The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

SUSPECTED MURDER AT RATCLIP.f.

Yesterday morning, about half-past one o'clock, as
police-constable 300 K, was going his rounds in Glass-
house street; Ratcliff, he stumbled over the apparently
lifeless body of a man lying in the roadway, under the
windows of the Newcastle and Sunderland Arms beer-
shop, at the corner of Broad-street and Glasshouse-street.
The man had only his shirt, drawers, and stockings on
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there was blood oozing from one of his ears, and from
the position in which the man was found the policeman
was at once led to believe that he had either fallen
or been thrown from the upper floor of the beer-house.
The policeman immediately knocked at the door, and
some of the inmates, who had not gone to bed,
answered him, and the mutilated and wounded man was
at once identified to be Captain Edward Pennington, the
master of the ship Pallas, trading between the north
and London, an old frequenter of the house, who was
there on Tuesday evening, and went to bed in a room
on the second floor, the window of which overlooks
Glasshouse-street, at 11 o'clock the same night. Mr.
Carson, a medical gentleman in Broad-street, and others
of the faculty, were immediately sent for, and did every-
thing in their power to restore the unfortunate man, but
he was beyond the reach of human skill, and he expired in
about six hours afterwards. Bayliss, the landlord of the
beer-house, and his wife, said their opinion was that the
deceased had thrown himself from his bedroom into the
street. Very strong suspicions, however, are entertained
that Captain Pennington has come by his death by
unfair means, and that he was thrown into the street by
some of the inmates. From a minute examination of

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foot and nine inches, when Captain Pennington was
found in the street. There are marks of a person's
hands on the window sill, or stone, as if ho had tena-
ciously clung to it for life as long as he was able ; and
there are also marks on the brick-work beneath. The
deceased, in his fall, struck the first floor immediately
under the window of his bedroom, and diglodged two
panes of glass. The frame of the window is also broken.
There can be no question that the deceased fell in a per-
pendicular direction, and that he made a desperate effort
to save himself. His body was found close to the side
;wall of the house. If he had flung himself from the win-
dow of his bedroom Ins body would have been in the
middle of the street. It appears that the house in ques-
tion is frequented by thieves and prostitutes. Many
robberies have been committed there, and some of them
have been of a very serious nature. The upper part is
registered as a common lodging-house, and there were
several women of the town, visitors, and others staying
there on Tuesday night. A few of them slept on the
same floor as the deceased. The affair has caused a great
sensation in Ratcliff and its vicinity. Very recently
Captain Peter Gray was hocussed and robbed in Gar-
den's-court, in the same vicinity, and, on a post =Kent
examination, opium in sufficient quantity to destroy life
was found in the stomach.

DISCHARGE OF MRS. THERESA SLOANE FROM NEW-
GATE.—Yesterday morning Mrs. Sloane was discharged
from the gaol of Newgate, having completed the term of
imprisonment to which she was sentenced. It will be
recollected that, at the February session of 1851, at this
court, she and her husband, George Frederick Sloane,
the special pleader, pleaded " Guilty" to a series of most
revolting cruelties to their servant girl, Jane Wilbred,
and were sentenced to two years' imprisonment in New-
gate. In autumn last, being fast sinking, he received a
pardon, and was removed from gaol to a lodging close
by, where he only lived a fortnight. The miserable end
of her partner in cruelty does not seem to have much
affected her, for her health has been good, and she
seemed in good spirits upon quitting the gaol, only look-
ing somewhat pale from long confiement. She does not
seem to have any friends, for, excepting Miss Devaux,
who is stated to be a daughter by a previous marriage,
not any one has called at the gaol to see her.
DEATH OF LADY MUNCASTER.—Her ladyship, who
died on Saturday, in Connaught-place West, was
youngest daughter of the late Sir John Ramsden, Bart.,
of Byram-hall, Yorkshire, and aunt to the present
baronet. Her ladyship survived the late Lord Mun-
caster, who died in 1838, by whom she has left issue
the present Peer, born in 1831, and other children.
STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND
THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.—Yesterday afternoon, about
one o'clock, the splendid screw steam-ship City of Man-
chester, Captain Leitch, sailed from the Mersey with
passengers and a valuable cargo of merchandise for
Philadelphia. She belongs to the enterprising firm
er-
of
Messrs. Richardson, Brothers,
pool. Tower-bungs, Liv
1 About half-past one o'clock, the same afternoon,
sailed
the magnificent new screw steamship
ship
theersey on her Alps,m lately built
for the Cunard Company,
first voyage, under the command of Captain Wickman,
for New York and Chagres, with a very large cargo
merchandise on board.
SHOCKING DEATH.—Some men employed at a soap-
boiler's, in the Rue Rigord, at Marseilles, perceived a
few days back some bones and afterwards some female
attire ascend to the surface, as they stirred up the boil-
ing matter. The clothes were at once recognised to have
been seen on the sister of the foreman, who had disap-
peared since the morning. Notice was given to the
commissary of police, who had the boiler cleared ou;,
and the rest of the remains of the deceased collected for
burial. The flesh had completely disappeared, having
been boiled down by the action of the heat, with,the
exception of the liver, which still remained entire. The
bones bad been in some degree eaten into by the boiling
matter and the alkali. It is supposed that the deceased
had thrown herself into the boiler in the morning early,
, during the absence of the workinen,—aaignani.

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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris,
THIS EVENING, FEB. 3,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TEIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean.
THIS EVENING, FED. 3,

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 3,

DAILY WEATHER TABLB.

BASINGSTOKE-N., gentle breeze—foggy.
HASTINGS-Calm—Partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON-N., gentle breeze—foggy.
FOLKESTONE-S., light airs—overcast.
TIINBEIDGE—N.W., calm—overcast.
GREENWICEE--Calm—foggy.
STRooD--Calm—foggy.
SWINDON-E.. gentle breeze--partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE-N.W., gentle breeze foggy.
YARMOUTH-S.E., gentle breeze overcast.

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Tr 0 NOBLEMEN and MEMBERS
JL of PARLIAMENT.—HYDE-PARK.—A. Gentleman residing
in one of the most fashionable struts near Hyde--park. and occupy-
ing a large and handsouse house, is desirous of LETTING the FIRST
and SECOND FLOORS, elegantly Furnished.
For particulars apply, enclosing card of address, 'to C. E., at
B.
Starie, Bookseuer, 23, Titchbome-street, Haymarket.

THEATRE ROYAL, HoYMARKET.
Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING, FEE. 3,
Will be performed the popular and highly suceessftd Comedy of
MASKS AND FACE-4; or, Before and Behind tie Cuitain—by
Mesas. Benjamin Webster, Leigh 111urray, Stuart. Parselle, and
Lambert Stirling, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett.
After which, the gorgeous F...xtravaganza, entitled LEO TILE
ItRIBLE.
To conclude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and
SETTLED.

Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON
1N A SMOCK-FROCK. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F.
Matthews, and Horncistle ; Miss F. Baker end Miss C. Mitchell.
After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza,
entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs.
F. Matthews, Sitter, Ilormtstic, and Templeton ; 3fadame Ve.stris
Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson; Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis,
tii3a wyndham, Miss Eglintou, and Miss P.osina Wright will appear.
To conclude with LIME TODDLEKINS.

Sole Ag^nt for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, New
na.street.

THEATRE. ROYAL ADELPIII.
proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 3,
Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or,
Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and
Emery; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Harding, Miss Laura
Honey, and Mrs. Keeley.
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To conclude with the aucce,sful new Comic Pantomime, called
NELL GWYNNE; or, Harlequin Menlo Monarch. Principal
Danseuse, Mdlle. Artriol Clown, Mr. Flexmore.

Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by
neuglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID ; or, Dorothy's Fortino (as
played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac-
ters .by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F.
Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with the new and criginal Grand Comic Christ-
mas pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR
STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the
Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. name ; Pan-
taloon, Mr. Paulo ; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leciercq.

Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs.
Compton, W. Farren, Jan., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and
Clifton; Misses Anderton and H. Gordon.

7A—fiei which, JOHN DOBBS. John Dobbs, Mr. W. Farren, jun,
Fatternoster, Mr. Compton.

To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen
Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with
his highly-trained Dogs.
Box-office open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence
of Mr. Edward Chatterton.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions
LAST WEEK BUT FIVE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT,
As he is about retiring from the Profession, having Let the Theatre
to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 3,
THE LAST JUVENILE PERFORMANCE.
The Entertainments will commence with the Grand Comic Pan-
tomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Har-
lequin and the Seven Gifted Men.
After which, an unequalled Routine of Scenes in the Circle.
To conclude with a popular FARCE.
Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven.
Box-oftice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Manager. Mr,
W. West.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
True DAY —Morning 49 min. after 8 1 Evening 28 min.aft. 9
To-Moanow—Morning V min. after 10 Evening 51 min.aft. 10

THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1853.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.

THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, FEE, 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
38—highest since noon on Saturday.
33—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night.
35—yesterday at neon.
BAROMETER, 29'68—went down half an inch since
yesterday.
WIND, S.E.--Smart breeze, and dull, cold weather.

.. , 4, 7474
L.,,,-...4-

LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1853.

A vigorous effort is at length being made by
the working classes themselves to withstand the
pernicious and repressive influence of those unfor-
tunate saints who have been so long vapouring
about what they are pleased to call Sunday dese-
cration. We are rejoiced at this from our heart,
because we believe it to be the most effectual means
of " putting down" the intolerable, and, we are
bold to say, the irreligious, cause of the so-termed
Sabbatarians. Besides this, it evinces, on the
part of the labouring classes, a just recognition of
their own rights, and an accurate appreciation of
what is best calculated to secure their social, moral,
and intellectual improvement. As one of the
daily organs of the cause of labour, as one of the
metropolitan advocates of the interests of our toiling
population, we ourselves have for a considerable
time past looked with jealous eyes upon the evil
endeavours making in certain quarters to deny in a
very great measure all personal freedom to the
artisan, from year's to year's end, uninterruptedly.
Against this cruel attempt on the part of men
designating themselves patriots and Christians, we
have protested again and again, at every available
Because we have done this, our
nave not unfrequently been miscon-
Because we have insisted upon the
necessity of allowing the handicraftsmen in
our crowded cities to breathe, if they will, a
little fresh air upon the only day out of every
seven when they enjoy rest from occupation
—we have beenatepeatedly charged with an inten-
tion to demoralise the masses, by evading one of the
first commandments of the DIVINITY, one of the
wisest injunctions of Religion, and one of the
holiest principles of Christianity. In defiance
of every misrepresentation, we have continued to
enlarge upon the fallacy of supposing for one in-
stant, that man can, as HENRY Manizw said last
evening, be made pious by Act of Parliament.
Compel any man to abstain from anything upon
certain occasions, and he loses, of course, all
merit whatsoever in the abstinence. Apart from
this consideration, we have not failed to recog-
nise with the vast majority of our fellow-Creatures,
that it would be an atrocious perversion of the
divine and beautiful system of Christianity, to
suppose for a moment that there can be a sin in
walking through the green fields on a Sunday—
that OMNIPOTENCE can be offended by the poor
and the toil-worn availing themselves of that in-
terval to escape from the dust and the drone of
their wretched hovels, to some spot where they can
enjoy for a while the purity, and the loveliness,
and the glory of some untainted landscape. We
have understood thus much at least of the (treat
0
mystery of human existence. Reason and com-
mon sense have told us that it is not such acts as
those we have mentioned that " the stretched-out
arm" of GOD will visit with His avenginc, thunders.
Until, however, the working classes had spoken
out upon the matter themselves, their cause was
still in some measure at a disadvantage with the
Sabbatarians. Happily, their silence as a body
has at length been interrupted. They have pro-
claimed their wishes in the matter in a way that
cannot for, an instant be mistaken. They have
asserted their rights through an important aggre-
gate meeting of their representatives. It will be
observed with interest by every man of hu-
manity throughout the United Kingdom, that
this meeting was sufficiently comprehensive
in its character to command the respectful atten-
tion even of the bitterest among their antags_
nists. Convened for the occasion in St. Martin's
Hall, the delegates of the working classes of Lon-
don were there presided over yesterday evening
by Mr. HENRY MaynEw—than whom no wor-
thier champion could have been selected out of the
millions constituting our population. How far
the meeting can he supposed to have represented
the united working classes of the metropolis may
be understood on its being observed that dele-
gates from the following trades were assembled
upon the platform—bakers, pastry-cooks and con-
fectioners, basket-makers, bookbinders and pocket-
book makers, bootnaakers, brassworkers, brush-
makers, combmakers and hairdressers, bricklayers
butchers
:*ssr , slatffe,
, cabinetmakers and upholster-

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