The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-06 00:00:00

WORSHIP- STREET.

Yesterday Elizabeth Ryall, who the day previous was
taken before the Magistrates of Lambeth-street Police-
office, on a charge of having deserted one of her children,
which she had left at the door of the poor-house of the pa-
rish of Christchurch, Spitalfields, was placed at the bar be-
fore Mr. TWYFORD, charged with having been found in a
state of destitution. Police :constable H, 122, found the
poor woman, who had an infant at her breast and a child
about four years old with her, sitting at the step of a door.
The whole of them were shivering with cold. As she stated
that she had no home, and had no means of gaining a sub-
sistence either for herself or children, he took her to the
station-house, where she received some temporary assistance.
The Magistrate having ascertained that they had been
found in the parish of Spitalfields, directed that an order
should he made out to the overseer for her admission into
the workhouse as a casual pauper.

THAMES- OFFICE.
Yesterday John Robinson, a man about 28 years of age,
was brought before Mr. BRODERIP, on a charge of stealing
a large quantity of property from his brother, Mr. Joseph
Robinson, who carries on the business of a smith, in Tar-
ling-street, St. George's East.
Mr. BRODERIP, on the prisoner being placed at the bar,
said, why surely you don't mean to proceed against this
man, a poor half-witted fellow, who, I am sure, is not in his
right senses. I have seen him here several times.
The prosecutor—lt's very hard indeed, Sir, to be losing
our things. We have taken him in out of charity, Sir.
Mr. BRODERIP—What have you lost? The prosecutor
—Oh, several things to a large amount.
Prisoner—lt's right, Sir, I took all the things.
Mr. BRODERIP—ReaIIy, I don't believe he knows what
he is about. How came you to take the things ?
The prosecutor—Not through want, Sir. 1. have kept
him well.
Mr. BRODERIP—He is your brother, and more an ob-
ject of pity than of persecution. Do you mean to pro-
secute? The prosecutor—lt's a hard case. I have lost
my property.
Mr. BRODERIP—WiII you go on with the case or not ?
—The prosecutor—Yes, Sir ; I will.
Mr. BRODERIP—Very well. Then take the depositions,
Mr. Leadley ; and mind, Sir, I must consign your brother
to a prison.
The prosecutor, who began crying, and really seemed in a
state of some excitement, said the prisoner had been lodging
with him and his mother for six weeks, and had been
under the doctor's hands for one month. He bad made
away with and pawned everything he could lay his hands
upon, broken open boxes, and stolen linen, wearing ap-
parel, books, and everything.
The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, in a
silly tone of voice said—" Oh, I own I am guilty ; I have
done the thing I ought not to have done—it's not proper."
Mr. BRODERIP—Tou call upon me, then, to commit your
brother ?—The prosecutor (who burst into tears)—Yes,
Sir, I do.
Mr. BRODERIP—Then it is for a jury to say whether he
is a responsible agent or not. He is committed for trial.
I have no other alternative.

TIIE DRAMA IN INDIA.—The car of Thespis
still travels in a very unpretending manner in Hindostan,
scenery being in a great measure dispensed with by the
followers of the histrionic art,;while their properties are con-
veyed in a small compass ; a hall of audience, or open
quadrangle of the house in which they are to perform, com-
poses the theatre, and the attempt at creating illusion is
neither very artful nor very successful. The actors, how-
ever, often display considerable skill in their representations
of the favorite characters of the mythology, whence the
drama is taken. After the festival, at which they have
assisted, is over, they return to the temple to which they
belong ; in every large or well-endowed pagoda, there al-
ways being a sufficient number of detached apartments for
the accommodation of the attendant Brahmins, and their
various male and female auxiliaries. The descriptions given
of the dancing girls of India differ widely from each other.
—Asiatic Journal.

A discovery has been made in chimney-building
which is likely to put a stop to the building of lofty pillars
for the purpose of carrying away engine-smoke from ma-
nufactories. The only scientific reason assigned for build-
ing these lofty stalks is that the increased height gives an
amazingly increased draught. But it was found that a
chimney of the ordinary height, or at most 60 or 70 feet,
which is so constructed as to have the inside of the flue
narrowest at the bottom, and gradually widening as it
ascends, has the effect of increasing the draught and
burning the smoke in a much greater degree than is
produced by a tall flue
on the old principle. A chim-
ney built on the new principle has the appearance out-
ward of a tower, asit stands upon a large base, and
carries its width on the outside to the very top. The
cost is not one-third of that of one of the tallest chimnies,
and the danger from falling is comparatively small.
Messrs. Clarke, cotton-spinners, in Glasgow, have proved
the superiority of the new system, having recently built
a chimney on that principle, about 70 feet high.
HORRIBLE MURDER : DOWNHAM, JAN. 4.--
On Tuesday morning last one of the most diabolical mur-
ders took place at Denver, near Downham, that has occur-
red in this neighbourhood for many years, and has excited a
sensation of horror in all ranks. A female, about fifty years
of age, whose name is Hannah Mansfield, residing on Den-
ver Common, of rather eccentric habits, left the house of a
friend in the village about ten o'clock on the evening of
Monday, and in going to her home called in at the adjoining
cottage, and stayed a short time, and then retired to her own
dwelling. On the morning of Tuesday, the 3d, her
neigh-
bours saw nothing of her, nor did they pay any attention to
that circumstance, as she sometimes laid in bed rather late ;
but about ten o'clock a female, who came to deliver a parcel,
called, and receiving no answer, went into a neighbour's
house to ask if the deceased was not up. They replied that
they did not know, and their daughter went to see, and im-
mediately called out that there was blood upon the thresh-
hold ; upon which they attempted to open the door, and to
their horror found the poor woman lying upon the floor in
a pool of blood, with her throat cut, having been dead appa-
rently some hours. Her body was lying across the door-
way, so that the door could not be completely opened with-
out touching it. Some of her clothes were lying on the
table, and her pockets also, but rifled of every thing, and a
considerable quantity of plate also was taken from the cup-
board, together with the money she had about her, supposed
to be nearly 20/. The bloody footsteps of two miscreants
were traced more than 200 yards across the common, but
no clue can at present be obtained likely to lead to the dis-
covery of the perpetrators, but the most active exertions are
making to endeavour to find some circumstance that may
lead to their apprehension. In consequence of the absence
of the Coroner a jury could not be summoned till this morn-
ing, when, after examining several witnesses, they adjourned
until to-morrow. It is rather extraordinary that a neigh-
bour heard a sort of " rumbling" noise, as he thinks, about
two o'clock in the morning, and supposing it was some stock
got into a small adjoining yard, he arose and opened the win-
dow ; but finding that not to be the case, and hearing no
more, he retired to rest. The poor victim was in her night
dress only, and had evidently come down stairs on hearing
the noise, and appears to have struggled violently.
MR. PITT'S OPINION OF THE DUKE ON WEL-
LINGTON IN 1806.—Lord Wellesley, in his letter, inserted
in his letter in the last number of the Quarterly Review,
giving an account of his interview with Pitt, in the last year
of that statesman's life, says—" Amongst other topics he
told me, with great kindness and feeling, that since he had
seen me he had been happy to become acquainted with my
brother Arthur, of whom he spoke in the warmest terms of
commendation. He said, I never met any military officer
with whom it was so satisfactory to converse. He states
every difficulty before he undertakes any service, but none
after he has undertaken it."