The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-06 00:00:00

NG, DECEMBER 6, 1817.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DEC. 3.-- A convocation was holden this
afternoon, for taking into consideration a proposition
to affix the University seal to petitions to the Lords
Spiritual and Temporal, and to the Commons of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
"against the admission of persons professing the
Jewish religion to seats in the Legislature." The
Rev. Baden Powell, Professor of Astronomy, opposed
the measure, which after some little discussion was
carried ; there being—Placets, 53 ; Non-placets, 10.
Yesterday Mr. Phrdp Bowden Smith, Commoner
of University College, was elected to a Mathematical
Exhibition of that society.
PRINCIPAL OF ST. MARY HALL.—The names of the
Rev. Dr. Bliss, Rev. R. Greswell, Rev. E. M. Goul-
burn, Rev. R. Hussey, and Rev. R. Walker, have
been mentioned as likely to succeed Dr. Hampden
as Principal of St. Mary Hall. The headship is in
the gift of the Duke of Wellington, as Chancellor of
the University.

REPRESENTATION OF SUNDER-

LAND.

SUNDERLAND, DEC. 5 —The. canvass on behalf of
Sir 11. Williamson and Mr. W. H. Wilkinson has
been vigorously conducted, early and late each day, by
the friends of both gentlemen ; but there was age
nerally prevailing belief last evening (Saturday)
that, notwithstanding their warlike pr, parations, Mr.
Wilkinson will be elected without a contest.

There certainly ought no: not to be any contest
for this borough. The constituency is decidedly
Liberal, and Mr. Wilkinson has been secured a ma
jority of that party so overwhelming, that his quasi-
Liberal opponent is driven to rely alwo t entirely on
the Tory ranks for support. All the more respectable
members of the Conservative party, however, have
determined on remaining neuter ; and as the Liberal
electors are to a man quite enthusiastic in his cause,
and ful:v resolved to triumph over all factious oppo•
sition, Mr. Wilkinson's election may be considered
safe. The result of the late general election gave
Mr. Wilkinson 569 votes (330 being plumperr), a
number nearly equal to a moiety of the largest num-
ber of electors (1322) that ever polled at any
former election ; and that, too, in the teeth of the
prejudice created by his avowed advocacy of an alter-
ation of the navigation-laws. It seems to be felt that
the gallant manner in which Mr. W. maintained the
contest on that occasion ought to have secured him
from any vexatious opposition on this, from parties
professing themselves supporters of the present Go-
vernment, especially as a modification of the naviga-
tion-laws has since been made a Government question-
Mr. Wilkinson's returli for Sunderland will afford a
striking proof of the soundness of the views of those
who advised her Majesty to recommend a revision of
those lads. It is expected that the writ will be issued
early next week.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
RETURNS OF NOVEMBER 20 AND 27 COM-
PARED.

TOTAL AMTS. TOTAL LIABILITIES.
X. X.
54,011,347 Nov. 27 Nov. 27...35,828,780
53,441,681 Nov. 20 Nov. 20...35,265,358

569,666 Incr. Nov. 27 Incr. Noy. 27... 563,422
The operation of the above balances shown as below :

ASSETS BALANCES.
Incr. Government Securities 312,987
Ditto, Bullion 515,986
828.973
Decrease, other Securities

Balance Increase—Assets
LIABILITIES BALANCES.
Incr. Public Deposits 509,770
Ditto, Private Deposits 372,072
Ditto, Seven Day and other
Bills

------ 891,597
Decrease, Notes from circulation (de-
duct) _ 328,175

Balance Increase—Liabilities 563,422

Balance Increase—Assets above Lia-
bilities
Being the amount of Profit added to Rest, as shown
thus :-- REST.
November 27 3,629,567
November 20 3,623,323

Increase, Nor. 27
BALANCES OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS OF

THE WEEK BALANCED.
X. X.
Received Public Deposits—Balance 509,770
Ditto Private Deposits—Ditto... 372,072
Ditto Other Securities—Ditto... 259,307
Ditto Seven day and
other bills. —Ditto .. 9,755
Ditto Cash added to Rest 6,244

1,157,148
Paid Government Securities ... 312,987
Ditto Bullion M5,986
Ditto Notes withdrawn from cir-
tion 328,175
- 1,157148
Ilfracombe, Dec. 4, 1847. 0 0 0

INCORPORATION OF WOLVERIIAMPTON.—We un-
derstand that the Lord President of the Council (thy
Marquis of Lansdowne) has dec:ded in favour of gra ntiniz
a charter of incorporation for this town, and it is ex.
pected that the sign manual will be affixed at an earl)
meeting of the Privy Council— Wolverhampton Chronicle
DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE —On Friday night last
some scoundrels broke the lock off the " switches" or
the railway at the Plymouth branch, and wedged them
back with a piece of rail, thereby diverting the main line
into the " siding." At nine o'clock a long goods' train.
which was proceeding to Merthyr, at a rapid pace, was
by this infamous act turned into the siding, and came
into collision with some loaded waggons which were
standing there. The shock was tremendous; the en
gine and fourteen waggons in the train were thrown off
the line, and considerable damage done to them. The
engine-men and breakamen narrowly escaped by, jump-
ing oft Superintendent Wrenn was shortly on the :Tot,
and was actively engaged during the night endeavour-
ing to trace the perpetrators of the outrage.—Hereford
Times.

ALARMING CONFLAGRATION.—A most alarming
fire broke out about eight o'clock on Wednesday evening,
on the premises of H. E. Harding, grocer, tallow-
chandler, and general merchant, of Halfmoon-street.
Shortly after the first alarm of fire had been conveyed
by the ringing of the fire bell, the flames shot up from
every corner of the building,and brilliantly illuminated the
neighbourhood around, and persons came running from
all parts towards the scene. The scene presented, when
the fire was at its height, was one of awful splendour.
Occasionally a quantity of gunpowder exploded, to the
great alarm of the b) atanders ; but, we are happy in
being able to add, that eventually the fire was confined
to the building in which it broke out, and we have also
the satisfaction of reporting that Mr. Harding's loss will,
in all probability, be recovered by insurance.—Sherborne
Journal.

EAST INDIA COTTON.—On Friday Mr. Hugh
Fleming, secretary to the Commercial Association, re
ceived a letter of advice from the directors of the East
India Company, stating that they had given instructions
for forty-fire bales of cotton grown from New Orleans
seed to be forwarded to him from Coimbatore, by the
ship Olir.da from Cochin, for sale in Manchester. It is
expected that the vessel will arrive very shortly, and
that the cotton will be of a superior quality to that pre-
viously consigned to Mr. Fleming by the company for
sale. There have also been received two small samples
of cotton grown at Coimbatore under the superintendence
of Dr. Wight, from seed sown, at the suggestion of the
Commercial Association, at an earlier period than usual,
by about a month. One is a very fair sample indeed,
being long in staple, and of a beautiful white colour ;
i
the other is very different, owing to its being njured by
" damping," that is, from the damp weather preventing
the pods from opening at the proper season. The
doctor, we understand, is not discouraged at the par-
tial failure of the experiment, the season having been
much against it, but intends trying it again next season
on fresh land.—Manchester Examiner.

LITERARY SOIREE.—Lady Morgan's soirée, on
Wednesday evening, was numerously attended. Among
the company were the Raja of Sarawak, their Excel-
lencies the Prince and Princess Calamaki, their Excel-
lencies the American Ambassador and Mrs. Bancroft,
Lord Morpeth, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Campbell,
Lord Glenelg, Lady Stratheden, and the Hon. Miss
Campbell, Lord Wrottesley, Viscountess Dungarvon,
Countess of Charleville, Lady Yarde and Miss Buller,
Honourable Mrs. Marley, Baroness Bray and the Ho-
nourable Mrs. Murray, Lord Harry Vane, Sir Walter
and Lady Caroline Sterling, the Right Honourable
Edward and Mrs. Stanley, Right Honourable Milner
and Mrs. Gibson, Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., Sir W. and
Lady De Bathe, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Hon. Mrs.
Abbott, Honourable Charles Villiers, M.P., Honourable
E. Byng, Mr. Thomas Wyse, Mr. Tennison, M.P., Mr.
Quintin Dick, Mr. Charles Webster, Captain Frederick
Romilly, Mr. Hayward, Mr. Kinglake, Mr. Alfred
Montgomerie, Mr. Charles Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Prin-
ceps and Miss Pattel, Mr. Pulsford, M.P., ,Mr. and Mrs.
Wentworth Dilk, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Twiss, Mr. Bab-
bage, Mr. Higgens, Mr. Thackaray, Mr. Fonblanque,
Mr. Chorley, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Milman, Mr. H.
Hope, Lady Webster, Mr. Butler, Mrs. Inwood Jones,
Mr. Moore, &c.
ALARMING FIRE AND ROBBER T.—LRSt evening
shortly before seven o'clock, considerable alarm was
caused in the immediate neighbourhood of Rahere-
street, Gosa ell-street, in consequence of loud cries of
fire proceeding from the house No. 44, in that
thoroughfare. After considerable trouble the flames
were subdued, when an examination was made with a
view of ascertaining how the fire commenced. The
firemen during their search found that a cupboard in
the room was partially consumed, and that a box in
which a sum of money had been deposited had been
forcibly broken open, and the contents (upwards of thirty
sovereigns) taken away by some person at present un-
known. It is, therefore, generally believed that some
one had first committed the robbery and afterwards fired
the building.
DEATH OP CAPTAIN JOHNSON.--This convict,
whose name has been so familiarly associated with the
murders of the Tory seamen, died upon his arrival at
Sydney, as we are credibly informed by a correspondent
who has recently arrived in her Majesty's ship the
Castor.

ACTION FOR SEDUCTION IN
FRANCE.

Actions for damages for seduction are rare in
France. One was, however, brought on Friday, be-
fore the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, by the heirs of a
young girl named Francine, to obtain 10,000 f. fr.lm
a M. Capron, who occupies a responsible situation in
an hotel in the Rue de Itivoli, for having seduced her.
According to the statement of the Learned Counsel
for the plaintiffs, Francine was the daughter of
honest country-people, and had been brought
up with strictly moral and religious princi-
ples. Though of great beauty, she had re-
mained pure and spotless for four years amidst all
the temptations of Paris. During all that time she
had lived with a married sister end the sister's hus-
band ; and she was as remarkable for her great in-
dustry, as for her exemplary conduct. In the month
of June, 1846, she unfortunately made the acquaint-
ance of a girl of indifferent character, named
Fanny Cortey. One Sunday in July this
Fanny persuaded her to accompany her for
a walk ; but Francine did not consent to
go until she had asked the permission of her
brother-in-law, which was only given on the condition
that she would return at a certain hour. The girl Cortey
led her innocent companion to the Jardin Mabille,
and begged her to enter. Francine hesitated for a
lung time, but at length the gay music, the lights
glittering among the trees and flowers, and the
joyous and elegant company, excited a curiosity
which overpowered her scruples, and she went in.
Hardly had she taken a glance of the brilliant
scene, which to her was perfectly novel, when she and
her companion were accosted by two young men,
who turned out to be Capron and a friend of his
named Dagoumet. Capron had often seen Francine
at the lota, where she had frequently been on
business, and, said the advocate, had persuaded
Fanny Cortey to find the means of placing her in
his power. He paid great attention to Francine during
the evening, and detained her in the gardens, on one
pretence or another, in spite of her reiterated desires
to return home. At eleven o'clock, he and his com-
panion and the girl Corey entered a cabriolet, and
induced Francine to go with them, on the promise
that they would conduct her to her residence. Instead
of that, however, they went to a restaurant, and partly
by entreaties, partly by force, compelled Francine
to sup with them. The supper ended, they promised
to drive her home, but, instead of that, conducted her
to the lodgings of Dagoumet. The poor girl, on seeing
where she was, wept and cried; but, worn out with
fatigue she consented to remain, on the promise that
she and the girl Cortey should be placed in a chamber
by themselves. After a time, however, Capron
entered the room, and a scene .took place between
him and her which cannot be described. Suffice it
to say, that she was dishonoured. The next morn-
ing, on returning home, she was dreadfully pale and
agitated ; but feeling herself borne down by shame,
she 'determined to abandon her relatives. Capron
then took an apartment for her, and promised her
marriage, but at the end of six weeks he basely
abandoned her. After his visits ceased Fran-
cine wrote to him, but he vouchsafed no reply.
This drove her to despair, and she resolved to die.
She accordingly drank a glassful of vitriol, but the
poison did not cause immediate death, and for 39 days
she lingered in dreadful agony. Before she died she
stated how she had been treated, and declared that
she had committed suicide because she could not bear
the thought of her dishonour. In consequence of her
declarations the girl Cortey was condemned to two
years' imprisonment for what is called " exciting a
minor to debauchery" (the unfortunate Francine was
only 19 years of age); but as Capron had not been guilty
of actual violence in the seduction he could not be
punished criminally. The President of the Correctional
Tribunal, however, said to him on the trial of Fanny
Cortey, " Justice cannot reach you at present, but
you must be cruelly punished by remorse !" To this
he replied, "My conscience reproaches me with
nothing ;" whereupon the President observed, " I re-
gret it for your own sake, for that proves your con-
science to be hardened !" The advocate for the
plaintiffs concluded by calling for an indemnity
to the family of Francine proportioned to the
grief and agony which they and she had suffered.
The advocate of Capron maintained that the case
was not of such an atrocious character as bad been
represented—that Francine had loved Capron
—that no violence had been employed by him on
the night of the seduction. He dwelt on the fact
that she had gone to live under his protection, and
stated that Capron was not responsible for her
suicide, for that he bad not abandoned her, she having
been taken away from him by her brother-in-law.
The Avocat du Roi contended that an indemnity was
due to the relatives of the deceased, though, per-
haps, the amount demanded was too much. He in-
sisted that if Capron had replied to the letter of tee
poor girl, she would probably not have committed
self-destruction. The Tribunal postponed the case
For a week to have time to deliberate on its judg-
inent.—Galignani.

LOVE AND THE HORSEWHIP.
Avery lively sensation has been produced in Cot k
y a recent event in that city. The Co, II Examiner
of IVednesday alludes to the subject in flit se
terms :—" We must allude to a rumour recently cir-
culated through the city, to the effect, that a gallant
.fficer of a regiment stationed in this garrison, won
the affections of one of the loveliest of the city's
belles, and promised to make her his bride ; that all
tedious preliminaries were arranged and settlements
drawn out, and a day appointed for their being
signed by the intended bridegroom; that the gallant
officer being reluctant to_ fetter his liberty, even by
the rosy chain of Hymen, marched out of Cork Bar-
racks, apparently on a hooting excursion, on the
morning of the day when he was expected to sign the
death-warrant of his bachelorhood, and, walking to
Fermoy, there got' leave of absence;' that when the
lawyers and friends assembled at a certain home on
the South Mall, they waited in vain for the truant
lover; that, when alarmed at his unaccountable silence,
the lawyers and friends wended their way to the
barracks, to have the matter explained, the bird was
discovered to have flown; that rage and consternation
were felt thereupon, and that the' brother of the lady
vowed a vow of deep revenge. So much for the
rumour; now for the fact. As the Juverna arrived
at the quay, this day at twelve o'clock, a group of
officers might be seen on the quarter-deck Of the
vessel, surrounded by some fifty or sixty passengers
of a less warlike character. The moment the first
plank was put out from the quay to the steamer, a
young gentleman leaped actively upon it, and
sprang on board at once. Rushing towards the
spot where the officers stood, he selected one
of the sons of Mars as his man, and raising
a whip, struck him across the face, the neck, and
head, accompanying each blow with such comp'i-
mentary expressions as---' You blackguard !—' You
ruffian You scoundrel!' The assailant then re•
tired a few paces, to where his friend' stood, look-
ing admiringly on, and asked him was there any-
hing more to be done?' To which the friend'
replied in the negative; and both tranquilly retired
from the ship, as if unconscious of having caused
a striking sensation, and went off in a car. The
gallant officer bore the assault apparently with
the utmost philosophy, sot making the slightest
resistance to the outrage. His brother officers looked
on with countenances in which amazement and rage
were curiously blended. Immediately after the gal-
lant officer got into a car, and drove up to his quar-
ters at the barracks, accompanied by some military
friends. It is almost needless to say that the incident
we have described caused the greatest astonishment
to those who crowded the quarter-deck of the steamer
and stood on the quay. As the matter is now noto-
rious, having occurred under circumstances so pub-
lic, we need have no delicacy in mentioning names.
The gentleman who committed the assault is Mr.
Thomas Hardy, brother of the lady in question ; the
gentleman assaulted is Captain Bunbury, of her Ma-
jesty's 67th Foot.
The Cork Constitution of Thursday brings down
the narrative a little further. They say—" Every
day since Sunday the Mayor of Cork has received, by
post, letters from London and Liverpool, which, with
the exception of one from a London solicitor, were
anonymous, all advising his worship to arrest Mr.
Robert Hardy (erroneously called Thomas in the fore-
going article), and bind him to keep the peace ; and also
to arrest Capt. Bunbury immediately on his return, or
if not, that a tragedy would be the consequence, as
Capt. Bunbury was coming over to fight a duel. Ihe
Mayor, having to attend a meeting of the town council
at the time the steamer arrived, directed three police-
men to await the arrival of the Juverna, and prevent
a breach of the peace. The ,constables were accord-
ingly on the spot, but until' the assault was perpe-
trated, and the parties gone, they were unaware of it.
Shortly after an information was sworn before the
Mayor of what bad occurred, and the police were
immediately set in motion to arrest the parties. They
were unsuccessful in their pursuit of Mr. Hardy, but
Captain Bunbury was arrested by Head-Constable
Condon at seven o'clock in the evening, when about
to proceed to barracks from Lloyd's Hotel. He had
not been released from custody at the hour of our
going to press."

ST. ALBAN'S.—BANK PAILURE.---We are sorry to
havo to report that Messrs. Gibson and Start suspended
payment on Wednesday. The reason given for this pro
ceeding in the circular issued from the bank is. that
their agents had dishonoured their advices. We under-
stand that their liabilities are small, and it is expected
that every claim will be fully met.—Hertford Mercury.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne en-
tertained the Marquis and Marchioness of Nornaanby
and a select party to dinner on Saturday at
Lansdowne-house. The noble Lord President, h
nearly recovered from his late severe attack
will leave town at the close of the clams% week for
Bowood-park, for the Christmas recess. ofw gout,
1

STATE OF TRADE
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, DEC. 3.—The,
transactions in foreign wools this week have been.
again very limited, business being usually dull at
this season of the year, even in times of comparative
prosperity.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, DEC. 3.—The
sales of wool during the present week have been con-
fined to the supply of the immediate wants of the
manufacturers, which are very small. Prices are
unsettled, but where sales are made lower rates are
submitted to

LEEDS.—We have again to report exceedingly dull
markets at our cloth-halls both on Saturday and
Tuesday. On the latter day there was scarcely any
business transacted. The same state of inaction
continues in the warehouses. The mildness of the
season, together with the scarcity of money, has
completely checked the demand for winter goods for
the home market, and with the exception of a little
briskness in ladies' cloths for the eastern markets,
the for'ign houses are still doing very little business.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, DEC. 2. Wool.
—There is no indication of improvement. Every one
seems disinclined to purchase, and the general
.tone
is great despondency. Yarn—lt is really a painful
task to have again to report the continued dul-
ness we have now for a long time been
portraying, but that dulness continues. The quan-
tity of yarn now spun is indeed reduced to a very
small quantity. There are some inquiries for some
kinds for shipping, but the prices offered are only
such as to deter the producer from making more, and
there is a great disposition to do less, rather than
accept the current prices. Pieces—There is nothing
more encouraging in the piece market to-day. Low
moreens are the most active in demand, and the sup-
ply short. The arrival of the Caledonia has not
given any tone to our market.

MARC-HESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have to
report a steady but very slight improvement in the
demand for cloth, the prices for which are with
difficulty in some cases maintained. The prospect
of many mills resuming work after Christmas causes
manufacturers to become anxious sellers, fearing, no
doubt, that the demand will scarcely be equal to the
increased supply. The home trade is not brisk ; in-
deed it can hardly be expected with so many thou-
sand hands unemployed. Yarns are selling freely to
the export houses. The business doing by one firm
would not be believed if stated, so large is the
amount. There is also a fair business doing in yarns
for the Levant and India.

BARNSLEY. A visible improvement has taken
place in the fancy drill branch during the last fort-
night, and we hear that several large orders which
had been countermanded in the home trade have been
resumed.

NOTTIEGIIAM.-It is discouraging to repeat that
we cannot report any amendment in either of the
branches of the plain cotton stocking trade; the cut-
up branches being in a considerably worse state.
The cotton bobbin-net continues in a most gloomy
position, and many of the machine owners, despair-
ing of any speedy amendment, are seeking for other
occupations. The present distressed state of Ger-
many is considered to add much to the want of de-
mand, as that country has heretofore consumed nearly a.
third of the lace made in England. The silk lace branches
have not felt the depression in the same ratio as the
cotton manufacture, but they must expect a further
rivalry from France, as the machinery for making
silk lace is fast extending at Lyons ; and as the French
Government pays bounties, competition with France
is out of the question in those articles which are pa-
tronised by the French Minister of Commerce. The
cotton warp lace trade is in a very depressed state in
this county, but we suppose that ere long the hands
will have a cut in with Loughborough and Leicester,
in making Blades, which are now brisk.—Nottingham
Review.

LEICESTER.--We are sorry to say things continue
in the same depressed state as reported in our last;
nor is there, we fear, any likelihood of an alteration
for the better until after Christmas. The number of
hands out of employment is very great, and on the
increase. Spinners are producing very little ; and
althoUgh wools have not varied in price, yarns have
experienced a still further small reduction. It is un-
derstood the failure of Leaf, Barnett, and Co., of
London, has not seriously affected any houses here.—
Leicester Journal.

THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS.—The royal pack,
which left the kennel at Ascot on Monday se'nnight, to
hunt in the Vale of Aylesbury, returned to their old
quarters only on Thursday last, having hunted on five
days during their absence. Two of the finest deer
belonging to the royal hunt have been unfortunately
sacrificed. The celebrated little hind " Madcap," which.
was uncarted at Denham-hill, near Quainton, on the
farm of Mr. Marks, on Friday, was drowned in the
river, between Chearsley and Theme ; the hounds run-
ning into her before the whippers-in could get up. Thu
%ec,nd deer was killed by the hounds on Wednesday
(the last day), at East Claydon. On the day
that Madcap was drowned, one of the whippers-in,
named Harry King, met with a serious accident, which,
it is fear.d, will prevent his hunting again during the
season. His horse, in taking a five-bared gate,
stumbled, and rolled over its rider, bfeaking two of his
ribs, and causing other internal injuries. t'everal Oxo-
nians were at the meet at Mame on Tuesday last. Two,
who. were in a tandem, with a c .uple of high-spiritel
horses, were upset in ei,nst (pence of the nags taking
fright, just after the det r, -' Snowdrop," ass uncarted.
One gentleman was convey. (I to Oxford with a dislo-
cated shoulder, and the other very seriously hurt about
the head and face. Sr Francis Peacocke was also
thrown during the hunt, and aas obliged to give over
from the injury he had sustained. One of the most
valuable horses belonging to her Majesty's hunting-
stud, was killed on its return from Aylesbury to Cum-
berland bodge, in Windsor Great-Park. In descending
a steep hill, near Beaconsfield, it fell and broke its back,
rendering it necessary that it should be immediately
slaughtered. Another hunter, of equal value, which
was also in charge of the same groom, fell at the same
time, and was so dreadfully cut about, that it is ques-
tionable if it will ever be fit to hunt again. The man
who was in charge of the two horses, and who fell with
them, was but slightly injured. These are only amongst:
a few of the casualties which occurred during the visit
of the royal pack to " the Vale."

A geritleMan recently appointed (Inoue in one of
the prineipal towns of the department de l'Aisne, had
his pocket picked on Thursday, in an omnibus, of a
portfolio containing bank notes to the amount of 1,500 f.,
in addition to papers of importance. The portfolio was
in a side pocket.

Ten thousand pers3tis are said to be laid up with
the grippe at Lille, but thus far no case has terminated
fatally. At Toulouse there are, it is said, 15,000 persons
in a 1 opulation of 55,000, buffeting from that malady.
—Galignani.
A BOY ST &RVED TO DEATH BT HIS FATHER.—
WOODSTOCK, SATURDAY.—For some days past the moat
painful sensation has prevailed in this town, in conse-
quence of a report which had been circulating, that a
hawker, named John Huband, had starved his son (a
lad about twelve years of age) to death. , An inquest
was held on the body of the lad, when the following
facts were elicited:—Ann Cutler said she knew the de-
ceased, and during the past fortnight he had complained
of pains in his inside. A few days before his death he
told witness that he had not had any food for several
days. He said there was plenty of bread in the
house, but that his father would severely beat and
kick him if he touched it. The father was in the
habit of going out all day and night, and leaving
the boy without any food; he was also in the habit
of beating the boy most unmercifully. On Thurs-
day last witness went to Huband's house. The
boy was lying on some straw on the floor, and appeared
to be dying. Witness told his father that he had
starved the child to death. Mr. George Cales, surgeon,
said that on Thursday afternoon, in consequence of in-
formation which he received, he went to Huband's
house, and saw the boy lying on the floor. He (wit-
ness) examined him, and considered he was suffering
from want of suffici'nt food. On the following day the
ducksd
eaak
boy was taken to the workhouse, where he died the
same evening. WitneSs did not order him any nourish-
mentand
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btecheatuismee.hismfae usthcearheadof
was starvation. Several other witnesses deposed to this
brutal and inhuman conduct of the father. It was also
proved that he was in the habit of earning upward! of It.
per week. The jury unanimously returned a verdict of
manslaughter against John Huband, and the coroner
made out a warrant for his committal to Oxford gaol to
take his trial at the next assizes.
A JUVENILE HIGHWAYMAN.—At Gaineborough, the
son of the Rev. L. Hensly, while returning from school,
r e e 0
e iou obeyed bheiyg' ehdw thea
y.
was stopped by a boy of his own age, who commanded
him to " Deliver, or
command, and surrendered to theile willinglyp
man his books, penknife, silver pencil case, &c. The
young Turpin was arrested next day by Mr. Hensly,
who, in consequence of his teruler age, allowed him to
depart, atter he had restored the stolen property, and, promised to lead an honest life in future.
lIOSPITAL FOR, CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
THE CHEST, B
aostPTosr —Her Grace the Duchess of
Norfolk last week visited' this charitable institution, and
in passing through the several wards appeared to be
highly gratified.
A meeting of delegates of France, Prussia, and
Belgium will take place on the 7th inst., at Brussels-.
under the presidency of the Minister of Public Works
of Belgium, to make arrangements for putting into cor-
respondence with each other the different lines of rail-
way which unite those three kingdoms.
A SINGULAR ENCOUNTER. —The fishermen of
Cadgwith have lately been bringing ashore some good
catches of fish. Recently one of the fishermen caught a
large conger, and as soon as the monster was oft board
he seized the captor firmly by the throat, and coiled
himielf tightly round the poor fellow's body, as if lat*
'
would be at once avenged. Ihe fisherman was unahits
to free himself, until he took his knife and drew it aoross
the conger's head. Its jaws then became unlocked, and
its victim liberated.—Cornwall Gazette.
Charles Dickens, Esq., during his recent visit to.
Leeds to preside at the annual soiree of our Mechanics'
Institution, was the guest of John Hope Shaw, Esq., tl.o
President of the institution. His engagements in London
rendered his stay short; be arrived by the express train
on Wednesday afternoon, and left Leeds by an early
train the following morning. James Crossley, Esq,, the
President of the Manchester Atheneum, was also ig."4
of Mr. ehaw.—.Leeds Mercury.