The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

POACHING AFFRAY.

On Sunday morning last, about one o'clock, John-
son, the gamekeeper to the President and Fellows of
St. John's College, was in Bagley WTood, with four of
his assistants, watching for poachers, when they heard
a gun fired in the direction of Gobble Oak; and on
proceeding to that spot they encountered five poachers,
three of whom had their faces blackened, and one had
with him an air gun. As soon as the keeper and his
party came up to them they endeavoured to capture
the poachers, who made a powerful resistance, hut
ultimately, after a desperate struggle, three of them
were secur4d and taken to the keeper's house. The
other two, whose faces were blackened, made their
escape, but in the same morning one of these was cap-
tured, for immediately after the affray the keeper sent
one his assistants on horseback to Oxford, in order to
give information to the university police, that they
might be on the look out for the two men who had
escaped. Accordingly, the inspector of the Univer-
sity police, Mr. A. Savage, lost not a moment i❑
setting some of his men, with the gamekeepers' assis-
tant, to look out for the two poachers, a description of
whose persons had bee❑ furnished. The result was
that about half-past two o'clock the same morning
a man named Charles Stevens, a noted poacher, was
taken in St. Thomas's parish, and on being brought to
the University police rooms it was discovered that his
face had been recently blackened, and that a large
wound in his head was then bleeding. The four me❑
were taken before the Berkshire magistrates, at
Abingdon, on Monday last, when they refused to give
their names, but they were identified and recognised
by Inspector Savage to be Richard Johnson and
Charles Stevens, of St. Thomas's parish, and George
Beesley and John Colley, of Jericho. When Beesley
was captured by one of the keeper's assistants, he drew
a pistol and threatened to blow his brains out if he did
not release him ; but he still kept his hold, when
Beesley took some substance, which proved to be
quick lime, out of his pocket and threw it in his face
and eyes, and from which he still suffers great pain,
and may probably lose his sight. Another of the
watchers had his cheek lacerated and his eye closed
by a bludgeon ; and, o❑ searching the spot where the
affray took place, there were found the pistol which
Beesley had, and which was loaded, primed, and
cocked, about 100 bullets, and a formidable bludgeon.
All four of the poachers were committed to take their
trial at the next assizes for the county of Berks, and
Beesley was committed on a second charge, under a
recent Act, for inflicting an injury o❑ the person by
the use of a deleterious material.—Oxford Journal.

SHIP NEWS.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
PORT OF TERCEIRA

It appears, by a letter received at Lloyd's, from their
agent at Tvrceira, that th© Governor bad notified de
follows:

`• That a triangular white flag will be hoisted at the
battery of Point Santo Antonio, on Mount Brazil, when-
ever it is consiiered imprudent for vessels to anchor;
and should a vessel not pay attention to the said signal,
the commander of the battery will be authorised to fire
a gun with blank cartridge, which will be repeated at
reasonable intervals in case the vessel should not pay at-
tention to the first gun. The expense of the powder
that may be so expended will be charged to the ship.
But in the event of any ship being compelled through
great distress to run into the port in order to beach, or
through any untoward circumstance or disaster on board,
the❑ and i❑ that case she ought to have her national
colours hoisted in the rigging, which will then be a
guide to the commander at the battery not to fire."

MYERPooI., DEC. 22.—The Dibdin, from New York
to this port, was abandoned Dec. 7, in lat. 50, long. 35,
and subsequently sank; three men lost; master and re-
mainder of crew taken off by the Lady Bulwer, from
Quebec for London, and landed at Queenstown. The
Marchioness of Bute, from Quebec for Bristol, was
passed off the Calf of Man yesterday, with seven feet of
water in her hold, and obliged to keep up Channel, as
she could not be put on the larboard tack, by the Sea
Nymph, which has arrived at this port.
QUEBEC, DEC. s.—The Laurence Forestal, of Water-
ford, hence to Cardiff, has put into Sydney, Cape Bruton,
leaky, and will have to discharge. A barque belonging
to Yarmouth, and bound from hence to Great Britain
with timber, was wrecked on the east point of Magdalen
Island, in the gale of the 20th ult.; the materials would
bo saved; one man killed. The Arbutus, from Halifax,
Nova Scotia, for this port, was wrecked in L'Anse a
Beaufils, in the gale of the 22d ult.; crew saved, and
'cargo in a very damaged state. The Sophia Burhidge,
hence for Liverpool, which had her bows damaged by
the ice off Riviere du Loup, has been put ashore at that
place, and it is thought will remain during the winter.
CHRISTIANIA, DEC. 9.—A dismasted and abandoned
brig, apparently English, with a white streak and bul-
warks, was seen nearly under water on the 2701 ult., in
lat. 55 N., long. 3 W., by the Garonne. 'rho Pet, from
Calcutta for England, which put into Moulmein on the
29th of June, after being ou shore, was sold at thatplace
on the 9th of October.
GRAVESEND, DEC. 22.—Wind N., moderate, with
heavy rain.

Arrived—Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh;
Soho, from Antwerp; City of Paris, from Boulogne;
Grien Isle, from Nieudiep; Emma Eugene, from Syd-
ney; Sir Bouchier Ray, from Bordeaux; Emerald, from
Antigua; Salisbury, from Quebec; Duchess of Portland,
from Berbice; Amity-hall, from Moulmein; La Refine
des Anges, from Taganrog; Tiber, from Trinidad; Vic-
toria, from Teneritle; Pomona, from Denia; Haman;,
from Cette.

Sailed—Amaranths, for Hobart Town; Tuscan, for
Barbadoes; Fyenoord, for It'arerdam.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Maria ship, outward bauud with emigrants, Dec. 11 in
lat. 50 N., long. 12 W. ,
Phoanix, of Liverpool, on the 13th inst., in lat. 52 N.,
long. 8 W.
Thfanas Blyth, from the Mauritius for London, on the
10,11 ult., in lat. 6 N., long. 23 W.
Matilda, from Liverpool for Table Bay, on the 24th
ult., in lat. 23 N., long. 29 W.
Stirlingshire, from Liverpool, on the 28th ult., in lat. 28
N., long. 26 W.
Sophia, English barque, on the 15th inst., in lat. 50 N.,
long. 7 W.
Sybilla, from Plymouth for Adelaide, South Australia,
on the 15th inst., in lat. 49 N., long. 8 W.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[ll signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-office
by the night—and Id by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in From what
PLACES. General Post-office port dis- When
London. patched. duo.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Dec. 2Liverpool .. Dec. 29 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Dec. 2
.. •• 'Liverpool ..'Jan. 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) Ml
•• southanip Dec.
Africa (West coast).. Xl4th of tl'e month Plyreoutht. Jan. 325
Alexandria* •• .• Nll9th & of mo.' Dover .. Dec. 23
Belgium ••.. • • /3; Daily .. • • ..1 Dover Dey Brazil .. •• • 11119th of the month
,uthampt. Jan. 16
Buenos Ayres•• • • M 9th of the month 'SoSonthampt. Jan. 16
California (via Chagres) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Dec. 20
Con
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of mouth Plymouth.. Jai. 3
Central Channel „
Isles ••• • • N Mon., Wed., & FrLSoutkampt. Ti. Th. Sat
France
M 17th of-the month Southampt. Dec. 20
.• •• Greece* .. M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover
.. Twicedaily
N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Dec. 30
Hamburgh • • Holland .• N Tuesday & Friday London Ties. tat.
.. •• M Wednes. & Satin. Wondon Men. Thur
Honduras
Ireland . N 17th of the month ISouthampt. Dec 21
India (via SoutharnMp.&) MN' rvOthiceofdathiley Southampt.Holhea d .
JT7,4i c e2d3a 11 y
India (via Marseilles) N,Sth& 24th ef month Dover .. Jan. 2
Mediterranean (via I
Southampton) •• M 20th of the month ,Sonthampt. Jan. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Jan., 2
MMadeexic Id 2d of the month.. Southampt. !Jan. 5
iro a 9th of the month Southampt. [Jan. 16
Malta* „ f ,7th,l7th,' 901,27 th
Dover Dec. 28
& 30th of month
Naples* N sth 15th 25th of me Dover • • ,Jan • 2
Papal States* N15:1 15th 25th of mo Dover
Peninsular .. 31,7 th 17th 27th of mo Southampl ;Jan.
Dec. 226
TuBcanY* • •
. •
Peru .. • •• Mll7th of the month Southampt. Dec.2o
c.
• . N sth / sth 25th of mo Dover • • Jan Jan. 2
West Indies ..
M 17th of the month Southampt. 'Dee. 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 312 d of the month .. Southampt. :Jan. 5
* The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyel by
French packet via Marseilles.
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CHURCHYARD RIBALDRY.—A correspondent of the
Builder says—Having read in your journal of the 29th your
remarks upon churchyard memorials, and concurring in the
spirit of them that though " a correcter feeling on the subject
has become more general than it was," there is room for im-
provement; I venture to send you two inscriptions on tomb-
stones which I have never seen in print, but which I have
often read about midway up that beautiful avenue of chesnuts
in the churchyard at Hertford. The two graves are side by
side. FIRST EPITAPII.
" Grieve not for me, my dearest dear,
I am not dead, but sleeping here :
In patience wait prepared to die,
And in short time you'll come to I."
SECOND EPITAPH.
I am not grieved, my dearest
gotlife—
Sleep
m
anothercoe
to
wife ;
ThereforeSleepon,
cannotthee,
For I 133g4t go to bedty we:"„