
THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF SOUTHAMPTON
paid a state visit yesterday to the United States screw
steam frigate St. Jacinto, lying in Southampton Water.
A. salute was fired from the frigate in honour of the
visit. The St. Jacinto leaves Southampton to-day.
PROOF OF CONVICTIONS TO BE GIVEN IN CIVIL CASES.
—Under the new Common Law Procedure Act, a wit-
ness in any cause may be questioned as to whether he
has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanour,
and if he denies the fact or refuses to answer, the oppo-
site party may prove the conviction and put in a certifi-
cate, which upon proof of the identity of the person, is
to be evidence of the conviction, without proof of the
official character of the person signing it.
THE NUISANCE OPPOSITE THE ADELPHI.—Several
days ago a deputation from the board of guardians of the
parish of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, waited upon Sir B.
Hall, Bart., complaining of a most serious nuisance in
the Myer Thames opposite the Adelphi-terrace, arising
out of a large accumulation of filth and decomposed mat-
ter in bargee. The deputation to the Board of Health
was the last resource, and at the interview which took
place they had an assurance from the chief commissioner,
Sir B. Hall, Bart., that a case should be drawn up for
legal advice ; and the consequence has been that at the
last Central Criminal Court an indictment was preferred
before the grand jury against the offender, upon which
a true bill has been found, it being agreed that until the
case has been heard the nuisance shall be discontinued.
CITY AND METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.--In New-
gate-street several houses are now being removed, the
leases having fallen into the Corporation, so that in future
the street will be wider in consequence. It is hoped that
before the buildings are re-erected the Improvement
Committee will take care that a sufficiently open apace
will be left opposite the beautiful edifice denominated
" Christchurch," leading into Newgate-street, so that
the structure may he seen to advantage, and the pas-
sage-way—formerly exceedingly narrow—made worthy
to be called a suitable approach to the sacred edifice. In
Whitechapel, below the church, the pathways are being
widened, and the sideways of the row paved with Aber•
deen granite of the first quality.
THE NEW BEER ACT.—NORWICH, Monday.—A
meeting of the licensed victuallers in this city was held
this afternoon at the Boar's Head Tavern, Surrey-street;
Mr. F. Philips, the landlord of the house, in the chair.
There was a fair attendance of the trade. Mr. S.
Daynes, who moved the adoption of a petition to Parlia-
ment for the repeal of the new act, said it was not only a
publican's, but a public question, for every person was
deeply interested in checking the course of a system of
legislation the end of which could not be seen. The
petition having been adopted, the chairman proposed
that a licensed victuallers association should be esta-
blished in the city, observing that for ss. a year the
trade might secure the services of a legal adviser to
attend before the magistrates when informations were
laid against them. The suggestion met with the unani-
mous approval of the meeting, and a- president, vice-
president, committee, secretary, and treasurer, having
been appointed, the proceedings terminated.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE CANN VIADITOT.—On Suns
day morning last, between ten and eleven o'clock, a fatal
accident, occasioned by the falling of some massive
wooden supports in one of the archways of the Cann
viaduct, occurred to a young man named Samuel Ket-
ley, aged 17, son of a labourer in Moulsham, and who
was in training as a drummer for the West Essex Mi-
litia. It appears that at the time the unfortunate acci-
dent occurred, deceased, with two other youths, was
lounging under the archway, but some distance off the
footpath. One of them, a young man named Gardner,
hearing a loud cracking noise, looked upwards, and see-
ing the large props were giving way, called loudy to
his companions, but too late to save deceased, who,
while attempting to escape, and while in a stooping
posture, was struck down by a heavy block of wood and
killed on the spot, his neck and back being broken, and
his body being frightfully mangled. Deceased's mother,
who has been for some time past in a delicate state of
health, was so shocked on hearing of her son's untimely
end that she dropped down in the street in a state of
insensibility.—Essex Herald.
NEW YORK SCREW STEAMER PETREL PUT BACK.—
FIVE PASSENGERS DEAD.—Early on Monday morning,
the New York screw-steamer Petrel, Captain Time, ar-
rived off Greenock, considerably disabled. The Petrel
left Glasgow on the sth, and sailed from the Tail of the
Bank on the 7th, on her voyage to New York, with a
full complement of goods and passengers. She experi-
enced violent gales up till about a week after sailing.
Several of the steerage passengers became affected with
dysentery, which -rather gained ground from the con-
tinued severity of the weather ; and although every at-
tention was bestowed on those affected by the medical
officeaof the ship, five cases proved fatal between the
10th and 14th.
TESTIMONIAL TO SIR J. T. TYRELL, Rant, M.P.—
A proposal has been set on foot, and already responded
to from all quarters in a manner which appears to insure
its complete success, that a testimonial be presented to
Sir J. Tyssen Tyrell, Bart., M.P., as a proof of the
feeling of that county towards one who has served it
long both in Parliament and in other capacities—zea-
lousy endeavouring on all occasions to consult -the
wishes and promote the welfare of its inhabitants ; and
as a mark, too, of the respect he hag won, independently
of public and political considerations, from a large circle
of private friends. It has already been responded to not
only by his own supporters, but by many who, though
not altogether agreeing with the hon. baronet on some
political points, can appreciate his oharacter and his
long services, and honour a consistent 'and manly course
of conduct ; by many others who have so often met
him in the discharge of public duties in the county, at
the covert side following and upholding the sports of the
-field, or at the social board of private friendship, and
desire to record their respect for him as an English
country gentleman. It has been decided that the test

moniacsiiall consist of a full length portrait of the hon.
baronet, painted by an eminent artist—the portrait to
be engraved, each subscriber being entitled to a print.—
Mclinsford Chronicle.

POACHING AFFRAY,—On the night of the 12th inst.,
a gang of poachers, numbering eighteen or twenty, were
beating for rabbits on the estate of Colonel Wildman,
in the neighbourhood of Newstead Abbey, when they
were surprised by the keepers and watchers, nine in num-
ber. It appears that the poachers were well drilled and
organised, for as soon as they saw the keepers, certain
words of command were given by the leader, whom they
called " captain," and they immediately formed them-
selves in close line, dropped their hands into their
pockets, and let fly a volley of stones ; they then closed,
but the keepers, finding they bad the worst of it, made
off, with the exception of Colonel Wildnian's coachman
and an under-keeper named Turner, who courageously
stuck to the poachers, and were severely beaten with
flails and sticks. The poachers then decamped, leaving
behind them two long nets.—Nottingham Jonmal.
FALL OP A HIGH CHIMNEY.—On Thursday last, a
number of bricklayers wero engaged in trying to
straighten a chimney about 45 yards high, recently built
for new chemical works, the property of Deacon and Co.,
Runcorn-gap. After the foundation was strengthened,
Henry O'Neil and others were endeavouring to restore
lsitohuecyhimney to its level, when the whole pile rent from
top to bottom, and fell upon O'Neil, who was at time
employed between the two walls. Four other;., rniracu-
escaped iv iiight,—Liverpool Mercury.