The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-18 00:00:00

KINGSTON.

A labourer, who gave the name of Benjamin Milne, was
brought before Messrs. King and Roots, the presiding Magis-
trates, at the Town-hall, to answer a charge of committing a
daring robbery upon a young lady named Julia lll‘Lean.
Miss M'Lean deposed, that on Sunday evening she was re-
turning home from church along the Ham-road, when she ob-
served a person, who resembled the prisoner, walk past her,
and, when he had got a short distance, he stopped short until
she got up to him, when he snalched at her reticule, and tore it
violently from her arm, and ran off with it. She gave an
alarm immediately, and several persons went off in the direc-
tion the man had taken who robbed her. The prisoner was
soon afterwards brought to her, but although he very much re-
sembled the robber in size and general appearance, she could
not speak positively to his identity.
Sergeant Martin, of the V division, deposed, that, upon
hearing of the robbery, he went to a lodging-house in Kings-
ton, known by the natse of the Quart Pot, and he there appre-
hended the prisoner from the description Miss M'Lean had
given of the man who robbed her. She could not, however,
identify him. Witness afterwards made a search in the direc-
tion in which the man ran away, and he picked up the reticule,
which was wrapped up in a handkerchief, and lying under the
doorway of an old house. The constable added that he could
not trace the property in any way to the possession of the
prisoner.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner declared that he was
innocent, and he said he had come to Kingston to sell Con-
greve matches, and he had no other means of getting his living
The MActszeants said the case was very su,picious, but as
there was not sufficient evidence of the robbery, they should
send him as a rogue and vagabond for a month to the House
of Correction.

PARIS GAIETIES.—The Count de Rambuteau, Pre.
feet of the Seine, gave, on Saturday evening, his first ball for
the season, at the Hotel de Ville. The gildings and paintings
of its splendid saloons seemed to be augmented in number and
Lenity ; ar.d the dazzling brilliancy of the lights, playing avian
the jewellery and rich dresses of the finest and most elegant
women of Paris, made this, as they have ever done the fetes
given at the Hotel do Ville, the most agreeable in France. Fo-
reigners of distinction never leave Paris without having gained
admittance to the balls of the Count de Rambuteau. Among
those present on this occasion we remarked her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Braganza, the Duke d'Ossuna, the Prince
and Princess d'Anglona, the Duke San Teodoro, the Duke
and Duchess de Gagliera, the Austrian Ambassador and the
Countess d'Appony, the Sardinian Ambassador, the Countess
of Luxburg and daughter, and the Bavarian and Danish
Ministers. Among the numerous French visitors were the
Baroness de Alackau, General and Baroness Athalin, and
several Peers of France and Deputies, with their ladies. The
supper-rooms were thrown open at twelve o'clock, and the
tables were spread with every luxury. The dancing, animated
by an excellent orchestra, was kept up to a very late hour.—
Galignani.
EASTERN UNION RAILWAY.—We may now con-
gratulate the public on the certainty of there being a
direct line of railway between Ipswich and London. The
rival line has been abandoned. The Eastern Counties
Railway express their wish to see the Ipswich line car-
ried out ; and still_ better than all, the money to form
the railway has been fully subscribed. The shares have,
we understand, been all taken up, and we have no doubt
that the railway will be not only a benefit to the town
and neighbourhood, but a safe investment for capital.
These gratifying results are to be attributed to the energy
and public spirit manifested by the inhabitants of
Ipswich, to which we, have frequently had the satisfac-
tion of giving expression ; and it would be injustice if
we did not add that it was in a high degree owing to the
vigilance and indomitable resolution of Mr. J. C. Cob-
bold, whose zeal in this matter deserves the thanks of
his fellow-townsmen.—lpswich Express.
AN EDITOR'S SALARY.—At a conference of dele-
gates of the coal miners, held in Manchester a few days ago,
the subject of the amount of salary to be paid to the editor of
the Miner's Advocate, a fortnightly publication recently esta-
blished in this town, it was, after some discussion, agreed that
twenty-one shillings per week be the amount of the editor's sa-
lary ! with an allowance of twenty shillings per annum, as a
subscription to a news-room, to enable him to see the papers !
Tyne Mercury.

\C'e have heard that the Monopolists in this neigh-
bourhood are raising, not " heaven and earth," as the saying
goes, but earth and the nether regions, to get up an Anti-
League meeting. When such a monster as Monopoly dies, we
must expect a struggle or two ; but we doubt if its friends
here, with all their fine hatred to the good cause, will be able
to effect anything in the way of staying Monopoly's progres. to
perdition. The cause is here, as everywhere else, hepeless.—
Cambridge Advertiser.
PLOUGHING MATCH BETWEEN TWO FARMERS.—
On Thursday last, there was an interesting exhibition of
rural skill at Terling, when two farmers of the neigh-
bourhood, Mr. Balls, of that parish, and Mr. Warren, of
Hatfield, each of them being quite positive in his own
mind that he could best "'draw the clean furrow and the
level line," came forward to try their prowess in the
plough-field. The stakes were an even Si. aside ; though
if the adage holds good in husbandry, that " practice
makes perfect," Mr. Balls had somewhat the advantage,
inasmuch. as he is often in the habit of holding the
handle of " the good old plough," while Mr. Warren
does not so frequently have a share in the matter. The
match took place on the farm of Mr. Greenwood, and
the competitors travelled over two stetches in very re-
spectable style ; but the judges, Mr. Speakman, of Fair-
sted Hall, and Mr. Ellis, of Hatfield, awarded the 5/.
and the palm of victory to Mr. Balls. The parties then
retired to the White Hart, at Terling, and over a flowing
and a friendly glass, the health of the winner and sac-
eess to the plough, were given with the heartiness of
the Essex yeoman. The affair has awakened a spirit of
emulation in the parish, and Mr. John Cousins and his
six sons, will plough against any other farmer and his
six sons in the county for
lOU —Essex Herald.
WASTE LANDS.—ENCLOSURE ACT.— On the motion
of Lord Worsley, a very long return was made in June
last " of the true or estimated quantity in statute mea-
sure of all common or waste lands not being held in
severalty, in every parish or tithe commutation district,
so far as the same can be ascertained from the schedules
to the agreements or awards, or from the apportionments
received by the Tithe Commissioners," and also "A Re-
turn of all Acts passed since the year 1800 for the En.
closure of Common or Waste Lands
in England and
Wales, not being held in severalty, distinguishing the
parishes and counties in which the same were situated,
together with the estimated number of Acts passed from
1800 to 1810, from 1810 to 1820, from 1820 to 1830, and
from 1830 to 1840." The summary of England shows
that in the forty counties the total quantity of land
amounts to 6,718,523 acres,
a which the quantity of
common or waste land is stated to be 1,358,419 acres. In
Middlesex alone there are 1,:1.21 acres of waste land.
The largest quantity of waste• land is in the North
Hiding of Yorkshire, there being no less than 132,8 a
acres of common or waste land out of a total of 1,897,592
acres, making a total of waste land in England and
Wales of 1,860,232 out of the tot al of 8,616,115. By the
second return it appears that from 1800 to 1810 the
number of Enclosure Acts passed was 905, from 1810 to
1820 the number was 741, from 1820 to 1830 the num-
ber was 192, and from 1830 to 1840 the number of En-
closure Acts was 125.

REAL MONSTER AGITATION,.—EXCLUSION OF THE
PEOPLE OT IRELAND P stoat JILRIIES ON ACCOUNT CR
THEIR RELIGION.—No circumstarrce that ever occurred has
excited the Catholic millions so universally and powerfully as
the insult to their religion, their conscientious devotion to
truth, and their honour, which has. just been perpetrated by
the Tory Government. The petits .ons, resolutions, and other
communications, denunciatory of the insult and the wrong
which have, by this day's post, pour ed in from every county of
Ireland, are so multitudinous as to t lefy perusal within the day.
They will be turned to proper account by the Committee in
due time. We need only state as an additional proof, that the
most moderate as well as the most slistinguished of the Catholic
body have joined the mighty body oaf the people of Ireland in
this gigantic movement for the vim dication of the national cha-
racter. We may state that at thi t great meeting held on the
i
subject of the juries yesterday, Drogheda, the chair was
occuped by the most Rev. Dr. Cr olly, Primate of Ireland.—
Dublin Pilot.
VIENNA, JAN. 2.—The lets? yesterday at Prince
Metternich's was one of the most splendid given by the illus-
trious Prince for many years. !The Prince entertained at
dinner the Ministers of State and t he oorps diplotatique, and
in the evening received, in the 'name of the Emperor, the
congratulations, on the occasion et! New Year's Day, from the
nobility and foreigners of distirsit ion at present here. His
Imperial Highness the Archd.uke-Astephen has left for Prague,
to assume his high functions in tiree Bohemian capital. The
amiable character and disporition. sof the noble Prince are cal-
culated to produce most beneficial effects in that part of the
Austrian dominions. Active csi.rrespondence is kept up
Court of Naples in
be-
tween this Court and those of .France and Sardinia rela-
to Spanish affairs, and at one t hue it was thought that the
would have led to
negotiations for
theecit h
artmo
recognitionef Turinst
ep by Notvfho ueQl doutehheaei vir el;
tafaobll?il
which were en the best footing when the last news from Spain
occasioned again a pause in Tegur d to the intention of the
King of Sardinia on this subject His Serene Highness the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Sclis.werin is expected here, en
route for Italy, where his Impala al Highness the Archduke
Rayner intends repairing next ininith. The funeral of Prince
Colloredo Mansfeld took place a fievy days age. The Prince
died in the seventy-second year c 3 his ago, and was one of the
richest noblemen in the country.. His son, who is a captain in
the Emperor Ferdinand's Chass ear Regiment, succeeds to the
princely fortune and title.
ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE;. AND TUE COGERS.—The
society of Cogere, who me •et nightly at their hall in
Bride-lane, was informed by a rnember on Monday
evening last that it was the i mention of the Council of
the League shortly to return to London to renew their
valuable and spirited oxertiot is in favour of free trade.
A subscription in aid was suggested, and in a few
minutes nearly 20/ was laa:nded to the Secretary,
although no previous notice Is. ad been given, and but
few members present. The- ebt ;Subject of an immediate
contribution was to set ail e:.camplo to the numerous
societies with which the Ine'lrQUas abounds.