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

character as a judge ever been before consider td by 01
authority or tribunal whatever.
Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. J. P. Vilde were core 2se/ for the
memoralists ; and Mr. Sergeant TaZfourd and b. G. Shaptet
appeared for the respondents.
Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the arg =Ants to
stated that they would consider as to 'what report the,'
should make to her Majesty.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THLS ,'DAYS)
Thomas Beasley and Francis Taylor were art rged with
being concerned with others in stealing six chairs and four
candlesticks from the Ragged Schools in VhilliTs-street'
Kingsland-road.
Police-sergeant Neale, N division, stated th lt, ut conse-
quence of information he received that the p risoners were
concerned with two lads who were yesterday remanded en
the above robbery, he proceeded to the house of Beasley's
father. Witness, on seeing the lad, said to hit n, "I under-
stand you know something of the robbery at the Ragged
School." He replied he did not. I said, "If you did not
take anything yourself, you know who did."- The boy's
father said that he had better tell the truth. Prisoner then
said he was present when the first two chairs were taken by
the other boys, and he (Beasley) received sixpence of the
money. I then took him into custody, and subsequently the
other prisoner, who, however, denied all knowl' dge of the
transaction.
Mr. Anxoeo at once discharged Taylor, as there was en
evidence agair.st him. He (Mr. Arnold) then addressed the
police-sergeant to the following elect :—Polio -.man, I must
say that in this case you have exceeded you r duty. You
might perhaps have been led to put the questic ns you did to
the prisoner Beasley, in order to gain the reqtrj.dte informa-
tion, but you had no right whatever to do so. Your duty
was merely to tell the prisoner what you took him into cur
tody for, and, if he chose to make any vOuntars• statement,
well and good ; bat it is a portion of your duty to caution
the prisoner that he is not bound to make any statement
calculated to prejudice his case against him. I-have tors'
heard Mr. Justice Parke severely reprehend the police for
attempting to extort a confession from the inisoner. In doing
so you place yourself in the position of a judge. I must sat
you have acted very incorrectly. There is not sufficient
evidence against this prisoner either. I must therefore cal'
charge him."—Discharged accordingly.

MISSING Mait.s.—The following bags had 01
arrived at the General Post-office this rnoraing
Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich, Wingham, Lewes, Battle, D!
Leonard's, Bilston, Bishopscastle, Brackley, Chirk, Belfast,
Cork, Clonmel, Derry, Drogheda, Galway, Holyhead, boll'
bridge, Limerick, Newry, Sligo, Wexford, Newport (Salop.
(Monmouth), Newtown, Oswestry,Presteign!S.
nail, Shrewsbury, Wednesburee Welshpool, Wellington
(Salop), Bridgend, Cardiff, Chepstow, Cowibridge,
Neath, Swansea, Taibach, Aberystwitb, AbergavennY,
Balkh Burford, Brecknock, Cardigan, Carmarthen, C,oleford•
Cluckwell, Havant, Haverfordweet, Horraiean, Liphooke
Peterstield, Hobspoint, Kingston, Llandillo, LlandorreP
Llangadock, Lampeter, Merthyr Tvdvil, Milford, Monmoutilt
Narbeath, Pembroke, Northleach, 'Newham, Boss, Phaysderr
S-. Clears, Tenby, Usk, Waterford, Amersham,
Wycombe, Stokenchurch, Tetsworth, Tliame,Whately,
Hun-
gerford, Arundel, Bognor, Chichester, Emawon.h, and 001"
mere. In addition, the following have been .due since yes;
terdav, viz, Arundel, Cardigan, Emswortb, Lewes, go'
llertir Ty-dvil, making a total of ninety-two mails due.
MURDER.—A dreadful murder was committed oft
Sunday evening at Newbrough, in the southern division
the county of Northumberland, about four miles from
ham. It appears there had been a christening that dais
which in that part of the country is usually a season of flee
tivity ; and after the parties had been at church they're e
paired to an inn in the village of Newbrough to partake !
' sonic refreshment. While there a man of the nal"
of Welsh, who is a labourer in a quarry in the neighbour:,
hood, took some improper liberties with the women u`
the christening party, and made use of indecent bdre
guage, which called. for the interference of the father el,
the child, a person of the name of Proud. When Prot
and his party left the le use, Welsh followed and went lie
the same direction ; and some wrangling took place be:
tween the parties on the read. They had not, however'
proceeded far, when Welsh went up to Proud, seized hint b 1
the head, and pulling it back cut his throat with a knife 0
severely, that the unfortunate victim died almost immediatelf:
After committing the horrid deed Welsh ran off, and called
at the same public-house as the party had been at, where he
called for a pot of whisky, and having drunk it he stated td,
the mistress of the house that it was the last time he would
see him. He then left and hastened to the Fourstones stet?:
on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. On reaching
seems to have been entirely overcome, partly by the liquor
he had taken, and partly by the exertions be had made to
flee from the locality of his crime. In the meentime intelll
gence of the murder spread over the village, and the con-
stable was dispatched on horseback in pursuit of the MO:
derer, whom he found in a public-house at the Fourstoon
station, and immediately apprehended. An inquest was held
on Tuesday, before Mr. Reed, the coroner for the county, /020
the facts above stated were detailed in evidence', and theidy,
returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against the Eileen:
who was committed on the Coroner's warrant to laorP"'"
gaol for trial at the ensuing assizes.
SUDDEN DEATH.—Mr. W. Standfield, of the firndli
of Newbould and Co., manufacturers of cutlery, Sbefgel
was at the Duke's Arms, Marlborough, last Thursday;i7,
up to seven in the evening, in perfect health. He l
walked to the post-office, put in his letters, returned t° the
hotel, and was a corpse in less than an hour. Disease 141,0
heart was the immediate cause of death. Deceased "es
thirty-five years of age, remarkably sober, and, in everi.:l„
spect, a quiet, abstemious mate Ile died in the commerce
room, in the presence of Mr. Dallimore and WO other UV
yellers.
NATIONAL EDUCATION.—The Lord Bishop of
Worcester has convened a special meeting of the mem rof
friends, and supporters of the Worcester Diocesan
h the
k, wit
Education, to be holden at Worcester next
Treasury
ee on the
view of memorialising the First Lord of
propriety, in the future application of Parliamentary grants,
of regarding the maintenance, as well as the establishment of
elementary schools, and also of rendering assiatance
to train-
e
ing institutions.
SELF-ACCUSATION OF A MUEDIIIIZE.-4M Sa
•ba•
tay evening, John Lincoln, of Thorpe, cattle-dealer and •
butcher, met Allen, F 4, of the fire-brigade, 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 last, by'
immersing it in a tub. Allen, in consequence, went to In-
spector Copeman, and gave him information. They after•
wards obtained a warrant, and both the man and womaa
were apprehended on Monday, and brought before Mr. S.
Bignold. After an examination they were remanded. 00
Thursday they were again brought before Mr. Bigneld;
when Lincoln denied his former statement in foto, satin'
when he was drunk he was the biggest liar in Eng n
There being no corroborative evidence, and no body havimi
been found, the prisoners were discharged, on payment di
40s. expenses. They stated before the magistrate that the/
were man and wife, and had been married about 11 years.
Since this inquiry the police, Allen and Charlesworth, have
been over to Blofield, and it appears that the body of a child •
was found wrapt up in a cloth about ten years back. The
matter remains a mystery at present, but further invest/VP'
tion will take place respecting it.—Norfolk .Chronicle A
INHALATION OF ETHER EXTRAORDIMARY--:_T
man was admitted yesterday into the Royal Free Hospital'
and on the arrival of Mr. T. Wakley, jun., one of the sure
geons, it was found necessary to perform an operation, t 0
which the man at once consented. expressing a wish that It
might be " done with ether." He was then removed to 111 e
operating theatre, and Ferguson's apparatus being charged!
the patient commenced inhaling, which he did most
vigorously for half an hour, without any effect being ob-
served. 'Mr. IVakley, jun., thinking the case a failure al
regarded the ether, was anxious to commence the operations
but the man persisted in inhaling, and in thirteen minuted
from that time he became quite insensible, and remained en
for four minutes, during which time Mr. Wakley performed
a very serious operation without the man betraying the
slightest consciousness. Thus he inhaled for nearly three
quarters 3f an hour, inspiring the vapour of three ounces of
pure sulphuric ether. The man, however, explained the
extraordinary fact by admitting that he was a " Wager
dram-drinker." The patient is doing well, and has ex-
perienced no inconvenience from the large dose. Several
medical gentlemee were present and declared the case un-
precedented.
How TO READ THE DEBATES.—As it is really a
day's labour to read the debates—and it is a luxury which
only gentlemen possessing 1,0001. a-year can afford—we
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 in One*
dreary journey to listen to ; and an " order from 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 few oases 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 Petrata of debates, will get to
the end of his day's journey in the early part of the morning,
and will have all the afternoon for resting himself. With a
feeling of the truest benevolence we wish him a happy jour•
ney.—Punch.
Tun PARKS.—Yesterday the ornamental waters in
St. James's and the Regent's Parks, the Serpentine, and the
Long Water and Round Pond, Kensington Gardena, were
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 OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY.—
The Duke of Cambridge has honoured Mr. H. F. Richardson
with his commands that the festival of 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 be the largest of the season.
Lord Ashburton is president this year, and 110 vice-presi-
dents adorn the publications issued by the society.
The officers, non-commissioned officer*, &c., of the
53d (Shropshire) Foot, are about to erect a monument .
Shrewsbury Church, in honour of their brethren who fell in
'dia.