The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-02 00:00:00

BANBURY, FEB-. 1.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—ln your report of the proceedings in the Rolls
Court on Thursday last, you have fallen into an error
which I shall feel obliged if you will correct, in the case
" Gardner v. Howard,". which was an application for an
injunction of the Court to restrain the defendant from
further making and selling certain machines for cutting
turni2s infringing my patent. You describe the de-
fendant as an ironmonger living at Brantford ; it should
have been put BAlord, not Brantford. You also
state the defendant was making and selling ma
chines in every respect similar to those patented by me. It
was stated to the Court by my counsel, that the defendant
was making anti selling machines, the knives or cutters of
which separately and in the series were similar to those
for which my patent was obtained, but instead of affixing
them upon a rotary drum as made by me, the defendant,
it was stated, affixed them upon a rotary plate. The
Court, regarding it as a decided case of infringement,
granted the Injui.ction.

1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES GARDNER.

VICTORIA THEATRE.

Haines's new drama, The Yew Tree Ruins, continues to
draw crowded houses at this theatre every evening. The
spirited lessee, however, does not rest on his oars, but seems in-
defatigable in securing all the talent in the market for the gra-
tification of his patrons. That enchanting actress Mrs. Honey,
commenced a short engagement here last evening, and was rap-
turously received. She appeared in a short farce, evidently
written expressly for her, entitled The Widow's Frolics, in
which she acts the part of Mrs. General Mapleton, a widow
anxious to get rid of a crowd of obnoxious suitors. She sings,
acts, fences, fires at targets, and is in fact " every thing by
turns, and nothing long," to the great dismay of the suitors,
who one and all declare off. Her naivete and archness are
admirable, and the curtain fell amidst thunders of applause.
She sang the song of " When at your feet a lover kneels," ex-
quisitely, and, as a matter of aourse, was called on to repeat it;
she also sang the finale to Luccia di Lammermoor in a style
which elicited shouts of laughter and applause. As a burlesque
imitation of the exaggerated style of singing and acting of the
Grisi school, it was one of the best performances we ever wit-
nessed, and it had this great merit, it never degenerated into
mere vulgar caricature. We bail the return of Mrs. Honey
to the metropolitan boards with unmingled satisfaction, and
hope that she will not again leave us for such a length of time
as she has done recently.

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.-A WHOLE FAMILY
POISONED AND DISINTERMENT OF Two OF THE BODIES BY
ORDER OF THE CORONER.—During the last three Or four
days a rathit painful excitement has prevailed throughout
the souther,' division of the parish of St. Pancras, in con
sequence of a rumour, in the fiast place, that the family of
a foreigner, named Azoni, resi-ling in Ch irlotto.street,
Fi zroy- square, had been starved to death, and sub-
sequently, that the whole of them had been poisoned.
It appears that about a fortnight since Mr. Azoni,
whose occupation was that of a manufacturer and grinder
of colours for artists, died, and his death was registered
by Mr. Wells, the registrar of the district, as that of a con-
sumption. Two days after a certificate for burial was
applied for to the same registrar, for Mr. Azoni's s; ,n,
a boy about. ten years of age, who was stated to have
disd of a similar disease. The certificates were granted,
and the burial took place. Subsequently Mrs. Az,,ni and
her two remaining children became ill, and went to the
Middlesex Hospital. All that could be ascertained, lead-
ing to a suspicion that the whole family has been poisoned,
was, that they had been lately in the habit of drinking
water contained in a copper, and which might thereby
have become deleterious. Hearing this Carter lost no
time in representing the facts to Mr. Wakley, the coroner,
who immediately ordered the water in the copper alluded
to to be analysed, and which has proved to be perfectly
pure, This rendering the circumstances of the case the
more mysterious, coupled with the fact that the wife and
two children of Mr. Azoni still lay in the Middlesex Hos-
pital, under treatment for having taken poison, and in a
hopeless state, the Coroner, en Friday last, issued his
warrant for the disinterment of the two bodies, and on Sa-
turday, in pursuance of that order, the exhumation took
place, in order that a post mortem examination might ba
made. This process was performed yesterday by one or
two eminent surgeons, and the contents of the stomach were
analysed by Mr. Everett, principal professor and lecturer of
chemistry to the Middlesex Hospital, but the result of the
experiments will not be permitted to transpire until they are
made the subject of a judicial investigation. On inquiry at
the hospital last evening respecting the condition of Mrs.
Azoni and her two unfortunate children who are inmates
with her, the retorter was informed that they were in an
almost hopeless condition. The Coroner has appointed the
inquest on the two bodies which have been exhumed to take
place to-morrow, when it is expected that some light will
be thrown upon this mysterious affair.
WooLevicif, FEB. 1.-ESCAPE OF A CON•
VICT.-About half-past six o'clock on the morning of
Tuesday last, one of the convicts belonging to the Warrior
convict ship, moored off the Dockyard. Woolwich, made
his escape, and although every exertion has since been
made to recapture him, he has eluded the vigi-
lance of the police. It appears be was employed
as cook to the guard, and availed himself of the
opportunity afforded by being able to dress himself in a
cap and pilot-coat left within his reach, and passed the
sentry on duty without being detected. He then managed
to get over the wall of the dockyard by ascending the roof
of the boat-house, and as it was raining at the time, un-
perceived isy the sentry stationed outside. Every thing
seemed to favour the escape of the convict, as there were
two sovereigns in the pockets of the coat he carried with
him. A reward has been offered for his apprehension.
The Zoological Society commenced yesterday
she removal of their very extensive stock from the Mu-
seum in Leicester-square, to a temporary warehouse en.
gaged for their reception in Broad-street, Golden-square.
They will not be placed for inspection, and nothing has
yet been arranged as to how, or under what circum-
stances it will be re-opened to the public. Considerable
interest is excited amongst the members on the subject,
as the Society is considered to be in possession of mate-
rials for forming the finest Zoological collection in the
world. A proposal has been made to the Council to
attach it to the British Museum, but this, it entertained,
must be brought before a general meeting of the Fellows
for approval, who arc likely to reject it by a large majority.
INNER TEMPLE, JAN. 30.—The following
gentlemen %ere yesterday called to the Bar by the Hon.
Society of the Inner Temple ;—viz., Messrs. Edward
Badely, Alfred Pearson Hurlstone, Edward Herbert Bun-
bury, John M'Dowall, John Thomas Henry Peter, Henry
Wall Turner, Edwie Plumer Price, Gerard Wolfe Ly-
dekker, James Parker Deane, Charles Packer, and
Thomas Cabe.

NEWS —News increases in interest inversely as
the distance. In a village, the birth of one child is a
matter of high interest ; to nuke it so to people a little
way off, it must be twins, a little further off, three at least

at a birth, and at a hunch-rd miles off, nothing short of a
birth of rnonster3 will interest.

The Earl of Cardigan left town, at the close of
the last week, to join his regiment at Brighton.
TIIE ESSEX UNION [IOUNDS.—SINGULAR
CIRCUMSTANCE.—Last Tuesday as these hounds Were run-

niog their fox from the 1100 Will to Mr French's farm,
poor reynard, put to his last shift, jumped through a pane
of glass pop into the parlour, whither the pack ran in to
him. Beckford tells us of a somewhat similar occurrence
with the Duke of Beaufort's, who followed their fox into
a cottage, and found pug lying in an infant's cradle.
Last Sunday evening during divine service, at a
Dissenting meeting-house, in the City, the minister in-
terrupted the singing of the hymn, previous to the sermon,
by the following ejaculation :—" If that gentleman who
sings so very loud, cannot sing more in tune, he had better
leave cif altogether."

John Haslock, the clerk who recently absconded
Iron' his cnip;o)ers, :Messrs. Whitworth, the bankers of
this town. with upwards of 3001., is in custody. He was
arrest.. d by the French authorities, at Tours, for travelling
under AL feigned name.—. Northampton Mercury.