The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-19 00:00:00

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7 JANUARY 19, 1849.

Mr. Lovett deposed that he was assistant-surveyor to
the Board of Health, and had by the orders of the board
surveyed the ditches in the vicinity of the house chosen
at Hackney for the children removed from Tooting. He
found ditches filled with stagnant water, and which in
summer might, if disturbed, throw out most offensive
effluvia. He, however, found no disagreeable effluvia on
his last examination; but some time
_ago, when survey-
ing the same place, he had experienced a very offensive
effluvium indeed.
Mr. Pearse said that the house was only taken for a
short time to meet the emergency, and in his opinion it
was the most healthy that could have been adopted
under the circumstances, as all the children were getting
on well.

The CORONER said he should adjourn the farther
investigation'to Tuesday next, in order that Mr. Older-
shaw, of Islington, and other persons might be present,
whose absence on so important an inquiry, he said, sur-
prised him very much.—Adjourned accordingly.

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EXCISE COURT.—THURSDAY.
(Before H. DAVIS, Esq., A. MONTGOMERY, Esq., and
C. PRESSLY, Esq.)
INFORMATION AGAINST THE QUEEN'S HOTEL, BURLING-
TON GARDENS.—THE QUEEN V. RING.
This was an information against Mrs. Jane King, the
proprietress of a private hotel, known as the " Queen's
Hotel," Cork-street, Burlington. gardens, for retailing
spirituous liquours without a licence, with intent to de-
fraud her Majesty, and to the injury of the revenue.
The defendant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. J. Baker, an officer of excise, stated that on the 6th
of November last he went to the house of the defendant,
situated in Cork street, in the parish of St. James, West-
minster, accompanied by Mr. Brown, another officer.
The house is a private hotel. Upon entering the house
they were shown into the colfee-room. They rang the
bell, and ordered of the waiter two bottoms of brandy.
In a few moments the liquor was brought, upon which
witness handed the waiter a sovereign in payment of
the same. He received lOs. in change, making the
charge 2s. per glass, and immediately afterwards they
left the house. On the 24th of November again went to
the house, accompanied, as before, with Mr. Brown, and
were supplied, in the first instance, with sherry and
water, and afterwards with brandy and water, but on
this occasion were charged only ls. per glass for the
liquor. Other quantities of liquor were subsequently
obtained at similar prices.
Mr. Brown corroborated this evidence, and added that
the liquor was served without hesitation. On serving
it no remark was made as to the defendant having no
license.

The defendant said that if it was sold on the first oc-
casion she told the waiter to tell the gentlemen, on their
second visit, that she would send out for the liquor, and
could not charge for it, as she had no license. She
wished to call her waiter to speak to the fact of her
sending this message.
The waiter, John Peachy, was then put in the box,
and he said the message he received from his mistress
was, that she could not charge for the brandy but for
the wine. He did not deliver this message, because he
had no suspicion of the gentlemen.
The defendant said this was the first and only in-
stance that brandy had been sold, except to gentlemen
lodging in the house, who required a little with soda
water.

Mr. HART Davis—Do you suppose you have more
right to sell without license than any other persons?
You allow that you sell this brandy in your house, and
from information received it appears to have long been
the practice, and this has been found to act most injuri-
ously to the licensed victuallers of the neighbourhood.
You appear to be guilty of a violation of that protection
which should be given to the fair trader, besides defraud-
ing the revenue.
The defendant said she did not know of any fraud on
the revenue, for she took out ether licenses, and paid
very heavy rates.
Mr. HART Davis—The case is this. The officer re-
ceived information that you were in the habit of violating
the law. He goes to your house, he makes two detec-
tions, you send a sham message—for as only sham it can
be regarded—and even this he did not give unless the
parties were suspected.
The COURT said they should give judgment for the
full penalty of 501, and if the defendant was authorised
to take out a license she might then petition for miti-
gation.

LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG
FERALES.—Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the friends
and subscribers to the above institution was held at the
Asylum at Tottenham—Mr. Astbury in the chair. The
report stated, that during the past year 25 houses of an
improper description had been wholly closed, in addition
to 221, by the society's agency, in London during the
last 12 years. Several young females had also been
rescued from the hands of noted procurers and pro-
curesses. One case the society had recently prosecuted,
after many months of laborious assiduity and much ex-
pense, and succeeded in a conviction against G. Joseph
Murray, who was the keeper of not less than 50 im-
proper houses in London. These houses were from high
localities (one being is Curzon-street, May-fair), and
descending in the scale of respectability to streets in
Bishopsgate, Holborn, Strand, Southwark, &c. These
houses Murray let out at 11. per day, leaving them to
derive their emolument from all receipts above that
sum. The society selected three of the most noto-
rious houses, and, at the last Middlesex Sessions,
Murray was sentenced on one indictment to six months'
imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc-
tion, and pay a fine of 1002 to the Queen; on the se-
cond a further term of three months' imprisonment and
a fine of 501.; and on the third, to enter into his recogni-
zance of 100/. and two sureties of 40/. to come up for
judgment when called for if the house in Curzon-street
was not closed. Since that period the society has pre-
ferred another indictment against him for keeping a
house in the City; so that the whole nuisance, by which
Murray has amassed a large fortune, will ultimately be
put down. Prosecutions against other individuals are
also pending. During the past year there have been re-
ceived into the asylum 88 females, the eldest not exceed-
ing fifteen years, of whom 12 were restored to their
friends, 9 sent to service, and 1 dismissed for bad con-
duct, leaving 66 on the foundation; making a total of
425 who have been received. Many peculiar and inte-
resting cases of applications are daily refused admission,
in consequence of the present low state of the funds.
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THE RAILWAY ROIMERIES.—Letters have been
recently received from Maynard and from Garratt, at
Bermuda (who with others, were convicted in 1845-6 of
robberies on railways, whereby an end was put to an
extensive system of plunder of railways and passengers,
and much property restored) in which several disclosures
as to the mode of operation and the parties implicated
are made, and others are promised ; and it is stated
that the right parties are not yet taken ; that Williams
and Dalton are out there. Maynard is at present school-
master on board the hulk. Three of the six who were
convicted of those nefarious practices were noblemen's
valets, and not " practised London thieves;" and they
have intimated that railway servants were "more deeply
implicated than themselves." The late Post-office rob-
bery is tho most serious that has ever happened on rail-
ways; the other extraordinary ones were, the Great
Western cash box, in 1844, and again in 1847, of above
2,0001. each time; the plunder by the Maynard, Garratt,
and Farr gangs in 1845 and 1846 (which were broken
up after exertions and proceedings of no ordinary cha-
racter, in which Mr. Nash was so successful, at a great
expense in money and labour, which have not yet been
recompensed) ; then the bankers' box of gold in 1847;
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—Railway Record.
THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.— A meeting ofthe
vestry of St. Pancras was held on Wednesday afternoon,
at the new vestry-rooms, Camden-town, to consider the
gaol for Middlesex, as sug-
gested by the county proposed erection of a new
magistrates. A memorial to the
magistrates, strongly
y deprec,ting the proposed erection,
on account of the enormous increase it would cause in
the county rates, at a time when the inhabitants were ill
able to bear the present burdens, n. as moved, and unani-
mously agreed to.

nitory symptoms. The four children into whose deaths
they were now inquiring, were of the number removed
on his first visit to Tooting. They were takL on the
night of their arrival at Hackney, and after suffering
under cholera from ten to thirty hours, expired more
from debility than the cholera, which disease had been
subdued by the treatment he had adopted. The other
fifty children were now doing well, being all free from
that disease, though suffering under other slight diseases.
One of the jury—What is your opinion with regard
to the origin of cholera at Mr. Drouet's? Witness had
no hesitation in saying that it was caused by the crowded
state of the establishment, the want of proper ventila-
tion, the innutritiousness of the diet given to the in-
mates, together with exposure to cold.
Mr. Grainger read a portion of the report, which he
had given in evidence before Mr. Wakley, and which
has already appeared in this paper. Mr. Grainger said
that he now verified'that report with one exception, viz.,
that point wherein he stated that Mr. Hall, the assis-
tant poor-law commissioner, had given a written order
limiting the number of children to be received at Mr.
Drouet's establishment. It appeared that Mr. Hall had,
on the last day of Mr. Wakley's inquest, corrected that
portion of the report, by stating that the order was
verbal, and more in the light of a suggestion than an
order, and was, therefore, not considered binding by Mr.
Drouet.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN.—The directors have
made a call of 51. per share on the Grand Junction 401. shares. Mr. M'Connell, the company's superintendent,
has constructed what he calls a deflectometer, its object
being to test the deflection of the rails under the various
weights of engines, the better to determine on the struc-
tural strength of permanent way.
SOUTH EASTERN.—The trains now run right into the
harbour terminus at Folkestone, to the steamboat sta-
tion, thus materially accelerating the continental transit.
A great swing-bridge has been thrown across the quay
constructed for this purpose. The company are about
to enlarge their station accommodation in this quarter,
with the view of making Folkestone their great water
terminus.

The line between Drogheda and Castleblaney is to be
opened in a month, and the result of it will be that the
Dublin mails will be accelerated an hour and a half.
SOUTH DEVON.-Traffic for the week ending January
12, 1849:-Passengers, parcels, &c., 7,320, amount
1,5321. 14s. 2d. ; Great Western Railway, 5711. 2s. 9d. ;
South Devon Railway, 967/. I Is. 5d.; Goods, 1471. 155.4 d.
Total, South Devon, 1,1151. 6s. 9d.
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.-Traffie for the week
ended Jan. 14, 1849:-Passengers, Ist class, 1361. 7s. 10d.;
2d class, 278/. Is. 7d ; 3d class, 831. Gs. sd. =--
4971. 15s. 10d. ; parcels, horses, &c., 39/. 9s. Id. ; mer-
chandise, minerals, and live stock, 7201. 15s. 9d. ; total,
1,2581. Os. Bd. ; Corresponding week last year :-Pas-
sengers, parcels, &c., 267/. Bs. 6d. ; merchandise and live
stock, 308/. 6s. 9d. 575/. 15s. 3d. Increase, 682/. ss. sd.
PARIS AND ROUEN RAILWAY. - The following is a
return of the receipts on the Paris and Rouen Railway,
for the week ending the 13th of January, 1849 :-
Passengers, 48,713 f. ; luggage, parcels, &c., 2,343 f.
goods, 68,359 f. 60c. ; carriages and horses, 798 f. 65c.;
miscellaneous, 4,207 f. 50c. Total for the week,
119,872 f. 10c.

DIEPPE RAILWAY.--The following is a return of the
receipts on the Dieppe Railway for the week ending the
13th of January, 1849 :—Passengers, 2,708 f. 20c.; lug-
gage, parcels, &c., 43f. 75c.; goods, 4,336 f. 40c.; car-
riages and horses, Br. 40c.; cattle, 2,697 f. 10c. Total
for the week, 7,713 f. 10e.
ROUEN AND HAVRE RAILWAY.—The following is a
return of the receipts on the Rouen and Havre Railway,
for the week ending the 13th of January, 1849 :
Passengers, 17,7361. 10c. ; luggage, parcels, &c.,
7521. 10c. ; goods, 27,511 f. 25c.; carriages and horses,
52f. 75c.; miscellaneous, 2,255 f. 55c. Total for the week,
48,3071. 75c.