The Sun.
London, England, 1832-12-26 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

On Monday, an elderly man r►amed Ebbs, was
brought up from thestation-house of the R division,
charged with using abusive language, and threatening
to fight the Rev. Mr. Hardwicke, Rector of Rother-
hithe, and also with committing an assault on the
sexton of the parish.
It appeared that on Sunday afternoon, while the
Reverend complainant was engaged in reading the
burial service over the corpse of an old woman who
died in the workhouse, the defendant, who seemed
to have been drinking, rushed into the churchyard,
and approaching Mr. Hardwicke in a menacing at-
titude, said he bad come there to lick the old parson..
The action and manner of the intruder, under such

circumstances, had the effect of interrupting the
service, and materially lessening the solemnity of
the occasion, the attention of the bystanders having
been called from witnessing a serious duty to that
of beholding the ridiculous antics of a drunken fool.
The sexton, who interfered to prevent any further
interruption, was seized by the defendant, who, be-
ing a powerful man, tore the frill of his shirt in the
scuffle. He then turned round upon the parson
again, and exclaimed, " Can you fight, you old
-," and would have violated the sacredness of
the place by striking the Rev. Gentleman had he
not been prevented, and taken by force away out of
the churchyard to the station-house.

The Magistrate asked the defendant, who ap-
peared to be ashamed of his conduct, why he bad

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presumed to enter the churchyard and behave in
the gross and unbecoming manner that had been
represented.

The defendant said that he was heartily sorry
for what had occurred, which he attributed to the
impression made upon his mind by the circum-
stance of the body of the deceased having been cut
and hacked about by the doctors in the workhouse,
because she died there. He admitted that he had

been drinking freely on the morning of the funeral,
and the fact of the old woman, who was his grand-
mother, being served in the manner he described,
operating upon his feelings, he had the folly of
venting bis indignation upon those whom he was
now convinced were no way concerned in the trans-

action. He added that he was a poor man, that he
had a wife and family, and as he was willing to
show lais contrition for what had taken place, he
trusted that his misconduct would be overlooked
this time.

The sexton said that the deceased expired of a
complaint not very prevalent, and that some of her
own near relatives having expressed a desire to have

a post mortent examination, the body was merely
opened for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of
her death.

The Reverend Complainant having expressed a
desire not to press the matter further, as the de-
fendant had evinced contrition for his conduct, he
was merely fined for being drunk, and cautioned not
to enter a churchyard again under such circum-
stances.

WHITBY.—Sucb has been the reckless expenditure which
has taken place at Whitby, in order to secure the election
of Mr. Chapman, the Conservative candidate, that the funds
of Trinity-house, or the Conservative funds, have been
drawn upon very largely. This election is supposed to
have cost the Tories not less than from 6,0001. to 7,0001.
Mr. Mooraom by a majority of 217 to 139.--Liverpool
Eercury.

H
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4 o'clock a. m. the bark William Booth, of Belfast,
timber-laden, bound from New Liverpool to Belfast, struck
on a reef of rocks at the entrance of Mannidn-bay, and
was immediately distnasted. The crew, including Cap-
tain LYI4cII, 15 in number, then took the boat, and mira-
culously escaped. They were hospitably received by
CHARLES 111'DoNNELL, Esq., who resides contiguously to
the shore. At high water the hull floated off the rocks,
and was drifting towards the shore, from which she was
not 200 yards, when she was boarded by the coast-guard,,
under the command of Captain BusHily, R. N., the in-
specting commander. The anchor was let go, and she
was yesterday evening riding within .50 yards of the rocks.
It has been blowing a strong gale, since she struck. Too
much praise cannot be bestowed on Captain BUSIIBY and
ti e coast-guards for their promptitude and active xertions
n rescuing, 6o far, the remains of ship and cargo from two
urces of destruction—the ocean and the anxiously ea-
peetan t pop u I ace. -- Con nauy ht Journal.