The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-06 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.
THE HAGUE, JAN. I.—The latest accounts fl
our East India possessions state that the squi'dj,

THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—On Saturdifit,
following Post-office order was placed in the hands of
several postmen, by direction of the Postmaster-GeV
having also been issued to all postmasters, sub 7/
masters, and letter receivers :—" General Post-7
December, 1844, No. 37.—0 n and after the Ist Jsed
next, should any letter or packet be tendered o,id
office, which you may ascertain to contain, or whie"flod
have every reason to believe, contains any of the f 70,1
ing articles, viz., any glass or glass bottle, any id
scissors, knife, fork, or other sharp instrument
leeches, game, fish, flesh, fruit, vegetables, or °do
perishable substance ; any bladder or other vessel V
taining liquid ; or any article, matter, or thing //pi
soever which might, by pressure or otherwise, beAt
dered injurious either to the officers of the Post ti
or to the contents of the mail-bags, you will refuse to
ceive such letter or packet. In the event of ann.(
or packet being taken by you, and you do notunpirit
wards discover that it contains any article as abol:eo
scribed, or should any such letter or packet be de di
in the letter-box, you will not forward it to its Or?
pi
tion, but you will detain it in your office, and is dme by the first post of the circumstance, statief),
precise address of the letter or packet, and its 00'0
or what you suppose them to be, when proper stet'
be taken in this department in the case, and you Oord
instructed in what manner to dispose of the leti i
packet. Shduld any letter or packet containing Op
title as beforementioned not be discovered by theori
master at whose office it may be posted, but be fore' hd
on to its destination, the receiving postmaster to "'
,id
town it may be addressed, upon discovering, or n. '01:
reason to believe, that its contents are such as
will
luded to, will not send it out for delivery, but Wiii,- tY
it in his office, reporting the circumstance to me 0:001
first post, and stating the nature of its contented
he will be duly instructed in what manner to dior
it.—By command, W. L. MABERLY, Secretary. g
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THE CROOME POACHING AFFRAY.—WoRCS's
WEDNESDAY EVENING.—It was stated in The 'Sys
Monday last, that beside the man, Joseph Turvey;ot#
viously stated to have been committed to We. 1)1/
county gaol, on the charge of being implicated,,.isli 6'
murderous attack upon the gamekeeper on the P'"100
Coventry's estate at Croome, three others, whose erle,
were Samuel Dinely, Samuel Turvey (brother 0',40,
seph), and William Bromfield, had been apprebePod
and we have now to state that two others of the;oo
have been taken—namely, Joseph Tandy and V bet!
Hooper. These have, during the past two derfe tor
under examination before the magistrates, who ns.oool,
at the county gaol for that purpose. The exate.ien." si
however, has been strictly private, no reporter bele„Dite
milted. We are, however, enabled' to state that WO4ll,
suit of the examination has been, that Joseph T.,,if
(who was only previously committed on the ch,61001
poaching and assault) and Dinely have been fulif 00
mitted on the charge of the murder of the unfortl.ol
Thomas Staite, the remaining four being rematkci,V
the present. The witnesses examined were i.,."1,41
Compton, George Baylis, Samuel Millward, ;40J
Compton, and Wm. Andrews, all of whom were ee,,,
in watching the preserves on the night of the l'oto
The two latter, it will be recollected. were etca0:011
on the inquest. Baylis and Millward swore to J3410f
as the man who shot at Baylis, whereby et lig
tion of the crown of his hat was blown away, thou 04
escaped with a few slight injuries. The whole bet -
well known by the police and others to belong to e Abe
of poachers who have for some time past infests
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neighbourhood of the Earl of Coventry's extensile pg
serves, and it is confidently expected that by Tiler, 0
next (when the inquest will be resumed) some othe
the party will be in the hands of the police.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] —ANOTHER EXTRAORDIIIP°I
CURE OF ASTHMA BY HOLLOWAY'S PLLLSI.-41:fielfi
Casey, residing at No. 1, Compton-place, Broil
square, had suffered from a Chronic Asthma: for 0146
than three years this poor man was so great a sti„,e,
that he did not dare to go to bed for fear of the rile,
choking him ; indeed he could not even lay Ws,
upon a table for half an hour, lest he should be "fie?
cated. Nevertheless, this person is now labeurieg.o 1
morning to night, sleeps as well as ever be did
ilio
life, and, in fact, is completely cured by the O°
Holloway's Pills.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointole,4er
Professor Holloway's Establishmeit, 244, Stranclo
advice may be had gratis), and by almost all rein
vendors of medicine throughout the civilised wor___..lie

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BIRTHS
On the 26th ult., at Milton, the Lady F. Dia of
t°l4 1
daughter.
On the 4th inst., at Eaton-square, Lady Rosa a re4l6 ,of
a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at Notting-hill, Mrs. Joseph Lam
On the 2d inst., in Upper Seymour-street, PortM4ll44lll;re
the wife of Charles Unwin, Esq., of a son. 00.
On the 3d inst., in Mount-street, Park-lane, the lOWO,
W. Gaussen, Esq., of a son.
On the 3d inst., at Liverpool, the lady of Them'l
Esq., of a son. 0
0° On the 3d inst., at Compton•terrace, the wife of 1 . •
Esq., of a daughter. stor
On the 4th inst., at Lowndes• square, Mrs. Willielal
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ford, of a son.

MARRIED. OA-
On the Ist inst., at Trinity Charch, SL Maryleb°,reldr
ward Charles Hampton, Esq., to Elizabeth Shah'
daughter of John Butler, Esq., of Dublin. „ ,10_4,1/11
On the 2d inst., at St. Mark's Church, Kenningt°lolos
William Ireland, of Camberwell New-road, to Rebeocsaiirrer
second daughter of the late E. Tomkins, of Norwood, 65bollia;
On the 2d inst., at Heavitree, Devon, Charles
Esq., second son of Sir John Osborn, Bart Li
,of i3O gel'
Priory, Bedfordshire, to Louisa, eldest daughter of t
Arthur Atherley, Vicar of Heavitree. WoY
On the 2d inst., at St. John's, in BedwardiniN
center, William Yate, to Catherine Mary, eldest &lib
G. Farley, Esq., of Henwick House, noar Worcester.„-
On the 2d inst., William James Hixon, Esq., oil '
oillb
fo
Surrey, to Jemima, daughter of the late Robert Br°
Esq., of the Bank England.

DIED. Ale%gild
On the 29th of October last, at Jellaba, James
commander of the ship Wilheltnina. of
tb
On the 26th ult., Donald Douglas M'Leod, only sn.
late Captain Al'Leod, C. B. late of Greenwich Hosgilel'o"
On the 27th ult., Ottiwell Tomlin, Esq., °f
Yorkshire, aged 27.
On the 26th ult., at Sandford Lodge, Cheltentrir
Marian Impey, youngest daughter of the late
Impey, formerly Chief Justice of Bengal. 45.
On the 29th ult., Mrs. Horafall, of Ilkley Hall, aged
On the 30th ult., at Walworth, Corbett,,xfsar
On the 30th ult., at Blackbridge, Augustus Leyees"'
well, Esq.
On the Ist inst., at Coburg-place Kennington, Jitifreti°sBl3
eldest surviving son of Mr. Blades, ofPAbehurch- lane.
On the 2d inst., at Warwick House, Gray's Inn'
?t
Bartholomew Esq., architect F.S.A.
On the 2d i nst., at Frencha, y, : ile
re.
near Bristol, Elizabe_th
of the late P. Debell Tuckett.
On the 2d inst., in South Audley-street, Lady MU'
lict of Sir Edward Baynes, aged 76.

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of the deceased at the time of her mysterious deatlislil
also of the phial found the next morning in the OJ.
of Mr. Bothaw, adjoining the Slough road, by 10,
the prisoner passed in his route to the Slough soden;
the night of the supposed murder, will be carefully o!,
lyzed, and the necessary evidence produced before P.
Coroner and jury. a)
It has been stated that the prisoner is confine At.

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Windsor gaol. This is not the fact. Windsor Is not
th,,^ same county as that in which the death °oil
He was visited by his wife on her arrival on Frio;
afternoon, at the residence of Mr. Perkins, the Wed;
tendent of the Eton police, in that town, where be,
remain until he is taken again before the Coroner
the adjourned iuquiry to be held mi Wednesday.

sent against the pirates on the coast of Celebes, P;
returned to Socrabaya without meeting any of the
The Government schooner, the Niobe, had f°111:4
on the reef of Warren Hastings, shoals in the 9;
seas, a stranded vessel, which proved to b' the Ego
ship Gondolier, Captain Hamilton Oliver. n
abandoned, and so mud. damaged, that it was
possible to save any part of the cargo, chiefly CO
ing of tea.
FRANKFORT, DEC. 30.—According to private lets
from Berlin, the report gains ground, whieli4
likewise been spread here, that her Majesty ..
Victoria, and her Illustrious Consort, will payol
in the spring to Potsdam, and ',hat other Wl'
Courts may expect the same honour.
The papers are full of accounts of the river;.,
water is everywhere fallen, and the continued 5
has weakened the ice so much that it is gene
unsafe to pass it, and some persons have unbar
been drowned. Some apprehensions are entert4.ll
from the great accumulation of ice, especially
,11.0
Waal. Every possible precaution is, however, W
both by the local authorities and by the Goveratae,
A detachment of sappers and miners had been selltiit
waggons with the necessary implements, and a_"
quantity of gunpowder, to be employed, if nee"'
in blowing up the masses of ice.
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BERLIN, DEC. 24.—1 t may now be posll
stated that Privy Councillor Seiffart will shortl'i
to Rio Janiero, as Prussian Consul-General. WO ty
that he is to promote, in South America, not onikg,
commercial interests of Russia, but those of the I'
verin.—Magdeburg Gazette.
Baron Alexander von Humboldt is gone to v'
He is expected back in six weeks.
An old man in Silesia has addressed a petitiooei
his Majesty, in which he says that he is much 10,1_1,t0
at bearing the same name as the assassin Tscpof
with whom he cannot discover that he is in tali titi
related. Ile is indeed old, but he has sons, 0140
begs his Majesty to give him another name.i,
King immediately wrote on the petition--
petitioner's request is granted. He shall be c.
Echt."
FROM BAVARIA, DEC. 22.—We hear frote,a
that several citizens and a travelling merchant
lately been thrown into prison, for some imprtd
expression to which a late attempted crime gave rod
sion. The investigation is said to be terminatedu,
that the merchant is sentenced to four years' impl'
ment in the house of correction.
HANovER, DEC. 21.—Count Seckendore•
Prussian Ambassador, is expected to return t°
post here before the end of the month.