The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

THE SUN,

charged with obtaining portraits and miniatures of
the community at large, and dishonestly disposing of
them, underwent another examination before Mr.
Arnold.
The former charges against the prisoner having
failed, through the defective state of the law with re-
spect to such offences, the business to-day commenced
with a continuation of the case of Mr. J. E. Mayall,
the American daguerreotype artist, 433, West Strand,
who chaeged the prisoner with "disposing" of Mr.
N. Al. Power, ma, , in his usual unceremonious
manner. The prisoner had applied to Mr. Mayall, as
an artist of celebrity, to take sitters for his " national
work," with an uederstanding that they should be
paid for in a certain time, but Mr. Mayall finding
that he did not keep faith with him, directed that the
clerks should not let him have any more portraits
without the money. Prisoner obtained the likeness
of Mr. Power by representing that he would return it
in a short time or pay for it, and the letter containing
that promise concluded with the following dislt-
pointment of the prisoner's hopes :
" Dlr. Collins tried for the Nepaulese Ambassador,
but was just too late when he arrived from the north,
as his excellency sat elsewhere."
Tne picture was obtained from Mr. Mayall in 1848,
and pawned, as he believed, on the same day.
Mr. Binns requested permission of the magistrate
to cross 'examine Mr. Mayall, and did so with a view
of showing that a bill had been made out and sent to
prisoner for the portrait in question, but failed in
doing so, Mr. Mayall declaring that such was not the
case, and adding that a!thoumnz.h,
phawe
nhbardokteark,enclamrka,nsy.
portraits prisoner had not paid for one of them.
Mr. William Smith, j
place, Islington, produced the likeness in question,
which was pawned either on the 20 or 25,h of June,
1848, for 21 23. He could trace the exact date of
p,
rainsodnre er:
four others pawned, but not precisely of this one, the
pledges having been long out-, sent to auction
twuhronewdelnent snoyldt.neTnbaezewoefrceopleamwanned. by the
Sargeaut Smith, of the detective police, produced
the pawnbroker's ticket of the pledge, which he took
from the prisoner. It was indorsed "Power, M P.,
Mayor of Dublin, by Mayall," in (as witness believed)
cross-examinedting. the officer, who proved
primsonr.eßr'sinhnasndwri
that he had seen prisoner write, had received letters
from him, and knew his hrabn'odsw.oriting
with well. The.
osoffinceerr
was
oount
tthheatauhbi
Mr. ARNOLD asked
piisjsoenefote'rrfomfa
ready against the •
Mr. Cumming,
called Mr 3.
CI eudet's,
1850, represented ladyl'eepssicture. the pri-
i 2 there was any other case
Eliza an inspector 'of the B division,
Regent-street.
Barber, who is engaged at M.
gnt-street. Prisoner went there in
bsoemceoupladtternsemihniemntself as an artist, and wanted.
be allo naval officers, and inquired if
get gentlemen to sit what per tentage would
wee—the likenesses, of course, being for his
.work. He subsequently borrowed, about April or
lil4y, four portraits of ladies to show as specimens,
as he wanted some ladies to sit, but never returned
them.

Smith produced the ticket of the ladies, who had
been in safe keeping at Mr. Wood'F, a pawnbroker.
They were pawned on the 221 of May, 1851.
A person who had been in Mr. Wood's employ-
ment was called, but stated that he did not take in
the pledge.
Mr. Cumming said that Mr. Wood was out of
toe-in, but it would probably be deemed necessary to
further remand the case, as Lord Sandys' portrait
had -been found pawned, and it was a mystery huw it
bad been obtained. His Lordship had expressed his
determination to come forward and prosecute the
prisoner, in whose possession the duplicate had been
found.
On an examination of the ticket of the " four
ladies," the following endorsement was found in
the prisoner's baud-writing " Specimens of
Claudet'&"
Mr. ARNOLD said he should remand the prisoner
till Friday.
Mr. Bums wished to know whether he bad came
to any determination with respect to the cases be had
heard ? _ _ _

Mr. ARNOLD said he should send Mr. Mayan's case
for trial as a Lrceny, and if in the second case it was
satisfactorily shown that he obtained and pawned in
MAy, that also. He, of course, could not say wird,
would be done in the other case mentioned by the
police.
Prisoner was then remanded.

INFANTICIDE AT HASTINGS.
About midday on Sunday, one of those tragical
events which are now, unfortunately, of frequent oc-
currence, tor,k place within the borough of I:lasting..
The particulars will be found in the subjoined evi-
dence, taken at the inquest. Mr. Pagden, a most
respectable person, and tenant of the White Reck
i Brewery, has, for some two months, bad in his service
a female, named Sarah Judge, only seventeen years
of age. At nine o'clock on Sunday morning she be-
came unable to do her work, and went upstairs to her
.bedroom. Shortly after twelve o'clock the unfortu-
nate girl became exceedingly ill, and, it appears, de-
livered h,nelf of a female child. When seen by Mrs.
Pagden she was undreSsed. Mrs. Pagden called in
a neighbour and sent for Me. W. Duke, surgeon,
both of whom found the body of a female child at
the foot of the bed, with a flannel petticoat covered
over it. On examination the throat was found to be
cut, the whole of the vessels in front of the spine being
severed. On being questioned the girl said it was
done with a pair of scissors, and pointed out where
they might be found, and a pair of scissors were
discovered.
The inquest was held on the body at the Welling-
ton lan yesterday, at two o'clock, before Mr. J.
Phillips, deputy coronerßurchell was foreman. ,
and a jury, of whom Mr. R.
After proceeding to view the
body, the subjoined evidence was taken :
Harriet, wife of Mr. P. Pagden, was the first wit-
ness called, who, from recent indisposition, was ac-
companied by Mr. Pagden and a female attendant.
She deposed—l have a servant named Sarah Judge,
who has been with me two months. She is quite
bung, but I do not know her age. She came to me
from her mother's house, but she had been previously
for nine months living with the late Captain Strode.
I had an excellent character with her. She had left
Captain Strode's service about six weeks before she
came to mine. I had not a suspicion that she was in
the family way. At first for a week or ten days I
had a slight suspicion ; from the respectability of her
parents, from her general good behaviour, and from
tnat sippicion
not mention the supicion to
the excellent character I had receiver',
did not last. I did
Sarah Judge or her mother. Oa Silvday she went
about he work as usual. I noticed nothing in
her. See worked up to nine o'clock Oil Sunday
morning, when cnether servant came and said the cook
was ill, »nd inquired if she had not better stay at home
from church and do her work. I replied in the
affirmative. I was riot well at the time and was in
apparently bed. After I got up, about half past eleven, I sent
ua y daughter up to see how Sarah was. She came
clown and said she was lying on the bed asleep, and
been taken
very comfortablo. I had sent her up some
pstairs myself;
'me, and at about ten minutes past twelve I sent
afterwards.
l'biledelphie King upstairs to see if this medicine had
by Sarah Judge. From what she said, I
went u •
open-
ing the door door Was
Was
this was about half an hour
I was lone and went to the bedroom
door, the
it ; she was u not fastened. I believe on open-
the room in sr Sarah Judge standing close behind
eu,,hresaed. I saw blood on the floor, and
her. on the floort.ni
i';', ; there was a flannel lying near
Miry (we call h"r
Mary)rew
anything wicked, have 1
up my hands and said, "Oh,
,you have not committed
;claimed, "What have I
that's my trouble." I hope you will not,
done ?" and on my Sreeyoue
threw up her hands andPeting my elaservation, she
said "God
twice. I went down stair's bless you, ma'am,"
King to go for Mrs. Hazel, a
veryand told Philadelphia
She came, and I begged her to respectable person.
aasietance. I have not seen Sarah go. up to the girl's
since. I also
for Mr. 'Walter Duke, and he came very She so sent
Frances, wife of Robert Hazel,
A —nosed Goa Sun-
r
day morning, between a quarter and half. past twelve,
I
I was sent for by went up stairs on
Mrs.
arrivinq, and saw Sarah Pagden. I
Judge. She was alone when
I went in— she opened the door herself. Alm I,_g
" Mary, open the
den's other servant raped at the door and B:id,
door." I saw sufficient to show
me that a child bad been born, and said, " Good
g
racious bad
, what is all this—you have a baby."
She replied, " Yes." I then put her to bed, and did
what was necessary fora person in her situation. I
She pointed to
then laid, " Where is your baby ?"
a piece of flannel lying on the floor at the foot of the
bed. I touched it, and saw it was a child with the
back of its head upwards. It appeared to me as
though it had been laid down, and the flannel—l
think it was a flannel—petticoat thrown over it. I
asked her if it was born dead, and she said "No." I
then as her when it happened, and she replied
" just bafore her mistress came in." She was going to
say something more, but I told her not to, and I
would ask her no questions, as the doctor would be
there presently. She said nothing more. I fat down
until Mr. Duke came. I have b '
but been with her since,
, she has given me no more ' - •
'-e- Duke particulars. When
came and turned the child up, I noticed a
wound in its
j,throat.d On discovering tbi,
hear Sarah'l did not
wards aAied Judge
say
anything.• Mr. D'uke after-
with, and se7 .ere the knife was that it was done
was aciaa,„,„eab said, "It wits not a knife, but it
Mr. Duke) Who o was present in the room, here con-
tradicted the -
Alt
IVitness—mr.n7 on the lattPr point.
:hurst came afterwarda, and he
found a pair of eciasu
Philadelphia Rena, '—i
am
Hive lived with her for te' servant to Mrs Pagden. I
came there about two months years. Sarah Judge
gleeping' room. I bad not the O. We bad the same
alightest kgowledacro

she never said any-
that she was in the family way ;
thing. On Sunday she was poorly when she got up,
and as she got worse I told her she hid better go tied
lie down. She went up into her roon ; this Was about
nine o'clock. She laid down upon the bed, but did
not undress herself. At half past ten o'clock I looked
and she was asleep. I next saw ker at
itnentomthineurgn a'fr.er twelve. I asked her if she had taken
any medicine, and she said " Yes." I told ber she
ought not to have taken it, from the state I found her
in, and from seeing blood on the 11)or. Sae said that
ehe did not know she ought not to have taken it. She
uskd me to give her a cloth from her but, and I did
so and left the room. I told Mrs. Pagden she should
not have taken the medicine. Sbe has said nothing
to me since. At the order of Mrs. Pagden I went
and fetched Mrs.

Mrs. Mary Wood Hayler, the mother of the un-
fortunate girl, was here called, and stated that her
daughter Sarah was not married, and was seventeen
years old on the 18th of April last. She was aware
in what state her daughter was, but did not think it
was so near, nor did she think her daughter was
aware of that fact. Sarah was her daughter by a
former
husband, named William Judge. This witness
(who desired to be sworn) detailed in the moat straight-
forward and honest manner the steps she had taken to
ascertain the real state of her daughter. From what
she had learned from the girl it would appear that her
confinement was not look-al for until November. The
mother had accordingly advised her to give Mrs
Pagelen notice to leave and return to her home.
Mr. Walter Duke, surgeon, was then examined,
and deposed that between twelve and one o'clock on
Sunday, he was sent for to Mr. P eeden's house, and
directed to go up into Sarah Judge's bed-room,
where he found Mrs. Hazel. There were clots of
blood in the room. The girl was lying oa the bed,
and he said "My girl, what has occurred ?" She
exclaimed " Oh, my poor mother." He saw at once
what had taken place, and on looking about found a
flannel at the foot of the bed, in which was the body
of a female child, quite dead. After attending to
the removal of the placenta, Mr. Duke proceeded to
interrogate the girl, and she said, " I was on the
chamber, and it came away. I was in great agony,
and tore it asunder." He examined the body of the
child, and found the windpipe and all the vessels
completely divided down to the spine. The unfortu-
nate girl was frantic.
Mr. Duke here objected to state to the jury some
revelations made by the girl, holding it ars the privi-
lege of medical men not to reveal any
tion from a patient made under circumstances of pain
and anguish ; but the jury unanimously decided that
it was their province to inquire into and bear all that
had taken place, and communica-
Witness proceeded—l asked what sbe did it with,
and she said, " with scissors, and they are in a little
box." She was in great agony at the time. [A pair
of scissors were here produced, witness stating that
they had been found in the box pointed out by Sarah
Judge.] I said, " I suppose the child was born alive,
and it cried." She said it did not cry, but it strug-
gled. She gave no motive for doing it ; she
seemed overwhelmed with grief. To-rin.Y
I have
made an examination of the body. In the lefr lung
I find positive evidence that the child had breathed. I
found that the right lung was near the spine, and not
dilated, and air might not have reached that lung;
independent of what the girl said, I should have stated
that the child had breathed. lam sure of that. It
might not have had an existence apart from its
mother. It was a small but atoll-grown child.
There can be no doubt that the cause of death was
from the wound in the child's throat.
Some of the jury here pointed out the latter state-
ment, and contrasted it with the witness's indecision
as to whether the child bad lived, when
Mr. Duke qualified his statement by saying that
the wound was sufficient to cause death, but shortly
after adhered to the original one that it had caused
death.
In answer to a question as to when he gave in-
formation of the matter,
Mr. Duke replied that he did yesterday (Sunday)
to the coroner (Mr. J. G. Shorter), taking with him
a magistrate (Mr. F. Ticehurst).
Inspector Campbell, the summoning officer, said he
was required by Mr. Shorter to inform the jury that
although the matter happened at noon, on Sunday, no
information reached him or the police until ten o'clock
on Monday.
The jury then consulted for a short time, and re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Sarah
Judge," and the coroner made out his warrant for
her committal to Lewes for trial.
The poor girl, who la at present in too weak a state
to be removed, is still at, Mr. Pagden's residence.
At the close of the inquiry Air. W Duke returned
and begged of the deputy-coroner to dispense with
the necessity of stationing a police-officer at Mr.
Pagden's house, to ensure the safe custody of the pri-
soner, giving his honour for her safety, and offeriog
to be made a constable himself for the occasion.

Mr. Phillips pointed out the impracticability of
such an arrangement, and the positive necessity, as
the responsibility wqs great, to have an officer on the
pot.—Sussex Advertiser

FATAL. ACCIDE.v7' (01 LhNDON
AND NORTH- WESTERN RAILWAY.

An accident, attended with fatal consequences to
two passengers and injury to several others, oc-
curred yesterday morning near the Hampton
Junction Station on the London and North- Western
Railway.
train
and
left
Birmingham at the
proceeded in due
course about a mile south of the Hampton Junction
usuTanleho 9Url5 yesterday Am. np
morning
to a place called Berkswell cutting, in passing through
which the ash-pan and a portion of the fire•box fell
from the engine on to the line, and coming in contact
with the framework of the break-van, separated the
latter from the engine and tender, and threw if off
the up-line across the down rails. At the ttrile
instant, and before the carriages bad become station-
ary, the 9.15 A.M. down train from Leamington to
Birmingham met the up-train, and first coming in
contact with the break-van on the down rail., next
struck the leading second-class carriage, and drove
it on the embankment, detaching it from the other
carriages, and creating a terrible wreck. Two of the
passengers in the second-class carriage were killed
on the spot, and a third was very seriously injured.
Several others were more or less shaken and hurt.
The driver of the up-train finding his engine and
tender detached from the break van, and observing
the collision which immediately followed, came on to
Coventry, a distar ce of four miles, es quickly as pas-
sible, to obtain assistance. From Coventry telegra-
phic intelligence of the accident was trap-mitten to
Birmingham, and in a very short time afterwards a
large number of labourers arrived from both these
places and commenced clearing the line.
The second-class carriage struck by the ermine of
the down-train was found to be driven up the em-
bankment several feet, and within its broken timbers
were discovered the bodies of the two unfortunate
passengers quite dead, and others severely hurt. The
remaining passengers had escaped from the wreck,
and were sitting on various parts of the line.

The names of the parties killed are Mr. Bedding
ton, an optician, of Birmingham, and a youth named
Floyd, said to be on his way to college at Oxford.
The best assistance that could be afforded was ren-
dered by Mr. Robinson, the station-mister of Bir-
mingham, by whose directions the parties most in-
jured were placed in carriages and conveyed to Coven-
try. The worst case was sent direct to the infirmary
at the latter place.
The engine of the down train was not much in-
jured by the collision. Though off the rails and
deeply embedded in the permanent way, it remained
in an erect position, and the rails were so little dis-
turbed that it was soon replaced upon the line. The
debris having been cleared away, the traffic was not
materially interrupted, and several of the passengers
came on to London shortly after the accident.

It is hoped that beyond the casualties referred to
nothing of a serious character remains to be told.
The circumstances attending the accident were
peculiarly unfortunate. Had the Leamington train
been a few seconds earlier or later no serious casualty
would have occurred.

The similarity of the catastrophe to that which oc-
curred to the tidal express train near the Headcorn
station on the South-Eastern Railway a few days
since cannot fail to be remarked, and it is believed
they are the only accidents of a similar description on
record.

Captain Brueyeres, superintendent of the southern
division of the London and North-Western Railway,
left town immediately on receipt of the intelligehce of
the accident, to render all the assistance in his power
to the injured parties.

A passenger
care-
ful examination as
thfirattraia states that he made a care-
up the
engine mst h:ivne
result of which is
org 40 yards
aothe cause of the accident, the
belief. thit the firebox of the up
s ogitialveehThneibt:w.di
This bog
et
taphsoei
rimarksta railstwwohfei
crsheo mthe e
capsized,
esitels
vi-
siblet hingfot
re suit3o
of ithbox must have got
van, by which the
ecnarterniaggieesdwweirteh
latter was forced across the dot:
whenclasst the carriage
do trainwith
dashed Tliniley
thetwoof
dragging the
were in such
in that, the hind
deceased,
other
pafi arli position
3 osietfic°tohnned'one and the fore compartment
were torn away by the engine, and
being in that compartment, tell out„ The guard,
was in the van, escaped unhurt by falling
g into
ditch. The driver and fireman of the d '• '
own engine
leaped of? as soon as they . Saw
~ what had happened, as
they were Within 150 pads Gt the spot, and could
therefore only put on the breaks and seek their own
safety. Few of the p-tsiengera in this train were
naucit hurt.
The Earl of Dartmouth was in a course of the up
train, and escaped without injury, although the door
WM a good de.l splintered. Sts Lordship showed a
praiseworthy
example in rendering Active ECSSifittlllW
to those L •
You, 'awl been hurt.

FRANCE.

Petitions prying fur the establishment of the he-
reditary E hpire la° circulrved ;,F-vtral of the de-
partments. Toe folio vying is a copy of one which, it
is stated, has already received many •iivri-turns in the
rural communes of the d,:pArtment of the Charente:—

" To 2151: lee Se .at.teurs.
"The undersigned inhabitants of the commute of
, department of the Charente, have the honour to
address to you the expression of their wishes. Con-
sidering that the iostability inherent in the elective
power is opposed to the security and continuance
of the ectiou of Government, to the establishment
of public confi 1, nee, to the activity of industry, to
operations requiring credit—nay, to the most legiti-
mate an,' the most sacred hves 01' fimilies,—that it
tends to incessantly excite ambition, to keep up party dis-
sensions, to euceuraee ell vain and c&pabio projects on
the part of men who are influenced by the spirit of
dominaion, and that it is for that ree:nn a rerpetual
and ever-increasing cause, not merely of uncertainty,
but of exultation tor the evil disposed, of afflietion fur
the good, of depravity and of scene] d for the wideeid- d
and the weak. That instability, moreovfr, has for tli,ct
to constantly place the (3-,-)vernment under the pre,sure,
always more and more imminent, of factions whose
ob-
ject is to overthrow it, and who, by doing so, force it
to oppose au indethate oppression to all liberty, and
pertecularly to po Weal liberty, without whitth a
people cannot possess
dignit
I'het the stability of Power y.
grandeut , or vitality.
thus necessary to the
general success of affairs, and to the confirmation
of public morality, is particularly so to permanent
liberty. Cousidefirg, moreover,
that the ~amitywhose glorious chief, Nap' leen B inaparte, has Lege.
tez td the revolution, constituted medern France, and
opened ihe era of our n. w civiiizetion,
is alone capable
ot repreeentmg
and gustant,,e)n; the pr:nciples, the lews,
and Lho institutions for which our faihers combated;
that between modern France and the Bonaparte family
there has been established, by victory as by misior-
tune, an indissoluble alliance which survives in the
recollections, the history, the causes of grief, and the
titles of honour of each family; and that the actual
heir of tha Napoleon family, Louis Napoleon B ,na-
parte, has eufficiently proved by his words, and by his
acre, that he is worthy and c Teble of becoming, with
the assistance of Gud, the cuntinuetor and the founder
of a new hereditary power; desirous of giving to
Europe anzluuPle of prudence, and to leave to
those who come after us the lasting benefits of a
state of order which we ourselves have only enjoyed
by intervals, using
the ancient rights of this country
it,elf, to substitute for the dynasties which become
extinct the new dynasties which Providence raises up
for the necessitifa of each period; faithful to the free
wishes of our Lath, rs manifested in 1804 and 1815, wo
nave the honour to pray you, according to the terms of
the Constitution of the 15th January, 1852, to adopt a
Senates Consults with the view of proposing to the
suffreges or
the wition the re-ewablishment of the here-
ditary Empire in the
person and in the descendants of
Napoleon 111,, actually Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Pre-
sident of the Republic."
Appended to this petition are parallel columns for
the family and baptismal names of the persons sign-
ing, their profession, the names of those who adopt
the petitions, but do net know how to write, and the
witnesses testifying the authenticity of their marks.

eldN.
Private letters from Madrid of the 24th state
that the dissension amongst the Moderado party is
on the increase, and has attained the Cabinet itself.
General Pavia is described as having succeeded in
Raining complete ascendancy over the mind of the
King Consort and of the Queen, and that influence
is and probably will be Null more exercised against
Bravo Murillo
of the long-menaced coup d'etat. Bravo Murillo
personally, and for the furtherance
has, it seems, earnestly entreated the presence of the
Queen-Mother in Madrid, no doubt as a protection
ko-tinst the cabals of thora who are planning his
destruction. E q:11 party is desirous of bribging
about the Constitutional changes on his owo
account and m his own interest. The plan of
the present Minisrer is to di-solve the actual Cortes,
to convoke the new Chamber according to the actual
Electoral Law, end, nu doubt, by way of' imparting
to the future Parliament a something of a consti-
tuent character, to intimate in the R )yal proclama-
tion convokinv it that certain alterations in the Con-
stitution (1845) may b-proposed. This is the pro-
jt-ct at present, which,
however, circumstances may
yet alter. An attempt has been made at a fusion, or
Coalition' amongst the fractions of the Moderodos,
but without Success. Private letters from the pro-
vineEs state that a good deal of discontent exists in
Aragon, Catalonia, and Valencia.
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OYAL FREEMASONS' SCHOOL FOR
FEMALE ORPHANS.
The pre•at inence of the Freemasons' Orphan
School among the metropolitan charities has loug been
acknowledged, both for the mode of training adopted
and the superior character of the children who
were the objects of relief. One desideratum, how-
ever, still was wanting, and that was a healthy
site for the asylum, which, unto this time as been
situated in the estminster-road, a locality by
no means recommended by the learned in sanitary
matters. This object has now been achieved by
the removal of the school to the more airy and healthy
part of Wandsworth-common, wh-re the formal de-
dication of the building took place on Monday, with
eu.rroTuhnit
all due solemnity. The new building, which ie in the
Elie tbethen style of architecture, is situated close to
the Clapham-common station of the South- Western
Railway, and comprises every accommodation which
modern science could suggest
although it might be
sofwgerroeunond
gngreatg
a more
so near the metropolis inue,,
extended e dthsecalB
however, be taken as
a sufficient excuse for the limited character of the
external accommodations.
desirable that
grounds
The is flux of company
commenced so early as one o'clock, and more than one
special train was put in requisition on the South-
Western Railway, besides which every omnibus, cab,
and van that was procurable was put in requisition.
The grand master, the Earl of Zetland, arrived at two
o'clock, accompanied by the Earl of Yarborough, Lord
Dudley Stuart, and other high dignitaries of the ma •
sonic institution, e
and was received by one of the most
numerous companies of masons and their friends that
has ever been seen within or in the immediate neigh-
bourhood of the metropolis. A grand lodge was
immediately held, which was, of course, unapproach-
able by the uninitiated, after which, a grand pro•
cession round the grounds took place previous to the
formal dedication. Here the varieties of masonic
costnine had an exceedingly striking effect, which
was much heightened by the dresses of the
foreign brethren, among whom the ex-Rajah
of Georg and the Tunisian Envoy were conspi-
There were also
CLIOUS. present Germans, P les,
Russians , Italians, and Frenchmen, proving the
universality of the principle by which freemasonry is
kept together. The Precession having gone round
the grounds, accompanied by two military bands,
proceeded to the grand hall when the formal dedica-
tion took place- The Earl of Zetland, Grand Master,
having tekea his seat on the throne, the vessels sacred
to freewesonry were formally deposited on the places
reserved for their reception -
; after which the super-
intendent of works gave an explanation of the
plan
of the building, and Brother Cabbell
described the objects of the institution and the grati-
fying progress it had made during the last few years.
We regret to say that, owing to an extraordinary
pressures and the low tone in which the Hon. Gentle-
man spoke, we are unable to do more than mention
the purport of his remarks. An anthem was then
sung by the choir, under the direction of Mte
G,n-ve, in the absence of Mr. Farquherson
Smifh ; and Brother Beadon gave a short sketch
in reference to the origin and completion of the
new edifice. He stated that the committee had ex-
arnined several sites in the neighbourhood of London,
and had selected Wandsworth-common, as possess-
ing the qualities of a gravelly soil, good air, abun-
dance of
access to pure vv
dicale%ertrel ,p,
f pleasant vicinity, and easy
me ie. The ground-landlord, on
hearing that the object,,
was a site for a school for
female children, bad at
_once entered into their views,
and the negotiations bad been carried on in the
most satisfactory manner. The result had been
the erection of the building in which the
company were then congregated• On the conclusion
of this address, which was most favourably received,
another anthem
was sung,
.after which an occasional
copy of verses,
composedby Mr. Carter Hall, was
recited by Rhoda Davis, one of the pupils, and
loudly applauded. The formal ceremony of dedication
was then performed, accompanied by all the mysteries
of masonry, after whiche the
.Company
had adjourned to
v
the large pavilion, . m chbeen erected
Which
on the ground, and in wif the enormous num-
d gentlemen leer of 1,200 ladies an
gprepared n at down to an
excellent cold collation,
_heFree by Messrs. Watson,
Coggin, and Banks, cf, t
the xilaeons' Tavern. A
ma ical party, comprising talents of the Misses
Wells and Mr. Genge, sang • several
popular madri-
gals,among which Miss
glees, and solos, , „ Wells's per •
' Dana" w" loud'
formance of "Bonnie
sun/ loyal
and Y and de-
servedly applauded. Tiaceru
`which the Chairman, toasts were given, after p..,,, ~, the
Earl of Zatland, g.ive,''"'P'rhy to the Free.
same time congratulating him
meson' School," at the
n the progress --•
which the
self and his brother
masons on
last few
charity bed made within t.,
osed of, aTaaearrs. Other
routine toasts were then
dislP wn, waste which the
company adjourned to the
at bind dancing to
she music of an excellent quadrillewas kept up
to a late hour of the eveniog• Toe tents were from
Edgiogton of the
the manuFactory of Mr. B. Borough,

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