The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-12 00:00:00

lIITRS DAY monNiria, FEBIUITARI 12, 1 -6.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
mANsti. US E.
FAREMIOTHER, who . at for the Lord
Mayor, stated tbat the Lotd. Mayor had rezeived the.
following eomcounieuttoe from the water-beliiff :
Eeven A.M., 10th Feb., 1846.
My Lord,—l regret to harn that a young woman lust
har lite in can-evict-ice ef the insecure state of Mr.
Francis's per, Essex s'reet, but yesterday morwing.—l
a n, my Lord, your faith:id Servant,
N. SAUNDERS.
A young men, who was pot-boy at a public-house in
the neighbourhood of the Mansion House, was charged
by his master upon suspicion of having niwnitte:i a rub-
bery of a serious description in the house.
h e complaint was first made on Tue. day. when the
complainant stated as follows : —The prisoner had en
treated, on account (-.f his abject poverty, that the corn
p'ainant would give him employment, some week: ago,
at any walk sea at Roy price, and was accord:ngly .1e
rated to tho condition of pot. b.ly, tier the perturmaixe If
the duties of which he received two shillings per week.
Having heard a • dispute • between the pot-boy and the
female servant, ;he complainant Insisted upon b.: big in-
formed of the eau e, and was told that the girl accused
the boy of t ' a shilling, which was her property.
The buy d. nied the truth of the charge, with the most
tremendous oaths and swore in the satnedtatbolical man-
eer that he lied not a shilling in the world ; but there
being s.one reason to question his assurance that he was
wholly without money, his hand was opened, and the
sum of 10/. 4s. 6d. was found in it. As p reels and
trunk,: belt:tiing to seamen and others wire frequently
eft in the care of the landlord, and as a druaken sailor
had left in the house on the previous night a box, in
whi•At it was supp.ised there alight be it sriey' it oc-
curred to the complainant that the pot-bey•lsof opened
the box with a false key, and thus possessed himself (if'
property to en amount never before !laid by him. The
complainant's view of the case was strength, ned by the
assurance of a little boy, the pot- boy's brother, who de-
clared that the prisoner, upon entering the service, had
not a farthing in the world in his possession. Under all
the circtunstas, it eas consid-xed ne,n• scary to submit
the case to the judgment of a magistrate, and the pri-
x iner, who said the money was the pi-oluce of his hard
earnings in many situations, was remanded.
Yesterday the prisoner was...again broue t up, and the
publican :ewe.] th it the seaman who owned the box Ir:d
been at the h. use, and said that he had not lei', any
money in the box. The conduct of the pot-boy, how-
ev.-r, in a.iearing so hard to the truth of a lie, was cal-
culated to make such an impression, that the complain-
ant stilt believed the boy had got the cash dishonestly.
Mr. Pelham, who appeared as solicitor to the pri-
soner, stated that there was not the slightest ground fur
the charge ; that the prisoner was an extewlingly indus-
irious ant-feconomical' lad, who had put oy all his earn.
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.i4llli':.gl;l2oTHEß—The cN erring was bad ;
but who ever k ew a drunken waiter to to k up his
money in is box ? There is no proor t a;• in the
tad, and he is, of course, disc;iarged, and I pe a 11. take
care or his money. -

tleman stood when he addressed the House I heard such a
representation given of the condition of the farmer; and I
am quite satisfied that the greet hulk of that class are more
likely to be injured by the continuance of the existing law than
by its repeal. I have no apprehensions whatever that the
abolition of that law will render this country dependent upon
any foreign country. But, a; a landlord—and on this point. I
agree with the Noble Lord the Member for Lincolnshire—l
am certain that the settlement of this question is with reference
to the interests of landlords of paramount importance.—
(Cheers.) How can we have a settlement? with the feeling
of the great bulk of the community on the subject as at present,
there is but one settlement.—(Cheers.) There are various
classes whose interests are involved in this question, and their
views have undergone a change on the principle of protection.
I will not dwell upon the meeting in Wiltshire. It may have
been suggested, but still that meeting is a remarkable fact. I
pass, however, from that, and appal to every gentleman in this
when I assert that till lately the opinion
canH House e
contradictw ho ha s
mh aetl
prevalent among operatives was, that low prices would in-
ra4ably lead to low wages. I say they have changed their
opinions.—(Cheers.) The experiences* of the last three
years has not been thrown away upon them ; and
if that be so—if the masters and the men are quite
of one mind on this point, they will settle—and I may tell the
Hon. Member for Kuaresboreugh so—they wdl easily and
amicably settle those questions which are likely to arise between
parties placed in such a relivion to each other. I can very well
understand how those working men should overtax their in-
dustry, and evi n call on their Nerves and daughters to work,
that they may obtain subsistence. Necessity might drive them
to such resources. But if they can understand that by a change
of your law they may be able, without working so long them-
selves, without requiring their wives or daughters to work as
they do now, to live in greater comfort than they have ever
known, I have not the smallest doubt that arrangements will
be made between masters and men as to the period of labour,
pretext for legislative interference
wnil
Cheers.) It will, I should eev, be one
aoidlbes every
away.—( "
the taken
mostpleasantground
and harpy days that ever occurred
in
rendering England,
shorter a
when,
orte on account of an alteration in your law
r tima neceseary to procure wages ado •
Tate to purchase the comforts of life—it will, I repeat,
be one of the happiest days of England when, on account of
such an alteration, the masters and the men shall, without
legislative interference, come to an agreement on that subject.
—(Cheers.) lam glad to see that the Noble Lord the Mem-
ber for the West Riding of York,hire (Lord Morpeth)—with
;shoal I have often differed, but whose absence from this House
I never ceased to regret—expressed on the hustings sentiments
closely akin to those I bare endeavoured to couvey.—(Cheers. )
As to the agricultural interest—the interest with which I am
myself connected—l would say, let us have certainty with re-
ference to the value of our land. That certainty you
wi:l have, as far as it can possibly be given, from a
change in the law. Rut in addition to certainty, you
aria have peaceful enjoyment. You will have that peaceful
enjoyment without exciting the jealousy of your poorer
eeighbour. And Ido not think that landlords will have to
make any very great sacrifices ; but, entertaining the opi-
nions which I do, founded on the experience I now possess,
I say, were the sacrifice ten thiy‘s greater, I for one, sooner
than that it should be said of myielf, or any of the class to which
belong, that our object was to secn:e far ourselves an increase
of rem,- and not to promote the welfare and happiness of the
great body of the community—sooner than leave any room for
suctra suspicion, I should say, speaking for my-elf, that would
I descend to a lower estate, and abrogate my inheritance.—
(Loud cheers.) It is said a great party has been dissolved. It
is said old political ties have been severed. It has been said
that social relations have been disturbed. It is anticipated,
and it is probable, that an Administration may be dissolved.—
(Cheers ) And, though I should regret the former part of
those consequences, on my conscience I believe this proposi-
tion will save a great and powerful nation from anarchy, misery,
and ruin. [The Right Hun. Gentleman resumed his seat
amidst great cheering.l

BOW-STREET.
Mr. Caret', who was lately charged at this Court with forging
°Mee Copies of two documents, viz., a "certificate" or " direction '
of the Accountant-General, and a Bank of England receipt for a
stun of money, represented to have been paid into the Chancery-
°thee, at the Bank, in pursuance of such direction, appeared to-day
for examination.
It will be remembered that on the former occasion Mr. Smythe,
a clerk in the Chancery- °Rice at the Bank of England, was about to
give evidence as to the contents o: the cash-book of that oilice, when
it was objected to by Mr. Parry (on the part of the prisoner), thaetiVs
cash-book ought to be produced in Court, and the case was adjourned
in order that It might be produced. Mr. Smythe now produced the
book, and ~bowed that there was in it no entry of the receipt of au}
euelt sum as 2,59 G/. 17s. to the account of the case of the Rev. M. E:
Franks. An examined copy of a ledger in the Accountant-General's
office, was also produced, and contained no entry of the receipt of
any such stun.
The prisoner was remanded till to-morrow.
MARLBOR:)UGH STREET. •
John Brcni, a young man, was fined 205., or fourteen days' impri-
sonment, the extinguishing one of the street gas lamps in a " lark,"
as it is termed.
Caroline Bteren.§, a young woman of respectable appearance, was
charged with causing a dieturbance at the Haymarket theatre, and
assaulting the pace constable (No. 77 of the A division) on duty
there. it appeared that about 9 o'clock last evening the defendant,
accompanied by a child of about three years of age, presented herself
at the pit entrance aiel produced two cheques of the evening. As it is
contrary to tile regulations of the theatre to give cheques to females,
it was at once known that she had not previously been in the
theatre, and she was consequently refused admission, on which she
became ex.ranely violent, and attempted to force his way past the
cheque taker. Site was prevented from &leg so, and given into the
charge of the constable, whom site violently assaulted.
The defendant said the cheques were given to her by two gentle-
men, friends of 11.15, and she thought. she had, by virtue of them, a
right to enter the theatre.
3lata BY said he should fine her seven shillings, or seven days
Imprisonment, for a milting the constable.
The tine was imme liately paid.

PAItLIAMENTA It Y BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proetedi;vs of the House of Commons.)
TUESDAY, FEB. 10.
The following Petitions for Rai:ways were reported, and the BM
f:rdered to he brought in 'ay the undernamed Hon. Members :
Newcastle and Berwick—Mr Ilinde, Mr. Bell, and Mr Hudson.
Grand Junction (Ituyton and Warrington Branch)—Mr. Patten and
Viscount Sandon.
London and South-Western (Farnham and Alton Branch)—Mr.
Ketnhle and Sir W. licatheote.
Windsor, Siott,M, and Staines Atmospheric—Mr. Neville and Col. Reid.
Manchcsterand Birmingham—Lord F. Egerton, Mr. Entwi4e, and

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Mr. M. Philips. .... „
London and Brighton (East Grinstead Branch)—Mr. Kemble and
Mr. Elphinstono.
Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Thirsk and Malton)—Mr. O.
Dummy's!, Sir J. Lowther, and Mr. Hud•on.

The following Railway Bills were presented, read a first time, and
Ordered to he read a second time :

Perk and North Midland (Whitby and Pickering Extension)—'
enabling-tl e York and North Midland Railway Company to eater
the Line of the Whitby and Pickering Railway to or near Castieton
London and South-Wentetn (Epsom Branch)—"to enable the Loi
do i and South-Western Railway Company to make a Branch Rai
way to Epsom, in the county of Surrey."
Blackburn and Preston —" for making certain Branches from the
Line of the Blackburn and Preston Railway, in the county of Lan-
caster, aud for amending the Acts relating thereto." -
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston—. for making a Railway from the
Liverpool and Bury Railway to Preston, and to the Blackburn and
Preston and North Union Railways, with Branches therefrom, to be
called • The Liverpool, Ormskirk, anti Preston Railway.'
North Kent —" for making a Railway from London to Dover, with
Branches therefrom."

North Kent (City Extension)—" for making a Railway from the
proposed North Kent Railway, in the borough of Southwark, to the
city of London." -

Aohblu ton, Newton, and South Devon—" for making a Railway
from Ashburton, in the county of Devon, to join the South Devon
Itatilway."l •

• East I.incolnihire—" fbr making a Railway 'from Creat Grimsby,
by Louth and Altlml, to Boston, in the county of Lincoln, to be called
' The East Lincolnshire "

North iitatro dahiro (ClTu;:n-e-t-'l,'ltlley_Line)—.

for making a Rv

way from the Manchester and Ilirmitl'atm 'Railway at Maeclest
to join the Birmingham and - Derby Line of the Midland Railways,
with a Branch to Stoke-upon-Trent." • - • •
North Staffordshire (Harecastlo and .4andbach ft.r making
a Re.ilway from Harecastie to join ti-e Manchester and Birmingham
It 411 way at or near the Sandhaeh Station thereon."

Epsom and Dorking —" to enable the London and Croydon Rail-
way Company to make a Railway, in extension of the Croydon and
Epsom Railway, to Dorking, in the county of Surrey."

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

Mr. lit no—That all Ililla for the formation or hurrovement of
Herb:airs and Wet Ducks, lavlga..te Cain Ali and Works of every
on lands within high water mark, should he referrei to the
Board, of Admiralty for their report thereon, before the Committee
011 the Bill shall report to the it Use (Thursday, Feb. 12).
Mr. Ilitmo—Coples of all Reports and Correspondence respecting
the loss.oi:- the emigrant ship Catarturte,'M Bass' Straits, In August
la,t, having 369 emigrates on board. Copy of the report of the
aniverpool,- on the state of the Cataraque before sailing from
Liverpool in April, 1845 :—Whother the cepta TIM:4 mato had passed
an S• ex:a-aim/Atm, and how long the captain had been at sea (Thurs-
day, Feb. Itf).

NOTICES GIVEN AT TILE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE,

TuESDAY, FER. 10.
Eastern Counties arut Harwich Railway—Committee on Petition,
u. o PETITIONS FOR RAILWAY BILLS.
Cpo(Atponned, frornmlhursdNay Hi till Friday, Feb. 13.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18.
Birkenhead and Llangollen.
Warwickshire and London (Hampton and Abehurch Line).
Glasgow and Dundee Junction.
Cameron's Coalbrook Steam Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway

T"urk and North Dlidlend 1%_:a1)3 (litby and Pickering Exten-
Blackburn, Cl}orley, and Liverpool Railway— Secoad reading,
Monday, Feb. IG.
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Feb. 11.

Tire Lord Chancellor sat to-day In the Old Hall, Lincoln's Tnn, it
being the first nal after. Hilary Tenn. Ills Lordship took appea
motions, but no case of any public interest came before thu Court
during the whole morning.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb. 11.
(Itefore the VICE-CHANcELLoa of ENGLAND.
This was the first seal after Hilary Term, and the Court took
motions.

V. BOUN—L®
Library.
An applicatiosn°r this ease for ail iniourntstiozon4teo r3eisetairaciin,
.t:riettdeenfebn;
edoa:liittafirn,;lng peuxbtlriacs gts froomr
the gelling ate
0 gook,it
Mr. Roscoe, occupied the Court the whole day.

COURT OF CO.3IMON PLEAS, Feb. 10.
(Sittinga at Nisi Prius, beibre Mr. Justice COLTMAN and a
Siiddlesex Special Jury, at Westminster.)
GAMBLE V. KURTZ.
This. case (which occupied Saturday and Monday, and
the greater part of this day's sitting), was resumed at the
meeting of the Court this day, when several further wit-
nesses were heard in support of the defendant's case, to
prove that his machinery was not an infringement upcn the
plaintiff's patent, &c. Drs. Lyon Playfair and Pratt, of
Liverpool, were among those Witeeises. The case for the
defence having concluded, and counsel having replied on be-
half of the plaintiff, the Learned Judge summed up, and
the jury retired at about three o'clock to consider their ver-
dict. After. having been in consultation for nearly five
hours, they returned into Court with a special verdict, in the
following terms :—" Assumine• that the models were correct,
we find that the patent had been infringed. Secondly, that
the invention of the two separate chambers, or furnaces, is
not new, but that the plaintiff's mode of connecting the same
is new.. Thirdly, that the specification is sufficient; and,
fourthly, that the process patented is an improvement upon
the old system of preparing sulphate of soda."
This verdict was not delivered till nearly eight o'clock at
night.

SECONDARIES' COURT, Feb. 11.
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
SIMS r. kiTITLAVS.

This was an action brought to recover the sum of 8/. Bs.
fur a monument erected in the East London Cetnetery.
The defence was that credit had been given, and that the
time had not expired.
George a workman in the employ of the plaintiff,
proved the erection of a monument over the family grave of
the defendant, on the death of one of his children in August
last. The price was very reasonable ; 10 guineas would
have been a fair charge fur ready money. H had applied
for the amount, and defendant Ali,' not then say anything
about credit having been given. The inscription was cut
under the directions of the defendant.
Mr. Hill, superintendent of the cemetery, was called, and
said that six months' time was allowed after the grant or con-
veyance of the ground for the erection of a monument. He
however declined giving an opinion as to the custom of
giving six months' credit for tombs erected there.
Mr. JILToms, for the defendant, sail that the defendant
would have been willing to pay at the expiration of the time
of credit, which he should prove was given for six months.
He also contended that even the governors of the cemetery
Two witnesses
could not enforce payment for the ground till the six months,,
as the whole contract was not completed till the erection of
the tomb, or the waiver of right.
The SECONDARY
the custom of th
oe cemetery.
vesrae eaidtilimed, that the jury had nothing to do with
who swore positively that they
heard plaintiff agree to
give six months' credit.
The jury, after consulting a short time, gave a verdict for
the plaintiff.

Air. IleGiles applied to have the record retained on the
ground that the verdict was contrary to evidence.
The SEcosp.titv said it was a matter of fact far the jury to
determine, and he saw no reason to say they had not come to
a just conchtion.

FACTS AND HINTS CONCERNING GAS.—In London,
where the consumption of g,ts is very great, and the coke is
sell at a good price, the charge fur gas is 7s. per 1,000 cubic
feet; and the engineers profess they cannot sell it with a
profit at less. Ili Plymouth, where the consumption of gas
is small, the price of the same quantity of gas is only 4s. 6(1.;
and I find upon.inquiry, that this has been caused by the for-
mation of a new company, under t he direction and management
of Mr. Iluchison, engineer of the London Gas Company. How is
it that this gentleman can consistently' recommend the sale
of gas, Where the consumption is small, at 4s. 6d. per 1,000
cubic feet, and charge 7s. 6d. per 1,000
cubic feet where the
consumption is so much larger? There is one subject con-
nec:ed with gas which ought to be brought prominently
before the public, Viz. that every parish should establish their
own gas works, and, instead of annually paying large sums
into the pockets of gas companies, expend it either in the im-
provement of the parish, the extension of charity, or reduc-
tion of poor rates.—Correspondent of the Builder.

tity of seed potatoes which must be reserved for tho coining
ye.kr, if the -cultivation of the land is to be persevered in
We can state that on an averace one-eighth of a crop is re-
quired for planting the same quaotity of ground; so that, in
f :et, only three-eighths of the crop can, in cur view, be at
this moment wtsumed to be avaialo;e as food.

" There is an opini,m that upon the whole the potato crop
is this year a very large one. We regret to add that we
have been unable to obtain any proof of this. On the con-
trary, we have seen that the crop was small, and we have
it in evidence that it is below the average, but we hare also
seen iz to be heavy, and we, therefore, conclude that it may
perhaps be au average crop.
" We are not sufil iently acquainted with the habits of the
Iri,h peasantry to be able to etate at what time the wa a of
food from the failure of their potatoes may be first expected.
—We have the honour to remain, Sir, your most faithful
ever rants,

" JOHN LINDLEY,
" LYON PLAYFAIR.
"The Right Hon. Sir J. Groh m, M.P., &c."

THE REvRESENTATION OF
U TI NGDON.
Mr. Peel, M.P., has published the folowing address to his
constituents, the electors of the united boroughs of Hunting-
don and Godminster:--.
" Gentlemen,—l am sure you will duty appreciate the sa-
crifiCe I snake iu proposing to resign the trust which you
have now confided to me for so many ycars.
I have never hesitated. however, for a moment as to tha
line of conduct which it i my duty to pursue.
" I determined from the first announcement of an intended
change in the commercial policy of the Government to wait
to hear what measures it was intended to propose, and the
arguments by which they were supported; and, unless eon.
viuced by them, to resign my idlice, and vote against
them. On the other hand, if, after the best. consider mon I
could give to them, I thought them likely to pionNte the
general interests and welfare of the country, to give them
my support
" Considering the po-ition in which the question of the
corn-laws is now placed—the declared opinion of the most •
eminent men of all parties in favour of important changes;
considering. also, that the meaeures proposed by Govern-
ment are not measures affecting exclusively the agricultural
interests. but are based upon the principle of the general
abatement of protective duties, without exception, it is My
deliberate conviction, that it is for the general interests of
the whole community that these measures should be sanc-
tioned by Parliament.
" I must therefore, if in Parliament, give them my sup-
port.
• " I am not unmindful, however, of the general under-
standing with regard to agricultural protection when you
elected me as your representative. I have reason to believe
that the majority of you have not come to the conclusions
to which I have arrived; and I feel it my duty, thaeek
to express my willingness, if that impression be corre4,
give you the opportunity of placing in other hands 7,
trust which, with so -Much kindness, you have curnin:v
to me.
" I shall always entertain fur the united constituene,
the strongest feelings of regard and esteem, with a graieL
recollection of the unvarying kindness I
your hands.

" I have the honour to be, gentlemen,
" Your obliged and grateful humbler
" JONATHAN Pht,..
" London, 8, Park-place, Feb. 5, 1846." -

THEAT}tE -ItOYAL, EDINBURGH,
(From the Ediabargh ehly Journa• Feb. 4th.)
The engagement of Celeste and Mr. Webster has proved
signally successful. Mr. Webster is evidently an actor of
very considerable power, and he has a much wider range than
his tirat appearance in any character would cause us to anti
cipate. This we think a great proof of excelienee ; he
throws himself so thoroughly into his part, and evinces so
much taste and disci etion, and in fact is so much at lame that
we do not know how he could well go abroad into a different de-
partment, till we find him equally at home there also. Perhaps
his eldest personation is in his own .cl,ver. farce, called
The Miseries of Human Life, where old Mr. Ally Croaker,
fretting at eve ry thing, finds, of course, every thing to fret
him, even to the pulling on of his bouts. He does, in-
deed, seem as if he had been scalded or skinned, and
then clad in a shirt of nettles—while his droll agonies
are well contrasted with the coolness of his friend
Mildmay (Murray who was quite in his element),
to whom nothing cones amiss, and who, equally
of course, finds every c,.rd a trump. The L;oness
of the North is a clever comedy, founded on the
mistake of Elizabeth of Russia (Celeste), who makes im-
perial a :d imperious love to a young lieutenant (Webster),
thinking that he is the famous Biron, Duke of Courland.
Celeste acted the sovereign virago with her usual animation
and dignity. Mr. Webs•er, in his character of Alexis, rose
into graceful and genteel comedy, and fully sustained his re-
putation. Mr. Murray, as the intriguing, conceited, and ever-
baffled Schuvoloff, or Sugar-loaf, or Shave-all-off, we forget
which, the Russian chief spy, or minister of police, was very
effective; as was Ray in the perpl xed kind-hearted jailer of
Shlusselbourg. Lloyd has a capital part—as capitally acted
—an ambitious " full private," making love to an Empr,ss,
and rewarded with an immediate ducking in a horse-pond.
Altogether, the piece was very successful. A new and better
adaptation of the " Invincibles," called " The Pretty Girls of
Stilberg," was brought out on Monday, with very great
success, and, we may say, thunders of applause. Web-
ster a pert pag, undertook Napoleon ; this was
doubted by his comrades; he turned his back for a few mo-
ments, unAttoned his coat, turned his wig. and presto ! the
very 64 little corporal " hints If turned round and justified the
apparently involuntary military salute of his merr% comrades.
He was ever afterwards in and out of Napoleon, in the
drollest and most graphic way, paricularly when he did—
what Napoleon never did—got thoroughly drunk. Celeste,
as a Prussian captain, thereafter took them all .prisoners.
She appared at the hewl of a most efficient troop of heroines,
ably assisted by Sergeant Maj,ress Tellet.
(From the Edinburgh Weekly Express.)
THE THEATRE.—The attraction of the Theatre Royal du-
ring the past week has been the brilliant acting of Mr. Ben-
jamin Webster of the Haymarket, and the elegant Madame
Celeste. Mr. Webster is not often on our beards, but he
certainly leaves us with a hearty wish that he may soon
return again. His acting is of an entirely distict
cast frAn that of Murray, of Mathews, or of any
other comedian we lava seen ; but it is certainly excellent in
its kind. We cannot imagine anything more comic than his
acting with our Manager—the one as Ally Croker, the other
as Mildmay. The seem e had all the effect of the most vivid
contrast. The Pretty Girls of Stdberg was the charm of
the week's performances. Madame Celeste figured in her
most graceful style, arid drew down the rapturous applause of
the audience. The Polka danced with Mr. Webster, will
give au entirely fresh idea of it to our Assemblies.

ALARMING POTATO) RIOTS AT

INVERNESS.
(Facm A CAMESPoNDENT.)
INVERNESS, FED. 6, 1846.—As some excuse for not at-
tending to your letter, I enclose two proclamations and a note,
from which you will gather the alarming nature of the po •
sitiun of Inverness, and, indeed, as I am informed, of every
chipping place in the northern counties; but our situation is
much more critical than that of any other place from the
large body of navigators at present employ-et in the neigh-
bourhood, and who are taking ae important part in the fray;
snd as some of them are captured, we may to-night
expect an attempt at rescue. Unfortunately there is only
a small number of military at Fort George at present,
but as many have come into Inverness as could be spared so
as to leave enough for the defence of that important position.
There appears to be about 70 or 80 who occupy the castle,
and under the prudent and spirited command of Captain
Campbell, of the 67th Irish, they have been of important use
in preserving order, and as yet nobody has been killed, but
the number wounded must be ten or twelve, some pretty se-
verely, by the bayonets which the soldiers Were obliged to
use when retreating to the castle with about a score of pri-
eoners ; and some of the ge alemen and constables were se-
verely cut by the stones.
If in the course of the night the navigators,
of whom there are upwards of a thousand, overwhelm the
military, it is impossible to say where this unfineunate
affair will erd, the whole town and neighbourhood will be
at the mercy of these blackguards for six dav 0, being the
shortest period within which we can obtain assistance. Ott
for twelve hours of our Perth amid Inverness railway 1 If
anything will open the eyes of Government, it is the danger
in which we are at present.
The riots began on Wednestlay, in the attempt to ship
some potatoes at Thorn Bush pier. The low popula-
tion of the town opposed it euccessfelly, in spite
of the police magistrates, and the military were
sent for, and placed in - the castle, in case of
need. The town was quiet all day on Thursday, being the
Sacramental tast-day, but in the evening thenavvies marched
in from the canal, and being joined by our own mob, pro-
ceeded to smash windows, threatened or attempted to set
tire to the Provost's distillery, and it was considered proper
to order out the military, who, after a brush, succeeded in
capturing about twenty rioters, when the mob dispersed.
To-day special constables were sworn in, and under cover of
a strong, body of eonstables, witlethe Provost and Sheriff at
their head, an attempt was made to ship the rest of the
cargo. About half-way to the pier the mob attacked us
slightiv, but surrounded us in thousands, and after
the Sheriff read the Riot Act and a proclamation,
we continued our march to the pier. The mob
had taken up a very strong position here close to
the place of shipment, and whenever the at: empt was made to
ship the potatoes we were attacked with the utmost fierce-
ness, and we were all after a very short combat. obliged to
fly. The soldiers were sent for, but before they arrived our
cart and its potatoes were sent into the river. The military
shipped another, and so the affair ended in the meantime.
The soldiers have behaved very well, and Mr. Teller and
Provost Sutherland are heroes.
The e was a riot in Nairn last night, and at Campbeltown,
luvergordon, &c., the same spirit prevails, and not a potato
will be shipped without a military escort, though the
authorities assured us to day there was an abundance in the
country.
Toe following proclamation has been issued by the Sheriff
of the county _ _ _

" Whereas, notwithstanding the proclamation issued by
the Provost and magistrates of Inverness on the 4th inst., the
authorities of the county and town were this day deforced and
assaulted by a riotous mob, compelled to read the Riot Act,
and call in the assistance of the military power.
The authorities, m addition to the prisoners already in
custody, have marked several others,
whowere active in the
riot and mobbing, and they have been informed that the
public peace is still threatened; they therefore prohibit all
parties from appearing on the streets, lanes, al,d roads
of the town of Inverness and its suburbs, after the
hour of nine o'clock of this evening; and they hereby inti-
mate that any person or persons so appearing on the said
streets, lanes, or roads, between the said hour and six o'clock,
A.M., to-morrow, shall be deemed and held to be disturbers
of the peace, and act and part in the said riot and mob, and
shall be apprehended and prosecuted as felons—the Riot Act
already read being in force.
"The authorities aforesaid, while they are determined to
enforce the law, take this opportunity of informing the in-
habitants, that measures have been taken for supplying the
ma►L•etof Inverness with po'atoes.
God save the Queen I _

" By order cf William Fra:;er Tytler, Esq., Sheriff of the
County of Inverness, and James Sutherland, Esq., Prvvost,
and the other Magistrates of Inverness.
" PATK. GRANT, Sheriff-Clerk.
• "ALEX. MACI'AVISII, Town-Clerk.
"Inverness, 6th Feb., 1846."

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