The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-24 00:00:00

TIT N
, MARCH 24, 1847.

William lilmanell said, I am governor of Lichfield
workhouse. The
prisoner had a child named Eliza, two
years old, with who.7q she left the house on the. morning
of the 9th of November'. She was in the family-way.
She gave me notice the n.',Oit before. On the 11th of
November I saw the dead body of the child at the
Anchor, at Cat's-hill. The chid was in perfect health
when she loft.
Samuel Curry—l saw the prisoner coming out of the
turnpike-road to a rick in a field, near the towing-path
of the canal. She took some straw from the rick, and
put it by the side. She had a child. I asked her if she
was going to drown the child, or herself ? She said,
" No, God bless it ; she was too fond of it." She said
she came from Lichfield, and was going to Walsall. I
told her that was not the road, and if she did not get up
and go, I would fetch a constable. She then got up and
went along the side of the canal. The next day I heard
of a child being drowned in the car.al.
John Critch—On the night of. Monday, the 9th of No•
vember, I was going along by the side of the canal on
the towing-path, when I saw• a woman and child about
a quarter of a mile from the Anchor Inn. She was sit-
ting down on her right heel, and bad the child-against
l.er left leg, partly undressed. asked her what she was
doing, and she said the child had bedaubed itself, and.
she was shitting it.
Joseph Walker found the body of a dead female child
in the oanal, and took it to the Anchor Inn. The pri-
soner's father and mother lived about three miles from
there. I have known her eight years, and she has been
considered of weak intellect.
Henry Woodroofe, house surgeon, examined the body
of the child at the Anchor Inn; found it remarkably
healthy. Death -was caused by rowning. Had a con-
versation two years ago with the prisoner, which left an
impression on his mind that she was a person of rather
weak intellect.
Mr. Woolrych having addressed the jury for the
prisoner, and Mr. Sergeant Allen replied, his Lordship
having summed up, the jury returned a verdit of Not
Guilty, on the ground of insanity.
She was removed. and ordered to be detained in cus-
tody during, her Majesty's pleasure.
Mr. Justice'-Mattle-sst -Ist-the-Nisi Prins Court. AO
diSposed of the case of Fleetwood v. Shipman,which was
an action to recover damages for slanderous words. Da-
mages one farthing.

into custody, and he then made the same statemen tas
he had done to the first witness:, ,
Mr. John'Clenientson Day, hottie surgeon to the Lon-
don Hospital, stated thatthe deceai-ed wks brought there
at a late hoar on Saturday.niglA.- He was covered with
bruises, which appeared tdyaieTheen recently inflicted.
The upper part of the body was greatly discoloured.
The deceased appeared to have hee' knocked about in
a most shocking manner, as if from a cudgel, and the
blows must have been very severe. The arms were
blackened all over, and there were large. patches of
bruises. The deceased appeared to have been intoxi-
cated, and was very much depressed. He was in a
partially delirious state from the time of his admission
until his death, which took place that mor►ing. -
The prisoner a'hed the witnesses several questirns,
which elicited, nothing material, and he then stated that
he called on Mr. Dale, the surgeon, because he had at-
tended the deceased before, and that he Wll% attack, d
with illness on Saturday morning which caused
his death. The deceased had Ewen &fflict,rd with a si-
milar illness before, and he had witnesses to prove it.
Mr. YARDLEY said this case must be furth'-r investi-
gated, and remanded the prisoner till Monday next.
The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail, and it was
refused.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
A charwoman, named Louisa Wright, was charged
with stealing a quantity of silver plate, belonging to
Miss Williamson, of 139, Strand.
The prosecutrix missed the plate, consisting of silver
spoons, forks, &c., to the number of about forty-seven,
from an iron chest in her bed-room, on the Bth of March
instant, and, suspecting that they had been stolen by a
discharged servant, with whom the prisoner was on in-
timate terms (being then also in the same service), she
consulted the latter respecting the robbery, but without
learning anything about it. It afterwards appeared that
nearly the whole of the plate had been pledged, from
time to time, by the prisoner, at the shop of Mr. Lux-
more, pawnbroker, St. Martin's-lane, under various
pretences.
The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said that the
discharged servant, a girl named Wood, gave her the
things to pledge, and received all the money and dupli-
cates upon the goods.
Mr. JARDINE remanded her for further examination.
Philip Hay, son of Major-General Hay, was brought
up on a warrant from the Southwark Police Court,
charged with refusing to pay a cab fare in February,
1846. The cabman had obtained the warrant on hear-
ing of the defendant's being in custody at the above
court, and now applied for the fare and his expenses,
amounting in all to 11.35. 4d.
The Major-General promised to pay the money, and
the parties stepped out of court to agree to some
arrangement between themselves.
SHIP-STREET.
Thomas Brooks, who stood charged with the wilful
murder of William Gobart, was placed at the bar before
Mr. Arnold for final examination.
The prisoner appeared to be greatly affected at the
painful position in which he was placed, and was allowed
to remain seated during the proceedings.
Two or three additional witnesses were now exa-
mined, but their evidence amounted to little more than
a confirmation of the facts that have already been de-
tailed.
A young girl, named Mary Jarvis, deposed that dur-
ing the alwrcation between the parties, shortly before
the fatal occurrence, the deceased applied the most scur-
rilous epithets to the prisoner, and also struck him one
or two violent blows about the head. The prisoner then
rapidly retreated into his own house, and she heard the
deceased remark, in answer to an observation from one
of his companions, that if he had a knife about him he
would stick the prisoner with it. Witness was so
alarmed at his threats that she was hastening home
when she heard the loud report of a gun, and on run-
ning into the passage fell over the body of the deceased.
After some further evidence, of an unimportant cha-
racter, the Magistrate ordered the prisoner to be brought
up again on Friday next for the formal completion of
the depositions.
SOUTHWARK.
Mr. Philip Hay, the son of Major-General Hay, who
was charged with obtaining goods under false pre-
tences from tradesmen in the district of this Court,
and was liberated on bail, attended in compliance
with the terms of his recognizance, to answer any
charge which might be preferred against him. The
accused was accompanied by his father, Major-General

Hay.
Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired whether there were any
persons in attendance to make any charges against the
accused ; that on the previous day he made him find
sureties in consequence of a person named Brooker
having stated that he not only obtained goods of various
tradesmen under an assumed name, but had also plun-
dered his ready furnished apartments. He (the Magis-
trate) was therefore ready to hear any evidence which
might be adduced against the accused, but that if
parties were not in attendance, he should discharge
him forthwith ; and if he was given into custody without
just grounds by Brooker, ho had his remedy against that
person.
Brooker stood forward and said, that he apprised
Mr. Sparrow, the brushmaker of Stamford-street, from
whom the prisoner obtained a quantity of bristles
under the assumed name of Commodore Henry, and
promised a large order of the same description of article
for the use of the navy ; but although that individual
promised to be present at the examination, he was not in
attendance.
Mr. COTTINGITAM—Is the person present from whom,
it was alleged the preceding day, the accused had plun-
dered articles out of his ready furnished apartment ?
Brooker said, that he also notified to that party the fact
of his having given the accused into custody, but still he
did not appear.
The prisoner inveighed against Brooker, and again
declared that that person's only motive in giving him
into custody was fur the purpose of extorting money
from him.
Mr. COTTINCIIA.M inquired how Brooker became ac-
quainted with the accused, and his reply was, that it was
a most unfortunate acquaintance for him, that he met
him casually.
After some farther proceedings
Mr. COTTINGHAM said, that there were no grounds for
the accused's further detention, and that he was, there-
fore, discharged.
The accused, however, was no sooner liberated than
he was again taken into custody on a warrant granted
from Bow-street, to which Court he was inemed►ately
.aken.

LAMBETH.
Mr. John Glover, the owner and driver of one of the
Peckham omnibuses, badge 1,047, and James Bagley, the
driver of a Camberwell buss, badge 2,006, appeared to
answer the charge of furious driving, on the morning of
Sunday week.
The cases were clearly established, and it appeared
that Glover, in cutting in before, to impede his oppo-
nent, run his near wheels in the kennel, and dashed the
mud about so as to completely besmear a gentleman who
was going to enjoy himself in the country, but owing to
the mishap was obliged to return to town.
Mr. ELLIOTT convicted Glover in the penalty of 405.,
or fourteen days ; and Bagley 10s., or five days' impri
sonment.

MARCH 23, 1847.
Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to her
Majesty's Drawing-room, on Saturday, 27th of March, are to
fall into the line at the top of St. James's-street, come down the
left hand side, and enter at the iron gate nearest to the Palace,
set down at the Arcade, return by the iron gate nearest to Marl-
borough- house, and pass through Pall-mall into St. James's-
square, by George-street. When called, they are to pass from
St. James's-square, by Charles-street, into Regent-street, Jer-
myn-street, as before, take up, and go away through Pall-
mall. No hackney carriages will be permitted to come within
the gates. For all persons having the privilege of
the entrée, tickets will be delivered at the Board
of Green Cloth, on Thursday next,. between the
hours of eleven and three o'clock ; their carriages
are,to enter the gate at Constitution-hill, proceed down St.
Aamea's_Park, through Stable: yard, into the Ambassadors'-
conrOefflrion,4arrill gre- out Info Chivelittid-evive(A-Wincear•-
riages of the Ambassador*, Cabinet Ministers, and Great
Officers of State may afterwards wait in the Ambassadors'-
court, and those of all other persons haying the entrée may
wait in Stable-yard or St. James's Park till called •, they are
then to take up in the same order as they had set down, and
pass away up the left hand side of St. James's-street.
No carriage will be admitted with company a second time
with the same ticket, to prevent which, it must be produced
at Constitution-bill-gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a
corner of it will be torn off by the Marshalmen in attendance ;
and no person can be allowed the privilege of the entrée by
any other approach to the Palace than the gates last men-
tioned. FORTESCUE. Lord Steward.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 22.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Adolphe Baron
de Maussion, as Consul at Edinburgh for his Majesty the
Bing of the French.
CROWN-OFFICE, Maacu 22.
The Peer of Scotland elected and chosen to sit and vote in
the House of Peers, in the present Parliament of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., John Lord
Gray, in the room of John Lord Rollo, deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 23.
Ist Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Henry Charles Morgan, from
3d Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Draper, who ex-
changes, March 23.
3eLight Dragoons—Lieut. William Gray Draper, from Ist
Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Morgan, who ex-
changes, March 23.
14th Light Dragoons—William Dundas Boyd, Gent., to
be Cornet, by purchase, vice Corner, promoted in 2d West '
India Regiment, March 23.
2d Foot—Lieutenant Miles Fisher Monckton, from 66th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Potts, who exchanges, March 23.
9th Foot—Major John Barry Thomas, from 61st Foot, to
be Major, vice Douglas, who exchanges, Jan. 13 ; John
Frederick Trydell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Berry, appointed to 61st Foot, March 23.
16th Foot—Ensign Henry Evans Quin, from 63d Foot, to
be Ensign, vice Loder, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon
Benjamin Usher Hamilton, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Thomas
Young, who retires upon half-pay; Henry Fowle Smith,
Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hamilton, March 23.
17th Foot—Lieut. Digby Gerahty, from the 86th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Baxter, who exchanges, Jan. 13; Colour
Sergeant George Palmer to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice King, appointed to the 22d Foot, March 23.
21st Foot—Captain George E. Hillier, from 44th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Domvile, who exchanges, March 23.
22d Foot—Ensign Arthur Grueber Welch to be Lieute-
nant, without purchase, vice Dakers, deceased, Dec. 11,
1846 ; Ensign William Thomas De Wilton to be Lieutenant
without purchase, vice Welch, whose promotion on 29th
January, 1847, has been cancelled, Jan. 29, 1847 ; Ensign
Francis George King, from 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice De
Wilton, Dec. 14, 1846.
37th Foot—William Pole Collingwood, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Bennett, who retires, March 22.
44th Foot—Captain William Domvile, from 21st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Hillier, who exchanges, March 23.
46th Foot—Christopher Wright Wray, Gent., to be
Assistant Surgeon, vice Langley, promoted on the Staff,
March 23.
4Sth Foot—Lieutenant George Abercrombie Robinson,
from 60th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Andrews, who ex-
changes, March 23.
55th Foot—Staff Surgeon of Second Class Samuel Currie,
D.. to be Surgeon. vice Martin, deceased, March 23.
59th Foot—John George Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Pakenham, promoted in the 30th Foot,
March 23.
60th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Andrews, from 48th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Robinson, who exchanges. March 23.
61st Foot—Major Charles Douglas, from 9th Foot, to be
Major, vice Thomas, who exchanges, 13 ; Ensign James
Saint George Lewen to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Burnside, appointed Adjutant, Dec. 11; Ensign Edward
Ring Berry, from 9th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lewen,
March 23 ; Lieutenant Henry Edward Hillman Burnside to
be Adjutant, vice Bricklade, deceased, Dec. 14.
633 Foot—Lieutenant William James Hutchins to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Cary, deceased; Ensign
Thomas William John Lloyd to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchins,
Dec. 20, 184 G ; Ensign William Stephens Loder, from 16th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Quin, who exchanges; George
Charles Widdringtoin Curtois, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Lloyd, March 23.
66th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Ormerod Potts, from 2d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Monckton, who exchanges,
March 23.
71st Foot—Michael Allen Jane, Gent., to be Assistant Sur-
geon, vice Reade, appointed to the Staff, March 23.
73d Foot—Christopher Hanson, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Ramsay, who retires, March 23.
86th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Baxter, from 17th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Gerahty, who exchanges, Jan. 13;
Hampden Cole Bowen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase
vice Barclay, who retires, March 23.
97th Foot—Assistant Surgeon Frederic Foaker, from the
Staff, to be Surgeon, vice Irwin, deceased, March 23.
2d West India Regiment—Cornet John Corner, from 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colleton,
who retires; William Legge Reid, M.D., to be Assistant
Surgeon, vice Macartney, appointed to the Staff, March 23.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain Albert Watson, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet
Major Parke, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Cadwallader
Adams to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Talk, who
retires; James Owen Bovill, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Adams, March 33.
Hosmzer. STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon William Leslie
Langley, M.D., from 46th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of 2d
Class, vice Currie, appointed to 55th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon
Henry Cooper Reade, from 71st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon
to the Forces, vice Foaker, promoted in 97th Foot; Assistant-
Surgeon, Christopher Macartney, M. 8., from 2d West India
Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
Robertson, deceased, March 23.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Mallen 22.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First-Lieutenant Robert
Corcyra Romer to be Second Captain, vice Torrens, deceased ;
Second-Lieutenant George Harrison Ann Forbes to be First-
Lieutenant, vice Romer, March 15 ; Brevet-Major William
Furneaux to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Sir William M. G.
Colebrooke, placed on Seconded List, March 19.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire.
Sir John Charles Thorold, Bart., to be Deputy Lieutenant,
March 17.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county Palatine
of Lancaster.
3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—
Walter Charles Strickland, Esq., to be Captain, March 16.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.
Royal Lanarkshire Militia—William Jolly, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice William Buchanan, deceased, March 8.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine
of Chester.
The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry—
Cornet Hugh Lindsay Antrobus to be Lieutenant, vice
Reade, resigned; the Hon. Hugh Lupus Earl Grosveuor to
be Cornet, vice Peter Barker, resigned, March 2 ; Edward
Hyde Greg, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Thornton, resigned,
March 5; Samuel Pearson, jun., Gent., to be Cornet, vice
Hugh Lindsay Antrobus, promoted, March 10.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Spencer, nurseryman, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire.
BANKRUPTS.
Henry King, victualler, North-end, Fulham, to surrender
April 8, at half-past eleven, and may 4, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore,official assignee,
re
Basing-
hall-street; Buchanan, Basinghal -
olssterer, New Bond-street,
Joseph Samuel Robinson, up
h
April 2,
and B
May 4, at one, at the Court
of at half-past eleven,
Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Bradley, erners-
street, Oxford-street.
Thomas Williams, maltster, Hay, Brecknockshire, April
9, and May 4, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, offi-
CONVICTS.—It is currently reported that convict
cial assignee. Bristol; Sabine, Bristol.L.
ships are to be fitted up for the reception of convicts at
Richard Benson, sharebroker. iverpool, April 7 and 23,
; each Government yard, and captains and lieutenants from
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official
the navy are to superintend the management of the pri.
assignee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row, London
Lowndes, Robinson, and Bateson, Liverpool.
Edgliez,ab32( thlDiatrthereAl,
k 22,
Joseph Taylor, grocer, Bury, Lancashire, April 7, at twelve, soners when on board. On the evening of Monday last,
i tagnedr
and May 5, at: eleven, at the Manchester District Court. by railway train, Mary Manley, 22, under sentence a
Hosegood Thorpe, Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Clarke, Gray, and tmraanrsypaßrrt.oawtionn, f2o3r, lE4myielayrNsv;
Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Whitehead, Bury.
pl4o,rtaantdioCnhfaurrlo7tt3e,ellalrasnlweye',rlo, severally
Wilson Dickinson, saddler, Manchester, April 8 and thorp, alias Martha
sentenced to trans-
-29, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson,
were removed by order of the Se-
, Mary Ma ansleay.
official assignee, Manchester; Wathen, Basinghall-street ;
cretary of State,
Fogg, Manchester.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED. the Devon County Gaol, to
W. Collins, tailor, Rugby, Warwickshire—a div. of 4s. in London. It is understood these femaleswill be sent to
the pound, on Thursday, March 25, and three following a settlement to be formed on the. South V'es.t Coast of
Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Australia, to which female convicts only will be sent
there it is said will
from the United Kin dom. The males who will proceed
Moorgate- street.
J. Yeardley, W. Yeardley, and E. Yeardley, flax spinners,
Ecclesfleld, Yorkshire—second div. of 9'/2d. iu the pound, on convicts who have,
gbe composed of
any Friday, at the office of Mr. Kynaston, Leads. or what shall be deemed a sufficient term of probation,
J. Yeardley, flax spinner, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire—first div. e mducted themselves well in the prisons at home; who
of 7s. 6d. in the pound, on any Friday, at the office of Mr. will receive pardons, but not be allowed to remain in
Kynaston, Leeds. Europe, and be sent to this new settlement as free
R. Bowerman, carrier, Ensham, Oxford—a div. of ls. 7d, settlers. One of these convicts had a female child, and
in the pound, on Thursday, March 25, and three following application being made respecting this, without stating
Thursdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, the sex, the answer was, that if a girl, it would be per-
Moorgate-street.
• witted to proceed with the mother, but so strict was the
A. Lord, dyer, Manchester—first div. of ls. 4d. in the order in this respect, that if a boy, it would not.—
pound, on any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. F
Manchester.
J. Leadbeater, calico manufacturer, Manchester—second Sir Francis Doyle had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

tIEBI;IFICATES to be dranteci, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
A. Fielder, brewer, Alton, Southampton, April 14-11.
Brooker, grocer, High-street, Peckham, April 14—W.
Hodges, cloth worker, Kingsgate-street, Holborn, April 18—
W., W. Coleman, provision. merchant, Hill Southampton,
Southampton, April 14.4. Wragg, iron merchant; Melina-
' Olace, Westniiticter-loldgwoodi April .14.-31.:J.Wilkhupakip:
broker, Pbilpot-lane, City, April 14--E. ITwted, victualler,
Cathbrfdge, April 14—J. Jarman, linendraper, Brunswiek-
terrace, Walworth-road, April 14—J. C. Humby, boot manu-
facturer, Blackfriars. road, April 14—R. Barnes, ironmonger,
Hammersmith, April 15—J. Gass, draper, Colchester,
April 15—C. F. Smyrk, builder, Lavinia-grove, Wharf-road,
April 13—J. Terry, licensed victualler, Wych-street, Strand,
April 15—E. Smith, apothecary, Dursley, Gloucestershire,
April 16—L. Pearson, currier, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
April 15—J. Rouse, plumber, Exeter, April 14—J. Davis,
hosier, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, April 13—W. B. Perry,
linendraper, Crop:on, April 13—W. H. Fitzhugh and R. E.
Walker, ship brokers, Liverpool, April 13.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

H. Spence and W. :darkland, coppersmiths, Manchester--
D. Owen and H. Eyton, hat manufacturers, Manchester—J.
Howard and B. Barker, merchants, Leeds—J. Skikelthorpe
and C. Gilman, oil and Italian warehousemen, Middlesex—
11. Baldwin and H. Walker, worsted spinners—G. Glover,
jun., and J. K. Luter, warehousekeepers, Lancaster—R.
Walker and J. Edwards, curriers, Guisbrough—W. J.
Dowding and S. Dowding, woollen manufacturers, Bermond-
sey—J. Ladley and J. R. Butler, turners, Old Bur-
lington-street—P. Hart, S. Walmsley, and R. Mang-
nall, starch manufacturers, Liverpool (so far as regards
P. Hart)—T. Travis and A. Lomontt, hat manufacturers,
Stockport—M. Harding and E. Hunter, Cheadle—G.
Williams and J. Blake, coffee brokers, Mincing-lane,
—R. Watson and S. Broom, worsted spinners, Kidder-
minster—T. Britcher and C. Britcher, bricklayers, Norwich—
J. C. Banbury and J. Bennett, jun., wholesale milliners,
London—R. Himsworth and E. Himsworth, grocers, Salford ,
—G. Grime and J. Grime, drapers, Kingston-upon-Hull—
J. Sherrard and T. Winterton, trimming sellers, Tottenham-
court-road—J. Haggitt and E. Powell, tailors, Southampton
—W. Cheetham, J. Jessop, and Ely Dyson, jun, woollen cloth
manufacturers, Huddersfield (so far as regards W. Cheatham)
—J. Swann, R. Heath, M. Heath, and J. Heath, vinegar
manufacturers, Stourport.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

James Wallace, commission agent, Leith, March 26 and
April 16, at one, at Aitken's Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
James Campbell, postmaster, Edinburgh, March 29 and
April 22, at two, at Fraser's Rooms, Edinburgh.
John Nimmo, spirit dealer, Glasgow, March 25 and April 22,
at•two, at the office of Mr. Service, Glasgow.

EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
Some days ago an affair of somewhat extraordinary
character took place in Church-street, Lambeth, which
has given rise to much gossip and scandal in that
locality, and was at one time viewed as one of serious
consequence.
It appears that Mrs. Charlotte Lovelle, a female
about 26 years of age, and the wife of a bargeman, had
been ob-erved by her friends and neighbours to become
gradually stout and stouter still, until no doubt what-
ever remained upon the minds of all that she was in that
" happy state," and would in due time bless her husband,
John, with her first-born. Indeed, John himself
peered as certain of this as any of his neighbours, for
not only did his wife inform him of her delicate
condition, but actually carried matters so far as. some
weeks ago, to insist on his sleeping in a different
bed. Mrs. Lovelle• also taxed the charitable disposi-
tion of several benevolent individuals in making pre-
parations for the happy event, and, amongst others, had
called on the Rev. Mr. Dalton, rector of the parish of
Lambeth, and son in law of the Bishop of London. and
obtained from that Rev. Gentleman a letter to the " Lam-
beth Ladies' Society," from whom she got a box of baby
linen, &c. Some days after she was noticed to be consi-
derably reduced iu size, and the question was naturally
put to her what had become of the infant, and what she
had done with the child? Her reply was that she had
been delivered, but the infant was such a hideous-look-
ing monster, that she could not bear to look at it, and
had, therefore, made away with it. Information of the
sircumstance was givefi at the police station-house in
High-street, Lambeth ; and police-constable Dixon, 85
L, was dispatched to make the necessary inquiries into
the mysterious affair, which, if it did not amount to wil-
ful murder, was at least that of manslaughter.
On going to the house, No. 35, in Church-street,
Dixon found Mrs. Lovelle in bed, and in a very low and
weak state ' • so much so that he felt it to be his duty at
once to call in one of the medical gentlemen in the
neighbourhood to see her. The gentleman promptly
attended, and upon a cursory examination of the patient
he expressed it as his opinion that she had certainly
given birth to something. He also recommended, from
the wretched appearance of the place, the absence of her
husband, and the want of proper attendance, that she
be at once removed to the workhouse, and this was done.

Toe affair at this period wore a most suspicious ap-
pearance ; a formal report of all the circumstances
was presented by Mr. Superintendent Rutt to the
commissioners of police, and a cab in which
Mrs. Lovelle took a short drive on the evening of
her supposed delivery was anxiously sought after,
and every effort was being made to discover the mangled
remains of the unfortunate infant. In a day or two

a female named Connor, in turning over the bed in Mrs.
Lovelle's room, discovered something sewn up in a piece
of white calico, which, from its size and appear-
ance, she at once concluded to be the body of the missing
infant. She in consequence hastened to the station-house
for Dixon, the constable, and on the arrival of that
officer, she presented the bundle in the same state as
she found it. Dixon at once undid the covering, or
rather cut it open, and found its contents to be
what he conceived to be the body of a child, though
somewhat extraordinary in its shape and appearance.
Dixon refolded it in the wrapper, and carried it to
the station-house, and informed Inspector Carter,
who was on duty at the time, that he had discovered
the body of the child, or something very like it. He
then exhibited the body of the child, as be
had described the contents of the parcel to Mr. Carter,
when that experienced officer, after viewing it attentively
for a moment or two, exclaimed, " The body of a child,
indeed ! why, it's nothing but a - old cat skinned,
don't you see his teeth ?" Such, however, was the noise
that the affair created, that the inspector thought it
prudent to have the parcel as found conveyed to the
workhouse to be seen by the medical men, who might
perhaps deem it necessary to have a coroner's inquest.
This, however, was deemed unnecessary, for after a
minute examination the body was found to be that which.
Mr. Carter described it, namely, that of a dead cat; but
skinned and dressed in such a manner as certainly to
puzzle many at the first glance to discover what it was.
The tail was not only cut perfectly close to the back
bone, but covered over with a part of the flesh, so as to
remove all trace of the stump, and the stumps of the
ears and the head itself were hollowed down so as to
bring it as near the human shape as possible. The teeth
alone exhibited the proof of the animal, and had these
been drawn before it had been discovered under the bed
there is no knowing the ludicrous length the affair
might have been carried. Mrs. Lovelle has since ac.
knowledged that the cat was a favourite old tom belong.-
ing to her landlady, and that she had killed, skinned,
and dressed it herself, but what her real motive was has
not transpired.

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