The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26. 1851.

LONDON,'

HORRID BARBARITY BY A MOTHER.
Margaret Fleming was charged before the magistrates
In Cheater on the 21st inst. with fearfully mutilating her
infant son, a child of a year and eight months old. The
woman lives near the old turnpike in Boughton, Chester.
About noon yesterday the child was foetid a little dis-
tance from her house, apparently suffering the greatest
agony from wounds which it had received. It was con-
veyed by some neighbours to Mr. Churton'st the mother
having at that time left the house to take her husband's
dinner. Mr. Churton discovered that the sexual parts
of the child had been completely destroyed by fire, and
there was also a burn on its back, done by some me-
tallic instrument. Other severe bruises were found on
different parts of the child's body. Mr. Churton had
since attended the child, and stated that it was in such
a dangerous state that be believed it would not live. A
woman who lives next door to the prisoner deposed
that about eleven o'clock yesterday morning she heard
the child fearfully moaning, and the voice of the mother
angrily speaking to it; also the sound of blows, there
being wily the prisoner and her child in the house.
The prisoner shortly of erwards left the house.
The prisoner was remanded. When the wretched
woman was apprehended on Tuesday evening it was
with great difficulty that Mr. Hill, the superintendent
of the Chester police, was enabled to secure her from
the public vengeance of her neighbours, Mod such was
her callaus and obdurate feeling that she threatened to
tear nut the eyes of ors, 0, her neighbours who spike of
her conduct towards her children. On bring placed at
cite bar she evinced no remorse, but seemed only effected
et her own poi ion. As the detail,: of the proceedings to
he poor intan, were goo, into,esch horrid circumstance
-xcited a groan of indignation from the crowded court.
1.. v ti,ceAsisry to remove her in a cab to the city gaol,
prevent !he women who thronged the wairc.oe snit
ire4de of the Exchange from taking the law in.') th.ir
hands. We unchrp!and the tioltilsted intent
,ticely to -urvo,,, a, 11r. Churtun has .ucceeded iii et
ectLog apt t,tietai pas,age,

A young man named John Hart was placed at the
bar, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, upon a charge of grossly
assaulting Mary Anne Moorhouse, a neatly. dreseed
and exceedingly modest and good-looking young
person.
From the complainant's evidence it appeared that
on Saturday evening she quitted a service in Blooms-
bury-square, and being in want of some one to carry
her boxes to her mother's at Walworth-common, she
asked a crossing-sweeper in the square if he knew a
man with a truck or barrow. The prisoner, who was
staniing near with a covered van, heard her make the
inquiry, and offered to carry her and her boxes for a
shilling, as he was goiug over that way, having, how-
ever, first to go to Old-street-road, and deliver a
quantity of potatoes. This being agreed to, her boxes
and a bed which she had were placed in the vehicle,
and she helaelf got into the van, which was open at
both ends. The prisoner also remained inside, an-
other man, who was with him, sitting upon a seat in
front to drive. After having been to Old-street, she
supposed they were proceeding with her towards
Walworth, but from her situation in the van she
could not see what direction they were taking. The
men at ,ple-d more than time on the rosd to drink,
and, it had become dark, when the prisoner
began to take liberties with her, kissing her,
abd !throwing his arms around her, andeavouring
to throw her down, and committing indecencies which
she described. Thi, continuer for a considerable dis-
tenco along the road, during which she struggled
against tile prisoner, end call-d out for nseistence.
l'oe!man ho was di iving, being app-sled to to pre-
ventl his companion nil. using her, replied that he
could not do ro, having quite enough to do to ate-nd
to his two hors-s. She however got to the front and
on to the driver's sea', with it taint hope of protection
from hint, and the prisoner endeavouring to pull her
back into the van, she, as a las. desperate resource,
threw herself off the seat towrirds the road. but her
clothes being caught by a tope attached to the van,
she was partly .uspes.tted, and would h.ve ben
crushed be the wheels but for the assistance of a
ti oung man who then came up and released her. The
men with the van then drove off, leaving her at a
place which she was informed was called Temple
Mills, near the borders of E ‘sex.
A mounted policeman of the N division said thet
when he cams up he found several persons about the
your.g woman, aid being told of her having been ill.
used in the van, which had then got same distance
away, he rode after and stopped it ; and afterwards
took charge of tae prisoner and of the complainant's
things which were in the van.
Tne prisoner in his defence said he had agreed to
carry the complainant and her bte., but after he had
been to Old-street be had to go to Stratford for a load
of potatoes, to deliver afterwards over the water; and
when passing near Shoreditch Church he advised her
to go by omnious to Walworth ; but she replied that
an omnibus would not take her box, and that she
would rather go round with him. They therefore
drove on, and on the road stopped at more than one
public-house and had beer, of which the complainant
partook ; and he also, out of mere kindness, treated
her with a cup of tea, as he thought she was poor. He
admitted that he had put his arm round her and kissed
her, but he strongly denied having attempted any
other liberties with her.
The complainant being again questioned, said that
on the road the prisoner told her that if she paid for a
pot of beer be would not charge her for the use of
the van, and they accordingly stopped at a public-
house and had the beer, which she paid for and just
tasted. After that they stepped at another
public-house, where the man who was driving had a
pint of ale, and urged her to drink part of that, but
she refused. She did, however, have a cup of tea. It
was between five and ''ix in the evening when they
left Bloomsbury-square, and after nine when she was
left near Temple Mills, and she now exhibited her
gown and under-clothing, torn nearly to pieces in her
struggles with the prisoner.
Mr. D'Erze COURT remanded the prisoner.
DisGEACEPUL SCENK IN STEPNEY CHURCH-YARD.
—MiChael Driscoll, 37, a labourer, of Ashley place,
Ratcliffe, and Michael Hanrahan, 29, also a labourer,
residiog in Old Gravel lane, were. charg.d with being
drunk, and disorderly, assaulting Jones, the grave-
digger; of St. Dunstan's, S eprtey, and obstructing
the Rey. Harry Martin in the execution of his duty.
This is not the first time that scenes of this dis-
greceful character have taken piece at the same spo'.
onir years since an attempt was made to bury A
curate nliv. Mild he was not rescued till alter the
mould had been he,iped up shave his hips A similar
sub-. (pp-fitly ma to upon Nlee P. rise, th.
oafish clerk, one of the !floejnutl'~ustwant ontiginit
in-n in the vicinity. It was ditliculs to get any teeer
scoeute-, of Vie facts which led to the outrhits. with
.vriich the prisoners were chareed, but the circum-
,telices seemed to as follow :—A. man named 11411
rahan, a Roman Catholic, who died in the Londa.
Hospital from th- elTee's of acohleilt, was abut to h-
huried at half. pas' three o'clock on roundly, in the old
church yard of Stepney. All the- p ries being Irish
t 'tilt a drop to drawn their gri.-f, an
versies arose between theta. Formerly I, ish Prete.,
twits and Iri.h R 'man Catholics had dietine.ive por-
tions of ground appointed for each, but these places
being Ted up to an extent which would not admit the
digging of a grave to the depth required by the late
Burial Act, it was difficult to continue the. distinc-
tion. The deceased's wife was a Protestant, but
whether the holy sees to be buried in the Protestant
or Catholic ground did not transpire. At all events,
she wished to have the funeral obsequies decently
performed over her husband's grave, and the Rev.
Mr. Martin, who appeared as a witness, attended
fir that purpose, but bad scarcely pronounced the
first opening sentence of this most solemn rituai
when a scene of indescribable turbulence ensued, some
calling on him to desist with vociferous threats and
menacing gestmas, whilst others cried out, "Go on,
sir ; go on with your sermon." The Rev. Gentleman
cautioned them that if they disturbed the service it
would be at their peril ; but the caution was or no
avail, and he was compelled to desist. In addition to
the religious feeling, it appeared that the parties en-
gaged in the row were actuated by a sumptuary mo-
tive also; considering that the widow, who had re-
ceived 101. from a burial society, had not been suffi-
ciently liberal in her outlay for the funeral. The
prisoners, after throwing Jones, the gravedigger, into
the adjacent ground, and threatening to "cut out the
guts" of the curate, proceeded to fill in the grave, but
desisted and tried to escape, when the police, who had
been sent for, made their appearance. The prisoner
Hanrahan, who was a nephew of the deceased, took a
most prominent part in the proceedings, and the oaths
and imprecations used on the occasion were in the last
degree revolting.
Mr. YARDLEY said that all who took part in BO
scandalous an affair had acted most disgracefully, and
he had scarcely the means of inflicting an adequate
punishment for such an outrageous brawl in the sa-
cred precincts of a church. Properly it
should come under the cognisance of the
ecclesiastical law. The charge proved before him,
however, was one of assault on the gravedigger in
the execution of his duty, and he should,
as far as in his power law, put a stop to such dis-
graceful proceedings. The assault in itself was not a
very serious one, hut the circumstances surrounding
it rendered it a very grave offence. Driscoll, who
had no connexion with the deceased, had no right to
interfere, and such scandalous and savage scenes ost.,,r
dead bodies were not to be. taerated. The only pet-6,m
who had a right to .e,s to the obsequies was the widow,
and it was clear that the others weft aetusted only by
that !Wag,* propensity which peompred them to ido
in a row wherever they more it II- would lh-re-
fore sentence Driscoll to pay H fine of 31., or he ill"
prisened for one month. Hanrahan being a nephew
of the deceased bight have a mistaken notion that he
had a right to interfere, but still the supremacy tat the
law must be asserted and he must pay a tint of 4010
or be imprisoned for 21 day
In connexien with the above case, James Sullivsn,
a labourer, 26 years of age, who was taken up 14
being drunk and disorderly in Ilighotreet, Stepney,

THE REV. TRESHAV GREGG AND MR.
JOHN REYNOLDS, M P.
The f nas h-en nd iteised by the
R.v T D. G..egg co the Editor of Saunders 3 Aces
Letter
Sir,— Your columns having been the medium of
diViDy4 eiffusion tr, sow" angry sentiments of Me
J no Reynolds, with respect to m-, arid I luny edit.,
very unjust sentiments, too, I trust that you wilt
hold we entitled to claim a few lines in explariatiree.
Let me assure you that I so 'incerely commiserate
Mr. Reynolds's mortification in having been able only
to collect one Irish nobleman and an English baronet
to grace his asaewhly of prise-ts and coral-porters—for
of course the agitating M.P.'s count for nothieg—
chat I shall bear very lightly on him. Mr. Reynolds
mistakea us. We never dared him to bold a meeting.
We never undertook to go to battle on the subject.
All we undertook to do was to assert our right to be
present, and if admitted, quietly and constitutionally
to take a fair share in the business, or else so com-
pletely to put the meeting and its managers in the
wrong as that they should stand exposed to the
world in the position of delinquents against law, order,
and liberty. We have fully accomplished our purpose.
We have ascertained, beyond the possibility of a doubt,
from numerous applications, that tickets of admission
were carefully withheld from those who were not
understood to be members of the clique. If tickets
had been freen freely granted, and space have admitted
of it, I would have undertaken to have brought five
thousand men to the place of assemblage, or more
than that; but having been only able to procure about
six tickets, this simple fact demonstrates beyond
doubt the packed character of the meeting. There
remained but one test more. "Is there as much
boldness, courage, honesty, and self-reliance amongst
them as to admit, when properly furnished with
tickets, six hostile individuals—nay, we will make it
less—will they admit four Anglo-Catholics among
them ? Can they afford to allow four Anglo-Catho-
lics to tell them to their face that they are usurpers ?"
At the risk of our lives we applied the test, and now
it stands as a demonstrated result in the face of the
empire, that in the Irish metropolis the Romanist
party cannot, in the capacity of Catholics, hold a
public meeting unless it is packed, nor admit an in-
dividual amongst them, though furnished with a
ticket, unless he is understood to have on him the
right mark and number. Mr. Reynolds mistakes.
I have had a greater victory than if I had, with three
thousand men, encountered his coal-porters, and
routed them at another Dully's Brae. The victory is
a moral one. Tne world sees right, courage, and libe-
rality on the side of Protestants—wrong, terror, and
intolerance on that of their adversaries. This sati.,-
flea us. One word more. Let me as an individual
say that I trust there will be no prosecution under
the new Act. Tne sanction is too paltry to be worth
enfurcetn-nt. Let the Act stand as a simple test of
loyalty. Give them rope enough—let them trample
1111 tr, anti %V hel, they have in both is ands clearly
snovro what rhet are, let us rise wi h the might
tt,r nt n, thrust Ibern our of a L-gislvure which
they I ii-g.ticew'r%t fruit) them pm lieges Ani,;t,
h-y hold but to abu-e, and ten,, being rwthiced one.=
to at., flout or the land uf freedom they Mill
know how "to keep hi etvil tongue in, their hedd."
Arid as to their rebellion,, two hunireil thousswi
Orangemen will know how to deal with t• a'. Mr
tt,r.% nods is quire sate in cellieg a clergyman a
rowaid: it is, of course, a in r.rk of courage on his
part that he nh,,uot do so. I tiercy the public will
noel Inc excused from tusking any sort of oisclaimer
to his imputation.
I ItADAW, Sir, your very faithful servant,
T. D. Gabon.
Dundruw, August 21, 1851.

SEABORNE MAILS
[N signifies that the malls are sent from the Oenerai Post-ont:e.
by the night—and Si by the morning--elispatch.)

when mode up in From what whoa
PLACES. General Post-olEce port dis- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.) N Aug. 29 Liverpool Sept. 1
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Sept. 2 •• Liverpool •
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Aug 27 Southampt. Arrived
Atria ( West coast).. Ni lath of the month Plymouth Sept. 6
Alexandria* *191,14 & 30th of mo. Dover .. Aug 28
Belgium .. N Daily Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. . 9th of the month Southampt. Ser. 16
Buenos Ayres • • .. 51,9 th of the month Southampt. Sept; 16
California(vtaCkagres) 51 td & 17th ot month Southampt. Sept. 5
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Se, t. 6
Constantinople* .. • • Nlth 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug. 30
Central America .. 5112 d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Sept. 5
Channel Isles • • .. *Mon., wed., & Fri. Southampt. Ta. Th.Sa
Chili .. M 17th of the mouth Southampt. Sept. 5
France M&N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedalki•
Greece* N7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Aug- 30
Hamburgh *Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland Wednes. & Satur. London Men.Thrr
Honduras *l7th of the mouth Southampt. Sept. 20
Ireland .. M.& N Twice daily .. Holyhead • • Twieedaily
India(via Southamp.) M'2oth of the month Southampt. Sept. 23
India (via Marseilles) *7th&24thefmonth Dover Sept. 1
Mediterranean (via S
Southampton) • • Mi2Oth of the month Southampt. Sept. 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) Nlth&24thofmonth Dover • • Sept. 1
Mexico Mi2d of the month.. Southampt. Sept 5
Madeira • • .. 319th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16
Malta* .. • • f 7thil7tll,l9th,27th 1 Dover Aug. 28
g & 30th of month J
Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover .. Sept. 2
Papal States* 17 6th 15th 25th tem° Dover .. Soot. 2
Peninsular.. M 7th 17th 27thOf mo Southampt. Sept. 6
Peru .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Sept.
Tuscany* .. • • N sth Ibth2sth ofmo Dover • • Sept. 2
West Indies 31 17th of the month Southampt. Sept. 20
West Indies (except
Savanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southampt. Sept. 5

41 The mails to those a
French packet via Martel
CALtroama.—Mails to
are now despatched and d

12d of the month ..
onntrfee thus marl

ISouthanipt. I Sept. 5
tad (') ere conveyed In

and from California, eia the United States
Ins by every American packet.

PORTLAND BREAXWATER..-.4i considerable portion
of the breakwa er is now seen projecting from the idiom, and
is making rapid progress. The staging is extended to about
,330 feet from the shore, into between eight and nine
fathoms of water. The width of the staging is near 140 feet,
and five lines of railway run the whole extent; about I,io')
tons of stone roll down the great railway daily, in tram
waggons, and is speedily deposited in the mighty deep, so
that we may fairly calculate that ihizt great struc ure will be
complete in the course of tour or five years.
THE LOAD,,N AND BLACKWALL EXTENSION RAIL-
WAY. The three 'arches that tell some time back near the
Great Northern Hallway Tunnel, Maiden-lane, have now
been replaced by a hatidgome iron bridge, which. it is ex-
pected, will be completed in the course ore few days.
HERRING FISHING AT TomatDos —We learn from
Torridun that the herring fishing iu Lochcarron, previously
very good, had fallen off considerably during Wednesday
and Thursday night last. The same thing has taken place
on the Caii Mires coast, where, from the number of MAC erel
taken in the nets. it was feared there was no great body of
herring on the coast.—/averness Courier

The advices from Konen *peak o► increased setivit7
in the market for manufacture!, and buyers showed a disposi-
tion to give bettor prises.

STORM on the RIVRR and LOSS of LIFE'. POLICE INTELLIGENCE:
Yesterday wonting, atealt eignt n'cluck, a struug gale i BO IV-8 i RhET.
from the S.S.E. sutdenly sprung up on the river, arid George Jones awl John Morris were charged with
Afterwards shifted to W.& W., with a very heavy swell j breakint4 into the d welliog- house of Messrs. Haber-
The storm was, so far as we can learn, attended with shaw, 38. Bloomsbury-square, architects and stealing
very disastrous consequ,nc,s to the smaller crait. both
`avasti quantity of property, and also wit'h attempting
inside and outside the Rock; and it is I area that
seseral lives have been lost. We learn that the smai:k
to set tire to the premises. The elder prisoner is only
!
17 years of age, and both have been tor sortie time
John. of Bangor!), was lost off Taylor's Bark, between -
two and three o'clock in the afternoon, whilst in tow known to the police.
by the steam-tug Dreadnought, and that the captain Mr Haber-haw said—On Sunday morning, about
and his wife. together with two men and two boys, were four o'clock, I was disturbed by a noise which I fan-
drowned. Owing to the suddenness with which the vessel tied was in my bedroom, end having attempted also
waa ea 001.4 the Dreadweight was unable- to save army to make a noise with the bed, but to no purposes, I
of the crew. It is also reported that an hour later is threw the pillow across the room, which caused the
sloop, whilst attempting to run on shore in Booto.
prisoner Jones to start from the I'l or, and I instantly
Bay, sank ()PPoiite the end of the N •rth Wall, and
all hands were drowned. Thepleasure Jumped out of hed for the purpose of oreven•ine his
and fern boats . . "
egress by spout-ins... the door, when I diseovsred en-
lyieg on the river during the dot were greatly ells ptressel. The Zephyr, which started for tistegor at Iva.. other person outside on the landing place, upon which
past eight o'clock in the morning, had to put back, and I aroused my brother, who was in bed on the next
did not reach here until half-past six o'clock in the floor, and, after a (I.'sperate srruggle with them, sue.
evening. The excursion h mats round the LightAip also seeded in securing 111.-rris, hut the other contrived to
had to return. About seven o'cl••ck the fiat William, of effect his esgspe. He was, however, brought back by
Runclrn, ran foul of the George's Pierbead, which a policeman in a few minutes. On examining the
caused her to leak so much that at one time tetirs were diff-rent parts of the house with the servants, we dia.
entertsins4 for her safety. Gthei,lerable apprehension ' covered that the prisoners must have jumped down the
prevailed that a speculating gig, which left the Waterloo ,
area in the rear ,if the premises where Morris's shoes
Basin early in the morning, with four bands, had been . were found. ne cupboards were all forced open, the
lost, as she had not returned. Last night the storm
contents being taken out and ready to he removed. In
had slightly abated, the wind having gone round to the
W.N.W., but there was still a heavy swell. We have one of the greasing-rooms a handkerchief was spread,
been informed that a boat bad been driven on shore, near , on which were placed some wearing apparel and other
the Bootle Landmarks, yesterday aft.Tnoon. It has , articles, and a wax taper, which, having been left
painted on it " Robert Sharratt, of Killough; Patrick . lighted in a drawer among some clothes, would in a
MiSherry."—Liverpool Albion of yeste. day. ' fe W minutes have set the house in a blaze had not the
discovery been made in time. A gold pencil case, a
purse containing some silver, a gold seal, and a small
case of instruments, which were stolen from my room,
were found upon Jones.
After some corroborative evidence had been given,
the prisoners were committed for trial.
IVOIISHIP-STREET.

by police-constshle 290 K, fthrnit tna time ff th. riot
in churchyard, was en4rged with assaulting Han-
rahan, and blackening his eye, whilz,t they were con-
fined together in the police station. The quarrel
arose out of a controversy as to the portion of the
bench occupied by Hanrahan, which Sullivan alleged
was occupied by the former to his inconvenience, but
Portch (91 K), who resides in the section-house close
by, prove .1 that Sullivan had as much space as his ne-
cessiti.a r- goifed.
Mr. retaIDLET ordered him to pay 405., or be im-
prisoned tor 14 days ; and, in considerarion of what
Hanrahan had suffered in the cell from Sulliv.•ln's
♦iolence, redaced his tine to 303., or 14 days' impri-
sonment.
The three were lock-e# lie in default.

c,.p; b.twoen the hours of twelve a::d two a' nizhs), !,rid
agreed tuat their 1JU.133 a Lei--
tam vessel. r!sl,iw CA:stain I'uddy, i,f the buque Duke,
had been suspected of suaukglii•g, so that a Cushsrn.
house boat was rowing r,,uud his ship, and this boat
seeing a number of muskets handed intu one of the
b:iats to fire a volley over the grav-, rowed up to
her end demanded them to give them up, which th-y
rkfused so do. and Caut,iti Pa ids fired a waldt caruidi‘e
at them thi,,king to rignten ths-rn away; but they im-
mediately opes.ed a fire of small arms i n the vessel,
which th'v returne:l as wed as they could. In a teat
minutes Captain Pas4dy fell mor ally wounded. He then
told the mate as king as he could, anti not to let
them c Tale ()Si bna el, a bit.4l he obi yed tilt two of HS
men fed wounded, a ol other arm,d nieva joining in the
struggle he surrende ed. Tee it AnsuiAnd r the Chiliau
boat called Ly aces, ..n Eri,,ii,hariu, had his arm shit!,
tared and several •.f his bias's w .undwd."
Lieut. J dirt Ilurs-sby, proaryeil last month and
°inset' additional of his tattier% fl,sg-ship, the Por.-
land, 50, Captain Coatis, in the Pa :die, had been pro-
moted on tire station from tries- of tie A inphinrire,
25, to be acting tieutenant of the Gorgon steam- aloep,
C.uninanier Payiver, tiis promotion by the Admiralty
not havine arrived

Butcher died ~.uridenly of apopkxy on
t e 22 a, whtlst walking with his mother at Ly a i,g•
too.

Odin, steam-frigate, Cowlminder Sir William
Wi-eumn, will sitil tu-d4y for Grwentwhe' where *he
is in emhark Str Ii unit tun Sey:nour fur Sc. Peters-
burg.

Pitie, 40, bound to Milford, to be lengthened, put
into 11-vonport on Sunday ny,rning, and was to sail
again as soon as the weaVer permitted.
S inghtly, steam-tender, Ms ter Commander Allen,
arrived at D,vonport oil Saturday looming, with su-
pernumeraries tro,n Portsmouth, returning the same
afernoon, taking above 70 supernumararies, men and
boys for the ships fitting at the eastern ports.
POItTsMOUTH, AUG 25.—The Hercules, 72, troop
ship, Master-Commander Bradshaw, arrived at Spit-
hea.i this afternoon from Halifax with the 38,1 Re-
giment, who will land here and proceed to Win-
chester.

Dr. Lindsay, Doputy-Inspector of Hospitals, ar-
rived at the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar on Fri-
day last, and commenced duty, in place of thk late
Dr. Allen. Dr. Lindsay comes from the Royal Naval
Hospital, Malta.