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lAN ASYLUM.
DONATION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sra,—ln your very full and able report of the
Proceedings of the general meeting of the Caledonian
Asylum, held yesterday, at the Hall of the Scottish
Hospital, it is stated that " a letter was read from
Captain Forbes, presenting 1001. to the Asylum, a
munificent offer, which was much cheered." This, I
regret to say, is incorrect, as will be seen by the
Gallant Captain's letter, addressed to the chairman
of the meeting on the subject. This munificent sum
was presented by Mr. Miller, of Fenchurch-street,
through Captain Porbes. The following is an exact
copy of the letter, which was read by the chairman ;
and I shall fel much obliged by your inserting it
in The Sun of to-day :

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" 5, Ilydo Park-gate, Dec. 5, 1849.
"My dear Sir,—l am informed, though I scarcely
believe it, that you intend to bring forward a notice, to-
morrow, relative to the suppression of the ban] Ido
intreat of you, iu common justice to me, who have dis-
bursed, for the benefit of the institution, so large a sum
of money, for which I have never yet asked a retura,
that while, under my present circumstances, I am pre-
vented from being present, you will see the propriety of
abstaining from mooting a question so distasteful to me,
and, I may even add, annoying to my feelings. I need
not, to you, reiterate the almost universal expression of
admiration this portion of the institution produces out
of doors,' though within, at our councils, we appear to
be constantly seeking for %übjects of agitation. I know
the band to be almost, if not quite, self-supporting ; at
all events it brings to the institution many subscribers
of enthusiastic feelings towards their country, whose
benevolence, if I may say so, without any disrespect to-
wards their more ennobling sentiments, is excited and
urged on by witnessing the interesting spectacle of the
juvenile band, putting out of the question the provision
it affords to all the boys who have no other occupation
to fall back upon on quitting the institution. Under
these circumstances, I cannot allow this branch of it to
be suppressed without promoting, as far as lies in my
power, such a struggle as may, to my grief, possibly
tend to injure, as these constant agitations do, without
doubt, the best interests of our valuable charity.
" I sin, my dear Sir, yours truly,
(Signed) '6 CHARLES FORBES.
"James Simpson, E.q.
" P.S. I may, in corroboration of one part
of my
letter, state to you that I, the other day, paid into
Messrs. Coutts and Co. the sum of 1001., from Mr.
Miller, of Feechurch-street, one moiety,of it in aid of 'he
band. " C. F.D
In deference to the gallant captain the discussion
on the band was dropped.
Another letter was received by Captain Lamont,
one of the treasurers, while ate the meeting yester-
day, from a Highland laird, Mr. Campbell, Sunthull
Hall, Argyllshire, conveying a cheque for Si. in aid of
the band. The institution only requires to be righted,
and sums will be received by Scotchmen all over the
world in aid of this delightful branch of the insti-
tution.

The juvenile band was originated in March, 1846,
by Captain Lamont, and he has paid since then more
than 5001. to support it. The munificence of the late
lamented Sir Charles Forbes and his family and
friends requires no comment from me.

Captain Charles Forbes has been unanimously
elected vice-president in: room of his father, Sir
Charles Forbes deceased.

I enclose a copy of the report by the band committee,
which will throw some light on the subject, but you
can scarcely imagine the great diffieulfies with which
Captain Lamont and Captain Charles Forbes have to
contend. There is a certain party connected with
this institution who take every opportunity to put
down the juvenile baud. I know the motives that
induce some of tkem to have recourse to such proceed-
ings, and it they persist in it I shall certainly unmask
the whole of their proceedings.
I have taken a deep interest in the welfare and
management of this institu'.ion—a nob:e institution,
and worthy of its benevolent founders : it is an
asylum for the sons and daughters of the " brave"
and unfortunate, and I shall consider it a prid-, an
honour it my humble efforts shall in seine degree be
the means of bringing about a batter state of ma-
n3gement, and of restoring public confidence.
I am determined to watch the progress of every
movement.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A GUARDIAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sirs,—Your sevore but just remarks on the horrid
practice of flogging naked females of the age of
puberty have not escaped my notice. Nor am I at
all surprised to find Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. Hector
Rose, and the Reverend John Cumming, advocating
its infliction, since it is well known that, up to this
time, in this enlightened age, as it is called, and in
their country (Scotland), where so high a claim is
put forth to superior enlightenment, and to purer
views as to morals and manners, and at boarding
schools for young ladies of no small pretensions to
respectability, the practice of flogging the refractory
in their public schools is, to their country's shame,
still persisted in, and considered wholesome punish-
ment.

I trust, with you, that the time is not far distant
when coporal punishment except for mere children,
and then very sparingly, will have ceased.
With great respect, I remain, yours faithfully,
SENEX.
London, December 6, 1849.

DREADFUL MURDER OF A WIFE.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. B.—Yesterday afternoon an in-
quest was held before the borough coroner on the
body of Isabella Cheetham, wife of Richard Cheet-
ham, a collier, living in Bollan-street, Over Darwen,
who died yesterday morning in consequence of the
brutal injuries which she received from her husband.
The deceased and her murderer have been married
about five years, and were respectively aged 26 and
25 years.
The prisoner was present during the investigation.
The principal witness was Mary Knowles, a child
of nine years old, sister of the deceased, who. said—
When she went in on the occasion in question the
deceased and her husband were in the house, and he
was sober. There was a pan upon the fire, and the
prisoner began to shake it and to spill the water in
the fire. He then took the pan off the fire, and said
it should not go on again until he had something to
eat. His wife said she could not get it without the
money. The prisoner replied, " But I will make
thee do it," and he lifted up his fist and knocked her
down. lle hit her in the breast, and she fell on the
floor; he then got upon her, and knelt upon her belly
with his knees, and " began a kneading of her"
(working his knees up and down or stamping upon
her with them). Ile then commenced pulling her
ears until he made them bleed. Whilst he was on
her he kept hitting her with his fists oa both sides of
the head. She shouted out " Oh, dear me," and a
neighbour came up and said " They are killing
Isabella." The prisoner knelt upon his wife for about
twenty minutes. He then got up and commenced
pulling her nose. This took place on Thanlvigiving-
day. The deceased lingered until Thursday, when
she died.

Several other witnesses having been called, the
jury. after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder" against the prisoner, and he was
comm tted to Kiikdale to await his trial.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. MARRIOTT, OF FLEET-
STREET.—On Saturday, about a quaver after four
o'clock, Mr. Henry Marriott, the extensive scule.maker
and ironmonger, of Fleet-street, and who was formerly
a member of the Court of Common Council, entered ono
of the carriages of the South-Western Railway, for the
purpose of proceeding to his country house, near Kings-
ton. In the course of a few minutes after the unfortu-
nate gentleman had entered he was noticed to drop his
head as if unwell. A friend of his, who was also in the
carriage, went to his assistance, and found him srecch-
less. He was remov.d from the carriage just as the
whistle was blowing for she train to start, and was car-
ried into the station. ,Mr. S..lt el, surge u, and another
medical man, saw him, and at once pren-unced life to be
totally extinct. The body was forthwith removed to
one of the private rooms at the Hero of Waterloo-inn,
near the station, where it awaits an inquest.
LONDON IN 1543.—A very curious and instructive
work has recently been engraved, being a copy from the
drawing made by Antony Van et r Wyngrerde, •
F.ernish draughtsman, employed by Philip IL of Spain.
Purchased by the late Mr. Sutherland, on the decease
of that gentleman it was transferred, with the rest of
his collection, to the Bodleian Library, at Oxford,
where it remains. Mr. Whittock has done good service
by making this vivid and faithful copy, and it will be
bailed with delight by all who take any interest in the
history of the British metropolis. Having been taken in
the 34th year of the reign of Henry VIII., it is con-
sequently full half a century miler than Holler's map,
and it includes delineations of many buildings which
bad perished when Holler's plan was undertaken. Many
of the buildings here copied from Van der Wyngrerde's
sketch have yielded fresh information to many who had
familiarised themselves with every previous illustration
of early London architecture; and those who have
everything to learn on the subject will ba both pleased
and instructed by seeing for the first time St. Paul's, the
City wall and gates, St. John's Hospital, Baynard Castle,
Suffolk House, the Fleet River, Holborn-bridge, &c., as
they existed in the early part of the 16th century.
DEATH FROM CHLOROFOESI AT SUREWSBURY.—.
On Wednesday evening an inquest was held at Shrews-
bury, upon the body of a poor Webh girl named Jones,
from the neighbourhood of the Craven Arms, between
Church Stretton and Ludlow, who died on the same day.
It appeared that it was necessary for her to undergo a
very painful operation, that of the removal of the eye-
ball, and with her own fall consent Mr. W. J. Clement,
the surgeon under whose care she was, administered
about Atcethird.of the quantity which he had given
othetapatients. It had, however, such an effect upon her
that she Wes sized with apoplexy, and speaking in
Welch at the time, expired instantaneously, as if she
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had swalhaed prussic acid. The jury returned a verdict
of " Died by apoplexy, caused by inhaling one drachm
of aloroforoa.' —Hereford Journal.