The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

Your obedient servant,

Greenwich, Jan. 16, 1847. VIGILANS
P.S. I had almost omitted anothar matter of import-
ance to the public. The di,tance _ from Greenwich to
Deptford is less than three quarters of a mile, and the
fares are, la' class, ;2d class, 6d. ; and 3d class, 4d.
The same fares are taken from London- bridge to the
Spa road station, which is less than a mile. Are these
exorbitant charges legal?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sift,—The great danger from the increase of traffic
from the end of Red Lion-street, crossing Theobald's-
road to Lamb's Conduit-street, calls loud for an Obelisk,
or something to that effect. Trusting this hint will
suffice and meet attention.
I am, &c.,
AN INHABITANT,
January 16th, 1847, L. N.

, ------a-- A
most exaggerated representation having appeared
in some of the papers of a fire on board the Bonafide,
the owners of her request it may be stated that the brig
was light and dismantled, being laid up for the winter,
that the damage sustained was confined to the blistering
of the paint around the fire-place in the cabin, and does
not amount to twenty shillings, the fire having been ex-
tinguished in five minutes, with half a dozen buckets of
water. The mate of the vessel, who, in defiance of the
dock regulations, had placed some varnish near to the
stove, has been punished by the dock authorities.
SHOCKING APPAIR.--MURDER AND SUICIDE.--
STLCKPORT, JAN. 14.—Yesterday a carom isinquiry
was held at Heaton .":orris, a parish a short distance
from this town. concerning the death of Amy Coke!)
and her infant daughter, aged eight months As will
be seen by the following facts, the unfortunate parent
committed suicide by throwing herself into the river
Mersey, with the infant in her arms, which perished
with the mother. The unhappy woman cohabited with a
man named Barlow, and lived in Sheppa,""buildings.
They were heard frequently to quarrel, and in c,iac-
quence of some violent bruises being found on her bogy
when taken out of the water, it was generally suppod
in the neighbourhood that her death had really resulted •
from the ill-treatment she had received from him. Such,
however, ,
however, was set at rest by the evidence of a young girl,ii
of the name of Garner, and the medical tesimotely.
h course
female stated that she saw the deceased
of last Saturday afternoon. She seerne,d:etxcee omy God!diwrly
depressed in her spirits, and remarked,
I wish I was outa:of this world; for there is nothing
but trouble in it." Late in the day
et'nued until
she' app
more troubled in her mind, and she son
lefto her home,
last seen a. On evenin
taking withlive S unday g her the child. A few hosuhre
eafrtievrewr, on theards she
was seen near a precipice leading to th s
Heaton Norris side, and adjacent to the Cotton Tree
bodies Were dis-
public-house. On the same night
covered in some shallow water neittrithhee place previously
described. The corpse of the nv thne,r Was considerably
depos.-d that the
bruised. Mr. Cheetham. a surgeo
deeply gorged with blood,
eyes of the parent
which might be produ'C'eedrehy drowning, or a blow nen
Of exposure to the cold might
eenssesseen ill-
the head, or; by a fall ;
Several witnesses
cause those appearances. . . were
of them were able
vtoerftta,
examined, who spoke to Barlow having
i thendeceasedg
using the deceased, but none
late date. The jury return.detelneethoof ftohlleo
with divers
there being no conclusive evidence
That
hav-
ing thrown herself in the
wounds were
deceased
were found drowned in the River Mersey,
injuries upon their bodies, but how those
occasioned there was no satisfactory evidence to show:,
The Coroner severely censured Barlow for his conduct
to the deceased.
LUCILE GRARN AND
TislaEV:_ENENTolAti7iSn.—A letter
Nothing
is talked
from Venice of January 3, 3.5
of here but the sudden departure of the celeebnrgaageld fortetdan-
sense, Mdlle. Lucile Grahn, who had been
the three months of the carnival, at the sum of 40,000
livres, and who, on quittingdlleh.e t Venice Theatre, has
given up that amount. M Lucile Grahn, having
wished to overthrow the old system of Italian panto.
mimes, in order to introduce the kind of Frenclt
ballets,
the artistes employed in the choregraphic department
united together to defeat this project. A cabal, similar
to that of which Marie Taglioni was last year,tah:drvivcitiM
is
nrstth timelen
l' at Milan, was organised against Lucile Gratin
1 that charming artiste came
soniht,hzeenstiangdeivfiodruathise
in the ballet of the Gipsy,
and then with
received her with shouts and threats. The, young lady
pit
remained a moment as if thunderstruck,
couldb lady
to be
Venice e done
a gesture full of calmness, ordered the curtain
dropped, and, in spite of everything which
to retain her, quitted the city immediately.
long buffer from this event, for what fareiat: artiste"iolfi
a similar
celebrity would come and expose herself
cabal ?" According to an account given in a Venice
journal the disturbance was partly caused by the prices
of admission having been unexpectedly raised.
TIIE REPRESENTATION OF BATH.--At
of electors, held on Wednesday, the following a meeting
was passed among others:—" That Lord Asley having
consented to be put in nomination as one ofi resolution
mentary elec.
repre-
sentatives of this city, at the next Parli the
tion, it is desirable to raise a fund to defray
mate expenses of such election, and ray the legiti-
that
be forthwith commenced: for that L"' a itubsoription
Gazette. a27%e."—.Scaa-aaet