The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-21 00:00:00

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DARING BUAGLARY NEAR.
GLAS'fON.
(From the Lincoln. Itiercury.)
On Thursday night, the 9th instant, a daring bur-
glary was committed by five men in the dwelling-house
of the R ev. G. Pochin, situate at the end of GI aston-lane,
in Rutland, about a quarter of a mile from the village.
It see:ns that the Rev. Gentleman, who is unmar-
ried and of retired and rather eccentric habits, resideid
alone in a house in a lonely situation, a short distance
from the turnpike-road, between Stamford and lip-
pci:::tha in. lie himself performed all the domestic
offices, with the exception of such as he left for a
charwoman, who attended him once a week. On the
night in question he retired to his bed-room (which is
en the ground floor), having previously fastened
the doors, and placed a lig;:t by his bed-side. After
some time, he was awakenen. by a noise, whirl he
describes as being " as if the housk; was coining about
his cars." The window and the frame ofof his apart"
ment were de.nolished, the shutters flew open, and in
an instant a man wearing a black mask jumped in,
and secured him in bed. Two tall fellows, also in
masks, promptly followed ; and with dreadful impre-
cations they swore they would murder him if he made
the least alarm or resistance. The bed clothes were
then pulled over his face And the man who first en-
tered held him down in the bed, whilst the other two
ransacked the house. A fourth man stood outside the
window, and repeatedly called out to know if all was
right ; and a fifth, it is supposed, kept watch at the
gate near the turnpike-road, from the foot narks traced
by the police on the following morning. The thieves
lighted a candle from Mr. Pochin's rushlight, and pro-
ceeded to break open the various drawers, and almost
every lock in the house. On finding a pocket-bunk
and examining the contents, they expressed themselves
dissatisfied with the small amount of cash in it (about
1151.), and demanded of the Rev. Gentleman where
he had deposited a thousand pounds, which they said
they knew he had received a few days before. He
denied having any such money in the house, and
begged to be allowed to get up to show them where
the property was. He was answered by the fellow
who held him down, " Lie still, sir, or I'll cut your
throat, you old villain." In the same pocket-book
were several notes of hand, which the robbers, on
discovering that they were of no value to them,
threw on the floor. They next entered the
parlour, and there broke open a sideboard, and untied
and examined several parcels containing deeds and
securities, which they threw about in all directions ;
here, however, they discovered some gold, and also
Mr. Pochin's silver plate, which they took away.
They returned into Mr. Pochin's room, and asked
for his gold watch and appendages ; and
on receiving an answer that he had only
a silver watch, they exclaimed, " We won't have
that." Having completed their work of plunder, they
helped themselves to seine brandy, and then proceeded
' to tie the Rev. Gentleman's legs and wrists with two
pieces of rope; and on taking their departure, they
swore that if he stirred hand or foot, or gave the least
alarm, they would return and murder him, and burn
down the house. As they were getting out of the
window, Mr. Pochin said, "Are you going to leave
me here, you villains, to be starved to death !" Upon
which one of them answered, " .N o, sir, we will make
you up another bed in another room with pleasure."
On this they decamped ; and on Mr. Pochin's finding
himself alone, he commenced gnawing the cord which:
secured his wrists with his teeth, and having suc-
ceeded in unfastening it, he set his feet at liberty,
instantly got up and dressed, and arming himself
with a brace of pistols, proceeded to Glaston to arouse
his neighbours and give information of the outrage.

ENGLISH THEATRICALS AT THE
TUILERIES.
Their Majesties gave last night a grand theatrical re-
presentation at the Tuileries, the performances being
Shakspeare's tragedy of Hamlet, by Mr. Macready and
the English company, followed by the petit_• comedy of
The Day after the Wedding. The beautiful theatre of
the Palace was fitted up for the occasion, having been but
two nights before used as a salon de danse at the grand
Court ball. This brief interim had sufficed to restore
the theatre to its original destination, and a more elegant
and commodious construction for the purpose does not
exist. 'The salle, which is composed of a parterre and two
principal galleries, or rather two ranges of loges, with
a circle of much smaller ones near the ceiling, ap-
pears capable of accommodating about six hundred
spectators. The stage is sufficiently capacious for
all the purposes of the drama, legitimate or illegiti-
mate, for its size and completeness in machinery, trap-
doors, and other accessories, so unlooked for in a thea-
tre of this description, render it suitable for every
species of dramatic representation, from " gorgeous
tragedy" down to the mere display of a ballet. It is
unnecessary to say that, on this occasion, the auditory
was a most splendid one ; it would, indeed, be difficult
to imagine a more striking coup at once gorgeous
and elegant, than that presented by the salle at a few
minutes after eight o'clock. It was at this hour that
their Majesties and the Princes and Princesses, Marshal
Soult, M. Guizot, and other Cabinet Ministers, with all
the great Officers of State and the household, had just
taken their seats in the spacious gallery immediately op-
posite the stage, which was entirely occupied by the
royal party. The side boxes had been previously filled
by the various Ambassadors and Ministers from all the
Courts of Europe, with their ladies, the leading Members
of the Chambers of Peers and Deputies, and all the most
distinguished foreigners at present residing in Paris. The
gentlemen were nearly all in uniform or court costume,
and the scene was literally dazzling from the brilliant
display of diamonds, flowers, and jewellery made by
the ladies present. The parterre was also glittering
with uniforms, and the elegant dresses worn by les dames
presented a wondrous contrast to the sombre appear-
ance of this part of the house at the public theatres in
Paris, whence ladies are rigorously excluded. Of the
performance of the tragedy we are not here called upon
to speak, even if it were according to etiquette, having
lately more than once described the representation at
length. We may be permitted, however, to observe that
though the play was somewhat abridged, the scene of
the grave-diggers being wholly omitted, it seemed to
lose nothing whatever of its interest by the curtailment,
and the tragedy went off in the most satisfactory man-
nen Hamlet, who is here the " observed of all ob- '
servers," was never played by Macready with more spirit '
and power ; and Miss Faucit and the entire of the per-
formers acquitted themselves worthily on this remark-
able evening—remarkable to our minds, because we look
upon this representation of Shakspeare's tragedy of '
Hamlet, by an English company in the ancient Palace
of the Tuileries, on the invitation of the Monarch, as an
event in the history of the two nations, which to have
foretold a few years ago, would have set the pro-
phet down as the idlest of dreamers.—Galignanis
Messenger.

SINGULAR ACCIDENT AND NARROW ESCAPE.—The
other evening, as Mr. George Airey, butcher, of Fiddler
Hall, was returning from his usual round of selling
his meat towards his home, about a mile south of Newby-
bridge, and a short distance from the corn-mill at the
foot of Windermere, his horse, from some unknown
cause, leaped from the road into the river, a descent of
more than three yards, without upsetting his covered
cart. The river being swollen with the heavy rain of
the last few days, the horse and cart were washed into
the middle of the river. Here. Mr. Airey remained for
nearly three hours, the horse contending against the
stream, and though young and powerful it could not stem
the torrent ' • nor was Mr. Airey able to make any one
hear him, the noise of the water running over the weir
preventing him being heard, and as it was about eight
o'clock no one was passing at the time. Mr. A. how-
ever, being a man of regular habits, and not returning
home at his usual time, his father proceeded towards
Backbarrow, and got Mr. John Wren, carpenter, to
accompany him. To their surprise they found Mr.
Airey in the perilous situation above described, and at
length, by assistance, they got him and the horse (the
cart was left until the morning) on terra firma, neither
of them having received any injury, except a few
bruises, and being much benumbed with cold, a hard
frost prevailing at the time. What is the surveyor about
to suffer a public road like this to remain so long in so
bad a state, without any protection to the traveller?
At the place above-named the wall is nearly level with
the road, and there are three openings. We hope the
proper authorities will look after the matter.—Lancaster
Guardian.
IMPROVEMENT or TRADE.—We are glad to hear
that, in consequence of the continued improvement in
trade, the manufacturers of this city have again raised
the wages paid for weaving. For work for which eleven-
pence
was formerly paid, one shilling is now given ; and
this is 3fd. more than was paid for the same work in
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St. Helen's division, has been committed to Kirkdale, by
Peter Greenall, Esq., M.P., to take his trial at the next
quarter sessions, charged with committing several acts
of felony whilst discharging the duties of an officer of
police. It appeared that the prisoner lately locked up a
man for being drunk, and stole his watch ; be also took
armlets, sticks, and handcuffs from the lock-up house
and at a ball lately given at St. Helen's, he stole three
silver spoons. The charge is brought home to the pri-
, soner in consequence of the activity of Mr. Superinten-
dent Storey, who found the articles above-named at his
lodgings. The prisoner comes from London, and has
been about three months in the force ; he is very re-
spectably connected, and brought with him most un-
exceptionable references as to character.—Liverpool
Mercury.
Our Correspondent " Vindex Legalist' whose
second letter appears in our paper of this day, speaks of
the " anticipated" decision of the legal advisers who have
be en recently consulted by the authorities of Oxford, on
the proposed new test and the proceedings against the
Rev. Mr. Ward. We believe we may venture to state
what that decision is. From a well-informed source. we
learn that Mr. Bethel and Mr. Fitzroy Kelly; eminent
counsel referred to, have liven thsetiras doefethe proposedp
against the legality as well of. the test
object. The test, we
measure of which Mr. Ward is the
hear, it has already been determined to abandon ; with
respect to Mr. Ward has yet
no resolution been adopted.
—.Post.