The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.

The first meeting for the session, 'which was very nu-
merously attended, was held on Saturday at the house
of the society, in Grafton-street, when, in the absence
of the Earl of Auckland, the chair was taken by General
Galloway. Amongst the ccmpany were Sir Henry Pot-
tinger,'Sir E. Colebrooke, Admiral Sir Charles Malcolm,
Sir Claude Wade, Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie, and se-
veral other distinguished members.
A letter was read from the Earl of. Auckland, accom-
panying a communication from Dr. M'Clelland, on the
cultivation of cotton' and on other native resources of
India. With regard to the former, the advantages had
53 long been in favour of 'America, that notwithstanding
all the care and patronage which Government could be-
stow upon it; the Indian would never be able to come
into succesful competition with the American markets.
At the same time the Ryots, more particularly in the
Bengal Presidency, found it much more to their interest
to appropriate their land to the culture of sugar, in the
manufacture of which their great and growing establish-
ments were so successful that it was not possible, to say
what would be the results for the country if they were
permitted to enter into fair competition with the West
Indian markets:
General BRIGGS, and some other members, spoke on
one cause of the failure of the cotton crop being owing
to the cultivation of varieties which were not suitable to
the Indian soil, the former giving an instance in which
some from Guzerat was lately sold at Liverpool as high
as ls. 6d. per lb.
The letter also communicated the discovery of fresh
mines of coal and iron in the Bengal Presidency, the
former of which would be found highly serviceable for
internal steam communication, whilst three samples of
the latter sent over for assay to this country yielded re-
spectively 68.18, 51.38, and 38.13 of iron, particularly
suitable for manufacturing purposes.
A communication was read from Sir John Davis,'Go-
vemar of Hong-Kong, accompanying some details by the
'Rev. Mr. Gutslaff, of the present condition of that and
other parts of China. At Hong-Kong great improve-
ments were being made, the town being crowded with
Europeans, amongst whom were adventurers of all na-
tions ; whilst at Chusan the English had left behind
them a character for integrity which could not fail to be
extremely beneficial in our future intercourse with that
people. The exertions of the missionaries were being
attended with great success;. many Mandarins are now
amongst the inquirers, and Christianity was being taught
by many eloquent natives.
Amongst the presents announced was a volume of the
" Transactions of the Chinese Medico-.Chirurgical So-
ciety," and some translations of various Turkish ac-
counts of Poland.

A failure, supposed to have Olsen out of that of
Messrs. Harman and Co., was announced on Saturday
afternoon of a house connected with the spelter trade.
Its engagements are quite insignificant.
DISTRESSING CASE OF CRIM. CON. IN HIGH LIFE.
—The members of an ancient family, moving in the first
circles, residing at no great distance from the Regent's
Park, have within these few days been thrown into the
deepest distress of mind by the accidental discovery of
an act of criminal conversation, said to have been com-
mitted in India, between a Captain and the
youthful and accomplished wife of a military offi,:er
of great promise, recently returned from India upon
leave of absence. It appears that the injured husband,
the junior branch of highly honourable parents,
having united himself but a few years since to this
young lady, whose personal attractions were great,
proceeded to India, and nothing occurred during their
residence in that country to disturb the apparent affec-
tion on her part. Two children were the fruit of the
marriage. Upon their recent return to this country,
however, all their happiness was blasted, for on Wed-
nesday last a letter received from India addressed to the
wife fell into the husband's hands, and disclosed such
acts of criminal perfidy as to plunge the whole family
into, the greatest misery. The lady has been removed
into-tha country: and the heartless conduct-of the guilty
paremour will, it is said, undergo legal investigation.—
Observer.

PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.
Ake food service pensions, which reverted to the
patronage of the Admiralty by the promotion of Cap-
tains Maurice White, Earl Waldegrave, 3. D. Markland,
C. 8., .-Sir Henry Hart, and T. T.• Tucker, C. 8., to the
rank of retired Rear-Admiral, have been conferred upon
the following officers, whose services we give from Allen's
New Nary List:—

" Captain Philip Browne (1810), who was mate of the
Minerva at the siege of Pondicherry (1790); Lieutenant
commanding hired armed cutters Swan and Vixen, and
captured numerous smugglers and privateers in 1801
and 1802; was Commander of the Plover, and captured
seven French privateers ; and in 1809 co-operated with
the Spanish patriots ; and at Flushing, for which latter
service he was officially mentioned, and twice gazetted.
" Captain Manley Hall Dixon (1811), in command of
the ordinary guard ship Caledonia, 120, at Devonport,
who was Midshipman of the Lion, 64, in action with four
Spanish fi igates, and capture of Santa Dorotea in 1798;
and in 1800 bore an important part at the capture of
Guillaume Tell ; was mate of the Genkeux at the sur•
render of Malta and capture of the French frigate
Diane ; was senior Lieutenant of the Horatio, and se-
verely wounded in action with Junon. Gazetted 1809.
" Captain Peter John Douglas (1811), who was Lieu-
tenant of the Franchise at the destruction of the batteries
at Curagoa ; capture of a privateer, off Jamaica, by the
boats of that ship and Fortunee, in 1806 ; and COM.
manded a boat at the capture of the Raposa brig of war,
of 12 guns and 95 men; also at the capture of a schooner
of war off La Guayra ; and, when in charge of a prize,
beat off a privateer sent to recapture her ; commander
of the Reindeer in the Walcheren expedition. Gazetted
1806. _ _ _

" Captain Barrington Reynolds, C.D. (1812), who was
Lieutenant of the Niobe in 1806 at the capture of the
French 16 guns corvette Marque, of which vessel he
took possession in the presence of three French frigates;
Commander of the Hesper at the capture of the island of
Java (1811). Gaz?tted 1811.
" Captain A. R. Sharpe, C.B. (1813), who was mid-
shipman of the Kent in the expedition to the Helder
(1799); and of the Hercule at Cape Francois and siege
of Curacoa (1804); Lieutenant of the Topaze in action
with two French frigates off Corfu (1809); Commander
of the Scout at the destruction of three French armed
ships, and some batteries in Sagone Bay in 1811.
G azett ed 1800.

" Captain W. F. Carroll, C.B. (1813), who was mid-
shipman of the Diamond, and in 1796 assisted at the
destruction of a French corvette, 8-gun lugger, and
convoy, on llerquipoint, under batteries, which were
stormed and guns spiked, and same year made prisoner
with Sir Sidney Smith. Was midshipman of the Syren
at the capture of Surinam (1799), and in 1800 was
severely wounded in attacking a French sloop under
Havre de Grace. Was acting-lieutenant of the Centurion
in the engagement with the squadron of Linois, in Viza-
gapatan roads (1804). Was flag-lieutenant to Sir Sidney
Smith, in the Pompee, in 1806, at the seiges of Galvin and
Scylla, and storming of Capri ; and in 1807 commanded
the seamen and marines at the destruction of the battery
and guns on point Pesquies, and the guns in the wrecks
of the Turkish ships. In the same year he commanded
an armed transport tender to the Forint...lst Copenhagen,
and repeatedly engaged the enemy's defences. Was
Senior Lieutenant of the Achille, at Walcheren, and at
Cadiz (1809) ; and in the Cadiz flotilla (1819), at the
attack upon Fuengirola and Malaga; and in 1811 his
vessel was sunk at the attack upon Fort Catalina. Served
also at Barossa and Tarifa, and until the seige of Cadiz
was raised. Commander of the Volcano in co-cr.ration
with the Spanish patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and
serving onshore in a breaching battery at the capture
of Fort St. Philip, when he was injured by the bursting
of a shell. Conveyed important dispatches across the
country to Wellington, relative to Tarragona. Was
Captain of the Revenge in the Adriatic at the reduction
of Venice and capture of the squadron in the port ; and
of the Cyrus, at the surrender of Napoleon (1814).
Twice officially mentioned by the Duke of Wellington.
Gazetted 1804, 1806, 1806, •1807, 1810, 1811, 1811,
1812, 1813."
The Island of Ascension, at present governed by a
Commander, will shortly have an old captain for its Go-
vernor, some disputes having arisen between that officer
and a captain on the station as to seniority, the' atter
having claimed the Governor's house for his, temporary
residence when ashore, upon a recent occasion. It is to
obviate similar difficulties in future that the above mea-
sure is resolved upon. Commander Morrell (1823), the
present Governor, will be promoted.
The Eurydice, 26, Commander Anson, has taken out
orders for thb Lily, 16, Cominander Newton, employed
on the coast of Africa to be sent home immediately,
in consequence of the 'second lieutenant and paymaster
and purser having written for courts-martial, upon
themselves!

The Wanderer, 12, Commander Somerville, arrived-at
St. Paul de Loando. on the 4th of August, having on
board Sir George Jackson (and suite), appointed her
Majesty's Co►timissioner in the Mixed Committee, esta-
blished in that city under the treaty of Portugal, of the
3d of July, 1842. She sailed for Ascension on the 30th.
Orders were received here yesterday for the Scourge
steam boil() vessel, Commander J. C. Caffin, to be pre-
pared for immediate service, and her complement of men,
of which she is between 20 and 30 short, to be com-
pleted from the guard ships. This has been done ; she
is required to take dispatches to Vice-Admiral Sir
William Parker.

The Emerald tender sailed for Plymouth last evening
wiTthhseumpearnnceumuverrear rielighters. sailed yesterdayin the even-
ing,*
with stores for the Eastern yards.
Pito:N
Nov. 6.—Commander J. P.
Roche], promoted to
Captain.
Nov. 7.—W. H.Cameron,s t-surgeon,corfu•med
osisstan
to Spiteful.
J. J. Wright, master's assistant, Penelope.
H. R. Wratislaw, naval cadet, Rosamond.
second
first
Richard Reed, acting second master, Lightning
H. H. Gilbert,-elerk-in-earge, Belvidera. -.
E. B. Rice, lieutenant, Hibernia.
F. J. C. Strode, lieutenant, Thetis.
P. H. Colomb, naval cadet, Sidon.
George Russell, acting
Thomas H. Symons, third engineer, ditto.
John Stewart, third engineer, ditto.
Charles Pemberton, acting first engineer, Medea.
W.StGN.. C. Side.nacting
engineer,
ineer, Rosamond.
ditto.
tto
Davis,av third engineer, ditto.
•
Thomas Hunt, third engineer, Geyser. • _

gammun imported. The prohi-
bitions ammunition, and other
An extra Gazette was published on Saturday, con-
tabling an Order in Council respecting the admission of
goods into the port of Natal, and also a list of articles
fromun p
ewbdeeien,
articles. This Gazette also contains a list of Railway
whichitions are e
and other Bills, whioh it is intended to apply for in the
course of the next sessior.
xtperondhibtoitegd
A HORSEDEALERS FRIENDSDIP.—A fatal accident
occurred last week at Osborne's commission stabler.
Mr. Osborne had just sold a horse, which was ordered
to be trimmed before he was rent home, and for that
handed over to Will TV'
purpose was Ise, on o an ld d
valued servant of thirty years' standing. He had
scarcely commenced
andthe operation of trimming, when
the horse reared up, , striking him on the head with
one of his fore feet, fractured his skull. A medical gen-
tleman who was present afforded immediate assistance,
and Wise was conveyed to the hospital, but died on
his arrival. Mr. Osborne, on learning the fatal result,
expressed the deepest regret, and declared that he had
not only lost a servant, but a friend who had served him
faithfully for thirty years." On being ask d
e if Wise had
left any family, he said, He has left a wife and three
daughters, who are able to maintain their mother, and I
have already told her that as long as she lives she shall
retain rent free the rooms her husband has so long occu-
pied. She shall never want," he added, "for as long as
Harry Osborne has a crust, she shall have half of it.'
Such conduct needs no comment.

Miss Elizabeth M. Dodd, a young female of attractive
appearance, and apparently about twenty-five years old,
deposed as follows:—" I reside with my aunt, Miss
Markby, who carries on the business of a stationer in
Cro.y.do,n.- I know the prisoner. About last May she
cisme to me, and said that a young gentleman belonging
'to the East India College, at Addigcombe, was anxious
to pay his addresses to me, and that he. had employed
her as his agent, to convey messages and letters between
us. She described him as being tall and fair, and said
That his name was Anderson, and the reason assigned for
•the secresy was, that if it were known that he was cor-
responding.with any young lady, the authorities of the
college mightdeprive him of his commission. Agentleman
answering the description given by the prisoner had been
to the shop, and she believed the information made to her
by the prisoner, and they communicated together from
time to time upon the subject. In August the pri-
soner showed her an advertisement in a newspaper to
the effect that the communications were still to be kept
up through " a friend," and she said this advertisement
came from. Mr. Anderson, and refer' red to her. The pri-
soner told her that everything must be kept very secret,
and it would be necessary, as her lover had been sent to
India,• that she should follow him there to be married,
and she, the prisoner, was to accompany her, and it was
necessary that she should have anoutat. In consequence
of this, witness gave the prisoner several dresses, and
she staid that her lover was to meet her at Bengal, and
they were then to be married. The prisoner then said
she must have some money to prepare for the voyage,
and witness sold out some stock belonging to her, and
the first sum she gave the prisoner was 191., and she
afterwards gave her another sum of 151. On last Friday
week, upon the prisoner's representation that every-
thing was ready for the journey, she clandestinely packed
up her clothes and left her aunt's house, and accom-
panied the prisoner to the Greyhound Inn, at Sutton,
where they remained until the following Wednesday,
and during that period she gave the prisoner another
sum of 101., but she returned her Si. They proceeded
from Sutton to the Red Hill station of the railway, and
from thence by train to Dover, intending to go toFrance,
and proceed by the overland route to India to meet her
lover. While they were at Dover, however, some gen-
tlemen from Croydon, accompanied by a policeman, over-
took them, and the prisoner was taken into custody, and
the witness returned with her friends:
In answer to questions put by Mr. Drummond, the
complainant said that she had begun to have suspicion
of the prisoner, but she was induced to accompany hei
on account of her threats of personal violence, and she
repeatedly threatened to shoot her if she broke her pro-
mise to go to India.
Mr. Drummond—Was it upon her representation that
you were accompanying her to India, to meet your sup-
posed husband, that you advanced her the money?
Witness—Certainly it was.
Mr: Adams asked the complainant if she knew any-
thing of the prisoner before this transaction. She re-
plied that she had known her for two years, and she
added that she believed she got her living by fortune-
telling.
Mr. Adams—Has she ever told your fortune? Com-
prairizint-LSeveral times.—(Laughter.)
Mr. Adams—And did she ever say any thing to you
about a tall, fair young man? Complainant—She did
not.

Mr. Adams—Allow me to ask how old you are?
Complainant—l am twenty-six.
Mr. Adams—Did you ever have the curiosity to make
any inquiry whether there was any young gentleman at
Addiscombe of the name of Anderson? Complainant—
NO, I did not, because the prisoner said that if any
inquiries were made it would spoil all.—(Roars of
laughter.)
Mr. Adams—Then did you never see the gentleman,'
Or haire any personal conversation with him ? Com-
plainant—No, sir. The prisoner said he was tall and
fair, and I recollected a gentleman answering that de-
scription coming to the shop, and that his name was
Anderson, and this was all I know about him.
Mr. Adams—Then You actually started upon an
•overland journey to India, to meet and to be married to
a gentleman whom you had never seen, or spoken to
upon the subject? Complainant—l did, sir. (Laughter.)
By Mr. Drummond—The prisoner told me that if
anything came to the knowledge of the colonel, the
young gentleman would be expelled.
Mr. Adams said he should have hardly thought this a
sufficient excuse for not making inquiry before starting
on a voyage to India upon such an errand.—(Laughter.)
In answer to further questions put by Mr. Drummond.
the complainant said that she began to repent of the
step...she bad taken when she got to Sutton, but the pri-
soner had obtained such influence over her that she dared
not leave her.

Sergeant Lumber, belonging to the East India Com-
pany's establishment at Addiscombe, deposed that at the
time in question there was no cadet of the name of
Anderson belonging to the establishment.
Anne May, the confidante in the elopement, deposed
that she was in the service of Miss Markby the com-
plainant's aunt, and she remembered the prisoner
coming to Miss Dodd, and telling her that a cadet had
stopped her (prisoner) in the street, and told her that he
was in love with Miss Dodd, and wished her to be the
medium of the communication between them. The pri-
',oner said that the reason he gave for this was, that if
be was seen in the matter himself, he should lose his
4mmission, and he wished her to get Miss Dodd to
come out to India, and marry him, and bring her (pri-
soner) with her as a companion. The witness also said
that she was present on a second occasion, when Miss
Vodd gave the prisoner money and clothes, and she
packed up her clothes on the same night she went away
packed up her clOthes on the same night she went away
flom her aunt's house.
By Mr. Adams—The prisoner used to come very
often to the houso to tell fortunes, but it was without the

knewledge of her mistress. The door was left open, so
that• she might get down into the kitchen unperceived.
the prisoner frequently told Miss Dodd her fortune.
Mr. Adams—What did she say to her—do you recol-
lect? Witness—l cannot recollect it all, but I know
sloe used to say something about a tall fine young man
being in love with her.—lto.ars of laughter.)
Mr. Adams—Did you. ever hear her say who thin
young man was? Witness—Oh, yes ; she used to say
that he was lieutenant in the army.—(Laughter.)
_

.
Mr. Adams—Was any one in the secrabut you? Wit-
ness—No; I packed up the things for MiisDodd without
the knowledge of her aunt, and I suspected she was going
to India to be married —(Aeslaugh.)
Mr. Adams—What did you say to your mistress when
the flight of Miss Dodd was discovered ? Witness—l
told her I knefi nothing about it. Miss Dodd, before
she went away, told me that if I told her secret her
lover would lose his commission, and they should all be
ruined.

The prisoner, upon being called upon for her defence,
repeated her statement about the young gentleman being
in love with' Miss Dodd, and said that the money was
only applied to the necessary expenses.
The magistrale, after a short consultation, said there
was no doubt that the prisoner had acted in a most crafty
and wicked manner, although at the same time they con-
sidered it was most extraordinary that a young woman
of the , age of Miss Dodd, should have been so
credulous as to allow herself to be duped by such an ab-
surd story. • They were of opinion, however, that the
evidence did not support the charge, and they were there-
fore compelled to dismiss it ; but they, at the same time,
remarked that they saw quite enough of the prisoner's
course of life to induce them to caution her to be careful
in future, or she might depend she would get into a
scrape, and receive some punishment.
The prisoner was then discharged.

SUSPECTED rOISONING. - SUTTON - trPoN - TRENT,
SATURDAY EVENING.-A case involving a strong suspi-
cion of poisoning, which took place two years ago has
just been discovered at this place. The person, whose
death is in question, was a farmer of Carlton-upon-Tren%
named George Taylor, who died on the 26th November,
1844. Some remarks having very lately got abroad re-
lative to the cause of his death, B. Falkner, Esq., of
Newark, gave orders for the exhumation of the body, and
a jury was empannelled, which sat on Friday and Satur-
day last. From the evidence adduced it appeared that
the deceased was unmarried, and that a woman named
Elizabeth Smith, who was described as somewhat pre-
possessing in appearance, intelligent, and twenty-eight
years of age, took care of his house. In September,
1844, Taylor was attacked more than once by severe ill-
ness, during which his housekeeper nursed him with
great care, but he ultimately sunk under the complaint
and died on the day above named : his disease being, in
the opinion of the medical attendants, ulceration of
the stomach. After his decease the woman Smith
showed signs of much mental suffering, and at length
confessed to other parties that she administered mercury
to her master at two separate times, which she put in his
coffee. It appears that a preparation of arsenic is fre-
quently kept by the farmers to steep the wheat before
sowing, and this preparation is commonly known among
them by the name of " mercury." The witness who
spoke to having heard Smith confess her having admi-
nistered the drug, said that at the time she declared her
only intention was to make her master ill, but not to
cause his death, for which she felt great remorse. The
inquest was ultimately adjourned that the contents of the
stomach of the deceased might be taken to London for
examination by competent chemists.
MIDDLE TEMPLE.--CALLS TO THE Ban.--The un-
dernamed gentlemen were ealled to the degree of the
Utter Bar on Friday, and published in the Middle Temple
Hall on Saturday evening:—Augustus Frederic Bay-
ford, Esq., LL.D.; James Cockle, Esq., M.A. ; Arthur
Becher Pollock, Esq., B.A. ; John• Hindmash, Esq. ;
George Brookes Van Buren, Esq. ' • John Duke Cole-
' ridge, Esq., B.A. • James Jones Aston, Esq. ; Patrick
Lenaghan, Esq.; Walter Hills, Esq.; Clement Milward,
1 Esq.; and Henry Leeming, Esq.

CONFLAGRATION.
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hood of Little Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, was
that has occurred in the metropolis for some time, and
which was not extinguished until an enormous amount
of property had been destroyed. The scene of its ope-
rations was the extensive manufactory belonging to
Messrs. Witham and Co., wholesale coach and shoe
curriers, situate in Little Queen street, and No. 30,
Parker-street. The building in question was three
stories high, and was so constructed as to form a sort of
half square. The premises were surrounded by nu-
merous large workshops ; on one side by the manufactory
belonging to Mr. Bealby, the builder ; on the other by
Messrs. Shank's carriage works ; and Trinity Church
was within a few feet of the property. By inquiries
made during the burning of the fire the following par-
ticulars were obtained :—At 25 minutes past five o'clock
police-constable 61 F, whilst passing the Crown and
Cushion, in Parker-street, had his attention arrested by
experiencing a strong smell of . something burning. Ile
immediately aroused the inmates, and told them that he
feared the-house was on fire. As soon as the house
could be opened he entered, and upon going into the
yard he discovered smoke issuing from that portion
of Messrs. Witham's premises over the stable. Having
sprung his rattle he soon obtained additional assist-
ance,.and intelligence was immediately dispatched to
the engine stations. It soon became apparent that the
fire must have been burning for some time before the dis-
covery wan made, for it had obtained such a strong hold
thatin less than fivelitinutes subsequently the flames
broke through the roof, and rose severaryards above the
steeple of the church. In a space of time almost incre-
dibly brief the engine of the brigade from High Holborn,
and one from the parish, reached the scene ;titit upOn
opening the gates of the factory in Parker-street a scene
truly alarming presented itself, the greater portion of the
three upper floors was completely encircled in flames,
' and the fire was to be seen running 'along the timber
fronts, almost with the swiftness of lightning, and for
some time it was feared that every building in the viciniy
would have been destroyed. The County and West of
England engines, with about seven or eight belonging to
the London establishment, arrived one after the other in
rapid succession. The moment water was obtained the
whole of the engine's set to work ; those of the brigade
under Mr. Braidwood's superintendence, and those of the
West of England and County Companies under the
direction of Mr. Connerton and Mr. Garwood. The
firemen, perceiving the great danger to which the property
adjoining was exposed, had a number of the branches be-
longing to their engines directed in such quarters as to
arrest the further progress of the flames. This was a
work of no little difficulty, for, in accomplishing their
object, they were forced to withstand the great heat
of the flames, and several times the burning rafters and
molton lead from the gutters fell upon them. Although
every man laboured to the utmost, the fire was not com-
pletely extinguished until -nearly .9 o'clock, and not until
property valued at some thousand pounds were burnt.
Mr. Baddelly, the inspector of the Royal Society for the
Protection of Life from Fire, was at the spot with three
of the society's escapes to render assistance to the neigh-
bours in case of an accident, but fortunately the machines
were not required to be used. As to the origin of the
fire not the least tidings could be learned; when the
factory was closed the previous night everything ap-
peared perfectly safe.

The following is a copy of Mr. Braidwood's official
report of the damage done:—" Little Queen-street, and
30, Parker-street, Messrs. Witham and Co., the whole
of the three upper floors and stock therein burned. • The
contents in the ground floor severely damaged. Sup-
posed to be insured in the Royal Exchange and other
offices.-31, Parker-street, Mr. B. Jones, the Crown and
Cushion public-house; glass in back and front broken,
and furniture damaged by removal. Insured in the
Licensed Victuallers' office.—No. 32, Parker-street, Mr.
R. Shank, coach builder; part of roof off, and stock
slightly damaged in the smiths' and wheelwrights' shops.
Supposed insured in the Imperial.-33, Parker-street,
Mr. B. Curno; several squares of glass broken.-15,
Little Queen-street, Mr. Court ; stock damaged by
water, and some glass broken.-14, Little Queen-street,
Mr. Stripling, tailor; window glass broken and damaged
by water. Uninsured.-13, Little Queen-street, W.
Kettle, bookseller; skylights broken and damaged by
water. Insured.-10. Mr. J. Bealby ; considerable.
damage to roof and contents on the south side of the
yard. Insured in the Hand-in-Hand office."

SHOOTING ON THE EASTERN

COUNTIES RAILWAY..,
On Satiirday at the Ilford petty sesions, Mr. Fre-
derick Fenner, a gentleman residing at Ilford, appeared
to an information, which charged him with being on a
piece of land in he possession of the Eastern Counties
Railway, on the 23d of October, in search of game, by
which he was liable to a penalty not exceeding 24 The
defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. John Shafton Thompson, a gentleman also resid-
ing at Ilford, stated that on the 23d ultimo he was in
a field belonging to himself near the Eastern Counties
Railway, when he heard the report of a gun, and then
saw Mr. Fenner, on the top of the embankment, fire a
second time, and saw a hare run across the railway.
Mr. Fencer—Away, away, you scoundrel.
The CHAIRMAN—ReaIIy, Mr. Fenner, that is very
unbecoming.
Mr. Fenner—lt is, hit I have had my feelings' wilt
raged by being dragged here upon such a charge—l, an
honest man, by such a scoundrel.
The CHAIRMAN—We cannot permit you to proceed
in that way. What answer have you?
Mr. Fenner—l have two answers. The first. is, that
I have the license of the occupier of the land; and the
second is, that Mr. Thompson has..
no right to
prosecute this against me. I stand here for truth and
justice.

CHAIRMAN.—We'II have truth first, and justice after.
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A long and desultory conversation here took place,
and the clause of the Act, 3d Wm. IV., cap. 30, was
read with reference to the mode of proceeding under
such Act, upon the conclusion of which Mr. Fenner
called George Smith, a shoemaker` residing in the
Green-lanes, Dagenham, who stated that he had rented
a piece of waste land in the parish of Ilford for tlidlast
five ).ears of the railway company for. which he paid
them 50s. a year. There is no reservation to the com-
pany of the game that may come upon it. He gave Mr.
Fenner permission to shoot upon it.
Mr. Thompson said it was very strange; he had re-
ceived a letter from Mr. Roney, secretary to the com-
pany, in which that gentleman stated " that Mr.
Frederick Fenner, nor any other person, was entitled to
shoot on the slips, or any other ground belonging to the
Eastern Counties Company.
The magistrates dismissed the information. Mr.
Fenner, who was greatly excited, expressed his intention
of indicting Mr. Thompson and the person who laid
the information for a conspiracy.

THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON,' N,ov. B.—The Ori-
ental Company's steam-ship Royal Tar, Captain Hamil-
ton,
left the docks at 3 .at. yesterday, for Gibraltar,
with the 'mails for that place, Cadiz, Lisbon, &c. She
takes out a general cargo and 36 passengers. The Erin,
Captain Brookes, is hourly expected from Constanti-
nople, &c. She will call at Malta for the Indian mails
and 53 passengers, which are at Malta awaiting her ar-
rival. The Montrose, Captain Burney, is hourly ex-
pected from Genoa, Leghorn, Civita Vecchia, Naples,
&c. ; but, from no date being fixed for her return when
she left this port, no fear need be entertained should she
not have arrived for a few days.
CAPTURE OF THE WATERLOO-BRIDGE TOLL COL-
LECTOR.—Christopher Walker, the collector of tolls at
Waterloo-bridge, who absconded with 251. belonging to
the company, has been taken by the police at Chelms-
ford. 'lt seems he had dissipated the whole of the money
he ran off with, and on reaching Chelmsford, and finding
himself destitute, he gave himself up to the county police,
and confessed the embezzlement. lie appeared unable
to afford an account how he had disposed of the money ;
but stated that he left London on Saturday, since which
time he had spent 151., and 101. he had in some way or
other lost. By direction of the local magistrates, he has
been brought to London, and handed over to the metro-
politan police foi examination.
SWEARING IN OF THE NEW LORD MAYOR.—
The ceremony of swearing in the Lord Mayor of the
city of London for the year ensuing took place on Sa-
turday in Guildhall, before a very numerous and highly
respectable assemblage (chiefly ladies). The proceedings
were in the usual form, commencing with the assembling
of the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, &c., with Sir G. Carroll,
the Lord Mayor elect, at the Mansion-house, where they
partook of an elegant dejeuner. The civic procession
was then formed, consisting of the state coach, in which
were the old and the new Lord Mayor, followed by the
splendid equipage of the new Sheriffs, and proceeded to
Guildhall, where a Court of Aldermen was held, and at
its conclusion Aldermen Humphery, Sir J. Duke, Wil-
son., Farncombe, Hooper, Moon, and several others, with
the civic functionaries, entered the great hail, where a
large body of the Livery of the Spectacle-makers' Com-
pany, to which both Lord Mayors belong, had previously
assembled. Aldermen Johnson and Sir G. Carroll were
received by the spectators with loud applause. The late
Lord Mayor haviog ascended the civic throne, the
various oaths were administered to his successor and
i other forms gone through.
MELANCHOLY AISD FATAL ACCIDENT.—OH Sala-
anddr 3 lAasrtn,otlhdr7eanydouirsn,hgo mreensi,dneansatedthPeaNrfietwt, NnVraintidsshwoirrtehn,
shooting Company's ks,he a d
.j and on their return
oAinTe.urgsymeohuanniaiwne;nt out for a day's
Wandsworth
road,and Arnoldl.arfitt
ibneintgheileivaednviannge,eunpofnewo,'ems7cinsd,
descending
following, the latter's foot slipped,
.told endeavouring to
recover himself and prevent his falling, the trigger of
the gun unfortunately caug.ht in some part of his dress,
the muzzle pointing towards Parfitt, the contents (a
very heavy charge) entered :the poor fellow's back be-
tween the shoulders, and lodgi'ng m the heart andiliings,
caused death instantaneously.- -Monmouthshire Merlin.
FAMINE IN InELANn.—Sun day evening a numerous
meeting of the working-classes w as held at the Guy Earl
of Warwick, Gray's Inn-lane, Mr. D. Brick in the chair,
to devise some means, according to their power, for the
alleviation of the existing distress in Ireland. Several
addresses were made, and a collection was•made in the
room, the meeting having plcdgeti itself to small
weekly contributions during the col: tinuation of the
dearth.