The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-18 00:00:00

ENTERTAINMENT AT SIIDELEY CASTLE.-OR Mon

day, the whole of the aged peor in the borough of Winch
comb not receiving parochial relief, were invited by Messrs.
Dent, the lords of the manor, to a substantial' entertainment
at the Castle. The fare consisted of a plentiful supply 01
roast beef and plum pudding, to which the old people did am.
pie justioe, and cheered by the beauty of the scenery of the
oldcastle, and the hospitality and affability of their kind en•
tertainers, the day was spent with a degree of enjoyment to
which many of them had long been strangers. That their
bounty might be equally dispensed, the Messrs Dent caused
an abundant meal and et ceteras to be sent to the homes of
such as were unable from age and infirmities to walk to the
Castle.—Gloucestershire Chronicle.
WELLS.—MENDIP ACCESSIBLE FOR RAILWAY
PURPOSES.—Mr. Samuda, the celebrated engineer, attended
a public meeting in this town on Friday last, to report on the.
practicability of traversing the Mendip range with railway
carriages. He stated that having personally inspected the
ground, and examined the sections and levels, he saw nothing
whatever to prevent the construction of a line, without
cutting or tunnelling, on the atmospheric principle, across
the Mendip-bill, ut a cost not exceeding the average, that
such line would be perfectly safe and convenient both for pas-
sengers and goods, and a speed of seventy miles an hour
might be attained.—Shcrborne Journal.
KINGSWINFORD. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Last
wee:t some men went into the shaft of one of the pits be-
longing to the Oak Farm Company, for the purpose of re-
pairing the same. In consequence of foul air having ga-
thered in the shaft, the men, as we are informed, found it
necessary to retreat, and immediately after they were safely
landed the fire damp exploded. The mouth of the shaft was
covered over as soon as possible, to prevent the air descending,
in order to allay the progress of the flames. On Monday
last several men assembled on the pit bank for the purpose of
opening the mouth of the shaft, and having done so, a tre-
mendous explosion took place, which blew the pulley cut of
the pit frame, and injured several of the bystanders and those
employed, but not seriously.—Worcestershire Chronicle.
TinE BISHOP or EXETER. The magnanimous
Bishop of Exeter has, it is said., refused to countersign the
testimonials of the Rev. G. C. Davies, the late respected
vicar of Charles, because one of the three beneficed clergy-
men by whom they were previously signed is the Rev. John
Hatchardovith whom our Right Reverend Diocesan has had a
personal quarrel ! As the II:shop has nothing to say. against.s
Mr. Davies, that gentleman has only to
signed by some divino less obnoxious to his Lordship
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Mr. Hatchard, and he will then be able to pass muster.
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amiability of Bishop Phillpotts has been much.c4nyoasuset
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get his testunottihutain
consequence of this last charitable act.—Plynto th J
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TAAINr.HcO7buArni,E2toifOIGR
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this day published a second edition of
in" Lady,. Hester Stan-
.rse.a—t-lAirfaerlbaorroe
bound, which can now be had of
hone's Memoirs," Related by Herself, 3 %els., with por-
traits, &c., price 31s. 6d.
all booksllers. Mr. Colburn has also just published :-2.
Evenings at Haddon Hall, edited by the Baroness de Cala-
brella,and superbly embellished with twenty-four steel en-
gras,ii designs by G. Cattermole,
Esq., 1 vol. Bvo., richly bound, 31s. 6c1.-3. Confessions of a
gs by the first artists, from
Water Patient, by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., 2s. 6d.
...-4. The fourth volume of the Nelson Letters and
Dispatches, Bvo.. 155.-5. Memoirs of Prince Charles Stuart,
commonh called " The Young Pretender," with Notices of
the Rebellion in 1745, by C, L. Klose, Esq., 2 vols. Bvo., 245.
—6. A third edition of the Crescent and the Cross, by Eliot
We:linden, Esq., 2 vols., 21s. bound.-7. Diary and Memoirs
of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George 1., now first published
from the originals, 2 vols. Bvo., with portrait., 28s. hnind.
MELTON MOWBRAY.— On Monday, the 10th inst.,
Mr. Charles Frow, a Railway Surveyor, was brought up iti
-tlt cAstodyiofiSuperintendent Coedoni,thefore'the lielG, Hi
• illett, and fullx cofeesitted for.trial ,at.the next a.ssiles, ler
po'nfing ii-pistol and threatening to shoot William Biliket.
syl en he (Biddle) was attem,n4r, ta..pr pro Mr. grow 049:1
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sp veying a field oil th dee ' Ate -of the Earl orlrailibiotigb.,
in the parish4of gaxby, !on Satideday, the Itch lust: Mr.' F'ro w
syas subsepently liberated on bail, himself .in the :itnibf
,4061,, and 'two. others in 504
.gash, . for his appearance to
4pilter'the charge at the aseizes,—.l.4eicestershir4 Mercury.