The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-28 00:00:00

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MILITARY 'OUTRAGE.

It has seldom fallen to our lot to record a more
violent outrage than was committed on Monday
night last, by a party of soldiers now stationed in
Bolton. The following are the particulars :--One
of the soldiers was married en that day, and was
celebrating the wedding at the Duke of York pub-
lic-hduse, in Spring Gardens. It appears that the
lower part :If the house was occupied by respectable
mechanics, who lived in the neighbourhood, and
that a large room oti the first floor was appro-
priated to the use of the wedding guests, consisting
of thirteen or fourteen soldiers, and three or four
private friends. About half-past nine o'clock at
night, several of the soldiers, accompanied by three
women, came down stairs, and went into the news
room, in which the soldiers drank two quarts of
ale; and then, as we are informed, they went into
another room, called the tap room. They had
scarcely entered, when cries of murder were
raised. The landlord, George Greenwood, im-
mediately hastened to the room, and found
that the soldiers were brandishing their bayonets,
stabbing people in all directions, and that blood was
flowing profusely, the soldiers at the same time
swearing that they would murder all the party. The
landlord himself was knocked down, and, in endea-
vouring to escape out of the room, one of the sol-
diers struck at him with his bayonet, which he for-
tunately avoided, and the bayonet stuck about an
inch deep in the door post. In the meanwhireY
several soldiers, who were left in the room aboVe,
had come down, and in like manner assisted their
comrades with their bayonets. Assistance now be-
came absolutely necessary, and the landlord sent for
the constables, but they could not be found on the
instant. The next alternative was to send for one
of the officers from the barracks. Captain Broke
was soon on the spot, and; accompanied by the
landlord and his brother, went up to the room above
stairs, where they found some of the soldieti
flourishing their bayonets. The landlord's brother,
on entering the room, was instantly knocked down,
and, in endeavouring to quell the soldiers, the
landlord himself was also knocked down with the
thick end of a bayonet. The Captain drew his
sword, to protect both the lanti;ord and his brother,
but he appeared to have but little izifluance, and the
landlord and his brother made their escape out of
the room. Neither the sergeant-major, nor the
picquet, who had arrived, could appease or quell
them, and two companies were sent for. One con, -
rany was placed at the front and another at the back.
trtn hie-
door, and, after some parley, they succeeded in ap-
parently getting the whole of the soldiers out of the
stance, which deserves the severest reprobation.
hOonuese.H
of the sergeants it is necessary
of he companies to mention a
entered cicu
house with his sword drawn, brandishing it abolity,
and driving the company before him. The landlord
toid him there was no necessity for his sword; but
the sergeant struck at him, and swore he would cut
his head off. The blow was avoided, and the sword
fell on the staircase. The constables of the town-
ship then arrived; and the landlord, wishing to sa-
tisfy himself that the soldiers were gone, they ac-
companied him up stairs, and found that several of
them were secreted, one of whom had his bayonet
concealed under his jacket, which Rollinson, the
constable, took from him. They were delivered to
the officer.
This disgraceful transaction has been for the last
two days in a course of private invest:;gation, and is
adjourned to nine o'clock this morning.—Rolton
Chronicle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

GRAND TROTTING AUTCH.

Captain F. G. Fuller, a gentleman of vat celebrity in
feats of trotting, galloping, &c., undertook, for 000 cove., to
trot his horse Diadem, 35 miles in three hours. It had
been named to take place at Manchester in the firsit in-
stance ; but] the fear of some interruption made the gentl,:-
man abandon that spot, and the match finally took place
on Monday upon a five-mile piece of ground upon the
Brighton road, and was done

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The First Five Miles 20 10 The Sixth Five Milee 29 It
Second ditto 22 4 Seventh ditto... 29 50
Third ditto 24 12
Fourth ditto
Fifth ditto ..
The horse broke into a galloi

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in the twenty-seventh wale.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The Countess
of Euston, in Grosvenor-place ; Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, at
Whitehall ; Mr. Henry Luttrell, at the Albany ; Captain
Macdonald, in Great George-street; Mr. R. Dent, in the
Park-crescent ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Courteney, in Brook
street, from Paris ; Sir John Stanley, Bart. in Audley-
square ; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbraham, in Park-street, from
Paris; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, at her house
in Arlington-street, from Hatfield ; the Earl and Countess
Cowper, from their seat, Pansanger, Herts ; Earl Talbot
and Lady Cecil Talbot, in Grosvenor-street, from Earl
Verulam's seat, Gorhambury, Herts ; Lord Ingestrie, at
the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's, in Arlington-
street, from Earl Verulam's seat, Gorhambury ; Mr. and
Mrs. R. Parnther, at their house in Grafton-street, from
the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Arbuthnot, at the
London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat near New-
berry ; Mr. and Mrs. Feilden, at the Burlington Hotel,
Old Burlington and Cork-streets, from their seat in Lan-
cashire ; George Bedwell, Eeq. at Fenton's Hotel, St.
James's.street, from Suffolk ; F. A. Nunes, Esq. at ditto,
from his seat, Stoke Park, Hants; F. Nelson, Esq. at
ditto, from Kent; G. Brooks, Esq. at ditto, from Suirsex-
DEPARTURES. —Viscount Clermont, for
Clermont Lodge, near Walton, Norfolk ; General Henry
Fox Calcraft, from Conduit-street, for his Cottage at
r
hill, Bedfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Cracraft, from Man-
chester-square, tos
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chester-square, to Bath; Mr. and Mrs. Lyon, from
Brooke-street, to their seat in Cambridgeshire ; Captain
Forbes, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street,
fot
ton-street, on a tour; J. Stanley, Esq. from ditto, for
Brighton ; Captain
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gCsielltoatA,n.}TWG:ressEey Park, Cambridgeshire, from Ireland ;
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and Miss Elliot, at Bath, from Cheltenham ; Sir Robert
Wilts.

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Then thgeresatitie:9tth
PADOON for producing a grand Musical Festival in this
city,
Among the celebrated performers already engaged, a"
Miss PATON, Miss LOVE, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. LANDLET,
and Mr. LODER. The Devon and Exeter Royal Public
Rooms are engaged for the purpose; and it is expected
garybnyesl\t.l-1::
there will be a very numerous attendance.--Exeter. Alfred.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday afternoon, Mr.
Join( Imes, many years in the banking-
house of Messhi.
Courts & Co. of the Stilted, wigtwhois he had amassed
a considerable fortune, whilst trantaCting;his usual business
at the banking-house, was suddenly taken ill, and, before
surgical assistance could be procured, WES a corpse. Mr
' James was between '7O and SO years of age ; he had been
takes on the establishment by the late Mr. Courts, when
a youth, and was roost deservedly respected. An inquisi-
tion will be holden upon the body this day.
On Friday night, between the hours of eleven
and twelve o'clock, a chaise returning after Betting down a
party in Albany-street, North Leith, in taking the. corner
at the bottom of the street, went over the bulwark', and
was dashed to pieces, pitching the driver on the atone:,
who would have perished had not a policeman conic to his
assistance.— Caledonian Mercury.
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There to be seen at Stoke-Newington rather
a curious instance of the consequence of allowing a per-
son, however obscure, to make a settlement of a certain
description in a parish. A man who was in the habit of
moving from place to place in a wooden house upon wheels,
at last pitched upon a spot in the parish of Stoke-Newing-
ton, on which to repose for some time. His- vehicle pre-
sented no obstruction to the inhabitants„ and for seven
years no objection was made. This extent of indulgence
was all that was re quired of the proprietor. He claimed
the ground on which his mansion stood, as his property by
right of settlement, and built a wall round it. When the
trustees perceived that their kindness was encroached upon,
they represented to him the necessity of driving to some
other neiglibnerhood, but he rejected the invitation, and
refused to stir an inch without remuneration. After a
great deal of argument, the delay increasing the demand,
the trustees were, we understand, obliged up make a largt.
I%;omproraies.