The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-21 00:00:00

Some opprobrious term had been used towards a soldier
named Bennett by one of the men who was then in the
room. Bennett and the prisoner came into the room,
and they appeared to be somewhat excited. They had
been drinking. When they came in Bennett addressed
himself to the men in the room relative to the term that
had been used towards him—the term being that he was
"a bastard "—upon which M'Guiley, one of the men,
said he bad called him so, and would do so again. Ben-
nett went up and knocked him off the form upon which
he was sitting. M'Guiley was a friend of Williams's,
and upon his being knocked down Williams got up and
made some observations to Bennett relative to his hav-
ing given M'Guiley a blow, and told the men in the
room he could not stand by and see his comrade treated
in that manner, and then it was that the prisoner came
forward and asked Williams why he interfered ? An al-
tercation then took place between the prisoner and Wil-
liams, and after a struggle the prisoner went to a coal-
box which was in the room, in which were some broom-
sticks and dry scrubbers, one of which he seized and went
towards Williams, and struck him with it violently on
the head, breaking the handle of it. Williams fell to the
ground, and begged the prisoner not to strike him again;
but the prisoner went to the coal-box and got another
scrubber (a most formidable weapon) ; he took it in both
hand, and inflicted another blow on the head of Williams.
This stunned him. He then struck him again with the
sama degree of violence, and in two minutes afterwards
the unhappy man Williams was dead. The parties had
been fighting together with brooms.
This case was supported by the testimony of a great
number of artillerymen who were in the room at the
time.
The surgeon stated that deatk was caused by the
blow, which must have been given by some very heavy
instrument. _ _

The learned Judge said, the case was reduced to man-
slaughter, and of that there was no doubt.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter,
and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year with
bard labour.

DESTITUTION IN BETHNAL GREEN.--ALLEGED
STARVATION OF THREE CHILDREN.

Yesterday afternoon a long inquiry was gone into be-
fore Mr. Baker, at the Panther Tavern, Hope Town,
Bethnal-green, on view of the bodies respectively of
Charles Haller, aged seven years, Amelia Heßier, aged
four years and seven months, and Frederick nether,
aged nearly two years, who were alleged to have died
from the want of the necessaries of life, at 20, George-
street, Bethnal-green-road, where they were living with
their mother, a widow.

Hannah Walker, No. 18, George-street, stated that
she bad known the family about ten years. Rather more
than two years ago the father of the children, who was a
cabman, died, and left his wife, who is a weader, with
six children to support. Upon his death she received two
quarterns and a half of bread and 3d. in money a
week. She had. behaved kindly t., her children, had been
industrious, and is of sober habits. In the early part of
November one of the children had the measles, which
was soon followed by the hooping-cough and inflamma-
tion of the lungs. Two others of the deceased were at-
tacked with inflammation, when Mr. G.West, the parish
surgeon of the district, was called in, and he ordered
some arrowroot, with beef tea, for the decased. Tney
died, successively, Charles on the 7th of December,
Amelia oa the 9th, and Frederick a few days since.
Mr. West stated that he was called to attend the de-
ceased Amelia on the Ist November, who was suffering
from inflammation of the chest and a low fever. Upon
seeing the state the children were in he ordered, in ad-
dition to the relief the family received, half a gill of
port wine' half a pound of beef for beef tea, and arrow-
root, which is not withheld. Inflammation of the chest
produces an emaciated condition of the body, and in his
opinion the three surviving children will die of the same
complaint. Their father died of the same disease in
Bartholomew's Hospital. They died of inflammation of
the chest.