The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

was very much surprised to see what little
notice the Press took of the conduct of the police on
Kennington-common—and, in fact, up the road as
well—which I am at a loss to know the reason; it
has never (that I have seen) been brought before the
public. I never saw such treatment that unoffending
men, women, and children met with, not only, on the
common and the road, but I actually saw the mounted
police on the pavement, which is near a foot" higher
than the road, driving the people off; and many of
your readers well know the public-house (I forget
the name of it) that stands back some few yards from
the road, and there were many people there, with
seats for them to sit down, and one of the mounted
police, who came canteringnot walking—his horse
along the footpath, rode into that space, and turned
the people out. Now, I should like to know what
right he had on the footpath at all with his horse, and
a long sword dangling at his side, knocking against
the people that were not quick enough to get out of
his way? I should like to know-who he was; some
cal lerhiiir"lilitteThelaed 'Beh," -bet-perhaps it was
consequential Mr. Mallalicu, as I' saw by the papers
that he was there ; and a friend of mine, who I stood
with, heard him give the men directions to clear the
corners of the streets ; after they had done enough
mischief; and caused all theszlisturbance to many re-
spectable persons who were oni'v..going home from
their work, he said they were to kat all respectable-
looking persons go by, but all blackguard-lOoking
persons they were to send back. Now, it is quite
evident that he termed all men that were dressed in
their working clothes blackguard-looking persons, be-
cause they set upon them in right earnest, not knowing
whether they were merely-going home, or whether
they were at all connected with the meeting ; - and if
Sir James Graham don't cause inquiry to be made
into it at once, and that made public, we shall see,
the next chance they get, they will show off more,
and there is no telling the consequences that will
follow, for I heard myself many vow .vengeance
against them, as they would have something to defend.
themselves in future. And who can blame them, if
they like to meet, and don't wish to break the-peace,
which I do not believe they do. What right have
our preventive force to cause them to do it, which is
clear enough they want to, or why did they let the
meeting begin at all, which they could have: easily
prevented if they liked? There were plenty to do
it ; but they thought of making a grand job of it, as
soon as a few hundreds had got together, and then
gallop in amongst them at once, which is a thing that
no thinking man would have done ; and I consider
that he is answerable for all the mischief that was
done, for if they had only went to the people as they
began to collect, and told them in a becoming man-
ner they could not allow it, they would have walked
away, and all the cracked heads, &c., would have
been prevented. By-the-by, it is very strange we
have not got the account of that met with broken
heads, limbs, &c. .

If the above is worth inserting in your valuable
paper, it would oblige a constant reader, as they are
a few facts that came under my own observation.

Your obedient servant, •
A WORKING MEN.
London, August 25, 1842.

DEATH OF LIEUT.-- GENERAL
LORI) VIVIAN, G.C.B. AND G.C.R., LATE

MASTER-GENERAL OF THE ORDNANCE.

Woomum, AUG. 25.—Intelligence was received
last night which caused the deepest regret in the gar-
rison at Woolwich, that Lieutenant-General the
Right Hon. Richard Hussey Lord Vivian had died
in Germany. This brave and gallant officer, on being
appointed Master-General of the Ordnance, on the
19th of May, 1835, performed the duties of his office
with great zeal and ability, and by his urbanity,
kindness, and attention to all, was universally looked
upon as the officer's and soldier's friend. llis Lord-
ship corztinued Master-General until the accession of
the present Government to power in September, 1841,
when he retired, having previously been raised to the
Peerage by the Government of which he'was a
member.

Lord Vivian was born on the 28th of July, 1775,
and entered the army as an Ensign on the 31 st of
July, 1793; promoted to Lieutenant, October 20,
1793; Captain, May 7, 1794; Major, March 9; 1803;
Lieutenant-Colonel, September 28, 1804 ; Colonel,
February 20, 1812 ; Major-General, June 4,,1814 ;
and Lieutenant-General, July 22, 1830.
The Lieutenant-General served in Flanders and
Holland, under the Duke of York, from June, 1794,
until the return of the army in 1795. He was
present in the sortie from Nimeguen, and was left
with a picquet of the 28th Regiment, in conjunction
with other picquets, to hold it after the retreat of the
army. He was present in the affair of Geldermalsen,
in which his regiment (the 28th) suffered severely,
and in other skirmishes. His Lordship was also pre-
sent in all the different battles which took place
during the expedition to the Helder, exceptingin the
landing ; commanded the 7th Hussars in the cam-
paign under Sir John Moore, in 1808 and 1809 ; and
commanded a brigade of cavalry in the Peninsula,
from September 1813, until the return of the army,
including the battles of Orthes, Nive, and TOulouse.
He was severely wounded in carrying the bridge of
Croix d'Orade, near Toulouse, and served at the battle
of Waterloo. Lord Vivian received a medal and one
clasp for Sahagun and Benevente, and others. His
Lordship's death causes a vacancy in the Ist Royal
Dragoons, of which regiment he was Colonel.

The deceased Lord was marrieil first, in 1804, to
Miss De Crespigny, daughter of Philip Champion de
Crespigny, Esq. ; and sec')ndly, in 1833, to Miss
Webster, third daughter' ot the Rev. James Agnew
Webster. His Lordship is succeeded by his son by
the former marriage, Major the Hon. Charles Cres-
pigny Vivian, M.P. for Bodmin, now Lord Vivian,
who was born in 1808, and married in 1833, to the
daughter of the Rev. John Scott, and niece of the Earl
of Meath.

TIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—The Lord
Mayor, feeling anxious to pay every dutiful respect to
her Majesty in her progress to Scotland by water, made
an early application to the Secretary of Szate, requesting
to be favoured with an intimation from what place and
when her Majesty would be pleased to embark, that he
might be in attendance to escort her Majesty throughout
his jurisdiction, as Conservator of the River Thatnes, and
adopt measures to make suitable preparations 'for this
purpose, in accordance with the proceedings which took
place in the Mayoralty of Alderman M..,gnay, in the
year 1822, when his late Majesty King George the
Fourth went to and returned from Scotland, anti in the
Mayoralty of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, in the year
1835, when her Majesty the Queen Dowager proceeded
to the Conthe-nt, upon a visit to her relatives, and upon
her return ; and his Lordship has subsequently been
favoured with a communication from Sir James Graham,
conveying her Majesty's commands to inform his Lord-
ship that the time of her Majesty's departure was not yet
definitely fixed ; that her Majesty would embark from
the Royal Dockyard at Woolwich ; and that it was her
pleasure that all ceremonies connected with the conser-
vancy of the River Thames should be dispensed with on
the occasion. The Lord Mayor has given directions to
Capt. Fisher, the Principal llarbour-Master of the Port
of London, to be in attendance at Woolwich during her
Majesty's embarkation, and to afford every facility for
the same.

Ty
OPENING OF THE TOMB OF SIR JOHN Ii4NBURY
BURIED IN 1311, IN lIANRURY CHURCH,. STAFFORD-
MIMI., 531 YEARS AGO.—In order to effect the exten-
sive repairs and alterations now in progre-s at ilanbury
Church, it was necessary to remove temlu,l-;trily, the
tomb of Sir John llanbury, to enable the workmen to
take down the wall of the south aisle surrounding it,
which was done in the presence of the Rev. W. H.
Archer, the minister of the parish, the churchwardens,
$.7,e., on Tuesday .week, by their architect and surveyor,
Mr. Fradgley, of Uttoxeter. 1)n removing the alashaster
slab, on which lay the effigy of Sir John (who is repre-
sented cross-legged in chain-armour), the tomb was
fund half-tilled with tins., apparently composed of de-
cayed stone and mortar, in which about eighteen inches
from the surface, were the remains of two skeletons^.
vi 7., the thigh and leg bones, one of the blade•bones,
a part of the skull, and broken pieces of the ribs, &o.
hut, both in the last stage of decay, and - also sun,
rounded by the rubbish and dust. No vestige what-
ever was found of ft coffin (either of wood, lead, or
stone), or any cerements, and no relies whatever ; but
as it was observed that the bones of the lower skeleton
were the largest, it is possible that they were, those of
Sir John Ilanbury, who died 531 years ago, and the
others•those of his wife. The whole are carefully pre-
served, and will be again deposited in the tomb; which is
to be replaced exactly in the old spot, when the south
[aisle is rebnilt,

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