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should not do that, but require him to give up his air
gun, as he would not give his name or address.
Mr. PAYNTER—And you took the gun with great
force—have you restored it ? Mr. Day said be gave
it back to Mr. Reynolds on Friday night.
The keeper went on to say that the land Mr.
Reynolds was upon was a preserve, and caution-
notices to trespassers were posted r t every available
place ; there were pheasants and partridges in the
preserve. When the keeper spoke to Mr. Reynolds
he said he was looking for rabbits.
Mr. PAYNTER observed tht.t there was no doubt
Mr. Day wlts entitled to a summons for a trespass,
but he must tell the keeper he had no right to take
the gun, and if he had been in Mr. Reynolds's place
be would have given him in charge of the police for
the stealing. It was clear the gamekeeper was unfit
for his place, for he did not know his duties. If Mr.
Reynolds had shot the gamekeeper it would only have
been manslaughter, and the keeper even was liable to
be tried for the robbery.
The summons was appointed for hearing before Mr.
Beadom.

ROBBERY OF RAILWAY PARCELS
An extensive robbery of valuable parcels, conveyed
by the Great Western Company, from South Wales
and all parts of the West of England, took place a
few days back. On Thursday morning the mail
train by the Great Western Railway, leaving Ply-
mouth at 6.25 rM. on the previous evening, and
calling at the intermediate towns upon the route,
arrived at the Paddington terminus at 4.15 A.m.,
laden, in addition to the Post-office mail bags, with
between 200 and 300 packages of a miscellaneous
character, consisting of bankers' parcels, containing
notes, cheques, &c., from local to London banks; so-
licitors' parcels, enclosing wills, deeds, marriage
settlements and other documents, with other papers
of considerable value, passing between various metro-
politan and provincial firms. The parcels were
deposited en masse in the parcels-van, and shortly
before 7 o'clock the delivery agent of Messrs. Chaplin
and Horne, accompanied by a lad, who remains in the
cart to watch them, started on his round from
Paddington, taking with him the parcels sorted out
and strapped together in classified lots, those for the
bankers in • one batch, those called by the railway
clerks " the lawyers' parcels" in another, the general
commercial ones in another, and so on. On ar-
riving at Featherstone-building ;, Holborn, shortly
before eight o'clock, the driver of the van, as usual
with him, alighted, leaving the cart in the custody of
the lad. Taking with him the lawyers' parcels, he
first of all proceeded to the offices of Messrs. Gregory,
Faulkner, and Follett, in Bedford row, and there at a
few minutes after eight o'clock, ss N the housekeeper,
who received the parcels for the firm, when the man,
who it would appear had on previous occasions acted
thus imprudently, asked permission of the house-
keeper to be allowed to leave all the parcels strapped
together in the office, on account, as he alleged, of
their great weight, while he went a little further on
in Bedford-row to deliver two others, one for Messrs.
Alger, solicitors, and the other for Messrs. Stevens,
which he did in the usual manner. In the meantime,
however, and within five minutes of his absence from
the offices of Messrs. Gregory, a most adroit and
daring abstraction of the remaining 20 parcels left
there, containing deeds, wills, and valuable issign-
ments, was effected. Immediately on his return the
housekeeper told him one of his fellow-servants had
been there, when he said, " Oh, my mate has left the
wrong packet of parcels," exchanging at the same
time the parcels that had been left for a similar set,
strapped together and slung over his shoulder, and
leaving word that the man on his return was to meet
him at the George and Blue Boar, in Holborn. The
man, on his return, of course was in great consterna-
tion, and could not be convinced of the dexterous
mancauvre until an inspection of the parcels deposited
in exchange showed that they s ere nothing but
" dummies" filled with shavings and waste paper. So
close, indeed, was the imitation, that had it not been
for the statement of the housekeeper exciting his
suspicions, he would have thrown them over his
shoulder and proceeded as usual. These dummy
parcels, of which there were about a dozen, were
bound together with a large strap, precisely in the
same fashion as those that were abstracted, but with-
out any addresses, the part upon which the direction
is placed being so contrived as to appear to be turned
inside. Between the dummies and the strap was a
white leather pocket book, such as are used by the
Great Western Railway, marked " Great Western
Railway, August, 1149." Thinking there might be
some mistake, the man in his trepidation rushed to the
George and Blue Boar, but found no one to the appoint-
ment. He then went to the police-station in Hunter-
street, Brunswick-square, and gave information of the
robbery to the authorities, who immediately communi-
cated with Messrs. Collard and Lyndon, the police
officers of the railway company, and issued a reward for
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of the thief. Inspector Smitli, a detective officer of
the F division, proceeded to Messrs. Gregory's, and
received from the housekeeper a minute description of
the thief, who, it appears, the better to aid the decep-
tion, was dressed like a privileged ticket-porter of the
Great Western Railway, the plush jacket and cap
having " G. W. R." marked on them in red cloth
letters. This leads to the belief that the clothes must
have been lent him by some one of the company's
servants privy to and implicated in the transaction,
and this suspicion is strengthened by the fact that the
delinquent has been recently seen drinking with them
and in their company. The housekeeper, whose de-
scription coincides with that of the man now in
custody, described him as tall, thin, and
about 20. On hearing the description, In-
spector Smith at once suspected the man to be one of
the most expert thieves in London, often in custody,
but never yet convicted, and the son of a man who
goes by the sobriquet of "Long Taylos." Although
familiar with the haunts of t' man and
his confederates, the inspector obtained no clue
to his capture until between five and six
on Friday evening last, when he apprehended
him at his lodgings, No. 52, Barclay-street, Somers'
Town. He gave his name as George Barton, 18
years of age, but stoutly denied all knowledge of the
transaction. Search was made throughout the house,
but none of the missing property was forthcoming.
The housekeeper at Messrs. Gregory's has since iden-
tified him.
The value of the lost parcels is not yet ascertained,
but it is conjectured to he very large, from the fact
that one of the solicitors' firms to whom a parcel was
directed, and of whom inquiries were made, stated
that if the'parcel directed to them was one that was
abstracted, its worth was 30,0001.
The names of the consignees, who cannot, beyond
conjecture, give any account of their contents, are—
the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court,
Portugal-street ; Messrs. Beevor, of Gray's Inn ;
Messrs. Vincent, of Castle-areet ; Messrs. Taylor,
Chancery-lane; Messrs. Davidson, Lincoln's Inn;
Frere, Lincoln's Inn; Ryland, Lincoln's Inn-fields;
Whiteacre, Lincoln's Inn; Wrentmore,Lincoln's Inn ;
Holme, New Inn ; Coulthurst, New Inn ; Leppard,
Bannatyne, and Gannon, Cloak-lane, City ; Goodwin,
Walbrook ; Peachey, Old Jewry ; Gregeon, Angel-
court, City ; Dawes, Angel-ceurt ; Waterlow and
Sons, Birchin-lane ; and Wetherby and Sons, Birchin-
lane.

On Saturday afternoon communications were re-
c3ived from Messrs. Leppard and Bannatyne, to the
effect that they had heard from Mr. C. Hassell, of
Bristol, that the parcel directed for their firm, and
which Wr.9 stolen with the others, contained two un-
excuted deeds, on which were stamps to the amount
of 131. 10s. ; one deed wes an assignment of leasehold
property, with stamps, el., :ad valorem. There was
also a letter of attorney from Mr. C. Attwood, stamps
305., on paper. Messrs. Taylor, of Chancery-lane;
state that the parcel intended for them would contain
deeds, and a cheque for 471., payment for which has
been stopped at Tiverton. On Saturday also the
authorities at the Stamp-office were apprised of the
robbery, in the event of any deeds or other documents
being offered in the allowance department as spoiled
stamps. A large reward will be offered for the
restoration of the parcels, should none of them be
forthcoming, and up to last night none had been
recovered.

LOLA MONTES.—Some of the particulars con-
nected with the recent extraordinary visit to England of
this lady have been published, but the following addi•
tional facts, the authenticity of which may be relied
upon, will, doubtless, be read with interest :—lt appears
that while abroad the lady received an anonymous letter
upon the subject of the charge of bigamy made against
her, the precise contents of which have nol transpired,
but they were of such a character as to induce her and
her husband immediately to hire a steam-vessel, for
which they paid 2001., and to proceed to England. They
arrived in London late at night, and early the next
morning the lady, with her usual impetuosity, prc-
ceeded to the house of her solicitor. He was out of
town, with all the rest of the world, at that period, and
the lady then ordered her carriage to the chambers of
Mr. Bodkin, her counsel. Here she met with a fresh
disappointment, for she was inform—l that that gentle-
man had gone to Ramsgate. She resolied to go after
him, and made arrangements to start by a Lrain the fol-
lowing morning; and it happened by an odd coincidence,
that Mr. Bodkin, who had been prevented from starting
so early as he expected, travelled down by the same
train, and the lady and her learned counsel met each
other upon the arrival of the train at the station. After ,1
a short consultation, the lady became aware of the hoax
that had been practised upon her, and she immediately
returned to London, and the next day she and her hus-
band started for Italy. It is said that her gallant hus-
band is excessively indignant at the different proceed-
ings that have been taken against her, and that be has
declared that he will protect her from the "persecution"
to which she has been subjected to the whole extent of
his fortune.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The Royal mail steam-
ship Caledonia, Captain Leitch, took her departure to-
day for Halifax and Boston, with the usual mails for
North America. The steam-ship Niagara, Captain
11,:irL, with the inward mails, &c., from New York, of
the 19th, and Halifax, of the 22d ult., may be expected
to arrive on Monday (to day).

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, SEPT. 29.—The battle of life is daily I
becoming more sanguinary. The landlords call it the
Anti•llent Conspiracy ; but, in truth, it is a struggle
in which the very existence of the small tenantry of
Ireland is at stake. More blood has been she I, per-
jury is becoming quite a matte:. of course crime
among the unhappy people, and violence of all kinds,
is reported to for the gratification of revenge for in-
juries charged against landlords and agents. The in-
telligence from the country to-day is truly deplorable.
Within fifty miles of the metropolis a bloody conflict
took place yesterday morning, in which one man was
shot dead and another badly wounded ; the particu-
lars are thus given in a journal favourable to the
sights of property—indifferent about its duties.
" We have just received an account," says the Kil-
kenny Moderator, "of a fatal and most fearful
struggle between a landlord and tenant for the pos-
session of the crops, and which, we are sorry to state,
has taken place in oar own county. It appears that
the corn of a farmer named Cloony, residing at
Butler's Grove, near Gowran, was distrained for rent
by the landlord, Captain Watson, and was only pro-
tected hitherto from being forcibly removed by having
a strong posse of armed bailiffs pl?_Ted in charge.
However, yesterday morning, at about eight
o'clock, Cloony collected a considerable body of men,
who were armed and provided with cars in order to
,seize and remove the crop at any risk. The attack
was, of course, resisted by those in charge, and who
acted under the direction of Captain Watson's sons.
A violent struggle took place, but Cloony's par 4
succeeded in loading the cars, and just as they were
leading them out upon the road, one ef the men,
named Butler, was shot dead by the Wat-
son's party, and another was so seriously wounded
that Dr. Nowell, of Gowran, whose professional
assistance was promptly obtained, is said to have
pronounced his recovery to be hKeless. On the
other hand, it is stated by report that three of the
parties who were in charge of the crop, are danger-
ously wounded. The police arrived from Cowran
soon after the fray, but too late to prevent the fatal
consequences of the encounter; however, the cor-
respondent from whom we have the particulars, con-
cludes his communication, which was dated at noon
yesterday, with the remark—' Notwithstanding the
fearful circumstances which have resulted from the
attack, the corn is still being removed, though one
man lies dead in the gap, and another is dying in the
neighbourhood.'"
By the midday mail an account has been received
of the wounded man.
In the Carlow Sentinel of this morning there are
reports of scrambles for crops on the estates of Colonel
Bruen, M.P., Colonel Butler, M.P., and Mr. Hatchell,
the Irish Solicitor-General. The particulars in each
case are essentially similar. The landlords are repre-
sented as the kindest and best men in the world—the

tenants, sharpers The tenants owed large arrears of
rent, hal splencr I crops, would not pay, and to avoid
threatened distraint, collected friends from distant
parts and carried ell their property out of the reach
of their indulgent landlords. Such is the gravamen
of each report. Here is another case in this Carlow
paper :—" On Sunday last a man named Rice, who
held a farm of 70 acres of land, from Mr. Finlay, of
Bagnalstown, at Ballykeenan, in this county, obtained
the assistance of a large party of men and took away
corn to the value of 2001., which was under seizure.
They cut down the corn which was standing, and
swept that also away. The tenant to whom Mr. Finlay
we.s most indulgent owed him 1301., in addition to
801., on the 29th inst. Mr. Finlay, being desirous of
coming to a settl vent, offered to take recurity for
NO/. This the tenant promised, and the securities
were to be completed on Monday—in the interim,
however, he swept away the crops on the previous
day. It is remarkable that Mr. Finlay's herd de-
clared that he knew the parties who cut down the
standing crop which was not seized upon, but he
professed entire ignorance of those who carried off
the property under seizure—thus proving the sym-
pathy that exists for those who transgress the law.
At the Shinrone petty sessions on Wednesday last
20 men were charged with carrying off 24 loads of
corn, which was about to h seized by Mr. Clark,
the landlord of the ground upon which it was raised.
The prisoners were committed for trial at the ap-
iproaching assizes. The police, it is said, charged the
carters "at the point of the bayonet, and a struggle
ensued, which, however, vvr. not attended with seri-
ous consequences." In the meantime the landlords in
some parts are making timely abatements in the rents
of their tenants. They acknowledge the simple fact
that a farmer cannot pay the same rent now that be
did when corn was 50 per cent. dearer, potato ?.s plenty,
and a low poor-rate. ,
ACCIDENT TO TEE CAMBRIA STEAMER.
The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company's
steam-boat Cambria broke her paddle shaft on her
outward voyage from Kingstown to Holyhead yester-
day morning. The Dansibee, which let Kingstown
at half-past twelve, came up to the Cambria, which
bad left at half-past eight, took her passengers on
board, and conveyed them to Holyhead. The Hiber-
nia was dispatched from the letter port; and on meet-
ing the Cambria, took her irk) tow and returned with,
her to Holyhead. The Hibernia le.:: Holyhead again
at three this morning, and arrived at Kingstown
shortly before eight.
The following communication on the subject has
been received by the Secretary to the Chamber of
Commerce :
" Her Majesty's packet, Banshee, Kingstown,
Sept. 27, 1849.
" Sir,—As considerable anxiety will naturally be felt
for the safety of the Chester and Holyhead Railway
Company's steamer the Cambria, which vessel left
Kingstown yesterday, at nine A.M. (London time), I feel
it my duty to rcquaint you, as secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, that ar3 .50 P.M. yesterday, when on
my passage to Holyhead, in her Majesty's packet under
my command, I observed a steamer on our port-bow,
with her colours flying, laying to, apparently disabled. I
changed our course towards her, and soon found it to be
the Cambria.
" At 4.17 I stopped the Banshee, close to leeward of
her, when two boats came alongside with several pas-
sengers (about 20 in number), whom we succeeded in
getting safely on board, al'hough attended with consi-
derable risk, there being a heavy sea at times, Lieut.
Keane also sending a request that I would cause imme-
diate assistance to ba sent to him, as their intermediate
shaft was broken, and both engines quite disabled—
Holyhead in sight, bearing S.E. by E. i E., dist. 18
miles. I proceeded at 4.45 P.M., and on my arrival at
Holyhead at 6.25 Par., communicated to Commander
Fraser, R.N., who superintends the packet establish-
°. it thoi e, the situation of the Cambria, and the request
of Lieut. Kiane, her commander, handing him his let-
ter to me. I also sent for the commander of the Hiber-
nie, one of the steamers belonging to the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company (which vessel was then
preparing for leaving Holyhead with the London pas-
sengers for Kingstown), and gave him all the informa-
tion I nossibly could on the subj, at. Commander Fraser
sent 11.11.:S. V. Otter as Loon as she could be got ready
(at 8.30 P.m.), and the Hibernia left at 11.30 P.si., both
in search of the Cambric
" I am glad to be able to report my having this morn-
ing F.ssed the Cambria in tow of the Hibernia, at nine
o'clock, and have no doubt but she will be safe at Holy-
head about eleven o'clock this morning.
" I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" WM. Ssurimrr, Commanding."

Greenwich Hospital, vice Joyce, ; resigned; vice Branch,

deceased.

Commander William Hutchins on (1837) a " first of
June" officer, has been appoiute'l to the out-pension of
Greenwich Hospital, vacant by the decease of the senior
commander on the list,

Charles R. Kinnear, surgeon ; to. the Leander; T. W.
Blake, assistant surgeon, to th, i Leander.
Marmaduke C. Trench, st irgeon, to the Serpent;
Thomas B. Purchas, assistant •surgeon, to the Serpent;
R. J. Douglas, midshipman, , to the Serpent; J. S.
Gooch, midshipman, to the Leander; FL Decie, mid-
shipman, to the Leander; W. Simpson, midshipman, to
the Excellent.

Needen Dawes, naval cede t, to the Serpent; J. F.
Stevens, clerk's assistant, to the Enconnte_r•, George
Turner, assistant master supe ntendent to Devonport
gaol.
The Brilliant sailed at dis ylight on Saturday for
Sheerness to be paid off. Tbe Volcano steam-vessel
arrived at Spithead at seven o ?clock this morning from
the Mediterranean. On com Leag up to Spithead she
made signal to say that she ha d a slight defect in her
engines, which could be made g food in three hours. She
was ordered to come into hw labour, her defects were
made good, and she steamed off at twelve o'clock for
Sheerness to be paid off. TI to Volcano had been in
collision with a merchant sax° aer, when about two
miles from Plymouth, the Eli.va, of Newport; as that
vessel was bearing up to speak ,t 4 ) her she struck the
Volcano on the after part of het port paddle-box, car-
rying away her own bowsprit -and foremast; she was
then towed into Plymouth by the Volcano.
The Encounter bent sails yestel .day.
_ .

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 28.-4lr. yen, the master of the
brigantine Eliza, gives the follow .ng account of the col-
lision between that vessel and . her Majesty's steamer
Volcano yesterday afternoon. T he Eliza, ut half-past
twelve o'clock, was off Prawlo-poi nt, or between Prawle-
point and the Start point, the I: and being three miles
distant. The weather was rather thick and wind north-
west. The ship was under doubla-reefed topsails,
single.reefed mainsail, and rem ed spencer, her head
pointing west by south, or west-t south-west, and rate of
sailing about four knots. After the men had taken the
second reef in the topsail and were coming down the
rigging they observed a Government steamer to the
westward with ensign and pen nant flying. In con-
sequence of seeing the e: asign, Captain Owen
backed the schooner's topsai Is to the mast, put
the helm down, and lay to for a bout ten minutes or a
quarter of an hour, when the Ve lcano, with her paddles
going, came up under the larlmat d brow of the brigan•
tine, carried away her jib-boom. and bowsprit (the latter
of which dropped on the steamer's deck), and in con-
sequence- broke both her .ni.,strt. The foremast went
about five feet from the deck-, and dropped aft on the
gallows of the winch, egainst; the mainmast; and tho
mainmast parted more than to a feet ;'ram the deck, fall-
ing over the brigantine's lee quarter. Captain Owen
has, of course, noted a protest, and intends, through his
agent, Mr. Henry J. Waring;, to apply to the Port-
Admiral to have the brigantine's damages made good
by the dockyard authorities.
The ship Lorena, Captain Conway, belonging to New
York, having 203 emigrant p assengers on board, from
Antwerp for New York, whoa in longitude 10 west, ex-
perienced a tremendous gale from- the eastward, which
carried away niaintopgallantm ast and head of maintop-
mast and caused the ship to st rain exceedingly. Having
returned off this port 1,15,; nig ht,' took a Plymouth pilot
on board, and entered the Sound this morning in safety.