The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-09 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 110SPIT4L.

A dinner in aid of the funds of this benevolent.
establishment took place last night at the London
Tavern, under the presidency of the Duke of Argyll.
Among the various ebarities of the metropolis, very
few afford a greater amount of relief in proportion
spi,-,sal than the University
to the funds at his di
ye,,r upwards of 21,000
College Hospital. Last
patients were under the treatOent of its medical
and of these about 1,300 ocupied beds in the
, ir• consequence of these emands on its
resources, a debt unfortunately has beep contracted
of £5,600, of which £3,000 is due on loan, Paying
-iutepat, and £2,600 consists of outstanding trades-
a eft's .Bithek this. expenditure, which is " the
smallpst consistent, with the aCieney of the hospi-
taVrst be supported by moil' generous aid from.
the public, oi.ihe poorer classes, Whouhound in the
neighbourhood of Tottenham.cOurtltoad and King's--
cross, must be deprived of the advantages which
the hospital affords them—a calamity most sincerely
to be deprecated if possible. The dreadful railway
accident last September at Kentish-town at once
showed the adv antage of such buildings in the neigh-
bourhood of our great railway termini, and gives a
very fair insight into the manner in which debts
are unavoidably incurred or greatly increased. On
that occasion 32 sufferers were received into the,
hospital, and 24 were eventually restored to health.
Under these circumstances it was not surprising that,
in proposing the toast of the evening, the Duke of
Argyll dwelt with particular emphasis on the pre-
eminent utility of hospital's as charities, pointing to
them as one of the distinctive features between an-
cient and modern times, and as one of the worked
peculiarities of Christian civilisation and humat ity.
In the course of his speech the financial difficulties
of the committee were pointed out by the Duke of
Argyll in terms of much eloquence and feeling, and
with an effectiveness which elicited a subscription
of no less a sum than £1,504 from his numerous
hearers. Of this amount Sir F. Goldsmid contributed
200 guineas, and Mr, Jeffrey 250 guineas, the latter
sum for the introduction of baths and sanitary im-
provements. A good dinner was enlivened by the
musical efforts of Madame de Grau and Miss Lin-
ington, whose execution on the pianoforte in a duet
of a selection from the " Huguenots" was enthusi-
astically applauded. Some very good singing, under
the direction of Mr. T. E. Williams, assisted by
Messrs. Genge, T. Williams, Ball, Cooke, Fagan,
and Hatton, also added to the amusement of the
assembled company, and had, no doubt, a material
effect on the amount of the subscriptions.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.

WORCESTER, TUESDAY.

A good deal of excitement has been occasioned
in this city by the sudden and mysterious disap-
pearance of two gentlemen frcm this city about
sesottlftavrtemeener
from
ago. 'I heir fate was unknown until
yesterday, when the bodies of both of them were
found in the river Severn—the one close to the city,
and the other at Tewkesbury, 16 miles distant..
Inquests have been held on both bodies.
The deceased were Mr. E. Walter, a gentleman
of independent property, and a member of the town
council ; and Mr. W. Jones, cashier to the West
Midland Railway Company at Worcester. Mr.
Jones had obtained a fortnight's leave, being in a
bad state of health. He was observed to be rather
strange in his manners, and one evening he left his
home to take a walk. Nettling more was heard of
him until his body was found in the Severn yester-
day. Mr. Walter had been unsettled in h;.B mind,
and left his home on the 17th ult. at seven fielock
in the evening. Next morning his hat was picked
up and was kept by a boatman until last Friday,
when it was sent to Worcester. Yesterday morn-
that minutesh e w past
went
direct
ing the lock-keeper at the Digles lock on the Severn,
about half a mile from Worcester, found the body
.frWdo
meaclothmeirspiosn residenceit.i ioenr.ivert.o His
thelwt
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doubt
into the water.

The coroner's jury in each case returned an open
verdict of " found drowned."

ROBBERY-CLEVER CAPTURE OF

THE THIEVES.

A robbery of a most desperate character was at-
tempted on Saturday last, in open day, on the loot
road close to Honey Well, near Barnsley, upon an
old man, more than seventy years of age, whom
three stalwart fellows had knocked down and were
robbing, when they were suddenly and unexpect-
edly pounced upon by the police. To explain how
this was accomplished, we shall have to go back to
a fine moonlight night early in December, on which
night Superintendent Greenhalgh was walking the
streets of Barnsley a little past the midnight hour,
when he observed a notorious character making his
way in the direction of Cockerham. The superin-
tendent's suspicions were excited, and he dogged
the fellow as far as the Honey Well, which locality
the man seemed to examine very minutely. As
there were no houses near, Mr. Greennalgh came
to the conclusion that some other object than bur-
glary was intended. He made inquiries, and found
that Mr. Beardsall, manager for Messrs: Sturges,
committal of Paley, and Co., proprietors of the New Gawber Col-
liery, and an old man named Charles Smith, were
in the habit of going every alternate Saturday to
get money from the bank in Barnsley to pay wages,
tehdatthat periodthe fellowta towtahse lookingpresent
for theeseccroemtemd
and he felt cofnrvoimnc
Subsequent observations confirmed this
robbery.
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have
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oftlaie
neighbourhood on the lookout for whatever
on Saturday,
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making
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;cabin, through the wall
other men (all in plain
clothes) were disposed behind hedges, where, during
the late cold weather, they had lain for hours on
the 9UI vire. After a while the old man Smith was
observed coming along, Mr. Beardsalli who had the
gold, having preceded him, and passed unmolested,
..ad when he was nearing the gate leading from
Honey Well-lane to the colliery he was suddenly
knocked down by three men, whose movements,
however, had been watched. Superintendent Green-
lialgh fired apish)] (a preconeened signal) ; his In' 3
rushed from their hiding places and arrived at the
scene of the robbery just as the villains were throt-
tling their victim, and trying to stuff a handker-
chief in his mouth. After a desperate struggle the
rascals were secured, and brought to the Barnsley
lock-UP,
and subsequently remanded for examina-
tion. Smith had 1:18 12s. in silver in his basket.
A portion of the silver was strewn upon the ground,
and a lot of groceries. The names of the Captured
men are John Hewitt, of Doncaster ; -Win.Dunisiu,
beerhouse keeper, Lundhill ; utalThuuipbou Sowdeu,
of Mexborough-