The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-10 00:00:00

vanced age, will fully recover from the effects of his
late severe accident. _ __

It is generally expected that Parliament!will meet
for the dispatch of business about the third week in
January.
NARROW ESCAPE OF FIVE OF Tux THAMES PO-
LlCE.—Yesterday, as the Lord Mayor and the City
Companies were proceeding in their State barges
up to Westminster, and wherf off Waterloo-bridge,
one of the Thames-police boats, containing four
men and an inspector, in passing through one
of the arches of Waterloo-bridge, came in contact
with one of the City barges and instantly capsized. The
whole of the men were in an instant of sight; on
rising, they were fortunately within reach of the long
oars used by the watermen belonging to the City
Companies, and being rescued from their perilous
situation, they were taken on board, when the citizens
administered restoratives to them in the shape of
excellent brandy, after which they were sent ashore.
With this accident the civic procession reached
Westminster Hall; but, upon their return, they were
doomed to meet with another accident. To escape the
strong current of the tide, which was running up, the
steersmen ordered the barges in shore on the Surrey
side. On arriving opposite Goding's brewery, the
whole of the barges got aground ; where, in spite of
great exertions, they remained immovable. The
looks of the worthy citizens at the prospect of losing
their annual dinner were heart-rending. At length,
after about an hour's suspense, the tide rose sufficiently
to enable the barges to be got off, and the procession,
in due time, set foot on the shore at Blackfriars'-

bridge.
"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH."
—lntelligence of a most awful and melancholy
instance of the uncertainty of life was received in
this town (Tunbridge), on Saturday afternoon, with
feelings of deep regret. On Saturday, the 29th ult.,
Mr. William Brown, architect and surveyor, was
married in our church, on which occasion the bells
rang a most merry peal, during which the happy pair
proceeded to Brighton to spend the honeymoon; he was
suddenly taken ill on Satur day last, and in a fe AT hours
was a corpse, thus in the space of one short week was
the bridal dress changed for that of a sorrowing widow.
Mr. Brown was Secretary to the Tunbridge Gas Com-
pany, and also to Commissioners for lighting and watch-
ing the town; he has also for many years been re-
' elected to the office of .a Town Warden. Maidstone
Journal.
DOTTERFL.—SeveraI flocks of these highly-prized
birds have been noticed lately on the downs and
slves near Amesbury, where very seldom, except in
rigorous and severe winters, ii the tbtterel observed
in that locality. When dotterels are seen upon
the downs, the old shepherds say they are
sure of a sharp winter. The golden plover, a bird
of the same family, abounds this year in the sheep-
walks along the downs, and both these birds occasion-
ally flock together, their feeding, haunts, and habits
being similar. A gentleman at Andover, last week,
at one discharge of his fowling piece, at a flock of
;olden plovers, passing him-on the wing, succeeded in
bringing down ten of these choice birds, and one
cletterel.— Salisbury Herald.

DESPERATE OUTRAGE AND
GALLANT RESISTANCE.

(From the Nenach Guardian.)
At Bnllygraigue, in the vicinity of this town, on
th.i ri ;11t of Monday, a number of men broke into
the house of James and John Power. James, who
was in the act of reading a religious book for his
infirm mother, had a pistol pointed at his head by a
miscreant, who swore that he would soon change his
devotion, and ordered him to go on his knees until
he shot him. The young man, notwithstanding the
pistol being presented at him, sprung, lion- like, on
his intended murderer, and wrung the pistol from
his grasp, exclaiming, at the same time, "That
if he was to die, it would not be on his knees."
Two more ruffians rushed in to the rescue of their
accomplice, beat Power to the ground, and deprived
him of the pistol. John Power now joined his bro •
ther; and having knocked down one of the fellows,
who was trampling cn his brother; a pistol was pre-
sented at him, with an execration that his brains
would be blown out if be stirred a hand. Henry.
Power, who had been in bed, now came to the assist-
ance of his brothers, armed with a shovel, and cleaved
the head of the ruffian who held the pistol ; the
miscreant fell, and while down, he gave him three
blows of the edge of the shovel. Seven or eight
men broke into the house, every second man of
whom was armed with a pistol ; the candle being ex-
tinguished, the conflict became general and des -
perate, and there can be no doubt but it was the fear
of shooting some of their own party that prevented
the discharge of the pistols. Patrick Power, a young
man, but blind, groped out and seized one of the fel-
lows by the throat, and would have choked him, had
it not been that the wretched being cried out for
mercy, and the young man, from a religious feeling,
let the miscreant go unstrangled. So desperate was
the resistance the Powers gave, that they cleared the
kitchen of their assailants, and barred the door against
them. While taking other measures to secure the
place they heard a bustle in the room, and turning in
they found they had two of the fellows inside. Of
these they determined to made prisoners, but they calling
out, " sth Regiment, will you leave us to be mur-
dered ?" the doors and windows were all smashed in
with large stones ; the gang re entered, and the ter-
rific struggle recommenced. The Powers fought for
life and death, and owe their escape to the number of
their opponents, who in many instances beat each
other in an unmerciful manner through mistake. It
being understood by them that one of the women had
escaped out of the house and was giving the alarm,
they retreated, bearing ono of their comrades almost
lifeless on their shoulders, and leaving behind them a
loaded pistol with the lock broken off, two hats, and a
clan-alpine. There were traces of blood, and in one
1
spot there was nearly the full of a basin, and the
straw about it was saturated.

ELOPEMENT.—A considerable degree of excitement
was occasioned in this city, on Friday morning last,
from the circumstance of a young disciple of Escu-
lapius having, about three p.m. the day previous,
eloped with the daughter of a gentleman highly es-
teemed by all our citizens, and one of the same pro-
fession as the gay Lothario. The flight was not dis-
covered until quite late in the evening of Thursday
(the friends of the lady expected she was at the house
of an acquaintance). Immediately on the discovery,
the injured father went post in pursuit, but no trace
could be obtained until the next morning, when he
learned that the place where the fugitives had break-
fasted was at Cambridge, and .tlytt, immediately after,
they had taken the rail for London ; information has
since arrived, that they wese married on the Friday
morning, but the place of their retreat at present re-
mains undiscovered.—Cambridge Advertiser.

THE FRENCII BAR.—An affecting incident oc-
curred on Saturday, before the Tribunal of Correc-
tional Police, in a case of appeal against a sentence of
three years' imprisonment upon a little boy, for vaga-
bondage. The father of the child, who was in Court,
but in custody of a gendarme, he being
himself a prisoner under different circum-
stances, was asked whether, in the event of
the tribunal being disposed to annul the sentence, he
would engage to take care of his child, and prevent the
possibility of his again exposing himself to such a pro-
secution ? The poor man, with tears in his eyes, re-
plied that most willingly would he comply with the
suggestion of the tribunal, if it was in his power,
but he was a prisoner for debt in the Rue de Clichy,
and had only been allowed to appear, for the purpose of
imploring the indulgence of the Court for his chill.
His wife, he said, remained at home with three chil-
dren, and with no other means of support than the
produce of her labour, which did not exceed thirty
sous a day ; and thus it had happened that the young
prisoner at the bar had been allowed to roam about
and to be arrested for vagabondage. The President
having inquired the amount ot the debt for which he
was incarcerated, he replied that it was only 320 f., but
the costs amounted to 800 f. Whilst this conversation
was going on, one of the counsel at the bar humanely
made a collection amongst his colleagues, and in a few
minutes the whole amount of the debt was raised. The
creditor, who fortunately was at hand, had his heart
softened by what he witnessed, or his judgment con-
vinced as to the hopelessness of being paid by keeping
his debtor in gaol, and having besides to pay 301. a
month for his support there, and offered to release
him on payment of the debt alone. The offer was of
course accepted, and father and son were both set at
libci ty.— Galignanis Messenger.
INTonEmiaccE.—A worthy young couple, named
Thomas Stains and Mary Roberts, residents at Ring-
stead, near Thrapston, in Northamptonshire, intending
marriage, the banns were duly published in the parish
church of Ringstead. The wedding-day was fixed for
the 12th October, on the very morning of which, the
Vicar of the parish, the Rev. Dr. Watson, sent for the
intended husband, and, finding that he had not been
" christened" in the parish church, his parents being
of the Baptist denomination, he refused to marry him,
although his intended wife and her parents both be-
longed to the establishment. The disappointment
was great; yet, as the wedding-dinner was pre-
pared, and the invited guests assembled, :they kept
the day as pleasantly as they could, under thq
circumstances. But what was now to be done ?
Thy parties must be married somehow, and that
legally too. Their characters wereirreproach-
able. The whole parish cried shame on the
vicar. The Dissenters in the village, with several
stanch Church people. immediately raised the 3/.
requisite for licensing the Baptisti Te e
ti n
was
'in-
stantly g at
in
applied asaf place for marriage,vh h
or, and obtained; and on the expira-
Rgste ad
' tion of the 21 days' notice required by law, Thomas
Stains and Mary Roberts will be the first couple mar-
ried there. In the interim, the bride elect returned
to reside under the parental roof.—Aylesbury News.