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London, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

men, it is my firm conviction that you have within the
bowels of the earth an inexhaustible fund of wealth, and
that on 'this you are fairly entitled to borrow money.
There are, no doubt, some here, and still more out of
doors, who will object to such a scheme on the ground
that we have ne right to throw our burdens on poste-
rity. It certainly is not right to hand down to pos-
terity debts incurred by war or a reckless expenditure
for political purposes ; but I maintain that it is quite fair
for posterity to pay a portion of a debt incurred in a great
measure for their benefit. I hold it to be wise and just, in
the present circumstances of Victoria, to borrow money

swer has as yet been received, but may now soon be ex-
pected.
" 4. I have directed a bill to be laid before you for orga-
nising volunteer corps of rifles and artillery. In the event
of legislation for this measure meeting your concurrence,
the military, as also the armed police, will, in case of need;
be enabled is receive such augmentation of force from the
patriotism, zeal, and manliness of the volunteers as will ,
insure protection against any haAile assault. The bill also
provides for the eventual formation, when necessary, of a
gent sal body of militia.
" 5. In closing the last session of this council, I expressed
an opinion that the present meeting of the Legislature
might probably take place under the new constitution
which you had framed. I have not, however, as yet, re-
ceived any communication on the subject. The delay
which has hitherto taken place may, with great probability,
be ascribed to the important European events which were
imminent when our local legislation was transmitted.
"6. I have much pleasure in informing you that the
public finances continue in a prosperous condition. The
remittances in 1853 for immigration were 140,1631., and in
1854 they will soon reach to 265,0001., whilst the remit="'
tances for 1855 will probably not be less than 162,0001.
"During the current year 4,344 Government immigrants
have arrived. The population of the colony is now 81,752.
The increase during the last 18 months has amounted to
rather more than 13,000.
" The Crown moiety of the land fund, after providing
for the survey and other local charges appropriate to that
fund, contributes in 1851 in aid of the general revenue
111,090/. ; and in 1855 the aid may be reckoned to be
&AWOL, exclusively of the previously- mentioned quota
appertaining to the emigration fund.
" The general colonialerevenue in 1',51 will amount to
about 190,8361., and is reckoned at 228,6511. for 1855.
" 7. The estimates of revenue and expenditure will be
duly submitted ; and I have directed a bill to be lai 1 be-
fore you to constitute a trust for Port Melaide to raise a
loan of 100,0001. for certain purposes of improvement, in
deepening the harbour and in removing its outer and inner
bars, as set forth in an address which reached me at the
close of !ast session. it is proposed that, in the first in-
stance, the loan should be provided for out of the general
revenue, and afterwards be repaid by such means as may
appear most appropriate and effectual.
"A bill will also'be laid before you to raise 250,0001.
for the construction of a railway between Adelaide and
Gawler Town.
"Also, a bill to make the deposit of original deeds
equivalent to registration, and another bill to amend the
Supreme Court Act, as recommended by their honours the

TEE MEDICAL SERVIOE OF 1711 E
FRENCH AIi:MY.

(Front the Moniteur de l' A rmee.)
Thanks to the admirable organisation of the medical
service in our corps of troops, in our ainbulances and hos- •
pitals, no sooner does a man fall in the ranks than he is
carried to the rear, where the regimental health-officer at-
tends to him first, with the help of a small portable medi-
cal bag carried by a soldier. If the wound is a severe one,
the man is either led or carried to the temporary post,
where the canteens of the regiment's own ambulance are
set up, and, if it be necessary, to the ambulance of the bri-
gade. Nurse soldiers in sufficient numbers, with seats fas-
tened on the backs of mules, aro always at hand to pick up
the wounded on the field of battle and take them to this
ambulance, under the immediate direction of the adminis-
trative. officers appointed. for the purpose, and under the
active control of the military sub-iuteadaut, this service
forming an important part of his ditties.

for the construction of great national works ; the in-
terest and capital can be gradually defrayed as the po-
pulation and general revenue increase, until at length
the entire extinction of the debt is thus brought about
within a given time. Let us look at the examples of
some other states. There is Belgium—a state not so
much thought about as it deserves--a small state, but a
very prosperous one. Belgium follows the principle of
borrowing money to construct her public works ; and
in no state will you find stocks stand higher or see
signs of greater prosperity than in Belgium. Look at
the United States, too—particularly at the states of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and others, which have followed
the same principle. I say nothing about repudiation
here ; but I say that these states have gone on the plan
of borrowing money to expend on works that will bene-
fit the present generation as well as their posterity—
old on that plan they are thriving wonderfully well.

The leglislisurgeons do not appear a,s'yet to have suffi-
ciently appreciated the advantages obtained by this system
of lifting up and removing the wounded. They have pro•
•ferred te mule seat, the utility of which has been found
so great in Africa, and which is now rendering such good
Service in the East, a kind of flying hospital on wheels,
that. was puifed off immensely some mouths ago by the
London jourr.als. We have son a coloured print of this
• and are far from granting to it the merit generally
attrßuted to it.

The front part, separated from the rest, like the coupe or
chariot of our diligence, holds three sick people Cult are
a'sle to Sit up, but their seats are placed lengthwise just as
they ere in au omnibus. The coach part behind is made
for holding four sick ur wounded patients, lying horizon-
tally ox shelves that slitle in and out like drawers, two be-
ing below and the other two above them, just like berths
is a steam-packet.

I think the tiine hes come when the attention of the
colony should be strongly drawn to the great benefits
which have resulted in other countries from the mode of
constructing great national works which I have just
brought to your notice. (Hear, bear.) I come now
to another point, on which a good deal of interest
is naturally felt at present ; I allude to the defeuce.s
of the colony. Our present forces are certainly small,
and would perhaps be unable to cope with a hostile
fleet, should such visit our shores. But it appears to me
that there is not much occasion for anticipating the ap-
proach of an enemy to our shores. Russia is too much
occupied at home, and too well watched everywhere to
render it probable that she will do any damage here. At
the same time it is quite as well that we should be on
our guard. It is nuder these impressions that I ar-
ranged with the Secretary of State, before leaving Eng-
land, to despatch to this country some heavy ordnance ;
and, accordingly, sixteen 32-pounders may shortly be ex-
pected. The officer of the Royal Engineers sent out for
that purpose has reported that it is impossible to fortify
this port so as to prevent the entrance of the enemy's
ships • and in this opinion I quite agree with him. But
the colony possesses a fleet of goad and fast steamers,
and should occasion arise, and these steamers be placed
at the deposal of Government (of course with compensa-
tion), I am confident that such a fleet, each vessel armed
With a heavy 32-pounder, would present an array of
force that would astonish an enemy, and would ren-
der us entirely independent of Imperial aid. (Loud
cheers) There is another subject to which I wish
to call your attention. When I was speaking of
loans, I ought also to have alluded to contracts. If
great public works are to be executed here, the contracts
for them should not be confined to this colony ; on the
recognised principles of free trade we should throw open
the market to Australia, and invite competition for our
money from all the neighbouring colonies. If any large
building—as a custom-house, for instance—i 3 to be
erected, my view is that it will be erected better and
cheaper by giving all publicity to the terms of th 3 con-
tract for it, and by throwing the competition fur such
contract open to all Australia. It is with impressions
such as these that Government has written to the editors
of newspapers in the different colonies, asking them the
terms on which they will iesert necessary notices. A
charge, a slight charge, has been made that there is a
cessation of operations in some public works—that some
tendency has been shown to check the progress of public
works. Gentlemen, I denounce that charge as nothing
mere than, to use'a very plain but expressive English
word, ' twaddle.' The case stands thus :—I ask any
man present, if he were going into partnership in a busi-
ness concern, would not his first step be to look at the
books? (Laughter and cheers.) This is what I do.
The cases are parallel. I have become the principal
partner in the great colonial concern, and before I under-
take the thorough management of it, I'll Lave a look at
the books. (Cheers and laughter.) When that is done.
and I have mastered the financial state of the colony, I
shall take the part that it becomes me to take. I shall
aid the legislature in every scheme for the public good,
and I shall exert myself in every way and to the utmost
extent of my power to promote the general good of the
colony. (Cheers.) In a country with conflicting in-
terests like this the administration of affairs is a difficult
task. (Cheers.) My endeavours shall be to act honestly
for the good of the people. (Cheers.) I wear blue and
silver to-day, but I may shortly go back to blue and
gold. But I have, under all circumstances, been ac-
customed to do my duty, and be the term of my adminis-
rtration here long or short, I trust at whatever time I
retire from it, you will be able to say of me as was said
of the preux chevalier of old, ' He lived amongst us sans
peer et sans reproche.'" Sir Charles resumed his seat
amid loud and long-continued applause.
Tne Melbourne Morning 'Jerald say,—
"An investigation of a most important character has
been decided upon by the Lieutenant-Governor. His ex-
cellency has appointed a board, consisting of three gen-
tlemen, to review thoroughly, and report upon, the whole
-financial condition of the eoleay. Tile board is to coi*-
fpriseitir...3lart, the principal member hers et-the-firm of
Wright, Brothers, and Mr. Macarthur, of the Bank of,
Australasia ; but by a singular fatality, the Governor
has, it is reported, fixed'upon the auditor general, Mr.
Grimes, as the third member. In the two first diet
we have named will Le recognised gentlemen as
thoroughly fitted in every respect for their important
task as any that the c deny could iorpp'y ; and as this
laborious duty is strictly honorary, it is difficult to esti-
mate the obligation that they will thereby lay the colo-
nist; under. Of the third gentleman, if it be really true
that the Governor has made so serious a mistake, we
have no wish to say anyLhingdisrespectful, and we there-
fore say nothing at all. The board is to meet imme-
diately, and to work steadily at their duties till they
have thoroughly mastered the subject, arid, considering
the vast importance of the undertaking, and the elabo-
rate nature of the inquiry, we trust that every good co-
lonist who can furnish information, or iu any nay facili-
tate their views, will emulate their own patriotic exer-
tions, and strain every nerve to assist them, and render
their task as light and as effective as possible.
" We have received a prospectus of anew colonial bank,
to be cared the Melbourne and Geelong Banking Com-
pany, to tie incorporated by an act of the Legislative
Council, limiting the liability of shareholders. The great
advantages and inducements which the bank holds out
to the public will be a great benefit, and pay its share-
holders well :—the allowance of interest on current ac-
counts, 1 per cent. ; allowance on deposit receipts, 2 per
coat, for three months ; allowance on deposit receipts,
3 per cent. for six months ; and the transmission of
small sums of money to Great Britain and Ireland at a
low rate of charge. One main feature in this bank is,
that daily discounts may be submitted, This project
will shortly come out before the public in a matured
shape. Influential partie3 here have signified their 'in-
tention of joining the committee, and some thousands of
;hares have been already subscribed for in Melbourne.
"Tae DIGGINGS. —The rush to Sandy Creek still con-
tinues. Accounts from 'all hands are favourable, and
we have every reason to believe that the place is going
to turn out well. I regret that a multiplicity of engage-
ments has prevented me from paying my contem-
templated visit ; I hope, however, to be able to
give you all particulars in my next letter. A new
ldejairderheaseibi:hetnlyfoo struckrz atthtehe Nine Mile Creek ; the gold
ueral yield,frobm th
more geee i
enagh dr. a t hoe
or
coarser, and
Spring, easily separated
Creek there are very few at work, but those few
are doing well ; and en Reid's Creek, both business and
raining continue pretty much the same.
"M. Gustave Beck has bees appointed vice-consul
for Belgium at Melbourne."
In the Gazette of the 11th August, his Excel-
lency, in announcing the resignation of Sir John
Lewis Pedder, observes, that, "though certain
that throughout the colony there will be 'but one
feeling of regret that the country has thus been de-
prived of the services of one of its oldest and most
respected servants, yet desires to place on record
the high estimation entertained by the Government
of his honour's long and faithful services, and of
the upright and able manner in which he has dis-
charged the duty of Chief Justice during the long
and almost unprecedented period of thirty years.?'
The sane number of the Gazette notifies the
appointment of Mr. Fleming as Chief Justice,
and of Mr. Smith as . Attorney-General. A re-
markable circumstance connected with these no-
tices is the entire absence of Mr. Macdowell's
name. It has oozed out, though we cannot say
with what correctness, from the mystery which
seems to cover the transaction, that this gentleman
is merely to perform the functions, without the
honours of the office of Solicitor-General, until a
more favoured person is forthcoming from one of
the adjoining colonies.

. The mode of transport, very uncomfortable. to the pa-
tients, is acc,mnpa,tied with a hest of disivtreeabler4, esp:-
cially for those in the lower berths. The vehicle cannot,
besides, turn with the same ease a; our mules. These
latter are evidently more advant4geoui on the field of
battle, as also in mountainous districts of didicult access.
When it is required in our armies to remove patients,
to whom the recumbent positions is necu,s,iry, litters are
made use of, carried also by mules. For transferring -the -
sick or wounded from the temporary ambulance to the
regular hospital, our military cars, hung on springs, are
more successfully used than the Euglish vans, for in the
first, at least, the patients can breathe the fresh air and
see the broad daylight.
We said just now that nurse soldiers pick up the wound-
ed on the field of battle, ureter the direction of the admi-
nistrative officers on the hospital staff, and under the in-
spection of the military sub-intendants. A few more spe-
cial details on this important subject will not be out of
place here. _ _ .

judges.
" Some other legislation, comparatively of less public
importance, will also be submitted to you; and on other
subjects, which I may have occasion to bring to your
notice, I will communicate with you in the usual form, by
message.
" 8. In conclusion, Mr. Speaker and gentlemen, I would
offer to you the expression of my cordial desire that the
mutual co-operation between the executive and the Legis-
lature which has happily characterised our intercourse
throughout the whole period of my administration of the
government may continue uninterrupted to the end of it,
which the rules and regulations of the service lead me to
expect will now shortly be attained. _ _

In our army the military physicians have nothing what-
ever to do with the organisation and management either
of the ambulances and hospitals themselves, or of the dis-
pensaries attached to them. Engaged exclusively with
their noble profeision, they prescribe with unouuuded
powers. By their side the military apothecary is ready to
wake up -their prescriptions ; the administrative officer
superintends the use made of the medicinal stores and the
application of the o.lisuentary prescriptions, for all which
he is responsible.
The male nurses, selected from the volunteers c,f the dif-
ferent corps, or from among the young annual recruits, are
trained beforehand in the military infirmaries, and taught
all the duties of the sacred mission confided to them. They
are all sensible and kind-hearted men, strong, and of a
good constitution. They are really picked soldiers.
At the head of this organised system stands the officer
of the military commissariat, who, by virtue of the orders
transmitted to him, sends of the staff and dispensary f
the ambulance, and orders the removal of the wounded to
the temporary or permanent hospitals, which the military
administration has established, and which are also under
his authority.
In this organisation, .as complete as possible,- each per-
son has his part in the action, in the authority and in the
rsspousibiiity ; the than of science is absolute lord at the
bedside of the patient, which is as it ought to be. The
apothecary and the administrative officer, both of them
obliged of course to csnlosin to the prescriptions of the
physician within the limits traced out by the regulations,
are nevertheless not iu the least sabordinate to his autho•
rity, fur both of them are accountable and responsible. if
difficulties or disputes arise, the military sub-intendant
bacomes then thtrreferias, and his decision has to be abided
by on the part of each.
Down to the present time the service has been ivell car-
ried on in France with this regulation of each person's
attributes, nor have any objections been made to the sys-
tem, unless by a few wause susceptibilities have been
touched. Let the results be. compared in the one army and
in the other, and then let o. judgment be delivered on the
respective merits of the two systems followed.
We will complete these explanations, by giving a suc-
cinct account of the resources placed at the disposal of our
military administration, in the army of the East, in cairy-
iug on the hospital service.
Each corps of troops is provided with a chief physician
and a sub-physician. These have, wherever they please,
fur each battalion or for two squadrons, an ambulance bag
that can be carried wherever it is wanted, anct a couple of

" H. E. F. YOUNG.
" Government House, Adelaide, Aug. 2, 1851."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
MELBOURNE, AUG. 19.

The price of gold has remained throughout the week at
4/. The shipments have been large, bat have been chiefly
by the banks.

The only difference we have to note in monetary and
banking affairs is that the business at the banks has been
still more dull than we previously reported.
In the wholesale markets no movement has taken place,
if we except the flour trade, in which the town mills quo-
tations show an advance of 1/. per ton, Mr-, Rucker having
increased the price to 3G1., and the other millers to 351. per
ton. The mill quotations for wheat remain as before,
viz. :-11s. 6d. to 15s. per bushel. Bran is quoted at 6s.
by Mr. Rucker, and at ss. by the other millers.
The arrivals for the week ended yesterday consist prin-
cipally of ,colonial vessels ; but the large size of the ships
now arriving here from England canes the tonnage of the
latter to predominate. We have had one large cargo of
flour and sundries from America this week, being the only
foreign arrival.
The following is the return of the number of vessels and
passengers arrived, and of the number of vessels cleared. at
the pert of Melbourne, from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17 inclu-
sive :—Number of vessels arrived, 38—viz., 24 from Ails-
tralasiau ports, 11 from Great Britain, 2 from Hong Kong,
1 from the United States of America.

Tonnage of the above :—lntercoluuial, 4,607 tons ; Bri-
tish, 6,535 tons ; ditto (colonial), 914 tons ; Apaerican,
910 tons. Aggregate, 12,992 tons.
Number of passengers by the above, I,lsl—viz., 249
cabin, and 902 intermediate and steerage, including 279
Chinese and 10:3 soldiers, with 29 members of their fami-
lies. Of the passengers, 71 cabin and 218 intermediate,
&c., arrived from neighbouring colonies ; 177 cabin and
405 intermediate, &e., from Great Britain ; 1 cabin p,s-
senger from America; and 279 Chinese from Holtz Koug.

gnmber of vessels cleared out in same period, 41—viz.,
for kustralian ports, 23; fur British ports, 3; for foreign
ports, 15.
Tonnage of the above.—lntercolonial, 5,709 tons ;
British, 2,722 tons; foreign, 5,833 tons. Aggregate,
14,264 toms.

canteens, tilled with medicines, linen uhil lint, audswith
everything in short required for the medical treatment of
200 wounded men. If the corps stays some time in a camp
or place, a regimental infirmary is formed, and the reserve
stores supply them everything require,: for its organisation.
Each division or each detached brigade is supptied, more-
over, and concurrently with the inedicauiehts above men-
tioned, with a regular ambulance, the supplies for which,

belonging as they do to two different sources, have been
combined on the spot by the competent authority, so as to
meet the wants, as they turn up during the march, of the
men in that division or detached brigade.
Oneof these sources is the organisation of the ambulances
with the African army, where the medical stores are eon-
yged on the hacks otram/AisTihe other source. is the ergs,-
nisation of the flying hospitals or-the ambulances moved by
' wheels. In combining these two means the latter serves as
a reserve to the former, this lieisg, wore especially used fur
the service of the vanguard or of the freut line. The junc-
tion of the vehicle foi ms a kind of tempoem'y hospital.
The flying ami=iularice of Afiica, fur a divi,iou of IJ,OOO
lieu, consists of the following staid, with the fulluwing
stock of medicAnients :
STAFF OF THE DIITERENT GRADES.
physiciaus and apothecerics.
7 wialinistrative officers.
1.04 male nurses.

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THE SUN, -LONDON. TUESDAY, EVEN N 4, OCTO-Brin, Q 4. 111-8.44'

SUSPECTED MURDEI;.4T THE WEST-END.

EXTRAORDINARY AND MYSTERIOUS
AFFAIR.

Yesterday_ afternoon b 1 r, Charley Bedford, the West-
minster coroner, held a lengthened iiiveeticeation in the
boardroom of the workhouse of St. Martin-in-the-Fields,
relative to:the death of a male infant, whoee body was
found in the Green Park ou Thursday morning last.•
The case excited great interest, and the court was
crowded during the inquiry, which was of the most
myeterious end extraordinary nature.
James Eldridge, a glazier, deposed, that as he was
proceeding through the Green Park oa Thursday morn-
ing . last, at- about six o'clock, he saw a bundle lying
ender one of the benches. On examining it he found it
to contain the body of a fine male child, wrapped in a
part of a sheet, and covered with a handkerchief. He
delivered the body to a police constable.
Richard Tanner, police-constable 191 C, proved re-
ceiving the body and conveying it to the workhouse.
Mr. J. T. Bainbridge, surgeon to the workhouse, de-
posed that he saw the body on the morning it was
brotight in. It was an extremely fine child. There
were no external marks of violence. He made a post
niortem, examination of the body on Friday. He opened
the chest and fiend the lunge to be fully expanded,
filling the whole of the chest. He felt assayed the child
must have lived and breathed, and it must have been
killed either during or subsequent to the birth.
By the Coroner—There was no appearance that would
justify him in stating the exact cause of death, or whether
the r'eepiration took place before or after the birth. It
was very probable that the child died from suffocation
from the gorged state of the brain. That 'night have
been done by coverine the face with a cloth.
Mrs. Sarah Butler, of 49, Claverton-terrace, Pimlico,
deposed-that she kept an establiehment for ladies and
gentlemen 'to reside with her. Witness had a servant in
her employ named Sarah Hart. [lt was afterwards
proved that her proper name was Smith.] She did not
know that that servant was the mother of the dead child.
She left witness's house on Thursday night last. Wit-
ness taxed her with being in the family way,- but she
denied the fact until the latter end of September, when
she said she was going to live with her sister at Finchley
during her confinement. She slaw her several times
during that_evening, when she appeared very well. At
about half-past 12 she knocked at witness's room door,
and said she wanted to speak with her. Witness went
to hereroom, and she then said she had fallen doweesthe
scullery steps, and was in pain, and she wanted to go
to her..sister, who was in service near the Haymarket.
Witness advised her to stop the
.night acid she should
have some attendance, but she still persisted upon going.
Witness then said that the servant should have a cab,
and precured'one accordingly, into which the woman
got.

- By fhb CorOner—Witness went with the servant.. The
servant had a bundle with her, but witness thought it
wa. too small to contain the child.
Witness- resumed—S nail told the cabman to knock at
a house in Panton-street, and ask for " Mary." Ile did
so, and a lady answered him, saying, that Mary was in
1.),_-.(1 and could .not be distufued. The cabman was then
told to go to a house round the corner, which ho did,
and the servant got out and went into the house, and
witnes went back home.

By the Coroner—When she got home she SAW nothing
that would lead her to suppose that a child had been born,
Wa.,; quite sure .that no child was ever born in her estab-

lishinent. After Smith said she had fallen down she did
not say she was in labour.

Charles King, 35 0, deposed, that on Friday morning,
between nine and ten o'clock, he went to No. 1, Hunt's-
court, Castle-street, Long-acre, and there found the female
Smith iu bed with her sister. He cautioned her as to what
she said, and she burst into tears, saying. she would tell
the truth. She then told him that about two o'clock on
the previoas Saturday morning she was delivered of a
male child at Mrs. Butler's house ; that Mrs. Butler
made her get up, provided her with two sheets to wrap
the child up in, got her a cab, and drove her off to her
sister's. Bbe also said that Mrs. Butler went with her
to. 9, Panton-street, where she (Smith) was refused ad-
mission, and from there she went to a house in Green-
street. Witness went to Mrs. Butler, who said she had
missed two sheets. Smith further stated that there was
a mess in the room where the child was born, which
Mrs Butler said she would clear up. He aske I what
she had done with the child, and she said she had
wrapped it up and put it under one of the seats in the
Green-park, and concluded by stat►ng that Mrs. Butler's
daughter was present during the birth of the child.
The Coroner asked Mrs. Butler if she wished to make
any alteration in her statement after the testimony of the
constable ?

Mrs. Butler denied the truth of the statement made
by Smith to the constable. She then made the follow-
ing extraordinary statement :—" I wish to state that I
have been much harassed by a third party, a resp,.etably-
dressed man, .who called upon me and said that I had
been an accessory to a crime, and that if I paid him 201.
he would make the matter a secret, and wouid send the
girl to. Guernsey. -A watch was on the mantelpiece,
and he took out his own and said—" The magisirates are
sitting at one o'clock ; you have not a moment to lose ;
you had better give me -the 20/., and I will get the girl
away. He also said that, if the jury found me guilty,
which they would do, I should have two years' impri-
sonment. He stopped more than an hour, and said if I
had 'not the 207. in the house I could make it. He went
away, and Caine again next morning in a cab. I asked
if he was an official, and he replkcd in the negative.
lie said a child had been found in the Green-park, which
child had come from my house, and if I a'are him 20/
he would evade justice, and get me clear ofd'. Of couree
I did not give him the 201."
The Coroner expre,,sed his surprise that Mrs. Butler
had not given notice to the police, and cause the fellow
to be apprehended.
The jury, after a short consultation, returned as thei:
verdict, " That the deceased child was born alive, and
died from suffocation ; but there is no evidence to satisfy
11 the jury by whom or how the child W 0.3 suffocated."

THE LATE CLIA,,GE OF RAPE AT TBE
HON. AND REF. A. SUGDEYS.

HAILSHAM, Monday.—The magistrates (Mr. J. It.
Dunn and Mr. F. Thomas), at the petty sessions held
here, were occupied for some time in hearing a charge
against George• Huagett, of Stunt's-green, for having, on
the 14th of July last, given a false character of George
Elphick to the Hon. arid Rev. A. Sugden.
Mr. Sadler appeared for the prosecution.
It will be recollected that George Elphick, who was a
groom
in the employ of the Hon. and Rev. A. Sugden,
George Elton (the brother-in-law of the rev. gentleman),
and another party, were committed for trial by the ma
gistrates at Dorking for having committed a rape upon
the person of a young girl, a housemaid at the Rectory
HouseLNewdigate.

The Hon. and Rev. A. Sui7den, on being sworn, stated
that he resides at Newdigate, Surrey. and that he received
the character produced in court by post, in consequence
• of which he had engaged George Elphick in his service as
groom. Within two months after Geo. Elphick had been
in his employment, he (Elphick) had been committed by
the Dorking bench of magistrates, along with other
parties, to take their trial at the next Surrey Assizes,
upon a serious charge. Witness produced a letter,
which lie stated to be in George Elphick's handwriting,
and found it in his rouse after his arrest, addressed to the
pfsoner, to the effect that they must try and make up
another character.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and stated that he was
sorry for what he had done, but he did it out of kindness
to George Rphiek, who was his cousin.

- The magistrates stated it was a most serious offence.
No person could be safe in taking servants if such
practices as these were allowed to go unpunished ;
And they should, therefore, fine the defendant 201. and
10s. costs, and, in default, to be committed to the House
of Correction for three calendar months.