The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

LUTTERWORTII, DEC. 11.—We have frequently heard
of two parties meeting each other, and forming a mutual
attachment at the first introduction ; but never having
known an instance of the kind, we were somewhat scep-
tical upon the point till yesterday, when our doubts were
removed by the following narrative :—A short time
since, a gallant captain, holding a commission in the
army, and also distinguished for his exploits on the turf;
took up his quarters at the principal inn in the market
town of N m, Warwickshire. Shortly after his
arrival, the daughter of the landlady, a remarkably fine,
handsome young woman, did the gentleman the honour
of attending upon him. Struck with the appearance of
the pretty maiden, the Captain paid her such atten-
tions as seldom fail to have the effect intended, espe-
cially when backed by a scarlet coat and handsome
, countenance, as was the case in the present instance ;
and so enamoured did the young lady become of her
military adorer, that, upon coming out of the room, she
made a confidant of one of the servants, telling her, that
" she felt convinced that the gentleman in the other room
would be her husband ; and that she should see him
again before long." Nor was she mistaken in the latter
part of her opinion ; for so smitten was the gallant cap-
tain with the charms possessed by his fair inamorata,
that he who had never feared the dart d the enemy, was
obliged to submit to that of Cupid, and the result was
that he suddenly found the town in which he was located
afforded many advantages for carrying on the hunting
campaign, and he, therefore, decided upon taking stables
for his stud ; after which, as a matter of course, he found
it necessary to pay frequent visits to the hotel, when his
inamorata made it an invariable rule to attend upon him;
the consequence of this frequent intercourse was, that a
more familiar footing was established, and a correspond-
ence was carried on between the parties during those in-
tervals that the gallant captain remained at home; but
letters intended for the latter, instead of being addressed
to him and sent in the family bag, were directed to " the
post-mistress, to be left till called for ;" the captain pay-
ing a daily visit to the office for the purpose of ascertain-
ing whether there were any communications so addressed
for him. Affairs went on in this way till the gal-
lant captain's " leave" had expired, and he was obliged
to join his regiment at Dublin ; but, previous to this, such
srrangements had been made between the parties that
the whole of the young lady's wardrobe, &c., was re-
moved without the slightest suspicion being excited in
the minds of the members of her family; end, even-
tually, the young lady herself took her departure. Upon
being missed, the feelings of her mother and brother
were distressing in the extreme; the following morning,
however, a letter was broubht, addressed to the " miss-
ing fair;" and her mother, thinking it might affbrd some
clue to the fugitive, opened it, when it proved to be from
the gallant captain, directing the young lady to proceed
by the route.they had previously fixed upon to Dublin,
and there inquire for • him at the barracks. This intel-
ligence being communicated to one or two friends of the
ranrily, it was determined that the brother, accompanied
by an uncle, should immediately post to the nearest
railway station, and proceed thence to Liverpool, on
their way to Dublin ; and such expedition did they
use, that they actually arrived in Dublin before the
packet in which the young lady had taken her pas-
sage; and, upon landing on the (play, her astonish-
ment may:readily be guessed, at finding that the two
first persons to salute her were her brother and uncle,
both of whom, she fondly hoped, were some hundreds
of miles distant. The uncle, fearing that the hasty tem-
per of the young lady's brother might hurry him
into some rash act, should he happen to meet the gallant
son of Mars, resolved upon having an interview with the
latter himself, and ascertain what his intentions were.
He accordingly went to the barracks and inquired for
" Captain ," to whose presence he was very speedily
introduced. As might be expected, the Captain was as
much confounded as the young lady, upon learning aho
his visitor was, while the latter, finding that the military
devotee" hurnm'd and haw'd" rather too much before he
would give an answer to the very plain and direct ques-
tion, as to " whether he meant to marry the young
lady?" took an abrupt leave, and returned to the inn
where he had left the brother and sister. The young
lady finding, from the relation of her worthy uncle, that
" nothing but loss of character and utter ruin awaited her
should she remain behind," she had the good sense to
accompany her friends back to the home she had de-
serted, whence she removed to the house of a near rela-

tire, who resides at a small village in the neighbourhood
of Lutterworth, in Leicestershire, where we understand
she will remain till the excitement attending the affair
has blown over. The young lady in question is one of
four sisters, three of whom are married, and each pos-
sesses 1,5001. in her own right, upon the former " coming
of age." She is now about nineteen, and is possessed of
considerable personal attractions.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY A RECRUIT.
—John Smith, a recruit in the Royal Artillery corps, was
taken before Mr. Thomas Jackson, the Mayor of Kingston,
on Monday, charged with the offence of misdemeanour in
having unlawfully attempted to destroy himself. Wm. Smith,
another recruit in the same regiment, deposed that he was in
company with the accused and some other recruits at a beer-
shop in heathen-street, Kingston, and Smith, the defendant,
wassvery drunk. In a short time he left the room, and very
soon afterwards the servant came in and told him to go and
look after John ; for when he went out she heard him
mutter something about " and he would go and do it," and
as he had been talking in the course of the day about de-
stroying himself, she feared he make would an attempt to
do so. Witness accordingly made a search, and on going to
the water-closet he found the door fastened. He burst it
open, and found the defendant hanging from the ceiling,
blk in the face, and nearly dead. He cut him down im-
mediately, and sent for a surgeon, but it was some time
before the accused could be restored to consciousness, when
a policeman was called in and he was sent to the station-
house for security. The defendant said he was very sorry
fur what .he had done, but it was through drink ; he had
been drunk for three or four days, and had quite lost his
senses, or he should not have done such a thing. Sergeant
Wilson, of the Royal Artillery, who is at present recruiting
in the town, in answer to a question from the magistrate,
said that the accnsed had been recruited about a month, and
latterly had given way to drunken and slovenly habits. He
added that when he had been recruited six weeks he would
be sent to head-quarters at Woolwich. The Mayor said
that he considered the practice of keeping recruits so long
before they were sent to head-quarters a very improper one,
as the men had nothing else to do but to idle about and get
drinking; and he wished to know why it was adopted? The
sergeant said ho did not know; but it was the ordinary rule
to send in drafts of recruits every six weeks. The Mayor
then ordered that the defendant should stand committed to
Kingston Gaol in order to give an opportunity to communi-
cate with the commanding officer of the regiment ; and the
sergeant was directed to report the opinion of the Bench
upon the subject of detaining the recruits for SO long a period
before they were sent to head-quarters, to the proper quarter,
with a view to the alteration of the system.
MILITANT FLOGGING AT CHATIIAM.—This morn-
ing (Monday, the 15th), the whole of the troops, comprising
the provisional battalion at this garrison, assembled on the
general parade-ground, to hear the sentence promulgated of
a Court-martial, held the beginning of this month, on
Thomas Short, a bandsman of the 31st Regiment, for general
insubordination, absenting himself from barracks, and
when found in the town of Chatham by a military escort,
having struck some of the soldiers with his bayonet, and
threatened to kill the corporal in charge of the escort for
taking him prisoner. The charges and sentence having been
read by the Adjutant, the troops were marched off to the
Spar Battery, to witness the sentence carried into effect, that
of his receiving 150 lashes. The troops, being under com-
mand of Colonel Thomas Weare, K.H., on their arrival were
formed into a square, and the prisoner was immediately
placed at the halberts, and received the whole of his sen-
tence with much fortitude, now and then only uttering a
piercing shriek. On the close of the proceedings the pri-
soner was removed, and the troops returned to their barracks,
and the prisoner to the hospital. He bears a bad character,
and flogging at this garrison is not resorted to but in cases
of strict necessity.
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES FOR THE LABOURING
CLASSES.—A public dinner was given yesterday evening, at
the London Tavern, in celebration of the laying of the first
stone of the first of the institutions for providing cheap
baths
and washhouses for the labouring poor. There were present,
Peter Borthwick, Esq., M P., Archdeacon Hale, C. Banbury,
Esq., C.Turner, Esq., G. F. Young, Esq., Joseph Somes, Esq.,
R. Hankey, Esq., J. D. Powlies, Esq., L. Brewster, Es q. ,B.
Hawes, sen., Esq. N. Gould, Esq., Charles Cochrane, Esq.,
G. Stonehouse Griffith, Esq., and upwards of two hundred
other gentlemen of importance in the commercial world.
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor occupied the chair.
After the dinner, which, with excellent viands provided by
Messrs. Bathe and Breach, had bpereesnendtu,l.ymdesisscrrsGed. ,G"eNugoen,
nobis" was sung by the vocalists
C. Kenny, Farquharson Smith, and J. King
(comic), under
the direction of Mr. G. F. Taylor. The usual loyal and
patriotic toasts were proposed by the chairman, and most en-
thusiastically responded to. The Lord Mayor then proposed
Prosperity to the Baths and Washhouses for the Labour-
ing Classes." He said that he hoped to be present at the
laying of the foundation stones of many more institutions of
the kind, and that he should also be present at many future
anniversaries of the institution of which lie had that day laid
the foundation stone.—(Cheers.) He then proceeded to ad-
vert in very favourable terms to the merits and advantages
of all institutions of the kind, and concluded by expressing a
wish that they would not be allowed to fall to the ground
from want of funds. The toast was then drank in a most
enthusiastic manner with three times three. Several
other toasts followed in succession, including "The
City of London" " The Lord Mayor," " The English and
Foreign Press," &c. &c. A large collection was made dut ing
the evening. The total of it amounted to more than 1,000/.,
the several subscriptions being very large and very numerous.
The festive meeting was not broken up till a very late hour.
Mr. Toole officiated, as usual, as toastmaster.

DARING OUTRAGE in Ti IPPEPARY
ATTACK ON BIANCONI'S CAR, AND ROBBERY OF ALL
TEE PASSENGERS.—lntelligence was received in this City
late on Thursday evening of a most daring attack having
been made on Bianconi's car on Tuesday, and the rob-
bury of the passengers in the broad day light, the parti-
culars of which we have learned as fellows :—The
branch car to Tipperary, which takes up the passengers
at Mitchelstown from that on which they travel from
Cork, had changed horses at Galbally at half-past two,
and when two miles from the stage and within six of
Tipperary, seven armed men jumped over a wall and
ordered the driver to stop, which not being instantly
complied with, one of them presented a pistol at his head
and the man was forced to yield to them. There were
on the car six passengers and the driver, namely, Mr.
Benjamin Deeble of this city and his shepherd, who
were going to the fair of Tipperary to buy sheep ;
John Short, WilliaM Shaughnessey, and John
Brien, of this city, victualteral; and Mr. Jere-
miah Mullane, of Buttevant, victualler. Six of
the attacking party had their fixer covered
with crape, with holes for their eyes, end one man
when he saw the passengers observing him closely,
stooped down and rubbed mud un his face, so es to
conceal. his features from them. When the ear had
been surrounded, one of them presented a corked pistol
at Shaughnessey, and told him to deliver his money.
Shaughnessey said he had none—the robber said
if he did not instantly hand out, he'd blow his
skull off'. Shaughnessey tl.ea said " Search me,
and if I have it take it." Ile then turned to
Prien who stood up in the car, upon which his assailant
told him if he moved an inch he'd blow his brains out.
Brien then put his hand in his pocket and handed
out a purse containing six pounds in silver. The rob-
ber who spoke to them, then came to Short, who was
last on the car, the others standing by with presented
arms all the while, and used a like threat, %hen Short
declared he had nothing, and that he was a very poor
man, but the fellow instantly collared him and putting
his hand into his pocket, drew out his purse, containing
9/. 9s. in silver, which he took. While this was being
done at one side of the car, a like scene was going on
at the other. Mr. Deeble, seeing the inutility of offering
resistance to a formidable band of armed ruffians who
had presented guns and pistols at his head, handed
them his purse, which, however, only contained about
41. 10s., to cover his travelling expenses, as he was
provided with bank cheques, &c. for his purchases. One
of the fellows then laid bold of his guard chain, and
pulling it, asked "what's this ?" Mr. Deeble told them
it was his watch and offered it to them, but they re-
fused it, saying " we only want money to buy powder."
They next demanded his money from Mr. Mullane, and
while he was endeavouring to gain time by appearing
to search fait, one of them gave him two severe blows on
the chest with the butt-end of a gun. Mr. Deeble remon-
strated with him saying the man was getting his money.
They then took what silver he had, and made the driver
come down, when they searched the boot closely,
saying they expected to find a quantity of silver there,
going to the banks. In this, however, they were dis-
appointed, and finding no more money, they walked
back along the road in the direction they came in the
most unconcerned manner. The car and passengers then
proceeded to Tipperary, and information haling been at
once given to the police, a party, under Sub-Inspector
Egar at once proceeded in two jingles to scour the
country, and taking a byeroad towards the locality where
the robbery was committed, arrived there early in the
night. After a vigilant search, they arrested, from the
description given, nine persons, and lodged them safely in
Tipperary Bridewell. Next day, after the victuallers had
made their market, they proceeded with Mr. Hunt, J.P.,
to the Bridewell, and Short, at once distinctly identified
one of the party, as the person who put his hand in his
pocket and took out his purse. Most of the others
corresponded in dress and stature, and appearance, with
the descriptions given, but their faces were so closely
covered, that further identification was then impossi-
ble. There is, however, reason to believe that the
whole gang will be amenable to justice. One of the parties
robbed, from whom our reporter made inquiries • in-
formed him that the Cashel butchers had been robbed of
1501. the night before the fair on the way to it, and most
probably by the same armed gang. It was most fortu-
nate that the robbers did not search more minutely, for
each of the victuallers had sums varying from 301. to
501. concealed upon their persons in notes, the less of
which would have been very serious to these poor in.
dustrious men.
We are also informed that an extensive dealer in pro-
visions, and contractor for the supply of beef to the
navy, was one of the passengers by the car; but that
coming up a to a lot of cattle that were being driven to
the fair about half a mile before whero the car was
stopped, he got off to speak to the owners with a view
of making a purchase, and as the day was dry and
pleasant determined to walk into Tipperary. By this
fortunate circumstance he escaped plunder, as he had
upon his person eight hundred pounds in notes.—Cork
Soathern Reporter.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
MARY MAYHEW MANLEY.
In the year 1810, an elderly gentler. an, by the name
of Jones, placed in a boarding-school, with a.Mrs. liai-
son, No. 3, Charterhonse square, a little girl, between
four and five years old, of the above name (Manley
being afterwards added to Mayhew), who was said to
have been brought from abroad, and whose infantine re-
membrance is, that she had a brother, She
was there visited by a Miss Mortimer and sister, now
Mrs. Whittaker, a Miss Etherington, anti other ladies
of or from Bath. After the maLifestatien ut first, of
much kindness and solicitude, these parties, from some
unexplained cause, forbore to call, pay fur, or to notice
the child ; some time elapsing, Mrs. Halsen ad-
vertised, heading the advertisement with " Most
Shameful Transaction," which brought for-
ward a Captain Lea, who paid the then arrears duo, but
from a full boarder the girl was then reduced by him,to
a half-boarder, he (Cap:ain Lea) continuing to pay
through a Mr. Collier for her board and education, but
desiring that the girl should be made a governess. She
believes that a hundred a year was paid' for her by Mr.
Jones, and who, with a Dr. Mayhew, of Bath, she un•
derstood were her godfathers. All of her earliest recol-
lections are that she was rich, and belonged to those who
were so, and these juvenile impressions, or dreams of
prosperity, remained up to the coming forward of Capt.
Lea, by whom they were at once blighted. Time rolled on,
and her education being completed, a governess she be-
came; but before quitting Mrs. Halson's upon one occasion
her attention was drawn to a remarkable advertisement,
requiring information as to the whereabouts of the chil-
dren of a General Manley, of India, for whom some be-
quest was made, and she then took steps to ascertain
her parentage, but without effect, Captain Lea invariably
evading giving her any clue to the same, he, Captain
Lea, it seems, satisfying Mr. Brown Roberts, then of
Bishopgate-street, but now of the Old Jewry, the re-
feree, that she was not the child of General Manley.
The Miss Mortimer already alluded to, it is necessary
to state, became the wife of Captain Lea ; they are both
now no more; and to every inquiry since no traces can she
obtain to the authors of her being. In the hope these
particulars may catch the eye of some of the parties in-
terested or concerned, either in Europe, India, or else-
where, so as to bring about the mysterious solution of
her birth, this short sketch is put forth, without at all
glancing at the helpless and forlorn state she has for
years been left in. Reference to be made at West Cot-
tage, Southbank, Regent's-park. The kind and humane
offices of the press are respectfully solicited in this
country, India, and elsewhere, in giving circulation to
the above.

The Earl of Shrewsbury, who has been passing the
season at Rome, has left that city for Sicily, with the inten-
tion of sojourning there during the winter.
His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada,
Lord Metcalfe, has arrived at Liverpool, by the Britannia
steamer, from Halifax.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY.— WEST DRAYTON, TUESDAY.—This
afternoon J. Charseley, Esq., the coroner for Buckingham-
shire, held an inquest at the Swan Inn, at Iver, on the body
of J. Green, a labourer, who was killed by a special train
yesterday morning, near West DI ayton Station, the par-
ticulars of which appeared in 7'he Sun of yesterday. After
the examination of several witnesses, the jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental death, with a deodand of one shilling
on the engine."

A HUMAN SKELETON.— On Wednesday a labourer,
while digging in a field belonging to the Rev. T. A.
Methuen, at Allcanning,s, and within a hundred feet of
his house, found a human skeleton. It is of a small size,
and probably that of a female. That it is the record of
a murder, whose perpetration must remain unknown
till all secrets shall be unfolded, is, alas! too probable, and
the more so as the back of the skeleton was considerably bent
downwards, while the face was turned upwards. Thus, it
would seem, that the body was hastily committed to the
ground. The skeleton is now literally in small pieces, with
the exception of one leg bone.-Wiltshire Telegraph.
ISLE OF SKYE.—DISTRESSING OCCUREENCE.-011
Thursday, the 20th of November, a party of three men and
a young woman, named Catherine Martin, left Portree, with
the intention of walking home to the district of Steinscholl, in
the parish of Kilmuir, by the romantic hill.path through the
farm of Scorribreck. The distance which they had to travel
was upwards of twenty miles, overonpereol,f.atlhmet7aonsdt
rmainggfeeldl
and picturesque scenes in the island. During the previous
idna day,
torrents,thunder w which
continued lightning
w• e very little intermission until the
evening of Thursday. The mountain rivulets were much
swollen, which rendered it adifficult matter at many places to
pass them. The party, however, succeeded well enough until
they had almost ended their journey, when, having to cross a
rapid stream, the woman lost her footing, and was instantly
swept down the stream. The rivulet, near the spot of the
fatal accident, enters a larger one, which, at a short distance
below, rushes over shelving precipices, and forms a succession
of rapid cascades, as it falls immediately into the deep. The
body of the unfortunate woman must have been swept over
all these places, and into the ocean ; for, although almost all
the articles of her dress were found, her body could not be
discovered for a week after the melancholy accident, and little
hopes were then entertained of its recovery at all.—lnverness
Courier.

A NOBLE LECTUREB.—On Wednesday evening a
lecture was delivered at the Plymouth Mechanics' Institute by
Viscount Ebrington, M.P., on the health of towns. The
Plymouth Journal, which gives a full report of the Noble Lord's
lecture, speaks of it as follows :—The lecture itself, indepen-
dently of its elegant, striking, and terse style of composition
will reflect credit and honour, not only on the Noble Lord indi-
vididually, but on all, like himself, devoted to the cause of
humanity and justice, whose claims he has so ably advocated
and enforced. We recommend to all literally, the perusal of
every sentence uttered, as far as we are able to give it, for
we believe that in no one similarly compendious form will so
much information be found as is embodied in the lecture re-
ferred to.

ST. MART, ISLINGTON.—An information in Chan-
cery is now pending against the trustees of this parish, to
compel them to refund a sum of 9001., alleged to have been
illegally paid by them out of the poor-rate; and on Monday
evening a meeting took place at the chambers of the Attorney-
General (Sir F. '1 hesiger), to heaK the parties on a memorial
presented to him by the trustees to stay the farther piroceed-
ings, when, after hearing Mr. Rodgers, the counsel for the
trustees, and Mr. Iloe, the solicitor for the relators, the At-
torney-General decided against the trustees. :The suit will
therefore proceed.