The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-24 00:00:00

ROCHDALE RACES'.-PRIDAy.

The Heywood Purse of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of
5 sous. each, twice round, was won in two heats, by Mr.
Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Morton's Mapel, 5 yrs.
Match, list 101 b each, one mile and a half.—Mr. Davies'
Unknown beat Mr. Norton's Dangerous.
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added, twice
round, 3 Subs., were won in two heats by Mr. Griffith's Lucy,
5 yrs, beating Mr. Tempest's St. Martin filly, and Mr.
Walmsley's Heir at Law.

PART OF A FEMALE FOUND IN

THE RIVER.

On Saturday morning part of a young female, consisting
of the legs, on which were a pair of Adelaide boots, and a
part of the body as far as the chest entirely divested of its
clothing, were discovered at low water near the landing at
the College-wharf, Greenwich, when the remains were con-
veyed at once to the bone-house of St. Aspalth Church. The
circumstance was immediately communicated to the various
police stations in the metropolis, and in the course of yes-
terday a poor Irish woman named Donovan, living at No. 24,
New-street, George-street, St. Giles's, stating she bad a
daughter missing since the 12th of April last, and who
she supposed had been drowned, came down to view the
remains. Upon her seeing them, although so greatly dis-
figured from the length of time which they must have been
under water, immediately recognised the toes, in conse-
quence of one peculiarity, and when the boots were pro-
duced, she stated they were the same which she had
bought her daughter a few days previous to her being miss-
ing. The suspicious circumstances of this affair are as
follows :—On last Easter Sunday her daughter attended
high mass in the morning, she afterwards came home and
partook of some dinner, soon after that dressed, and told her
mother she was only going to have a gossip; this was about
three o'clock in the afternoon; an hour afterwards her
cousin, named Mary Quindon, saw three strange young men
speak to her near a public-house in Wardour-street ; she
heard them ask her to have something to drink; she then
went in with them; on their corning out she said they
wanted her to go to Greenwich, but not having any money
she declined going, upon which one of the three pulled out
a handful of silver, and said, " Never mind, I have plenty."
Upon this they walked across the street with; her, much to
the surprise of the cousin, as she considered 'her' a very
prudent young womon. They evidently wished to get her
out of sight of her cousin, by their manner, and the signs
which they passed among themselves. A short time after
this the same three young men were seen by another young
woman coming out of a different public-house with the de-
ceased. This was the last time she had been seen,
and the mother, in consequence of her daughter not re-
turning the same evening, gave information at the
St. Giles's police station. Since the affair, Mary
Quindon discovered the residence of the young man who
showed the silver to be at 71, Wardour-street, Oxford-
street, and in consequence the mother made an
application about three months ago at the Marlborough
Police-court for his apprehension, but the magistrate declined
interfering under the circumstances. About six weeks since,
being informed that a young female had been picked up near
the Strand, the mother went to identify the body, which
proved to be one of the two females who were drowned off
Vauxhall-bridge. She returned home, and after standing at
her own door crying about ten minutes a strange young man
came up and asked if the body was that of her daughter.
Upon an answer in the negative, he said, " I was on board a
steamboat at Westminster when she (the deceased) with
three young men, came on board, and the boat had hardly
left the pier ten minutes before she fell overboard." After
he had said this, he immediately went away. The impres-
sion left on the mind of the mother since that time, and also
the cousin, was that some foul play had taken place, more
particularly because the deceased was never known to go
out with any young men before. The remains are in such a
frightful condition as to preclude the possibility of a medical
man giving a decided opinion ; but in consequence of the
above facts having been made known to the police authori-
ties, the necessary steps have been taken to apprehend the
parties who were last seen in her company.

MINISTERIAL WHITEBAIT DINNER.—The Ministerial
whitebait dinner took place on Saturday, at Greenwich, there
were present—Lord J. Russell, Viscount Palmerston, the
Right Hon. Charles Wood, the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley,
Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere,
Viscount .Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macauley, Sir John
Cam Hobhouse' the Hon. William Cowper, Lord Robert
Grosvenor, Mr. C. Buller, Lord Marcus Hill, Mr. Tufnell,
Rear Admiral D. Dundas, the Right Hon. Richard L. Sheil,
Lord Harry Vane, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-
General, Mr. Rutherfurd, Viscount Ebrington, Hon. Captain
Berkeley, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Mr. G. W. Craig, Mr. T.
Milner Gibson, Mr. Wyse, Captain Pechell, &c. &c.
DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF THOMOND.—We regret
to have to record the decease of the Marquis of Thomond,
who expired on Friday last, at Taplow House, near Maiden-
head, after an illness of only ten days. The deceased
William O'Bryen, Marquis of Thomond, Earl and Baron of
Inchiquin, and Baron of Barren, county Clare, in the peerage
of Ireland ; and Baron Tadcaster, of Tadcaster, county
York, in the peerage of the United Kingdom, was son of
Mr. Edward O'Bryen, brother of the first Marquis, by
Mary, daughter of Mr. Carrick. He was born in the year
1766, and was consequently in his 80th year. The late
Marquis married, in September, 1799, Elizabeth Re-
becca, only daughter and heir of Mr. Thomas Trotter, of
Dulek, county Meath, who survives her husband. The late
Marquis entered the army at a comparatively early age,
and was in the 12th Regiment of Foot, at the capture
of Guadaloupe and St. Lucie, and subsequently proceeded
to the East Indies with that regiment in active service.
He eventually exchanged from the infantry to the 14th
Dragoons, but retired from the army in 1800. On the
death of his uncle, the first Marquis, in February, 1808,
he succeeded to the family honours and estates in the
county of Cork. The deceased nobleman was, with the
exception of the King of Hanover, the senior knight of the
most illustrious order of St. Patrick ; was a privy coun-
cillor., for Ireland since 1828, colonel of the Cork City
Militia, extra aide-de-camp to the Queen, and his late
Majesty William IV., and a representative peer for Ire-
land since 1816. In default of male issue, the late Marquis
is succeeded in his title by his brother, Vice-Admiral Lord
James O'Bryen, G.C.H. (now Marquis of Thomond). Lady
Susan, married to the Hon. Captain George F. Hotham,
R.N. ' • Lady Sarah, married to Mr. William Stanhope Taylor ;
Lady Mary, married to Viscount Berehaven ; and Lady Eliza-
beth, married to Mr. George Stukeley Bucke, are daughters
of the late Marquis. He possessed valuable property in Ire-
land, but had not for many years past visited that country.
He was a staunch Conservative, but, from his advanced age,
had not lately interfered in politics. By his Lordship's de-
mise a vacant ribbon of the order of St. Patrick falls into
the of the Premier.
POST-OFFICE INOTICE.—MONEY ORDERS.—On SatUl,
day the following notice was issued by the Post-office autho-
rities :—Great inconvenience having arisen from the neglect
of parties who obtain or receive money orders, in not attend-
ing to the rules laid down for their guidance, the public are
requested, when applying for payment of money orders to
comply strictly with the rules laid down in the money order
itself, and when obtaining money orders to take care that
the full christian names and surnames of the persons in
whose favour the money orders are obtained, as well as their
own, together with their address and occupation, are pro-
perly given, and that the names are properly spelt ; as
should these precautions not be complied with, payment of
the money orders when presented, must be refused."
LAUNCH AT BLACKWALL.—OH Saturday afternoon
a three-masted iron schooner, called the Ranger, was
launched from the yard of Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill,and Co.,
built from an original design by Mr. Pasco, for the Cork
Steam Navigation Company. Her length between the per-
pendiculars is 140 feet; extreme breadth 21 feet; depth,
midships, 14 feet; burden, old measure, 298 79-94 tons. She
will be rigged as a tbree-masted schooner, and furnished by
Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., with a pair of direct-acting
engines and screw, as an auxiliary power. She went off tilt
slip in fine style, and when afloat was much admired for
beauty.of form.
FARRINGDON DISPENSARY AND LYING-IN CHARITY.—
On Sunday morning the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, Sir James
Duke, Alderman, and the Common Council, went in state to
Sr. Sepulchre's Church, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, when the
cause of the charity was advocated by the Rev. J. W. Wor-
thington, incumbent of the Holy Trinity, St. Andrew's, Hol-
born. Tin 0119ctivn oractulted tv IA ON 9d.