The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

A MAN PARTLY DEVOIT.RED BY PIGS.

On Thursday an inquest was held at Upton St.
Leonards, a village near Gloucester, on the body
of an old man named John Brown, who was found
dead in an orchard at that village, ou Tuesday
afternoon, with his body mangled by some pigs,
which had gnawed away his arm and part of his
nose. The following evidence was taken :
George Clapham stated—l am gardener and
bailiff to Charles Brooke Hunt, Esq., of Bowden-
hall. On Tuesday afternoon last, about half-past
two, in consequence of seeing the pigs collected in
an orchard adjoining the barn and sheds, and evi-
dently playing with something, I went to the spot,
and saw the body of the deceased. I drove the
pigs away, and afterwards examined the body.
Deceased was lying upon his back, and his right
arm was extended and had been gnawed by the
pigs, which had also gnawed his nose, the marks
on which were quite fresh. Deceased was dead
and quite cold. His hat, a bag, a hand-
kerchief, a table knife, and a raw onion were lying
near him. There is a footpath through the
orchard near where he was lying. 1 had known
deceased for several years, but had not seen him
before on that day—be was :n the habit of occa-
sionally begging in the parish, but I did not
know his name. Four pigs were standing near the
body. By direction of Mr. Brooke Hunt, I and
Richard Jones, in the presence of Mr. Hunt, re-
moved the body to the place where it is now lying.
Wm. Avery, labourer, of Upton St. Leopards,
said—l saw deceased on Monday evening, about
five o'clock, near Mr. Archer's mill. He was walk-
ing, appeared very tottering from old age. I asked
him where he was going, and he replied," To ray
old lodgings," by which I understood him to mean
some cattle stalls about two fields from where he
was standing, and in which he slept all last winter.
He supported himself chiefly by begging, but
worked a little in summer. I did not see him
again lintilhe was found dead in the orchard. The
footpath through the orchard was in the direction
of the stalls. I did not know where be came from,
but I asked him if he had any food, and he replied
he had some.
Thomas Brown, labourer, of Columbia-street,
Gloucester, deposed—Deceased is my father, and
was 67 years of age. My mother lives at Bisley, but
is visiting me now. I saw my father about three
weeks ago. He left me between seven and eight
o'clock in the evening, and .said he was going to-
wards Upton. He had a bag which I lent him. He
had his supper, and I gave him 3d. I begged and
prayed him to go into the union workhouse for the
winter, and he promised to do so.
The jury returned a verdict in accordance with
the evidence.

HONESTY SINGULARLY REWARDED.

Rumour has supplied us with the following rare
morsel of gossip for this season of jubilation :—Not
long since the visitors' book at a large hotel within
a hundred miles of the Admiralty Pier received the
name of " a fine old English gentleman," on whose
head the snow of 70 winters had left but little trace
of its pathway. Being an early riser, he the other
day left his couch shortly after dawn, to stir abroad
to sip the morning air, and unwittingly dropped
his purse while descending the staircase that led to
his chamber. Reaching but a short distance from
the hotel before he discovered his loss, he hastily
retraced his steps, and, on entering the house,
inquired of the first person he encountered (a cham-
bermaid just emerging from her teens) relative to
the truant property. The inquiry elicited in reply
that the femme de chambre had herself just found
the purse, and was then on her way to deliver it to
the proprietor of the hotel, in accordance with the
rules of the establishment. A transfer of the purse
to the hands of its owner followed ; and a cursory
glance satisfying him that the contents were intact,
he informed the finder that he would not forget her,
and then retired. Disappointed, and having but
little hope that the promise would be fulfilled, the
domestic soon communicated what had transpired
to sundry of her fellow-servants ; while the gen-
tleman in another direction was devising how the
most satisfactorily to all concerned he could reward
the (pretty, of course) chambermd
whilethe fin
of the purse was in the act of commenting rather
harshly on the absence of prompt generosity in its
owner, the ringing of a bell summoned her to an
interview with the veritable gentleman himself.
Doubtless with the rapi y dit of thought her mind
scanned the composition of her wardrobe, and fancy
added some long-coveted article of dress through the
bounty of the stranger ; but, to her astonishment,
he offered her his hand and fortune, which she
accepted, and on Thursday last obtainehoverd, as the
reward of her honesty, a husbnct M,-
niele.

DARING BURGLARY IN NORPOLL-0 II Saturday,
at the Shirehall, Norwich, two men, who gave their names
as Richards and Clark, one stating that he came from Liver-
pool, and the other from Stourbridgo, but who are sup-
posed not to have revealed their real names, and to belong
to London, were charged with burglariously entering Lang-
ley-hall, the seat of Admiral Sir W. Beauchamp-Proctor,
on the night of the 11th inst. It appears that the thieves
gained admission to the mansion by forcing the window of
5 closet on the ground floor; they ransacked the
.lowter
rooms, but being disturbed, some silver covers belonglintigiiro,
a dressing case, two coats, and a few other things °
value were the only articles which they succeedclic
• circulated
ing off. Information of the occurrence wasra intrearry!
PiburYglars were
throughout the Eastern Counties, and
teed the coats for
traced to Colchester, where they offered
;back into Suffolk,
sale. They then appear to have turnsovo
since at Wood-
:or they were apprehended
.a day qri
in
their possession.
bridge with the silver articles sti
The men, who were identified
publichouse as having been Been by
hood of Langley-hall on the night
took place, were sera
the landlord of a local
biry him in the neighbour-
on which the robbery

KOSSUTH ON 0.,11.T8ALD.1. AN fi
AUSTRIA,

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At a soiree, held by the Garibaldi euintilitteo in
Glasgow, on Friday night, the following letter from
M. Kossuth was read :

London, Dee. 20, 1860.
" Robert Wrear, Esq., Secretary, Garibaldi
Fund Committee.
_ _

"Dear Sir,—l beg to thank the committee of the
Garibaldi Fund for inviting me to the soiree to be
held to-morrow on the occasion of closing the fund.
To my sincere regret I am prevented from attend-
ing the meeting, but most heartily do I concur in
the homage of admiration which I expect the
meeting to pay to Garibaldi, the glorious liberator
of Southern Italy. Never surpassed by any one in
heroism, rarely equalled in civic virtue and
patriotic self-abnegation, his name will shine with
imperishable lustre amongst the noblest, best, and
greatest of all ages, while he most assuredly is the
great man of our own age. I beg to congratulate
both the committee on the success, so well deserved
by their earnestness of purpose, and the subscribers
on the liberal spirit which they displayed in re-
sponding to the appeal. This, spirit, however, is
nothing new to me.
I had the good fortune fre-
quently to enjoy the
privilege of public and private
wciitrihzetnisl eopeoplesuetwithintercourse
goof
wScotlandi incu
gfreinenerdalyl,
lar. I know how true and earnest they are in the
sympathies for the cause of liberty. With them
these sympathies are not a matter of momentary
ebullition, but are a matter of principle, of strong
conviction. of correct reasoning, and comprehensive
views—a matter of the head not less than of the
heart. Neither can I have the slightest doubt that
although the proceedings of the Garibaldi Fund
Society shall have been closed with this soiree, the
people of Scotland will not abate in their determi-
nation to closely watch the phases and interests of
the Italian question, and to bring the weight of
their opinions to bear on the policy of the British
Government when required. I regret to say they
have occasion to be watchful even now. To be sure,
most wonderful is the progress which the cause of
Italian unity and independence has made within
the last year. But the end is not yet by-and-bye.
Austria still stands in arms on the Alincio. Her
impious foot is still planted on the neck of fair
Venetia. Unless that foot is removed, unless Aus-
tria is thrown out, Italy is not one, and her inde-
pendence is not worth one year's purchase. I shall
say more: to have the Italian question definitively
resolved, it is not enough to throw out the Austrian
from Italy, she must be thrown out in a manner
that will leave her powerless, even to go there
again. Europe is sick of those hand-to-mouth
diplomatic trickeries of antiquated craft, which
solve no problem, decide no question, and only
leave to posterity the curse of ever-recurring
disputes about aggravated uncertainties. The
political problems of
the age require solu-
tion. Europe wants not armed truces
which drain uselessly the life sweat of
nations. Europe wants peace, which only the
rule of right founded on liberty
and
contentment
can give. Europe wants secure tranquillity, which
only the satisfaction of legitimate national aspira-
tions can give. In the way of that peace, of that
tranquillity, stands the House of Austria. Her
very existence as a first-rate Power is a source of
eternal discord, troubles, wants, revolutions in
Europe. Good for nothing on earth, she forms the
great European nuisance, without the removing of
which there can be no peace, no tranquillity in.
Europe. The removal of that nuisance is an ire_
perative desideratum and a logical complement of
the Italian question. lam not wanted to enlarge
on this truth. It is perfectly understood in Scot-
land, and is inseparably blended with the instincts
of the people of Scotland. Lately yet, when the
Garibaldi Fund Committee first issued its appeal,
the very first contributor who sent in his pound,
sterling to the fund, sent in another pound for
me. That pound was, at my request, added to the
Garibaldi Fund. I regret not to know from whom
it came, as I should like to give him in public
my thanks, I allude to this fact as presenting
an appropriate evidence how, in the opinions of
the people of Scotland, the cause of Italy is insepa-
rable from the cause of Hungary; so much so, that
whoever wishes Italy to be independent, must wish
Hungary to become independent. Such are the
opinions of the people of Scotland. But the
opinions of their Government are not in keep-
ing with the opinions of the people. They (the
Government) have nothing to gainsay against
the Italians doing as they may with the King
of Naples that was, and with the Pope, whose tem-
poral power is going, going, gone ! And so far so
good. But as to Austria and her rule over Venice,
that is different in the opinions and aspirations of
the British Government. Still nervously clinging
to the long exploded antiquated prejudice (which
at all times was a prejudice), but which, to day, is
a prejudice scarcely fit, for the nursery tale ; still
clinging, I say, to the antiquated prejudice that
" Austria is necessary to England,' the English
Government, while advocating the principle of
non-interference, actually do in every possible
manner intermeddle with the natural logic of the
Italian question as far as Venetia is concerned ;
they use persuasion, menaces, threats to prevent
Italy from emancipating Venice; hostile, most
decidedly hostile to the national aspirations of
Hungary, they set themselves up as keepers and
protectors of the unmolested safety of that great
European nuisance, which answers to the name—
Austria; they go so far in their fond, one might
almost say amorous, solicitude for that old decripit
sinner, as not only to fly into passion on her ac-
count, not only to forget that calm, dignified
civility in diplomatic intercourse, which gives
authority to the strong, but they actually take
upon themselves to act the police for Austria,
watching the doings of the Hungarian emigration
in foreign countries ; nay, while a few years ago
England did not shrink from a great war rather
than allow Russia to invade the Danu-
bian Principalities, at this moment (unless
I am strangely misinformed) the Eng-
lish Government approves of the menace
of Russia to occupy those principalities in case
there would be reason to believe that some little
mischief might possibly come from that quarter
against the safety of Austria's usurpatory rule over
Hungary. Really there is urgent occasion not to
relax in watchfulness.—I have the honour, to
remain, dear sir, your most obedient servant,
" KOSSUTH.