The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, THUII,:DAY.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning
n thQ Slopes and Windsor Park.

The Royal Family took their usual airings.
The ro3, al dinner party this evening included her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by
her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), General
and Lady Isabella Wemyss, and Sir George and Lady
Couper.

Her Serene Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar,
with the Princesses Anne and Ault,lie of Saxe-
Weimar, dined with her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House.

Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, had an
interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his
official residence in Downing-street.

On Monday and Wednesday, in the current week,
her Majesty's royal charity to the usual number of
aged and distressed poor was distributed at the Al-
monry, in Whitehall, under the direction of the Lord
Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner, the Rev.
Dr. Jelf, Sub-Almoner, by Joseph Hanby, E: q.,
Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry in ordinary.
Mr. Campbell had an interview yesterday with
Lord John Russell.

Earl Granville has arrived at Woburn Abbey, on a
visit to the Duke of Bedford.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The following is a summary of the bets laid yrs-
:erday

CHESTER CUP.
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Merry's Chanticleer
2,000 to 30 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn
2,000 to 30 agst Mr. E. Parr's Idle Boy
1,000 to 15 ugst Sir R. Buikeley's Melody
3,000 to 30 agst Mr. Isaac Day's Cockcrmouth
3,000 to 30 apt Mr. Meiklam's Emma
3,000 to 30 ugst Mr. Disney's Sir Itiehatd
1,000 to 10 agst Mr. S. Conway's Kennington
2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Ire in's Horn of Chase
3,000 to 25 cgst Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle

DERBY, 1850.

9 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken
to 501.
12 to I agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum—
taken to 501.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken to 601.
25 to 1 agst Mr. Medley's Sweetheart—taken to 50/.
and afterwards offered
lIUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Badaworth hds., Tuos., litekleton Hull; Thurs., Ring-
btorie Hill; Sat., Street House Bar-14
Mr. Lumley's hds , Mon., Swinnow Wood; Tues.,
0:lerton; Thurs., Wickeraloy Bar; Fri., Gringley•on-
the-Hill— lei.
Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Grainsby House;
Thurs., Tomerby House ; Sat., Riby Crossroad-11.

ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY OPIUM—WORCESTER,
WEDNESDAY.—A discovery was made yesterday morn
ing, on the officials assembing at the Bristol and Bir-
mingham (Midland) Railway-office, that the place had
been broken into and robbed. During the last three or
four days, and especially on Christmas eve, the business
of the office increased to some extent, and a great deal
of money was taken for railway tickets and parcels.
This fact appears to have become known, and to have
led to the robbery. The premises were closed at a late
hour on Monday night, and all was right when the
driver of the down mail omnibus opened the office at
two o'clock on Tuesday morning, ho having a key for
that purpose. Tho office was only opened for a few
minutes, and was closed again until the first omnibus
took its departure to meet the early trains at Spetchley
station. It was then found that some thief bad entered
the office by cutting out a pane of glass from a window
looking into the yard of the Unicorn Hotel, which ad-
joins the office, and then removing the fastening. The
thief must have been a short person, as he had placed
an inverted horse bucket, found in the yard, beneath
the window, to help him to get in. Having got into the
office, he ransacked the till, which contained, however,
only a small sum in money, (led took his departure by
the window egain. The manager of the Worcester
traffic (Mr. Collett) had, most tortuna!ely, taken the
great bulk of the money which he had received that day,
amounting, we are told, to upwards of 1001., to his home,
on leaving the office on Monday night, and hence the
expectations of the thief were disappointed. The
window-glass was cut in a most workmanlike manner,
without breaking, and the thief must have secreted him•
-ekif -ine,the;stal)lite ft a tho,Zoinarn-rigvd tlailfbno ..it.Jll as.
lucked up on Monday night. A man has been appre
1 hended on suspicion of being connected with the robbery.

The tragedy of .2"4e Gamester was performed here
lett evening, Mr. .A.nderson and Miss Laura Addn.:on
sustaining respectively the parts of Mr. and Mrs.
Beverley. The part of Beverley is always a dis-
agreeable and an uphill part for an actor, for the
Beverley of the play is an arrant ass, who would have
been as arrant a knave but for his deficiency of
"'cuteness," and the author has endeavoured out of
such materials to manufacture a sentimental hero, whom
the actor is expected to invest with a high degree of
tragic interest. This is in general attempted by infusing
into the part an expression of mawkish sentimentality,
NV Lich is quite disgusting, and which is moreover
somewhat out of character. This fault Mr. Andersen
judiciously avoided in his representation of last even-
ing, and he in consequence presented us with the most
manly Beverley on the stage. The Mrs. Beverley
of Miss Laura Addison is, ter and away, the tin, st
that has been :een since the days of Miss It
is k n exquisite combination of gentlent ar.d
Its principal charm is is crsieeney—tere
is neither traffic rant nor &et ki7-g for startling poll's
—it is truly feminine and natural. The mere aLtress
i. fo•gottc•n, and we have Fefore us the trustful Li,d
atiectionAte woman, sad that wou.an a well Lae' Ldy.
Excepting in the scene in REch the scound- el
Stukely informs Mrs. Beverley that her Les-
band is unfaithful, there is remit eplor ur.ity
for the actress to excite the synimmthies or to
move an audience ft cm the sombre prop: h-ty
induced by the wt arineFs (:f the play. But in :big
se( no the various pow errs of ti e perfortm r 1 Lve fitt:ng
opportunity to test their c ITt et. The g: of n'ingled
doubt and terror with which she noiselessly listens to
the recital, the eucc(cdirg burst of agonising passion,
the subsequent reply of withering contemi t, a vi the
ultimate dignity with which the transfixes the villain
at her feet, were each and all illu,trated with a truth-
fulness and a power that elicited the ardent enthaiiastn
of the public. The last scene, in which she watches
the approaching death of her husband, wya full of
deep plathos, and the final burst of grief with which
she falls senseless on the body way a rare example of
deh) study and artistic execution. Mr. Anderson and
Miss Laura Addison were called for at the conchhicn
of the tragedy, and were enthusiastically applauled.
I'he Pant imime fol'owed, and w ent" gloriously. The
house was very well attended.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday two men named
%V. O'Brien, aged 31, and James Kennedy, aged '2O,
were killed by the up-train on the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway, which is due at Gainshorough
at 5 o'clock rM. It appeared from the evidence given
bAere the coroner, that these men were brickl,yers'
labourers., and that they had been serving the bricklayers
who were building some cattle-pens at Sturton-le-Steeple
station, where the fatal catastrophe occurred. Mr.
the station master, on perceiving the approach of
the train, hoisted a red flag, with the intention of stop-
ping a luggage•train which was coming from Gains-
borough, so that a horsebox might be attached to it; but
the engibeer whistled, which indicated that he could not
bring up the train, as it was so heavily loaded. Mr.
Spillings was no sooner aware of this than he motioned
his wife to hold up the green flag, warning the driver to
proceed cautiously. When this took place, he was at the
points, ready to turn the train on to a siding where the
horsebox was. The luggage train was proceeding at the
rate of five miles an hour. The two unfortunate in( n
(one of whom resides at Retford), on perceiving the
train proceed so slowly, threw down their tools and ran
towards it, purposiiig, it is believed, to get en one of the

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trucks and ride to Retford. Mr. Spillings celled to
them to get out of the way, or they would be killed;
they either did not hear, or they paid no attention, fir
he had no sooner said the words than a train was upon
them, coaling in collision with both. One of the poor
fellows was carried a distance of 17 or 18 yards front
where he came in contact with the train. Ile was
finally deposited in a culve rt. They were bosh terribly
mutilated; one had the back part of his head driven in,
and the ether had his forehead knocked in by the engine,
and one of his leas was she ckingly lacerats d. O'Brien
has left a wife and two children to lament his loss. No
blame was attached either to the btatior.-master or the
engine-drivers.
STEAM. BOAT COLLISION ON TEE RIVER AND PRO-
VIDENTIAL liESCUE.—Yesterda) mornirg, bet wcen loven
and twelve o'clock, a collision of a serious nature took
place between the Sunflower steam- boat and a It, cheater
sailing barge, which for sumo time it was apprehended
would have been attended with losa of lite, and caused
the greatest consternation amongst the crew and pas-.
sengers c n board. It appears that the Sunflower was
n her downward pattssge to L nolon-bridge; and aftsr
passing Southwark-bridges, it being a strong flood at
the time, a stiff breeze blowing from the north-west,
a Rochester sailing barge was under a heavy press
of sail tact ing across the river, when, owing to some
mismanagement, the Sunflower, instead of being put
astern of the barge, ran into it amidships, and by
the ferca of the collision several of the persons
on deck were thrown down, and one of the crew of
the barge forced into the river ; and, ohne ugh every
means was resorted to to rereue hem it was unavailing,
owing to the strength of the wind and tide, the poor
fellow became exhaust. d, and settle twioe. Fertuna ely
at this crisis tile Iron steam-boat Mstrimot y eerie up,
sold through the xertions of the esptaiit aro: crew, who
s4w tha usinent danger of the sinking man, the) suc-
ceeded in putting the boat about to the spot where he
was struggling, and threw to him one of Light's ; atent
life-buoys, which they always ce.sry on board, and the
poor fellow suttee ding in securing it, he was got on
board in the last
,stage of exhaustion, std under the
dire caul of Mr. Aiteheson, the eupetiotereleet of the
Iron Boat Company, he was put into a warm bed and
restoratives admieistered, by the aid of which he was
soon recovered, and exaressed his warmest thaolis to
Mr. Aitchesou and the carain Ervrerew of the Matt i•
tosny fe r his providential rescue trent a w ate ry grave.
The Sue flu er afeet wards proceeded with hot passengers
to the Swan Pier, alai on .examination it was foetal she
had not sustained any material injury, and the barge w as
also enabled to procred on its course.
ARREST or AN OUTLAW.—An atrocious character,
named Michael Hawkins, one of those charged with they
murder of Mr. Patrick Clarke, of Southhill, county of
Tipperary, committed in 1845, and who having absconded
at that time, has siece remained at large, though the
Government had offere d a considerable reward for his
apprehension, was captured near Culleu, on Thursday
last, by sub-inspector Corr, of Mullitiabonv. Mr. Corr
having received information that the outlaw was har-
boured at the house of a man named James Miles, situ-
ate near Callan, proceeded thither at three o'clock on
Thursday morning with a party of about thirty of the
constabulary. Having surrounded the localis)a an en-
trance was obtained, but Hawkins, being fully aware
that the search was for him, made an elibrt to force his
way through the thatch of the house, which he had
nearly succeeded in, when one of the policemen hearing
the noise, thrust his bayonet upwards, arid wcurtded the
fellow in the thigh. Ile still struggh el to free himself
by screwing the bayonet, which la uraiued fast in the
wound, ff the carbine, but failing in the effort, he was
dragged down; but he then seized a prong, and with that
weapon defended himself for a coroideroble period, in•
flitting several severe wounds on the police, and not
surrending till one of h constables cocked his gun and
declared his intention e f shooting him if he made further
resistance. The pri. o ser wits brought before Mr.
Bryan and Mr. P. Poe, tie nearest magistrates, and was
by them committed to Clonmel Gaol, to ba tried at the
next assizes. Two otl er persons engaged in the murder
of Mr. Clarke were st the time convicted and hanged,
and Hawkins was the last of the gang remaining at large
in Ireland.—Kilkenny Moderator.
COASTING TRADE UNDER TUE NEW NAVIGATION
ACT.—There are are five provisions in the new naviga-
tion-act (in force on Tuesday next) for regulating the
coasting trade. It is enacted that no goods or passengers
shall be carried coastwise from one part of the United
Kingdom to another, or from the United Kingdom to the
Isle of Man, or from the Isle of Man to the United
Kingdom, except in British ships; that no goods or pas-
sengers shall be imported into the Uutted Kingdom from
any of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, or
Sark, nor shall any goods or passengers be exported
from the United Kingdom to any of the said islands;
nor shall any goods or passengers he carried from any
of the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or
Man, from any of the said islands to another of the same
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islands, except in British ships; that no goods or pas-
sengers shall be carried from one part of any British
possession in Asia, Africa, or America, to another of the
same possession, except in British ships. Her Majesty
in Council may regulate the coasting trade of the cold•
nies on their application between neighbourkg I.9sses-
sions, or the coasting trade of the same. The c,ga: ting
trade of India is to be regulated by the Governor.
General of India. With these exceptions there are no
restrictions on trade and navigation. Vessels are now
arriving at our ports from all parts of the world. "There
go the ships." From and after Monday they will be ad-
mitted under new regulations.
THE LATE FMB AT LONDON-WALL.—The in-
surance companies have sustained a net loss of 43 3181,
exclusive of damage to buildings, &c., by the firs, in the
premises of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, last October,
which is thus distributed :—Alliance Compeny, 9,8201.;
London, 7,9601. ; Royal Exchange, 7,7491 ; Atlas,
7,473/ ; Sun, 4 5491.; Imperial, 3,3001.; Lag:l and Com-
mercial, 1,5451. ; Globe, 851. The salv.ge I;rodeeed
27,0221, which will gu in reducticn of those WWI.
Thirty-three persons not, or only partial!) assured, had
wools to the value of 27,8581.

Madame Sontag, with Calzolari, F. Lablache, and
Piatti, is tmking a new journee, whitU bcgan st Brighton,
on tLe 11th, end tia only finish at Edirlargb or
Glasgow Iler pow. rs of attraction will thus he fully
tested, for she is mostly revisiting towns v. here she ap-
reared but a few weeks since. In si-ite of this circum-

stance, and of the occasional moa inclement wealher, am

Ht Southampton, the attendance bas been A the emplost
kind, whilst in now scene:,, as at Leeds, her reeeptitin
has bet n enausiastic.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Truffic fur
the wcek ended Ike. 23, 1849:—C. and H. Main Line,
1,270/. 19;.93.; Mo!d, 82/. 11s. 6d.; steani-hcats, 1001.
14a. 6d —Total, 1,454/. ss. 93.
MASON• WORK IN GLASS.—Mr. 0. 1.1. Smith find.
ing some li-inch gl2ss slabs, 5 feet by 4
.ftet, which
were about to be laid in cr,nnexinn with pavtment at" St.
Kathoine's Docks, had not a fair edge to make a joint
to, sought to have them made tquare by the dealer, and
failing in that, successfully squared them with. the chisel
in the same way as a piece of warble would bb squared.
Slabs might be divided by a plain edged saw.—Budder.
The late Conarnissary-,Gcneral, Sir Gabriel, W,(ioci
Uequsatbcd 70,0 k/. to trect and endoil• an hospital
at Greenock for shipwrecked and distressed mariners.—
Bi itish Army Dispatch.