The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-17 00:00:00

THE _RECORDER OF HULL.

We cannot allow our record of the proceedings at
the recent Borough Sessions to appear without a brief
remark upon the trial which concluded the very heavy
criminal business of the court. The last of the culprits
upon whom it was the painful duty of our learned Re-
corder to pronounce sentence was the boy Regan—the
same impudent and incorrigible little offender who last
October was paraded as a sort of juvenile martyr to Mr.
-warretrertnnornanitr. We have never yet been able to
understand the real motives of the infamous attack which
was then made upon the Recorder, under cover of a sym-
pathetic feeling for the fate of a four-times convicted
felon ; nor have we ever succeeded in satisfactorily
accounting for the Home Secretary's extraordinary and
mischievous interference in the matter. But it is of
little consequence now whether the attack had its origin
in personal malignity or party spite, or whether Lord
Palmerston's abrupt intervention is attributable to igno-
rance, or to a less creditable cause. In any case the
result is the same. Mr. Warren's calumniators are
covered with disgrace ; their unhappy protege is con-
demned to four years' deserved penal servitude ; and the
judge, whose sagacity they sought to discredit, and
whose humanity they openly impeached, is proved, by
the mere force of events, to have acted with a prescient
wisdom, which, while it is one of the most precious of
judicial attributes, lies at the very root of all true mercy.
No one can fail to see that the Recorder has been placed
in a position of extreme delicacy and difficulty ; and all
who were present in the crowded and breathless court
on Monday last, or who read our report of the observa-
tions then addressed to the boy who has been the victim
of so much sham-philanthropy, will admit that Mr. War
ren has deported himself throughout with an ability
worthy of his reputation and a dignity becoming his
high office. —Hull Packet.
In another part of the same journal (the Hull Packet)
we observe the subjoined paragraph under the head of
local intelligence :—" The Recorder, Samuel Warren,
Esq., Q.C., D.C.L., visited the gaol
of the borough on
Sunday last, in accordance with his usual custom, and
spoke in a kindly manner to many of the culprits incar-
cerated therein."
[Let us hope that with this we have now heard the
last of a very scandalous and most disgraceful attack
upon a man of distinguished reputation. In the malig-
nity of his assailants, Mr. Warren has tasted the bitter-
ness of misrepresentation. From the honest judgment
of an unenvious public, he has at length derived the
sweets of fair-play and complete appreciation. This
painful episode in his career as an administrator of the
laws of hliarit s country we cannot but regard as a tribute to
his popuy—the tribute, it may be, of jealousy and
disappointment—unhappily
penalty for any brilliant success at the bar and in litera-
ture.—ED. SUN.] the by no means unfrequent

MIRACULOUS ESCAPE ON THE RIVER.—The various
persons travelling by the different steam-boats near
Southwark Bridge were yesterday afternoon painfully
excited in consequence of the following accident, which,
had it not been for the intrepid conduct of two of the
firemen of the London Brigade and a waterman, would,
in all probability, have terminated fatally. It appears
thatovebraoalardd, aiobtoouttbtwe elßveiveyreaTrebarne
ofasr accidentally fell
and was instantly
carried by k,tlie swell of the
water, caused by some
passing steam-boats, some distance into the river,
and was kicking and plunging most desperately,
until he sank under the surface of the water. At that
instant a waterman, in his prize outrigger, rowed to his
assistance, and seized hold of the hair of his head just as
he was sinking for the second time. He, however,
knew that if he attempted to pull the boy into his boat
it would overturn, and that both he and the lad might
be drowned. He therefore called loudly for help, when
Joseph Gerrard, the engineer of the steam-floating engine,
and his brother George, jumped into the boat belonging
to the float, rowed to the spot, and fortunately succeeded
in pulling the lad into their craft. lie was then found
to be in an insensible state, and it was feared that he
could not recover. He was forthwith removed to the
Welsh Trooper, Bankside, where he was placed in a hot
bath, and, under the directions of two medical gentlemen
who attended, the lad, after some considerable time, was
so far restored as to be able to be put to bed in hot
blankets, furnished by the landlord of the house. The
present makes the sixth life that the firemen at the
floating engine have saved.
HEALTH OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN TURKEY.—We
have received letters from Varna, dated the 23d and
27th June. On the latter date the force at Varna was
30,000 stronm, and an advanced light division, about 20
miles from Varna, was nearly 7,000 strong, independ-
ent of cavalry. The sick of the main body and of the
advanced division did not amount to 3 per cent. of the
strength. In spite of some inconveniences they are well
cared for, and want for nothing. One case of spasmodic
cholera had occurred, but there had been none since the
20th. Diarrhoea bad prevailed to a considerable extent,
but had ceased after the site of the encampment had been
altered, and warm tea and coffee had been issued as
morning meals for the soldiers. The medical officers
complain of the bad effects of the wine of the country,
and speak highly of the excellent results of the supply of
English porter, expressing hopes that it may be obtained
in sufficient quantities to supersede the use of wine
entirely.—Medical Times and Gazette.
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BURIALS BEYOND THE METROPOLIS.-011 Saturday
the bill of Lord Palmerston was issued to make further
provision for the burial of the dead beyond the, metro-
polis. Town councils may be vested with powers for
providing burial grounds, and the expenses may be
made of the rates. The bill is to amend the act of last
year.