The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-27 00:00:00

TRIUMPHANT RECEPTION OF
DR. BOWRING, M.P., IN THE ISLE OF
MAN.

(Abridged from Mona's Herald.)
Yesterday morning preparations were commenced
at an early hour, and the greatest excitement every-
where prevailed among the inhabitants, in order to
receive Dr. Bowring, who, with his lady, was to
arrive by the mail steam-packet, King Orry, in the
afternoon, with all due respect, honour, and grati-
tude, and evince to the world that the Manx people
are not ungrateful to their benefactors. The day,
although a little lowering, continued throughout all
that could be desired ; and a large portion of the in •
habitants appeared not to have changed their Sunday
attire, except in the immediate vicinity of the places
where the triumphal arches were being erected along
the line of procession which the Hon. Gentleman
would pass on his way from the pier to Castle Mona.
The numerous shipping in the harbour displayed a
profusion of their choicest flags. Cannons were heard
at intervals throughout the afternoon, and after the
packet came in sight the firing in all directions was
continuous.

Shortly after three o'clock the various Friendly
Societies began to assemble at the Odd Fellows' Hall,
in A thol-street, and shortly after five proceeded to the
pier in procession, with banners, bands, &c. All
having taken up their position in due order, awaited
the arrival of the packet. Meanwhile thousands of
spectators, all in holiday attire, crowded to the pier
and place of debarkation, animated by one enthusi-
astic feeling of gratitude to the man who had so suc-
cessfully pleaded their rights in the British Senate.
About half-past five o'clock the mail-packet, King
Orry, Captain Gill, with all her colours flying,
reached the pier-head; and immediately on coming
within hail, the cheering with which the assembled
thousands welcomed their honoured visitor was long
and loud, and the enthusiasm unbounded. The ordi-
nary passengers having landed, the Fiscal Committee
went on board to welcome Dr. Bowring and his lady.
Mrs. Bowring leaning on the arm of Sir W. Hil-
lary, and the Doctor on the arm of W. Kelly,
Esq., as they set foot on Mona's shore were received
with renewed cheering, the bands striking up " See
the Conquering Hero Comes," escorted by Lieut.-
Col. Campbell, with Sir Wm. Hillary, Magistrates,
the Fiscal Committee, and many other respectable in-
dividuals, accompanied with equally enthusiastic de-
monstations, proceeded along the pier to the Victoria
Hotel, the whole route being lined with many thou-
sand spectators. Dr. Bowring and his lady, accom-
panied by Mr. Wm. Kelly and Mr. T. Garrett, jun.,
having entered the carriage, the procession moved on.
At length, the procession having reached the Castle,
the general cheering was resumed, and the bands
striking: up their liveliest tunes, the Hon. Gentle-
man rose in the carriage and attempted to address the
crowd; but it was many minutes ere silence could be
obtained or his voice heard, and as it was, almost
every sentence of his short but excellent address W 43
enthusiastically cheered. The Hon. Gentleman spoke
nearly as follows:

“ My friends, I wish my voice had many times its
real compass, that so far as words would convey to
you what I feel, I might express to the thousands
here assembled, my deep sense of gratitude for thi,,
most unexpected reception--this unexampled demon-
stration.--(Cheers.) I have done but little to deserve
all this kindness. You laboured under a deep wrong.
Her Majesty's Ministers lent a willing ear, and were
anxious to promote your welfare.—(Cheers.) It has
been raid that man is naturally cold and ungrateful,
but, my friends, I have never found it so ; my ex-
perience has been far different. Your kindness, my
friends, has been far, very far beyond my deserts or
what I had any right to expect.—(lmmense
cheering.) This demonstration proves that ingra-
titude is no charasteristic of the Isle of Man.—(Re-
newed cheering.) As I came along I heard a cry of
Down with the House of Keys.'—(The Hon. Gen-
Lleman's voice was instantly drowned in a burst of loud
and long-continued cheering which was repeated unin-
terruptedly
for about five minutes ' • when silence was
in some measure restored he proceeded)—My friends,
I am not here to join in that cry. The Keys may
be rather rusty and I have no objection to their being
polished a little ; they are too little used, and the first
thing I would do is to try to make them open their
own doors. They must be improved so as to har-
monise with the spirit of the age ; but, my friends, I
will not lend my aid to overturn any of your vene-
rable institutions. The Keys may be of im-
mense service to their country, and especially
now when increased intercourse is to be opened
up between your island and the surrounding
countries.—(Cheers.) You may, my friends, feel
assured that on all future occasions no single indivi-
dual in your island shall want the aid of my assist-
ance in redressing their wrong;.—(Cheers.) I grate-
fully and most cordially thank you for this most
flattering reception.”—(lmmense cheering.)
The immense multitude who crowded the Castle
grounds remained for some time after the Hon. Gen-
tleman and his lady had retired to their apartments ;
the fiscal committee remained for some time at the
Castle, and the bands enlivened the scene with many
of their very spirited strains. It is supposed that al-
together during the procession no fewer than 10,000
persons were assembled.

During the evening bonfires were kindled on
Douglas Head, Banks How, and an immense fire
blazed from the apex of the landmark on the Head,
and in various other localities. There was a splendid
display of fireworks on the Castle Mona grounds.

NIOIIT POAC/lING PREVENTION ACT.—An Act
came into operation on the 4th of July last to extenfl
the Act of the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 69, which was passed
to prevent persons going armed at night for the destruc-
tion of game. It appears that the recited Act has been
of late years evaded by the destruction, by armed persons
at night, of game or rabbits, not upon " open or enclosed
lands," as described in the said Act, but upon public
roads and highways, and other roads and paths. leadin,„r
through such lands, and also at the gates, outlets, and
openings between such lands, &c., so that not only has
the destruction of game or rabbits not been preveeted,
but the risk of murder and other grievous offences in-
creased, and great danger and alarm occasioned to pee-
sons using such roads, highways, and paths. It is now
declared that the punishments and forfeitures imposed by
the recited Act shall extend to persons unlawfully taking
or destroying any game or rabbits on a road, highway,
or any path, and they may be seized without a warrant,
and dealt with according to the provisions in the statue
mentioned.
An alarming accident happened on Thursday last
to the second son of Earl Jermyn, a fine spirited youth
about seven years of age. He was riding a Shetland pony
in the park at Ickworth, in company with his noble pa-
rents, and had advanced a little before them, when the
animal suddenly ran away and threw him with great
force against the trunk of a tree. The Earl and Lady
Katherine hastened forward and found him in a sense-
less state from a violent blow on the head, and her Lad-
yship remained with him on the grass whilst his Lordship
hastened for the carriage, in which he was conveyed to
the hall, still insensible. The attendance of Dr. Probart
and Charles Smith, Esq., was procured as quickly as
as possible, and the latter gentleman was with the little
sufferer all night, great apprehensions being entertained
for the result, but he rallied in tho course of the follow
ing day, and we rejoice to hear that he is likely to do
well.—Bury Post, Sept. 24.
DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—In conse-
quence of a suspicion that one of the plantations on the
Saltram property had been cleared of its game by
poachers, a watch was set, and on Friday night last
poachers were met with, and a severe conflict ensued.
One of the under keepers, named George Saunders, who
first met with the offenders, was seriously injared ; he
was beaten most unmercifully, and then gagged to pre-
vent his making any alarm which might bring him help.
The poachers now fled, and having crossed a field, were
climbing a gate that they might escape into the turn-
pike road, when they were surprised by an attack from
the head gamekeeper and two of his assistants, who had
been lying in ambush. Here another fearful struggle
took place. which ended in the capture of three of the
poachers, the fourth having escaped. These were takee
to Saltram House, and confined there until the next day,
when they were taken to Ridgway before a bench of
magistrates, who fully committed them for trial at the
coming assize. The names of the captured poachers
are—James Saunders, George Davey, and John Lang-
don. The fourth party having escaped his fellow-
poachers decline giving his name. A hare and two
snaring nets were found upon the person of James
Saunders, who is in no way related to George Saunders,
his Lordship's keeper. Several of the parties, as may
be sipposed, are very severely bruised and wounded.—
Devonshire paper.
RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The man who travels by
a railroad sees nothing, learns nothing, and is nothing,
from the commencement of his journey to its termina-
tion. Speed saves, or, it may be said, annihilates time
and distance, but at what cost ? We are not putting a
money question. At what loss? should be the word.
He who rechnes in a locomotive machine, going at the
rate of thirty miles an hour, is as insensible to the beau-
ties of the country he is passing
.through, to its legen-
dary attractions, to the origin of its hamlets and its sa-
cred temples, as the engine itself. In such a traveller
the poetic impulse must be chilled. If he be aged he
must feel that old times have passed away; that father-
land, dear to his early affections, does not exist on the
line of railway; and that what he once saw with rap- 1
ture, and cherished in his memory, is now all blank—a
long line of cold iron, burning cinders, dirty smoke, suffo-
cating vapour, and eternal dreariness. On the other
hand, if the traveller be young, he has little to regret, in-
asmuch as he is deprived, by the modern process of fly- ,
ing over the land, of any opportunities of being conscious
of what is worth being seen, studied, and admired in
the rural retreats of England. This is a change which
few people think of. It is all very well to take a steam
flight from London to Liverpool or Manchester, from
London to Bath, Bristol, and Exeter, or from London,
or from any one place to any other, by steam power ;
but it is quite another thing to consider of what vast ad-
vantages the rapid tourist is deprived, by not being en-
abled to see the beauties of the country, the gems of an
old land, the hoary ruins, and the temples gray, and the
historic spots, and the clar,sh. ground, and the once nobhe
castle, and the dismantled abbey and monastery, and all
that venerable time and tradition have sanctified in an
ancient kingdom—Liverpool paper.