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POLICE-

' INTREPIDITY OF
CONSTABL.
The Magistrates sitting at the town4itat .droydou,
last week had to dispose of. Chargliagakst_r twq poto-
rious poachers, named Nicholson and isake, itinat*thirik
man named Denham, of being/in. Sanderstead-park, for
an illegal purpose,' and also with committing a violent
assault upon Thomas Tappin, onenof the police-con-
stables of the P division., It appeared from the evidence
of Tappin, who had his head much cut and his nose split
in the affray, that, while on duty, about ha'f-past two
o'clock in the morning at Sanderstead, he saw the de-
fendants and two other men get Over the hedge into
Sanderstead-park, and suspecting they were about com-
mitting some offence; he shortly afterwards followed
them, and on his, griing into the roolzerV he found
that some iron 'chains had been fix,:d in one
of the trees, and two of the' men hrd a ;cendedi
and Page was about folinwing :them, when the
constable seized him by the, leg, and pulled
him down, and e struggle took place belween
them, and on Page calling on his comeadea to assist him
Durham and Nicholson did so, and they all attacked
the constable. The constable, however; being a very
powerful man, . would not relinquish his howl of Pug.'
and he actually succeeded in; getting the o ber
men down, a Id they all struggled zaerether, aa afterwards
appeared by the state of the ;round , for a distance of
thirty yards ; and during this time the . constable was
kicked and struck in the face and very ra.zeh,hure„
By this time an alai m had in sonic way bate" given ;m
a private watchman who sleeps at the re.sidenee of Mr.
Hills .the tenant of Sanderstead-park, got up, and armed
himself with a gun, arid accompanied by a blood=
hound, he preceeded to the spot, where he found the
three prisoners and the constable struggling on the-
ground. The dog 'mriediately seized one of the men, an/4
dragged him off, and with the assistance of the private.
watchman the three .prisoners were eventually seetuaad
and placed in safe custody, but the other two made their
escape. • Upon an examination being made, the ground
p:esented very plait. appearance of the desperate struggia
that had taken place, and six young rooks were also found,
lying dead, so that the prisoners' object was, no dor:01.,
to plunder the rookery. The nest day the prisoner,
were taken before- Messrs. Sutherland and Currie, at
Croydon, when the above facts were aposed
and the constable in addition, stated ',gnat lie did not
draw his staff in the affray, because ne was afraid they
might it away fecin him and use I' about h's person.
The .Magistrates ultimately committed the defendants
for three months ty. the House of Cori-action. The pri-
soners are netcrieus characters, and one of them some
time back under wont no imprisonment of twelve months
for a violent assault upon a
,gamekeeper. It is said that
the Commissioners of Pollee have directed a pTatuity to
be given to the constable Tappin f r his. intrepid conduct.
van the oeeasi

VW,

UNIVE 11N ELL IGENCE.
OxFozw, MAY B.—On Saturday, Jin 11, the nunual
election of postmasters will take place at Merton
There are three vaetmeies-, Candidates must be I:utween.
17 and 19 years of age, and are required to Lir,liver the,
usual certificates and testimonials to the Ward2n on Mon-
day, the 7th of June. The examination will ly!gin
Bth. These postmasterships are 14 in mux,ber ; 12 of
them were founded in 1380, by 1)r. Wyllie,tt, Chancellor
of Exeter ; and two were subsequently added by J. Cham-
ber, Cation of Windsor.

There is now an exhibition vacant at Pembroke Col-
lege founded for the sons of clergymen
.in the diocese of
Gloucester. Candidates are to present the'iiroper certi-
ficates and testimonials to the Master en or before Wed--
ne.sday, the 26th inst.

The—election Vinerian Scholar took placr!, nn
Thursday last in ConvOcation. At the close the, Tulin.
hers

John Gordon, of BrP.2enose College ti. '35
S. 11. Northeote, in Balliol ditto 'l4
G. L. Browne, of St. John's ditto
These scholarships ►►re tenable km ken yca►:,—value 30/.
per Stll 11 l"-

In the mne Convocation it wra unanimously resolved
to contribute 1,000/. to the fund for the endowment ot
colonial bishoprics.
The IZ2zius Professor of Divinity has given notice that
his public' lectures will commence on Wedne,day, June
2, at twelve o'clock. and that he will resume his private
lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews on Tuesday next,
the 11th inst.

The SedHan Reader in Natural Philosophy has gi mn
notice a course of lectures 0:1 Newton's Principi• and
another course on the Prineiples of Aiechanics, 0.4 Tues-
day next., the lith
Profev.sor of .stony has issued notice that he in-
tends t
etco 4gin a, cfntrse of eight lectures', eomprehending
a skh_ of '.'oe charazters of the pr...neipal families of
Out". bo Friday, June 4, at two o'cjioeli,
0. 0. I3owles, Esq., has preseiced the Rev. R. Brown,
of Pembroke College, to the vlearage of North Aston, in
thin en'onty.
Ile Rev. G. W. Lang-mead, of Exeter College, has
been appointed Chaplain of the Citadel, at Plymouth.

THE SUGAR DVTIES.
(FROM A tORREEPONDENT.)
You observed 0:1 Saturday that Dr. LushinCam spoke
with energy, and carried conviction, becaw-e*he spoke
with sincerity ; nevertheless, it cannot be ':teried that he
has been •() much hurried on by his holiest feelings of
alarm lest the great question of universal freedom for
the black population slioultl be retarded by the proposed
reduction of the cigar duties, that he has omitted to
give the subje(4 that calm eonstieration which it merits,
or he wovtid have y,ere6ve4 that the duty of 365. per
cwt. appliedtoMuscovado sugar ; that, for
! the ostensible _ ,cake of protecting the British re-
fineries, ;Int; really for the purpose of excluding
them from home P.,e, an additional duty would be im-
posed on all clayeA oud white sugars. This is tapping
the right nail upon the head, for if the planters of Cuba
and the Brfads wish to participate in the advantages of
the British markets, they must relinquish the toilsome
pro,Ness of partly refining their sugar for sale. The admis-
! sign of brown sugars only would lead to the abolition of
the laborious practice of whitening them. This dimi-
nution of work would confer at once an immense be-
nefit upon the whole body of slaves in the two coun-
tries. It may safely - computed that one-fifth
Of the 'wlio/e is now employed at this arduous
awl unhealthy task. This fifth would be put
$(4.), assist the field-gangs, and thus diminish the
labour of the remaining four-fifths. Moreover, the
planters, having snore slave strength at their command
than the cultivation of their respective plantations needed,
would ems° to • purchase hands in the slave market.
This: stagnation would .presently bring down the value
or slaves until the price of them fell below the costs of
stealing and conveying them to
.thellraziis or Cuba,
el-toe:Pang ';by'' this plan the - dbOmin4ble slave-trade
more effectually than all the Vigilance of our cruis-
ers, and all the results of our slave treatie,s:.
put together, It is therefore fair to assume Dr. Lush-
ington ks not investigated the question very closely,
or 4, Would have arrived at the conclusion we have
pointed out.

This country has already suffered in purse enormously
for the sake of the negroes in our own sugar colonies ;
first in the price paid for their freedom, and secondly in.
the vast amounts extracted by excessive prices paid for
4*ll West India produce, bolstered up, as it has been, by
an active and vicious monopoly ever since the date of
emancipation. We will plainly tell Dr. Lushing-
tuft and the other influential friends of the blacks,
=bat so long as they advocate a system of mo-
nopoly in sugar, so long they continue to sti-
mulate the cupidity of the proprietors of es--
tat.Js. It is now a matter of, notoriety that all our
West India settlements are sugar gardens from end ter
to end ; and they can only be maintained in that high
state of cultivation by the painful exertions, the ex-
torted labour of the negroes,who can by no possibility be
a happy race, while the drift of the law made by their
taskmasters, is to compel them to pursue unhealthy and
exhausting la4our. What does it matter to the black whe-
ther he be forced to the field by the lash, or whether he is
coerced by crafty and cruel laws, which merely take the
whip from one hand to put it in another, to the same
description of toilsome labour ? This evil, the source or
wretchedness to the black population, is within , our
grasp. The Government measure will bring the Eastern
grown sugars into competition with that from the West
Indies---7the rubbish, which the low classes of sugar from
the Brazils and Cuba certainly are, will be
rejected ors
account of quality by all consumers in Great Britain.

N-----
EW
PARK.—Her Majesty, we understand, in compliance with
the numerous applicm ions addressed to her by the inha-
bitants of the vicinity, has formally signified her approval
of a plan for making a carriage entrance into Hyde-park
from Knightsbridge ; and powers have been given by
Parliament, enabling the Dean and Chapter of West-
minster to sell, and the Conunissioners of Woods to per_
chase, sufficient ground to secure a wide and handsome:
approach, and the erection of houses of a class and dui_
raeter which must eventually effect an improvement or
and the, if persisted in, will necessarily del e
the whole neighbourhood. Difficulties, we are informed,
are likely to arise in meeting the demands of some o: th
which
manyatel3 lins:
tenants ;
unty, in Iv
the measure, and roider another applieliticr, ,_ .y., Ay
ti to rarlin--
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT WELL..
ment indispensable,—
, 41ar-
ing heard that a very ancient well Obbisteirursereo.
bad been l
covered at
tiquarian curiosities had been found, we
Wsibnecote,
very naturall
feit a desire 'to obtain some further particulars on a s•,O-
- so interesting ; and being unable, at present, to -* •
, visit
the spot, we wrote to a very talented
had Wen . an eye-witness,,,
and young frien•4, who
classical student, under ihe tuition is a very pr,Omising
deryyman, resident 'a the ' of a learned and A V 011 h). •
the 'aiscovery to. ;,hich ‘e immediate neiglibe.urhood of
From that you,ir.
. . friend v,
commintayavou :-- e have: received the foilov.• - Stratford,,ing,-
April c I
241. i, 141.
Do4r Sir,----.1 reed% 1 -
your letter of . yesterdav, in
which You express a' et
well that has latel 1 desire to-have the particulars of the
well
is
ht a
quarr y been discovered,at Wilineeote. . The.
in which have beeny found
dnif to Mr. Mills, of Billesley„,
elk, of a p-reat
size, beiN4' from two to three° fesetolfaitiii:
anitittd 4 the cow kind, with short horn's;affi"e skulls
of
m ;
tegether with some Roman pottery, and a fewxed to
the
of which has the inscription of Lucius Auivli coins,
("'
Emperor, wile reigned about 460, A. C.),
andw,c,t
the
lettersn i a n
T. P. D. which site, Tribunitia Potestate l;
the other characters being very imperfect. Thonati,—
built in perfect symmetry, the stones with whiehwel.l is':
constructed being regularkv shaped, and the whop,° it
1:
simiar to a bawl. it penetrates several
rocks,.
and ;s 9 feet in diameter. Other wells,_ -
of less size, have
been discovered in the vicinity : there have also been
fone.ti skeletons, lying as if they bed been deposited.
with' great care. Dugdale men •
.4ens that Billesle)
', ad--
joining this place, ' was antieutl
y a place of some in:-
port6nce," and that% iu. his time,
" there was "tio more-
and antliently stood there." scarce half the Church/
Believe me, Dear Sir, -ours very
GU LIELMiJ faithfull6.
8 DE BTRATF RD;