The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

CL E RKEN WE I. L.

In several cases which were brought before the ma-
gistrates 3 esterday(morning of persons being brought to
the station-house drunk and incapable of taking care of
themselves, the police applied to Mr. Greenwood that he
would order the prisoners te;\ pay Is. Gd., being the
amount of the doctor's fee.
Mr. GREENWOOD said he did not understand this de-
mand, and inquired of the inspector on duty how it hap-
pened that this charge was made so indiscriminately.
The Inspector stated that they had received strict
orders from the Commissioners of Police that whenever
a person was brought to the station-house apparently in-
sensible, they were at once to send for a medical man.
As most of those charges were brought in at unseason-
able hours, the fee charged for the attendance was 7s. 6d.
Mr. GREENWOOD said the law gave him no power to
order a person to pay this sum. Ile thought it rather a
singular order to have a medical man called in in every
case of .the kind, and he considered it would be very
hard to compel every person so charged to pay 7s. 6d.
as the police demanded.

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MAGISTERIAL CIIANGES.--Mr. Yardley, barrister
of the Middle Temple has recently been appointed a
police-magistrate of the metropolis, ia the room of Mr.
Bond, deceased, and will shortly commence bis official
duties at the Thames Police-court, Stepney, where he
appea
red for the first 'time on Saturday, and sat upon
tI e bench with Mr. Ballantine. Mr. Broderip, who has
b n a magistrate of the Thames. Police-court for twenty--
three years, removes to the Westminster Police-court.
'The report of the appointment of Mr. M. Short to
vacant situation is premature.—Observer.,
THE ' NEXT MAYOR OF MANOHESTER.—We un-
derstand that at the pieliminary meeting of the council
the choice of chief magistrate. of the borough for the
ensuing year fell' unanimously upon Elkanah Armitage,
ESq., who is novv alderman for St. Ann's Ward.—Man-
chester Guardian.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A LADY AT PLIFTON.---
We regret having to announce the suicide, under tnelan-
choly circumstances, 'of Miss Rebecca Jones, a maiden
lady, 67 years of age, N'Oho resided in the house formerly
occupied by the late .Mr. Bickley, at Meridian-place,
Clifton. Miss' Jones had resided with Mr. Bickley, and
since his death, which occurred on the 15th of October
last, she had been in a very excited state. She would
walk hurriedly from room to room, talk incoherently,
and gave evidence thai her mind was in an unsettled
state, her prevailing idea being that she would be brought
to poverty. She was last seen alive at twelve o'clock on
Wednesday, when her footman observed her in het
drawing-room, and walking up and down in an agitated
manner. In about half an hour afterwards he was alarmed
by hearing a crash in the back area, and, upon going to
ascertain the cause of it, he was surprised to find two of
the large coping stones of the parapet of the house lying
on the ground. As he was proceeding up-stairs with the
intention of trying to ascertain what had led to their fall,
he heard a violent ringing at the door bell; and on going
to answer it, was informed that his mistress had thrown I
herself from the housetop into the back area of Mr.
Harris's house next door. She groated once or twice,
and then expired. An inquest was held on the body the .
same afternoon, before J. B. Grindon, Esq., coroner, and
a verdict of temporary insanity was returned.—Bristol
Mercury. -- - -