The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-03 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We regret to state that accounts have been received
from the Cape, which represent that Captain Gibson,
and Dr. Howell, of the Rifle Brigade, accompanied
by the Hon. W. Chetwynd, 73d Regiment, went on
an amateur excursion among the Kafirs, fell into an
ambush, and thus all of them fell• a sacrifice to their
i nprudence.

IMVRISONMENT EXTRA-
ORDINARY.
Joseph Hayes, a man about 40 years of age, was on
Monday placed at the bar of the Manchester Borough
Court, on a rather singular charge. Mrs. Callender,
whose husband keeps a small shop in Broughton-street,
Red-bank, was sitting by the fire, about half-past ten on
Saturday night week, when she heard in the house a
strange noise, by which she was alarmed, and, her
husband being out, she went to a neighbour, and
implored him to go in with her, as there was some-
thing making a noise so unearthly that it curdled
the blood in her veins. The stout•hearted neighbour
went with tho trembling woman, and, having pro-
cured a candle, he examined the place, but nothing
could ho see, either natural or supernatural, to account
for the terror of Mrs. Callender. The mysterious sounds,
however, continued ; but whence they came no one
could say, and the search continued, without effect,
until the clock struck the midnight hour. Still
the voice was heard complaining of pain ; and its
moaning and groaning were audible when Mr. and Mrs.
Callender retired to rest. On the following morning
they were surprised to hear a continuous repetition
of the same noise, and, on listening attentively, they
could distinguish the words " Murder," " Oh, dear,"
and others, indicative of suffering ; but still they
were at a loss to tell from what quarter the voice ema-
nated. At last, a rigid search of the premises was made,
and, after some time, the leg of a man was seen in the
flue bf the kitchen chimney. The owner of the dangling
leg was subjected to an examination as to his identity,
the period of his imprisonment, and other circumstances,
before any attempt was made to liberate him. He re-
plied that his name was Joseph Hayes, and that he had
been in the flue since Saturday night. The assistant,
who knew Joseph, then attempted to set him free from
his extraordinary prison ; but so firmly was his body
wedged in the higher part of the flue, at which point
there was an angle, that their labour was in vain. Mr.
Callender then called in a bricksetter, who set to work
to pull down part of the chimney, and when he had
nearly pulled the whole to pieces, the soot-begrimed
Joseph was extricated. lie was so much exhattated with
his long imprisonment, the want of fresh air, and his
vain struggles to ascend or descend the chimney, that
h.: could not stand, and he had only strength to ask for
a drink of water. This was given to him. The police
were called in, and having got a pair of slings, they
carried him to the infirmary, where he remained
for eight days, or until his appearance before
the magistrates yesterday.—Mr. Callender said that
the prisoner was a wheeler in the mark,t, and had been
occasionally employed by him. He had never heard any
good of the man, and had no doubt that his intention
was to rob the house.

The Magistrate having told the prisoner that he had
had a very narrow escape of his life, asked him what he
had to say. His reply was that it was no use saying
anything, as it was sure to be put down as false. The
fact was, however, that he was on the housetop after
some pigeons, and, a brick having given way, down he
went, and shouted out ten thousand murders.
Mr. Maude sent him to gaol for two months.—lllan
chester Express.

THE ARMY.—We have much pleasure in stating
that the venerable Field
-Alarshal Nugent, who was in-
disposed a short time since, is much better, and hopes
are entertained that he will be once more restored to
health. The gallant officer is now in his 90th year.

WRESTLING AT HIGHBURY
BARN.

Each anniversary of yesterday brings with it through-
out the country displays of vainnia sorts of athletic
games. In some localities cricket, in others foot-ball,
and in many wrestling bouts. Highbitry Barn
has far several years been chosen as the scene or
wrestling matches between the most celebrated aCletai.
of the northern counties—Cumberland and Wtstintire
land ; and the large gathering there yesterday, both of
competitors and spectators, proves that the taste for
this species of manly amusement is still extant. The
arena was formed this year on the spacious lawn at the
back of the tavern ; the building usually occupied having
been found too small for the accommodation of the spec-
'ators on past occasions. Every seat was occupied, and
there must have been three thousand persons present.
The mode of wrestling was by what is called the " back-
hold," which precludes kicking and all the sharp prac-
tice of Lancashire and the south. The trials, therefore,
were feats of strength, tact, agility, and endurance, and
were free from unmanly punisment. The names of the
competitors for the light-weight prize were first bandy 1
to the stewards, and all weighing not more than
stone were allowed to enter. Amongst other men
who time up from the north on purpose to contest
hese prizes Isere the following ;-11alliwell, a star of
he lights, from Penrith, Cumberland ; and Longmire
and Atkinson, keeoea among the heavy weights, the one
from Troutbeck, the other from Steggill, Westmoreland.
l'rrse men were the favourites for their respective
prizes. 'The light weights opened the ball, and compen-
sated by skill and energy for what they wanted in the
•iurnber of former years. We shall proceed at once to
Lhe third time over, when Thompson " backheeled "
Jarris, Ackester " butt )eked " Scott, W. Meekly
"grassed " Wilson very clew rly, Halliwell " hipped "
Clark, and Pearson " cross-buttocked" T. Matthews.
Fourth time over : Pearson threw w. Meekly with a
Halliwell grassed W. Thompson, Ackester stood.
Fifth time ; Halliwell was now faced by Ackester, a
powerful strongly-built man, and blighted his hopes in
t second by cross-buttocking him in that time. By the
rapid manner in which Halliwell had "polished off" all
his opponents, he not only realis( d, but exceeded, the
accounts given of him by his friends ; and hence he was
backed at even against Pearson, who two years back
won this prize, and last year was only precluded from
similar success by being over the stipulated weight. The
first fall was to Pearson, but it was seen that Halliwell
was too strong for him ; this was clearly shown in the
second and third bout, when Halliwell esch time raised
Pearson fairly in the air and threw him over his thigh—
hus winning the belt and first prize.
The contest for the championship of the heavy weights
now came on, many of the light weights fearlessly en-
tering into the contest. Passing by the earlier bouts, in
which many men gave their backs, we shall proceed to
he third time over—when Dobinson threw Parker
-leverly, Dixon floored Locke, Atkinson threw J. Wil-
:on ky a swing, and A. Dawson grassed J. Dixon; J.
Ilartin backheeled R. Bousfield; li-(bertson fell before
Longmire; Wilson succumbed to Scott; H. Towerson to
W. Dobson, and Halliwell threw Martin with ease.
The following are most worthy of notice of the bout in
(he fourth time over:—A Dawson swung down Dixon;
(he gigantic Atkinson (17 stone) fell slowly upon W.
Dobson; Longmire hurled down, by a swing, Dobiason.
Fifth timet—Halliwell tossed down Scott; Dawson and
Atkinson fell almost simultaneously—the fall, however,
was given to Dawson. Sixth time:—Halliwell had now
to face Longmire, and so extraordinary had been the
teats of this little phenomenon, that many for a moment
believed he had a chance. This notion Longmire soon
dispelled by raising him in the air, whirling him round,
aid grassing him with ease. Longmire now tried con-
clusions with Dawson, and in about as many minutes
gave him two clean cross-buttocks, throwing his heels
towards heaven; thus winning the belt and first prize.
Both the belts have engraved, on silver, appropriate
mottoes commemorative of the event, and the winners
receive 84 each; the kecond, third, and fourth, appro-
priate sums. The stewards last year presented twenty
(iuineas to the Cumberland and Westmoreland Bene-
volent Society, and expect this year to be enabled to
advance as large a sum. The yroceedings throughout
were conducted most satisfactorily and equitably.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRES ON GOOD FRlDAY.—Yester-

clay afternoon, shortly before two o'clock, an alarming
fire was discovered burning on the premises in the occu-
pation of Mr. Saunders, bonnet shape manufacturer,
situate No. 5, Old Gloucester-street, Hoxton Old Town.
The flames when first perceived were raging in the
upper floor, and so strong a hold had they obtained,
that none of the inmates were able to enter the apart-
ments to render any assistance. Information of the dis-
aster was therefore sent to the fire stations, and forth-
with the engines of the London establishment, from
Whitecross• street and Jeffrey-square stations, arrived,
followed by those of St. Leonard's-parish and the West
of England office, in the Waterloo road. An abundant
supply of water having been obtained from the mains in
the district, the firemen set to work most vigorously,
but they were unable to get the flames extinguished
until the whole of the stock in trade on the upper floor
of the premises was consumed, the windows burned out,
and the lower portion of the building and its contents
severely injured, more especially by water. Fortu•
nately, Mr. Saunders was insured in the Sun Fire-office
The same morning, at an early hour, a fire, attended
with a considerable destruction of property, broke out
upon an extensive range of premises, occupied as stablig,
belonging to E. Reynolds, Esq., of York House,
Canonbury Park, Islington. It was first discovered by
i police-constable of the N division, who without a mo-
mant's loss of time raised the necessary alarm in the
ueighbourho )(1. Such a powerful ascendancy had the
flames then obtained that it was with the greatest diffi-
culty the horses in the stables could be rescued. That
having been done at great personal risk, an attempt was
next made to extinguish the flames by the police and
inhabitants, but without success, and in the course of a
few minutes the whole of the building, between forty
and fifty feet long by thirty feet wide, became enveloped
in one immense sheet of flame, which rushed through
the roof and completely illuminated the whole of the
listrict. This caused intelligence of' the disaster to be
very spsedily communicated to the engine keepers. The
parish engine quickly arrived, closely followed by the
brigade engine from Whitecross-street, the West of
England from Waterloo-road, and the one from Jeffrey-
square station. The machines having been called into
operation, a powerful stream of water was thrown into
the blazing buildings, in spite of which the fire conti-
nued to progress, and it was not until the entire range
if premises and their contents were destroyed, that the
firemen could get the conflagration extinguished. The
origin of this and the preceding fire is unknown. The
buildings were insured in the Phcenix-office.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—Yesterday after•
noon the following frightful accident occurred in Hart-
street, Grosvenor-square. Mrs. Laxton, a young mar-
ried woman, aged twenty-two years, dealer in confec-
tionary, at No. 10, in the above-named street, was stand-
ing in the parlour with her back to the fire-place, %hen
her gown being drawn to the bars ignited, and in one
filament she was enveloped in flames. Her husband was
out at the time, and rushing into the street, screaming
violently, thinking to extinguish the fire, she laid down
in some sloppy gravel in the road, when some neigh.
hours, being alarmed by her cries, she was rescued from
her position, but not before nearly every article of cloth-
ing was consumed, and her person dreadfully injured and
excoriated from head to foot. She was conveyed home,
and promptly attended by Messrs. Bloxam and Farmer,
surgeons, of Duke-street, who adopted the usual treat-
ment, but from the extent and severity of the burns she
is not expected to recover.
THE LARGEST MONOLITH IN THE WORLD.—The
obelisk of Luxor, now in the Place de la Concorde, at
Paris, weighs (according to M. Lebas, the engineer) 246
tons English. This, however, is greatly surpassed by
the granite column of one single block, which has been
raised by the French architect, M. Montverrand, at St.
Petersburgh. It is about 96 feet high, and weighs three
times as much as the obelisk of Luxor.—The Builder.
FALL Or THE MAIN SEWER IN CHANCERY-LANE.
—Last evening a considerable portion of the main sewer
in Chancery-lane, opposite the entrance to Sergeant's
Inn, fell in, together with the roadway. The thorough-
fare from Carey-street and Fleet-street was immediately
closed against vehicles to prevent accidents.
ACCIDENT ON TEE SOUTH- WESTERI RAILWAY.--
Yesterday, shortly before six o'clock, John Glazier, a
porter, employed by the South-Western Railway
Company, in the goods department, proceeded some dis-
tance down that line between the rails, for the purpose
of performing his usual duties, when several of the offi
cers heard the approach of the three o'clock up-train
from Southampton. The six o'clock down-train had just
started from the Nine Elms terminus, and was progress-
ing very steadily from the station, when the engine-
driver gave the proper and necessary precaution with the
whistle and by other means, and as they approached the
man Glazier, he suddenly stepped on to the up-line.
The engine-driver, stoker, and the whole of the guards
in charge of the train, instantly shut off the steam, put
on the breaks, and used every possible means of warning
the unfortunate man, but in a few seconds the buffer of
the up-train struck him with fearful violence, the force
of which sent him forward under the down train, which
happened to be passing at the same instant, and the wheels
passed over his legs. As soon as possible, several per-
sons ran to the unfortunate man, and discovered him
lying across the rails, most shockingly mutilated. His
right foot was cut off near the ankle-joint, the left was
dreadfully crushed, and seemed to be hanging by a piece
of flesh. His head was lacerated at the base, the left
arm fractured, and his body, in various parts, W
i ioasly contused. He was removed to the station, abs e-
leesd-
ing most copiously from the injured parts, and after
having been seen by a medical gentleman, who happened
to be in the train, was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital,
where most prompt attention was given to the compli-
cated injuries of the wounded man. Last night at nine
o'clock he was progressing as well as could be expected;
but it is quite certain that one if not both limbs must of
necessity be amputated. The man was quite sober, and
has a wife and family. There seems but little chance of
hislife being
.—Lieutenants Hajfield and Sayer
oy AnsßaivNeE d. s
ROYAL
are ordered to Woolwich to do duty;
Captain Holloway
has been ordered to Londonderry on the recruiting ser-
vice; Lieutenant Stanhope Bayne has obtained leave of
absence for one month, on a medical certificate. Major-
General Lord Frederick Fitclarence, G.C.8., accompanied
by Lady Augusta and Miss Fitzclarence, arrived at the
George Hotel, Portsmouth, on Thursday, and assumed
the command of the troops in the south-west district.
Brevet Major Harvey, of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusi-
liers), has been appointed aide-de-camp to his Lordship.
SOYER'S SOUP KITCHEN, LEICESTER-SQUARE.—
From two to three hundred famishing creatures are now
daily relieved with a meal of soup and bread on the pre-
mises of the Poor Man's Guardian Society, in Leicester-
square, by a committee of gentlemen who have sub-
scribed the necessary funds to administer this relief on
the principle recommended by M. Soyer. So numerous
have the applicants now become that the police are com-
pelled to be in attendance to preserve order.