The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-07 00:00:00

NOTTINGHAM TWO YEAR OLD STAKES.

7to 4 ag-st Lady Audrey.
3to I asst Bridesmaid.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE

6to 1 agst Miss Mowbray.
ato 1 agst Oscar.
11 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie.

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
10 to 1 agst Contentment.
15 to 1 agst Herbert.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4to 1 agst Sittingbourne.
4to 1 agst West Australia.

DERBY.
10 to 1 agst West Australian.
15 to 1 agst Pharos.
16 to 1 agst Sittingbourne.
20 to 1 agst Elmsthorpe.
35 to 1 agst Contentment.

CHILD MURDER AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF THE
MOTHER.—On Saturday, at an inquest taken by Mr.
Baker, the coroner, at the Victory, Kingsland-road,
Shoreditch, information was communicated to him by
Mr. Meadows, summoning officer of the parish, of the
following extradinary case of child murder in the Regent's
Caned, Haggerstone, by the unfortunate mother, and of
the, attempted suieide of the latter, who is at present
lying in Shoreditch workhouse, where she was removed,
sSter having been prevented effecting self-destruction.
it appears that on Tuesday morning last, about 11 o'clock,
some men were passing down Great Cambridge-street,
alsaggerstone, near the bridge which traverses the Queen's-
road, they observed a female, who was holding a bundle
in her hand, phange into the canal. Several of them went
to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the
towing path. hile they were so engaged, an infant was
observed to be struggling in the water, and which had
dropped out of the handkerchief in which it had been
wrapped. The poor baby soon sank. Some persons,
who were in a state of astonishment at the extra-
ordinary scene, tried to rescue it, but without success.
The mother was taken to the Acorn public-house, Great
Cambridge-street, where she was put to bed. The next
clay the unfortunate young woman was removed to
Shoreditch workhouse, and has been attended to by Mr.
Clarke, the house-surgeon. She still remains in a very
Precarious state. The name of the young woman is
Mary Ann Capron, and she resided at No. 7, James-
street, Coal Harbour-street, Hackney-road. She is a
single woman, about 26 years of age, and very respect-
ably connected. She was delivered of the child about
five o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, unknown to her
parents, who charged her with having been enciente, and
who suspected that her delivery had taken place, which
she denied. She left her home unknown to them, hav-
ing folded her infant up in a blue handkerchief.
RESCUE FROM DROWNING.—,HUMANE AND HEROIC
CONDUCT OF AN OFFICER.—We should, indeed, take
great shame to ourselves did we omit to mention, and
that in terms of the highest possible commendation, the
humane and heroic conduct of Captain Grierson, corn-
blending officer of the 15th depot, quartered here, .who
under Providence' was the instrument of saving, the life
of a yoiinglid on Saturday last. The "Lord's Hole," a
pool of inconsiderable depth and extent in summer, but
which, by the continuous and heavy rains of this winter,
; been converted into a lake, situated on the eastern
eel of our fair green, immediately close to and over the
canal, and apparently supplied by a spring Somewhat
no sr its centre, has been from time immemorial, the
theatre where. the youth of our town, not having the
fes r of broken bones or wet jackets before their eyes,
took lessons in the slippery art of skating and sliding
whenever frost converte d it into a field suitable for such
• es The frost of the two or three preceding nights
teiLpes
having, in the opinion of the juveniles, imparted on the
(ley named the necessary degree of firmness to its surface,
comiderable number of them were amusing themselves
)01Int, when one unfortunate wight, carried away by
tile excitement of the moment, incautiously approached
too , near the spring, where, the ice being thin and
nenk, it suddenly gave way under his weight, at once
.scipitating him, in the deepest portion of the pond,
:,1:.1 where the 'water was considerably beyond his depth.
sines to t}',e surface, he continued to catch hold of
ti; table ice:, but either through fright or cold, or both
aabined., he made no further efforts tocxtricate himself ;
eed as Ms companions, influenced most likely by the
same fiechngs, also seemed incapable of affording him any
assistance, contenting themselves merely with acting the
part of passive spectators, his situation was every mo-
zne at becoming not only more painful but perilous in the
es reme. Fortunately at this juncture Capt. Grierson,
.a was coming from the barracks, seeing the commo-
ea about the pond, rushed down, and perceiving the
perilous position of the boy, and, also, that none of the
bystanders, of whom there was a goodly number on the
beaks, of the pond, were willing to risk their lives or
subject themselves to a wetting with the thermometer at
I 'le freezing point, in an attempt to save the lad, boldy
ed at once plunged into the water, broke up the ice in
his immediate vicinity, severely lacerating his hands in
le a efforts, and after considerable danger and difficulty
3ceeded in dragging him ashore in all but an exhausted
.ndition. Not content with doing things by halves, he
not stop even here, but had him at once conveyed to
a neighbouring house, wrapped up in blankets, and re-
t seatives applied, and wasted not even a thought on his
aa. dripping condition and bleeding hands until he had
the satisfaction of knowing that, under Divine Provis
lice, he had been the means of not only preserving a
flow-creature from a sudden and violent death, but also
a ,accent and worthy family from affliction and mourning.
—Westmeath, Guardian,.
BANKRUPTCY AND FLIGHT OF THE RECTOR OF STEP-
r: Y.—The large parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney, has
been lately deprived of the services of the Rev. Richard
Lee; the rector, under very extraordinary circumstances.
The reverend gentleman succeeded to the living on the
r ,signation of the Rev. Mr. Vaudrey, in 1847, and it is
believed he was then considerably in debt. He has for
scene time past been engaged in railway speculations to
a TT. Ly large amount, and these adventures turning out
unfavourable, he disappeared some few weeks since, and
much speculation has taken place respecting his where-
abonts. It is believed that, in the first instance, he fled
to 'Hamburg, and afterwards to Brussels. A few days
since the officers of the Court of Chancery were on the
look out for the clerical defaulter, and received informa-
flea that he was at Birmingham, and they proceeded to
that place in search of him, and returned to town with-
out being able to arrest him. The amount of the reve-
rend gentleman's liabilities is upwards of 11,0001., and a
composition has been tendered to some of the creditors,
of 6s. Bd., and to others of lls. in the pound. The
living has been sequestrated, and the sequestrator
ha, given notice that all tithes, fees, Easter offerings,
and other money, are to be paid over to the Rev. Mr.
Atiehinleck, the curate, on his behalf. The value of the
livieg, exclusive of the large and spacious vestry house
n'tei pleasure ground, is 8001. per annum, and is in the
eie, of Brasenose College, Oxford. An offer to pay the
ereslitors 5001. per annum from the proceeds of the living
has been made, and, it is believed, will he ultimately
ace,ded to. Several persons residing in the parish will
he great sufferers by the failure of Mr. Lee. The Rev.
Bee was not a man of expensive habits, but a great
',ll,‘eulator. He was anything but popular in the parish,
".'37 inll3.fferent preacher, and, to use his own words,
.1,-1 orator. His opposition to the election of the Rev.
• l• Rcrole, the popular afternoon lecturer, and his refusal
')e_rrnit him the use of the pulpit one Sunday afternoon,
Lela caused a disturbance in the church, broughtthe Rev.
r • LL into very bad repute with his parishioners. The
absurd reports respecting the flight and liabilities
at. t e rector of Stepney have prevailed in the parish all
4.1,- past week. A rumour obtained extensive circulation
one day that the rector, overwhelmed by his misfortunes,
11,14 committed suicide ; but there is no foundation what-
for this story. It was reported on Saturday in the
-vicinity of Old Stepney Church, that the Rev. Mr. Lee
was the inmate of a lock-up house in the neighbourhood
of Chancery-lane, snd that his creditors had refused to
accept the composition offered them. The clerical duties
Jew" been performed by the curates since Mr. Lee's ab-
eence from the parish.— Dispatch.
THE CONVICT KIRWAN. —During the present week
some very remarkable circumstances have come to light
connected, with the case of Mr. Boyer, to which re-
!, ence Las often been made in the police reports. It
appeare that a communication was addressed, by the
ary of the Police Commissioners, to the actuary of
11;9 Abbey-street Savings Bank, with a view of ascer-
.ing whether there was any record of moneys de-
-1,0,4ed in that bank, in the separate names of Boyer
:en his wife. After due inquiry it was found that some
! 3 since--we have not learned the exact date—a sum
3T- e bout 201, had been lodged by Mrs. Boyer in her own
I le, and another amount by her husband in his name.
It ;Lad been stated by Mrs. Boyer that, on the occasion
swyer. her residence was broken into, and her furniture
a away, a savings bank book, belonging to her,
JeLe been abstracted. It appears, by the records of the
that the husband had claimed the amount lodged
?,,n;sti.er name, and the bank, on the claim being esta-
).,y evidence, paid the money. A demand was
Lie ray William Burke Kirwan for the amount lodged
the bank in the name of Boyer, whose savings bank
he Produced, and the whole sum deposited by
a;, 1- - was paid to him. The signature of Kirwan, , the recepient of ,money, appears in the bank book.
aset that time, the rule of the bank was to pay deposits
t(, the holder of the book, after regular notice.-11 f ercan-
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