The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

DUDLEY, MADILEY, BROSELEY, AND IRONBRIDGE.—
PROCESS STOPPED.--BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY NIGHT.
—The committe e of this railway met to-day, at the Stork
Hotel, in this town, and after a discussion which occu-
pied several hours, it was decided, that in consequence
of the failure to lodge the plans and sections in due time,
and their generally defective state, not to proceed with
their scheme in the next session of Parliament; but to
return to the shareholders two pounds per share, re-
serving what remains of the deposit (12s. 6d. per share)
to meet the expenses already incurred, which were
stated to be ss. 6d. per share, and the further expenses
required, in order to proceed in the following session.
AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAY.—This project, which is
to connect Ayr with Dumfries, progresses amain. At
Dalmellingtou, on the route of the litre, most important
beds of mineral wealth hare been discovered, as also io
other portions of the district. Colonel Cathcart has
leaved his iron-fields at a higher fixed rent than was
ever before paid in Ayrshire, and since this was done,
about a week ago, two other proprietors have dis-
covered extensive fields of black band iron ore, and are
in treaty for letting them to wealthy and influential
companies.

Within the last few days conbiderable improvement
has been made at the Shoreditch terminus by the coni-
ph•tion of a suite of waiting rooms for passengers.
Those of the first-class are fitted up in chaste st)le.
There is also a more extensive departure platform. At
the end of the rooms convenient parcel and booking
offices have been erected. The new stations at Brent-
wood are almost completed. They are built of red brick,
in the Elizabethian order.

NEWCASTLE AND BERWICE.—The operations on the
pert of the line contracted for by Messrs. Grahamsley
and Reid have for several days been suspended, in con-
sequence of the labourers having struck for an increase
of wages—from 15s. to 18s. per week.
General Pasley, the Government inspector of railways,
visited Norwich in the early part of the week, and in-
spected the works now in progress in connexion with the
Norfolk railway, and the new iron bridge over the river
Trowse, which will connect the line with Yarmouth,
preparatory to its being thrown open for passenger
trains on Monday next. The bridge is constructed of
iron. General Pasley was understood to certify its
security.
NORTH BRITISH.—An interdict has been laid against
this company by a gentleman named Renton, residing
at Mordington, in consequence of the company having
taken possession of more ground for the purpose of
the railway than they had applied for in their Bill last
session.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire, 4 p.-Bideford and Tavistock 15s. d.-
Caledonian, 3 p. ex n.-Cambridge and Lincoln, 21/s p.-
Chester and Birkenhead, 451,4-Derby and Crewe, 2% p.-
East Lincolnshire, 1% p.-Ediburgh and Glasgow, New
Quarter Shares, 314 p.-Ditto, Half Shares, 8 p.-Grand
Junction, 23514-Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 3214 p.-Goole
and Doncaster, ss. p.-Huddersfield Canal and Railway, 4%
p.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 20s. p.
-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1% p.-London and
Birmingham, 212-Leeds and Thirsk, 3 p.-Manchester and
Leeds, Fifth Shares, 11% p.-Matlock and Midland, 1% p.
-Mold Junction, 10 dis.-North Staffordshire, 3 p.-Oxford
and Birmingham Junction, 1 p.-Preston and Wyre, 31-
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3%
p.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 40s. p.-Shrop-
shire Union Railway and Canal, par.-South Midland, 234 p.
-Trent Valley, 143 p. -Trent Valley and Continuation, ss.
dis.-West Riding -Union, p.-Belfast and Ballymena,
par.-Dutch Rhenish, 435. 9d.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Birkenhead, Lama-
shire, and Cheshire, 7-Buckingham and Bletchley Junction,
425.-Caledonian, Extension, 3-East Lincolnshire,2- Grand
Union, 1%-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal, 7 %-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 795. 6d.-
Manchester and Southampton, 3 c.-North Cheshire, 5V-
North Staffordshire, 6-Nottingham and Boston, 214-Not-
tingham and Mansfield, 2%-Sheffield and Manchester, Quar-
ters, No. 3, 6%-Paris and Lyons (English), 2%.
YORK, Dec. 11.
STOCK Excasati3E.-The sales are-Durham and Sunder-
land, New,-guarranteed 5 per Cent., 134-Midland, New,
19%-York and North Midland Extension, 2514-Ipswich
and Bury, 4%-Newcastle and Berwick, 111 A-London and
York, 4%-.Grand Union, I/. 95.-Leicester and Bedford,
IL Bs. 9d.-Welsh Midland, 2.
SHEFFIELD, DEC. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Grimsby Railway
and Dock Extension, 514-Leeds and Dewsbury, 14% -Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 14%-Trent Valley,
10,4-Cambridge and Lincoln, 3%-Grand Union,'Notting-
ham to Lynn, 1 %-M an chest er, Midland, and GreatjGrimsby,
2-Wakefield and Harrogate, 11. 16s.
HULL, DEC. 11.
STOCK EXCILINGE.-The sales are-North British, Carlisle,
2/. 2s.- Axliolme, 2%-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Rid-
ing, 275.-Grand Union, 275. 6d.-Great North and South
Wales and Worcestor, 103.-IEIII and Barnsley Junction,
395. 6d.-London and York, 4-Nottingham, Erewash, &c.,
2%-Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 2-Nottingham
and Boston, 1%.
LEEDS, DEC. 11.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Manchester and Leeds,
Fifth Shares, 10% p.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter
Shares, No. 3, 6%-Leeds and Bradford, 50-Leeds and
Dewsbury, 20 c. n.-Ditto, New Shares, 4 p.-North British,
New, 6%-Ditto, New arlisle Branch, 21-4-Sheffield and
Lincoln, 31:,-Dirct Northern, 1:1:4-Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, 3/. 195.-West Riding Union, 5%-Bucking-
hamshire (late Rugby), ss. p.-East and West Yorkshire,
par-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, ls. p -Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and North Eastern, ss. dis.-Leicester and Bed-
ford, ss. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 365.
p.-North Staffordshire, 5/. Is.-North Western, 2%- South
Midlands, 3 p.-Wakefield and Harrogate, 10s. p.
EDINBURGH, DLc. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 51.-Aber-
dean, Baiitl; and Elgin, 2L-Airdrie and Bathgate, 2/. 17s.
Gd.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 15/.-
Armagh and Portrusb, 1/. 155.-Ayr and Dumfries, 2/. 15s.
-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. 55.-Banffshire, 2/. 55.-Belfast
and County Down, 31.-British and Irish Union, 31. 125.-
Caledonian, ex new, 121.-Caledonian Extension, 3/. Os. 6d.
-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 31.-Caledonian and Northern
Direct, 31. Os. 60. -Cambridge and Lincoln, 4/. 55.-Carn-
warth and West Linton, 1/. 165.-Chelmsford and Bury, 1/.
12s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 191.-Cornwall and Devon,
21. Bs.-Deeside Railway, Si. 10s.-Direct Northern, 21.-
Dublin and Enniskillen, 4/. 7s. &1.-Dundee and Arbroath,
35/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 171.-Dundee and Forfar Junction,
31. 17s. 61-Dundee and Perth, ex new, 6/. 10s.-East of
Fife, a -East Coast of Scotland, 21. 135.-East Lothian
Central, V. 25.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 31.-Edinburgh
and Glasgow, ex news, 681.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. 10s.
-Ditto, Quarters, 15/. 10s.-Ditto, ditto, New, 12/. 10s.-
Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 18s.-Edinburgh and
Leith Atmospheric, 21. 55.-Edinburgh and Leith Atmos-
pheric Direct, 1/. 155.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton,
' 21/. 10x.-Ditto, Preference, 181.105.-Edinburgh and North-
ern, 3/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, Newport, IL 55.-Ditto, Lochgelly,
1/. 10s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, ex new, 2/. ls. 6d.-
Edinburgh and Perth, 51. Portobello, -Edinburgh, and Mus-
selburgh, 1/. 145.-Forth and Clyde Junction, 2/. 55.-Glas-
gow and Ayrshire, 70L-Ditto, New Stock, 23/.-Ditto, Quar-
ter Shares, all. 12s. 6d.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 2/. 4s.
-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 21. 55.-Glasgow and
Dundee Junction, 2/. Ss.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 45/.-
Glasgow and Greenock, 211.-Ditto, New, 101. 155.-Ditto,
Preference, IL 55.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 2/.
10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 2/. 195.-Glasgow, Kilmar-
nock, and Ardrossan, Si. 7s. 6d.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and
Lesmahagow, 3/. 95.-Granton Junction, 2/. 10s.-Great
County Down, 21. 12s. 6d.-Great North of Scotland, 31. 2s.
6d.-Great North and South Wales, 12s. 6d.-Inverness and
Elgin, 11. 155.-Lanark and Galloway, 21. 75.-Lanark and
Lothian', 31.-Larne and Ballymena, 2/. 25.-London and
Hounslow, 2L-London and Manchester (Rem.), 3/. 55.-Lon-
don and Manchester (liastrick), 5/. 10s.-London and Wind-
sor, 11.-London and York, 4/. 55.-Midland and Eastern
Counties, 21. 7s. 6d.-Morayshire, 11.-Newcastle and Ber-
wick, 111.-Newry and Londonderry, 2/. 10s.-North Bri-
tish, ex div., 22/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 51. 105.-Ditto,
Extension to Carlisles, 2/. 75.-Ditto, Extension to Dal-
keith, 6/. 58.-North Wales Mineral, New, 4/. 75.-Perth and
Crieff Direct, pl. ls.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 17s. &1.--
Scottish Central,ll3/. 10s.-Scottish Central and Caledo-
nian Junction, 21.-Scottish Midland; W.-Scottish North
Western, 11.175.-Scotaili South Midland, 2/. 35.-Scottish
Southern, 21. 55.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 17s. 6d. -
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 61.-South Midland,
61. 7s. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline. 21. 108. 6d.-Stirling
and Midland, 2/. 175.-Strathern Junction, 3/. ls.-Surrey
Grand Junction, 11. 2s. 6d.-Tean and Dove Valley, 1/. 15s.
-Tyne Valley, 11. las -Wishaw and Coltness, 52/.los.
GLASGOW, Disc. 10.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 586.-Bridge of Weir, 405.-British and Irish Union,
70•x.-Caledonian Extension, G4s.-Caledonian and Ayrshire
Junction, 415.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction,
505.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, 775. 6d.-East Indian
Railway, 255.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 195.-
Forth and Clyde Junction, 455.-Glasgow General Terminus.
81/8-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 67-Ditto, Quarter
Shares (5 per cent. guar.), 1e,4-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.
-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 715.-Glasgow Har-
bour Mineral, 455.-Lanark and Lothians, Os.-Lesma-
hagow, 675. 6d.-Perth and Inverness, 425. 6d.-Scottish
South Midland Junction, 415.-Stirling and Dunfermline,
495. 6d.-Strathern Junction, 565.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO THE MAMMOTH HORSE.—
Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, an accident happened to
the mammoth horse, exhibiting at the Egyptian Hall, which
was near proving fatal to him. The room was crowded with
ladies and gentlemen, and as the groom was leading the
horse round the room the flooring gave way, and the horse's
hind legs went into the apartment underneath. The animal
plunged and struggled for some time to extricate himself, but
all in vain. Mr. Carter ran to his assistance, and by his
herculean strength succeeded in extricating one of his legs,
and the horse was finally got out with few injuries; his off
hind leg was much bruised and strained. The porter of the
Egyptian Hall occupies the apartment beneath the room
where the mammoth horse is exhibited, and his wifes was
fell
through. at a table directly under the spot where the horee_l
f
through. She screamed and jumped out of thei window,i,serse
t
while a clock near her was smashed to atoms by iel
hoof. Mr. Carter has had a strong double floor made since
the accident.
TROTTING AND GALLOPING TEN MILES IN HALF
AN Horn.—Yesterday a match was
performed on NS,
imble-
don• common which created much interest among thejsi
local
sporting gentry. The match was made for 501. by r.Nel-
son, who undertook to ride a horse ten miles within half an
hour,six miles to be
gallopped and four miles trotted. The
start was made at a trotting pace, and one mile was per-
formed in 3 min. and 10 sec.; the two consecutive miles
were covered in 6 min. and 50 sec., and the fourth mile in
3 min. and 16 sec. The horse was pulled up and his mouth
refreshed, and was then quickly on the road, commencing the
six miles e-allop, and turned the first mile under three min.,
and kept atz' a rattling pace, and three miles was gone over in
8 min. to see.; the fourth and fifth miles were performed in
6 min., less 4 sec., and the last mile was entered upon at a
flying pace, and covered in 2 min. and 15 sec., finally winning
the match by 14 sec. The four miles were trotted in 13
min. and 16 sec., and the six miles galloped in 16 min. and
30 sec. The horse is a small one, and seemed but little dis-
tressed at the conclusion of the match.
THE SECRET ART SUIP OF THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY.
—At a meeting of the Directors of the Highland and Agri-
cultural Society of Scotland, held on Friday, at which his
Grace the Duke of 111ontrose, President of the Society, pre-
sided, John Hall Maxwell, Esq., junior, of Dargavel, was
appointed Secretary to the Society.—Edinburgh _Advertise)..
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina .
Tiers have left town for Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire,
on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Grafton. The Noble
Earl had previously arrived there.

IRELAND.
TILE POTATO DISEASE.
DUBLIN, DEC. 9.—There is no feature of novelty
the accounts from the country received this day.
The Clare Journal, a Conservative paper, contains the
following :—" Very absurd statements are put forth by
those who assume that the losses of the people by the
disease of the potato crop have been greatly exaggerated.
True, some few persons have been fortunate in their
crop escaping altogether the prevailing rot, but what are
they among so many ? And all those who have escaped
are those whose crop has been nearly, if not altogether
confined to red potatoes. These may here and there be
found ; but when it is remembered that the great bulk
cf potatoes belonging to nineteen out of every twenty
persons are white, and that in no case have these
escaped, it may be fairly presumed that the losses have
been enormous. 'We repeat it, and we care not who it
displeases, that there are not now half as many sound
potatoes in the country as there were last December."
The Dean of Achonry has addressed the following to
the Freeman's Journal:—

" Deanery Ilousc, Ballymote, Dec. 6, 1845.
" Sir,—You will muds oblige me by giving insertion to
the inclosed copy of a letter which 1 forward by this post
to Lord Cloncurry.
" 1 am anxious to amend my former incomplete report
by the additional information which I have since ob-
tained in pursuing my anxious inquiry on this impor-
tant subject.—l remain your obedient servant,

ED. N. HOARE."
" Deanery House, Ballymote, Dec. 6, 1845.
" My Lord,—Having replied, at some length, on the
19th ult., to the circular issued by the Mansion-house
Ceunnittee, respecting the potato crop, and having an-
swered the firal query lather vaguely, I beg to state
that, from further inquiries, I feel myself enabled now to
speak more decidedly as to the extent of the failure of
the crop in this neighbourhood.
" I regret to state that the report which I have to give
is not very favourable. In the heavy lands in any of the
farmers have lost more than half—in some cases as
much as two-thirds. I believe that a moderate average
on such lands is one-half lost ; and taking into account
the higher soils, in which the crop has not suffered so
much, I think one-third, at least, is the average of the
crop which is more or less unsound.

"It is to be borne in mind that there is still great un-
certainty as to the preservation of that portion of the
crop which has been pitted. I have known cases in
which apparently sound potatoes have been placed care-
fully in a dry loft, and after a week or ten days have
turned out bad,

" Again I would remark that the only effectual means
of relief for the people, who bear the visitation?most pa-
tiently, is to be found in providing them with employ-
ment. It is melancholy to see those idle who are able
and willing to labour, while so many useful works
might be laid out in which they might be employed.
" I hare the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's
obedient humble servant,
" Ell. N. HOARE, Dean of Achonry.
" Right Hon. Lord Cloncurry, &c., &c."
CONTINUED DECLINE IN THE CORN MARKET.—At the
Corn Exchange this day, there was a further decline in
wheat of from Is. to Is. 6d. per barrel of 20 stone; and
of 6d. to ls. per barrel in oats and barley.
THE LATE FAILURE.—At College-street police-office,
this day, Mr. °llea tendered informations against
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, on charges of em-
bezzlement, and of receiving money under false pre-
tences, for that they had received 500/. from Mr. Yeates,
to be by them, in their capacity of stock-brokers, in-
vested in Government Stock, and which they did not so
invest as ordered, but applied to their own purposes, or
to purposes foreign to the intentions of Mr. Yeates. The
magistrates postponed receiving the informations pending
the Commission of Bankruptcy, now sitting on Messrs.
Labertouche and Stafford, but ordered that a copy of the
informations should be lodged with the bench fur further
consideration.

ASSISTANT-BARRISTEASUIP OF WICKLOW.-Mr. Wm.
Armstrong, Q.C., has been appointed Assistant-Barrister
of Londonderry, in room of Mr. Lendrick, who has, at
his own ruquest, been transferred to the chairmanship of
Wicklow, vacant by the retirement of Mr. Tomb.
A letter from Clonmel, received this morning, drys:—
" Alderman Hearn was this day found drowned in a
water-vat in his brewery in this town."
NATIONAL GLASS COMPANY OF IRELAND.--WO are
most happy to announce that this truly Irish company
has already so far progres3ed that it will be in a position
to supply glass of native manufacture very early in the
spring.—ErePting Post.
The Museum of Belfast is about to become the de-
pository of an interesting relic of the eighteenth dynasty.
Sir James Emerson Tennant has brought from Thebes
the hand of the colossal statue of Arnunulph 11. (born
1580), which travellers used to remark at the
south west propylon of the Grand Temple of Karnuk.
The four fingers are two feet five inches across, which
would correspond with a full-length tiguro of fifty-six
feet. The Pacha has permitted its exportation, and it is
intended as a present to the town of Belfast by their late
representative.—Belfast Chi °nide.

RISE IN POTATOES.—Potatoes, which were here-
tofore selling in Liverpool at the rate of Bd. a peck, have
risen to 10(.1., and on Saturday, to a shilling.—. Manchester
Guardian.

THE STEAMER MASSACHUSETTS. LIVERPOOL,
THURSDAY.—It will probably be recollected that this vessel
sailed from Liverpool under canvass and the screw, for New
York, on the 22d of October last. This morning her con-
signees, Messrs. Hamden and Co., received a letter from
Dublin, stating that she had arrived out at New York on the
18th ult., after a passage of twenty-seven days. This infor-
nation has been given by a passenger who had landed in
Ireland, but we cannot trace it to any authentic source. Tho
probability, however, is that any New York ship inward
bound lauding a passenger on the Irish coast would forward
papers to Liverpool ; as this has not been done the accuracy
of the report is rather doubted.
POLICEMEN, SERVANTS, AND FAMILIES. The
eves of France were opened by M. Michelet, in his eloquent
and starling work, entitled " Priests, Women, and Fami-
lies," to the machinations of the Jesuits, and to the mischief
occasioned by their influence in private life. A Michelet
is
very much wanted in this country, to awaken Englishmen
to the tricks and manoeuvres of another fraternity, not less
destructive of domestic happiness than those of Jesuitism.
We allude to the metropolitan constabulary ; and, ob-
jectionable as may be the order of Ignatius Loyola,
perhaps it is not more than that of Robertus Peel. This
society was ostensibly instituted for the preservation of
the peace ; by quelling disturbances, putting down apple-
women, apprehending pickpockets, removing obstructions,
and taking beggars and disorderly persons to the station-
house. Its real object has at last become apparent, being no
other than universal domination. Its members, disguised
in plain clothes, are now known to mix in all societies, to
whose manners and peculiarities they are instructed to
adapt themselves. They mingle, as exquisities, in the sa-
lons of fashion ; they creep, as cads, into the " crib " of the
costermonger. They frequent every species of tavern, from
the first-rate hotel to the jerry-shop; and neither the free-
dom of the tap nor the sanctity of the parlour is safe
from their intrusion. They thus insidiously worm
themselves into all sorts of secrets, and ascertain who is
who, what is what, and what is going on ; to the utter sub-
version of all privileges of Britons. But the evil does not
stop here. In his uniform, the policeman is notorious for
scraping acquaintance with servants at area railings. What
if the joint that went down only half finished re-appears
three-quarters gone, and the fowl removed with one wing
comes up minus the remaining one? What if his tea and
sugar go with railroad rapidity, his butter melts in the
coldest weather, and his beer wastes without a leak in the
barrel? How much longer are free-born Englishmen to sub.
mit to the espionnage, and to be victimised by the voracity of
au X 10, a Y 15, or a Z 20?—Punch.
THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOCUST.—In the
summer evenings it is common to see upon the trunks of
trees, reeds, or any upright object, a heavy-looking lump-
backed, brown beetle, an inch and a half long, with a scaly
coat, clawed lobster-like legs, and a somewhat dirty aspect;
which latter is easily accounted for by the little hole visible
in the turf at the foot of the tree, whence he has lately crept.
I have sometimes carried them home and watched with
great interest the poor locust "shuffle off his mortal," or
rather earthly, "coil," and emerge into a new world. The
first symptom is the opening of a small slit which appears in
the back of his coat, between the shoulders, through which,
as it slowly gapes wider, a pale, sickly-looking texture is
seen, throbbing and heaving backwards and forwards. Pre-
sently a fine square head with two light red eyes, has dis-
engaged itself, and in process of time (for the transformation
goes on almost imperceptibly) this is followed by the libera-
tion of a portly body and a conclusion; after which the
brown leggings are pulled off like boots, and a pale, cream-
coloured, weak, soft creature very tenderly walks away from
its former self, which remains standing entire, like the coat
of mail of a warrior of old—the Shelly plates of the eyes that
are gone looking after their lost contents with a sad lack of
speculation" in them, On the back of the newborn crea-
ture lie two small bits of membrane, doubled and crumpled
up in a thousand puckers, like a Limerick glove in a walnut-
shell ; these now begin to unfold themselves, and gradually
spread smoothly out in two large beautiful opal-coloured
wings, which by the following morning have become clearly
transparent, while the body has acquired its proper hard
consistency and dark colour; and when placed on a tree the
happy thing soon begins its whirring, creaking, chirruping
song, which continues with little intermission as long as its
harmless happy life.—Meredith's New South Tales.
The Guardians of the Hartley Union, in con-
sideration of the disease in the potatoes, have, at the sug-
gestion of the chairman, P. N. Onslow, Esq., unanimously
agreed to give the inmates bread and cheese in lieu of po-
tri!o meals. In consequence of this considerate alteration,
the poor in the house will have three servings of bread, &c.,
daily.—Worcestershire Chronicle.
.f-- September,OU rreadelrBa4w4,ilsolpmeerhparr.
PERSHORE.—BU
remember that in the
sons unknown burglartously entered the dwelling-house of
Mr. William Boulter, landlord of the Plough Inn, in this
town, and stole thereout, among other things, a number of
silver spoons. Although strenuous exertions were made by
the police at the time of the occurrence, no trace or tidings of
the thieves could be obtained from
any source, and con-
sequently every hope of getting back the spoons vanished
from the breast of Mr. Boulter. Judge, then, of his sur-
prise on Superintendent Harris entering his dormitory
the other evening and displaying the missing articles to
the astonished host ! It seems that in the latter part of last
month a police-constable named Harwood, whilst searching
the house of a labourer in Birmingham, named Knight, found
a number of spoons concealed in the clothes box of a woman
named Attwood, who lived in Knight's house, and as she
could not satisfactorily account fur the possession of them,
he brought them away, and on showing theina few days
since to Superintendent Harris, the latter recognised them as
belonging to Boulter. The superintendent then prt(Teeded to
Birmingham, apprehended knight and Attwood, an brought
them to Pershore. In the box of the latter he found thirty
soornfeorrs standtyar remandedtieleswh till
supposedicliarea) n
, to be
ry ste
estoleno.rce rshirc
Thepri-
Chronicle.
TURF DEFAULTERS.—A subscription has been en-
tered into by several parties connected with sporting matters,
with a view of establishing and circulating a monthly perio-
dical, to be called and entitled " The Black List," and
which
will contain the names of all known turf ilefaulters and
others who refuse to pay lost bets connected with sporting.
A few weeks ago a fisherman, named Gillam, met
with a singular accident, which bas occasioned the loss of
his arm. It appears that a dog-fish became entangled in his
net, and in removing it his finger was pricked by the back-
bone of the fish. A few days afterwards his hand began to
get painful and swell; and on Saturday last he was obliged
to under •o amputation of the arm, which was performed by
;i.r. Gavin Pocock—Br/Olson Gazette.

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