The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-16 00:00:00

MARTLEBONE VESTRY.-THE BOROUGH ELECTION.

—On Saturday,fat the'imeeting of this vestry, Mr. C.
Hickman made the following motion, in pursuance of
notice :—" That while this vestry disclaim any desire to
interfere with the free exercise of the elective franchise,
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a short
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discussion vest ry he election I edc tuitoi ne s committee
which,
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motion .vas
put,to paernfdorwm.:
theeas
almost unanimously rejected, there being but was
almost two or
three hands in its favour.
CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLEns.—DAAINdi
ButtGLART.—A peculiarly daring and coolly executed
burglary was perpetrated yesterday (Sunday) morning,
on the premises occupied by Mr. George Walter, Blue
Posts, Shoe-lane. About four o'clock, A.m., the police-
man found the front door of the house open, and at
once alarmed the inmates by ringing the bell. An in-
spection of the place was immeeiately entered on, and it
was discovered that one, or more probably, two persons,
had broken in and robbed the house. From appearances
it is concluded that one of the burglars had secreted him-
self, on the previous night, on the roof of a long room at
the back of Mr. Walter a house. Thence he mast have
broken through the skylight into the parlour, made his
way into the passage, and forced the lock of the passage
door with a "jemmy," and then got into the bar party
lour, having first, it is supposed, admitted a com-
panion. There possession was taken of some silver
spoons, and various other articles found about the
room. In the bar, the parties, with remarkable
coolness and deliberation regaled themselves with lemon-
ade, brandy, and other good things that usually abound
therein. They likewise took away with them some
albs. of cigars and a large number of farthings—fortu-
nately the only money left in the tills. It is a curious.
circumstance, however, that they overlooked a consider-
able sum of money placed the previous night in a wooden
bowl, and over which some papers had been carelessly
laid. This bowl was close to where the spoons bad been
deposited. The value of the things carried off is about
la The police are on the alert to discover the culprits;
but no clue has, at present, been obtained. No doubt A
seems to be entertained that the oflenders must have '
been well acquainted with the house ; and this robbery t
should serve as a caution to licensed victuallers in. ;
general to examine their premises the last th.1,...1
night. If such a course had been adopted n
in t 1 ".'n
hare been 1
stance, the man concealed on the roof must
are ever
all probability discovered. Such Premiseesculiarly so,
much exposed, but on Saturday Diets P
from the increased bustle then usual.
Af Richmond Petty
A DISGUSTING AY!' Alit.--<-.,
Beard, inspector of the
the
Sessions, on Saturday, Mr. ond, laid before the benck
V division, stationed at Reichamttention
of the public to a.
a printed bill, calling
athlace in that locality, which could
match about to take
Phn creating a scene of moral de-
have no other effect.
Lto the respectable inhabitants of
gradation most offenlsiowing
is a copy of the notice, which
Richmond. Thecfo I
.. 1,, air..tared .--o A novel match will
b., been eaton-;•
__.,.".
.Smith's, t- ,s,
i h New Ship Inn, Richmond.
take place at M . W D
d August 23, 184" •
Surrey, on Mon ay,
has I, at six in th©
AK entleman . matched a man for 101. to
evening•
kill twenty-one rats, with one hand tied behind him.
He is to catch them in the pit, and bite
eachrat dead
with his mouth, against a dog.—N.B. There will be
plenty, of spare rats for the pleasure of other gents'
dogs.' Sir Thomas Reeve, Knight, h
other magistrates, consulted with aving,
with the
Messrs.
Chapman and
Smith, their clerks, directed the
the landlord of the New Ship inspector to wait upon
Inn, and warn him that
he would jeopardise his licensel by permitting such re-
volting proceedings to take place at his house.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—Mails will be made up
at this office for Sierra Leone, to be conveyed by her
Majesty's sloop Britomart. The postage on all letters
so forwarded will be at the rate of ls. the half-ounce,
and so on; no postage wil be charged on newspapers.
All letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by this vessel
must be specially addressed, " By her Majesty's ship
Britomart.' The Britomart is expected to sail on9l e
17th instant; letters in time on Monday (this day). The
the 17th
Jupiter will take out the Peninsular mails ..olsf
ofditto;
instant. The Trent, for the West India iaortal:e lath inst.
the Caledonia, for the American tan- ,
Ceylon, India,
The next mails for the Meditwer
l be dispatched on the
and Chins, via Southampton,
and those for the same
morning of the 20th instant;
the
cveri.,
of the 24th
destinations, vid Merfellles. or_
inst. The
Indus will take out the mails of the
20th on
their arrival at Southampton.
FOOT RACE ExTEAORDINAET.---011 Thursday, the
sth instant, at the quiet village of Wysall, a somewhat
remarkable foot race took place—remarkable, not for the
distance run, nor for the speed of the runners, but for
the fact that each of them has been running a race with
old Time for more than ninety years, one having ex-
ceeded his great climacteric twenty-eight, the other
thirty-three years. The distance was forty yards. The
competitors were Wotton Bryans, sen., aged ninety-six,
and Mr. John Hogg, aged ninety-one, the latter winning
by just a yard; which so nettled, or rather mettled, his
rival, that he challenged him to jump for a-guines.
When this match is to come off, or whether the chal-
lenge was accepted, we have not learnt.—Nottingham
Journal.
' 'The capital employed in the coal trade of Nor-
thumberland and Durham is estimated at nearly ten mil-
li= aterliag.