The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-09 00:00:00

DINNER TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL

AT THE TOWN-lIALL, LII771P00;

( Abr'dged from the Livrrponl Albion.)

The Mayor had issued cards of invitation to about seventy
gentlemen, including all shades of politics, to meet Lord John
Russell at dinner, at the Town-hall, on Wednesday. About
half-past six the company began to muster, but it was not until
after seven that the party sat down.
After the toasts of " The Queen," " The Royal Family,"
" The Army and Navy," " The Lord-Lieutenant of the
County," &c.
The MAYOR rose to propose the health of a distinguished
Member of Her Majesty's Government, who was that day his
guest, and one to whom the country owed so much. He begged
to give " the heath of Lord John Russell and her Majesty's
Ministers.r —( Applause.)
Lord J. Resszete felt highly honoured, both by the manner
in which the toast had been given and by the manner in which
it had been received. He enlarged at some length upon the
satisfaction which he had derived from his visit to Liverpool,
his admiration of all that he bad seen, and her importance
as one of the great marts of commerce. He alluded
to the recent improvements in the communications
from one part of the country to the other, and hoped that
this annihilation of time and space, this bringing of all in-
terests into contact with each other, would tend to harmonize
all, and bring them to act together. He would not, he said,
before such a party, wander into the field-of politics, but there
was one topic connected with his own department upon which
he might be allowed to dwell for a few moments. He alluded
to the public meetings which were now in the course of being
held in various parts of the country. There were some, per-
haps, who would put down such meetings. But such was
not his opinion, nor that of the Government with which he
acted. lie thought the people had a right to free discussion.
It was free discussion which elicited truth. They had a right
to meet. If they bad no grievances, common sense would
speedily come to the rescue, and put an end to these meet-
ings. It was not from free discussion, it was not from the
unchecked declaration of public opinion, that Governments
had anything to fear. There was fear when men were
driven by force to secret combinations. There was the
fear—there was the danger, and not in free discussion.
He then alluded, with the greatest satisfaction, to the re-
duction of the item of secret service money which had been
effected since he entered the Home-office, and concluded a
most effective speech by expressing a hope that much would
soon be done to raise the people, in a moral point of view, by
an enlightened and religious education. He had visited
the Corporation schools in the course of that very day, and
had witnessed the religious instruction of the children with
the greatest pleasure. . His Lordship then sat down amidst
great applause.
His LORDSHIP again rose to propose " The health of the
Mayor of Liverpool."
The MAYOR returned thanks in an eloquent speech. He
said he had on his left hand a Nobleman who was well known
to the country as the friend of all that was liberal and enlight-
ened, and one who was deeply connected with the agricultural
interests of the country. He would give " Lord Ebrington
and the agricultural interest."
Lord EBRINGTON congratulated the company upon having in
that room one who had done so much fur the country as the
Home Secretary, and expressed the high satisfaction which be
derived from his visit to Liverpool.
The MAYOR observed, that there was another member of
the Government present to whose urbanity of manners and
kind attention on all matters of business connected %Nab Liver-
pool he could bear ample witness. He begged to propose
" the health of Mr. Stanley, the Secretary for the Treasury."
Mr. STANLEY returned thanks in a very short but very elo-
quent speech. He spoke emphatically of his desire to meet the
wishes of the inhabitants of Liverpool in any matter which fell
within his department. Mr. Stanley referred to the calumnies
with which the Corporation had been assailed, from interesteal
motives, on the subject of the schools, and expressed his satis-
faction with what he had that day seen—especially the reli-
gious instruction of the children. He lisped that the day of
misrepresentation had gone by, and that the spirit of charity
and kindly feeling, which, we were told, formed so important a
feature in our holy religion, would once more prevail.
Some other healths being drunk, the company left the din-
ing• room, and adjourned to tea and coffee. After about are
hour spent ia conversation in the drawing-room, they broke up
at a little after eleven o'clock.
The Liverpool Chronicle says:—" We are pleased to hear
in all quarters that Lord John Russell made a most favourable
impression upon the minds of all who held any opportunity of
conversing with and hearing him during his late visit. And
of those who have so informed us, many Reformers, discon-
tented beyond measure at the late Session of Parliament, ap-
proached him in no mood to be easily pleased, but, neverthe-
less, they also left him with the conviction that he is yet
unshaken in his firm attachment to the people and their cause.
We rejoice to hear this, especially from witnesses who were
more inclined to cavil and to criticise than to bestow the
slightest portion of applause."

A letter of the 11th ult., from Constantinople, is
given by the Smyrna Journal. It quotes recent letters from
Tabriz, according to which Mr. M‘Neill was still expected
there. The monthly courier of the British embassy had been
sent on the Bth to London with despatches from Lord Pon-
sonby and Mr. M.Neill. A Turkish female• is stated to bare
eloped with an English gentleman, and, on being claimed by
her husband, to have refused to recognise him, on the plea
that she had become English by the same right which permits
a European to embrace the Mussulman faith. All the mea-
sures taken by the husband to recover his kst rib are said to
have been attended.with no result.

On Thursday Elizabeth Ann Kirk died suddenly,
after having eaten some of the berries of the deadly night-
shade. The poison produced the most acute inflammation of
the stomach and bowels, death immediately following these
symptoms.—Lincolnshire Chronicle.
SUDDEN DEATHS.--The number of sudden deaths
in Edinburgh of late has been most startling. In addition to
the death of Bailie Haig, of Lochrin, late member of the
Town Council, who expired suddenly on a shooting excursion,
we have now to record the death of Mr. John Turnbull,
Chamberlain of the City. Mr. Turnbull rose on Thursday
in his usual he•ilth ; but while in the act of dressing he was
seized with an attack of apoplexy, under which he lingered
till yesterday morning, when he expired. Mr. Turnbull held
the office of City Chamberlain for many years, and was much
respected.—Edinburgh Courant.

On Monday night, the wife of a bailiff', residing at
North Shoebury, in this county, eloped from her husband's
house with a labourer working on the same farm, taking with
her most of the cash in hand, amounting to about 401. ; they
steamed it to London. The husband having got informotion
of their line of route, followed them to town, where he ob-
tained the assistance of an officer, who found the frail one se-
creted under the bed of her seducer. On searching the man,
141. in gold, and 20/. in notes, were found upon him. The
interesting party were brought down to this place on Wednes-
day, in custody, and the man was fully committed for trial by
Mr. Lodwick, on a charge of stealing the money. The lady
has done what ladies similarly situated do—gone home to her
relations to repent of her bad propensities.-- Chelmsford Chron.
STATE OF HEALTH IN THE METROPOLIS.—
We regret to state, that the small-pox has been for some time
very prevalent in various parts of the metropolis, and exceed-
ingly fatal. The bills of mortality for the past week mention
45 deaths as owing to that disease alone, and, we have beard
from several registrars that they have had a very large propor-
tion of deaths to register from that cause. The hills of mor-
tality give an increase of 560 deaths upon the past week, prin-
cipally attributed to age and debility consumption, convulsions,
and small-pox.—Observer.

On Monday last an Irishman, named Salangher,
and his wife Ann, were examined before the Bradford Magis,
trates on suspicion having poisoned their infant child. It will
be remembered that the dead body of a child a few weeks old
was found about a month ago between Kitkstall and Leeds,
and that when an inquest was held thereon before Mr. Black-
burn, coroner for Leeds, Mr. Baker, surgeon, deposed that
he had examined the child, and there were no indications of
its having died a violent death, whereupon a verdict was re-
turned by the jury according to the facts laid before them, and
the child was buried. It seems that about three gion-hs ago
the woman was committed to the Heuse of Correction fur a
month for exposing her child near the Shear Bridge, at Brad-
ford, and that after her liberation, on the 7th of August last,
she and her husband went to lodge at a common lode lug-house
kept by one Mary Sanderson, in Bowling. They had with
them a boy about six years old and the above-named child.
The husband was employed by Mr. Laycock, of Bradford, in
haymaking, at Apperley Bridge. On Saturday evening, the
18,11 of August. the woman went to Mr. Mainwaring, surgeon
and druggist, Bowling, and bought a quantity of Godfrey's
cordial, and on her return gave the child, notwithstanding the
strong expostulations of Mrs. Sanderson, a table-spoonful or
two of the cordial. She afterwards went into a neighbour's
house, and gave it some more. The child fell asleep, and
awoke no more. The next morning the Irish woman and her
husband went away, she taking the dead body.of the child under
her shawl. They stated that they would goto Leeds,
Whenwhere
they had some relatives who would bury the child.
information reached Bowling that a child had been found, it
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was immediately suspected that this child was h
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been taken away by the Irish woman.
ling caioe to Leeds, and had the child x
Bowling, where it. was identified by Mrs.ehumed and taken to
Sanderson by a mark
on its hip, as the child taken from her house by the Irish
woman. The constable subsequently succeeded in apprehend-
ing the woman and her husband, and they were brought up on
Monday, when the above facts were
.detailed in evidence, and
prisonerstadheduce, remanded till Wednesday, when no evidence being
adduced that the cordial was administered with the intention of
causing death, they were discharged. It was, however, stated
that the quantity of cordial given to the child was sufficient to
poison two or three of its age.—Leeds Inielligencer.
KEswlcK.—The beautiful little town of Keswick
still continues to be crowded with fashionable visitors, and
during the whole of last week the inns presented a scene of
considerable bustle and animation—all being entirely filled
with company Indeed, so crowded was the town about a
week back, that on Lord Brougham's arrival no accommoda-
tion could ise found at the inns, and his Lordship was compelled
to take up his quarters for the night at private lodgings, which
were likewise difficult to obtain. Amongst other worthies of
note now on a visit to Keswick is the celebrated Joseph Hume,
where he has been for the last few days, accompanied by his
wife and daughter. No one ever remembers having seen so
many visitors at the Lakes before at so late a period of the sea-
son ; but this may be readily accounted for by the fine weather
which we have lately experienced, and which, indeed, has been
the only heather we have had this season calculated to make a
visit to the Lakes either interesting or agreeable.—Kendal
Mercury.

POLICE INTELLIGENcE

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brought up in the custody of Parker, 106, and While, 46 G
division, charged by Mr. John Souter, builder, Aylesbury-
street, Clerkenwell, with the following daring assault and at-
tempted robbery. The prisoner was also charged by Parker,
the policeman, with a murderous assault upon him.
Mr. Souter, on Sunday night last, about twelve o'clock,
wa3 returning to his residence from the City, and on his arrival
in West. street, Smithfield. the prisoner came ty to him, r.nd
t,itbout the least provocation gave him a trernendeu- blow en
the head, h:ch knocked hini down, and nearly stu-ned
and he was about to use more violence, when with,
out " Murder, police," and the prisoner ran off with all po,-
sible sp ed towards Field-lane, Holborn, when he was pur-
sued by the policeman, Parker, whom he violently assaulted,
and for a short time escaped, but was ultimately taken into
custody.
Parker, No. 100 G, on Jicaring the cries of " Murder, and
police," proceeded towards the spot, when he saw the prisoner
running down Field-lane. He pursued him, when the prise
Ler turned round, and with some heavy hist' ument gave him
a tremendous blow upon the head, which cut his hat through,
and inflicted a desperate wound on his head, and rendered
him insensible. The prisoner made his escape, but was
eventually apprehended in a notorious receptacle for thieves
in West-st.t.eet.

White. No. 46 G division, corrobon,ted this ,evidence, and
added that the prisoner was connected wiat a notorious gang,
and was known by the cognomen of Black Bill, in consequenco
of the darkness of his complexion. _ _ _

The prisoner, who is a desperate-looking ruffian, denied
the assaults, saying that he did not live in the house in West
street ; if he did it was very unlikely that he would have re-
turned to the house after committing such assaults as those
described.

Mr. WITHAM ordered him to put in good bail. and to give
48 hours' notice of it, in order that its re,ponsibility might be
inquired into. The whole of the witnesses were bound over to
appear at the sessions to prosecute the prisoner.
Mr. Cooper Abel, broker, of Cromer-street, St. Pancras,
was brought before 141 r. WITHAM, charged by Mr. Andrew
Bowyer, bookseller and stationer, of No. 21, Sidmouth-street,
Gray's Inn-road, with forcibly breaking and entering his dwell-
ing-house. The prosecutor stated that on Wednesday morn-
ing last the prisoner came to his house and commenced
breaking open his shutters with a chisel,, and a gang of tuf-
fians, one of whom was a pickpocket, entered the house by a
ladder, through the windows, to the great terror of his mo-
ther, who was in the house, and a mob was caused to assemble
in the street.

A solicitor for the defendant said that it was a question as
to the right of possession, and his client, who was a broker,
had nothing to do with the matter in the slighted degree, ex-
cept th‘t there was a distress in the house for a quarter's rent,
and he was engaged by the landlord, a Mr. Dobeny, to exe-
cute his warrant.

Mr. WITHAM—That may be, but a brok r has no right to
break into anybody's house.
William Bowyer, brother to the last witness, saw the pri.
soner with an instrument in his hand, and he put it between
the bar and the shutters, and forced them two or three times.
He then went away, and another man forced opal the shutters.
The warrant was produced, which was directed to Mr.
Bowyer, and s'gne.l by Mr. Kirk. of Camden-town.
Mr. Msllett said that a short time ago the landlord of the
above h. us • applied at this ..fliee to get possession.
Mr. WITHAM said that Kirk was the person who ought to
have been brought forward, and not Mr. Abel, and he dis-
charged him, intimating that the law did not jthtify the party
in making a forcible entry.
Mr. Bowyer and his mother were now charged by Mr. Do-
beny. the landlord of the house, with an assault.
Mr. Dobeny, on Sunday the 24th of June, having heard
that some damage had been done to the house, called there
when Mrs. Bowyer opened the door. She seized hold of him
and called out " Alfred," when her son made his appearance,
and exclaimed, " You old —, I will cut you to pieces," and
his fists came against his face, and witness fell down.
Mr. WITHAM—Did he strike you ? Witness—His fists
only rubbed down my face.
Mr. WITHAM—Then, I suppose, you fell down to avoid ♦io.
lence ? Witness—l suppose so,—( A laugh.) Mrs. Bowyer
pushed me out.
Mr. WITHAM said complainant might indict Mr. Bowyer if
he thought proper, and he would order him to find bail, but he
would discharge Mrs. Bowyer.
Mr. Bowyer was then locked up.