The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-18 00:00:00

KINGSTON FAIR.

The annual cattle and pleasure fair held at King-
ston commenced on Monday last, and is entitled, by
charter, to be kept up for fourteen days. The
show of stock was pretty good, and as the panic oc-
casioned by the alterations in the • tariff has, in a
great measure, subsided, and the farmers no longer
have the vision of droves of foreign beasts and pigs
continually before them, they would not consent to
make any great sacrifices, although the prices were
certainly, for all descriptions of stock, much lower
than last year. Some very fine cart colts were ex-
hibited, and most of them were sold at middling
prices. Very few sheep and gigs were brought to
the fair, and they did not meet a ready sale, although
offered at low figures. A number of the London
swell mob, as usual, attended the fair, but they were
closely watched by the police of the V division, a
strong body of whom, under the orders of Inspector
Dowsett, swere in attendence, and our Correspondent
only heard of two cases in which they were success-
ful in carrying their victimizing intentions into exe-
cution, and it appears extraordinary, that after all:the
cases of a similar character that have been
made public, dupes should still be found.
A Welsh farmer having transacted some busi-
ness in the fair, went into the Cricket-
ers public-house to get some lunch, and he
was speedily followed into the parlour by two
well-known sharpers, who entered into conversation
with him and asked ihn to drink along with them.
The glass having circulated pretty freely the former
told them that he intended to buy a horse, and having
ascertained what sort of a one he wanted they said
they had got one that would just suit him, but at the
same time one of them observtitithat, he did not think
the farmer had money enough about him to buy a
horse with. This remark, of course, nettled him, and
he immediately produced a 101. Bank of England note
and seven sovereigns. One of the sharpers upon this
observed that he seemed to have some money, but he
should like to know whether it was all good, as there
were so many tricks done every day, and as it was
probable they should have to deal together for the
horse he should like to be satisfied. The poor farmer
told him he was at liberty to look at it, and put the
money into his hand. The two sharpers examined
it attentively for a minute or two, and then said
it was all right, and they then very kindly offered
to wrap up the money carefully, and put it into the
farmer's fob, in order that he might not be robbed of
it. They accordingly put a small parcel into the fob,
and the dupe expressed himself highly gratified at
having fallen into the company of such honest gentle-
men. In a little time the two fellows left the room,
and shortly afterwards the farmer examined the con-
tents of his fob, but instead of the Bank of England
note and the seven sovereigns, he found only a Bank
of Elegance note and a few farthings. The groom
of a gentleman named Beaumont, who had been sent
by his master to dispose of a horse worth 301. 'at the
fair, was robbed of it in the following impudent
manner :—Two men examined the horse and wished
to see its paces, and at length made a bargain to pur-
chase it. Oue of them then said he should like to try
it a short distance, and mounted the horse for that
purpose, while the other asked the groom to accom-
pany him to a public-house to receive the money.
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CORONERS' INQUESTS.
Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Westminster, held an
inquest yesterday afternoon at the Chequers, Tothill-
street, upon the body of Aaron Gibbons, aged 39, a
sawyer in the employment of Mr. Langton, Pedlar's-
acre, Lambeth.
George Crace said that on Saturday, the sth Nov.
last, he and four other men were drawing a stump of
oak, about 20 feet long, and weighing 15 cwt., upon
a small truck, up a narrow passage to the saw pit. In
consequence of the wood being much warped they
could not get it properly fixed upon the truck, and it
vibrated very much. Deceased and another man
were supporting it upon either side, hut it ultimately
swerved, and before the deceased could get out of the
way it fell, crushing his right leg above the ankle.
He was curried immediately to Westminster Hospital.
Reginald James, house-surgeon, said deceased was
admitted into the hospital with a compound fracture
of the right leg, so severe that amputation was con-
sidered necessary, but the patient would not submit
to the operation. He gradually got worse, and died
yesterday morning. Verdict, Accidental Death."
Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, and a respectable
Jury, were engaged yesterday afternoon at the Red
Lion, Liverpool-street, Bishopsgate-street, in inquir-
ing into the circumstances-`attending the death of
Elizabeth Brown, aged 19.
From the evidence of Mr. Unwin, 57, Lombard-
street, and others, it appeared that the deceased and
her cousin, a young lady of the same age, were cross-
ing Cheapside on Monday evening, about half-past
eight, when one of the Piccadilly and Mile-end omni-
buses unfortunately struck the two females, and threw
them down, the wheels passing over and very seri-
ously injuring both. The females were removed to
Dr. Jells, of Finsbury-circus, where the subject of
the present investigation died; the other, however,
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concussion of the brain, several ribs fractured, and a
severe injury of the intestines. Verdict,
Acci-
dental Death.

DEATH OF TIIT BISHOP OF CASHEL.—The Right
Rev. Dr
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died at lin
sSaileg' residenceßishop inFitzwilliam-square, Dublin,
on Monday.. Dr. Sandes had long been a Fellow of
the University of Dublin, and was elevated to the See
of Cashel by the late Government.
RUMOURED MURDER IN CHESHIRE.--The report
which has found its way into some of the London
journals of the barbarous murder of an aged couple
ne.ar Eastham, in Cheshire, is altogether destitute of
foundation.

THE POLISH-BALL.
The Guildhall, with its brilliant fittings, -wee
once more devoted on Wednesday night e
cause of true charity—the increase of the Putts
for the relief of the Polish exiles ; and again was there
a most numerous assemblage of beauty and fashio
to grace the ball-room with their presence. We can
not pretend to enumerate the whole of those friends
of the poor exiles who shared in the gaieties of the
night. At one period there.could not have been less
than 2,000 in the Hall and Council Chamber ; but
amongst them were— • -
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady
Mayoress, and family; Mr. Alderman Hooper, and
Mr. Sheriff Filcher and ladies ; le Duc de Guiehe;
Earl of Chesterfield, Count de Grammont, Earl of
Hillsborough, Earl of Portarlington, Lord Foley and
the Hon. Misses Foley; Viscount Castlereagh, Lord
D. C. Stuart, Lady Mary Berkeley, Lord Fitzgerald,
Lieut.-G-eneral Sir Burgess Camac, C.B. ; Mrs. and
Miss Hammersley, Sir Horace St. Paul, T. S. Dun-
combe, Esq., M.P. ; M. Philips Esq., M.P. ; Lieut.
Hunter Blair, Sir Felix Booth, Bart., Sir J. L.
Goldsmidt, Bart.; and family ; Sir. George Carroll,
Mr. Alderman John Johnson, Mr. Alderman and.
Mrs. Thomas Wood, the High Bailiff of Southwark,
the Under Sheriffs ; Ward, Esq., Mr. Deputy
Peacock, D. W. Wire, Esq., Mr. George Cash, the
Secretary, and other long tried friends of the charity.
The fete was announced as a fancy dress ball, but
most of the visitors most wisely adopted full rather
than fancy dresses ;. where the general rule was de-
parted from, the failures were, with two or three ex-
ceptions, most manifest. One gentleman dressed bluff
King Henry extremely well; his robes were right
royal ; but there the personation ended, for there was
none of the fierce humour and gaiety of the king, who
kept the most witty of jesters, and who, in spite of
his corpulency, was one of the most winning of men.
Two or three very artificial Greeks, a real Turk, a
solitary Jager, two fac-simile Highlanders, a fox-
hunter with a clean satin lining to his bespattered red
coat, and three or four nondescripts were lost in the
crowd. The great attraction, however, of the even-
ing was an excellent concert given from the gallery at
the west-end of the hall, to which the following ladies
and kentlemen kindly and gratuitously lent their as-
sistance —Mrs. Alfred Shaw, Miss llainforth, Miss
Bassano, and Miss Maria B. Hawes ; Signor Ferrari,
Signor Burdini, Mr. llarrison, and Mr. Manvers.
Conducto,-, M. Benedict.

The programme presented this popular selection :--
FIRST PART.—Quartett, Miss Bassano, Miss Maria
B. Hawes, Mr. Manvers, and Signor Ferrari, " Ecco
quel Piero instante " (Costa). Aria, Signor Burdini,
" Ecco it pegno," Gemma di Vergi (Donizetti).
Ballad, Miss Maria B. Hawes, " Oh chide me not nay
mother," (M. B. Hawes). Aria, Miss Bassano, "lo
I'udia," Torquato Tasso (Donizetti). Aria, Signor
Ferrari (Rossini). Aria, Miss Alfred Shaw, "Ah
quel giorno," Semiramide (Rossini). New song, Mr.
Manvers, "The Star of Poland," the words written
expressly for the occasion by H. 'J. Bradfield, Esq.,
the music composed by Mr. G. Reed; trumpet obligate
Mr. Harper. Glee, Miss Bassano, Miss Maria B.
Hawes, Mr. Harrison, Signors Ferrari and Burdini,
"Blow gentle gales" (Sir H. R. Bishop).
SECOND PART.—Duett, Mrs. Alfred Shaw and
Miss Rainferth,." Dark day of horror," Semiramide
(Rossini), charmingly sung, and kindly repeated on
an encore. Ballad, Miss Maria B. Hawes, "I'll
speak of thee " (M. B. Hawes). Song, Miss Rain-
forth, " Where the bee sucks " (Dr. Arne), which
was also honoured with an unanimous encore. Bar-
carole, Mrs. Alfred Shaw, "Il segreto per esser felice,"
Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti). Glee Miss Bassano;
Miss Maria B. Hawes, and Signor Ferrari, " Sleep,
gentle lady" (Sir H. R. Bishop). Finale, "God
save the Queen."

The dancing commenced soon after eight o'clock,
and, with the interval of the concert, continued with
spirit till a late hour. Refreshments, under the su-
perintendence of Messrs. Bathe and Breach, were
well served during the whole evening, and there was
nothing to detract from the pleasures of an evening,
which must have been most favourable to the benevo-
lent object for which the entertainment was given.