The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

DISTRICT TOURNOU SEVRRIN:

The police of this district reports to the prefecture,
Jan: 25, 1855, that an Austrian sqldier named 'Albrecht
came during the night from the ship on board of which
he was to the prefecture, and fired a shot at the Wal-
lachian .entry who was posted at the Money-office on
his calling out, " Who goes there?" The sentry was
fortunately not injured, and the soldier received as a
punishment for this attack upon a seutmel 25 blows with
a stick on his back !

DISTRICT BRIILOW.
The Brailow police report., under date March 23,
1855, that a certain Jonitza Angel had been murdered
by Austrian soldiers near the Church of St. George ;
further, two shopmen had received various wounds from
an Austrian soldier on occasion of their asking for pay
meat of goods they had bought. Another person wa,
found by the police on the place of the street Papa Ra-
don, murdered and robbed by Austrian soldiers.

o:her police reports, sent in from Tirgowischt and other
places, showed similar acts of brutal violence and injury
tone to limbs, and property, from mere reckless love of
mischief and destruction.

The above are extracted from a larz,e number of re-
ports sent in by the various authorities in Wallachia
The following is an official atatereent of the outbreak
that took place in the Tower of Fokschan, on the border
of Wallachia and Moldavia, and which was consider-
able enough to give rise to widely-extended reports of a
general rising against the Austrians. The Austrian gar-
rison of Fokechen consists of Croat infantry and Hun-
garian cavalry. The manner in which these men con-
duct themselves passes belief—they behave like wild
hordes. There is not the slightest trace of discipline,
and the men recognise no authority.
November 20, in the forenoon, there was a regular
fight on the open market-place between Austrian sol-
diers and about 200 of the people. The former fought
with their bayonets, the latter with cudgels and sticks.
At length an officer appeared with a patrol, and sent
the men back into their quarters. The case of this row
was this :—Austrian soldiers had forced their way into a
tavern kept by one Demeter Breteano, and had stolen
there everything they could lay their bands upon. The
landlord resisted, and, on his cries for help, others had
come in to his assistance, and thus the fight commenced.
The landlord received two stabs with the bayonet. On
the evening of the same day Austrian soldiers entered
the house of the first named arigi-Koloi, and endea-
voured to take forcible possession of his stables. Boloi
asked them if they had billets on him. Without giving
him any answer they rushed on him with drawn sabres.
The merchant let them enter his warehouse, and then
found his own safety in flight. After half-an-hour the
local authorities appeared and found Koloi, half dead
with fright, hidden under a sofa. The soldiers that
prowl about the town at night for the purpose of robbing
and plundering for the most part wear no nnifornis, for
the purpose of avoiding detection. The Austrians
have got a very large stable and immense stores of straw
collected in the centre of the town. On the 21st a
wooden staff was brought to the prefecture, hound round
with cloth or other stuff, and saturated with pitch ;
this had been picked up in the street in the imme-
diate vicinity of the stable, The....greateskapprehensions
of a conflagration are entertained in the town.
Letters frost Jassy of December 22 mention that the
winter had brought with is at..ntostr.nnusual,eev.erity of
cold. On the 16th the Reaurnur thermometer shOeted
16 deg. of cold, and on the 20th there were 23 deg.,—
that is to say, 25 deg. Fahrenheit below zero. Ever
since the 16th of December the Danube had been firmly
frozen over, and all communications between the two
banks take place over the ice.

PAUPER FUNERALS-0 'IV-DUCT OF
OFPIOIALN AND THE RELATIVES OF
THE POOR.

Yestfrday, at a meeting of the directors of the poor
of St. Pancras, held at the Ve=try-hall, Camden-town—
Henry Farrer, Esq., senior churchwarden, in the chair,
The CHAIRMAN presented a communication, which had
been referred to the board of directors by the Burial
Board, addressed by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, the chap
lain of St. Pancras Cemetery, at Finchley, to the chair.
man of the Burial Board, the Rev. Thos. Dale, M.A.,
the vicar, with respect to the conduct of the officials
and the relatives of deceased paupers on the way to and
at the cemetery:—Mr. Wilkinson stated that on the pre-
vious Tuesday the hearse and the covered cart, provided
by the hoard for the conveyance of the relatives of the
deceased parties as mourners, did not arrive at the
ground till 20 minutes after their time—a circumstance
of little importance if the delay had been accidental,
but it appeared that they stopped at the White Lion
public-house for drink, and whilst he (the rev. chaplain),
Mr. liissick, the superintendent, and the gravediggers
were waiting for the arrival of the bodies for interment
and to perform the service, coachmen, undertakers, and
mourners ,sere all seen together carousing at the road-
side inn. This was the less excusable, as they are allowed
an hour after the solemnisation of the funerals for refresh-
ment, a privilege they seldom omit to avail themselves of.
Mr. Wilkinson proceeded to remark, "I may be excused
for saying that this matter deserves attention just now,
as the board have authorised the usa of a conveyance for
mourners to the cemetery. This is a humane plan, but
the rvlarylebone authorities adopted a similar scheme,
and were obliged to discontinue it in consequence of the
mourners stopping at public houses on the way, for
drink. Mr. Fiddler's (the workhouse undertaker's)
character, I may add, is such, that a few words of ad-
monition from those who employ him would be desirable,
for his general behaviour, while in the cemetery, is far
from satisfactory, and on two or three occasions he has
conducted himself so improperly that I have been com-
pelled to expostulate with him, and make him promise
to behave more decently for the future."
Mr. Churchwarden FARRER said the vicar had read
this 'letter at a meeting of the Burial Board, held at
Finchley, on the previous day, and that portion which
came under the cognisance of the board of directors had
been referred to them. It wool I seem that the effect of
pr,viaing conveyance for the relatives of deceased poor
to foil ,w their friends as mourners had been productive
of another evil, that of drunkenness. (Hear, hear.) He
had directed the attendance of Mr. Fiddler, the parish
undertaker, and thought the subject was one which
ought at once to be investigated and dealt with by the
board. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. FIDDLER was called before the board, and said,

although au inmate of the workhouse, he had acted as
undertaker for the interment of the poor from the house
for many years.
The CRAIRMAN—In what capacity do you go with the
decea-ed poor from this house to the cemetery at
Finehley ?
Mr. FIDDLER—That's just what T want to know.
(Laughter.)
CHAIRMAN—What situation do you consider yourself
as holding I
Mr. FIDDLER—I consider reyvseolfthtehrempearnlibsehrsuonfdtehre.
taker, and I look after the bodies.
Mr. STREETEN, Mr. DYKE, a. l
board, rigidly interrogated Mr. Fiddler as to the occa-
sion when t.l.ley were discovered carousing on the way at
the road side inn ; but for a long while he was exceed-
ingly oblivious upon the point, but ultimately confessed
that he bad no control over the driver of the hearse, who
was employed by the contractors, Messrs. Bennicke and
Co., to take. the bodies down. He never stopped at the
public-house: to drink of his owu accord, but did not object
to a glass, if the other parties stopped and asked him to
take one. He knew what was meant by his miscon-
ducting bin 'self in the cemetery. It was when they took
two hearse. loads of bodies down instead of one, and Mr.
Kissick w; ts very cross at not receiving notice of so
many bodit a coming. He recollected be did swear a
little.
The CHAIRMAN said it appeared that Mr. Fiddler did
net know what capacity he filled--whether the under-
taker, the d river, or the horse, when he went to Finch•
ley—and th at he would more properly be called Mr.
Fuddler th an Mr. Fiddler.
Itiwas mitimately resolved, on the motion of Mr. Tun-
secon, led by Mr. GOULDING, "That Messrs. Ben-
eicke, the contractors for the funerals of the poor to the
cemetery, 1 Je written to, colup!alnitu4 of the conduct of
their drivel -s in stopping at public-houses on the way to
the cenu to ry, contrary to the directions of and agree-
ment with the board."
Mr. Fiddler was then severely admonished as to his
future co, iduct both at the cemetery and on his way,
and orde red to report any attempt, either on the part
of the cc .achnien or mourner, to stop at public-houses
on their way with the funerals of the poor.
Mr. P T.IESTMAN, the dispenser at the workhouse, hav-
ing tend, ;red his resignation cf that office, it was ac-
cepted, t lad the board, alter some routine business, sepa-
rated.