The Sun.
London, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

HOLLAND PARK.

A public meeting of the West London Central
Anti-Inclosure Association was held at Clarke's
Rooms, Edgeware-road, last evening, pursuant to an
advertisement, for the purpose of taking measures to
prevent Lord Holland from depriving the public of
the footpath in front of Holland House, Kensington.
There were about twenty persons present.
Mr. P. Amor; took the chair, and said he thought
that the proposed change of the footpath, instead of
being an injury would be a very great benefit to the
public, and he hoped Mr. Griffiths, the secretary, who
had convened the meeting, would not take any fur-
ther steps in the matter. Lord Holland's proposed
diversion of the footpath would be a; great benefit to
the public.
Mr. GRIFFITHS said that the magistrates, at quarter
sessions, had refused their sanction to Lord Holland's
application, and his Lordship had since proposed a
less objectionable course; but it appeared that the
board of surveyors were urging Lord Holland not to
make such concession. Mr. G. then read a letter
from Mr. Hume, M.P., regretting he could not be
present, but sympathising with the objects of the
meeting. The speaker concluded by proposing that a
committee should be appointed to take such steps as
might be necessary for opposing any deviation from
the existing footpath.
The resolution having been seconded,
Mr. STALWOOD moved an amendment to the effect
that the proposed path offered as a diversion of the
footway by Lord Holland, was far superior, and infi-
nitely more popular, than the existing one.
Mr. MAasu said Mr. Joseph Hume had certainly
been wrongly informed, for it must be evident to
every inhabitant of the locality that the proposed
new footpath would be a great boon to the neigh-
bourhood. . . .

Several other persons expressed a similar opinion.
A show of hands was then taken, and the amend-
ment carried by a large majority, only three hands
being held up against it.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
meeting separated.

DINNER EXTRAORDINARY.-A few days ago the
proprietor of the Cafe Anglais sent to seek the guard to
arrest a gentleman, who, after having made, in company
with a friend, a splendid dinner of 701., had allowed the
friend to depart, and had written to the proprietor,
begging that he might be given into custody. On the
arrival of the guard they found that the gentleman was
very soft spoken, and extremely polite. " Gentlemen,"
said he, with a low bow, "I thank you sincerely for the
trouble you have taken ; have the kindness, if you
please, to conduct me to the guard-house as a prisoner!"
"You will not, then, pay for your dinner ?" " I should
like to do nothing better, for it was excellent, but I have
not a farthing in the world !" " Then why have you
made a dinner of 70f. ?" "To get arrested." " What
a strange idea !" exclaimed the guard, "Perhaps it is;
but what would you have !" returned the polite stranger.
" I have not the courage to commit suicide, and I will
not turn thief. I have already done enough, but I will
not dishonour myself completely. I know the
law—l shall have three months'. mprisonment." The
polite dinner-eater then went on to say that he was a
sergeant in the 70th Regiment on leave of absence;
but that, having sold his equipments, he could not
venture to return to his regiment. He had had,
he said, nothing but that dinner for five days ; and he
had chosen the Cafe Anglais to dine at, because he
thought it could afford the loss. " But why not have
contented yourself with a simple dinner of eight francs
or ten francs?" asked the perplexed proprietor. "If I
had you would, perhaps, not have detained me." " Per-
haps not." " Well, then, :you see, my dear sir, that I
did well to take the dinner of 70f. I have arranged my
affair perfectly well. I wanted to be arrested, and yet
to commit the least offence possible. Have me arrested
without delay, my dear sir, I beg of you!" His wish
was complied with, and he was conveyed to the guard-
house. On the road he continued to express himself in

the politest possible manner, and to offer repeated ex.
cuses for the trouble he had occasioned. He had taken
a great deal of wine and spirits at his dinner, but was
not tipsy, and nothing in his manner showed that he
was acting a 'part. On reaching the guardhouse he
himself pointed out the cell in which he was to be
locked up, and when the guard left him he again
politely demanded pardon for the trouble he had given,
and most courteously bade them good night. Shortly
after he was loeked up it was discovered that a silver
dish which had been placed on his table was missing.
The polite gentleman, on being questioned, strenuously
denied having taken it. He, however, after some hesita-
tion, gave the name and address of the person with
whom he had dined, and who, as already stated, left
before the prisoner declared his inability to pay. This
individual was arrested.— Galignani's Messenger.
A melancholy instance, occasioned by the danger-
ous habit of playing with fire-arms, occurred last week
in the family of Alfred Power, Esq., Poor-law Commis-
sioner in Dublin. In consequence of a recent attempt
to break into the house, Mr. P. loaded a brace tof pistols
in case of further attack, carefully, during the day,
putting them in what he deemed an "out-of-the-way
place.' His youngest boy, aged seven years, unfortu-
nately saw his father deposit them, and in his absence
placed some books on a chair, and succeeded in getting
one, when, going, to the top of the stairs, he called to his
sister, who was ascending, " Mind your eye, or I'll shoot
you," !little imagining the weapon to be loaded, or that
the words spoken in play were to be so horribly verified.
He pulled the trigger, and the ball passed through his
sister's heart.
SALE OF LAND RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA.—.&
few days ago were offered for sale, by the Nene Outfell
Commissioners, at Wisbech, 960 acres of land, in 27 lots,
being their portion of between 3,000 and 4,000 acres that
have been gained from the sea, by the completion of their
great work. The lots varied from 7 acres to 180 ; and
the reserved bid for the several lots varied from about
45/. to 801. per acre; and though none of the lots were
actually sold at these prices, above 60/. per acre was bid
for lot 24, containing 103 acres, and for some of the
smaller lots higher prices were offered. Prices like
these would have been deemed high a few years ago, in
every part of the country, for land in a high state of
cultivation ; but that such prices should be offered for
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the whole of this valuable land formed the bed of the
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beyond the barrier bank, another portion of from 3,000
.to 4,010 acres may be added to terra firma in the course
of a few years.