The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-29 00:00:00

711 E FATAL POACHING AFFRAY AT

RUFFORD.

MANSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The adjourned inquest on
the body of William Roberts, one of the Earl of
Scarborough's gamekeepers, who was killed in
Machin's Gorse, Raiford, on the night of the I3th
instant, in a conflict with a large body of poachers,
was concluded yesterday before Mr. Coroner Falkner.
Another keeper, T. Charlesworth, of Eekring, lies in
a precarious state. Some additional evidence was ad-
duced; and after long deliberation the jury returned
a verdict of manslaughter against some person or per-
sons unknown. A court has been held by the magis-
trates of this divisio❑ at the Town-hall this afternoon,
at which Colonel Wildman, the Rev. G. F. Holcombe,
and Messrs. Hardcastle and W. S. Coke, and Captain
Salmond were present. Ten prisoners were arraigned
who, with six others previously discharged, had been
apprehended on suspicion of participating in the mur-
derous assault upon the Earl of Scarborough's keepers
and game watchers. Eight of these were discharged
to-day, with an intimation that should evidence of a
more satisfactory nature be obtained against them
hereafter they would be again apprehended. The
only two retained in custody are George Bowskill,
besom maker, Mansfield, and George Robinson,
framework knitter, of Bulwell. Charlesworth, the
maimed keeper, who now lies in a precarious state,
distinctly swears that Bowskill was the man who
struck the blow that killed Roberts ; and Robinson
was found by the police, two days after the affray,
concealed in his own cellar at Bul well, having bruises
upon his person, and spots of blood on his dress. A
third- prisoner, Samuel Sims, also a framework knit-
ter, of Bulwell, is now in the Nottingham Infir-
mary, in charge of a policeman, who is in constant
attendance upon him. He is suffering from a com-
pound fracture of the arm, and is at present unable
to be removed to prison. The case of these three
prisoners is adjourned for further investigation on
Monday next.

BOW CHURCH.
The history of this church is a strange one. As the
ttriter has elsewhere remarked—if not originally a
Roman temple, as was generally believed, it was one of
the earliest churches built by our Norman conquerors:
it has been destroyed by storm and fire; was at one time
garrisoned and besieged; and was afterwards the scene
of an assassination. We first find mention of it as a
Christian church, in the reign of William the Conqueror.
Stow says, it was the first in the City built on arches of
atone, and that it was therefore called St. Mary de Arcubus,
or the BJW; although he elsewhere says, that it took its
name from certain stone arches, supporting a lantern on
the top of the tower. In the twelfth century, a tumult
of a serious nature occurred in the City, which led to an
assault upon the church. The ringleader was William
Fitz-Osbert, surnamed Long•beard, an individual of
loose morals, who apparently possessed great talents, and
was almost worshipped by the lower orders, on account
of his exertions as a professed advocate for the poor,
against the oppressions of the rich. An attempt being
made to seize him, he took refuge in Bow steeple,
together with various followers, and being well provided
with ammunition and provisions, was able, for a long
time, to defy the authorities. In order to drive him out
the steeple was fired. This had the desired effect; the
rioters were made prisoners, and after a hasty trialwere
hanged. In 1271 part of the steeple, which had pro-
bably been much injured during the attack on Fitz -Q_
bert, fell down, and caused the death of several
persas;
It seems, however, to have been repaired soon afterwards;
for in 1284 we find that one Ducket a
dgoldsmith, who
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in this church, and slept in the
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of _ , afterwards discovered through the evi-
dencevoluntar the murderers, amongst whom
was.,. a Woman, were apprehended and executed. On
this occurrence the church was interdicted for a time,
and the doors and windows were stopped up with
brambles. After the fire the present edifice was com-
menced by Wren. The whole of the works appear to
have been completed in the year 1680.
The crypt of Bow Chinch, which belongs apparently
to the end of the eleventh century, is now filled with
coffins of all ages and sizes piled one upon the other,
which have doubtless contributed in silence their share
of disease and premature death to the inhabitants of the
neighbourhood. In 1849 we gave a view of part of this
crypt with its fearful furniture, which we have reason to
effect in rousing the pubsfleitochretaotseya:stense
of
theirknow ghuaidltyitfsolly in permitting intramural interments.
How much longer such madness is to be p • d
that theembo'claineds
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crypt is ventilated, the coffins are
c,putin fair order, and
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charnel -house, which is far
blame to any indi-
viduals
being as bad as many othenr(;-. It is against the
system which we protest—a system foul
and murderous

CO URT CIRCULAR.
WIN TUESDAY.
The Queen held an InvestiturD SO R,e of the most Ho-
nourable Order of the Bath this afternoon, at the
Castle. It was attended by—
The Sovereign of the Order, her Majesty the
Queen ; the Great Master of the Order, Field-
Marshal his Royal Highness the Prince lAlbert ;
Knights Grand Crosses, Field-Marshal the Marquis
of Anglesey, Viscount Palmerston, Lieutenapt-Ge-
neral Sir James Law Lushiogton, Sir Richafd Jen-
kins, Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Neon,
General the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Adam, Major-
General Sir George Pollock, and the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Lytton Buiwer.
Officers of the Order—Bath King of Arms, Alger-
non Greville, Esq. ; Gentleman Usher, Albert Wil-
liam Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald.)
The Investiture took place soon after one o'clock.
Her Majesty, who wore the mantle and kirtle, and
also the collar of the Bath, was conducted through
the north corridor to the throne-room, accompanied
by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who wore the
mantle and collar of the Order.
The Knights Grand Crosses, robed in the Guard
Chamber, in their mantles and collars, and then as-
sembled in the Waterloo Chamber, where they were
called over by the Bath King of Arms. The Knights,
attended by the officers of the Order, afterwards pro-
ceeded through the Reception Room into the Throne
Room, where the investure took place.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Reid, Royal En-
gineers, Lieutenant. Governor of Malta, was intro-
duced between Bath King of Arms and the gentle-
man usher of the Order, the former bearing the riband,
badge, and star of a Knight Commander of the Bath
on a crimson velvet cushion. Colonel Reid knelt
near the Sovereign, and received from her Majesty
the honour of knighthood, after which he kissed
hands, and was then invested by the Queen with the
ensign of a Civil Knight Commander of the Bath.
Sir William Reid again kissed hands and retired.
Richard Mayne, Esq., Commissioner of the Metro-
politan Police, was introduced in like manner between
Bath King of Arms and the gentleman usher of the
Order, and had the honour of knighthood conferred
upon him by her Majesty. Sir Richard
kissed hands,
and was then invested by the Queen with the riband
badge, and star of a Civil Knight Commander
of the
Bath. Sir Richard Mayne,
after again kissing hands,
retired from the presence of the Sovereign. The investiture being concluded, the Knights Grand
Crosses retired from the lt,)yal presence.
The Court was attended by the Lady in Waiting,
the Viscountess Canning ; the Gold Stick, the Mar-
quis of Anglesey ; the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Ed-
ward Fitzalan Howard; the Lord in Waiting, Lord
Elphinstone ; the Lord in Waiting to the Prince,
Lord George Lennox ; the Groom in Waiting, Mr.
R. Ormsby Gore; the Groom in Waiting to the
Prince, Colonel Wylde ; the Silver Stick, Colonel
Parker ; the Equerry in Waiting, Colonel Buckley ;
the Groom of the Robes, Lieut.-Colonel Francis
Hugh Seymour; Field Officer in Brigade Waiting,
Colonel Colville; and the Pages of Honour in Wait-
ing, the Hon. W. Forbes and Mr. George G.
Cameron.

After the ceremony the Knights and Officers of the
Bath were ushered to the dining-room,where luncheon
was served.

Sir William Reid remains on a visit to her Ma-
jesty, and the rest of the Knights and Officers of the
Order took their departure from the Castle in the
afternoon.
A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, with
the band of the regiment, was on duty in the grand
quadrangle of the Castle during the Queen's Court.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
walked in the Home-park yesterday afternoon, after
their return from Claremont.

The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park
and in the Slopes this morning.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the
younger members of the Royal Family, took their
accustomed exercise.
Lord Elphinstone has relieved the Earl of Morley
as Lord in Waiting, and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore has
relieved Major-General Sir E. Bowater as Groom in
Waiting.

The Duke of Wellington and the Earl and Coun-
tess of Shaftesbury are expected at the Castle this
evening, on a visit to her Majesty.

The Cambridge University Commission bad a meet-
ing yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord
of the Treasury, Downing street. Present the Bishop
of Chester, Professor Sedgwick, Sir John Herschel,
and the Rev. W. H. Bateson (Secretary).
Mr. Shepherd, Chairman of the East India Com-
pany, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Down-
ing•street.

Colonel Nugent had an interview with Lord John
Russell yesterday at his official residence in Down-
ing-street. Mr. El wardes had also an interview with
the Noble Lord.

The Solicitor-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
A diss Laura Keene, who has lately been playing
with eclat at the Richmond Theatre, under the aus-
pices of Mrs. Brougham, appeared last night for the
first time before a London audience. The character
she essayed—that of Pauline, in the Lady of Lyons
—does not probably belong to the class in which she
will hereafter be the most successful, but her per-
formance was, nevertheless, more than respectable.
Sweetness and amiability prevailed throughout, and
her tone and bearing in the early scenes were
fraught with the extremest gentleness and grace—
qualities again most prepossessingly apparent in the
catastrophe, when she appeals to the charity
of the malignant Beauseant, and subsequently to the
warm and struggling sympathies of her unknown
husband. Nothing could be more delicate and femi-
nine than this, and upon this ground her performance
made a very favourable impression upon the audience,
who were easily disposed to overlook the want of
power which she manifested in the great scene of the
third act. Miss Keene has many advantages of per-
son—her figure, though slight, being elegant and
symmetrical, and her face—such that Chalon loved
to paint—well capable of indicating the sensations of
domestic emotion. A voice of the loveliest physical
quality, and a style unspoilt by exaggeration, com-
bined, in short, to invest her efforts with considerable
interest ; and she deservedly won a copious shower of
plaudits and bouquets at the termination of the play.
The occasion was the benefit of Mr. Henry Farren,
who sustained the part of Claude Melnotte—we may
add with strong and emphatic effect. The house was
well attended.

MISS CATHERINE HAYES
This great vocalist leaves New York to day, for a
fortnight or three weeks, and will proceed with her
suite, by
by the
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concert in Tremont
the Empire State, to
B
Temple, whose acoustic qualities are not good ; but
the power of the artist will overcome the difficulty,
and her concerts will be equally successful there as
here. She will meet with a splendid reception among
the eastern people, whose taste in music is equal to
their great intelligence and high order of education.
Her second concert in New England will be given
at Providence, as we stated on Saturday, after which
she sill return to Boston and proceed with the series
in that city. On her return to this city, she will
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give her second concert for Father Mathew, her fel-
ed
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concluding the second series of concerts here, Miss
Hayes will proceed to Philadelphia, where she will
probably give her concerts in the Musical Fund Hall,
one of the finest buildings in the world for singing.
Thence she goes to the Monumental City, where a
splendid reception awaits her. She will visit either
cities South and West, and we may
safely predict a
brilliant career for her in the United States. She
will be accompanied by Braham, Herr Mengis, Bou-
langer, and other artists.
coming, as she does,
that ever lived,
after one of the most vocalistspopulard
her genius is stamped
Catherine Hayes has nowd
been fairly tested in
every style of musical art; an
her success is enhanced, an
fact that the enthusiasm
proof of her merits than the
night
as of the very
increased night after as the concerts proceeded,
with greater excitement than
and the last was marked
higbest order. There can be no better
that while some have
preferred her in
the first. The receipts on Saturday evening exceeded
5,000 dollars.
Englishltiscurious ballads, others have been
better pleased with her songs from the Italian opera;
while both maintain that she stands A No. 1 in the
department in which they best like to bear her.
There can be no higher tribute than this to the versa-
tility of her genius, and the finished cultivation of the
wonderful organ with which nature has gifted her.
For our own part, we find it impossible to determine
where her greatest strength lies. She is powerful in
all ; but from what we have witnessed of her singing,
as well as from the judgment of those who have beard
her in opera, we incline to the opinion that great as
she is in the concert-room, she is far greater on the
stage, and that the full extent of Miss Hayes's powers
has not yet. been realised. We believe that in
such
h
Operas as Norma, Sonttambula, and Linda
ntouni" she is now without an equal
When she appears in opera in this country,
will have
does, she will be sure to electrify those y
Ork who
Herald.e
the good fortune to hear her.—New
in the world.
if she ever

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ea-Queen THE ORLEANS FAMlLY.—Several packages have
recently arrived in this country from France, belonging to
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her Majesty Marie Amelie, the of the French,
which have been forwarded to this country by order of the
Government of the French Republic. By special permis-
sion, they have been sent direct to their destination Con
arrival.