The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-22 00:00:00

E/4Y'9 POLL.

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Dunn • ,•• •• • f 494
Majority for Mr. trn the day's poll
GROSS i;OLL.

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Majority for Mr. Cosgeate on the gross poll --1(11
tle then declared, amidst much intatt,ption, that the elec-
tiOn had farkti. upon Mr. Cosgrave, and did!, he was duly
elected surgeon and titiOtbeeary for the parish for the year
ensuing.—(Loud applause, mingled with hisses.)
Three 4Theers were given to Mr. Dumb Awl three groans
to Mr. Cosgrave,
Both candidates tavitig titid tessed the meeting, thatlgh
with much interruption, the Vestry adjourned.

POST-OVVICE AIIIIANGEMENTS.—Tho Commis-
sioners of Post-office inquiry were met by the members of
the Chamber of Commerce for this city, and by the Har-
bour Commissioners, on Thursday. in, Commissioners
were occupied by Captain Evans, 11. N., who is at present
on a Government surifetin this country ; and by Major
Curry, the agent of the Beslictrongh estate (the Commis-
sioners sojourning at Besborough ranee their arrival in this
country) ; and by Colonel Curry, the agent to the Duke
of Devonshire. The tetiference was of considerable dura-
tion, and left a feeling of enittial satisfaction on the minds
of each party, while its results are likely to be most bene-
ficial in increasing the effectiveness of the communication
between the south of Ireland and the south of England, by
way of Milford. The official Gentlemen proved intimately
acquainted with all the facts and statements re,pecting the
intercourse between the two islands, the time in which it is
and ought to be performed, and all other essential particu-
lars, An unanimous feeling appeared to prevail on both
sides, after every possible consideration of the argument,
that Milford should be continued the point of communica-
tion at the other side, in preference to Bristol ; but it was
considered that, at least during' bummer and the prevalence
of certain frequent winds, it would be advisable to have the
steamers come up at otice to the city, in place of landing
their charge at Dunmore Last, and sending it up in a mail
coach. Captain Evans, who has recently surveyed the
harbour and river, and has ascertained the correctness of
the soundings and other particulars containad in the chart
lately prepared by Mr. Carter far the Harbour Commis-
sioners, corroborated the advantage of this measure. Ex-
pectation was held out that more powerful packets would
be placed on this important station, and that the route
through England would be so accelerated that the mail
could leave Milford at midnight, by which means it would
reach this city in the morning, in. time to arrive at Cork
and Limerick that evening.-Waterford Mirror.

A slight shock of an earthquake was felt, a few
mornings ago, between 6 and 7 o'clock, in the arrondissement
of Yvetot, and at Bourg Dun, near Dieppe. It extended
for about four leagues, and lasted about five or six seconds ;
a dead sound was heard, and several pieces of furniture
were shaken in the dwelling-houses. Some men; who were
fishing on the rocks, perceived the motion, and observed
several portions of the cliff at St. Valery fall.
Gardereau, a peasant in the Indre-et-Loire, France,
having been confined six months to his bed, was induced
by a neighbour, named Bachelier, to apply to a quack,
named Gautier, alias Fredaine. Gardereau's wife and Ba-
chelier found this infallible doctor drinking at a public-
house, Gautier assured them that Gardereau was poi-
soned, arid promised to cure him ; requiring an advance
of 1 lf., not for himself, but to propitiate the Evil One.
The next day Gautier went to his patient, and having ex-
amined his urine, and made sundry grimaces, talked of a re-
medy which would cost 30f. a-quart. The potion was de-
livered and duly paid for. It consisted of a powder of
mixed colours dissolved in a large quantity of water, from
the taking of which the patient expired in the most ex-
cruciating agonies. Gautier was prosecuted, convicted of
obtaining money on false pretences, and sentenced to im-
prisonment for five years. He appealed to the Royal Court
at Tours, before which he pleaded his own cause, stating
that he was a horse-doctor, and having found in a book of
prescriptions the Caryophillata, a remedy recommended for
cattle, he thought it might be good for Gardereau. He
also produced to the Court a book of magic, entitled,
Enchiridion Leonia Papa' Serenissimo Imperatori Carolo
Magno in munus datum, one of those works which rank
high among the compilations of ignorance and charlatan-
ism. Among its various recipes it contains some for win-
ning at play, for securing a white ball in the drawing of
the militia, thus making the conscription as ancient as the
time of Leo 111., that is, the ninth century ; of securing
the fidelity of a wife, and discovering a thief ; but Gautier
found none to save himself from imprisonment, for the Court
confirmed his sentence.
SPORTS OF THE BURMESE.—The people at
Tavoy have their wrestling matches, in which the Burmese
display much muscular strength, and no small degree of
art. They also, at certain festivals, have their men of
" the fancy," and the pugilists are only allowed to go
through a limited number of rounds, so that they are sel-
dom much hurt ; but in the presence of the golden foot
they fight more violently. The Burmese fence with sticks
ten or twelve feet long, which they hold with both hands
near the middle. They fight cocks with artificial spurs,
but these are generally made of bone, or of an aligator's
tooth, or even o a human bone if the parties are of royal
extraction, and so shaped as to resemble the natural spur ;
and they keep in jars, apart from each other, many fish of
a small species, found in fresh water, for the purpose of
fighting. Each party lets out a fish into a basin, and bets
are laid by the owners ; the fish is the " plakat" of the
Siamese, who also amuse themselves by exhibiting these
puny encounters. Buffalo fights are occasionally exhibited,
especially after harvest. I was present at one at Tavoy,
before the ex-chief, who gave up the place, and had relin-
quished all authority. The party which accompanied him
and his family consisted of the officers of the British de-
tachment ; and it was amusing on this occasion to those
used to Indian manners, to see the chief's wife walk arm-
in-arm with our commanding officer, and to remark the ab-
sence of all absurd shyness in the other females. The
concourse of persons, of both sexes, amounted to several
thousands. The buffaloes were backed against each other
by pairs, in the middle of a circle formed by the crowd ;
they were directed by men on their backs, one to each.
The riders dexterously evaded the horns of the animals
when they happened to take them in flank, by slipping off,
and then mounting again. Very few of the buffaloes would
remain after the second or third round ; and as they rushed
through the crowd many persons were severely hurt.—
C'aptain Low's Account (f Tennasscrim, in the Transactions
of the Asiatic Society.
THE DEAD INFANT FOUND IN MARLBO-
ROUGH-YARD, SAINT JAMES'S PALACE.—Yesterday a
highly respectable Jury, consisting of Yeomen Officers of
the King's Household, was assembled before F. J. Man-
ning, Esq., the King's Coroner, in the Suttling House of
the Guards of St. James's Palace, to inquire into the cir-
cumstances of the death of the newly-born female infant,
which was found dead on the morninc, of the 10th inst. in
a recess of the open quadrangle of the Palace near to the
wall of Marlborough House. Mr. Bainbridge, surgeon,
on a post mortem examination, concluded that the child
was fully grown, and born alive ; that after birth none of
the common attentions were paid to it, and that its death
was produced by the violent pressure of the thumb and a
finger upon the throat, so as to produce suffocation. The
Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some
person or persons unknown."
MELANCHOLY EVENT AT KENDAL.—A cir-
cumstance has occurred at Kendal since our last publica-
tion, which has diffused feelings of regret and melancholy
throughout several circles. Mr. James Fawcett, the Go-
vernor of the House of Correction there, and chief constable
of the borough, has lost his life by violence. We have
taken some pains to elicit all the particulars of this sad
event, and believe the following may be relied on asauthen-
tic. Mr. Fawcett was about 45 years of age, and had
been in office as chief constable nearly 20 years. On Sa-
turday last a man named Joseph Robinson (formerly' ground-
keeper for Mr. Whitwell, but subsequently the landlord of
a public-house in Kendal), was in company with his brother,
John Robinson, and they were drinking together at several
public-houses in the town ; they finally left Agnes Tait's,
the Queen Catherine Inn, Highgate, about one o'clock on
Sunday morning. They were both intoxicated : at that
time Mr. Fawcett was going his rounds, its police inspector,
and the two Robinsons being then making a disturbance in
the street, near the inn above-mentioned, with some casual
by-standers, he ordered them home, which order they re-
fused to comply with, and after some angry words a scuffle
ensued, blows were struck, and at length one of the Robin-
sons knocked Mr. Fawcett down, and the other kicked
him with such violence over a vital part that mortification
Itook place, and death ensued on Sunday afternoon. The
; two Robinsons were immediately apprehended, together
with a third person, whose name we have not been able to
learn. The circumstance has produced great excitement at
Kendal—Carli* patriot,