The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-25 00:00:00

ViZZSG2S7a,,A.N3EOI726f

At an adjourned meeting of the Middlesex magistrates
held on Thursday, it appeared from the annual report of
the surgeon of the Douse of Correction, that the total
number of prisoners committed there during that period
had been 9,746; that only ten deaths bad occurred
during the past year, and that two of the prisoners out
of that number were labouring under incurable
consumption at the time of their admission. The
annual report of the chaplain of the Westminster
Bride well, stated that during the pastyear twenty-five pri-
soners had been taught writing, and thirty taught to read.
Mr. Pownall read a return of the number of persons
apprehended on a charge of drunkenness, from 1831 to
1843, from which it appeared that the difference in 1831
and 1843 amounted to no fewer than 18,000 less than in
the former year.
At the inquest at Yeovil, on Saturday, Mr. R. P.
Caines remarked that in the course of his coronership he
had held no less than 3,800 inquests. He had been a
coroner nearly twenty-eight years, and during the last
seven years alone he had travelled 36,766 miles, giving
an average of 5,252 miles per year. lie had paid in
turnpikes during the seven years a sum very little short
of ninety pounds.
The theatre at Beccles, built a few years since at an
expense of 2,0001., is about to be converted into a coin
exchange.
Lieutenant F. E. L. Moore, late of the Caledonia, 120
guns, and Mr. J. Bodie, late Acting-Masser of the
Espeigle, one of the ships of the experimental squadron,
have been appointed to take magnetic observations in the
southern hemisphere, and are to embark in the Thomas
Snooks freight ship, for a passage to the Southern Ocean,
where their observations will be carried on. They will
be joined by Lieutenant Clarke, Royal Engineers, at
the Cape of Good Hope, who has been appointed to
the same service.
A fishing-boat belonging to the port of Dieppe was
wrecked on the night of the 19th, near Treport. Four
of the six persons on board were drowned.
It appears from some tables on foreign commerce, that
the import and export trade of France with Morocco
amounted in 1840 to 3,714,000 f., in 1841 to 3,543,000 f.,
and in 1842 to 2,984,000 f., and that within those three
years the trade between England and Morocco amounted
to 52,898,000 f.
A French chemist, M. Debzenne, has discovered a
mode of making old worn-out fragments of silk into new
silk, by distillation. In the same way that caoutchouc is
drawn into filaments, and woven into a double material,
so are these remnants of silk reduced to what is no more
than its primitive state—viz., a glutinous paste, by means
of a dissolvent, and, like fused glass, re-acquires, in
coming into the air, all its original strength and tenacity.

DARTMOOR.—About 5,000 acres of this extensive
common have been purchased by a company, who have
already fenced and drained part of it, and calculate on
letting the whole at los. per acre. Hitherto the land has
been waste.—Devizes Gazette.

and two.
Lord Mayor. •
Her Majesty the QUEEN and Prince ALBERT,
followed by her Majesty's Officers of State.
The procession to enter at the western gate of the Ex-
change, turning to the right into the ambulatory, and
round to the west-end, across the open area from west to
east, to the entrance of Lloyd's-rooms, up the great stair-
case into the Rotunda, and from thence to the Commer-
cial-room, preceded by the Lord Mayor, the procession
waiting in the Rotunda for her Majesty's return, and
then precede her Majesty into the Subscribers'-room, and
Tiom thence into the Throne-room, prepared for the ad-
dress. '

The Lord Mayor, immediately preceding her Majesty
and Prince Albert, will state the purposes to which the
various parts of the building aro to be appropriated.
The Officers of State who do not join the procession
to be previously conducted into the Throne-room, as also
the members of the Court of Aldermen who have pre-
ceded her Majesty from Temple-bar, and the members of
the Joint Gresham Committee who have not formed part
of the procession, and the officers of the Corporation.
A suitable address to be presented to her Majesty
from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the
City of London, in the usual form, and setting forth an
historical account of the original building, its subsequent
destruction, and the restoration of the Exchange by the
Corporation of London and the Mercers' Company, as
the joint trustees of Sir Thomas Gresham's will, under
the syperintendence of the Joint Gresham Committee.

After her Majesty's answer to the address, the Lord
Mayor (provided her Majesty's sanction be obtained)
to present to her Majesty the Mover and Seconder of the
Address, and afterwards the Chairman of the Gresham
Committee, and the Master of the Mercers' Company,
under whose superintendence the New Exchange has been
erected, and the Architect.

The whole of the company in the Throne-room, except
the Lord Mayor and such of the Joint Gresham Com-
mittee as are in attendance at the entertainment, will
then retire to their seats, and her Majesty will be con-
ducted to the private apartment.
The Lord Mayor to precede her Majesty to the royal
table, and attend upon her Majesty during the dejeuner.
Grace to be said by the Bishop of London.
Toasts to be given to be previously approved by her
Majesty.
Proclamation of Heralds to be made in the centre of
the Merchants'-area, and her Majesty, in person, to give
her gracious permission for the Exchange to be thence-
forth called the Royal Exchange.
Her Majesty to be preceded, on her return, in the
same manner, across the open area to the great western
entrance.

WINDSOR, THuasvay.—The Queen and Prince
Albert took their accustomed early exercise, and in
the course of their morning walk paid a visit to the
Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House. In the after-
noon her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal High-
ness, went in a pony phaeton to the riding-school, at-
tended by Colonel Bouverie.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales
and the Princess Royal were taken for an airing this
morning, but the unfavourable state of the weather
prevented the Royal Family from being taken out for
a drive in the afternoon.

The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland took
their departure from the Castle to day.
The Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse, arrived
at the Castle this morning, and had an audience of
his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Noble
Earl afterwards took his departure.
The morning proving so wet prevented Prince
Albert from going to shoot, as had been arranged
previous to the rain.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr.
Thorburn with a sitting yesterday, for a full-length
portrait.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
arrived at Cambridge House yesterday morning,
from Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew
in the afternoon.

A deputation from the Harwich and Eastern
Counties Junction Railway, consisting of Mr. James
Henry Attwood, Chairman ; Mr. Bagshaw, Deputy-
Chairman ; Mr. Braithwaite, engineer ; Messrs.
Bourdillon and Duncan, solicitors ; and Mr. George
Rusk, secretary, had an interview with the Earl
of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board
of Trade.

The Earl of Aberdeen left town on Wednesday for
Scotland.

A deputation on the subject of the London, Cha-
tham, and North Kent Railway, consisting of Sir
Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., Mr. J. C. Colquhoun,
M.P., Mr. H. T. Prinsep, Mr. Charles M`Garch, Mr.
William Petero, and Mr. George Winburne, accom-
panied by Mr. Vignolles, engineer; Mr. Stephens,
solicitor; and Mr. Mackarness, secretary, had an in-
terview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the
Board of Trade.

THEATRICALS.
In the auction next week of Drury-lane and Covent-
garden shares, at the Mart, Mr. George Robins (who
has the conduct of these sales) holds out, atnongst
other and very many advantages, that, beside free ad-
missions to all and every dramatic performance before
the curtain at Covent-garden (except private boxes), it
extends to every other species of ente, tainment, including
"Rh e Corn-law League meetingr." Of Drury-lane, it holds
out, beside the pecuniary advantages that they will pos-
sess, a personal free admission for any one person's life, to
partake nightly of " the unparalleled performances in
progress, and promised by Mr. Bunn, to continue during
the mason. The spirited lessee also promises that he will
this year out-do all his previous out-doings; and he ap-
pears notrto have promised in the dark, for, beside one
of the first danseuses in the world, Mdlle. Dumilatre, he
has just introduced Aldlle. Plunket, to whom report as-
signs the very first place in the ballet. This would re-
mind us of olden times.—From a Correspondent.

------ -
MRS. ALFRLD SHAIV.—We are happy to be able to
contradict a statement that has been circulated as regards
this gifted artiste. This statement is the most pathetic
affair imaginable, referring to, the loss of her husband,
acd other domestic misfortunes of Mrs. Alfred Shaw,
terminating by deploring this lady's ill-health. Whether
envy and professional rivalry have assumed this bene.
volent form, to aim their shafts with more certainty, or
whetber it proceeds from sincere solicitude, we are truly
gratified to be able to mention, on the best authority,
that the whole of this lachrymose statement is utterly
devoid of truth, and that Mrs. Alfred Shaw has returned
to town, and was never in better health or better voice.
Accounts from Rome (7th inst.), state that the
Pope has, since his sojourn at Castel Gandolfo, attended
by a small suite, visited various cities in the Roman
States. His Holiness proceeded through Albano, Gen-
zano, Marino, Frascatti, Grotta, and Ferrara, where he
made minute inquiries relative to the administration of
affairs, as well as to the social intercourse of the people
The Venerable Archbishop of Cologne Baron V. Droite
Bishering, who intended to have remained at Rome for
a lengthened period, has quitted that city, the frequent
scirrocco winds having proved detrimental to the Pre-
late's health. His Royal Highness Prince George of
rraTcheena,ocbtuotbeirntfrentdess
returnt4Prus
have commenced, and there is every appearance of a gay
season.
sah
as
to g oßnoem toe for Napthleeswviinate Tre.

-----
FIRE AT A CAMPHOR REFlNERY.—Yesterday, at
noon, a very alarming fire broke out in the extensive
premises belonging to Mr. Allder, camphor refiner,
situate in Sew ard-street, Goswell-road. It originated in
the refining-house, a building about 26 feet long by 15
wide, and which contained a valuable stock of camphor
undergoing the process of refinement. Such was the
inflammable nature of the contents that in the brief
space of five minutes the whole of the refining-house
became enveloped in one broad sheet of flame, which
shot through the roof with the greatest fury, causing,
as might be supposed, the most lively apprehensions for
the safety of the contiguous buildings. The workmen
exerted themselves to the utmost, and endeavoured to
confine the: destructive element to that portion of the
premises where it commenced, but notwithstanding that
the place was covered with sheets of zinc, the fire
speedily travelled through the same, and communicated
to an adjoining building, about the same size as the
former one. Finding :it impossible to get the mastery
of the flames without the aid of engines, information of
the outbreak was dispatched to Whitecn)ss-street, and
other engine stations. Several of the brigade engines,
with the West of England one, promptly attended, and
there being a good supply of water, they were set to
work, and by carrying. the hose through the front factory
the firemen were enabled to play with full vigour upon
the flames, thereby preventing the fire from extending
further. The cause of the outbreak was the bursting
of a glass carboy used in the crystallizing process.
Fortunately, the whole of the workmen escaped unin-
jured. We understand that the proprietor of the works
is uninsured.

TROTTING MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—Yester-
day the match made by Mr. Haynes to trot his pony
(12i- hands high) fifteen miles in harness, came off on
Wimbledon-common. Two miles of road were selected,
and the pony, harnessed to a light match cart, appeared
at the starting mark, and then commenced the match,
and trotted tiA o miles in seven and a half minutes, then
turned, completing four miles in fifteen minutes. He
was pulled in, and in two minutes he was at work, and
performed another four miles in fourteen minutes. The
next four miles were performed in fourteen minutes,
and, having been gruelled, in three minutes he com-
menced the last three miles, which were trotted in ten
and- A quarter minutes ; thus accomplishing the fifteen
miles in fifty-eight and a quarter minutes. The pony
was ably driven, and appeared quite fresh at the con-
clusion of the match,

full force-to Ireland; and perhaps there is no country
on the face of the globe in greater want of them, or
which would derive greater national benefits by their
introduction, than the sister kingdom. The unfortu-
nate turmoils which she has for so long a period
suffered, could not, we think, receive a more effective
check than by the establishment of a well-selected
system of railways ; for by this, it is not only our
opinion, but that of others competent to judge—an
opinion, too, daily gaining ground—that the commer-
cial condition of the country would become so mate-
rially improved, as to raise it above the poverty stricken
state that now feeds " agitation."
Whether in a national point of view, or as a pri-
vate speculation for profit, we wish success to rail-
ways in Ireland. It is, therefore, with pain that e
notice dissensions amongst parties engaged to carry
out a valuable line of railway, where it is one of the
first principles of success that unanimity should exist.
Our readers are aware that a line has been proposed
known as the Great Western Railway in Ireland, to
unite Dublin with Alullingar and Athlone, setting
out from Lucan cr some other point on the Cashel
line. Sir John Macneill was appointed engineer, and
we believe a highly respectable body of gentlemen
constituted the direction. In furtherance of this
object a project has since been set on foot, by a sepa-
rate Company to extend that line from Athlone to
Galway ; thus completing the chain of cornmunica
tion from Dublin to Galway, the value of which needs
no comment. Unhappily, however, dissension seems
to have lately arisen in the directorate of the former
Company, and hence if we are well informed the re-
cent appearance of a rival scheme, with the title of
" Irish Great Western" also to connect Dublin
with Galway. Sir John Macneill appeared here
too as the engineer !—a circumstance that must
have greatly astounded his friends, knowing that
his services were already engaged on the other side,
as no doubt it did him, but which that gentleman has
since repudiated by public advertisement, together
with another highly respectable individual, whose
name was likewise printed in the prospectus of the
new project. It has been: asked of us, and not being
enabled to answer, we now beg to inquire of the
promoters of the rival Irish Great Western, and we do
so, holding them guiltless until convicted—whether
it is true that the names of Lord Castlemaine, Mr.
John Campbell, and Mr. Blake are also placed in
their prospectus without the authority of those
parties? And whether it is the case thatthe whole
differences that have arisen, the primary cause of a
rival project being set on foot, are to be imputed to
the disappointed wishes of one of their body, who
being on the Committee of the Great Western deiired
to have amongst them a sharebroker, and also other
particular friends nominated as Parliamentary agents,
and because these were not, and, perhaps conscien-
tiously, could not be complied with, threatened the
present rival project, in which the names that were
rejected in the other appear?
We ask whether these circumstances are true ?
And, if so, whether the individual alluded to as the
cause is one who signs an M.P. to his name, which
may mean either Member of Parliament, aster of
Pranks, Methodist Parson, Mar-Plot, &c., who will
as inevitably mar the plot in which he is now con-
cerned, as he has attempted to do that in which he
was formerly a Director. We regret exceedingly
the appearance of the new Company—if by the name
of Company that can be termed which boasts no
better constitution than the Great Western at present
possesses—instituted by parties whose duty one would
have expected it was to act as friends, not foes. We
have, therefore, made inquiries, the details of which
it would be indiscreet to publish, and we must
confess, if the statements furnished to us are not
gross fabrications, the result is anything but favour-
able to the conduct of the rival projectors. Pre-
judiced to neither side, we are open to conviction
by either. We wish to see nothing done but what is
right, and the promoters of an honest project prosper
in their undertaking. Arrangements, we are in-
formed, are now being made by the Dublin, Mullin-
gar, and Athlone Company (the bona fide Sir John
Macneill's) to purchase the Royal Canal, which will
be of mutual advantage to both railway and canal;
saving to the former considerable expense in the con-
struction of the line, and to the latter protection from
certain future depreciation. On Tuesday last the
Directors of the Canal had an interview with Lord
Eliot, in order to ascertain if Government, who have
a power of control, will assent to a sale of it ; and on
Wednesday a. deputation of the Railway Directors
were to have had. an audience with Lord Eliot, for a
like 'purpose. • • We have not yet learned the result ;
but as the matter is one of mutual benefit, there can
be little doubt that an arrangement will be effected.
DUBLIN AND GALWAY RAILWAY.

DISCLAIMER.—The name of Andrew H. Lynch,
Esq., was inserted without his authority or knowledge
in the prospectus lately published by the Company
calling itself the " Irish Great Western Railway,
Company," with which that gentleman disclaims hav-
ing any cenrexion. Mr. Lynch is a member of the
Provisional Committee of the Galway and Athlone
Railway Junction Company.

TO: THE EDITOR OF " HER APATII'S RAILWAY JOURNAL:.

Sir,—l have seen in the public newspapers the
prospectus of a line of railway from Dublin to Gal-
way in which I am stated to he the engineer. Whilst
I acknowledge the respectability of the names at-
tached to it, I beg to say I have never been consulted
about it, nor can I have any connection with the
transaction, being already engaged for the Dublin,
Mullingar, and Athlone line.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN MACNEILL.
28, Rutland-square, Dublin, Oct. 1, 1844.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CITY.—WO cannot
answer the inquiries of several correspondents, if there
be any truth iii the rumour that her Majesty intends to
return from the ceremony of opening the Royal Ex-
change, on Monday next, by the City-road and New-
road to Paddington, on her way to Windsor; but if such
be the royal intention, we think the public ought to be
informed of it, in order to prevent disapi-mintnient to all
parties, and the delay of business incidental to the ex-
pectation of the return of the procession by the same
line as it proceeded to its interesting and memorable
object.—Morning Advertiser. [We agree with our Con-
temporary, that some announcement on the subject ought
to be made. We should imagine, however, as her Ma-
jesty is to dine at Windsor, that there will be no return
procession, but that her Majesty will proceed in her pri-
vate carriage to the Paddington terminus, viu the City-
road, as soon as the ceremony shall be over.—ED. Sun.]
THE KING OF SAXONY AND THE JEW JEWELLER.
—The Allgemeine Zeitung contains a contradiction of the
report which has been circulated in various German as
well as English newspapers, relative to a deception said
to have been practised upon the King of Saxony, by a
jeweller of whom he made extensive purchases, upon his
Majesty's visit to this country. It is stated that the pa-
ragraph in question was originated by a tradesman who
entertained feelings of jealousy towards the person of
whoM his Majesty obtained the jewels. The contradic-
tion has been published under the authority of the
Master of the Household to the King of Saxony.
NOVEL AND DELICATE SURGICAL OPERATION.—
An operation of a most interesting nature was performed
at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the 12th of this month,
by Mr. Skey, one of the surgeons of that institution.
This operation, which excited a good deal of public in-
terest, was conducted in the most skilful manner, in the
presence of Messrs. Pasquier and Fauquier, the medical
attendants on the King of the French, and a number of
amateurs from Windsor, who were anxious to witness it,
Mr. Guthrie, the medical officers of the institution, and
a large assemblage of pupils. A soklier of the name of
Wright, in the 2d Queen's Regiment, received a ball in
the knee at the storming of Ghuznee in the year 1839,
which laid him up for many months, and deprived him
of the use of his leg. The long-continued pain arising
from this injury was so severe that his general health
was rapidly sinking, and in this state, after having tried
various other hospitals for relief, he applied to Mr. Skey
to amputate his leg. That gentleman, upon examining
the joint, finding an abscess on the outer condyle of the
thigh-bone, came to the conclusion that the ball was
lodged in the bone, and that by the following operation
the leg might be spared. After laying open the abscess,
he dug a hole into the bone by means of a trephine,
upon the withdrawal of which the ball was discovered at
the bottom. He then loosened it by means of a screw,
and having isolated it with a gouge, he succeeded in
drawing it forth by means of a strong bone forceps. The
operation did not occupy more than ten minutes in its
performance ; at the conclusion of which he was warmly
greeted by his colleagues, and highly complimented by
the French surgeons.

CASH-BOX FOIL THE KING OF ASHANTEE.—We
yesterday saw, at Messrs. Chubb and Sons of St. Paul's-
churchyard, a very elegant cash-box, which they have
just completed for the King of Ashantee. It is made of
solid silver, and weighs two hundred and seventy-six
ounces, the size being seventeen inches long, twelve
inches wide, and seven inches deep. The ornaments and
chasing, consisting chiefly of lions', tigers', and elephants'
heads, designed by Mr. T. Sharp, are of the richest de-
scription ; and the box which is intended to hold his
Majesty's gold-dust, is secured by one of the detector
locks, having a massive gold key.
OOTTON BASSETT.—THE Fox, THE GOOSE, AND
THE GANDER.-011 Wednesday morning last (the door
having been left open through the negligence of the boy)
a goose walked out earlier than usual from her roost, on
the farm occupied by Mr. James Archer, and was in-
stantly pounced on by a fox, which, with his usual sa-
gacity, seized it by the neck, and throwing it over his
back, was making off, when the gander very courageously
issued forth in defence of his lady-love, and with great
gallantry attacked Reynarcl with his beak and wings,
his
keeping up a running fight the distance ofal g field,
and eventually caused the depredator to drop oAnlichal-
mas dish, which his epicurean appetite led him
to seek
at this season of the year. On a boy belonging to the
farm coming up, the fox limpingly decamped, showing
evident symptoms of having been severely beaten,--
Should Mr. Horlock hunt this neighbourhood, he will
not only find amusement, but confer a benefit on the
dairymen, who are much annoyed by the frequent visits
of these -vermin.— Devizes Gazette.

...___
The Coblentz mail was robbed about ten days ago
by a band of robbers, who got off with a booty of 25,000 f.

THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS
AND THE BRADFIELD UNION.
We have already drawn tke attention of our
readers to the cruel, unjust, and tyrannical conduct
of the Poor-law Commissioners, as now being pur-
sued towards the Guardians of the Bradfield Union,
and the master of that workhouse, whose appoint-
ment the " Despots" at Somerset-house refuse to
sanction, on the pretext of " insolvency" and " inex-
perience," both of which grounds have been_proved
to be most shamefully futile and unreasonable.
In reference to this case, we have much pleasure in
recording the proceedings of the Board of Guardians
of the parish of Chelsea (now in the third year of its
happy deliverance from the Kensington Union, a con-
nexion equally destructive to the interests of the
Chelsea rate-payers as of those of their poor.)
On Wednesday, the 16th instant, the Board of
Guardians of this parish was specially summoned to
consider a motion, of which due notice had been
given by the Chairman (Mr. J. B. Ryder) for con-
sidering a communication lately received from the
Bradfield Union, on the subject of the dispute now
pending between the Poor-law Commissioners and
that Board in reference to Mr. Brangwin's appoint-
ment.
Mr. RrDEn, after extended details, showing the
oppressive conduct of the Commissioners, moved the
following memorial—a few more such, and, we
should think, these gentlemen will find that,
for once, at all events, they will have to " knock
:
"To the Right Honourable Sir James Graham,
Bart., M.P., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the Home Department,
" The Memorial of the Board of Guardians of the
parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, in the county of Mid-
dlesex,
" Sheweth,—That the duties of Guardians of the
Poor are both laborious and responsible, in the dis-
charge of which Guardians ought not to be subjected
to vexatious obstruction or interference.
" That the Parliament has invested the Poor-law
Commissioners with great and extraordinary powers,
your memorialists are aware, but they are equally
sure that the Legislature never conferred those powers
for the purpose of working injustice and tyranny,
which appears to have been grossly the case in the
instance which your memoriOists now beg most
anxiously to draw your attention to.
" The case is that of the Bradfield Union, in the
counties of Berks, Oxon, and Hants' recently (offi-
cially), laid before 'your memorialists, and in which
your memorialists believe there is great reason for
complaint.
"Among other important duties the Board of
Guardians of that Union have recently had to per-
form was, that of electing a master to the Bradfield
workhouse, to which office they elected twice, unani-
mously, Mr. Francis Brangwin, which appointment
the Poor-law Commissioners have thought proper,
without assigning any public grounds, to refuse to
sanction, or even to grant, as requested by the Guar-
dians, an interview, which might have resulted in
some satisfactory arrangements.
" That, from information conveyed to your memo-
rialists, they have reason to believe that the Poor-
law Commissioners, in not sanctioning Mr. Brang-
win's appointment on account of ' insolvency' and
inexperience,' as they allege, have been influenced
by private communications, inasmuch as Mr. Brang-
win has paid 15s. in the pound, besides all law ex-
penses attending the settlement of his affairs; has
been for several years an active and zealous Guar-
dian ; bears an unimpeachable character; and pos-
sesses, among others, a high testimonial from the
Rev. William Bishop, the Rector of his parish, who
states that he has known Mr. Brangwin for a period
of twenty years.
" That the Poor-law Commissioners have further
harassed the Guardians by threatening legal pro-
ceedings against them in the Court of Queen's Bench,
if they do not forthwith comply with the orders issued
far the dismissal of the master, and the election of
another, which appears, from the representations of
the Guardians, to be wholly unnecessary.
" That your memorialists consider that these pro-
ceedings, on the part of the Poor-law Commissioners,
are odious and tyrannical, and calculated only to hurt
the feelings of upright and independent men ; deprive
them of all interest and satisfaction they may feel in
the discharge of their duties, and cause them to throw
up, in disgust, a guardianship, which a confiding
constituency has placed in their hands.
" That the conduct of the Poor-law Commissioners
in rejecting Mr. Brangwin, appears to your memo-
rialists cruel and unjust; tending, as it must, to de-
stroy the character of a worthy man, and thus crush
him in his efforts to obtain an honest and respectable
livelihood.
" That your memorialists are of opinion that the
Guardians of the Bradfield Union, in resisting, as they
have done, this arbitrary interference of the Poor-law
Commissioners, and in disregarding their legal threats,
are highly to be commended; are worthy of the con-
stituencies which returned them, and deserve the sym-
pathy and support of this Board, and of every Board
of Guardians in the kingdom.
" Under these circumstances, your memorialists
humbly pray that you, as the head of that department
of her Majesty's Government which can take cogni-
zance of such matters, will render the Board of Guar-
dians of the Bradfield Union that assistance and re-
dress which their case seems so loudly to call for.
" And your memorialists will ever pray, 8,:c."
Mr. MURRAY seconded it.
Messrs. Chambers, Hall, Edwell, and Greenway,
spoke warmly in favour of Mr. Ryder's motion.
The ChAIRMAN, pro tern (Mr. Caleb Collier), then
proceeded to put it to the vote, when it was agreed to
unanimously, and a copy ordered to be forwarded to
the Bradfield Board of Guardians.
On Wednesday last (the usual weekly meeting
day), the following letter from the Rome- office was
read at the Chelsea Board :
" Whitehall, October 19, 1844.
" Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James
Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
the 18th instant, forwarding, by desire of the Guar-
dians of St. Luke, Chelsea, a memorial agreed to at
their meeting on Wednesday last, the 16th.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" G. M. PHILLIPS.
" Mr. T. M. Loveland, Clerk to the Board
of Guardians, St, Luke, Chelsea."

TILE DESPERATE OUTRAGE AND
BURGLARY AT MANCETTER.
(FURTHER PARTICULARS.)
On Saturday night last, between the hours of twelve
and one o'clock, the dwelling-house of Mr. Thomas
Worthington, at Mancetter, near Atherstone, Warwick.
shire, was broken into by a gang of ruffians, wearing
black masks, and their persons otherwise disguised by
black linen, which they wore over their clothes. The
house is in a very lonely spot, and a considerable dis-
tance from any other dwelling. It seems the burglars
commenced their operations by cutting a hole in the
front door, the noise of which disturbed Miss Worthing-
ton, who opened a window and inquired what they
wanted, on which the burglars said the cows had escaped
from the close ; but Mr. Worthington, who had now
joined his niece, seeing the desperate looking gang of
five or six fellows he had to deal with, ordered them to
be off about their business, or he would shoot them. Of
this the burglars took no notice, but continued their ope-
rations against the door, and at last succeeded in making
an opening. The inmates, consisting of Mr. Worthing-
ton, a niece, a grandniece, and a servant lad and maid,
were by this time fully prepared, and Mr. Worthington,
who is in his 89th year, placed himself at the door, and
with a drawn sword cut and stabbed at the fellows through
the hole they bad made, and kept them at bay for a con-
siderable time. Finding they could not obtain admit-
tance this way, the burglars battered the door to pieces;
but while they were doing so, Miss Worthington brought
her uncle his fowling-piece, which was loaded with swan
shot, and desired him to shoot the villians, and seeing
that his aged hands shook so that he could not take
an aim, this heroic lady actually pointed and held the
gun, while her uncle fired. This did not deter the
burglers, but, finding the inmates so resolved, they, all
the while uttering the most horrid oaths end impreca-
tions, next tore up the stones with which the front of
the house was paved, and threw them at the old gen-
tleman and his neice, who still kept their places in the
hall, defending the entrance of the house from the
robbers ; when, at length, after half an hour's fighting,
and no assistance appearing, and Mr. Worthington being
wounded in the temple and in various parts of the body,
his niece, who stood firmly by his side during the con-
flict, parleyed with the robbers, and asked whether
they wanted their lives, when one of them, who
acted as spokesman, said, all they wanted was money,
and they did not want to hurt them. The lady then
said, if they would promise not to hurt her uncle, no
further resistance should be made, which the robbers pro-
mised; but the old gentleman still continued resolute, and
stood at the door with his sword, threatening to cut down
the first who approached, the blood all the while pouring
down from the wound in the temple he had received,
when the niece, fearing he would bleed to death, threw
herself upon him, and took away his sword, which was
covered with the blood of the burglars, on which four of
them made their way into the house, and after makingi
the servant lad give up all his money, they next troto
from Miss Eliza Worthington, a grandniece
allof Afr.l h
ington, a young lady about fifteen yeaf she ddid not money
k
rso,the oneel
she had, threatening to hang her if
to
t
themshowwe il a s where
some
efo,ed whicht h
pi
s to
theclui et
money Theyw as th
henptrc °tin' electook took, as
wroobubldery o
comer
againtook any steps stne
night,
fire-arms ; and after threatenirig. the inmates, if they
discoverm adea
the n ynoise
robbers,about
theythe
and burn the house and murder all the inmates, they
took their departure, and as yet, we regret to say, nu
traces have been obtained of them. We are happy to
say that neither Mr. Worthington nor any of his family
are seriously injured, and trust that justice will not be
long in overtaking the ruffians, for whose apprehension
a reward of 1001. has been offered.

Rabbits are easily taken alive by soaking their fa-
vourite food, parsley, in strong rum or brandy. A simi-
lar method is employed in catching small birds with
steeped seed. They, like rabbits, are so intoxicated with
the spirit, that there is no difficulty in obtaining as
many as you wish.

IRELAND.
JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.
DUBLIN, OCT. 23.—There is good reason to believe
that there is no foundation whatever for contemplated
judicial changes recently announced in some of the
London journals. Term is likely to open on the 2d
of November next without any change whatever amongst
the judges.
There has been a rumour that Mr. Brewster, the
" confidential adviser" at the Castle, is to obtain a
Mastership in Chancery. On the part of Mr. Goo/d,
one of the oldest of the masters, an authorised contradic-
tion has bean published, that gentleman having "returned
from North Wales in the enjoyment of good health,"
and resumed his duties in the courts. Unless an ar•
rangemeut can be effected in some other quarter, there
1 appears at present little prospect that Mr. Brewster can
obtain the object of his ambition.
EVICTION OF TENANTS.
The Tipperary Vindicator says ;—" On Saturday last
the agent of Mr. Csesar Otway, one of the assistant poor-
law commissioners, proceeded to Mr. Otway's lands at
Barbara, accompanied by head-constable Hayes and
thirty of the police from Nenagh, and there evicted a
man of the name of Ward from the holding, turned his
family out of the house, and then levelled it, with two
adjoining cabins, to the ground. At one period there
seemed some disposition to oppose the proceedings ; but
the presence of the police prevented a rupture. Wo
have been informed that the cause of this eviction was a
dispute concerning the payment of rent, and that tho
agent made some advantageous offers to the tenant,
which were refused, and led to an eviction being put in
force."
MURDER ON TIIE BORDERS OF TIPPERARY.
A letter dated Thurles, October 21, published in the
.IVenagli Guardian, announces the perpetration of another
barbarous murder on the verge of the county of Tippe-
rary:—" The victim, in this instance, was a person named
Thomas M'Namara, who was employed as one of the
bog-rangers on the county of Limerick estate of the
governors of the schools founded by Mr. E. Smith. He
was murdered about noon on Saturday last, on the public
road, leading from Cappamore to Doon, on the lands of
Ballycusbown ; there were people passing to and from
the bog, bringing out turf to the very place where he was
murdered. The police were soon on the spot, and
arrested some persons whom they found there ; one man
who was digging potatoes in a field, next the road, fled,
and the spade he had been using could not be found. He
was pursued by the police and others, and arrested at
Doon. There will be an inquest held to-day."
The Guardian also announces that a man who was in
the county infirmary with his skull dreadfidly fractured
by a person named Cody, and others, died in great agony
on Sunday. evening. The unfottunnte man has left a
wife and six children, to bewail his untimely end. Cady
is still in custody, and before this untoward circumstance
was esteemed as a quiet, inoirensive young man, in whom
much confidence was placed by many gentlemen who
employed him to collect rents. A reward of 20/. is
otlereit by Mr. Cox, the sub -inspector, for such infornia-
tier. as will lead to the apprehension of the persons con-
cerned with Cody in attacking the four men.
BALLYVANGE, DOWNPATRICK.—About four o'clock on
Sabbath morning, the joint stack-yard of Mr. John
l‘l‘Cartin and Mr. JaMes M‘liinney was observed in
flames. The entire quantity of grain, together with the
offic-houses, were totally consumed, and it was at some
risk, and with considerable difficulty, the cattle were
' saved. Mr. Bernard Ward, of Vianstown, justice of' the
peace, ' who resides within a few perches of the scene,
was amongst the first of the neighbours to offer assist-
ance ; but the 'flames raged with such desperate fury,
that it was found impossible to save a particle of grain.
M‘liinney's servant, who is the only person who resides
in the place, says he went to bed at the usual hour, and
all was safe ; that be had neither candle nor other light
about the premises ; and from the fact of the stack-yard
being at lea.it 40 perches off the public road, and the
time at which the fire broke out, there can be no doubt
it was the work of an incendiary. M•Cartiu is a man
beloved and esteemed by all who know bins, and*M.Kin-
ney, who resides two miles off, is also much respected, so
that no one can even conjecture what could be the cause
of so desperate an act.—Banner of Ulster.
COLLISION WITII TWO REVENUE POLICEMEN._ As John
Flinn and James Carrigan, two of the revenue policemen
stationed at Park, near Clucly, in the county of Derry,
were taking a walk on Friday evening last, about six
o'clock, towards Drcen, which is a mile and a half distant
from their station, they fell in with a horse and cart,
accompanied by two men. Observing some barrels in
the cart, and suspecting they contained illicit whisky,
the policemen seized the horse and cart, and attempted
to make the men their prisoners. Carrigan took hold
of the horse, which, being frightened, ran off, separat-
ine. Carrigan from his comrade; and in the meantime
the two men, assisted, it is believed, by the villagers of
Dreen, maltreated Flinn most brutally. lie was first
knocked down by the blow of a large stone, which cut
him dreadfully on the head; and, when he was on the
ground, he was savagely beaten, and so much injured
that no hopes are entertained of his recovery.
TIIE REGISTRIES.

I.'OROUGII OF NEI ItY.—MoNDAY,OCT. 21.—T. Jones,
Esq., assistant-barrister, took his seat on the bench this
morning at ten o'clock. Lord Newry and Mourne, the
Tory member for the borough, was present. The borough
registry was proceeded with, when there appeared fur
Liberals 43, Tories, 18—Liberal majority, 25.
COUNTY OF LoUTR.—The Quartor Sessions for this
division of the county commenced yesterday (Tuesday)
in the Record Court, before Michael O'Shaughnessy,
Esq., assistant-barrister. The first business entered upon
was the registry for the county of Louth, when one Con-
ervative was re-registered.

BOROUGH OF DUNDALK.—The following were the
numbers registered :—Liberals, 15; Tories, 3—Ma
jority, 12.

COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—At the adjourned meet-
ing of the magistracy yesterday, the report of the
chaplain to the liolise of Correction was read, stating
that during the past year many prisoners on their dis-
charge had found themselves provided with the means of
obtaining an honest livelihood, while many also were in
the Refuge for the Destitute learning trades, and ex-
pressing the greatest gratitude for the benefit thus con-
ferred upon them. The report also adverted to the
strong facilities the existing system of pawning offered
to the poorer classes for dishonestly disposing of articles.
Ur. Pownall congratulated the county on the fact that
while since 1831 the population had increased a quarter
of a million, crime appeared to have diminished, at least
so far as it was brought under the cognizance of the
magistracy. The number of persons charged with in-
toxication was less by 18,000 than in the preceding year.
He attributed this mainly to the extension of religious
instruction as well in the prisons as elsewhere.—
(Hear, hear.) Mr. Rotch also expressed his satisfaction
at the spread of temperance. The surgeon stated that
the mortality had been less last year than in any former
year. There had only been ten deaths among nearly
10,000 persons. The state of the prisons appeared
equally satisfactory to the magistracy, who expressed
their obligations on this subject to Mr. Sergeant Adams.
millions. The rental
mo:.
Pownallthe co returned t
tabbeoud
its
cortex.
those to the Property-tax Commissioners, and id
animadvertedtyvasreturn
h the county.
pancy which appeared Letween the countyretsuarn_sthaenred
should be one uniform assessment through
Suicnor.—On Tuesday night a young wualn,
Stapleton, destroyed herself by jumping into
Ashley-hill,
'orchard. unhappy
pool of water in her father The
named Esther Tilly, the daughter of a farmer living at
a
girl bad been forbidden her father's house in conse-
i q ience of her keeping company with a young man
me
which connexion her -parent
did notGeoaprpgreovl ms
eV, ilalinadLtending the theatre and such
places.
On Tuesday evening she wrote a letter to Wil-
liams, declaring her intention to drown herself In the
pool ; this letter (not being able to read himself) he
showed to another young man and the father, and it
then being late, the young men started off to the spot,
and just as they got in sight of the pond they observed
the young woman throw herself in. She was promptly
taken out of the pool, and conveyed into the house, when,
we understand, a glass of brandy and water was admi-
nistered to her, and she was put to bed. At five o'clock
the next morning a medical man was sent for, but the
girl was dead. An in quest was held before Joyner Ellis,
Esq., Coroner fur this county, when a verdict of Felo de
se was returned.—Cheltenliant Chronicle. •
FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a man named Mild-
water, lately residing in William-street, Portland-town.,
expired in Westminster Hospital from the effect of se-
vere injuries. It appeared the deceased was employed
at Freeman's Wharf, Alillbank, on the previoas day in
unloading some timber, when he fell a considerable
height and severely injured the whole of the lower part
of his body. 'He was at once taken to, the hospital,
where every attention was paid him; but he gradually
sank under the wounds and internal consequences aris-
ing from their.