Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-11

In Es,sslY ., 4 Mamma % oosuasss,
We mentioned . fsw days aso he robbery Of
the Hon. Fayssss MsMullsn, one Of The Viz
ginia Representatives In Congress, while on
his way from Slash Cottage, Hanover county,
70 Richmond. The sum Of 8, 800 was stolen
ftpn him, 1t will BE- remembered. The cir.
eumstancss under which he robbery took
place are thus st,ted BY the Richmond Wing:
aMr. Nom. left the cottage which i about
twelve miles from the city, in hand-car, ana
was on his way to overtake the Northern train
before It left yesterday morning. just as the
car reached the branch, Q point on the road
about three miles from here, the freight train
from this city was suddenly observed coming
up. They had approached too near to avoid
scollision, and Mr.. NcMullen seeing no safety
except In fight, bounded from tho hand car
and escaped unhurt. In . moment the engtne
was up with . force but little abated since it
frst came in view. It struck tho hand-car and
drove il back about one hundred yards, neither
being displaced from their position on the
track. Mr.. Nom. q travelling bag, which con.
tanned the 81 800, was in the hand-car, but Of
course he paid little regard to it at this mo.
mentus crisis. Some confusion necessarily en-
sued, and all were for q moment absorbed In
| the peculiar circumstances which had 20 nearly
| terminated in serious injury and loss Of life.
Soon the train set on its way. and the excite.
mont having passed of, Mr.. Nom. commenced
. search for his travelling bag. After . min.
ute or two 10 was discovered short distance
from the track, rent open,' and 81 800 Va,
gone. 80
Mr. Irwin. late police officer, succeeded in
capturing, about five miles from here, white
man named James Howell, who had in his
possession $50 of tho treasury in gold. He al
mitted that Dutchman who was travelling
with him in search Of work, and happened t.
come up when the collision took place, com
They slept the previous night under q tree ant
were just crossing the track Is the cars came
fup. The travelling bag was forced open du
ring the excitement oceasioned by the col
lision.' s---.---7 = ----
The BANK OF ENGLAND.-The capital o
the Bank of England is ETA, $50, 900. Accord
ing to late parliamentary paper, the loan
Of the Bank have, during the last ten years
fuctuated between f2,e40, 900 and f33, 400, 900
In 1874, whom capital was very abundant, an,
trade dull, the Banks loans were only e..
640, 600 but in three years, in eonseq uence Q
increased activity and speculation, they wer
| $50, 40O, 600.
A LIBERAL DosArIoN.-We learn from tn
Savannah Republican that DR.. William Tel
rell, of Sparta, Ga, has made donation q
| $40, 900 to the Franklin College at Athens, 70
tho purpose Of endowing Professorship 4
Agricultural Chemistry. He has suggeste
that DR.. Daniel Lee, the editor of the Souther
cultivator, is a very suitable person to fill til
Chair.
MADE SLIGHT MIsrAKE.-It would seer
from the following that Sir Charles Napier hs
made slight mistake:
"Admiral Napier writes home to the Bri
ish government that attacking Cronstradt q
ISweaborg would be certain destruction. AZ
miral Shad says: after two days inspectio
from the lighthouse, and full views of th
forts and ships, the former are two substantis
for the fire Of ships to make any impression
They are large masses of granite. With r.
spect to an attack on the ships where they ar
it is not to be entertained"