The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-07 00:00:00

THE CASE OF ABORTION AT CLAPHAM.

Yesterday Mr. R. A. Fisher, the barrister, appeared
before the Hon. G. C. Norton, at the Lambeth-street
police-office, and, addressing that magistrate, said that
in the report of the proceedings in the above painful
and disgusting case, which appeared in the public jour-
nals of that morning, it was stated by the unfortunate
young. woman, Eliza Morden, " I wrote a letter to Dr.
Smith and gave it to Mr. Thomas, making an appoint-
ment with the former to meet him at 24, Essex-street,
Strand, a lawyer's ;" and that in consequence of that
statement, Mr. C. 0. Hoare, a respectable solicitor, who
had offices in the house referred to, felt himself affected
and aggrieved, and therefore wished it to be distinctly
understood that he knew nothing whatever of any of
the parties, and had not ever seen or been consulted by
them, or either of them, in any matter whatever. The
house in question (which belonged to a highly respectable
person) was let out in chambers, and was in every
respect similar to the houses in the inns of court, the
chambers being separate and distinct, with a common
entrance and staircase, and the occupants of the re-
spective chambers had no further knowledge of each
other than that of meeting occasionally and casually on
the stairs. The learned counsel said the Rev. Mr.
Gordon was neither the fiend nor the client of Mr.
Hoare, and that, in fact, Mr. Hoare was an utter
stranger to the whole occurrence represented in this
most unfortunate and deplorable case. Mr. Hoare
occupies his chambers only for the purposes of his pro-
fessional business. He did not reside in the house, and
he was quite prepared to show that the parties implicated
in this sad affair had never been inside his chambers,
and that he had no knowledge whatever of them, or the
occurrence referred to. The learned counsel further said
that he also had instructions from a member of. the bar,
of great respectability and considerable professional
standing and practice, who occupied chambers in the
same house and upon the same floor upon which the
chambers of Mr. Hoare were situate, to make a similar
unequivocal statement.
Mr. Norton said he had no doubt that the press
would, with its usual love of justice, at once notice and
set the matter right.
Mr. Hoare was present, and confirmed in the strongest
way the statements of the learned counsel, and, having
thanked the magistrate for his courtesy, withdrew.

SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCE.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 6.

ENTERED INWARDS.—The Franzeska, from Rostock;
Dovre, Dram ; Therese, Rostock ; Ferdinand, Grenaae ;
Anna Magdalene, Skive ; Harmonic, Nassau ; Wave,
Mademblik ; Frau Catharina, Strner ; Alida, Fedder-
wardsiel ; Tiger, Hamburgh ; Kleine Bernard, Neustadt ;
Jantina Geziena, Groningen ; James Innes, Almeira ;
Lina, Sannesund ; Fortuna, Castin„,,,seil ; Zargo, Loanda ;
hlensehlievendheid, Harlingen ; Hoffnung, Thisted ; Adel-
heid, Lokken ; Superb, Skepprovich ; Frau Johanna,
Leer ; Lady Catharine Barham, Jamaica ; City of Bou-
logne, Boulogne ; Charlotte, Landscrona ; Dorthia,
Greenaae ; Maria, Leghorn ; Fornica, Hobroe ; Christine
Margarette, Sannesnnd ; •Calypso, Dantzic ; Hercules,
Droback ; Marie, Thisted ; Europa, Bombay ; Hedvig,
Gothenburg • Danneborg, Randers ; Jens Nordentoftsy
Minde, Thisted ; Ceres, Praestoe ; Teresina, Naples ; Mar-
garetha, Nykiobing ; Stein Bille, Copenhagen.
ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Singapore,
for Sydney, New South Wales ; Wellesley, Calcutta ;
Owen Glendower, Bombay ; Admiral, Port Philip ; Hebe,
do. ; Agnes, Oporto ; Barham, Calcutta ; Lady Catharine
Barham, Jamaica ; Garland, do. ; Echo, Helsingfors ;
Avenir, Rouen ; Louise, Hamburgh ; Fanny Mitcheson,
Coquimbo ; Maid of Marshland; Stettin. •

CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Neptune, for
Cherbourg ; Ocean Queen, New York ; Les Amis, Rouen ;
Catharine, Elsinore; Minerva, Stettin ; Gertrude and
Lammechina, Elsinore ; Mary Welch, Leghorn ; Echo,
Ghent; Calphurnia, Port Philip and Sydney ; Enterprise,
Lubeck • Anna Maria, Altona ; Johanna Maria, do. ;
John Romilly, Hobart Town ; Neptune, Hamburgh ;
Champion, Belize &c. ; Columbine, Cape of Good Hope ;
Albert, Port Natal; Panama, Hobart Town; Harriette,
Valparaiso and Lima.