The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-11 00:00:00

CIIILD DROPPING.

Yesterday a long investigation took place at
Bow-street before Mr. bltNst-ttn.t, respecting the desertion
of an infant child, under rather curious circumstances. On
Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a woman
named Tremlett, a laundress, who has the care of chambers
at No. 17, Clement's Inn, was descending the stairs, and on
the landing place she stumbled over something which, on
examination, she found to be a large band-box. Conceiving
that some one had left it there by mistake, and that it
would in all probability be claimed by the owner very speedily,
she took it up to convey it to her own room. She found it ex-
thrieTec' cutSi l e
ex-
tremely heavy, .and when she arrived at the door of her apart-
ment she heard something like a stifled cry proceeding from the
asunder threw down
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the Anotherbox
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was tied, and found in it a fine full-grown male child, appa-
rently about 4or 5 days old. Mrs. Tremlett, as soon as she
recovered from the agitation which such a circumstance would
naturally produce, ran to the Workhouse and fetched Mr.
Fletcher, the master, and by his direction the box and child were
taken to his domicile. The child was wrapped in a blanket,
and there was an aperture in the lid of the box evidently cut
for the purpose of admitting air. Mrs. Tremlett was taken be-
fore the parochial officers, who were then sitting in conclave at
the board-room, and underwent a sharp interrogation ; in the
course of which she was guilty of some prevarication, and they
therefore determined to have her before a Magistrate, in order
that if there was any thing wrong it might, if possible, be de-
tected. Mrs. Tremlett attended accordingly yesterday morn-
ing, and explained satisfactorily her supposed prevarication of
the preceeding evening, which appeared to have arisen from
sheer agitation.—The parish officers in the course of the inves-
tigation stated, that this was the second time within four months
that a child had been left in Clement's Inn, and the first one
was deposited also in a band-box under precisely similar cir-
cumstances with the present.
Mr. MnistsuLL said, he could take no cognizance of the
matter in its present shape. Ile would, however, advise the
parish officers to publish an advertisement with a minute de-
saiption of the band box and blanket, offering a suitable reward
for the detection of the unnatural mother.
The Officers said, they published an advertisement on the
former occasion, and they verily believed.that this second gift
was to be attributed to that advertisement, for the manner of
" dropping" the present child was precisely similar to the last.
Thus the matter rests at present.

NATIONAL Soctwry.—Yesterday the General
Committee of the National Society for the Edu-
cation of the Poor in the Principles of the Estab-
lished Church, held their Meeting at St. Martin's
Vestry Room. Eight new Schools were united
to the Society, and several grants of money were
made towards the establishing of Schools; amongst
others, a very liberal donation towards building
Schools upon an enlarged plan, to meet the in.
creasing population of Brighton.

BALLOT ♦T LLoyn's.—Yesterday, pursuant to
the notice given to the Subscribers to Lloyd's on the 3d inst.,
the Ballot took place on the question for nominating eight of
their Members to form part of the Committee appointed at a
General Meeting of Merchants, Ship Owners, and Under-
writers, on the classification of merchant shipping in the two
Register Books. A good deal of interest was excited, from its
being of considerable importance to both the Ship Owners and
Underwriters; and at the close of the Ballot, at four o'clock,
the numbers were :
For the Appointment of the Committee - 312
Against it - 327
Majority - —25
Mr. ItoscoE has at length completed his ver-
sion of SismoNnt's Histou of the Literature of the
South of Europe, by the publication of the 3d
and 4th Volumes. Most of the Poetical Speci-
mens have been rendered into English metre by
the Editor, or his Friends. It has been justly
pronounced " a valuable and interesting Work,
presenting, as it does, a broad and general view
of the rise and progress of modern Literature,
which will be read by those who are uninformed
on the subject, with equal gratification and im-
provement. The want, indeed, of some sketch
of the History of European. Literature has been
felt by- all who desired information, but were un-
willing to wade through the voluminous produc-
tions from which alone that information could be
gained."