The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-24 00:00:00

E_SITN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING:, OCTOBER 24, 1845.

AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.

HORNCASTLE, Ocr. 21.—Yesterday two men, named John
and Robert Kent, were brought before the magistrates of this
division, charged with poaching in the preserves of Earl For-
tescue, at Tattershall, and also with shooting at John Hay-
lock, one of his Lordship's gamekeepers, with intent to mur-
der, or do him some grievous bodily harm. The facts of the
case are of a most singular character.
It appeared, from the evidence of Haylock and other
witnesses, that owing to continued depredations h'avir g
for the last month been committed on Earl Fortescue's pre-
serves, the keepers received orders to watch for the par-
ties. The poachers continued, however, to elude the vigi-
lance of the keepers until Thursday night last, when Hay-
lock being out on his usual rounds, armed with a gun, heard
the report of fire-arms in a_ preserve adjoining the field
which he was then crossing. Without waiting for assistance,
he ran in the direction from whence the sound proceeded,
and perceived a man making off towards the opposite side
of the preserve. Haylock, a young and active man, soon
gained upon the fellows, and the night being bright, he re-
cognised in the perm:in of the poacher the elder Kent (the
prisoners are uncle and nephew), who was well known in
that part of the country as a common carrier between Boston,
Horncastle, and Tattershall. The keeper challenged him by
name, and said if he did not surrender he should fire upon
him. The fellow made no answer, but being joined at the
moment by his nephew and associates, the poachers turned
round and made a show of resistance. The keeper rushed
upon and grappled with the elder prisoner, who, however,
managed to shake him off, when the younger man discharged
his piece at the keeper, but fortunately without doing any
serious injury to his person, owing to an intervening clump
of trees. Both the poachers then attacked him. Though
opposed by such unequal odds, he maintained the struggle
with his antagonists until the younger ruffian felled him to
the earth by a blow on the head, with the but-end of his
gun, Haylock having previously broken his own piece in
the contest. The poachers, conceiving that he was dead,
made off. After lying for some time in a state of insensibi-
lity, he was restored to consciousness by acute pains in his
chest and loins, his clothes having taken fire, as he sup-
posed, from the wadding which struck him when young
Kent discharged the gun. After an ineffectual attempt to
quench the fire, which had then penetrated to his chest, he
managed, though compelled, by the loss of blood from the
wound inflicted on his head, to crawl to a shallow dike, and,
by rolling his body in the water, to extinguish the fire. He
then proceeded to the house of Mr. Jones, farm bailiff, who
went off for Mr. Blades, surgeon, and upon that gentleman's
arrival, the hemcerrage was stopped, but for the two following
days the patient was considered to be in very great danger.
On the following morning the constables of Tattershall, with
several other perahns, visited the spot, which presented
traces of the struggle. At the place where the keeper was
knocked down there was a quantity of coagulated blood, to-
gether with his keys, a pocket-knife, and at a short distance
off, his powder-horn, which was broken in pieces, the powder
having exploded when the clothes took fire. A dead hare
was also found, which the poachers, no doubt, threw away in
their flight.

Hayffck having clearly identified his assailants, both were
committed for trial at the next assizes. The elder Kent,
though ostensibly pursuing the avocation of carrier, is un-
derstood to have been one of the most practised poachers in
the district.

IN TN
PRINCIP4L CITIES AND TOWNS IN EN
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

si •
NAMES or RAILWAYS.

Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct
22. 22. 22. 22,
5% 5%1

Aberdeen • • • -
Airdrie and Coatbrldge
Arbroath and Forfar -
Ditto Half Shares •• • • -
A naagh,Colr.,&Portrush -
Bandon and Bantry .•• • • -
rtellast and Ballymena .. -
Belfast and County Down -
Birkttlid,Lan.&Chett.Jne. -
Birmingham and Glo'ster 126.
Do. New (iss .at 7% dis.) -
Ditto Half Shares • • -
Itirmilighm&Oxfrd.June.
Meld/tint, and Preston.. - -
Illekburn, Darwn,& Boltn - -
Bolton, W igen, & Liverpl. - 37%! -
Boston, Stsunfrd and Binn PI 2%1 2%1 -
Brighton, Lewes, & Haat. -
Bristol and Exeter......
Ditto New. ... • •
Bristol and Gloucester • •
Bristol and S. Wales June. -
British and Irish Union.. -
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June -
Caledon. & Dumbar. June -
Cale& niau ............
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln.
Chester and Birkenhead.
Ditto New Shares ....
Ditto Half Shares • • ••
Chester and Holyhead ..
Cheltenham and Oxford..
Chichester and Brighton..
Chuntet Valley .•••. •• •• -
Clitheroe Junction ...... -
Clydesdale Junction ..... -
Cork, Blackrck & Passage -
Cork and Bandon .... -
Cork and Killarney ..... •
Cork and Waterford ....
Cork and Youghal
Canterbury and Dover..
Coventry and Leicester..
Derby and Crewe.......-
Direct Lon. and Manehstr - -
Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth - -
Direct Mart (Remington's) 3% 3% 3%
Direct Northern .... 2% I
Direct Norwich ......... - -
Dublin and Belfast June. -
Dublin, Belfast, & Celrne
Dublin and Drogheda....
Dublin and Galway
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath ...
Dundee and Perth
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2)
Eastern Counties .
1)o. New .............
7/o. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No 1
I ha. do. N 0.2
East Dereham &Norwich
East Union ...
Ditto Extension ......
Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares ...
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edi n b. Leith, and Granton
Do. Pref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Nsrthern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth....
Ely and Huntingdon ....
Enniskillen and 51ig0....
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Flt wood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
lantkirk and Glasgow .. •
Glasgow and Ayr. .. -
Do. Quarter Shares.... -
llasgow and Greenock -
Ditto New. . . -
Ditto Preference .. -
Glasgav,Dmfrles, and Car.
ilsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard. - -
Glasgow and Belfast Un. - -
t :vole and Doncaster - P 533
f brand Junetaan ......... - 239
Ditto Half Shares 119% -
NI to Quarter Shares - 59% -
Ditto New Quarters .. - 52 -
Ditto Eighths . - 23% -
Grand Union... -2% 2%
Great Eastern & Western 3 2% -
tit trimsby &Dk Extens. -
tit Grimsby and Sheffield - 22 20%
lit Sthrn & Wstni (kind) - - -
Ditto Extension - - - -
Great Munster.. • • ...... - - -
Grt Northern of Scotland - -
Grt Northern of England - - -
Do. New 40/. Shares .. - - -
Do. New 30/. Shares - - -
Great Western • • • - - - -
Ditto half Shares •••• 87 - -
Ditto Fifths 34% -
Farehm, & Ports. - -•-
11arwIch . - -
lltairsffil &Man. R. &Cant - 16 13
Huddersfield and Sheffield - - - -
Hull and Gainsborough •• - -
Hull and Selby ..., 103 - -
) /it to Quarter Shares - - -
Ditto Half Shares •• • • - - -
Inverness and Elgin •••• - - -
isle of Jersey - - - -
Kendal and Windermere - - - -
Kingstown and Bray - - -
Killarney Junctions - - - -
Lancaster and Carlisle 49 - - -
Lancaster and Preston - - -
Leeds and Bradford - - - -
Ditto Extension - - -
Leeds and Dewsbury - - -
Leeds and Thirsk - 14% 12 _
Leed I& W. Riding June. - 12% -
Leicester & Birmingham p 2% -
Leicester and Bedford l% p 2% 2% -
Limerick and Waterford - - - -
Lltnrck, Ennis, & Kn. Jnc. - - -
Lincoln, York, and Leeds - ---
Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. - - -
Liverpool and Manchester - 212
Ditto Half Shares - lOU
Ditto Quarter Shares - -
LI verpi3Ormskrk, & Prstn -
London and Birmingham 218% -
. Ditto Thirds 44% -
Ditto Quarters 27 -
London and Blaekwall • • 9%
Lndn. Oxfd. & Chltnham. - -
London and Brighton 66 -
Ditto Consolid. Eighths - - -
London and Croydon .. • . 24 - -
Ditto New . • ••• •• • • - -
Do. 0 uarant. 5 per Cnt. - - -
London and Greenwich • - - --
Do. Pref. or Privilege • • - - -
London and South Westrn 74% - -
Do. New Cons. Eighths - - -
Do. New, 501. Shares • • 13% - - _
1)0. ITeav, 401. Shares.. 10%
London and York ..... • • 5% 5% 5% -
Ditto (Ilawtry) .••• • • • - -
London and Windsor. •.• -21 s -
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl -
I.ondoliflerry & Coleraine 5
Londonderry & Enniskilln
Lynn and Ely • • . ••• • • •
Lynn and Dereham .• • • •
Manchester and Leeds • •
Ditto llalf Shares • • • •
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
•--Ditto Sixteenths • • • • •
Maifelts r and Birkenhead - -
Manche'-ter &Birminghm 82 84% -
Ditto -)uarter Shares 14 15% -
Ditto New Quarters . 13% 13% 13% _
1/o. Cole& Welsh June. 2% 2 2%
Arattf•hestr, Boltn, & Bury -
ainchstr. Buxtn, & Matlk -
Ban. Sher. and Mid. June. -
anclwatr & Southamptn -
Midland ........ 167
Ditto o'ifths •• • -
Da.° New 28%1 27% -
-
31 ; iersntim. &(11/reir,,bhvl 1_26 -_
Extension to Sligo - --
Newest! & DaringtnJune 62%1
Do. New (Itrandling)• • -
New-ast le and Berwick • • le% -
Newcastle and Carlisle.. -
Nwe.stie. Durham, & Lan. -
Newori & Abergavenny
Nen ry and Enniskillen..
Newark and Sheffield . • •
Nortl. British • • •• • •• • •
Ditto New Shares • •
Northern and Eastern • •
Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares • •
North Devon • • • •
North !tent
North Staffordahire
North Enstern •
North Union (A)
Ditto (B) •
North Wales 'Mineral
Ditto New Shares
North Western
North Wales .•• • • • •• •
Norwich and Brandon • •
Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • •
Not., Itelvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston..
Nutt., Er wsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Itirming. June
Oxford and Worcester ..
Oxford and Cambridge ..
Perth and Inverness ....
Portsmouth Direct......
Preston and Wyre •
I Rao Half Shares .... -
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar -
Do. Pref. 5 per Ot. & dlv. -
Preston & Wyre Extent/. -
Richmond &W. EndJunc 10
Rugby and Huntingdon.- 2%
Scottish Central 12% 12%1 -
Scottish Midland •• • • • • 4 -
Sheftbld and Manchester
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Ditto ditto (No. 2).. -
Ditto ditto (No. 3).. -
Sheffield and Lincoln.... -
Sheffield and Rotherham -
Shrewsbry& Grandjunc. - -
Shrewsb., Woe., & Crewe 2% -
Shrws ,Wolv., Dudl, & Bir - -
iihrwsbry & Trnt Val. Us. % p -
Shrws, Herefd,& N. Wales - 3 -
Slamannan ............. .
South Devon . .......... - -
South Midland .• • • 5% -
South Eastern and Dover 38% 40
Do. New (iss.32/.) No. I 16% -
Do. (155.33/.65.8d.) „ 2 10% -
Do. (lss. 300 „3
Staines and Richmond
Staffordsh ire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales- • •••• • • •
Tears and Dove Valley ..
Trent Valley . •
Do. and HolyheadJunc.
Vale of Neath ••• ..
West London, Old Shares -
West End & Sothrn Coun. -
Wexford and Carlow .... -
Warwick and Cheltenham -
Waterford and Kilkenny -
Watrfd,Wxfd,Wick& Dub 1,1,' -
Wakefield and Bradford.. ---
Wakfld,Penteiret, & Gool -
Wakefield and Harrogate --
Warwick and London .
West I,ancashire -
Worcester and Tring-
Whiteltaren aid Funnels
Do. New Half Shares..
Welsh Mid1and..........
West Cornwall... _
West Yorkshire
Wilsontw ft, M.& Coltness -
Willa. Somrst, & Weymth 533 --
Wills, Souirst,& Southam - -
Yarmouth and Norwich.. - -
Dittn New . ....... _
York and Carlisle
York and North Midland 114
9111 t flair Shares .... _
Dl`to.au. two' Branch -
Ditty 'elby
Ditto Extension ...... 23
Yorksle c & Glsgow Iran.

9%! -

1125
555!

441 -

13 12 -
4%; 4A. -
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4% 3%!

5%1 514 i 5

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5%pl 6h! 614! -

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443 i 1:,-

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3141 -

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253 -
78 p; -

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RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES 'OF
RAILWAY SHARES

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0 A

I. I Oct. I Oct. I Oct.
22. 17. I 21.

Topsham, and Exmouth (Daw's line), lA p.—Ditto (Head's),
34 p.—Exeter. Yeovil, and Dorchester, 34 p.—Devon and
Central Cornwall, IA p.—Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter
Junction, Ili p.—South Wales, 34.

HULL. Ocr. 22.
The market to-day has presented more confidence, not-
withstanding the gloomy accounts from some of the pro-
vincial as well as the London market. The opinion gene-
rally is that the depression is but temporary. The sales
are—Eastern Ci.unties, New, 9—Nt,rth British, Carlisles,
4—Armagh, Coleraine. and Portrush, 21A—Axholme, 48s. p.
—CliclmPford and Bury, l% —Derby and Gainsborough,3%
—East Lincolnshire, 41.—East Coast, 2%—Essex at d
Suffolk, 11. 16s. 6d.—Grand thin, 2%—Hull and Burns-
ley Junction, 3% p.—Lincoln and Wainfleet, 10s. p.—Lon-
dun and York, 44,i London and Norwich Direct, 17s. 6d.—
Northampton, Bedfo:d, and Cambridge, 7s. IA p.—Notting-
ham and Boston, 4A,—Sheflield and Nat.clefielo, ss. p.