The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-18 00:00:00

BOW-STREET-(tHIS DAY).

SERIOUS CHARGE.—A man and his wife, named Coles,
residing at No. 4, Little White Lidn-street, Seven-dials,
were brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with having,
while in a state of intoxication, caused the death of a
male child six months old, with which the woman was
intrusted to nurse.

It appeared that yesterday evening, about six o'clock,
the prisoners, who had been out drinking nearly the
whole of the day, returned home in a state of intoxica-
tion, and directly w€ nt to bed, taking with them the
child. After some short time had elapsed, the male
prisoner got out of bed, and called to a woman in an
adjoining room to come and find his handkerchief, as he
wanted to go out, and on this woman going into pri-
soner's room, the man said she would find the handker-
chief in the bed. She then turned up the clothes at the
foot of the bed, when the first object that presented itself
to her notice was the dead body of the child, which ap-
peared to have been smothered by the "prisoners over-
laying it.
Mr. Jardine said it was a serious charge, and he
should remand the prisoners till the result of the
coroner's inquest was known.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE HARBOUR DEPARTMENT OF
THE ADMIRALTY.—This morning a painter who had re-
sided in the Walworth-road, expired in Westminster
Hospital, from the effects of contusions and fractures,
occasioned yesterday by falling from a height of above 30
feet. It appears that the deceased was employed to
clean the windows of the offices of the Admiralty Har-
bour Department, No. 15, Duke-street, Westminster,
and whilst engaged in a second floor back room, cleaning
the outside of the windows which overlook St. James's-
park, he incautiously sat on a low iron balcony that pro-
jected from the sill, holding the sash with one hand to
steady himself. Unfortunately the woodwork in the
frame was decayed, and the beading giving way, the sash
came out with a jerk, causing the deceased to overbalance
himself, and he was precipitated from his frail seat to
the ground, a distance of more than 30 feet.
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE
LAW.—A special meeting of this society was held at the
rooms, in Regent-street, last evening, to resume the ad-
journed debate on the proposition of a committee of the,
society for transferring the jurisdiction of the Eccle-
siastical Courts, in matters relating to the grant of
probate, and of? letters of administration, to the County
Courts and the Court of Chancery, together with the
various amendments moved thereon, which we have
already published. Mr. Pitt Taylor presided; and, after
considerable discussion, it was resolved, on the motion
of Dr. Spinks, to refer the whole matter back to the com-
mittee for further consideration—it being understood
that Mr. Pritchard, Doctors' Commons, should be added
to the committee. The meeting was then adjourned by
the vote of the members, upon which Mr. Stewart, ap-
parently with a view of making his own views the ground-
work of the committee's report, moved that Mr. Web-
ster take the chair. Mr. Webster having accordingly
taken that position, Mr. Stewart moved his resolutions
as an instruction to the committee, as he had vainly at
tempted to do before Mr. Taylor left the chair ; upon
which another motion for an adjournment was put and
carried on a show of hands by 10 to 7. Mr. Stewart,
upon this demanded a division, when the adjournment
was negatived by 11 to 10—above three-fourths of the
member having left the room upon Mr. Webster being
voted to the chair. Mr. Stewart once more proposed his
resolutions and the adjournment was again moved as an
amendment, and carried by 11 to 10—thus reversing the
majority, and bringing the meeting to a close, about 10
minutes after 11 o'clock—nearly three-quarters of an
hour having been wasted in a profitless and most un-
seemly discussion.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN DIVIDEND.—The Lon-
don and North-Western dividend is currently reported at
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum only,
owing to the
Quarter Shares coming in for dividend this half-year for
the first time.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND BUCKINGHAM-
SHIRE.—The Parliamentary declaration of the London
and North-Western Railway Company with reference to
this bill, sets forth that the cost of the undertaking is
to be defrayed by means of funds they are authorised to
raise by shares, and by borrowing on mortgage or bond,
amounting to 35,546,9581., of which 23,951,6201. are
authorised to be raised by shares, and 11,595,338/.
by borrowing or shares, and of which there
will remain unexpended, after deducting funds under
other acts and funds for works proposed under other bills
this session, a surplus of 60,0001. to be applied to the
PurPoses proposed by the Buckinghamshire Bill. The
schedule referred to in the declaration .1-efers to 43 Acts
of Parliament obtained by the London and North-
Western for its establishment.
Rio DE JANElRO.—Official intelligence has been re-
ceived by the Government of the discovery of a gold
mine of extraordinary richness in the Serra of Botuca-
barn, between Iguape and Sorocaba.
DEATH OF THE HON. B. C. YELVERTON.—We have
to announce the death of the Hon. Barry Charles Yel-
verton, eldest son of Viscount Avonmore, of Belle Isle,
in the county of Tipperary, and Hazel Rock, in Mayo.
The sad event took place on the morning of the 11th
inst., at Hazel Rock, after a short illness of only two ,
days.