The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-25 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

HAMMERSMITH SUBSCRIPTION REGATTA.
This event came off yesterday evening, and, consider-
ing the many attractions which had been provided for
the amusement of the million at this holiday season, was
most numerously attended. Nine scullers, the greater
part of whom were fine powerful fellows, daily employ* d
upon various descriptions of craft upon the river Thames,
contended, in four heats, for a purse of sovereigns, given
by the nobility and gentry of the vicinity, and the races
throughout were of the most spirited description.
FIRST HEAT.

Thomas Hoare (Yellow)
Jaw es George (Red) 2
George Otterway (Blue) 0
The distance was from buoys off the Red Lion, up
round a boat moored off Hammersmith-terrace, down
round a buoy off the Queen's (Brandenburg) House, and
back to the place of starting.
They all got away at the same moment, and after a
few strokes, Yellow took the lead, and maintained it
throughout, winning by two or three lengths. Blue was
second in the start, and held it round thelower boat, but
jest it in winding the apper buoy.
SECOND HEAT.

George Green (Yellow) 1
Thomas Gibbs (Red) 2
James Waite
(Blue) o
Blue dashed off with the lead with Red, being the
second boat, but in rounding the lower buoy, Yellow cut
them off, and with difficulty maintained it, his opponents
both working hard to win.
THIRD HEAT.

Samuel Widdick
(Red) I
Thomas Mitchell
(Blue) 2
Joseph Martin
(Yellow) 0
Yellow took the lead and kept it down and up to the
upper buoy, when be and Red fouled, and Blue rowed
on to them. Red disengaged himself, went away, and
won.

GRAND HEAT.

Hoare
Green (Red) 1
(Blue) 2
Widdick (Yellow) 3
Blue took the lead, but was imediately pas4ed by Red,
and these two fouling, Yellow in advance. Red soon
recovered his place, and won by six lengths.

PEDESTRIANISM.

BARLOW AND B-YR-02t1-76-10Tlit:ILE RACE

FOR 30L A SIDE.
The race between John Barlow (alias Tollick) and
James Byrom, the Lancashire runner, attracted several
hundreds of the patrons of pedestrianism yesterday to
the Rosemary Branch, Peckham, in the spacious enclo-
sure of which house, once forming part of the East Sur-
rey Race-course, the match was brought to issue. The
men are well known to the public, from previous per-
formances. Barlow, who was born on the 28th of Nov-.,
1819, at Cockey-moor, near Bolton, Lancashire, is in
his 28th year, and stands 5 feet Gf inches. He is a
likely looking lathy fellow, with a greyhound
post in a style that diet credit
to his trainer. His principal performances, and thc*e
which gave reasonable confidence to his friende, were his
victories over Maxfield, the North Star,
whom he de-
feated in a four-mile race over Doncaster course for 50/.
a side, on the 26th of February, 1845
. (time 21 minutes
10 seconds); William Robinson, of Newton Moor, the
like distance for the same amount, on the 13th of May.
in the same year, at Newton-in-the-Willows ; and his
well run race with Greenhaigh, on Knutsford Race-
course, which ended in a draw, June 25, also in the same
year. He, however, succumbed in a tea-mile race to
Manks, on the last day of 1845. In 1846, however,
he defeated Manks in turn, in a ten-mile handi-
cap, havi
200 yards. n
g
300
yards start ; and Lovett, of Doncaster,
The performances of Byrom ive haie given
on a former occasion ; we shall not, therefore, repeat
them here. Byrom, though known as the "Lancashire
Room r," is a Dative of Brigworth, near Huddersfield,
in Yorkshire; his height also, five feet six inches and a
half, and his frame considerably more athletic than his
antagonist's. He is three years the senior of Barlow,

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CORONER'S INQUEST.
A case of supposed child naerder, under circumstances
of a very extraordinary na'ure, underwent investigation
at Bow-street Police court on Saturday last. Informs-
tion of the circumstance-s havieg been forwarded to Air.
Bedford, the coroner for Westminster, that gontf,-m ah
issued his warrant fur holding an inquest on the body of
the deceased child, and at twelve o'clock yesterchty
jury of fifteen respectable inhabitants of Sr. Pars l's,
Covent-garden (of whom Mr. Salter, one of the owe r-
seers, was foreman), assembled at the York Hole I,
Upper Wellington-street, for the purpose of pursuin g
the investigation.
Mr. Benjamin Brooking, surgeon, of 7. Bow-vree-s,
was the first witness exatnined. Ile deposed to barunt.r,
been caned in to attend a wemati named Ann Cleveland.
of No 9, tipper Wellitigtpu-street, it, bur confinement,
which took place on Wednesday nmrning last. "the
child was pirfectly healthy, and iramidistely after its
birth was placed in charge of a woman named Barbel to
dry nurse. Witness saw the child last alive on Prisiay
morning. It was quite well at that tirce ; but about six
o'clock on the same afternoon witness Witti stmt., for, and
on arriving found the child dead. The case appearing
to be fraught with suspicion, witness gave information
to the police inimediatel,, and in the course of the fi MVO
evening called in Mr. Charles Guthrie, surgeon to the
Bye! Westminster 01,10;a!mic 1-10-pit,.l, %Nilo, on seeing
the body, at once gave it as his opinion that the chiid
had been suffocated. By request of witness, Mr. Guthrie
made a post mortem examination of the body at an early
hour on the tollowii,g morning, the result of which lett
no doubt on the mind of either Mr. Guthrie or himself
that the child died from suffocation.
The CORONER here inquired who was the next wit—
ness, and
Mr. Moseley, vestry-clerk of St. Paul's, Covent-garden,.
who attended to watch the case on behalf of the paro-
chial authorities, said a gentleman was present who he
thought had evidence of a very important character- to,
offer.

The gentleman referred to here stepped forward arid
gave his lialliC as Mr. William Lawson, surgeon, of 13,
Cleveland-street, Fitzroy square. He said, about three
weeks since be received a letter signed " Hurry Hart.-
nell," the writer of which described himself to be an old
friend of witness, and—
Mr. Wolff, who attended on behalf of a person at pre-
sent in custody, objected to this evidence but
The CORONER overruled the objection and the witness
proceeded as fulluws:—
The letter request, d witness to call on the mother of
the deceased child, al.el went on to say that if witness
could take a hint and work it out well, it would be 5/. in
his pocket. Witness nut recullecung the name of " Hart-
nell, ' nor hiring the style of the letter, did not call in
Wellington-street, and destroyed the letter. A few
days subsequently, witness received a second letter,
which explained more minutely who the writer was and
was dated from Portland chambers, Great Titchfield-
street. The writer requested that witness sr( uld attend
Mrs. Cleveland in her confinement, and promised that if
he did so and would call atterwards at Portland cham-
bers, the writer would pay all charges. Witness re-
ceived this letter last Saturday fortnight, and on the
following Sunday called on Mrs.Clevelaucl, and conversed
with her. Sh, asked witness whether he thought her
child was deed. From symptoms which she described,
witness assured her that it was not. Witness called on
Mr. Hartnell, at Portland chambers, on the Monday fol-
lowing, and found that he had known him 17 or IS
years previously, but had not ten him since that time.
The first question he put to witness was, "Don't you
think the child will OH still-burn ?" Witness said,
"No." The nest question was, 4- Could it not be
managed that it should be still born ?" Witness felt
greatly insulted by the remark ; but not wishing to
(
knock the man down, affected nut to understand the
question, on which Ilartuell said, " Oh, you are very
squeamish ; they marine these things much better in
France. I have seen to oor three cases of the kind in
that country." Witness declined to LuVe anything to do
with the case, and warned Air. liartnell of the danger of
attempting to bring on premature labour. WitneSs heard
nothing more of the case until he saw it mentioned in the
papers of that morning, when he felt it his duty to come
forward.

In reply to the Coroner, Mr. Moseley stated it had
been satisfactorily- anertained that the party in custody
was not Mr. Hartnell.

Mr. Charles Gardiner Guthrie, surgeon, of 19, Saville•
row, was next examined. Ile depos,A to having made a
post rnorteni examination of the deceased child in tho
presence of Mr. Brooking, Mr. Canton, Mr. Echling,
and three other medical gentlemen. On opening the
chest the liver and lungs were h.Jund go4;ed with blood,
and on the left lung there were.. several spots of ex.-
travasation. The brain was very vascular, and there was
extravasation on the left side. In all other respects the
body presented a perfeotly healthy appearance.
The CORONER—Lid you form any opinion as to the
cause of the child's death? Mr. Guthrie—Yes; its death
arose from suffocation.
The CORONER—Have you any doubt on the subject?
Mr. Guthrie—Not the slightest. I remarked at the
time of making the post mortem examination, that if I
had met wi.h sti_th a bony in the dts ecting room, I
should certainly have inquired how the infant had come
by its death. Had the child died tr m convulsions, the
lungs would have been more vascular, and not gorged
with blood. A very slight pressure is sufficient to suffo-
cate a child of such tender age as the deceased, and
unless hard substances were used, the body would not
have presented a different appearance from that of the
deceased when I first saw it on the Friday night.
Harriet Swan, servant to Anne Cleveland, was next
examined at great length. Her evidence was strong!),
means having been practised to procure the child's death.
corroborative of the suspicion entertained as to uniair
knewoonfi
nseltnr.ehlitarsthn
te.llh,
andssrid
hera fewm sdt
rae)s' ss pnraey-
vBihoeu sBatiod shheer
that be would attend her. Witness knew that Mr.
Hartnell cohabited with her mistress, and expressed her
surprise; on which Mrs. Cleveland said she knew ho
was the tether of her child, but if she did not suffer him
to attend her in her conline me nt, he would never
enter her house again. The witness further stated that
a person who wore mustachios. am whom she knew by
the name of " live d constantly with her mistress,
though the fact was wholly unknown to Mr. Flannel!, who was only an occasionalvisitor. After the death of
the child, when the police were in the house, Mrs. Cleve-
land told witness that she would give her a soy, reign to
go and meet " Dolly" at some place, and tell him there
was a bother about the child's death, and that he bad
better not come to the house, as if Mr. ilartn.ll met
him it would be the ruin of her. Witness promised her
mistress that she would do so,__ but " Dolly" was in cus-
tody before she saw him. Witness could not positively
say that Mr. flannel' had called in Wellingtuni
en
on
neatthhe of the child Friday,o
esds pnr,sfi
alwaysous addressed by
bbigmfbrtebetrhee
to witness as Mr. Harr3,':
that name
believed, and since Friday afternoon, as witness
home on by her mistrese saozirder. ".Dolly" was at
w
his apprehension her mistress had more than once asked
be was taken, adding that she was prepared for
the worst.
At this stage of the prod edings, the re being several
more- witnesses toe xamiize, the ii:quir‘ was adjourned.
The person alluded to as " 1-I6rry Hartneli" wasre-
sent durirg the latter part of the investigation.p

His Imperial Highness Constantine
the
A-------rehd
Cost,
of Russia honoured Mr. Beard, Niuutiday last, by sit-
ting for a photographic portrEi't Oat
Ins.itutio a Jtis establishment, in
the Royal Polvti-cb: ie
of this charity took
THE JEWS HOSPITAL. _n, R. giant street.
place
at
t'it.ohLe
oticiloiniveTrbsvarayra feFtival)abtnr.
Highness the Dukt.
day, and was very
of
Cambridgeater uus Iy attended.p r
e i
d ad ,
andH is
among
the cimpany present were—Sir Moses Aloutefiore, Mr.
Emanuel Luusada, M. ad., Castro,'Mr. S.ll. Elii,, Right
Hon. the Lord Mayor, Hey. iii..Miir (Odd' 141.bbi),
Rev. Dr. Bowles, Sir Anthony De li,,thbehild, Mr. Luke
J. Hansard, Mr. W. Bother, Mr. B. S. Phillips (Com-
mon Councillor), Colonel E. Cadogan. Baron Snest-beck,
and Mr. David St.!otnots. 'The report for the year
states, that whereas et the commencement of the insti-
tution 10 aged and 18 young persons were alone hd-
mitted to its benefits, these advantages are now extended
to 86 inmates, 12 of whom nit' aged persons, 57 boys,
practically, by bringing
r
and 17 girls. The principle of the charity is to educate
oaupn gt 0 committed
einpi)
ittedt,. tl
to
mitselae
t
or trade, and encourage-
ments are held out in after life to persevere in the habits
theth them up
of industry and honesty which they have acquired while
in the hospital. The results of the system are stated to
be very satisfactory. During the evening subscriptions
were announced to the amount of 8001. The inmates of
the institution paraded round the room, many of them
bearing specimens of their handicraft, and exciting by-
their appearance the wario approbation of Yoe Cuniparly•
We are at a load w ha: L., e‘ay or the cilmer, as it was
given in the Jewish fashion. The wines, however, were
excellent, and there was some good music from Mr.
Genge and the other professional gentlemen present.
Mr. Higgs was toastmaster.

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having numbered thirty-one su mmera. The men showed
on the ground about four o'c lock, but upwards of an
[ hour was "cut to waste" in re. measuring the ground a: d
I
iselecting, umpires slid a referet At length, a I being in
readiness, the word " off" was eiven, aid the men atarte d
fairly, Byrorn with a shade of a lead. It e ought here
to state that the ground is en,' closed by a stout hoarding,
and the course marked out by a stout inner ring of posts
and chains, within which tl ie multitude principally
arranged themselves. The cirt uit is 647 yards, and this
bad to be made eleven times, minus 77 yards, to coma
plete the distance of four miie s, contequentiy the win
ning flag was at length short of the starting. scratch
For the first 300 yards Byrotu led, but in the Next the
men occasionally passed eiw ,11 other, and the first
turn was completed in close company, Byrom lend-
ing on! yard. The pace for this and the following'
round did.not seem first rate. 4 t the second turn Tollick
' led three yards; to they came' down what the Yankees
would call the back stretch, Byrom overhauled hii anta-
gonist, and led at the third rour!dly by a couple of yards.
rollick fetched this up by pui'llrg foot, shortly atter
passing Byrom, and completuig the fourth circuit five
yards in front. In the fifth,increased they inter-
valgas 'low
between himself and his adversaryvv by twenty yards;
spurt, in the sixth (having run somelns t over half ti ,e dis-
tance) time, 11 minutes 3 seconds, klyrom was tsventy-
eight yards behind. He, however, mied a " " bat
in vain, he could not much alter the stkqe of affairs- In'
the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth time of going
round, Barlow still held his own running kght, springy,
and with a long stride, while Byrom seomi d to lab.t ur
and go short; in fact, he appeared rather fleshy:, a; nd
completely fagged. He was thirty five yards belqud on
the tenth time of passing, yet he struggled gamely, a nd
in going down the tar side of the course, for ail •w
' seconds, lessened the space between himself and Toth* .k
—it was the last flick, r, he fell quickly astern, and Rai--
low ran in an undeniable winner by fifty to sixty yards, •
Time, 21 minutes 10 seconds; which we take to be a
proof that both men are good ones, when we consiaer.
the shape of the course and the heat of the day.

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