The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-21 00:00:00

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licitor, on the sth of January, requesting !
her to call upon him upon important
bee,int--ss—wilich she had not immediately attended
to, as he wac the solicitor of the asylum, and she
conceived the business referred to the appointment of
a trustee to her sister's property, which she had
refused to consmt to; that she proceeded forthwith to
the undertaker, who told her he had orders from the
Rev. Mr. Rowlett, who had signed the order for her
sister's confinement, and from Dr. Malkin, one of the
doctors of the asylum, not to deliver up the body,
but to bury it, and to allow her to attend the funeral ;
that, however, after application to the Rev. Mr.
Rowlett, she received a letter from that gentleman,
ordering the body to be delivered up to her, which
was at last brought to her on Friday evening, the
' 14th ; that she was very anxious that Mr. Wakley
should hold the inquest.
The jury, with one exception, concurred in this
opinion, upon which Mr. Wakley ordered them to be
sworn in, and they afterwards retired to view the
body.
On their return the foreman and the jury stated
that they were very much shoelled at the appearance
of the body, and thought the case was one on which
an inquest ought to be held.
Mr. WAIELEY observed that the sores on the body
were very bad, and the mortification very extensive,
that such a state, however, sometimes could- not be
prevented. The question was, whether proper means
had been resorted to to prevent such extensive injury.
Mr. Wakley recommended . that a medical man
should be employed to examine_the body—and one
acquainted with hospital practice.
The inquest was then adjourned till Wedesday, Feb.
2, at ten o'clock '

A letter from Turin, in the Augsburgh Gazelle,
states that the Russian Ambassador at Rome hai at
length presented to the Pope the ratification of the
treaty for the arrangement of the religious differences
between his holiness and the Emperor of Russia, with
an apology for the delay which prevented the Pope from
announcing the fact in his last allocution. It appears
that, according to tl►is treaty, there are to be seven
Catholic dioceses in Russia and Poland, and that the
Bishops are not to be appointed without the approbation
of the Pope. The Roman Catholic clergy in Russia and
Poland are to be treated with respect, and there is to be
no obstacle thrown in the way of religious worship, ac-
cording to the creed of the Roman Church.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.

A middle-aged woman, named Margaret Ives, ap-
plied in great distress to Mr. Arnold for his assistance
under the following circumstances :
About three months ago the applicant's husband,
who was in the employment of the Road Trustees or
Paving Board of the 'Whitechapel district, at fourteen
shillings per week, was shifting some rubbish in the
Bethnal-green-road, when two fellows named Crutch-
ington and Kemp, ono of whom was a returned
transport, and the other had been repeatedly in cus-
tody for similar outrages, rolled insultingly against
him. Ives, who had given them no offence, com-
plained of such wanton' conduct, and was imme-
diately struck down by two blows in the face from
Crutchington, while Kemp seized a large shovel or
F spade from his hand, and, dialing him a terrific blow
in the side, effected his escape. Both men, however,
were taken, after a violent contest with the police, in
which two of the officers and a gentleman who assisted
them were severelyinjured, and Ives, who had been
conveyed to the London Hospital with four of his ribs
crushed in, being efle"ngth enabled to attend against
them, they were eovarbitted 'from this court to stand
their trial at the Old Bailey;for an aggravated as-
' sault. Ives lingered for a longtime under his sufferings,
did not recover, and after hi 4 home had been stripped
of everything that would proeure a shilling to sup-
port him during his illness, at last died. An inquest
was then held upon his' body, and these facts having
been detailed, the jury returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter" against Kemp _and Crutchington, who
are now in Newgate, and aiiinst whom a second in-
dictment will now be preferred for the more serious
offence. The applicants means had been so exhausted
by the protracted illness of her dead husband that she
had no power to bury him, and the parish, therefore,
performed that office for her ; but this was the only
assistance she had ever asked of them, and as she was
now entirely destitute, with an affection in the eyes,
which rendered her incapable of helping herself, and
and the whole of her children confined to their beds
in the worst stage of fever, she trusted the magis-
trate would give her some relief from the poor-box,
as, from the kind feeling displayed towards her in the
neighbourhood, she felt satisfied, if she could muster
two or three pounds to start her with a small stock of
green grocery, she should be able to support her
family in future without becoming a permanent pau-
per upon the parish.
Mr. ASNOLD said it was certainly a most distressing
' case, well worthy in his opinion of every commisera-
tion, and having expressed his regret that the funds at
his disposal would not enable him to do more, handed
the poor woman 10s., which she received with the
warmest indications of thankfulness.
CLERKEN WELL.

James Daddridgea middle-aged man, was charged
with having. plundered tis emiilbyers, Messrs. Ham-
mond, ironmongers, of Old-str4t.
Mr. Hammond, jun., `said,, that he recently took
stock, and finding a considerable diminution in it not
accounted for, made inquiries, and having discovered
that the accused, who had been in his service up-
wards of twelve years, was living in splendour and
considerably above his means, he advised with Serjeant
Brennan, of the G division, wlien it was arranged to
mark two half-sovereigns, and employ a Mrs. Black-
well to make purchases in his shop. Accordingly, on
Wednesday evening last he entrusted her with that
sum for that purpose, and in about two minutes after
she had come out of his premises he entered and
examined his till, and there being no gold in it he
gave the prisoner into the charge of Brennan for felony.
He was then searched, when 241. 4s. Id. were found
in his various pockets; but as the marked money was
no amongst it, witness asked him what he had done
with two half-sovereigns which had just been paid
into the shop, and he replied that they were in a desk
at the end of the counter. He proceeded to it and
discovered two half-sovereigns and a sovereign
wrapped up in a piece of paper, and he at once
immediately identified one of the half-sovereigns as
one of those he had handed to Mrs. Blackwell.
The other he had not yPet discovered. The desk,
which the prisoner hacrthe key of, was locked,
and was not the deposit of cash for goods sold,
the till being alohe the proper place. On makirig
a remark about the amount of cash taken by Bren-
nan from the prisoner, tie latter remarked that he
had received it from his_ :lodgers, and always carried
it about him. Witness afterwards proceeded with
Brennan to the prisoner's house, 13, Somerset-place,
Hoxton, which was furnished and fitted up in the
most costly styief:and inhabited only by the prisoner,
his wife, and three children. They searched it, and
seized in an iron safe, which they opened with a key
taken from the prisoner, 1371. in gold and silver,
seven gold rings, four gold guard chains, a silver
chain, and other articles of jewellery, three Spanish
bonds, and the lease df a house ; and in various other
parts of the house tfiey found a quantity of brass and
other goods similar to those in witness's stock. In the
possession of the prisoner were also discovered bread
and coal tickets, which Mr. Hammond, sen., who is a
guardian of the poor, claimed, at the same time ask-
ing the accused how he came possessed of them, to
which he replied that he did not know.
Mrs. Blackwell and Sergeant Brennan having given
evidence in confirmation of the foregoing,
Mr. TTANTLIITT remanded the prisoner.
Application was made for him to be admitted to bail.
Mr. TrIiWIIITT observed that the case appeared to
him to be of extreme magnitude ; and he asked if it
was known if the prisoner had any private property
from which he could accumulate so much wealth ?

Mr. Hammond, jun., answered that he had none
whatever. He was only entitled to his weekly wages
of 18s. and his board.

Mr. TYRWIIITT, after much consideration, con.
sented to take bail, the prisoner in 2001., and two
sureties in 2001. each,. but he must give forty-eight
hours to inquire of their responsibility.
LAMBETH.

Henry Wenman, a stick manufacturer, who had
been remanded from Monday last on a charge of re-
ceiving and' disposing of a watch and guard-chain,
the property of his father, well knowing them to hare
been stolen, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton
for further examination.

Mr. Solomons, an attorney, attended on behalf of
the accused, and at his request the evidence given
before Mr. Elliott on Monday was read over.
Mrs. Harriet IY,F.rd, the sister of the prisoner, and
the principal witness in the case, in addition to her
former evidence, said that having missed the watch
and chain on the night of the 12th of October last,
she on the followik morning proceeded to the resi-
dence of her fathir at Enfield, and informed him of
the loss, and a 149 of her suspicion against the young
woman Mary Ann Turford, who, she told him, had
been to tea at her house on the preceding evening.
She also informed her father that while at tea Mary
Ann had taken up the watch from a tray upon
which it was placed, and examining it, said, " This
is your father's," and put it back again. Soon after
she was gone the watch was missed, and no doubt
whatever rested 311 the witness's mind that
Miss Turford had taken it. Her father, however,
having some doubts on the subject, desired her not
to give Miss Turford into custody on the charge, re-
marking at the tine that time would develops whe-
ther she had taken ;he watch and chain or not. On
her way home to Camberwell she (Mrs. Ward) called
on a fortune-teller, whom she had been in the habit
of consulting in matters of mystery, and having re-
lated the particular; about the loss of the watch, re-
quested to know th, thief. The fortune-teller having
" read the cards," asked her if she was acquainted I
with any person the initials of whose name were
g.T.7 and on her Emswerins in the affirmative, the