The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

THE WINDSOR RAILWAYS.-1 he ~tru,:gle bet,-. en
the Great Wes•rrn and 'ziotvh• vVestern Railways ms to
Which shall first complete a railway intoWiocfsor is likely
L) terminals in favour of the former, arising from ti,e
unfores‘•en acci,lent cif,he sinking of the bridge of Black-
Potts on the laver, and which it is expected will have to
be rebuilt. Meanwhile both companies are making rapid
elearar,c-s for their stations, in Windsor. The houses
purchased by the Great Western for their station in
Cieorge,-street, are being sold and pulled down, while
the, occupiers of those in hatchet-lace have received
notices from the South- Wes7ern for a similar purpose.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.—This corn-
ploy, it is said, have disposed of their steam.honts, which
originally cost 30 0001. for 15,0001., to the French Go-
vernment, who intend to run them between Marseilles
and Geneva.

MARRIAGES OF UNCONFIRMED

PERSONS.

For some time past the vicar of Leigh and the in-
cumbent of Bedford have refused to marry or to publish
the banns of marriage of unconfirmed persons. A
Government prosecution has been instituted against
the latter clergyman, for refusing to marry two parties
whose banns had been published in the usual manner
before the board of guardians, and who presented
to him the registrar's certificate. The trial is ex-
pected to take place at the next Liverpool Assizes, and
the offence is described as one of misdemeanour. A
few weeks ago, a young man named James William-
son, of the parish of Lowton, and a young woman
named Mary Ann Kearsley, of the parish of Leigh,
desired the vicar of Leigh to publish the banns of mar-
riage, but he refused, on the ground that the female
had not been confirmed. An appeal was therefore
made to the Bishop of Manchester, who directed the
vicar to publish the banns. They have accordingly
been published during the last two Sundays. The
Vicar, however, has intimated his intention of institut-
ing proceedings against the female, her father, and
brother ; the father for neglecting to cause his
children to be confirmed, and the children for ne-
glecting to come for that purpose. The vicar, on
Thursday afternoon last, personally served the fol-
hwing notices upon the parties :
"I, James Irvine, vicar of Leigh, in the county of
Lancaster, and diocese of Manchester, do hereby require
Yoq, James Kearsley, weaver, residing in a cottage si-
tuate in a street commonly called Canal-street, near the
east end of Twist-lane, iu the township of Pennington,
within the parish of Leigh aforesaid, to send your
son Peter and your daughter Mary Ann to the
parish Church, on Sunday next, and on every
succeeding Sunday and holyday, to be there
instructed and examined in the Church Catechism, after
the second lesson at evening prayer, until such time as
they have learned all that is therein appointed for them
to learn.—Dated this 6th day of September, in the year
of our Lord, 1849.
(Signed) " J. IRVINE, Vicar of Leigh.
" David Green, witness."
The following extract from the canons of the
Church accompanied the above :
" And likewise, if any of the said fathers, mothers,
masters, or mistresses, children, servants, or apprentices,
shall neglect their duties, as the one sort in not causing
them to come, and the other in refusing to learn, as
aforesaid, let them be suspended by their ordinaries, if
they be not children; and if they so persist, by the
apace of a month, then let them be excommunicated.
Canon lix."—Manchester Guardian.

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

" THR HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS OR THE SYMPATHY
Or EVERT NATION WHICH Lovas RIGHT AND LI-
IIERTy."—/Cossuth's Protest against Russian Interven-
tion.

Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:—
Messrs. Coutts and Co.
Messrs. Drummond.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ;
or to any one of the members of the committee formed
to carry out the Testimonial.
***All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo
Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand.

Sabscriptions already received ...
Per the Editor of Examiner :

... ...963 10 4*

friends at Kelvedon ... 1 0
The Compositors at Messrs. Reynell & Weight's 1 10
Mr. Win. A. Long, jun., Wotton-under-Edge 1 0
Second Subscription of Working Jewellers' Work-
men .. 3 15
A Few Chartists, per Samuel Boonham ... 0 3
Per K. L. J., Limerick, second remittance ... 018
aB. P., per Mr. Dunford, Notting-hill ... 0 2
Penny Subscriptions by the Frequenters of the

Sun Coffee-house, 118, Long-acre ... ... 9
A Liberal Englishwoman, Warwickshire ... 0 5
Subscriptions in behalf of the Hungarians, col-
lected by L.
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It and C.
H. and H. 2 2
K. and L.
J. A. and S. ... 2 2
C. and Co. ... ... • ... 2 2
G. S. and B. ... ... 2 2
A Liberal
G. and S. ... 2 2
K. 31. and Co.
Contributions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, per

Mr. George Crawshay ..•
" For Freedom's Cause." A Subscription raised by
Commercial Gentlemen and others, at the
Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, Aug. 23, 1849, for the
Hungarians and Poles :
Mr. Atkinson, Huddersfield ... ..•
Mr. Tomlinson, Bradford ...
Mr. B. Conway, London... ...
Mr. Riddel, Manchester... ...
Mr. Evans, Glasgow ...
Mr. Robertson, Royal Hotel, Aberdeen
Mr. Macdonald, Isle of Skye ...
Mr. Adamson, Stannochy
Mr. Feast, Beverley ...
Mr. Hernulewicz, Edinburgh ...
Mr. Anderson, Glasgow ...
Mr, Banks, Camperdown •• •
Second Remittance from Edinburgh, per Lord
Dudley Stuart ... .. 25 1
Subscription on behalf of the Hungarian Re-
fugees, emanating from the Carlisle Temper-
ance Reading Room, per Lord Dudley Stuart... 15 8
A. Mosely, Park-street, Bristol ... ... 10
Balance of subscription from Cardiff, per Mr.

... 0 10
... 0 10
... 0 5
... 0 5
... 0 10
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... 0 +5
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... 0 5

William Davies ••• ••• ••• •••
A Few Friends assembled at the Crown Tavern,
84, Edgware-road ••• ... --
A Few Chartists, Cripplegate
John Turner, Langton-green
G. Walker, Drury-lane ... •••
From Mr. Rogers Leake, of York, Upper Rath-
bone. place

1 5 6

Total

... 0 15
... 0 3
... 0 5
... 0 2

... 0 5 7

... £1,047 8 ai

The attention excited amongst the inhabants of
Colchester and its neighbourheod by the recent strange
doings
at Fingringhoe, was taken advantage of a few
days ago by some practical joker, who has succeeded
in causing several respectable persons to lose their
time and become the victims of a hoax, not at all
F,!rnarkable either for cleverness or originality. On
Tnursclay morning a letter was received by an
auctioneer, request ng his assistance at eleven o'clock,
to take an inventory of goods and effects at Fingring-
hoe, on the premises of the well -known Mr. N—,
Thither, punctual to the appointment, the unsuspecting
victim repaired; but an interview with the worthy who
occupied the premises soon convinced him that his
services were not required. The pitiful consolation,
however, of having brothers in misfortune was
not denied him. In about ten minutes, a horse
and van arrived at the mill, from which was soon
seen alighting the person of Mr. A., who had been
attracted to the spot by a written request for his in-
spection and purchase of the piano. On announcing
his errand, a volley of oaths saluted the ears of the
astonished tradesman, and he was assured in the most
emphatic terms that no such thing as a piano had ever
been in the house. Not long it was ere a third visitor
arrived, in the shape of Mr. E—, who, having been
requested to take a survey of the premises, preparatory
to the insurance of the property in the office for which
119 was agent, had obtained the assistance of Mr. B.
as an experienced miller, to enable him to form
Competent judgment touching the value. We under-
stand that the letter requesting his attendance as-
signed as a reason for Mr. N--'s desire to in-
sure, the circumstance that incendiary threats
bad been anonymously sent to him ; a hint which,
If really given, might have opened Mr. E—'s eyes at
°nee, to the nature of the requisition. To crown all, at
lawyer,"
o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. M—, a "village
lawyer," made bis appearance in a vehicle which had
travelled with him all the way from Sible liedingham,
and for the hire of which he had expended a sum
of 16s. The warmth of his reception, on informing
Mr. N— that he had come to render hire
assistance in getting through the Bankruptcy
Court, may be readily imagined. It is said that these
Were not the only birds intended to be limed ; and
two auctioneers, we are told, did actually leave home,
intending to obey summonses for professional aid at
this interesting village, but second thoughts intervened
and they never reached their intended destination. The
siege of Fingringhoe," as the blockade of the premses
above referred to, by the creditors' subsidiaries, is fac-
tiously styled, after enduring for about 14 days, was
raised on Friday night, when the troops were disbanded
in consequence of a sheriff's execution being put io,
• rendering the previous efforts to secure the property al-
together nugatory. The sale took place on Saturday.—
Essex Herald.
INTRAMURAL INTEnmerrs.—Yesterday the paro-
chial authorities of St. Stephen, Wallbrook, and St.
Bennet Sherehog, in the city of London, resolved to
discontinue the interment o the dead in the respective
churchyards of those parishes, as also in the vaults be-
neath the churches.
LIMERICK, SEPT. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. 9th,Cushla
Machree, Thomas. New York.
• oPETEREELD, SEPT. 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. North
08Q9a4udo Gray, Cineulaud, full, hosing 30 tuuo.