The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

RIGHTS Or WAY AT KENSINGTON.-Considerable ex

citement has recently been manifested in the town of
Knsington, in consepence of the stopping up of a foot-
path opening a way between a large and populous dis-
trict of the parish and Kensington Gardens. For years
the inhabitants had been urging on the Government to
concede to them this great public convenience-; and, last
year, the Office of Woods, so soon as they got p.rases-
sion of the grounds, with great consideration for the
comfort of the inhabitants, made a footpath across it,
and threw it open for the general benefit. The Board
of Ordnance, it is now understood, have again acquired
possession, and their first act has been to close the fpot-
path, and to put the Kensington public to great incon-
venience.—The Builder.
ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.
—No authentic account of the parturition of the Em-
press of the French has yet been published. - We
gather generally that the labour was, somewhat pro-
tracted, the infant much above the average size, and
that the forceps had to be used. It is stated in the pub-
lic prints that the Empress did not take chloroform, but
we have reason to know that this is not correct. After

suffering for a considerable period, she begged to have
chloroform administered to her ; but M. Dubois, having a
strong objection to its employment,only consented to the
inhalation of a small quantity. The result, however, was
anything but beneficial, great excitemen t and some delirium
ensuing. The chloroform was immediately discontinued,
but it was some time before its injurious effects had en-
tirely subsided. As the labour did not progress satis-
factorily, and as the expulsive pains were evidently in-
sufficient to effect de'ivery, it was determined, after a
consultation, to apply the long forceps. These were
used with great dexterity by M. Dubois, with the happy
result of completing the labour with safety to the mother
and child. The application, of the forceps was attended
with the production of a bruise on the face of the infant,
but the injury is not at all serious, and is gradually but
sensibly diminishing. The "milk fever" supervening
has been of the ordinary character of this affection in
mothers not nursing their children, and has been pro-
ductive of no alarm. Happily, all is now well with both
the Imperial patients.—Laneet.
DEMOLITION OF THE LAST GIBBET.—A day or two ago
the last gibbet erected in E. gland was demolished, by
the workmen employed by the contractors making the
extensive ducks for the North-Eastern Railway Company
upon Jarrow Stake, on the Tyne. The person who was
gibbetted at that place was Wm. Jobbing, e, pitman; aged
30 years, convicted at the Durham Midsummer Assizes,.
of 1832, of being concerned with another pitman, James
Armstrong (who absconded and was never apprehended),
with murdering Mr. Nicholas Fairies, a magistrate,
upon the road to Jarrow, on the Ist of June in thatyear,
and was hung that month at Durham. In the summer of
1832 there was a lengthened strike of the pitmen- of
Northumberland and Durham. Bitter feelings arose be.
t ween masters and men. Many hundreds of the farni:ies of
the men ware turned out of their cottages and lived in the
lanes and roads in camps for months. The collfries had to
be protected by military and an immense number et special
constables, and notwithstanding three murders and many
outrages were committed upon non-union men, and Mr.
Fairies fell a victim to his zeal in endeavouring to main-
tain the law., At the time of Jobbing's trial an old law
had been revived by the Whigs which condemned a
murderer to the gibbet. Jobbing was the only person,
we believe, gibbetted under that act ; but so great were.
the horror and disgust of all parties with the sight ef
the body of the poor wretch dangling in chains by the
side of a public road, that great gratitude was expressed
when the pitmen took it down one dark night, and
either sank it in Shields Bar or buried it under the
walls of Jarrow Monastery. It is, however, & gratify-
ing fact, showing the progress of civilisation among. the
mining population of those two counties, that though
there have been several strikes among them since 1832,
none of those strikes have been marked by a repeti-
tion of the fearful acts of violence of that year. At one
of the great meetings of the pitmen held in the spring
of 1832 the late Marquis of Londonderry attended on
horseback to remonstrate with them. But he had a
company of soldiers with him, which 'were in hiding
in. the valley. 'This was known to the pit-
men, and the pitenan that held his horse's head
as he spoke bad a loaded pistol up his sleeve, is case the
Marquis should wave the soldiers to come up, to blow
the Marquis's brains out. Fortunately, the good feel
ing and kind heart of the late nobleman prevailed, and
that emergency did not arise.
VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN
THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War Departmeet.—As-sistant
Commissary Genel•al Leonce Routh, has been appointed
deputy commissary general ; Mr. David Murray
_has
been appointed engineer inspector of buildings for the
-royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in the room of Colonel Beat-
son, retired salary 4001. The Dockyards —Mr. William
Penfold, first class clerk in Portsmouth Yard, has -been
appointed accountant in Woolwich Yard ; -Mr. Richard
Walker, pay clerk and book-keeper of the steam fact( ry
in Portsmouth Yard, has been appointed first class clerk,
and to be chief clerk to the accountant at Woolwich ;
Mei R. Chapelen, of Accountant-General's office, Sh-
4reet House, has been appointed accountant at PortS-
neouth. Customs—Mr. Wiliam Barton has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the Comptrollers General's Office in
London ; Mr. Charles Fry has been appointed a clerk in
the London Docks ; Mr. William Tothill has been ap-
pointed a clerk in the long room, London. The East
Indies. —Mr. Charles Horne has been appointed to offi-
ciate as magistrate and eellector of. Bareilly ; Mr. Cud-
bort Beasley Thornhill has been appointed to officiate
as director of public instruction, north-western pro:
vinces ; Mr. Charles Chester has been appointed commis-
sioner in London ; Mr. John Creech has been appointed
a tidewaiter of the Allahabael division ; Mr. William
Smoult Paterson has been appointed magistrate and
collector of Goruckpore ; Mr. Edward Michael
Wylly has been appointed to officiate as civil and ses-
sions judge of Agra. The Cape of Good Hope.—The
Hon. William Hope, auditor general, has been appointed
a special commissioner for the purpose of inquire
ing into the due execution of the instructions of
Government in the distribution of land within
the divisions of. Queenstown and Victoria. Mr,
Charles John Boyle has .been appointed private secre-
tary to the governor, vice Mr. W. F. Liddle, appointe I
resident magistrate Of Alexandria (Oliphant's Hoek):
Canada.—Mr. John Fennings Taylor, jun., has be rn
appdireted a master-in Chancery, to attend the Legi (la-
tive Council. Mreugh D. Wilson, of East Gwi.lini;
bury, and Mr. ll
john O'Brien Scully, of Woodstock;
have been appointed landing-waiters and searchers in
her Majesty's Customs.—Oivii Service Om*

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