The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-03 00:00:00

BAPTISTS IN DENMARK.

It will be seen from the following article, which we
have translated literally from the Faedrelandet, a Copen-
hagen newspaper, of the 19th of November last, that
there is no disposition in Denmark to suppress the
statements made in this country by the Baptist mis-
sionaries on the subject of their persecuted brethren in
Denmark :

" Under the head 'Religious Persecution in Den-
mark,' the Morning Chronicle of the 11th of November
gives a report of a public meeting which was held on
the 10th, in a Baptist chapel in Southwark, in which
the Baptist ministers, Mr. W. Dawson and Mr. J. E.
Giles, communicated the result of their mission to
Denmark. Mr. Giles said that they had obtained
without difficulty, on their arrival, an audience of the
King, who had listened with the utmost patience and
kindness; and ultimately offered to set the Baptists who
were under arrest at liberty, if they would promise to
abstain from preaching until the law ou the subject' was
altered; that he had at the same time proposed that
they should in the meantime go to three towns which
he named. From the King they had gone to the ,
Bishop, who received them coolly ; he had not asked
them to take a seat, but had himself smoked his pipe the ,
whole time ; he would enter into no discussion on the
subject, but abruptly met whatever was urged with the
brief answer that such was the law. Yet he admitted
that, with regard to dipping in water, they were by no
means in the wrong ; the only thing he had to urge
against it was, that they separated themselves from the
Lutheran church, and there Mr. Giles thought was the
secret of the opposition, as the Establishsd Church was
interested for its fees. When the King's offer was an-
-1 nounced to the prisoners they refused to accept it, on
this ground—that they found no passage in the Scrip-
tures which authorised them to accept it, and they thought
that the King had no better right to exact their silence
for three months than for three years, or even for their
lifetime. Mr. Giles said,morever, that before they could
communicate to the King this answer in an official man-
ner, he and his colleagues had taken their departure for
England, to consult with the Baptist Society about the
affair. Since his return he had heard that two Baptists
were imprisoned, but he had learned from Mrs. Fry that
the Queen of Denmark, who had constantly shown her-
self friendly to the Society, incessantly exerted her in-
fluence on their behalf, and that the lung himself often
expressed his feelings in a way which showed that the
law would be altered. Here, in England, the public ,
press was wholly on their side, and the Morning Chre_
nicle, the great advocate of religious liberty, was of
pl con-
siderable influence in Denmark.
. Mr. Giles co'..iained
of the illiberality of the Continent on the
wtiole in .
;
mat-
ters
of religion, and ascribed it to the P
elfishness of the
clergy. la Hamburgh, he said, Chapel
Dissenting
could not be opened, but
.a brOtl,:a might. He had been
told that the police MBlR!tr.....te would not give a licenceen
to a woman of the town "..,11 she was first confirmed in the
.
Lutheran Church finally, he called on the meeting to
subscribe for th-
e support of their persecuted brethren in
Dentuarl' for they were suffering, he said, great dis-
_.,
07:ss, The thanks of the meeting were voted to Lord
Palmerston, to Sir Henry W. W. Wynn, Mr. Fetter
Brown, Joseph Young, Esq. (which is an error of the
press, in
DAWSOD, Sic.
plae,e of Joseph Owen, Esq.), Messrs. Giles,

AN IRISH CHRISTENING On Monday the
christening of an infant, only one mouth old, was cele-
brated in a colony inhabited by the poorer classes of
Irish, called Prujean's-tsland, Wapping, and ended in a
very serious manner. Some of the party got fighting,
and many more got drunk, in which state they threw
themselves upon a bed on which the child was laid, and
suffocated it. Medical assistance was called in, but too
late to save the babe, which is to be waked by the same
party who inadvertently caused its death.

DEATH of SIR HENRY FREEZING.

INQUEST ON THE BODY.
On Wednesday evening at six o'clock, an inqui- •
sitiou was taken before Mr. Wakley, Coroner, at
the Victoria Tavern, Hyde Park-square, on view
of the body of Sir G. H. Freeling, Bart., aged
52, one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Customs, and eldest son of the latc Sir Krancis
Freeling, Bart., formerly Deputy Post aster-
General, whose death occurred under the cir-
cumstances below detailed :—Ophelia Gilling-
ham, housemaid in the service of Mrs. Lang, a
lady of independent fortune, No. 7, Hyde Park-
gardens, deposed that the deceased Baronet,
whose residence was in Connaught-place West,
had for the last six weeks been staying on a visit
at her mistress's house. Witness, at the de-
ceased's request, had been in the habit of calling
him every morning. On Tuesday morning last,
about half-past seven o'clock, witness, as usual,
proceeded to his sleeping apartment, and having
knocked at the door several times and received no
answer, she opened it, and on entering the room
saw deceased lying on his face on the floor, in his
night dress. She approached him, and on raising
his head found it to be quite cold. She screamed
aloud, and on the housekeeper and footman coin-
ing up, a surgeon was sent for, who pronounced
life to have been for some time extinct. Witness
last saw deceased alive on Monday morning,
when he was, to all appearance, well in health.
Mr. Barker, a surgeon, said that the history of the
deceased Baronet's health had been such as to leave
no doubt that he had died of disease of the heart.
Walter Phillips, butler to Mrs. Lang, stated that
be saw deceased last alive at the tea table, at nine
o'clock on Monday •night. He then seemed in
his usual health. On witness going into de-
ceased's bedroom, after he had been found as de-
scribed, he observea that the bed had been laid
in. There was nothing disturbed in the room,
and witness had not the slightest suspicion that
deceased destroyed h,imself. There being no
other witnesses, Mr. Wakley remarked that the
inquiry had arrived at that stage that it was for
the Jury to consider whether they would have
the body opened or not. After some discussion
the Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied
with the evidence that had been adduced, and
returned a verdict :—" That the deceased, Sir
George Henry Freeling, was found dead, and that
the cause 'of his death was natural."

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public
business.
STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, BY CHANTREY.

Mr. ANDERTON requested to be informed in what state
of progress the statue of the Duke of Wellington, by the
late Sir Francis Chantrey, towards which the City of
London had subscribed the sum of 5004 at present was?
He believed that Sir Peter Laurie, from his connection
with the Committee, might be able to give the Court
some intelligence upon the subject.
Sir PETER LAME said, that a short time before Sir,
Francis Chantrey's death, that eminent artist expressed
a wish that he (Sir Peter Laurie) should go to see the
model of thd horse and of the Duke, so far as had been
completed. The horse, which was a splendid model, had
been since cast in bronze. He had seen the horse and
the model of the head of the Duke, who had been sitting
on the day he visited the, sculptor's stndio. The great
task had been, therefore completed, and it would be an
easy matter to get a sculptor able to do justice to the
rest.(Hear, hear,) Sir Francis had had oue instal-
ment of 3,0001., and he had shortly before he died
thought that he was justified in demanding the second
instalment of 3,0001. He (Sir Peter Laurie), however,
doubted the validity of the claim at the moment, and it
was in consequence not persisted in. He should feel it
to be his duty to call together the Committee on the sub-
ject, but he considered it the most prudent course to wait
until Parliament was sitting, as several Members were
upon the Committee. He congratulated the Court upon
the probability that they would at no great distance of
time see a very splendid memorial rise in theheart of the
metropolis.—(Hear, hear.)

THANKS OF THE COURT TO THE LATE LORD MAYOR.

Deputy TYAS rose to move a vote of thanks to the late
Lord Mayor for the able manner in which his Lordship
filled the Chair during the last year, for his remarkable
hospitality, and for his incessant attention to the duties
of the Chief Magistracy. The Deputy gave a history
of Alderman Thomas Johnson from his earliest days,
and was particular in the details for the sake of the ad-
mirable example which it would be so beneficial to the
citizens to see frequently followed. He also stated,
what, indeed, was well known to many members of the
Court, that the expenditure of the late Mayoralty far
exceeded the amount of money allowed for the support
of the office.

This announcement was received with a hearty cheer,
which showed that the Court were determined never to
cease from condemning the cheeseeparing system.
Mr. WIRE seconded the motion, and delared that the
late Lord Mayor performed the whole of the duties of
the arduous office in a manner that could not be sur-
passed by the exertions of any of his brethren.
Mr. ANDERTON said, that he had got hold of a curious
list, containing accounts of the number of persons who
dined at the Mansion House during several of the
Mayoralties, and from which it appeared that some Chief
Magistrates had many more guests than others. The
'reading of the list was not satisfactory to the Court,
several of whom thought it was by no means fair to in-
terfere with the manner in which each Lord Mayor
might think proper to exhibit his hospitality.
Mr. KING did not think that the number of persons
who appeared at the Mansion-house, was an accurate
criterion of the good spirit or liberality of a Mayoralty.
The Court should look to the number of checks issued
for the charities of London.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. STACEY observed that the proper discharge of the
important public duties of this Mayoralty was a stronger
argument for the thanks of the Corporation than a suc-
cession of grand entertainments. At all events, the late
Lord Mayor had powerful claims in all respects.—(Hear.)
The vote was carried unanimously.
A purse of 50 guineas was voted to Dr. Stebbing, the
Chaplain to the late Lord Mayor.
GRANT OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE DUKE

OF CAMBRIDGE.

Mr. ANDERTON rose to move that the freedom of the
City should be presented to his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, in testimony of the deep sense en-
tertained by the Members in Council, with their fellow-
citizens, of the exemplary manner in which his Royal
Highness performed all the duties of his exalted station,
and advocated and promoted the numerous objects of be-
nevolence throughout the United Kingdom, especially
the many public charitable institutions within the City
and its vicinity, thereby adding lustre to his high
birth and station, and meriting the attachment, re-
spect, and gratitude of the Citizens of London. The
Mover eulogized the character of the Duke, by whom
George 111. had declared that his Royal Highness had
never given his father one moment's pain.(Cheers.)
Thi Duke of Cambridge was as much beloved in Ha-
nover, where he exercised his authority with re-
markable mildness and effability, as he was at home. It
would give an eclat to the day on which Prince Albert
should come into the City to lay the first stone of the
City, to have the Duke of Cambridge among thq
tizens.—(Cheers.)
Mr. J. WooD, in seconding the motion, stater!, that it
was a reflection upon the City that his Royal Highness
had not been long since presented with the freedom.
The motion was carried amidst acclaw•Ations.
It was also carried that the freedorA be presented to
his Royal Highness, in a gold WT. of the value of one
hundred guineas.
Mr. ANDERTON then brought up the Report of the
Police Committee, which wit,: agreed to.
THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.

Mr. R. L. JONES brought up the Report of the Royal
Exchange Committee, which stated that Prince Albert
having consented to lay the first stone of the Royal Ex-
change, preparations were being made for a grand cere-
mony on the occasion, at which the Members of the
Corporation and their ladies would be received.—(Hear,
hear.) Mr. Jones then informed the Court that the day
appointed for the ceremony was the 19th of January.
The Report was ordered to be entered on the minutes
and printed.
After some routine business the Court adjourned.

MURDER AND SUICIDE AT PEN-
NINGTON.

The neighbourhood of Pennington was thrown into a
having suffo-
om'mitted suicide.
state of great excitement, on Monday, in consequence of
a poor woman, named Betty Thonapson
cated her infant child, and afterwards
cas to the cause
w attributed by
The most intense interest was manifested
of this melancholy eccurrence, which was
some to a feeling of recklessness, arising
from
treme destitution of deceased, who was reported tthoehe-alle-
been a woman of sober and industrious habits. She oc-
street,
cupied a cellar in Smithy.
w
by weaving and occasionnll washing,hre sh
etoseop endeavoured
porthersel
Yherself
and four illegitimate children. The father of the eldest
(f
father
hbeory
oarbtohuet
othertwel thvei:eeyears of age) being dead, and the
ibe (a man named William Wood)
having scarcely cont
decease was reduced to circumstances of peat
sup-
port,
distresscontributed anything towards their i
sndt her earnings were found altogether ina-
dequateDurir.g
thepast
t wtheeekt
to supply wwiatlsi thered necessariesaeed t o
a
4anishiley
ex!,reme dest. •
itution ; and having applied to Wood for
some assistance, sotaftelifoef
he sent her word that he would neither
come to see er nor send her any help: In about
two hours afterwards she was found hanging from a
rafter in the ceiling of her cellar, and her infant daugh-
ter (usually called Elizabeth Wood), suffocated in a mug
of water. On Wednesday an inquest was held on view
of the bodies, before Mr. W. S. Rutter, at the Royal
Oak, Pennington, when the following evidence was
taken :—Elizabeth Marsden stated as follows : I live in
Smithy-street, next door to the cellar occupied by the
deceased, who was a single woman. The infant was
about eight months old. Deceased had three other chil-
dren, all of whom are now living. The eldest is a boy
father is dead. William
His
about twelve years of age.
' Wood, who lives in West Legh, is the reputed father of
the other three children. She was sometimes employed
at washing, and sometimes at weaving ; when at the lat-
ter she was not able to earn more than 2s. 9d. a week, and
to obtain so touch it was necessary that she should work
' day and night. She was occasionally employed at Mr.
' Jackson's. She paid one shilling a week for her cellar.
I last saw her alive on Sunday night. She came to
our house to buy some onions and a little pepper.
I was in her house about nine o'clock on Sunday night,
and saw them eating their suppers. Perhaps she had
no dinner, for she had very little provisions on Saturday.
On Monday morning I understood she had sent one of
the children to the father for money. About eleven
o'clock she came to my house, and my mother-in-law