The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-04 00:00:00

GREEN WICH-(THIS DAY.)

THE MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT DEPTFORD.
Wm. Cressy was this morning placed at the bar before
Mr. Traill, for final examination, charged on suspicion
of being the person who caused the death of police-
constable William Hastie, of the R division, in 184 g.
Mr. Sergeant Carpenter said he had made further
in-
quiries, when he found that the prisoner,had been en'
ployed by Mr. Ward, the surveyor of the roads for Wel"
thamstow, at piece work, on the 20th February, the
day on which the murder took place. He also found
that he was discharged on that day. On making further
inquiries, he found that the prisoner was Dein
employed en the following week for five days. From
the 28th February to the 6th March he was again at
work, and then he was finally discharged. lie was then
out of employ for three days, but atter that he worked
for Mr. Burrells, at Wallurton. From the 10th March,
1846, to 10th July, 1847, he was constantly employed,
except for a week or two. With regard to the state..
meat of the woman living at Deptford with a woman of
the name of Ford, he found at that time that there was
a woman living there with a man, who went to sea, and
has not been heard of since.
The prisoner, after some conversation, was remanded
for a week.

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMEN T.—Yesterday, by
order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, a number
of piles were being driven into the bed of the river in the
open space lying between the New Houses of Parliament
and Westminster-bridge. The tops of the piles are left above
high water-mark ; on these cross pieces will be placed, and
a platform erected, and a number of workshops and sheds
built thereon, in order that the whole of the unsightly
wooden erections in New Palace-yard and opposite the east
or principal entrance to Westminster Hall, may forthwith
be removed. The greater portion of the Old House of
Commons is already pulled down, and yesterday the demoli-
tion of the remaining portion of the House of Lords, in"
eluding the entrance thereto, built by George the Fourth.
took place.

ROMANISM.—The Romanist holds a formidable
weapon in his hand. All other denominations of Christians
are left, more or less, to the vacillations and incertitudes of
reason ; the Roman Church depends upon faith and authority
alone. Dr. Newman would go so far as to insist that if we
believe in the mystery of mysteries—the incarnation—w•
must accept all the miracles of the Romish Church. It is
the old struggle of reason against hierarchical assumption.
Better Protestantism, with all its diversities, its divisions, its
aectarianisms, its heart-turnings, and its vanities, than the
prostration of the intellect, to the assumed infallibility of a
few. The one, at least, holds out the chance of a better state
of things; the latter is an intellectual and religious immola-
tion.—New Monthly for October.

LOWESTOFT, OCT. 3.—The atmospheric pheno-
mena of the aurora or northern lights, on Thursday evening,
between the hours of eight and eleven, were very luminous
in the north and north-eastern part of the heavens. At its
greatest brightness ursa-major was but faintly seen, elec-
trical rays shooting up to a considerable altitude, frequent
flashes of lightning during the phenomena in the eastern
part of the heavens from the rocky cumuli clouds; the wind
blew fresh from the south ; the quarter moon shone bright in
capricorn ; barometer rising. The atmosphere is still in a
disturbed state; near the full moon strong easterly winds
may be anticipated; this morning Friday, 10 A.m., wind
S.W., blowing fresh, cloudy sky.
THE CROWN ESTATE PAVING ACT..-011 Fridby
next an Act of 36 clauses, which was passed in the late ses-
sion, will come into force, called " The Crown Estate Pav-
ing Act." The object of this Act is to transfer from certain
commissioners the paving, lighting, &c., of the Crown estate
in the district of Regent'ii Park, to the several parishes, and
also to transfer to the Commissioners of Works and Public
Buildings, the duties of paving, &c., the approaches to the
Houses of Parliament. The commissioners on whom de-
volved the duty of paving and lighting the Crown estates
have an existing debt of 14,0001, and the several parishes
are now to contribute their proportionate share to discharge
the same. The parishes may levy rates for the purpose and
borrow money on the credit of the rates. The Commis-
sioners of Public Works are empowered by this Act to colour
the outside stucco and stone work of houses and bnildings by
oil painting, within their jurisdiction. This Act will effect
some alterations, and remove from the commissioners the
power vested in em from the sth George IV. This Act is
to take effect on and from the 10th of October inst.
WINTER IN THE NORTII.-011 Thursday last an
the mountains and hills, and down into the lowlands, were
thickly covered with snow, and all that day and the follow-
ing one the rain fell in torrents, which caused the rivers and
streams to onrscale their banks, and to inundate the Ad'
joining lands so much that considerable damage was done to
the still outstanding stooks of corn.

CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 3.—Notice is hereby given,
that there will be congregations on the following days on the
ensuing Michaelmas term :—Friday, Oct. 10, at ten;
Monday, Oct. 20, at eleven; Wednesday, Oct. 29, A
eleven; Wednesday, Nov. 12, at eleven; Wednesday, Noir.
26, at eleven ; Wednesday, Dec. 10, at eleven ; and Tues-
day, Dec. 16, at ten (end of term).
A French company at Martinique is about t°,
transport into that colony 4,000 negroes from Benin and
Dahomey, on the western coast of Africa, pursuant to the
recent treaties with the black princes of those countrie.
The negroes will contract to work for seven years, and v/111
be chosen from among the most industriou4 and intelligent
that can be found.