The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-20 00:00:00

lay." On the 7th of March last he absco ruled from Mrs.
Stamp. She then discovered that all hi ! representations
as to his property were false. She he d a child by him
twelve months old, and had been left vi ithout any assist
ante. On Thursday week defendai it, disguised in a
cap and mustachios, and having the al opearance of a man
in distress, stepped up to her, saying„ " Take pity on a
poor man." She said she knew nothiae of him. " What!
don't you know the father of your elr',id ?" said he, and
then struck her two or three times, and had since that
assaulted her again.
Mr. Johnstone, the medical stud ent, proved having
been twice assaulted by defendant.
The defendant made a long, r ambling defence, in
which he denied nearly all alleged against him.
Mr. LONG convicted him in two Penalties of 40s. each.
,He was then locked up.

MORTALITY in the 31.-ETROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number If Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Sept. l._1,1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar -General :

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average

1838-9-40
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagions Diseases. 180 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and; .enses l5B 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
••
Diseases of the Hea-t and Bloody essels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liv er, and other
Organs of Digestion
... lOl 60
Diseases of the kidnays, &c...., ~
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus:, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, anwl Museles
Diseases of the Skin, &c .... 0 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay
Deaths by-Violence, Privation, or 1 ntemperance 15 25
Causes not specified
Deaths from all causes... -
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926

Deaths in the Average Weekly
V7eek. Deaths, 1838-9-40
Western Districts ..... ll5 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts T.B3 ..... 190
East Districts
South Districts ... ......

Total 8 69 926
It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised the
32 districts herein mentioned, whichi include the City of Lon-
don with and without the walls, tfie City and Liberties of
Westminster, the out-parishes within. the Bills of Mortality—.
and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), tit. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newingtoii), St. Leonard (Brom-
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber yell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1631, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.
TEMPERATURE IN THE WSEKS ENDING
Stet. 4. Sept. 11.
77 691
.51 • 43
64 57
16, 1811.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean
General ltegister Office, Sept.

PRISON DISCIPLINE.

We copy the following case from. the Sunday Times.
If faithfully reported, the language used by the Magis-
trate is liable to just censure. If the " padrones" are
the real offenders, why commit children to prison to be
thus disfigured for the crimes of their masters ?
MARLBOROUGH-STREET, SATUEDA.Y. - A gentleman
entered the Court, accompanied by r 6 little Italian boy,
to make this inquiry of Mr. Hardwick:, the sitting Ma-
gistrate :

About a fortnight ago the boy had been apprehended
by a policeman for begging in Rupert-street; on his per-
son the sum of 2s. sd. was found, and this was produced
in such a way as to make it appear that the money was
the produce of begging. On tile evidence of the police-
man, _Mr. Hardwick sent the boy to prison for 14 days.
Now he (the applicant) entertained an impression that
the hoy had been wrongly committed, because just be-
fore the boy was taken by the policeman he had received
from him (applicant) half-a-crown for sittting to him to
have his picture taken. The boy himself denied to him
that he had been begging, and alleged that the money
found upon him was the sum he had- received for.allow
ing his picture to be taken, and that he had spent one
penny only. But what he (the applicant) wished princi-
pally to direct the Magistrate's attention to, was the
way in which the boy had been treated when taken to
Tothill-fields ; the prison-keeper had not only cut the
boy's hair close, but had also cat off his eyebrows.
Mr. HARDWICK said he presumed the boy had been
dealt with in the usual manner adopted towards persons
committed as vagrants.
The gentleman said it might be excused had the boy's
hair only been cropped ; but he did not think the prison
authorities were justified in disfiguring the boy by cut-
ting off his eyebrows.
Mr. HARDWICK remarked that the number of foreign
beggars were on the increase. We had enough of our
own native mendicants without being overrun with those
of other countries. He was determined to do all he could
to punish vagrants, and more particularly he should put
the law in full force against those " padrones," who made
a profit out of the mendicant practices of the boys they
brought into this country.
The gentleman said he had brought the case before
the Court because he thought the boy had been very badly
used. The subject then dropped.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
DONCASTER RACES.—Fmany.

The meeting terminated this afternoon with racing of
a better quality than could have been expected from the
limited returns of the previous days, the continued bril-
liantly-fine weather: to the close forming almost the only
agreeable feature of the meeting.
We are happy to state, however, that the prospects for
next year are of the most encouraging description. The
Corporation, as we stated in our report of Thursday's
races, have guaranteed the sum of 1,0001., a portion of
which will be disposed of in the shape of a Cup, value
300 guineas, with 50 sovs. for the second, and 200/. to
the Great Yorkshire Handicap, of which the second
horse will be entitled to 1001. The Cup weights
will be as follows :-3 yrs, 7st-4 yrs, Bst 51b-5 yrs,
Bst 121b-6. yrs and aged, 9st 91b ; mares and
geldings allowed 31bs the winner of the St.
Leger, slbs, and the second, 21bs extra. The Handi-
cap will be run for over the St. Leger course,
and has already 70 subscribers. Many more may be ex-
pected in the course of the Liverpool and Newmarket
meetings. The Municipal Stakes of 500 sovs. each has
six or seven names down, and will no doubt have more be-
fore it closes. The meeting will commence on Monday,
and finish on Friday, and Mr. Clark, of Newmarket, will
be judge in the room of Mr. W. Lockwood, who has
" accepted the Chiltern Hundreds." It is also in con-
templation to appoint an efficient starter, and to carry
the inclosure up to the Stewards' and Subscription stands,
to raise the lawn so as to afford a view of the races with-
out entering the stand, and to make such other altera-
tions as may be considered essential to the prosperity of
the meeting, and satisfactory to its patrons.
DERBY.

1600 to 100 agst Lord Exeter's lot
18 to 1 agst Attila (taken).
25 to 1 agst Brother to Phcenix.
33 to 1 agst Seahorse.
40 to 1 agst Curator.
4000 to 60 agst Lord of Holderness.
4000 to 85 agst William Fortibus.
50 to 1 agst Rosalie colt (taken).
The following horses were sold on Friday :
Chapeau de Paille (sister to Camarine's dam) 2B gs.
Marine, 5 yes 2O
Filly foal by Bay Middleton, out of Chapeau de
Paille
Filly ditto by Bay Middleton, out of Squib lO
Colt foal by Physician, out of Johanna Southcote 75
Witch of Whorley Hill
Young Johanna Southcote
A yearling filly by Sheet Anchor, d. by Borodina 33
B. filly by Stumps d. by Battledore
All-my-Eye (in the 1842)
Cachuce