The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-25 00:00:00

ESCAPE OF AN ELEPHANT.--On Friday evening,
as Mr. Hylton, owner of the caravans of wild beasts on
the Castle-meadows, at Bury St. Edmunds, was showing
the elephant to the company, the beast showed signs of
insubordination. He was directed to kneel and confess
his submission to his keeper, but did not choose to obey,
upon which the keeper applied a rather severe punish-
ment. At this moment Mrs. Hylton came in, and fear-
ing mischief, called out, "Let him go home, William."
The mighty beast just then aimed a tremendous blow at
the side of the booth, which at once gave way, his keeper
in a moment was put hors de combat, and the giant of
the forest walked off in spite of all opposition, going
through the streets out at St. Stephen's-gate, on the
London-road, as if literally taking the hint of Mrs.
Hylton. A quantity of bread was immediately put into
a cart, and several of the people followed him, but his
pace was so rapid that they could not keep up with him;
and after about two miles run to Harford Bridges ho
sought pleasure or food among the umbrageous woods
a'id scanty foliage of Mr. Alderman Thurtell, as if en-
joying his pristine liberty in his native wilds ; nor was
he to be caught by those who followed him. Mr. Hylton,
in spite of the serious injury he had sustained, had to go
after him, and when he did so the mighty beast again
submitted to his commands with the most child-like do-
cility, and walked back with him to his den, about one
o'clock in the morning.—Bury Post.
ROMANTIC STORY.—A circumstance which has
afforded ample material for the gossips of South-
wark has occurred within the last few days. A
gentleman resident in the Southwark-bridge-road has
been for a considerable time in the habit of attend-
ing a coffee-house in Cannon-street, City ; and,
whether or not particular attentions were paid to the
darnel in waiting, the result was that she fell despe-
rately in love with her customer. Affection ripened
into positive madness, and the poor girl, intent on never
losing sight of the object of her passion, followed
him from day to day, and e% *a during the night
never allowed vigilance to cease. Several times, on
his way homeward, the gentleman alluded to has ea
countered the fair damsel on Southwark-bridge, and
threats have been held out, that unless some proof was
given that her love was reciprocated she would terminate
her existence by leaping from the parapet. On one
occasion she attempted to carry her threat into execu-
tion, but was prevented by the gentleman. It appears
that at a later hour of the night she tendered her
money to the toll-keeper, with a view of passing
through, but her request was refused, an intimation of
her intention to commit self-destruction having been
previously given. On Thursday some circumstances
transpired that made it apparent that if precautionary
measures were not taken the worst might be expected,
and the girl was given into the custody of the police.
Shortly afterwards she appeared before Mr. Alderman
Challis, at Guildhall, and was sent to Giltspur-street
Compter, where she will remain until her fit of love
shall have subsided, or until some secur;fy shall be af-
forded that a similar course of conduct shall not be re-
peated.
CATCHING A TARTAR.—Joinville! poor Joinville !
The last batch of dispatches to Ilackau show him in a
position at once painful and ludicrous. lie had got
possession of the island of Mogadore. lle can't keep it,
and is afraid to give it up and bolt without leave.
So we have watched a hungry man with a potatoe—
too hot to hold, too precious to drop—flinging it
from hand to hand, with a face oddly divided between
pain and wistfulness. Very modestly says the Primer.
"At Mogadore events have taken place which appear
to have modified our position ;" the English of which
turns out to be, that " the occupation of the island in
winter is impossible." " Please, Sir, may I give it up ?"
"Certainly," says the Minister, "especially as you can't
keep it." " In that case," replies the Prince, " we'll give it
up at once; and if we want it afterwards we can retake it
in the spring, and give the Moors the trouble and expense
of keeping it in the mean time." This is the most ori-
ginal method of conquest we have yet heard of. It may
be compared to the old plan of pawning your cloak before
going to the theatre, and taking it out after the per-
formance, paying the legal interest of a halfpenny in-
stead of a sixpence to the boxkeeper. Well, de
Joinville determines on ceding the island. Ben Abou,
Kaid of Tangiers, comes on board the Suffren, and the
Prince has the impudence (we beg his pardon for the
word) to tell him, that " a great nation like France
can afford to be generous after victory l" And
while the garrison are evacuating Mogadore, with more
hurry than dignity, in a style that looks marvellously
like running away, the Prince gravely assures the Mi-
nister of Marine, " that which remains from our dis-
agreement is a salutary fear of our name, and of the
force of French arms !' We remember a caricature (a
French one, too) of a fight, in which the man who is
down, his adversary's boot on his neck, says, half-choked,
"Eh Lien, je to pardonne, et gue celafinmsse Gavarni
must have had a prophetic anticipation of the Prince de
Joinville's evaeution of Mogadore.—Punch.
HARDSHIP Surveyors of taxes have not yet been
remunerated for their vast labours and great unpleasant-
ness of two years' income-tax duties, though the Go-
vernment has an abundance in hand. " Too bad" this,
Sir Robert. We hope this subject will soon be rung iu
Parliament, if the officers are not fairly compensated be-
fore next month is over.—From a Correspondent.
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coaches have been taken off the road.
INCREASE OF NEWSPAPERS AT TILE POST-OFFICE.
—So greatly have the newspapers in transmission
through the post increased during the last few weeks
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The address to the Queen, in reply to her Majesty's
speech on the opening of the session, will be moved, in
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by Mr. Thomas Baring. Mr. Charteris,although
he has not presented himself much before the'
publie as
a debater in the House of Commons, has attracted con-
siderable notice by the intelligence and knowledge at
business which he has displayed in various Committees.
With regard to Mr. T. Baring, he is too well known te. require any comment from us.—Times.
It is a remarkable fact connected with the late de-
structive fire and explosion at the shop of Mr. Baylis,
oil and colourman, in the Whitechapel-road, that upon
exploring the ruins yesterday, four canisters of gun-
powder were found unexploded.
DARING ROBBERY AT A TEA-DEALER'S.—A few
evenings ago some thieves managed to steal a chest of
tea from the shop of Mr. Parr, tea-dealer, in the Black-
friars-road. What makes the robbery rather surprising
is, that the chest of tea was at the back part of the shop
Rear the counter, and the thief must have crept on his
hands and knees into the shop and pushed it out while
the shopman was engaged on the other side of the
counter.

r INCOME-TAX.---It is now well known that Sir Bo-
' Bert has a surplus revenue in hand, and yet there is a
whole year (the third) of the property and income-tax to
collect, the first moiety receipt only about to commence.
This is a " great fact" which ought to be known, and
more so before Parliament assombleih—From i Cerra,
pondent.

A RELIEVING OFFICER CON-
VICTED of PURLOINING MONEY.
The Dorchester Chronicle of yesterday gives the
following report of a case at Sturminster Newton
Petty Sessions, on the 13th instant :—An information
was laid against George Tuck, a relieving officer of
the Sherburne Poor-law Union, for purloining certain
sums of money granted the complainant, Ann Jeanes,
for the maintenance and support of her male bastard
child, chargeable to the parish of Holwell, within the
said Sherborne Union.
It appeared from the evidence of Ann)Jeanes, the
complainant, that, before her marriage; she had a
male illegitimate child, born in the parish of Holwell,
in the county of Somerset, and chargeable to that
parish ; an order for the support of which clirhl c%43
made by the Wincanton justices, dated 30th of April,
1832. From that time up to a year and five rnontli
ago, she received one shilling per week from Mr.
George Tuck, relieving officer, the defendant ; but in
June, 18.13, her father told her that the defendant lc.d
declared to him that she was to receive no more
money for his child, as he bad earned two
shillings a week, and, in consequence, she
did not apply for any more relief. Since June,
1843, she had received no relief or money for the
support of the said child, from the defendant or
any one else. The evidence of the complainant wi
corroborated by her father, who deposed, on oath, that
about last June twelve months, the defendant told
him the shilling per week for the boy was taken off;
but the defendant had regularly called on him weekly
and paid him his pay (the witness being a pauper),
and his pay only. It was then proved, from the evi-
dence of the officer of the Union, and the books, that
entries of money, as paid to this illegitimate child,
had been made after June, 1843, and credit fur these
sums given to George Tuck, the defendant, by the
Sherborne board of guardians. It was elicited, in
cross-examination, by Mr. Vining, attorney for the
defendant, that an investigation into this case is as
made by the Sherborne board, on the 12th of October
last, but which was not made matter of record ; and
that after an adjournment, and another hearing, not
in the presence of the complainant, on the 26th of
October, it was decided that no minute should be
made of the investigation, the members of the board
present having expressed an opinion, that there was
no wilful misappropriation of these moneys, the de-
fendant having admitted his error, and offered to ac-
count for the same. He admitted his error, as soon
as his attention was drawn to it, and said he did not
discover the error until he was copying the names for
the quarter ending Michaelmas last ; he was ill, having
had a seizure about Midsummer last.
The Rev. H. F. Yeatman (as chairman) gave the
judgment of the Bench. After recapitulating and
commenting on the evidence most minutely, he ob-
served that the justices, upon a careful consideration
of the evidence, as a whole, were unanimously of
opinion that the charge was proved against George
Tuck, the relieving officer of the Sherborne Union,
and adjudged that he had purloined and wilfully mis-
applied certain moneys—to wit, the sum of 1/. 195,1
belonging to the parish of Holwell, in the Sherborne
Union, contrary to the provisions of the 4th and sth
William IV., cap. 76, and convicted him in the penalty
of 61.; and further adjudged that he should Fay the
sum of 51. 175., being three times the amount of
moneys purloined, together with the costs incurred
in the prosecution of the case.