The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-02 00:00:00

dant. There was no allegation of threats having be e
used to force this marriage.
The COURT, under all the circumstances, granted a rule
to show cause.

Yesterday a vestry meeting of the parishion-
ers of St. Anne, Soho, was held, to consider the
ministerial measure relating to the poor laws. Mr.
Miller moved the adoption of a petition to Parliament,
praying for the postponement of the bill to next ses-
sion, in order to give an opportunity to the parish of
fully considering the clauses of the act. Mr. Thomp-
son, Mr. Wright, and Mr. Crouch supported the mo-
tion, and trusted that the clauses vesting extraordinary
pCti,f in the hands of a few individuals might not be
passed.—The motion was agreed to.
At the meeting of the Committee of Master
Tailors on Wednesday, at the Thatched House Ta-
vern, several complaints were made to the chairman,
by masters who had attended the general meeting on
the previous day, at Willis's Rooms, but whose names
were inadvertently omitted in the published statement
of the proceedings, this circumstance having induced
many of the customers to order in their accounts, and
express their determination to discontinue their deal-
ings. The committee have, therefore, in justice to
those individuals, directed a distinct statement of their
names to be published in all the morning papers. We
are glad to perceive that the public take such interest
in the proceedings of the masters ; to whom we would
suggest the propriety of also publishing the names of
such masters (should there be any) who may yield to
the unreasonable demands of the journeymen, after
having pledged themselves to a contrary course.
Yesterday a numerous vestry meeting of the
parishioners of St. Pancras, was held at the Court-
house, Gordon-square, to receive the report of a com-
mittee appointed to consider the ministerial measure
relating to the poor laws. Mr. Houghton took the
chair. The report stated, that under certain modifi-
cations, the act would be attended with beneficial re-
sults. Extensive powers were certainly given to the
Commissioats ; but then, a strong arm was required
to bring about a reform, and check the alarming abuses
of the poor laws. Objections were made to the plu-
rality of votes given to the owners of houses, and to
minor parts of the bill. It was moved that a petition,
founded on the report, should be presented to Parlia-
ment. Mr. Murphy moved an amendment, " That a
petition be prepared, strongly disapproving of the ex-
tent of power given to the Commissioners—of the
unconstitutional character of the Board—and of the
plurality of votes—but approving of the other parts of
the bill.—This amendment was carried by a large
majority.
The effects of the insurrection at Lyons have
been felt at a great distance in Prance. At Calais
and Boulogne the net manufactories have suffered
severely. The goods sent to Lyons have remained
unsold, and the bills drawn in consequence have not
been accepted. The manufacturers, overloaded with
goods, have ceased to employ their men, excepting
only one for each machine, as necessary for keeping it
in order.

A German says, that Luther knew what he
was about when he threw his ink-stand at Satan's head,
for there is nothing the devil hates like ink.
A serious mutiny, in which six persons were
murdered, with a view of obtaining possession of the
vessel, occurred on board the Ann, Captain Allen,
bound from Macao to Singapore, in the night of the
21st November. It appears, from the Singapore
Chronicle that the vessel left Macao on the 21st, but
about four o'clock in the morning, it being very dark,
and when most of the crew were asleep, the captain
was awoke by hearing the chief officer crying out, " I
am stabbed to the heart." He instantly jumped up,
and was proceeding to discover the cause, when he
was met by the officer and the carpenter's mate, who
were both bleeding profusely, and followed by the
gunner, a Manilla man, armed with a dagger, who
aimed a blow at the captain, which, however, he
warded by shutting the cabin-door. The wretch pro-
ceeded on his horrid work, and stabbed a passenger
and two of the captain's servants. The alarm then
became general, but such was the terror inspired by
the gunner, that all the Lascars, instead of making an
effort to secure him, fled up the rigging. In the
mean time the captain reached the poop, and found
that the vessel had been turned out of her course, with
a fresh wind blowing, and that another Manilla man
was at the helm, while the gunner was calling to his
companions below to come up, as he had killed nearly
all, and that they might soon get possession of the
ship. The captain in vain endeavoured to rally the
Lascars, and the only weapon he could procure was
an oar, with which he struck a severe blow on the
head of the gunner as he was ascending the poop.
The crew then got more confidence and rallied, while
the Manilla men became alarmed and deserted their
leader, who heaped curses on their heads for their
cowardice, and the captain again striking the man to
the ground, and stunning him, they bound him as well
as the rest of the men from Manilla, who were to be
conveyed to Bombay for trial. Six persons, however,
fell victims on the occasion,—the chief officer, the
carpenter's mate, a passenger, and three Lascars ;
besides eight others who were severely wounded. So
many similar instances of insubordination on the part
of the Manilla men had occurred on board different
ships, that it was said at Singapore the insurance
offices would in future refuse policies to vessels in
which these men were employed.
On Friday night, about ten o'clock, while a
gentleman, who had been on business at Piershill
Barracks, was returning through the Duke's Walk, at
that part of it which lies almost opposite to the ruins
of St. Anthony's Chapel, he observed two individuals
standing listening to the cry of a child at a considera-
ble distance, seemingly upon the front of the hill.
At first he conjectured that some profligate mother or
servant had taken the child to that solitary place, and
was perhaps neglecting it, and that whoever went
across the field to ascertain the cause would only meet
with a torrent of abuse from the wretches who were
along with the infant. Two young lads, nevertheless,
determined to go, and, crossing the ditch which di-
vides the park, they scrambled the best way they could
in the dark towards the spot from whence the cries
I proceeded. By this time they could distinctly hear
these words, " Oh, help me, help me, mammy, or
I'll fa' !" and coming close up, they perceived a fine
little girl, about three years of age, lying in a state
of nakdness, without a rag to cover it from the cold
dew that was falling, and its hands and feet so tied
with the strings of an old apron, that it was impossible
it could make the slightest effort to save itself. The
child was soon wrapped in the worsted shawl of a young
woman, who came up at the time, and conveyed to the
Canongate police-office. According to its own ac-
count, a female, who makes shoes, came up to it in
the High-street, about seven o'clock, and promised
her sweets if she would go with her, and having got
the child to this spot, stripped and left her in the situ-
ation described. The child was found to be the daugh-
ter of a man named Richmond, living in the Flesh-
market Close, and a woman pointed out by her as the
decoyer is now in custody.—Edinburgh Paper.
A few days ago, a young thief belonging to
the Island of Bute made his escape from an officer of
justice in a very adroit and somewhat ludicrous man-
ner. It appears that the delinquent had committed
some serious depredation in the town of Rothsay, for
which he absconded, but was soon afterwards appre-
hended in this city by the Anderson police. Notice
of the circumstance having been communicated to the
authorities of that place, a messenger-at-arms was de-
spatched to receive and carry back the prisoner to
Bute. On the arrival of this functionary, he accord-
ingly had the hands of the thief securely shackled,
and took his passage down the river in a steamer. The
prisoner, however, feeling rather uneasy about the
wrists, entreated his keeper to free him from the weight
of the irons, to which he acceded from feelings of
humanity, deeming his person secure enough without
them. Shortly after, while nearly opposite Dalmuir,
the prisoner drew carelessly towards the side of the
vessel, and, seizing an opportunity when his keeper
was at a little distance, sprung upon the gunwale, and
in a twinkling disappeared among the foam caused by
the rotation of the paddles. The officer stood con-
founded, and looked earnestly into the river for the
reappearance of his prisoner ; but, being a good diver,
the latter kept below water till the steamer was a con-
siderable way off, when his head appeared above the
surface, and he was seen swimming gallantly for the
bank. He soon landed upon the " Dyke," which at
that place divides the river, and, after flourishing his
bonnet round his bead several times in triumph, again
plunged into the water, and soon reached " terra
firma," where he coolly shook the water from his drip-
ping habiliments, and, making another signal of tri-
umph with his bonnet, scampered off through the
fields like a roe, long before the bewildered officer
could command composure enough to plan, much less
to carry into effect, a pursuit. The delinquent has
not since been heard of ; and his custodier was com-
pelled to return to the Highlands with as favourable a
version of the story as his wits could invent.-- Glas-
gow Argus,