The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-27 00:00:00

WA TERMAN' S HALL.

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Yesterday aft extraordinary scene • took place at
Waterman's Hall, St. Mary Hill. No fewer than
one hundred and fifty watertnen were summoned to
attend before the Chairman (Mr. Drinkeld) and
Others of the rulers, to answer to various charge:s.
Some were accused of having refused to act upon
regtilations for " taking turns" to and from the steath
vessels, by which violation the public were exposed
to danger and inennvenience. Others were charged
Stith having been abusive and insolent to passen-
gers, and many were charged with having demanded
nutltAlloelfßfrplii
rfAea;'Ce. ostated,tnluil
Company
htaot
regu-
lations instituted fur the benefit of the public in
general, and of the watertnen in particular.
The ene hundred and fifty watermen were then,
enforce all ti
afiternriegdtet--
with but two or three -eiceptions, all fined in diffe-
rent penalties; and assured at the same time, that the
rilte°rTnr.:lilletta6taCi
repetition of effete would at least double the pre-
sent fine in every instance of infringement.
It was evident that the defendants were more
deeply impressed with the necessity or observing
the table of rules and regulations from this admoni-
tion, and the infliction of those penalties, than they
have been Upon ally former occasion. The table
was literally covered with money.
Some • time after the decision upon those cases,
one of the complainants, who had succeeded in
punishing a defendant, appeared at the Hall, and
coin/dinned of a serious species of revenge resorted
to against him: The defendant alluded to, and
two others, seized him, he declared,-as he was leav-,
ing the Hall, shoved him into a soach, and entering
along with him, ordered the coachman to drive off
as fast as he could. The coachman flew along, anti
the defendant and his friends clapped their handy
upon his mouth aml prevented him from calling out'.
At last they reached a turnpike, where it was ne-
cessary for them to stop. The vritness made a des;
Aerate effort to liberate himself, and he made the
turnpike man hear him cry out " murder." . The
coach was stopped, and the turnpike-man asked what
was the matter. They replied that they were tak-

_ . .
lug au unfortunate cornrade, who was insane, to s
mad-house. The witness cried out as lustily as he
could that he was not mad, but that he had just
punished his assailants, who were about to " sarve
him out" for it. This effectually put an end to the
journey ; but the assailants, opening the door, flung
out the unfortunate witness head foremost, and" then
returned in high spirits.
The necessary measures were taken to punish the
actors in this tragic-comedy.

At the late sale of the Duke of AIARLI3O-
- effects at White Knights, there was a strong conr-
petition between his MAJESTY and the Duke of WELLING -
Ton for the celebrated portrait of the Great Duke of Maui.—
BOROUG H. His Grace was the purchaser at SO guineas.

'l'l►e project of employing steam tugs ft)!
towing vessels between Hull and Selby, appears to be pro
ceeding with so much spirit and zeal, that little doubts
are entertained of its . ultimate success.—Doncaster

Okxzet4...
The rain fell in torrents on Saturday, in the
neighbourhood of Lymington. At Boldre it was several
feet deep in the low lands, and ran with so much force
across the toad, that a fine girl, about six years of age,
named CAillEftltilt SHANE, returning from school, was
actually forced from the road by the rush of N7ater, and
carried a considerable distance into a meadow, and di:lwned.

—Devizes Gazette.
On Friday morning last a hawk was observed
chasing a remarkably fine partridge over Newport, at Lin-
coln. The bird, however, fell from exhaustion into the
street, near the County Assembly Rooms, and was taken
up by a passenger. An observer made the following
homely observation,—that be thought the poor partridge
was " making its escape from the frying pan into the fire."
—Doncaster Gazette.

So homely and economical are some of the
American Legislators, that a Member of Congress from
the Middle States will send home his dirty linen and worn
out pantaloons, fr4nked by the mail, to be returned to
Washington by the same conveyance, when washed and
mended.

KENT MEETING.—WC understand that une
less the Nobility and Gentry take up the cause of liberality'
in Kent, at the approaching County Meeting, the celebrated
COSRKIT, who once before alone put to the rout a host of
Lords and Gentlemen at Maidstone, intends to be present

to try his powers against the Nc-Popery faction. We trust
there will he no need of him ; and we are glad to see that
he has the goodtaste to make his interference conditional.

Kent Herald.

TO 'TIE POOR WITH LARGE FAMIUES.—
One pound of rice, one pound of barley-meal, a quarter of
a pound of treacle, and one ounce of salt, boiled in two
gallons of water over a slow fire, make sixteen pounds of
nutricious food. The cost of the whole is Bd.—Dublin
Morning Post.
Au atrocious crime was committed on the
night of the tith of September, at the little town of Pont
l'Eveque. A publican of the name of Lreevae, who had
been at the performances of a strolling company of come-
was returning home at about eleven o'clock at night,
when he was seized by a number of persons, who were
heard to exclaim, "We have him now." After having
treated him in the most horrible manner imaginable, they
threw him into a ditch. His cries were distinctly heard
by several persons, but as they thought that it was the
voice of a man who had been in the habit of crying out in
the same manner at night, they did not stir• out, and the
unhappy LEFEVRE remained exposed to the barbarity of Isis
a.ssassins. • Having perceived that he breathed yet in the
ditch in which they had thrown him, they drew him out.
dragged him across a meadow, the grass of which showed
the marks of blood from his body, and threw it into a
river, where the body was found next morning. He had
a severe wound on the head, and his cravat was tightly
bound round his neck ; but, from the examination, it is
believed that his death was the result of being, thrown into
the river. This crime, the authors of which have not yet
been discovered, was doubtless the effect of revenge, as a
watch and money were found on the body.—French
Paper.

.
The following vartieulars of the outrage upon
Sir Ilunsozi LowE at the Mauritius are given in a letter
from Port Louis, dated May 2, in the Journal du Com-
merce. It will be seen that Sir flunsoN has had a very
narrow escape from assassination i—" We have had for
the G
three days a visit from Sir HunsoN Lowz, on his return
from his government of Ceylon. On the announcement
of his arrival the populationofiev‘B%a•os
nation was painted on their faces, and he was overwhelmed
with humiliations by the youth of the 'Mauritius. On the
day of his debarkation, which had been tixed for the 30th
of April, at noon, a great crowd bad assembled, but tb%
Governor foreseeing what might happen, and being alarm..
ed at the freedom with which the populace expressed thisie
opinions, arranged for the landing to take place at eight
o'clock in the morning, and the salute was not fired until
opifiellerlste,odn‘svit,tahwa ntgiset,i.4idiinsg__.
spread, . tn.,. about
, 000 assembled
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lit'ic(resr;ilsn€ll,rt:iev,i.neeltetlnhi:ra, eteriii,:ll.2',tyau'ilc(se'iri
ertiili‘liyt hjteiii.suosarlsiaeyva,tger,uiaarviGas.'ieeetr.s,g‘bi.‘tteue, p
,; Government-tmuse, and
hiseav ia,ed already
ecql
te:
On
unsosi Lows being uttered by
pnttuboeushoeuxenueitiohnes:ov:,:e
appearance, and ordered the
officer on guard to drive back
accomplishedilifS'tn(hai eiorienutlllll'ttieltishec
escort,
:ireal accompanied( ladyi ffi,
u'tllii tesYn' 'ol
iitieeu populace,.ba was to
mostti os
directiil attack upon him was projected.
Sire,:ikati,tr,ievil
.rcyHe,ridaeun.sioteitis.i.,ol
iiNn,sinilL)ta.udooeltii.sl:
nine in the morning, he quitted .the
of the populace had assembled as
five o'clock in the morning ; and when he saw
them, he demanded an escort, which, however, was not
granted. The Governor did not accompany bin], and he
even set out the preceding evening for his country-house
Sir IlunsoN Low?. was hissed and hcoted, and the most
humiliating epithets were bestowed upon him by the
c, owd ; and they
ilt:uveetruesr:ae
illinitetilllClThifloairl:iaget to throw trh r
do siva st:gnt. es red
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filth at him. Several young wen put their fists into his
face, calling him, at the some time, ' executioner, assassin
e wildttinbgeassot'eanir'adgeeCilnansibtaolb:e on tth the lengthpoint toif:tliePea°rli:n:glia: hieisi abiw
rtetrec.,)
pieces, when he arrived at his boat: he was hooted and
3. escape
smtthoteninceoed,aiat,ps;ls,opnitvg:aibi,
coropmriot4.,,