The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-19 00:00:00

2VIISCZZI.III,IMIUUS.

On Thursday morning last, a man named Bracey, footman to
Captain Connor, 46, Devonshire.streeto Portland.place, absconded
at an early hour with a quantity of plate and some bank.notes,
value in the whole upwards of 2001., the property of his master.
Another man, named Fisher, is supposed to have assisted Bracey
in the work of plunder, and it has been ascertained that in Great
Marylebone-street they gut into a cab, the driver of which wa6
ordered to proceed to Chelsea. The house of Mr. Littleton, North-
umberland.street, New.road, was also entered on the morning of
Thursday, and numerous articles of plate, wearing apparel, &c.,
were carried off. Information of the robberies was promptly com-
municated to Superintendent Hughes, at the station-house, Mary.
lebone ; and Inspector Tedman, and others of the D division, are
using their best exertions to discover the thieves..
The report that Thorwaldsen's statue of Byron was about to be
erected in Kensal.green Cemetery is incorrect. It has lately been
removed from the London Docks to Sir R. Westmacott's, from
whence it will shortly be conveyed to the library of Trinity Col.
lege, Cambridge, its last resting place.
Alderman Hurephery has sent to the Mansion house receipts for
the interest upon 1001. which he had in his mayoralty funded for
the poor in the name of himself, the Town Clerk, and the City
Chamberlain.

The Secretary of State has sent an order to the Governor of
Gloucester County Gaol, and to all the prisons in the kingdom,
that in future the provisions of the old Act of Parliament are to
be complied with, which enacts that all money or property found
on convicted prisoners to be sent to the Hom&office instead of
being returned to the prisoners at the expiration of their.sentence,
as was done in the case of Tawell, whose silver spoons were given
to his ,family, and which for some time has been the general
custom.

. The Committee for conducting the Asylum for the Houseless
Poor have determined to close those at Playhouse-yard and Ogle.
street, and that at the eastern part on Monday next. They would
have closed these most useful plates of reception for the starving
and helpless thousands who crowd into the city un the 10th, if the
weather had not continued so severe. The Committee have found
great satisfaction in declaring that the opportunities which these
arrangements have afforeed to the nightly visitors of using baths,
have been productive of much benefit. In the Eastern Asylum,
Glasshouse-street, East Smithfield, the inmates eagerly contended
for early baths, and for the opportunity of using the washing and
drying apparatus lately fitted up in that building. The demands
upon the Committee have been enormous during the late inclement
winter.

SIXTH REPORT FROIII THE
CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE ON RAIL-
WAY BILLS.
The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of
Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the
House, and who are empowered to report from time to
time—report as follows :
Your Committee havirg further considered the several
matters referred to them, recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to the same Committee to which the
recommendations under letters 11. in their former report ap-
plied, viz. :

6. Kendal and Windermere Railway.
Your Committee had to consider the list of plans for rail-
ways deposited at the Private Bill-office, and such plans only ;
and, having found in the said list two distinct plans entered
and noticed, and no Bill referring to either having been laid
on the table of the House, your Committee felt at liberty to
consider the said two plans as separate and distinct projects,
and accordingly referred them to separate and distinct Com-
mittees; but having now had before them the Bill which in-
corporates the two, find it unnecessary to subdivide them,
and therefore recommend that they be both referred to one
and the same Committee, under group 8., to which one,
namely, B. 4, Manchester and Leeds (Burnley Branch), has
already been referred, excluding, accordingly, from group
QQ. the Railway Bill marked QQ. 1, and entitled in the
Private Bill-office List, " Manchester apd Leeds (Oldham
Branch)."
Your Committee having further had before them an appli-
cation from the agents of two plans, viz.:—
Manchester and Birritingliam (Ashton Branch);
Manchester and Bfinfingliam (Macclesfield Branch Ex-
tension);
which appeared separately in the list of the Private Bill-
office, and which were distributed by your Committee into
two distinct groups, viz. QQ. 2 and 0. 5, but which are now
incorporated in one and the. Caine Bill before the House, find
it, under the actual circumstances, unnecessary to subdivide
the said plans, and accordingly recommend that they be re-
ferred to one and the same Committee under group QQ., to
which one, namely, Manchester and Birmingham (Ashton
Branch) had already been referred, excluding, accordingly,
from group 0. the Railway Bill marked Manchester and
Birmingham (Macclesfield branch Extension) 0. 5, and en-
titled in the Private Bill-office List, "Manchester and Bir-
mingham (Manchester Branch Extension)."

FIRE AT THE PRINCEss'S THEATRE.--Ou Friday
morning, about one o'clock, some little alarm was created in the
neighbourhood of Oxford-street, by a report being circulated that
the Princess's Theatre was on fire. One of the brigade engines
was quickly dispatched to the theatre, when it was ascertained
that the heat from the adjoining iron.foundry had set fire to a
piece of timber in the cloak-room, on the first floor, over the pit
entrance. The firemen and workmen at once pulled down the
skirting and tore up the flooring in the above apartment, and the
fire was very speedily extinguished, the damage being, compara.
tively speaking, inconsiderable. The theatre is insured in the
Licensed Victuallers', Atlas, Scottish Union, West of England,
and the Liverpool lire.office.
SUDDEN DEATH.—About ti x o o'clock on Thursday
morning, Mr. William Lambert White, aged 78, a gentleman of
property from Yeovil, in Somersetshire, died suddenly, at the New
Hummums Hotel, Covent-garden, having come up to town on
Monday evening, in search of medical advice. An inquest was
held on the body last evening, and the jury returned a verdict of
Natural Death.
WILL OF COLONEL GRANT.—Probate of the ti l
of the late Turner Grant, Esq., of Portman-square, in the county
of Middlesex, Colonel in the army, and Lieutenant-Colonel of the
Grenadier Guards, who died on the 28th of March last, was
granted on the 14th instant to his brother, Henry John Grant, Esq.
the sole executor. His personal property is sworn under 50,0001.
The will is very short, dated sth September, 1844. Bequeaths to
his sister, Henriette Wingfield Stratford, wife of John Wingfield
Stratford, Esq., the interest or dividends of 5,000!. for her life;
leaves to his servant, John Preston, a legacy of 2001. ; and appoints
his brother, Henry John Grant, his residuary legatee.
MR. WILSON —We are very happy to be able to
announce that the renewed subscription to enable Mr. Wilson to
effectually trounce the Jersey authorities, progresses favourably.
We shall have Sir John De Veulle and Messrs. Le Breton and Le
Couteur, in the witness-box, subject to Mr. Kelly's three or four
hours' cross-examination, and no mistake, But more of this anon.
—Jersey Gazette.

BEER AND SPIRIT LICENSES IN SCOTLAND.—From
a return just laid before Parlia=ent, " of the number of beer and
spirit licenses granted to keepers of turnpikes and toll-bars in Scot.,
land, and stating the names of the places and counties in which
they are situated," it appears tl at there are, altogether in the
various excise collections of that country no fewer than 345 places
in which there are turnpike and toll-bar-keepers who have beer
licenses, and 840 who have spirit licenses granted to them. The
return is prepared (down to the beginning of the present month; by
Mr. G. A. Cottrell, accountant.general at the Excise.office,
London.

WILL OF SERGEANT TADDY.— Probate of the will
and codicil of the late Mr. William Taddy, of Old Palace.yard,
Westminster, her Majesty's most ancient Sergeant.at.Law, and
Attorney-General to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, was granted
on the 15th instant to the Rev. John 'faddy, clerk, the brother, the
role executor. The personal effects are sworn under 33,0001.
He died on the 14th of March last. He directs that 2,09'0/. shall
be paid to his wife immediately after his decease, and leaves to her
all the plate, jewellery, and furniture. He bequeaths to his brother
Charles an annuity of 4001., and appoints bis brother John his
residuary legatee.

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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET. ---- FRIDAY. ---
arrivals this week are moderate of all descriptions of Grain.
Wheat is held firmly, and the full rates of this day se'nnight
obtained, but business done is limited. Barley continues a
languid sale at about the same prices. Oats rather dearer,
and Shelling fully 6d. per load higher. beans, fresh and dry,
fetch rather more money, and for all descriptions there is
more inquiry. No variation in Malt or other articles.