The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-28 00:00:00

MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY

DARING STREET ROBBER Y.-- Lslizabeth Stevens, it
fashionably-attired woman, was brought before Mr.:Bing-
ham, charged with stealing from the person of William
Elylias, 29, King-street, a gold watch, value 151.
The prosecutor, a native of Ir.dia, deposed that about
three o'clock on Friday morning last ho was proceed-
ing across St. James's-square, when he was accosted
by the defendant, who wished him to accompany her
home. He refused to have anything to say to her, and
walked towards his residence in King-street, when
on arriving at the door, the prisoner again
came up to him and twined her arms around
his waist, and begged of him to take her indoors. He
told her he had no money, and would not disgrace his
respectable lodgings by letting her enter the house. She
then pulled him some distance down the street, and tore
his coat open, and during the time he was endeavouring
to extricate himself from her embraces two men came
up, when the prisoner let go her grasp, and
ran away. The two men then placed them-
selves before him, and asked him the way to
Berkeley-square. He told them, and then went
to his lodgings. On pulling out the key to unlock the
door, he discovered that his watch had been cut from
the guard, which was hanging from his waistcoat pocket.
He immediately gave notice of the robbery to the police,
who succeeded in taking the prisoner into custody on
Saturday night. He was positive the prisoner stole the
watch, as be had occasion to look at it whilst she was
following him, and she no doubt saw where he carried
it. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed
for trial.

PROTECTIONIST MEETING AT
BEDFORD, AND SIGNAL DEFEAT OF THE
BENNETT'S PARTY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Ia pursuance of a requisition to the High Sheriff of
the county, a public meeting was held at the Shire-hall,
on Saturday, the 26th January instant, for the purpose
of taking into consideration the state of the agricultural,
and other interests, and to adopt such measures as the
meeting shall deem best for procuring equal and just
protection to every class of the community against foreign
competition.
The meeting was appointed to take place at one
o'clock P.M. Soon after the doors mere thrown open a
tremendous rush took place amongst the multitude which
should be in first. In a very short time the hall was
completely crammed, which is estimated to hold near a
thousand people, and some hundreds were in the square
that could not gain admittance. In the morning the
town was paraded with placards, bearing the motto,
" No bread-tax," with a loaf of bread on the top, and
" All go to the meeting."
Silence being obt ained,:the High Sheriff stated that the
farmers should be heard first, and that no one should be
allowed to address the meeting who was not an occupier
of land or a freeholder in the county, and that no amend-
ment should be proposed unless he assented to it.
Thereiwere preser t on the platform the High Sheriff,
the mayor of the borough (a Free-trader), the Hon. G.
R. Trevor, M.P., Mr. Lindsel►, and Col. Gilpin, three
puny landlords, about half-a• dozen methodist local
preachers, the tenantry cf Mr. Trevor, and some valiant
Free-traders, who were fully prepared to again
show the Protectionists the error of their ways,
and teach them a lesson that the country would
never more submit to have their food taxed for
the agrandisement of a few at the cost
and privations of the many. A great land monopolist, oc-
cupy ing eight firms, which formerly supported eight
I amilies, named rain. of Felniersham, now came forward
to address the meeting; he had not done so more than
three minutes when it was all uproar, and numberless
voices calling upon the sheriff to adjourn in the square,
which he positively refused.: Many attempts the speaker
made to be heard but it was all in vain, voices con-
tinually shouting "Come outside," "Peel and Cobden for
ever." The sheriff, the mayor, free-traders, and others
on tt e platform, used every endeavour for parties to be
heard, but it was all of no avail, consequently as the sheriff
would not comply with the request so repeatedly made,
numbers seemed determined that no one should be heard
within. The uproar and confasion still continued, when
the sheriff deemed it the wisest course to dissolve the
meeting, or in all probability a general fight would soon
have taken place, and no one •can tell what would have
been the consequences. Shortly after the sheriff left, and
witi followed into the street with dismal groans. The
Free.traders mustered aatrong force, and there can be no
doubt that if all parties could have been heard the pro-
position of the Protectionists would have been lost by an
overwhelming majority.

TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING
Six o'CLocx.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES.
9 to 1 agst Harriott
9 to 1 agst Osterley
16 to 1 agst Velos
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
15 to 1 agst Snowstorm
15 to 1 agst Chaptful
30 to 1 agst Ellorslie

CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Fugleman
20 to 1 agst Glauca—taken
22 to 1 agst Miss Ann
25 to 1 agst Cossack
25 to 1 agst Whim colt
25 to 1 agst Roland
28 to 1 agst Peep.ce-Day Boy—taken
40 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn
40 to 1 agst Ellerdale
50 to 1 agat Cockermouth
50 to 1 agst Collingwood
66 t) 1 agst Andalusian

DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Ghillie Callum
9 to 1 agst Bolingbroke
12 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel
16 to 1 agst Voltigeur
30 to 1 agst William the Conqueror

CAPTURE OF HIGHWAYMEN.—BaisToL, SATUR-
DAY .—For a considerable time past the neighbourhood
of this city has been infest-d by a notorious gang c f
highwaymen, known to the police under the appellation
of the " Ilanham and Cock-real Gang." To such an
extent have their depredations been carried, more espe-
cially in the rural districts of Brislington and Keyn-
sham, that many of the farmers were unwilling t, at-
tend, as usual, our corn and other markets, several out-
rages having recently been committed, ettended with a
great degree of personal violence. A Mr. Thomas
White, farmer, of Balcombe, was attacked the other
day within a few hundred yards of a farm-house on the
Frome nr ad, by two armed men who demanded his
money or his life; they dragged him off his horse and
commenced rifling his pockets. He shouted for assist-
ance, upon which they stuffed his mouth full of dirt,
and robbed him of all his loose cash, his notes,
which ho had placed in a private pocket, for-
tunately escaping their notice. Mr. Joseph Wyatt,
farmer, of Wick, was attacked in a similar
manner near Lansdowne, and robbed of his watch and
all he had about him; the highwaymen also cut
his bridle reins and stirrups to prevent his pursuing,
them. Mr. Wilkins, of the Bell-inn, Chelwood, Somer-
set, was waylaid by five men at the bottom of Knowle-
bill, who robbed him and then made off in the direction
of Keynsham. About an hour later the same evening
Mr. Barrow, a blacksmith and farrier, Iwho carries on
business at Keynsham, was stopped and, although he
resisted till he was nearly throttled, the blood gushing
from his mouth and nostrils, he was robbed of 51. By
the exertions of police-sergeant Hazell, No. 70, we are
happy to say five of the gang, named Samuel Bryant,
William Powell, William Gunning, Samuel Rogers, and
John Rogers, have been apprehended. One of them, we
are informed, has turned approver, and some bludgeons
have been found by the police at a spot indicated by
him. The prisoners were examined to-day and re-
manded, and it is stated that a great number of cases
will be brought home to them. Subsequently to their
apprehension another man, named Joseph Brittan, has
been taken into custody, and also the keeper of a beer-
shop in the vicinity of Hanham, named Eli Tremlett, at
whose house the police have received information, the
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hut tew brick buildings still existing, which may with
certainty be attributed to the Greek, and yet this kind of
building material was extensively used. The temple
Of Ceres, at Styris, and that of Apollo, in the citadel of
megeee, were constructed of brick, some dried and
others baked—these buildings were anterior to the
Roman Conquest. The palace at Halicarrassus was of
bricks faced with marble: there were three kinds of
bricks—one was a foot long and ha'f a foot thick; another
was one f,ot square, and a third of about one foot three
inches square. The latter were generally employed
in public edifices, and tl e others in private buildings.
Tiles also were manufactured fir the covering
of roofs, and on sever al of these may be
seen Greek inscriptions. Brick nails were covered with
a cement made of powdered marble (Vit., 1. 7, c. iti ).
A cement was also ( mployed upon atone, and traces of
it have been found on a number of columns belonging
to different temples of Greece, Sicily, and Italy.—Archi-
teat and Building Gazette.
A HAPPY FAMlLY.—Amidst the rocks of Loch
Shielding there is one rock, in a fissure cf which live in
the most perfect harmony, a hawk, a rook, a pigeon, and
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Australian colonies, which we are happy to believe will
fully recognize the principle of self-government.—
Weekly Chronicle.