The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-31 00:00:00

SATURDAY EVPNIN G, 31ARCE. 31. 1855

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

4.13 MY BEFORE: SEBAgTOPOL com-

MITTEE.

(From the Mining Journal of this clay.)

In dividend mines there has been a godd business
doing this week, and prices have decide Ily improved.
Bassets have been in demand a'; 5401. to 550/. ; South
Trances, 350/. ; Rosewarne, 150/. to. 160/. ; great
Devon Consols, 370/. to 375/. ; North. B asset, 17/. to
3.81.; United Mines, ' 215/. to 220/. • Vale of To wy, 12s.
6d. to 15s. ; Alfred
Consols, 14/. ; North Duller, 3/. ss.
to 3/. 10s. ; Eaglebrook, 20/. ; Wheal Kitty (Lelant),
10/. to 10/. 10s. ; Sortridge Consols firm, at 2/. 15s. to
2/. 17s. Od. ' • Great Alfred, 181. to 19/. ; West Provi-
dence, 16/. to 17/. Rosewarne, on Tues day, declared
its first dividend of 3/. per share.
MINES WHICH HAVE SOLD ORE.-Brynfoml Hall, Cae-
Gynon, Camborne Consols, Carrack Dews, Dyfngwns,
Eaglebrook, East Polgootb, East Wheat Rose, Great
Wheal Alfred, Herwood United, Ivybriglge, LeedS,
T4)wn Consols, North Buller Sortridge Co nsols' South
Crenver, Vale of Towy, Wendron Consols, Wheat Kitty
(trey Lelant), Wheat Zion, Yeoland CotesolF.i.

(Continued from our first edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Maxwell then went on to state that these smaller
stores were apt to, Tun rhort, and no trouble was taken
by the dispensers to replenish them. Consequently,
when application was made to them for some article of
which they were out, they told the person asking for it
that " there was none in stock," which was reported
in:the hospital. There might, nevertheess, be plenty in
the general store.

Sir J. Pakington—Under whose authority were those
persons ?
Mr. Maxwell—Under Dr. Menzies at that time.

By Lord Seymour—lt was impossible for, the dis-
pensers to render an account of how they disposed of the
supplies they obtained from the general store.
By the Chairman—Coming next to the purveying
department,there was the purveyor-in-chief, who had the
superintendence over all the subordinate officers in his
department. Mr. Ward was the purveyor at the general
hospital, but at that time he was apparently under Mr.
Wreford. They visited the purveyor's department in
the same way as they had done the apothecaries'. It
was nearly Christmas before he received any return fr6m
the purveyor, and when it was sent in it only extended
from the Ist May to the 31st August. lie.temonitta,ted
with Mr. Ward on the irup;irtais-ce41.140 Miltink,a pro-
per return, and examined Ittgi itipori-,4:arioufiimnts, but
he subsequently received a letter from hiu) l)eggiug for
further time to be allowed him to. make the raquired„ re-
turns, on the ground of the overvihdraiiig nature :of ;his
duties. He (witness) went to-T,a4aklava? and en his re-
turn found that Mr. Ward WaSidead.-13i)fore Mr. Ward
died Mr. Wreford appeared to all a, very anomalous posi-
tion ; but he afterwards assumed the duties of puveyor-
in- chief in the East.

The Gold—Mining Share Market has continixid flat
throughout the week, and although marry transactions
we re effected yesterday, they were genezatly at reduced
ra; tea.

The Anglo-Califorilian Gold Mining Ca mpany have
atwices to the 13th Feb. The rain had enabled Sir 11.
Huntley to re-commence crushing for a fe•.v hours each
day, and the result, so far as the agent was able to -re-
por,!;, was very satisfactory.
Tao Irish Consols Mining Company have convened a
raes.,ing for the 10th April next, when it is expected a
resniiution will be proposed to wind it up.

MURDER BY STARVATION IN NEWINGTON
EVORKHOUSE.---EXTI?AORDINARY CASE.

For some time past considerable sensation has existed
in the neighbourhood of the workhorse of St. Mary,
Newington, in c msequence of a rumour that one of the
pauper intuatep of that establishment, a female about 22
years of age, had wilfully caused the death of her own
offspring by starvation.
These circuuaaanc( s becoming known to Mr-Thomas
Cuok, the summoning officer for the district, he imme-
diately communicated with W. Carter, Esq., the coroner
fever East Surrey, who issued a warrant, for an inquest,
and which was held yesterday morning in the board-
room of the workhouse,.

By Lord Seymour—The purveyor-in-chief had the
superintendence of all the purveyors at Scutari, and he
believed in the Crimea ; but he ass not surq.-....V0 found
no fault with the purveyors' instructions—bUt With the
execution of them. . ,

By Mr. Ball—He did not hit-itself examine the books
of the purveying department after the death of Mr.
Ward.

By the Chairman—He went. over` the hospitals at
Scutari before ho left. With regard to the barrack hos-
pital he found that the building was in tolerably good
general repair. It was not very tidy, and there was no
efficient ventilation. Although there was au efflaviuua
from the necessaries he was not struck with any objection.
able smells in the wards. In some respects the attend-
ance on the patients was very bad, and the orderly sys-
tem was very bad., They were men who were taken
from the ranks and were not of very strong Constitn-
tions, and who were otherwise not adapted to their
duties. Those who were efficient were constantly re-
moved, and the medical officers complained that they
lost their best men. It was his opinion that the pur-
veyor was reSponsible for the cleanliness of the hospital.
In a barrack it would devolve on the military com-
mandant. He had read Mr. Stafford's evidence, but he
did not agree with what that gentleman stated. He
(witness) had, however, only been at the barrack hos-
pital once.
By the Chairman—He inspected the kitchens. He
thought cooking stoves were not at all adapted for hos-
pital purposes. Whilst he was there he had much evi-
dence as to the irregularity of the supply of food to the
patients. He thought this arose froth the radically bad
system in which the food was in the first in,tance issued
by the purveyor. He observed the cond,tion of the
linen of the patients. He found some when he first
went there without any linen at all, the men being in
shirts of a filthy description. The.washing at the gene-
ral hospital was done by some Armenians. In frequent
cases some of the shirts never came back, and the men
were of course reluctant to part with them for fear
they might never 'have them ~again. With regard to
the barrack hospital the purveyor had made a contract
with an Italian to do it, but he frequently broke the
bargain ; and the purveyor was obliged at last to have
recourse to somebody else; but it was never done well.
The fact was, they did not understand the plan of boiling
clothes as they did in this country, and, of course,
clothes never could be perfectly purified unless they
were boiled.-

The first witness examined was Ann-Halford, a pauper
inmate and one of the nurses. She denosect that the de-
leased was about three months old, mid was the illegiti-
mate child of a woman pained Sturges. The woman
Sturges was an inmate of what was, called the "Infant's
Ward" fur about a month, and during that period she
repeatedly refused to suckle the infant, or attend to it
in any way, and used to- beat it with avat.violeace.
It consequently wasted away, and witness accordingly.
gave information to-Mr. Lownd, the medical officer, who.
told her to feed it, but she refused to do so. The mother
was afterwards charged at the police court with neglect-
ing the deceased, and the witness thenfed it with arrow-
root, boiled milk,- and sopped bread, but she died on
Saturday last. When -she (witnes9 went to request the
mother to suckle the child, she refused, and said " she
wished the little devil was dead." Witnass had-no doubt
Sturges wished the child to die, as she several times ad-
mitted it. Oa the 15th inst. she said she knew it was
her own child, but she would not feed it, as she wished
it to the.

Sarah Hollyoak corroborated the above evidence.
kV. G. 11. Lownd, the medical *officer of the work-
house, said that ho bad mad a post rn,ortenb examination,
and found the body almost bloodless. He was of opinion
that death had been accelerated by want of proper
nourishment, which had beon withhel&from the child by
its mother.

After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict
of "Wilful Murder against Sarah Sturges, otherwise Ann
Sturges."

JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB—FIRST STONE OF
NEW nouns LAID.—The first stone of tho . new club-
house in Regent-street, Waterloo;-place, was laid on
Thursday la-t by the Right Hon. the Earl of Orkney,
assisted by the committee and numerous members of the
club.

At the desire of the Chairman, Mr. Maxwell then
read from his report a list of the articles Miss Nightingale
was in the habit of supplying. Some of these, he said,
were supplied, not because there were none in store,
but because they were not of good quality.
The Chairman—Was port wine amongst these ?
Mr. Maxwell—Yes ; Miss Nightingale stated that
the port wire was only logwood, and Mr. Macdonald
has repeated that before the committee. I tasted the
port wine, and it was exceedingly good—so good' that I
had some several times afterwards. (Laughter.)
The Chairman—l suppose the person who gave you
the wine to taste thought you were a commissioner?
Mr. Maxwell—l didn't know. I didn't give him
much time. I went to him whilst others were being
served, and I said, " Give me a glass of that."
(Laughter.) No doubt there were varieties in the wine,
so I got good and Mr. Macdonald got bad. (A. laugh.)
By the Chairman—The commission were instructed
not to wait till their report was approved of before making
suggestions for the better management of the hospital,
and he representyl various matters which it-was desir-
able to a!ter to Lord W. Paulet, but he was not spoken
to relative to the linen and washing, becatise he (witness)
did not think that was a matter with which his lord-
ship bad anything at all to do.
At half past three o'clock the room was cleared for
'consultation, anti the oornrnittco afterwards adjourned
until after the Easter vacation.

THE LATE GEN. SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER.—At a
meeting of the executive'committee of the Napier Testi-
monial, held on Saturday, at the United Service Mu-
seum, Whitehall, and presided over by the Earl of
Ellenbcirough, it was resolved that the design of Mr.
George G. Adams, for a statue in memorial. of the
above distinguished officer, should be selected. The
statue, to be executed by Mr. Adams, will be of bronze,
twelve feet in height, and will be placed on a granite
pedestal eighteen feet in height. It will be erected in
the metropolis.
THE AMERICAN Mens.--The next mails from the
United States to this country will be conveyed by the
American steam-ship Nashville, Captain Berry, which
was advertised to leave New York at noon on the 21st
instant, and may, consequently, be expected to arrive in,
the Mersey on Sunday next. The Nashville has been
chartered for the trip by the. Collins Company, to relieve
their steamer, the Pacific, which, we believe, requires
some repairs.

BnOMPTON HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a meeting of the
governors of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases
of the Chest was held for the purpose of increasing the
medical staff by the election of two assistant physicians,
An eastern wing, completing the original design of the
building, has just been finished and furnished,, and as
the brds are thereby increased from 90 to 230 it has been
found necessary to make an addition to the ordinary
number of medical officers. Seycial names were entered
as candidates, and at the concrision• of the poll, Dr.
Pollock and Dr. Smith were declared elected.

MARKET NEWS.,-(THIS RAE)

MADAMS TUSSA.I7D'S EXIIIBITION.—Among the latest
additions to this popular exhibition are the portrait
models of the Emperor and Empress of Austria, the
former beink in the dress of an Austrian General, and
the latter in a splendid court dress, composed of the
finest white lace, and decorated with magnificent dia-
monds. The model of the Empress haa boon taken from
whust lately executed by the court sculptor, and is con-
sidered an admirable likeness. - No doubt both figures
will become highly attractive during the holidays, and
excite much curiosity in the visitors, from their high
position and the prominent part likely to he taken by the
Austrian court.

COVENT GARDEN.

We had a slow sale for both fruit and vegetables, as
follows :

FAUIT.—Dino apples, English, 7s to lOsper lb; apricots,
03 to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, Gs Od to lOs Od per lb ;
foreign ditto, 10,1 to is 8d ; melons, Os Od to Os each
peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os Od to Os per dozen ;
apples, 5s Od to 12s Od per bushel ; pears, 78 Od to
lOs Od per half sieve ; Orleans plums and green gages Os to
Os Od per punnet ; ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums,
3s 0 : to Os Oil per half sieve; cherries, Od :to Os per pound ;
lemons, Od to is Gd per doz.; oranges, 4s to 108 per 100; fil-
berts, 95s per 100 lbs ; cobnuts, 1808 to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to Od per 100; figs, is Od
to 2s Gd per lb.
VEGETABLES.—Sauey cabbages, 9d to is 6d per dozen;
red ditto, 2s to 3s Od per dozen ; French beans, 3s 01
to 4s Od per 100 ; brocoli, 18 2d to 3s Od per bundle ;
potatoes, .85s to 130 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od each ;
Rears, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is par half
sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 5d to Gd per
bunch ; cucumbers, is 3d to 2s 6d each ; garlic, 6d to
Os -8d 'per pcund ; spinach, 2s Od to 3s Od per sieve ;
onions, 3s Od to 4s Od per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d ;
horse-raddish, 2s Od -to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 3d
to Od per bunch ; celery, Os 10,1 to I s Gd per
bunch ; endive, is Gd to 3s per score ; beet, is 3d to 2s
per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is ld per dozen ; small
salad, 3d to Od per punnet ; mushrooms, is Gd to 2s 6d per
pottle ; artichokes, 4s to Gs per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Is
6d to 2s per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ;
radishes 9.1 to is per dozen hands ; 'tomatoes, '3B Od to 4s
0.1 per half aim ; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels
sprouts, is Od to Is 9d per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s
per 100. ; ihubarb, Bcl to is 4d per bundle ; sea trail, Os
Od to is Gd per punnet ; asparagus, 58 to 9s per 100.

THE WATERLOO SCHOONER.—A Calais fishing smack,
belonging to a man named Lelong, put into l3oulogne-
sur-Mer, two days ago, to land six English sailors, whom
it had picked up in a small boat at sea. The men de-
clared that they were the crew of the Waterloo schooner,
of 205 tons, which had been run down on her way from
Medoc to Holland, by a large vessel. The schooner, they
added, foundered so fast that they had only just time to
jump into the boat in which they were found.
An extraordinary meeting of the Agua Fria Mining
Company was held yesterday afternoon, when the di-
rectors were authorised to raise a sum not exceeding
15,000/. upon debeatures bearing interest at 15 per
cent., to liquidate present - encumbrances. (between
9,0001. and 10,000/.); and to provide funds tor future
operations. Tile statement of accounts to the 23d of
March shows a total of receipts (including.
67,0001.) of 104,618/ , and a ba!ance of 2,9791. A com-
mittee of five shareholders have been appointed to confer
with, the directors. •

Lie AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—" Further papers" re-
specting the alterations in the conAitutions of the Aus-
tralian colonies were, yesterday presented to Parlia-
ment in continuation of papers presented last July,
August, and December. Ttiose before us refer solely
to Van Diemen's Land, ane a cottespondenee between
the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir ri • Denison, and the
Colonial-office, in the year 184, on the subject of
the responsible government of that colony. Sir W.
Denison expressed his views at lingth in a confidential
despatch dated February 4, 1854, and in November
of that year forwarded to the Colonial-effice an act
to establish new electoral districts in Van Diemen's
Land, and to increase the ninaber of members of its Le-
gislative Comic% and anotheei act for the establishment
of a Parliament and the granting of a Civil List to her
Majesty. By this act, the Le,gislative Council and the
Assembly were, with the governor, to be collectively
styled "The Parliament" of !Van Diemen's Land. The
Council -was to consist of 15 members, to be elected
by freeholders of 501. a-year, and persons qualified, by
education ; the members to go out in rotation, five at
the end of every three years. The Hoase of Assem-
bly would consist of 30 members elected by the occu-
pants of 101. houses, by persons receivingt salary of 1001.
a-year, and persons supposed to belong to the educated
classes. The Assembly to 'be elected quinquennially:
The Civil List was to be 15,300/. a year, and a reserve
of 15,0001. was to be made for ',Olio worship. Sir G.
Grey, in a despatch of the 3d of August last, had inti-
mated to Sir W. Denison that het Majesty's Government
was disposed to grant to the people of Van Diemen's
Land the same privileges that had )een offered to other
Australian colonies, and that, provided the Legislative
Council was so constituted as to poops the respect and
confidence of the community, and !efts directly liable to
popular impulse than the Asiernblp thii nomination of
the Council by the Crown would sot be insisted on by
the Home Government.
BRUTAL ASSAULT.—BAtiNswf,E, Thursday.—The
magistrates of this town were ctigaged a long time
yesterday afternoon in inquiring itto a most savage and
unprovoked assault by a gentletaan, named Barnard,
living on his property at Ilfraconbe, upon Mr. Morgan,
a most respectable surgeon of Ws town. it will be re-
membered that about a week sine The Sun contained a
report of a case tried at the Exeter assizes, in which a girl
named Eliza Boucher, who had been living as a servant
with Mr. Barnard, was indicted for the murder of her two
children. On that occasion-Mr Morgan was called as a
witness, and he mentioned somdbing which the girl had
told him as to her master's couluct towards her: At
this Mr. Barnard seems to have been annoyed ; and ac-
cordingly on Friday last he gees a boy 6d. to go to Mr.
Morgan, and tell him to come to the Nortla-walk, near
this town, to a person who bad broken his arm. Mr.
Morgan accordingly proceeded there, and on his ar-
rival Mr. Barnard walked up behind him, and struck
him many heavy blows on Cris head and shoulders
with a hunting whip. Mr. larnard was also accom-
panied by a. bloodhound, whiale it is said, prevented
some persons who were staiding near from interfer-
ing. After he had received considerable injuries Mr.
Morgan contrived to eseape'to a neighbouring house,
and his wounds were aftOwarfis attended to by another
surgeon. A. warrant was on the next day issued by the,
magistrates, and Mr. Ba,enarl,vas apprehended in Lon-
don, from which place he, was brought here by the super-
intendent of police. On his arrival at the station a vast
crowd assembled, and hooted at him, so that it was
found necessary to take precautionary measures for his
•eifety. Subsequently he was taken before the imagis-
tratee, and committed Ir trial at the sessions, bail being
taken—hiva'eelf in 1001., and two sureties in a similar
amount. The cane lias caused 'considerable excitement
here.