The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY

George Lucas, proprietor of a respectable eating-house in
City-road, was charged with stealing a quan-
tity of mortar from some building now in the course ot erec-
tion in Shephardess-walk.
_ _

Sergeant haveney, 26 N, stated that he was proceeding on
his round, when he observed the defendant, whose hands were
covered with mortar, carrying a box of that material, con-
taining abouth three stone weight. Being satisfied, from its
being so early on Sunday morning, that the prisoner had
stolen the mortar, he stopped him, and the defendant ac-
knowledged that he had taken it from a heap of mortar
which was lying in one of the branching avenues m
Shepherdess-walk.
The prisoner expressed his sorrow and contrition for the
offence, which he said he should not have committed but for
a Duddeu, rupture haybig taken place in hie oven,

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Mr. BRouGuffoN replied that it was not the first individual
bmoving in a respectable sphere cf lite who had been brot.
efore him for such petty, paltry thefts. The prisoner, itr!,7
pleased, could have gone to several bricklayers in the nett,ne
bourhood, who, for a small reccmpense, willinglYl!4r.
lent their aid to him under such circumstances. /le ('
Broughton), however, did not desire to fix the stain of telo!l._
upon the prisoner, as it might have the effect of ruining Juni:
for the remainder of his lite. The prisoner was discharge%
but he would perhaps put something in the poor-box beicr
he left the office.
The prisoner did so, and was allowed to depart.

tAILWAY COMMITTEE",

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

GROUP XVI. A'r
EASTERN COUNTIES AND ~.
-2,--5 D
NORTIVERN EIETENSTONS (F3xaVl'V.,
AND I:LITCHI:1T). , tile cls9
The Committee was occupied during the whole a' - by the
in hearing evidence in favour of the line as proposed
s., v
Easter Counties Railway in opposition to that propo eu '
the Great Northern Railway. Alec k.
The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at 12

GROUP XX.
The Committee appointed to consider the railway sehgeocalra
in this group, assembled for the first time this day in(cir•
N 0.35, Present—The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn
man), Lord Dalmeney, Mr. Trotter, Earl JernlY°,
Colonel Rev.-don.
The Bills submitted for consideration were—. peniOr
The London and North-Western (Kenilwortet
ton, &c.)
Birmingham and Oxford Junction Amendment (ve
of line). and
Str°t.
Birmingham and Oxford Junction (Warwick
ford line). ',mil Mk
Birmingham and Oxford Junction, and Binning"—
verhampton, &c., Ama!gamation. -Liao
Midland (Chetenham, Warwick and Leamington
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton (NO. 1)* ay °f
Mr. WILATELEY, Q.C., for the prorcoters of Tisi patil
the lines, proposed that the Committee should ej°l3,ot
Thursday, r.s the Lord Chancellor had to give judgniii would
cause (the broad and narrow gauge question), whicconolifr
materially affect the conflicting interests which the
tee
M had to consider. n to
Mr. COCKBURN and Mr. AUSTIN had no objee,'°- A
M
course. Obi"
r. POOLE, in the event of the Committee rising,
to know in what order the Bills would be taken? the PP
The CHAIRMAN replied, in the order in which
would be read a second time.
The Committee then adjourned until Thursday.
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GROUP XXI.
(Sir J. Graham, Chairman.)
OXFORD, WORCESTER, ANT,
HALIVIPTON, AND STOUR ITATAS"'''
TENSION AND BRANCHES. meg'
ga of
,he mot
The Committee, this morning, after hearing the ar
of Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Austin with respect to "'Doi( 0:-
proceeding with the Bills, came to the following resod 13)iii to
"The Committee call upon the opponents of t_ll4 if 03,64
proceed with their case, on the underst.mding t"' shoo'
preamble of the two Bills, now under consideratieoilreonstow
be held proved, and if the clauses permitting_ t,b the CA;
tion of the mixed gauges be inserted in the
mittee will make a special report to the House, —0„ s of th'.
attention to the resolutions of the House of Coluni%d Also
19th of May, 1846, and the Gauge Act of 1846,dthe Cour
statement of the reasons which may have induce
f tb.
mite to come to hat c.,nclusion." our °
Inconsequence t
of this decision evidence in favour
1.1)
STOUR VALLEY BILL (NOi
Wori°'
was given. The first witness called was
Mr. Foster, a proprietor of extensive coal and !ill; of it°
paying upwards of 30,000/. per annum for the carat the sly
and other materials, who gave evidence in fav'Airai roe. 14
periority of the proposed line over that of the ri/to iod the
evidence of a similar nature was gone
Committee adjourned till to-marrow at twelve o't, vs"

irr, S:
CONFLAGRATION OF BRANDESTON 114'.iiirthitwO;
WOODBIUDGE.—This fine specimen of Elizabetha"rooollo,
ture, the seat of Mr. Austin, Q C., situate 00,11 olidirte.
near the road side between Cretingham and .r
_fira the to,° •es
Suffolk, fell a sacrifice to a fearful conflagration S-cent'" a
ing of Thursday last. It was built about triroetag° d•
sinca, and was very capacious, having a dens attstlll,o
of upwards of 150 feet, with picturesque prat ted bl ','",a
Up to within a few years the mansion Was tene".:cbssed t'u
family of its founder, from whom Mr. Austin P ' i g
- uderg°'l3- itii•
estate, and it was at the time of the accident no .ries ic„
elaborate restoration and alterations. From juqui.re of the
tuted, it appears the hall was placed under the C-,.ad lot,
contractor, who had the management of the works, '''.er site;
his workmen slept on the building. About a quar!..,ant 0'
twelve o'clock on the morning named, a boy, an assts the
the contractor, discovered smoke issuing from one 1L . had
sitting rooms over the library in the east wing. „ste
been used by the contractor since he had had the ,`" there
the building, and was the only apartment in whitic's Ica'
bad been a fire for several days previous. .I`,„ be'
mediately awoke Mr. Sillett, the principal, who
came so alarmed that, instead of ascertaining thtod sus'
and extent of the fire, he leaped out of the windovhi, ; work'
tamed some severe injuries by the falL Two al the house'
men, who slept in some attics in a distant Part ° ...tioguiBt
hastened to the apartment, and endeavoured tote" tof the
the flames, which were issuing from the floor in_Arontlie tire
hearth ; but owing to the dryness of the Ate' -occese.
spread with such rapidity that their efforts were 12.0, be'
ful. The elaborately carved wood ceiling of the 111.3,rr'„oe of
low had caught, and it seems from that moment ao_7lo
saving the edifice was lost. Mounted expresses vfe,r_o, er
gditteeslyanddispaassticsltittedneteo. Fcrarmolvidnaghoafm and to 11)"!c!` villa°
persons from tnef
the eil;
around flocked to the scene, and on the arrival ° 4ba
gines exerted every nerve to master the raging en too
in vain. The interior of the noble structure vt,
__11°:; of tlli
of flame. About half-past two the roof and gttbiteh; space;
north front tell in with a fearful crash, and In Aeston lid
three hours from the discovery of the fire Bran. The lo;,
elan
...8 ,
was a total ruin, only the south wall remaining:er, Coot
cannot accurately be learned. It, howevr, la 74100 t I"
derable—it is said about 20,0001. The mansion we
cured.—Observer.
Two days ago we mentioned that eve"lt
in town from the principal Scotch banks to . _ node„
make some arrangement which would prevent
.tn_ed,ta era
of their purchasing gold from the Bank of EnglBo. this sefs
to enable them to expand their paper circulation fo"silovi.teeir
son of the year. The proposal they made was ,tvici at t 9,,,,
gold to remain in the coffers of the Bank
of Eegreir own '.,,
credit, and save the expense of transmission to tut. bores:be
tablishments. The Chancellor of the Excheguset,:eds °0 to
a deputti,tiovico:::
has declined to interfere with the law as itt - peel t°
,et
subject, and an application made to Sir Ro r"
eonceseion clef,
his good offices with Ministers to obtain the.e.
___ to $ v.riu
with no better success. The ex-Premier tolod_tn.el!' juteatte4
few words that they must have been aieareodt
hreneconsidc
with l•
of the Legislature in enacting tbe law, .
o• t interfere •red to
o:thoedgesoft sooloceers,
that it would be altogether in
ill be requi boo
operation. The amount of gold which
halfaddition
a million
to ol l i
othea sterling present
to stock
meetin Scotland
the
usual is
evxe sptai
11,.
in May and June; and the Bank directors, lv,; sed f.!'„
consideration for their feelings than the preseu:resentl
Minister, quietly informed the deputation that on r. at the„
Bank of England notes the 500,000 sovereigns Wel`.beir P,‘
command, but that they could not hold them on tich fo;
count by their lodging securities. The result vl. Seel':
lowed was the sale of a considei able amount of Pb,ll de
Tides yesterday and to. day on account of the Scotc" iieil e:
to obtain the sovereigns, a process which will be exteriii•es tb"
soon as the account of the failure of the mission reaciftiele•
other
.rEui nt
urt hATey n.
_To root hn. e
One
MURDER
dui
nCoiA:r: lir
at
riAt
eo
100 1
COUPLE.—STOLE,
to murder a man and his wife were perP 001
Tuesday night at Fenton, in the Potteries. Titeedlo coo,Plej
are the main facts attending the attack:—An se
sixty ,- 4
named George and Sarah Bridgwood, both between si'et Ili.A
hltrik
eeosrtan
wian
seventy years of age, resided in a house in Ilighlst„rere'Ors
provision shop. On Tuesday
.nigh,Veo'oetehl‘a
sganitghalleilmomldemrinagn
top rest about ten to
; on the following (" c- fenc.ia
arouse himself to ascertainl iagshhte in lfaryot hmienwrtnhhoeemob,ceeadni
tdh,parb el 0
ef afeoseri cede:°.,exie°:cs
ceived a blow on the side of his head, his wife the I'l% ero'''
ment receiving several cuts on her face and arms fr°lllord 001
which it is believed were aimed at her throat. The
_OOll4
recovering himself, sprang out of bed, and being a„Foor, 1!,,g
athletic person, seized a man, whom be got on the._'l,eePti
placing his knee on his assailant's throat, succeeded io,ob ~,,
him down, his wife in the meanwhile contriving to roe pol'o'l
door, and call out " Murder." Is a few minutes 'ui fooere
were attracted to the house, and on entering the rci3°oih ei.te.l
the old man in the position above described. _,l,ibi,a
drenched in blood, and the bedclothes and floor (10, I[o
fearful proof of the murderous design of the 111% to
feetbe
being taken to the station-house, he vras recognisei, a
brick)ayer, named William Burleigh. He wa° , 4
weak state, his throat being cut ; but bow itotell:ipi
was difficult to say. There is no doubt that his but tact
in the first instance, was to plunder the house,. ip oi, 0.
disturbed, he attempted to murder the aged psirdetects°3,
that he might complete his object, and escape,,,, 012g,iht
Yesterday he underwent an examination before ""hrooa,e,
trates at the Stoke police-court. Mrs.Bridgwood ''',•a' pill fit
into the court on a chair, and was propped up ~,,,,' or the
il After
y committedseveral
witntoestsaeskehandisbtereinal
xthtesso,.._.:lPri-es_ on
'
capital charge. exatarnthineett 'or'
at MN of
It affords us sincere pleasure to find tip-the bee of
General Sir H. G. W. Smith, Bart., and G. 0.121 battelli:ellsre,
Aliwal, has succeeded to the Colonelcy of the ""eselier.e ;tea
the Rifle Brigade, the regiment with which thet4,..- us'
of hiss professional career were intimately er'°Pec /
Service Gazette. Pet/ AO.
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ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY, •RE°— of the ~or,
At a meeting of Fellows held at the gard„en° ;ft the e" 014,
on Saturday, Sir James Clark, Bart., lar•L'', Thienle°, OW
ballot took place, and the followingl dies and gentle del
a of Aro° Alto
admitted to the society :—The (;ountess .o. O-air
Surrey, Viscountess Falmerston, the Rev'n 'EN., .1.!,,,
Cha.les Robert Rowley, Esq., Morgan organ, lottie,
trp,
bate Holman, &qt., E. Osborn Smitb, ES CO Sillr it °
W. Keith, Esq., Robert Hall, Esq. C. Greavel7obiet Pr—
Whitfield, Esq., Thcmas Morson, 'Esq., Mrs' in
Stanfield Cousens, Miss Field, and Miss Ward. pee t
as lei
nal ple r
Loss OF THE TWEED._We have Irl"-.de to 00 the
announcing that the appeal which was in; AO t 1 f 01/
week's paper on behalf of the widows, orPhr!:',screcic °,ed to
dependent on the seamen wbo perished in the
..esnone_too•
above vesselohAs been most nobly and liberally
~'beinefec.',ipg
by our fellow-townspeople and other gener°n! of receriat
A committee has been formed for the plierPM, stev,aies
subscriptions, consisting of Mews. Elcent
,tucker, and
Ca•P'; it!
Tipper, Dunlop, Lamb, Dattill, and
chgrati6egti°o°l
Sparks and Hemsley ; and we have mn:
u._d in the
ciou
stating that nearly 7001. have been contrilabericro°4 gr;*ll'eq
space of one week. We perceive that
Highness ,orice .0 0,
Majesty the Queen and his Royal .0.. Assoatitea
have been pleased to head the list with a tar "eateile"
201., and her Majesty the Queen Dowager also
ho
ie
254—Hampsiareinckpendent.Vi 's
v the , 011
SALE OF SCENIC PROPERTY.--On x Macy„ oy ~ 00
• of the .nIL. -.
of the scenes, wardrobe, and properties.
_ee, were e-fraei
Theatre belonging to Mr. G. Bolton, the a
le
s s for refit' r Of
the premises, by Mr. Furber, under a distres
eoprietpl o
a communication made to Mr. Davenport, thel.? _ nro
petty
the wardrobe and musical instruments weroef the r
their Pli9th°66
the performers and musicians, the whole
as
air
was restored to them, the articles sold being ..... of OP fteg,
belonging to Mr. Bolton. Five hundred eeri7.o of ifeo,
tleman's dramatic afterpiece called The Cie,g ,I,e act eo'riee,
went for Bs. ; and 66 copies of Mr. G. Bolton s n e _rope ,
_,
es • th P toollar
All about Love and Jealousy, brought 0., .saa ,
ton Y sew,-
41.; a fairy car, with four wheels, S. , and v ,_. ge
mushrooms, a fairy bower, a railway carriage ,D. tae
box, 28. 6d.; and the other articles in proporw '
lots realising about 504