The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-11 00:00:00

RICHM OND.

Lydia Dixon, a meek and ladylike-looking young
woman, was brought before the Richmond bench, charged
with shoplifting. The prisoner was described on the
police charge sheet as a teacher of music, residing in the
Lower-road, Richmond.
On Saturday night, about half-past eight o'clock,
G. Woods, 209 V, a very efficient officer, was coming
down the Church-passage into George street, when he
observed the prisoner standing under the portico of
Messrs. Briant and Field's shop, who are linendrapers.
There was considerable property deposited there, and
amongst other goods was a piece of huckaback, which
proved to measure 65 yards. He saw the prisoner, who
was apparently intent upon the show in the window,
give one glance round as if to assure herself she was not
observed, and then momentarily secrete the huckaback
under her shawl; the parcel was so long that it pro-
truded considerably above her shoulder. The prisoner
had got into George-street, and was walking away from
the shop, when catching sight of the constable, she ran
hack towards the shop, and when taxed with the theft,
she said she was going to take it in to ask the price,
When apprehended the prisoner made a desperate re-
sistance, and it was as much as Mr. Field, one of the
partners, and the constable, could do to get her to the
station. On passing through the passage to the charge-
room she contrived to break away some portion of her
dress in front. and down fell a cpacious pocket, capable
of containing at least half a dosen dresses, and in it at
that time were a cashmere dress and six lace collars. In
her apartments was found an immense quantity of pro-
perty of almost every description, consisting of dresses
in cashmere, woollen plaids, merinos, watered silks, and
cottons, furs, rolls of French and satin ribbons, cards of
lace, silk and kid glOves, silk neckerchiefs, bonnets, se-
veral pairs of ladies' boots and French clogs, two valuable
shawls, a bottle of ginger wine, and three enamelled sauce-
pans, besides numerous other articles of trifling value.
Strange to state, on all these stolen articles the private
mark of the tradesmen had been suffered to remain, and
through the exertions of Inspector Beard the greater
part of the property has been identified. No pawn-
broker's duplicates were found, but several disguises
were observed, consisting of a dark brown wig, with the
hair made to fall 'in curly at the back, a light brown
front in bands, and an auburn front, with short curls;
the prisoner's hair is black. There was also a shawl,
with one side woollen and the other silk, and a cardi•
nal cloak fitted with capacious pockets. From papers
found it was ascertained that the prisoner is the daughter
of a once eminent solicitor, now deceased, and the mother
is, or was, one of the candidates for the " National Be-
nevolent Institution." A pianoforte and other musical
instruments were in the prisoner's t ooms.
The prisoner did not offer any defence, but entreated
she might not be sent to prison, as it would assuredly
kill her.
Sir T. N. REEVE said, the prisoner should havethouginh!
t
of that previously, and remanded her that further
guides might be made.

—The town
t intense excite-
n into a state 0 ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT AT ...PARRICIDE.
of Rotherham was throowst
l by a report that Mr. John
ment on Wednesd
Bland, the superoi.litiilidtent constable of Rotherham, and
district of the West Ridiog had
high constabb'
assassinatedr by his son. An investigation being
been ed that the young man, who was of dl3-
'l'lmade, it wabPaPetir
s and vindictive temper, had placed a load, d
pistoli:l his drawer in such a p,isitiou that it would ex-
plode on the draAer being opened, he anticipating that
his father would probably search for money which he
had abstracted; and that Mr. Bland did in fact go to the
drawer to make the search, and narrowly escaped with
his lite. The young man was kept in durance until ar-
rangemints c.uld be made; and on Friday evening his
father intrusted hint to the care of a friend, who accom-
panied him to London by the mail train in order to enrol
him in one of her dlaje.ity's regiments on the eve of going
abroad. Here the affair ends.
Two magnificent ships have lately been launched
in New York for the packet lines to this port; the first
being the Constellation, and the 'second the Guy Man-
nering, each of 1,600 tons burden. The latter will be
commanded by Captain Edwards, late of the celebrated
ships Sea, Marmion, and Ivanhoe.--Liverpool Mercury.

Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 963
Males
Females ...
BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males ...
Females ...

994
507
457

... 647
... 578

Total ... „, ... 1,225
*ln this number are included 5 cases of death by
Cholera, 39 by Scarlatina, and 38 by Typhus Fever.

The return of the Registrar-General of births and
deaths in the metropolis during the-week - ending on
Saturday last shows the number of deaths from all causes
to be 994, being 31 more than the weekly average of five
springs. The return, however. shows that the public
health improves with the progress of the early months,
and that the mortality has fallen to the rate.of that of
October. The fatal causes of cholera are thus given:—
Kensington ; town.—F. 28, " malignant choleri, and
not injuries by violence alleged to have been done to her"
—inquest. St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Charing-cross.—
F. 38, "cholera spasmodica (10 hours)." Mr. Leonard,
the registrar states that " the deceased was reported
as a char Woman, but in fact was an unfortunate
female of intemperate habits, brought to the work-
house at 6 P.M. on the 7th inst., in a state of collapse.
The house-surgeon and assistant gave immediate at-
tendance, and at hall-pas:. 9 the district surgeon also:
death occurred at 10 P.M. On the morning of Easter
Sunday the District Officer of Health visited the house,
No. 5, Hanover-court, Long Acre, and reported it to be a
house of accommodation.' In a small yard about 4 feet.
by 10 feet is a deep cesspool, not sufficiently protected,
and very offensive. The under part of the house, re-
ceives the dust and refuse; and the-drain-water from the
small yard runs in a pipe into the cellar, and is caught
in a tub or butt. The rooms. which are two on a floor,
are cleanly kept. The two officers of health visited this
house on the 26th of August last year, and from notes
then taken I find that over a surface of about 6,480
square feet there is no surface drainage, or very insuffi-
cient; that the cesspool of the above house had been
emptied about the 17th of July of the same year, and
that there appeared to be no drain. The next house has
also arrangements of the very worst possible description."
St. Pancras, Camden-town.—M. 34, " Asiatic cholera,
active symptoms (18 hours) ; continued fever (three
days)." Mr. Barth, medical attendant, states, that " all
the symptoms of Asiatic cholera were well marked
in the patient, except cramps, which were very
partial, and restricted to the upper extremities.
Lips and face blue and collapse, diarrhrea, rice-
water. Transfusion of 30 ounces of blood was tried
while in collapse, which rallied him for a day, but
he died three days afterwards of continued fever."
Greenwich; Woolwich Arsenal.—ln Royal Ordnance
Hospital, M. 23, "debility (20 days); cholera biliosa (IS
hours);" Greenwich West.—ln Dreadnought Hospital,
M. 14, " cholera," p.m. The number of births registered
in the week was 1,225.

THE MURDETtINBLACKF RIA;RS-

ROAD.
Yesterday evening, Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, held
surinquest on the body of Henry Lambsill, azed.23, who
was stabbed in a scuffle in Blaekfriars-road.

The •jury, having been sworn, proceeded to view the
body and returned.
..
George Merriman, a watch-glass maker, residing in
A2lyadwall, stated that he was in company with the de-
ceaied Tiom eelea -bit 'Sunday night until-about 2
in the morning. They first met at a public-house called
the Mitres and a man named Bailey was present. There
were also some other persons present. No quarrelling
occurred there, and they proceeded to the Duke of York
tavern; in Blackfiiars. road. A dispute there arose be •
tween Bailey and'the deceased, with reference to a small
sum of money lent by Bailey to the sleceased—Bailey

demanding, and the deceased refusing, payment. On
leaving the tavern with the rest, witness crossed the road
to York-street, leaving the deceased and Bailey together.
Almost immediately after witness heard the deceased,
cry out " George, he has stabbed me," and he then ob-
served Lambsill coming towards him, and saw him fall
as soon as he reached the centre of the road. Witness
raised him, and a woman named Mary Taylor, who came
up with them, unfastened his shirt. There was a small
stream of blood running down his side. A man named
Parker then raised an alarm, and Bailey was taken into
custody. The deceased was placed in 'a cab and con-
veyed to the hospital.
Joseph Parker corroborated this evidence, stating in
addition that he gave Bailey into the custody of the
police. Bailey asked why witness collared him, and he
replied that he did so because he had stabbed Lambsill.
He said, " No, I have not;" but he offered no resist-
ance. Witness afterwards knelt down and examined the
deceased. There was a hole through his coat, waist-
coat, and shirt, and he was bleeding from a small wound
in his side. Saw two small clasp-knives taken from
Bailey's pockets by the policeman.
A relative of the deceased, who seemed much af-
fected during the proceedings, asked the witness if the
deceased had quarrelled with any other person whilst at
the Mitre?
The witness said that he had not.
James Murray supported the statement of Herriman,
adding that on the road from the Mitre to the Duke of
York the deceased used some offensive terms to a young
man passing. Some words arose, and an offer was made
to back the young man, whose name was Denman, to
fight the deceased for ss. The deceased had not got is.,
and Bailey thereupon gave him that sum, but no fight
took place. In consequence of Bailey's insisting upon
the money being returned, the fatal quarrel took place.
None of the party were sober at the time. Bailey was
very much intoxicated.
John Meek, 48 M division, stated that on hearing
cries of " Murder!" and " Police!" he ran to the corner
of Charlotte-street, and saw the deceased bleeding on
the ground. Bailey was pointed out to him as having
" done it," and witness collared him and said, " Have
you got a knife?" He said " No—yes. I have one in
my right hand pocket." He then attempted to secrete
something in his breast. Witness put his hand in his
breast, and there found a small knife open, and the blade
turned downwards. Did not observe any blood upon it.
There was another knife in his coat pocket.
The knife was here handed round. It was a long
narrow blade, about three inches long, and seemed just
the sort of weapon to have inflicted the very small but
deep puncture in the breast of the deceased.
Mary Taylor stated that the deceased lived with her.
On Sunday night or Monday morning she was in the
Blackfriars-road. She went out for the purpose of
watching Lambsill, who was then tipsy. She saw bim
walk with Bailey. She saw Lambsill tall, and on going
up she saw blood flowing from his breast. She said,
" Don't let him go, he has stabbed him." Bailey said he
did not want to go. A policeman then collared him, and
took an open clasp knife out of his breast-coat pocket.
Witness went into the cab with them. Deceased sighed
and rolled his eyes when the cab reached the Borough,
and she observed to a man who was also inside the cab,
" He's dying now, I think."
Mr. Isaac Coggins stated that on Monday morning, at
ten minutes past two o'clock, the deceased was brought
to St. Thomas's Hospital in a cab, and witness was
called. There was a small black wound on the left
breast between the fifth and sixth ribs, over the region
of the heart. He was quite dead. There was a small
quantity of blood outside the wound. • post martets
examination was made the same day. The wound was
found to extend backwards and- upwards to theexxttnenr:
of the heart, and about thirty-seven of two inches. It bad penetrated the musscular
te
escaped into tha cavity of the rty-seven
chest.ou nce
The one-bladed of blood had
knife .(the one which
n) would have in-
flicted such a wound. The
clothes would have wiped the
thewa sk
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open)
u t passed through
and flannel waistcoat.
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waistcoat,
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leng
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The CoeoNnitth therewere only then read over the depositions
three
questions
at
end observed that _
• the .consideration of the jury—Who killed this man ?
how was it done ? and what the offence amounted tot
There
who saw ths s
e deceasede
together,w andre witnessest
ho ug h
blow en to be struckaud Bailtheye
deceased cried out, " g Geor e he has stabbed me."
Anfound in open knife was Bailey's pocket, and it did
not appear that there was any good reason for his car-
rying it in that state, to his own risk. The deceased
could not have inflicted the wound himself from the di-
recti,n it took: it must have been inflicted by a thrust,
and net a blow. Trere was nu scuffle or blow which
could have caused the use of this weapon in self defence,
a+ .d it would become their duty to consider whether,
under these circumstances, the striking a man with *
knife in the left breast, when there was every reason to
believe that death must follow the blow, did not amount
to flir& r. Had the deceased struck with his fist, it
would have been a provocation ; but would even dist
circumstance warrant this determined use of a deadly
weapon to return it? Under all the circumstances, he
thought that the crime could not be returned as man-
st.ughter, and it was for them to decide whether this
men ought not to be put upon his trial on the capital

charge. -
The jury immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful
murder" apainst William Bailey.
The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute.

CITY SEWERS COMMISSION.—Yesterday being
Easter Tuesday, the Commissioners of Sewers for the
city of London did not transact any public business. The
whole of the matters awaiting the consideration of the
Court stand over, consequently, until Tuesday next.