The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

TRAM ES.

PROSECUTION BY A LICENSED VICTUALLER.-ROber
Clement, formerly an Excise officer, and lately a dock
labourer, was charged by Mr. William Verey, Railway
Tavern, Wellington-place, Commercial-road, with steal-
ing a suit of clothes. The prosecution was brought by
the Poplar Licensed Victualler's Protection Society.
The circumstances were as follows :

The prisoner, who had been his customer for several
months, called on him in August, saying he had ob-
tained a situation at Liverpool, and required the loan of
1/. 155., for which he offered to leave a suit of clothes
as security. The temporary . accommodation was
granted, and a. receipt given that they were to
be retained till the money was repaid. Three
months after the prisoner again called at his house,
and, stating that he had a friend in the parlour
who was ready to purchase the clothes, asked Mr. Verey
to oblige him with them. Ho was afterwards discovered
to have quitted the tavern with the clothes, which he
pawned the same day for 18s. He was apprehended on
the charge a week after.
A discussion ensued between the counsel engaged as
to whether the offence amounted to a larceny.
Mr. Verey and his waiter were called, but they were
both unable to say whether any one accompanied the
prisoner or waited for him in the parlour.
Mr. BRODERIP committed the prisoner for trial, re-
marking that Mr. Verey wished to proceed with the
case as one of importance to licensed victuallers, and it
was cne of that class of cases which it was best to I:ave
to a judge to charge a jury, whether the prisoner took
the clothes anima furandi or intentionally.

DEATH OP THE REV. DR. TATTERSIIALL.—We
regret to state that the Rev. Thomas Tattershail, D.D.,
the highly-respected and talented minister of St. Angus.
tine's Church, Evertor], departed this life yesterday
morning, after a severe illness of only four day. The
Rey. Gentleman, much against the advice of his physi-
cian, preached, as announced, a sermon on Sunday morn
ing last, in aid of the funds of the school connected with
the church of which he was the minister, He was then
suffering very much, and upon returning home was found
to be labouring under a severe attack of inflammation of
the kidneys. He retired to bed, and never rose from it
again. Eminent as a scholar and divine, the deceased
had also the good fortune to be eminently distinguished
for his personal piety and private worth.—Liverpool
Mercury, Oct. 30.
CONSULTATION PER TELEGRAPH.—The services of
the electric telegraph between Norwich and Shoreditch
were put into requisition on Thursday in a novel man-
ner, being made the means of communication between a
physician in London and his patient i❑ the former place.
On Wednesday Dr. L--, a celebrated obstetric physi-
cian, was sent for from London to'attend a lady, lying
there in a dangerous state on his return to town, leav-
ing instructions to the medical attendant to convey in.
formation of the state of the patient the next morning
by means of the telegraph. This was promptly done on
Thursday morning, and the prescription was as promptly
returned. This, it would appear, was repeated more
than once, the services of the telegraph being continued
for four hours. Unhappily the telegraph completed its
communications by announcing the death of the lady.
THE ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. M'GILL.—We
made inquiries yesterday morning as to the state of Mr.
M‘Gill's health, and found that but little hope was then
entertained of his recovery. At a late hour yesterday
evening we caused further inquiries to be made, and
were glad to hear that the report of the medical attend-
ant was more favourable. The answer we received at
Mr. M‘Gill's house was, that he was very much better.—
Manchester Times of Friday. _

—.—
THE INUNDATIONS IN -FRANCE.—The administra-
tors of the Orleans and Bordeaux railroad have sent to
the Paris journals an account of the injury occasioned
to the road by the inundation of the Loire. The moment
the destruction of the bridge of Vierzon became known,
two of the directors, Baron Paul de Richemont and M.
Barry, repaired to Tours, accompanied by Mr. Wood-
hou,e, the chief engineer of the line. The communica-
tion was still open ; but between Blois and Tours the
river threatened to burst through its embankments, and,
if that misfortune did not occur at Chousy and Ouzain,
it was owing to the strenuous exertions of the inhabit-
ants, who, aided by the persons employed on the rail-
road, courageously laboured to strengthen them against
the ravages of the inundation. Amboise is the place
which suffered most. At ten o'clock, A.M., on the
22d, the small liver Cisse, which emptieth itself into
the Loire below Vouvray, had already innndated
the country between Vouvray and Amboise,
and covered a portion of the line. A few
hours afterwards, the Loire forced a passage
through the embankment on a distance of 200 yards,
rushed with fury against the road which runs under-
neath, destroyed the station-house of Amboise, and
formed a lake of about 10 kilometres in extent. The
road was there completely torn up ; the buildings and
turning platforms were rendered unfit for use ; and the
waggons carried to a great distance by the floods. The
magnificent viaduct of Mont Louis, however, sustained
no injury, and terminus at Tours, and the materiel con-
tained in the magazines of the company, escapt d without
any damage. The administration had adopted measures
to re-establish the communications as speedily as pos-
sible. They had not been interrupted between Orleans,
Blois, and Ouzlin. From the 30th of October a regular
service was to be organised as far as Limeray, whence
steam-boats are to convey passengers and goods to Mont
Louis. and the rest of the journey to Tours will be per-
formed by railroad. The administration expects to be
able to repair the damage without being obliged to entail
any new burden on the shareholders, the more so as it
has a right to expect that the Government will consider
itself bound to supply the funds for that object, in pre-
sence of so great a public amity.