The Sun. — 1848-09-01 (London, England)

IRE-HOUSE, HERTFORDSIIIRE.-011 Monday last, an excursio❑ of the members of the Loyal United Friends, took place to this delightful spot, in behalf of the Friend-in-Need Fund, on which occasion a numerous party of ladies and gentlemen lett the Shoreditch station of the Eastern Counties Railway, about ten o'clock, and proceeded to the Rye-House station, where they arrived at about ten minutes past eleven. The Rye House is situated. on the banks of the River Lea, within one hundred yards of the railway station, near Hoddeadon, and is famous in English History as having been the place where a pretended conspiracy was designed, proposing to take the life of King Charles the second. This plot was made the engine by the corrupt Parliament of that period to effect the judicial murder of those martyrs for freedom and liberty, Lord Russell and Algernon Sydney. The ruins of the Rye House are still in good preserva tion, as are also those of Netherhall, ii mansion, or rather a lodge to a castle of the time of Henry the Eighth. A short distance on the banks of the River Lea is the interesting village of Amwell, where are the Chadwell Springs, the source of the New River, with the urn and tomb of Sir Hugh Middleton, that great benefactor, who spent the whole of his fortune in bringing the New River water to London. After the company had done ample justice to their appetites, they enjoyed themselves in boating, angling, cricket, trap-ball, archery, &c., until about two hours of their departure for town, when a considerable portion assembled in the long room; P.S.P. Robertson presiding as chairman, end supported, among others, by P.P. Burgess, P.S.P. Spearing, P.S.P. Clay, P.S.P. Bull, P.P. Studd, P.P. Cole, P.P. Fawcett, P.S.P. Smart, P.P. Taylor, P.P. Smart, P.P. Coombes, P.P. Woodman, P.P. Watson, P.S.P. Burns, and P.S.P. Price, Secretary Crawley, and Treasurers Fox and Chamberlain. The health of the chairman, P.S.P. Robertson, was proposed, in a neat speech, by P.S.P. Smart, and received with applause, and was acknowledged by Mr. Robertson in his usual glowing style. P.P. Cole, in a speech of considerable length, gave " The Stewards," and thanks to them for the excellent arrangements of the day. This was spoken to by Y.P. Studd in a few appropriate words. The health of the " Treasurer of the Relief Fund, P.S.P. Price," was drank amid much cheering, with one more for his better health. P.P. Burgess, in a very complimentary speech, proposed the " Healths of Treasurers Fox and Chamberlain," after which the National Anthem was sung with much animation. Several excellent songs had previously been sung by Messrs. Smart, Rowland, Taylor, and Everett. The company then left the spacious and beautiful gardens, and entered the train that was waiting to convey them to town, where they arrived at ten minutes past nine o'clock. One circumstance highly calculated to mar the pleasures of the day occurred, and that was, Mrs. Burgess, the wife of P.P. Burgess, being desirous of gratifying a curiosity peculiar to her sex, was in the act of descending into the vault of Netherhall, when her foot slipped, and she was precipitated into some stagnant water, several feet deep; she, however, gave alarm, when assistance was immediately rendered her, and she was rescued from her perilous situation, having sustained slight bruises on her side, and her lower garments very much wetted; but by the kindness of the domestics of Mr. Teal's establishment, she was soon enabled to join her family and re-participate in their amusements. Pooß-