The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-02 00:00:00

THAMES- OFFICE.

Yesterday Mr. Valentine, an inspector of the K division of police,,
accompanied by Mr. Belson, a surgeon in High-street, who was the pa-.
rish-doctor of St. John, Wapping, before the introduction of the new
Poor-law, and is now one of the medical officers of the Stepney Union,
related to Mr. Broderip a case of severe distress which had come under
their notice. The inspector was bound, in the performance of his duty
to inform the Bench that a woman, whose name appeared on the po-
lice-sheet as " Charlotte Spriggs, aged 40, found in a destitute condition,
having no place of abode," could not be brought to the office in conse-
quence of her being in a dying state; and he added that it was with
treat difficulty he procured h r admission into the workhouse, where
she then was.

Mr. Valentine stated that about seven o'clock on Tuesday morning
two unfortunate women found the woman lying on the pavement in
Blue Gate-fields, Shadwell. She was in a state of insensibility and.
extreme suffering. They brought the poor creature to the station_
house, and mentioned to the police sergeant, No. 27 K, who was there,
where and in what state they had found her. Sergeant Derrick im-
mediately ordered James Rooke, a policeman, No. 245 K, to co.nvey
her to Wapping Workhouse, and she was carried there on the
stretcher. On knocking at the gate the porter said his master a vas
nut up, but he would not admit her if he was without an order from
the relieving officer. On hearing this Rooke left the woman at the.
Greenbank station-house, adjoining the workhouse, and sent for Dr.
Belson, who lived close by. The Doctor promptly attended, and, on
seeing the woman, said it was a severe case of distress, and the woman
ought to be placed in a warns bed directly. Rooke proceeded to
the house of Mr. Serjeant, the relieving overseer of the Shadwelll
and Wapping district of the Stepney Union, and stated the nature of
the case to him. Mr. Serjeant said he could not give an order for the
admission of the woman without he saw her ; and that Phillips, the
master of the workhouse, could admit her if he thought fit. Sergeant
Henham, lii K, was the bearer of this message to Phillips, who said
he wou d not take any person in unless it was a case of great emergency,
without an order. Henham represented the alarming illness of the
woman to Phillips, who refused to alter his determination. H enham,
finding the woman getting worse, sent a messenger to Mr. Serjeant, and
requested him to call at the stalon-house. The Relieving o.cficer
shortly after attended there, and Henham observed, " This is a v cry
bad case, Sir. Mr. Belson says it is a very bad one, and tl !at
she ought to be put in a very warm bed as soon as possible. "
Serjeant, after looking at the woman, said, " Dr. Belson and r
don't agree in that. I thought when I came here I came to see a
terrible bad case—l can'tadmit her." Henham represented thepropriety
of affording the woman a better asylvm than the station.house, end
Sergeant asked him where she was found. Ilenham made answer in
Bluegate Fields (a narrow lane leading out of High-street, Shadwell,
cue side being in St. Paul, Shadwell, and the other in St. George,
Middlesex.) Sergeant asked which side, and on being told it was the
Shadwell side of the street, said, " Why was she not rut over to the
other side, and let other people have the trouble of her? I shall give
no order for her admittance." The relitv:ng officer left the woman :vs
the station-house about ten o'clock, and by his (Mr. Valentine's) diree-
tions she was allowed to remain before the fire, and was attended with
the greatest care by Henham anl other ffi.e3rs. She continued un.
well all day, and a bason of soup, which was sent t o n the workhouse,
was applied to her lips, but she was unable to swallow it. A
half-pint of porter was sent her by Mr. Belson, which she swallowed,
but her stomach wss so weak that she covld not retain the liquor, and
j2cte I it. About half-past ten o'clock at ni ht, t'ae condition of the
woman became so alarming that He sham sent to Mr. Belson again, rce
queAing Isis immediate attendance, for the purpose of devising some►
means to get the woman into the workhouse. Mr. Belson prom?tly at-
tended, and he said the woman was so very ill that he would use his in-
fluence 'o obtain her admission. He left for a short time, and on Isis
return directed the woman to be carried to the workhouse, which sho
entered about eleven o'cloc%, and where she halsince remained. The
woman appeared to have suffered from want of the common necessaries
of life, and he should say it was a case of real distress. He believed
she had been living in Ratcliffe. . Very little, however, could be col-
lected from her as to her previous condition in life.
Mr. BRODERIP went over all the facts of the case, as detailed above,
and directed the inspector to represent the whole matter to the Police
Commissioners, who would act as they should be advised, to prevent
the Police being taken away from their legitimate duties, and if any
change for the worse took place as regarded the unfortunate woman,
who he trus!ed would receive every care and attention, he begged that
he might be informed of it as early as possible.
The inspector promised to comply with the directions of the worthy
Magistrate, and here the matter ended.

HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY.—Among
the many distinguished families comprised in the Fifteenth
Part of Mr. Burke's History of the Commoners, just pub-
lished, are the following :—Adams of Anstey—Foljambe of
Osberton—Babington of Rothley Temple—Barton of Staple-
ton Park—Hope of Deepdene—Atkins of Firville—Huysho
of Sand—Taylor of Ogwell—Reynell of Devon—Fowler of
Pendcford—Carne of Nash—Nicholl of Dimland—lrby of
Boyland Hall—Wren of Constable Burton—Whitgreave of
Moseley Court—Leigh of West Hall—Lloyd of Dan yr
Allt—Hesketh of Gwyrch Castle—Fleetwood of Rossall—
Speke of Jordans—Robertson of Strowan—Lee 'Warner of
Walsingham Abbey—Milbanke of Thorpe Perrow—Tyndale
of Hayling—French of French Park—Harvey of Sckwell-
bury—Chadwick of Sl,vintonhall—Cookes of Bentley—Crorn-
melin of Carrowdore Castle—Fowell of Devonshire—Digby
of Osbertstown—Dappa of Hollingbourne—Hibbert Ware of
Edinburgh—Macneill of Barra—Mayne of Teffont—Slaney
of Hatton Grange—Phipps of Leighton House— Pratt of
Capra Castle—Radcliffe of Fox.denton—Skene of Rubieslaw
—Upton of Ingmire Ilan, &c. One more Part will com-
plete this important and interesting work.
- FINE OLD ENGLISH LABOURER.—At Words-
ley, near Stourbridge, there is now living a man, of the ex-
traordinary age of 112 years. lie was born in the neighbour-
hood of Brierley Hill, where he was put parish apprentice for
three years. In his youthful days, he accidentally received a
cut across the temples, which deprived him both of speech and
hearing, and he now remains deaf and dumb, but his eyesight
is remarkably good—so good that he is able to read and write
the usual schoolboy's small hand. He left Wordsley about
30 years ago, and has been working in some gardens in Lon-
don, and no account was heard of him from that time till Tues-
day, the 21st of November last, when, who should present
himself but " Poor Old Cookey" (the name by which he was
called thirty years ago), to the no little surprise of many, who
now literally speaking, arc old men, and who remembered the
old man when they were boys and apprentices. He walks re-
markably well, his hair is very long, but not yet grey, and his
faculties are very good. From his appearance, a person would
not judge him to be more than 70 years : but it is well authen-
ticated that his age is 112. Those who knew him when he
left say, there is not the slightest change in his appearance.
He formerly used to work about the glass houses as a la-
bourer, where he now takes.up his abode, and depends upon
the generosity of the workmen for support.

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BITIIS.
On the 28th ult., in ChesterR
-street, Grosvenor-place, Mrs. 1
Fitzroy, of a daughter.
On the 30th ult., the lady of T. Barrow, Esq., of a daughter.

MARRIED.
At St. Margaret's, Westminster, on the 30th ult., the Rev. Vir:
T. F. Goodehild, to Jane Theophila, eldest (laughter of Frano6
Turner, Esq., of Queen-square.

DIED.
On the 23(1 ult., at Cork, Major Banner, of the 93d Highlanders'
awl formerly of the 23d Lancers, second son of R. Banner, Esql
late of Embleton and Horton. He was a distinguished officer at
Waterloo.
100.
On the 23d ult , R. Percy Wilson, Esq., of Bildeston House,
Suffolk, aged 69.
On the 29th ult., aged 9 years, and 5 months, Caroline Maria,
youugcst daughter of R. Paterson, Esq., Blackheath.

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