The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-11 00:00:00

character as a judge ever been before cOnsidert id by any
authority or tribunal whatever.
Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. J. P. Wilde were counsel for the
memoralists; and Mr. Sergeant Talionrd ; end .Mr. Shaptet
appeared for the respondents.
Their Lordships, at the conclusion of tb :a arguments today, stated that they would consider as to ii bat report they
should make to her Majesty.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(IRIS DAY.)
Thomas Beasley and Francis Taillor Were charged with
being concerned with others in stealing six chairs and four
candlesticks from the Ragged Schools iq Phillips-streets
Kingsland-road.
Police-sergeant Neale, N division, Voted that, in COftge
quence of information he received that the prisoners were
concerned with two lads who were yesterday remanded ors
the above robbery, he proceeded to the house of Beasley 4
father. Witness, on seeing the lad, said to him, " I under-
stand you know something of tie robbery at the Ragged
School." Ile replied he did not. I said, "If you did not
take anything yourself, you know who did." The boy's
father said that he bad Vetter tell the tru .th. Prisoner then
said he was present when the first two el airs were taken by
the other boys, and he (Beasley) receive d sixpenca of the
money. I then took him into custody, and subsequently the
other prisoner, who, however, denied all knowledge of the
transaction.
Mr. ARNOLD at once discharged Taylor, as there was no
evidence against him. He (Mr. Arnold) thin addressed the
police-sergeant to the following effect :—Policeman, I must
say that in this case you have exceeded your duty. You
might perhaps have been led to put. the qui stions you did to
the prisoner Beasley, in order to gain the -requisite informa-
tion, but you had no right whatever to d so. Your duty
was merely to tell the prisoner what you to ok bins into cus-
tody for, and, it he chose to make any yoke dory statement,
well and good; but it is a portion of your .duty to caution
the prisoner that he is not bound to make any statemen!
calculated to prejudice his case against: him. I have my
heard heard Mr. Justice Parke severely reprotend th.^ police for
attempting to extort a confession from the prisoner. In doing
so you place yourself in the position of a. judge. I must esi
you have acted very incorrectly. There is not sufficient
evidence against this prisoner either. I must therefore dis-
charge him."—Discharged accordingly.

MISSING Alans.—The following bags had
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arrived at the General Post-office this. morning :—Vealt
Margate, Ramsgate Sandwich, Wingham,Lewes, Battle, St•
Leonard's, Bilston, Ramsgate,
Brackl ey, Chink, Belfast,
Cork, Chinmel, Derry, Drogheda, Galway,. Holyhead, Iron- .
bridge, Limerick, Newry, Sligo, Wexford, Newport (Salop)/ t,
Newport (Monmouth), Newtown, Oswestry, Presteign, '
nail, Shrewsbury, Wednesburf, Welahpool, Wellington
(Salop), Bridgend, Cardiff, Chepstow' Cowbridge, Llanellys
Neath, Swansea, Taibach, Aberystwith, Abergavennis
Builth, Burford, Brecknock, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Colefords
Cluckwell, Havant, Haverfordwest, Horadean, Liphooks
Petersfield, Hobspoint, Kingston, Llandillo, Llandorrey,
Llangadock, Lampeter, Merthyr Tydvil, Milford, Monmouth,
Narbeath, Pembroke, Northleach, Nunehan Ross, Phaysders
Clears, Tenby, Usk, Waterford, Arnerzham, High'
Wycombe, Stokenchurcb, Tetsworth, Theme, Whately, Hull"
gerford, Arundel, Bognor, Chichester Emswortb, and Hags"
mere. In addition, the following have been due since yes'
,
terday, viz, Arundel, Cardigan, Elmira -th, Lewes, Ow
Merthyr Tytlvil, making a total of ninety-t; vo mails due.
Aluaneu.—A dreadful murder was committed on
Sunday evening at Newbrongh, in the sotxthern division oi
the county of Northumberland, about four wiles from Hex-
ham. It appears there bad been a christening that dal,
which in that part of the country is usually a season of fee
tivity ; and after the parties had been at church they re;
paired to an inn in the village of Newbrougl to partake 01
some refreshment. While there a man Pf the name
of Welsh, who is a labourer in a quarry in the neighbour;
hood, took some improper liberties with the women
the christening party, and made usu of indecent lan-
guage, g,uage, which called for the interference of the father 0.;
the child, a person of the name of Proud. When Prow'
and his party left the house, Welsh followed and went in
the same direction ; and some wrangling took place br
tween the parties on the read. They had not, however,
proceeded far, when Welsh went up to Proud, seized him bi
the bead, and pulling it back cut his thros.t with a knife es
severely, that the unfortunate victim died almost immediately
After committing the horrid deed Welsh ran off, and called
at the same public-house as the party had been at, where be
called for a pot of whisky, and having drunk it he stated to.
the mistress of the house that it was the 11 .st time she would
see him. He then left and hastened to the Fourstones station
on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. ,On reaching it, bø
teems to have been entirely overcome, partly by the liquor
he had taken, and partly by the exertions he bad made to
flee from the locality of his crime. In. the meantime Intent-
gence of the murder spread over the village, and the con-
stable was dispatched on horseback in pursuit of the mur-
darer, whom he found in a public-hon se at the Fourstones
station, and immediately apprehended. An inquest was held
on Tuesday, before Mr. Reed, the coroner for the county, wig...n
the facts above stated were detailed in evidence, and the jail
returned a verdict of Wilful Murder .against the prim:wet.'
who was committed on the Coroner's; warrant to Morpeth
gaol for trial at the ensuing assizes.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. W. Startifield, of the firm
of Newbould and Co., manufacturers o f cutlery, Sheffield'
was at the Duke's Arms, Marlborough., last Thursday,
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up to seven in the evening, in perfec t health. He We'
walked to the post. office, put in his letti :re, returned to the
hotel, and was a corpse is less than an hour. Disease of the
heart was the immediate cause of deczh. Deceased was
thirty-five years of age, remarkably sober, and, in every
spect, a quiet, abstemious man. He died. in the commercial'
room, in the presence of Mr. Dallimore and two other try'
yellers.
NATIONAL EDUCATION.—The Lord Bishop of
Worcester has convened a special meeting of the member:,_
friends, and supporters of the Worcester f)i°cesan itahlhef
Education, to be holden at Worcester nowt week, W
view of memorialising the First Lord of the Treasury on the
propriety, in the future application of Parliamentary grants,
of regarding the maintenance, as well as Om establishment of
elementary schools, and also of rendering; .asaiatance to train-
ing institutions.
SELF-ACCUSATION OF A. MURDI3I3I,I3Ii.—On Sat Ur.
tay evening, John Lincoln, of Thorpe,, cattle-dealer and
butcher, met Allen, F 4, of the fire-beigade, and said he
wanted to get a heavy secret off his mind. They went into
the King's Head, in Davey-place, and there Lincoln told the
constable, that his housekeeper had had a..child by him, and
that they had murdered it between them, in August la.st, by
immersing it in a We. Allen, in consequence, went to In•
spector Copeman, and gave him information. They after-
wards obtained a warrant, and both the man and woman
were apprehended on Monday, and brought before Mr. S
Bignold. After an examination they wcwe remanded. On
Thursday they were again brought before Mr. Bigno.ld;
when Lincoln denied his former statement in Coto, saying,
when he was drunk he was the biggest liar in England-
There being no.corroborative evidence, and no body having
been found, the prisoners were discharged, on payment of
40s. expenses They stated before the magistrate that they
were man and wife, and had been married. about 11 years.
Since this inquiry the police, Allen and Chmrlesworth, have
been over to lilofield, and it appears that the body of a child
was found wrapt up in a cloth about ten yes.rs back. The
matter remains a mystery at present, but farther investiga-
tion will take place respecting it. Norfolk Chronicle.
INHALATION OF ETHER. EXTRAORDINANT.---"A
man was admitted yesterday into the Royal Free Hospital,
and on the arrival of Mr. T. Wakley, jun., .one of the sur-
geons, it was found necessary to perform An 'operation, to
which the man at once consented. expressing a, wish that it
might be " done with ether." Ile was then removed to :the
operating theatre, and Ferguson's apparent* being -charged,
the patient commenced inhaling, which. be did most
vigorously for half an hour, without any effect being ob-
served. Mr. Wakley, jun., thinking the case a failure as
regarded the ether, was anxious to commence the operation,
but the man persisted in inhaling, and in thirteen minutes
from that timehe became quite insensible, and remained Bo
for four minutes, during which time Mr. Wskley performed
a very serious operation without the man betraying the
slightest consciousness. Thus he inhaled for nearly three
quarters of an hour, inspiring the vapour of three ounces of
pure sulphuric ether. The man, however, explained the
extraordinary fact by admitting that be was a ds wager
dram-drinker." The patient is doing well, and has ex-
perienced no inconvenience from the large dose. Several
medical gentlemen were present and declared the case ult.
precedented.

HOW TO READ TUE DEBATES.—As it is really a
day's labour to read the debates—and it is a luxury which
only gentlemen possessing 1,000/. a-year can afford—NV)
advise persons who wish to acquire some knowledge of
the Legislature of their country, and yet have their
business or pleasure to attend to, merely to glance over
the "hears" and the "cheers," which are interspersed, like
so many glow-worms, along the dark, interminable lanes
of type. The "laughs" also are worth stopping is. one's
dreary journey to listen to ; and an " order tram the
Speaker" may also justify a momentary stoppage ; but
when there is nothing but a gloomy expanse of level, un-
broken, barren-looking print before the reader, we recom-
mend him to run over it as fast as he can, not to make
a single stop, but to jump over each member's style in
the most expeditious manner. The spots we have marked
are the only places worth halting at—the tew °amt., in the
grand Parliamentary desert— all the rest is dust, dust, dust,
nothing but dust, which would blind in time the strongest
pair of eyes, and lay up the most indefatigable reader. By
pursuing this line of march the bold traveller who intends
running through the Arabian Pewee of debates, will get t•
the end of his day's journey in the early part of the morning,
aad will have all the afternoon for resting himself. With a
feeling of the truest benevolence we wish him a happy jour-
ney.—Punch.
THE PARKB.—Yecterday the ornamental waters in
Sto.n James's and
and iz
the Regent's
int:osnld'a:kitenngtshietonGardens,
Serpentine, an dth
Long Water ware
completely frozen over, the ice being several inches in thick-
ness and perfectly safe, but the roughness of its surface un-
pleasant to skaters. From 8,000 to 10,000 persons are sup-
posed to have ventured on during the day without any
accident occurring.

CITY OE LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.—
The Duke of Cambridge has honoured Mr. 11. F. Richardson:
with his commands that the festival cf this charity should.
take place on the 31st May, when his Royal Highness will
preside. The illustrious Prince has before presided. Up-
wards of seventy merchants and others have already joined
the stewardship, and by the period of the announcement of
the list., it is anticipated it will to the largest of the season.
Lord Ashburton is president this year, and 110 -rice-presi-
dents adorn the publications issued by the society.
The officers, non-commissioned officers, &c., of the
.53d (Shropshire) Foot, are about to erect a monument in
Shrewsbury Ckurch, in honour of their brethren who fell in
1 'dia.

BIRTHS.
At Inababad, the lady of Captain T. M. E. Moorhouse, 35th Real'
ment Light Infantry, of a son.
On the 2(1 inst., at Southampton, the wife of Robert Boncher, Esq..
R.N., of a (laughter.
On the Gth inst., at Widmer, the wife of J. H. Baker, Esq., Com-
mander, R.N., ofa daughter.
On the Gth inst., at Morden Rectory, Surrey, the wife of the Rev.
+V. C. Rattles Flint, of a son.
On the ith inst., in New Cavendish-street, Mrs. Lionel Booth, of a
daughter.
On the ith inst., at Rugby, Warwickshire, the wife of T. D•
Dakyns, Esq., of St. Vincent, of a son.
On the 'sth inst., at Bush Hall, Hat3eld, the wife of Thomas D.
Branton Day, Esq., of Mickletleld-green, of a datighter.
On the 9th inst., Mrs. Peter (lore, ofa son.