The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

A BURGLAR SECT BY A CLERGYMAN,

The most daring case of burglary which ever
took place in Derby4hire occurred between 1 and 2
o'clock on Saturday morning last at the residence
of the Rev. J. Nodder, of Marsh-green, Ashover,
about eight miles from Chesterfield. The house
in which the rev. gentleman resides stands by itself
in
.a secluded place about half a mile from the vil-
lage. Mrs. Nodder slept in a room in front of the
hall, and Mr. Nodder in an apartment at the back
of the building adjoining the servants' bedrooms.
An infant about seven weeks old slept in a cot in
Mrs. Nodder's room, but it awoke between 1 and
2 o'clock ; while Mrs. Nodder was attending to it
she heard a noise, which she first thought was oc-
casioned by her husband Stirling the fire in his
e and close to the glass.
room, and she took no further notice of it. In a
minute afterwards she heard the noise again, and
went-to the window of her bedroom and drew the
oblindof
a maa
n little
outside o n one side, when she saw the figure
the
window
She was in her night dress, and immediately drew
back, put on her slippers, lifted the baby out of the
Nsidnodlonlgv and the centre frame-
cot with one hand and rushed out of the room,
shutting the door after her. and holding it in her.l
this six of the lower
hand.pwaoureks 1
of
Whileefrgelas
mss a
in
smashed,
eet
dhw, and two menea window
entered the room
through the window by means of a ladder, which
fromd dNodder
held
the
the door until she
stacliyard adjoining
was overpowered, when she rushed into a passage
on the stairs and locked the door, leaving the bur-
tthheeyho hadiis e. prMocrus. er
Ndo
bur-
glars fastened in the room. They were provided,
however, with a "jemmy" or small crowbar, and
with this instrument they broke the panels of the
door, and unlocked it, and so got into the passage
communicating with the bedrooms. Tho first room
they entered was that occupied by a lady named
Miss Jleeley, a niece of the rev. gentleman, who
was so alarmed that she lifted up the lower sash of
the window and jumped into the yard, a height of
14 feet, with nothing on her but a nightgown, .
and
in this state ran for three-quarters of a mile into
the village to the rectory-house. After escaping from
her room Mrs. Nodder went into that occupied by
her husband, and called, out, ',' Papa, papa, here
are thieves, and they 11 murder us." She had
' locked the bedroom door 'after, her, and Mr. Nod-
der jumped out of bed and armed himself with a
pair of large horse pistols which were loaded on the
top of a cupboard, which contained the rev. gen-

tlemni's plate. The burglars outside called out,
" Now lads ; now lads, come on, they'te here.''
Mr. Nodder, who was in the room, celled out, " If
you enter here I will shoot you." The burglar 3
took no heed, but prized the door open, and one of
them entered the room with a black ma,k over his
face, and a black gown on his body, which c tvered
his clo• hes. He bad a candle in his hind, which li?
held down towards the lower part of his body.
Mrs. Ncdder, who was greatly alarmed, slid to her
husband, "Oh, my dear, give th,in what they went,
or they'll murder us." Mr. Nodder s•epped about
three yards back, said to the man, " I'll give you
what you want," and fired one of the pistols at the
man, and the shot entered his abdomen. The bur-
glary now made a Precipitate retreat, and as the
man ran the shot fell from his eloi hes. They fled
into a bedroom and jumped through a window,
taking the glass and framework with them. They
bad to alight in the yard, which was about 14 feet
from the ground, and adjoining the wind. rev through
which Miss Heeley had jumped a short time before.
Mr. Nodder rang the alarm bell imme liately, which
brought about a dozen persons to the place, and a
search was immediately instituted for the wounded
man, as it was believed, that he was so crippled
with the shot and the leap through the window
that he could not escape from the neighbourhood.
Information was also given to Mr. Holmes, super-
intendent constable of the district, and alga to Mr.
Radford, superintendent of the Cheaterfield bo-
rough police, both of whom made a minute investi-
gation of the premises. The bur.4la,r who had been
shot left traces of blood in the direction in which
,he had run, and the marks of blood and pieces of
flesh on the window through which they had
leaped loft no doubt that either one, or both of
them were severely cut. A large yar'd dog
which. was turnedAdpse ilirtrigllPM:llslAo-'0M334
it having been drugged. Footmarks were traced
from the hall across the flower garden and in the
direction which they had run by Mr. Radford, Mr.
Manes, a county mtgistrate, who resides near, and
Mr. Nodder himself ; and in a field about 200 yards
distant Mr. Radford found a mask and a dress which
had been used as a disguise, and three others were
found during the morning, clearly showing that at
least four persons were engaged in the burglary.
Heeley, the lady alluded to above, lies in a
precarious state. She is suffering severely from an
injury to the spine and great nervous excitement.
The police have obtained a clue to the burglars,
which we hope will lead to their detection. A butcher
who was travelling from Wirksworth to Ches-
terfield market, overtook a man at Kelstedge, near
.Ashover, whose leg was bandaged up
.and much
swollen, and who lay by the road-side, just within
a gate. The man, whose hands were cut, asked for
a ride to Chesterfield, and he gave the driver Is. to
take him. He was assisted into the cart, and gave
two different-stories. of how he had become lame.
First he said he had been robbed, and secondly
lie mid he had been engaged in a prizefight for 501.
On their arrival at Chesterfield the man was put
down at the White Horse, where he bad his boots
and clothes cleaned, and he was conveyed to the
Chesterfield station in the omnibus, and took a

ticket for Derby. From what information has been
gleaned there is reason to believe that the burglars
belong to a Nottingham gang.

THE CARNITAL IN PARIS.

The Paris correspondent of the Nord sends the
following details of the late fancy ball given by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs :—" Count Walewski
and the Countess Walewska received their guests,
the former in a black costume of the time of Louis
XVI., with powder and the grand blue cordon ;
and the latter in the mythological costume of
Diana, the huntress. About 10 o'clock the crowd
of guests began to fill the salons, and it was soon
regretted that the gentlemen had somewhat too
much abused the permission to appear in domino.
The fete was wonderfully splendid and animated.
The mazurka and the lancers were several times
danced, the latter continuing to be the rage among
the Parisians. A Styrian quadrille was also danced,
in which Mademoiselles de Leventhal and Wadicka
and the Count de Castiglione appeared in appropri-
ate costumes. After a splendid supper the ball con-
cluded, as usual, by a cotillon, which was conducted
by the Count de Raincourt, who wore the uniform
of musketeer of the time of Louis XV., with the
Countess Waleswka as his partner. Almost all the
ladies of tho Court had adopted the powdered and
ribanded style of Madame do Pompadour. Several
ladies among, whom were Mesdames .S trozzi, de
Hatzfeld, de Beyens, de Pairs, kc., had adopted a
domino trimmed with lace and flowers, and so ar-
ranged as to allow them to dance. The persons
belonging to the• Ministry, MU. de' Lesseps, de
Billing, Declercq, Marchand, D. sceaux, Ed. Lefe-
byre. Armand, and do Trevise were remarked far '
the good taste and elegance of their costumes. The
members of the Persian embassy appeared in
the ancient Persian costume. Some young at-
taches of Hesse, Bavaria, and Belgium adopted
the costumes of the staff of Prince Eugene, Count
Karoly representing that personage. The Princess
Mathilde figured as a marquise of the time of Louis
XV., and wore a dress of blue damask ; the Pius-
cess Joachim Murat was also a marquise of the
same reign, and wore a dress of white damask,
with roses and diamonds ; Madame de la Poise,
one of the ladies of the Empress, Madame de Mass-
iron, and the Princess Poniatowska, and about 30
other ladies, wore likewise the costumes of mar-
quises of the time of Louis XV. The Spanish Am-
bassadress, the Countess de Serrano, wore the cos-
tume of Isabel de Valois—a very high dress with a
large cross on the breast. The Counts de Cas-
tiglione (who was one of the few who had the
courage to abandon crinoline) wore a very original
costume of exquisite taste—appearing as the Queen
of Hearts, crowned with a heart, her hair falling
down on her shoulders, a dress with large folds
falling straight, ornamented with various colours,
and with heraldic bearings on one side. Mdlle. Mag-
nan, daughter of the Marshal, wore a hunting cos-
tume of the time of Louis XV. Madame de
Seebach wore the costume of the wife of a
Boyard of the time of Peter the Great—a dress of
cloth of gold, trimmed with furs, and a profusion
of diamonds. The Princess Callimaki was in the
costume of Maria de Medicis, and had the hardi-
hood to wear a frill of enormous dimensions. The
Prince's Czartoriska, who arrived from Rome three
days before, had a charming costume of a bourgeoise
of the time of Louis XVI., with a large bonnet
ala Necker. Madame Dubois l'Estane. looked
charming as a grisette of the time of Louis XV.
Madame Poujade, niece of the Prince Caimacan of
Wallachia, was dressed as a peasant girl of the
Danube ; the Marquise de Portes was as a n ttive
of Cracow ; the two daughters of Baron de Hub-
ner were as village brides of the Opera Comique ;
Madame Fleury, widow of the General, wore the cos-
tume of a Lady of the Court of Louis XVI., a silk
dress of large designs, gigantic hoop, and a head-
dress of several ranges surmounted with feathers.
The Countess Stephanie Tascher de la Pagerieevore
the costume of a marquise of Louis XV. ; Madame
Gensano looked well as a Neapolitan peasant ; and
Madame de Brigode was superb in the costume of
a Bohemian lady. The two Princes of Reuss wore
the Croatian peasant costume, with Hungarian
boots and pantaloons ; MM. de Grote and Albe-
dinski had adopted the costume of wealthy Russian
peasants, very exact, very rich, and very much ad-
mired; MM. de Chassiron and do Bersolles had the
costume of the time of Henri 111. ; M. de Beyens,
that of a soldier of Louis XIII. ; M. Olympe
Aguado, a very rich Eastern costume ; M. Gustave
de Rothschild appeared as a Greek, and the rich-
ness of his arms, which were ornamented with pre-
cious stones, excited general admiration."

CUSTOMS' DUTIES.

--4 C-

The Board of Trade have issued an account of the
Customs duties received during the past year as com-
pared with the two preceding years. The subjoined
table shows the total, distinguishing the amounts ob-
tained from the 13 principal articles. In every case an
increase is exhibited. It is to be noticed that the sum
raised from all articles beyond the 13 specified is only
544,9401., and the public will be surprised to learn that
according to a return lately obtained by Mr. Ewart
there are still 139 descriptions of goods held liable to
duty which severally yield to the revenue a less amount
than 10,0001. Out of these 139 there are 31 which
do not bring in so much as 201. each. From the
figures for 1855 it appears that ammunition, essence
of sprace, manna ezoup, and perfumed powder contri-
buted 11. each to the national Exchequer :-
1854. 1855. 1856.
Sugar
Tea
Tobacco
Spirits 2,693,034 2,464,161 2,560,459
Wine
Timber 621,611 476,838 564,868
Grain and Flour 415,173 325,139 488,724
Coffee
Fruits
Silks
Butter audpee,se 168,541 159,644 173,950
Spices
Tallow 52,117 56,540 68,457
Other Artioics

22, 357 ASB 22,615,708 24,206,844

The Lincoln meeting seems likely to prosper under
the now management. In every respect it was most
satisfactory, the fields were large, the sport interesting,
and the arrangements unexceptionable. Right plevant,
too, was the meeting and recognition of old friends whom
the winter interregnum had separated. In the weighing
room or in the ring there was a general nodding of
heads and shaking of hands, so cordial and hearty
that they give an additional zest to the enjoyment of the
port: Tfie town was crowded. The Great Northern
Hotel havieg a full complement of aristocratic visitors,
and the increased demand for beds, caused racing men
—legitimate prey, in the opinion of hotel and tavern-
keepers—to be mulcted in exorbitant sums for board
and lodging. Four races • per day were decided,
bringing out in the aggregate sixty-nine run-
ners. A pretty good stet t for the season that !
Mr. T. Pair • wag attended with his old luck, for
he won the opening event with Apathy, an animal whose
bright, coal, star-like eye, and well-developed muscle
contrasted strangely with the ragged appearance pre-
sented by the majority of the animals that ran at Lin-
coln. Flatman, who had not figured at Lincoln for
many years, rode the winner, and right glad was I to
see so c!ever a jockey commence the season successfully.
Fordham, who has grown and "thickened" much during
the winter was on Paula Monti, and he will soon lose the
distinction of being classed amongst the "light weights."
The Two Years 011 race brought out a clipping filly in
Greenwich Fair, whose wondrous turn of speed is likely
to place many a stake to the credit side of her owners'
account at Messrs. Weatherby's.
The Steeplechase was " square' enough, and the
partisans of Tohernaya and Janus were equally sanguine.
T.thernayar who had a slight " call" when the ring broke
up, won easily enough, thanks perhaps to Janus's
tumble.

Early Bird is certainly an unlucky beast. Had be
got off on fair terms, or had the horses another twenty
yards to go for the Handicap he would have won, huh
his party had the mortification to experience a disap-
pointment caused by an accident. These things, how-
ever, give a fillip to speculation, and constitute the
glorious uncertainty of the Turf. Huntington, who we;
purchased by Mr. Mellish, for 100 guineas, at New-
market Houghton meeting last year, was the winner,
and paid his new owner for his winter's keep with
interest.

Weathercock tried
.to concede 191bs. to Nicholas,
and failed. He tired so perceptibly at the finish that
they who questioned his ability to stay four miles at,
Liverpool had their doubts confirmed. Still Ben Land
satisfied with his horse's performance, and is aq san-
guine as ever about winning the " Grand National." Is
it rain to aspire with such a Weathercock.
_

To judge from the programme and the number of
horses reported arrived a capital meeting is likely to be
celebrated at Nottingham, where the lads of the village
will congregate in large numbers. Really Mr. Brad-
field is a most enterprising clerk of the course, and de-
serves to be supported.

Although Early Bird would prefer the coarse half a
mile shorter, yet his running at Lincoln induces me to
believe that he will compensate his supporters for their
disappointment In that locality by winning the Spring
Handicap, Tom Thumb and Sister to Elfrida may be
his most formidable opponents.

Despite her " 51b extra " Greenwich Fair will lead
her opponents a merry danc for the Little John Stakes.

On the Hurdle Race I shall not express an opinion,
and the result of the Forest Plate will depend upon the
running on the first day.
February 23.

A FRESH MAN.

ARRIVALS AT NOTTINGHAM.

Apathy, Early Bird, St. Julian, Walhalla, Sir Isar c
Newton, Nora Creina (2 yrs), Colt out of Cocktai!d
Dam (2 yrs), Nicholas, Jack the Giant Killer, Lady
Malcolm, State Mare, Woodmite (2 yrs), Little Tom,
Cripple, Schrifton (2 yrs), Greenwich Fair (2 yi-s),
Vaulter, Usurer, Weatherglass (2 yrs), Gaiehound,
Westhorpe, Creeping Jane, and Jackey Lath.
Many others are 'expected.
HURDLE Recn.—Caledonian and First of May have
paid forfeit.
ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES OP TSB EDINBURGH
UNIVERSITY.

The following letter has been received from Sir
John M'Neitl, by the secretary of the associated
societies, in reply to one announcing his election
as honorary president of the a9sociation

"Granton floue.e,Febraary 12, 1857.

"Sir,—On my return home this afternoon I had the
honour to receive your letter of yesterday, informing me
that I have been elected honorary president of the
associated societies of the University of Edinburgh,
and requesting that I will enable you to lay before 'the
societies my acceptance of that office.
"To have been thus selected by the unsolicited
suffrages of•such men for the highest honour which they
can confer, would have been a most flattering acknow-
ledgment of the most eminent public services. I grate- -
fully appreciate the motives by which the societies have
been actuated, and I accept with pride this generous
recognition of honest efforts to serve the country.
"It will give me great pleasure to arrange with the
committee the time during the present session when the
installation ;nay take place.—l have the honour to be,
Sir, your very faithful servant.
(Signed) "JOHN
"Alex. Taylor Innes, Esq." •
It is expected that Sir John's inaugural address
will be delivered about the 23d March.