The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-28 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-M. 1., of Wills' Pond, Islington, would be obliged to
the Editor of The Sun, if he would inform him, whether there
is any Institution in London for the relief of aged and infirm
Spinsters, with good characters, who are destitute of home,
friends, or of means of subsistence?
London, Dec. 27, 1837.
[We apprehend not ; but if there be, perhaps some of our
readers will apprize us.—En. SUN.]

Sir William Moleswotth has been invited to a public
dinner of the Working Men's Association in Lee Is. In reply
to the invitation Sir William wrote as follows :—" Though it
would be excessively inconvenient for me, for various reasons,
to leave town, yet if it be the wish of a considerable number of
my friends that I should do so, for the purpose of attending a
public meeting, I will undoubtedly comply with their wishes.
Allow me, however, to remark on one subject—namely, the
propriety of following the example of the Westminster
meeting in petitioning for an Extension of the Suffrage, and
not specifically for Universal Suffrage. I, for one, am con-
vinced that, sooner or later, we shall obtain Uniiersal Suffrage.
shall be delighted wben that period does arrive ; but mean-
while I will accept any extension of the Suffrage, because it
is an extension of popular rights. At the present moment the
more numerous the meeting can be, and the more numerous
the signatures, the greater effect it will produce. If you con-
sult with other gentlemen, and they will send me the general
wishes of my supporters with regard to this subject, I will hasten
to comply with them."

We hear that it is in contemplation to call a public
meeting of the inhabitants of Mallon, to form a petition for
the vote by Ballot.—Hull Observer.

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—By the activity
of the Company's agents, a wooden bridge for carrying the
Railway has been constructed at Arpley, across which all the
trains on Saturday passed, and business has since proceeded
as before the accident of Friday occurred. Mr. Locke, the
Company's engineer, who was in London, attending a trial
at Guildhall, was sent for by express, and reached Warrington
early on Sunday. He expressed himself quite satisfied with
the measures that Lad been taken, and is now proceeding to
rebuild those parts of the bridge that had been carried away.
—Manchester Guardian of Wednesday.

The plan of the Reform Club House comprises
between twenty and thirty distinct suites of apartments, to be
let to members at 1001. a-year each ; all of which are
said to be already bespoke, and which will go far towards
paying the ground rent, which amounts, it is sa►d to 3,0001.
per annum.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Fox
Duke-street, Bloomsbury, on the body of Mr. George Brand,
aged 38, who committed suicide by nearly severing his head
from his body. After the jury had viewed the body of the
unfortunate man, which presented a very appalling spectacle,
the examinations of the witnesses were taken, from which it
appeared that the deceased, who was a married man with a
young family, at the time of his melancholy death carried on
the business of a fruiterer, in George-street, Bloomsbury.
About a fortnight back be had the misfortune to lose a be-
loved daughter, a fine girl sixteen years of age. The calamity
greatly affected the mind of the deceased, who became low
and desponding, notwithstanding the attentions of his wife and
family. On Christmas morning his wife left him in bed.
Shortly afterwards she was alarmed by something heavy falling
in the bed-room. On going up she was horror-struck at dis-
covering her unhappy consort stretched on the floor, surrounded
by a pool of blood, which proceeded from a dreadful wound
across his throat, extending from ear to ear. Mr. Wells, a
surgeon, was promptly in attendance, but all human aid was
unavailing, so determined had the wretched man been in his
purpose. The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary de-
rangement,"