The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-29 00:00:00

from the commencement. The ball in the open air
last night was, however, interrupted near its close by
a heavy fall of rain, which commenced about eleven
o'clock, and continued nearly the whole of the night.
But the following morning was cloudless as the pre-
ceding ones, though the rain chilled the air. The day
held up well to the last moment.
These fetes will be long remembered with pleasure.
Brussels has not been so crowded for many years, and
the hotels must have made a golden harvest. The
city will to-morrow, no doubt, resume its wonted
appearance ; as, even at the late hour at which I
write, I hear in all directions the note of preparation
for departure by the morning trains.— Times.

INQUESTS.

SUICIDE THROUGH

SUPPOSED JEALOUSY.—On

Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest at the
Talbot Tavern, Agar Town, St. Pancras, on the body
of Thomas Sanders, aged 52, a bricklayer, residing
in one of a row of cottages near the above house,
called Cambridge Cottages, who committed the fol-
lowing act of determined suicide.
It appeared that deceased, who was in comfortable
circumstances, had for nine years cohabited with a
female who recently suddenly left him, as he believed,
to join another man. He had since been very de-
sponding, and on Tuesday morning last, not being
seen as usual, the inmate of the adjoining cottage
looked through his window and discovered him lying
on the floor surrounded with blood, and an open razor
by his side.
Mr. Aldridge, surgeon, was sent for, when de.
ceased was found to have nearly severed his head
from his body, and although still living and every
assistance having been rendered him, he shortly after
ceased to exist. Verdict—" Temporary Insanity."
DEATII FROM RECKLESS DRIVING.—On Saturday
Mr. H. M. Wakley concluded an inquiry at the Uni-
versity College Hospital, commenced on a previous
day, relative to the death of Frances Netershell
Moore, aged 41, the wife of a paperbanger, living at
49, Wilsted-street, Somers Town, who died as alleged
from injuries received in being knocked down by a
horse and cart, driven at a furious rate, by a youth
named Thomas Perkins, in the employ of Mr. Dickens,
butcher, Camden-road Villas, Camden Town. It
was also stated that the deceased, who was an habitual
drunkard, was drunk when knocked down, which
opinion was partly confirmed by the assistant-surgeon
and nurse of the hospital, who expressed their belief
that on her admission she was intoxicated.

-KII:WARLEY said he could not help observing upon
the reckless way in which butchers rode and drove
their horses through the streets, as though empowered
so to do by law.

Six of the jury were for a verdict of manslaughter,
but eventually one was returned as follows :—" That
the dece2sed died from injuries received from a horse
and cart driven at a furious rate, but whether that
was from the misconduct of the driver, or the horse
running away, there was no evidence to show." Per-
kins was then cautioned and censured, and the inquiry
terminated.

REVIVAL or INFANTICIDE...-011 Saturday Mr. H.
M. Wakley held an inquest at the College Arms,
Camden Town, on the newly-ban infant of Jane
Smith, a single woman, in the service of Mrs. Dick •
enson, Pakenham -street.
Mrs. Dickenson said that she suspected Smith had
given birth to a child, and interrogated her upon the
subject, when she admitted that she had, said the in-
fant was in the pail which was half full of water, and
in which she (Mrs. Dickenson) found the body. Smith
begged forgiveness.
Dr. Sheeting examined the body, and found that
the child had breathed freely ; and the organs were
healthy, but that the brain was congested from a blow
or fall. He could not swear whether death resulted
from the head or drowning.
Verdict—" Deceased was found dead in a pail of
water, but whether it was wilfully murdered or not
there is no evidence to prove."
Mr. Wakley held a second inquest at the College
Arms, on the body of a child found wrapped up in
a brown psper parcel, in a ditch in Swan's-lane,
Highgate.
Dr. Brougham said that the child must have been
twelve months dead. The body was so decomposed
that he could not say whether death was caused by
violence or otherwise. The leg was broken.
Verdict—" Found dead."

SUICIDE OF AN INNKEEPEII.--012 Saturday Mr. C.
J. Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, assembled a
jury at the King's Arms, Eltbarc, to inquire into the
circumstances attending the death of Mr. James
Styles, aged 55, late landlord of the Chequers Inn,
Eltham, Kent, who committed suicide on Tuesday
morning last.
It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Edward
Sty lea, son of the dccewed, that his father bad been
attending to the business as usual up to twelve o'clock
on the night before his death, and shortly after that
hour he retired to bed, apparently in good spirits.
At eight o'clock on Tuesday morning witness, as
was his custom, took breakfast up to his father's bed-
room, and upon entering he saw deceased suspended
by a rope about his neck from the bed post. The
deceased was immediately cut down, but life was
found to have been extinct some time. A few days
previous to his death the deceased appeared very low
in spirits, but on the night before the fatal act he had
recovered his wonted cheerfulness.

The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary
Insanity."

IMPROVEMENTS 1.117 BILLINGSGATE
MARKET.

The extensive erections at Billingsgate for the pur-
poses of the fish market are progressing rapidly. The
elevation fronting the Thames already presents a
prominent appearance. The dock in which the
oyster-boats used to anchor while unladen has been
filled up, and the front of the new market
towards the water brought out flush with the
Custom-house quay. The building is of brick,
upon a foundation of Aberdeen granite, the
corners of the clock tower and offices being orna-
mented with rusticated quoins of Portland stone.
The passages to the market from the vessels are spa-
cious, the whole of the superstructure above them
being supported by neat, substantial iron pillars, cast
at the foundry of Messrs. Haywood and Company, of
Derby. The towerin the centre of the front of the market

facing the Thames is surmounted by a gilded flying fish,
and in the body of it will be placed a clock of
large dimensions, which will show the hours on
each of the sides. The whole of the most un-
sightly building now standing, hitherto used as the
fish market, will be taken down, and a spacious
light iron and glass roof erected upon iron pillars
for the upper market. The new building is to be
efficiently ventilated, and well cleansed daily by
periodical flushing, the supply of water being so
furnished as constantly to flow through the drains,
the water-closets, and urinals. The surface drain.,
both in the upper and lower markets, are intended
to carry off the filth and water from cleansing
the fish, &c. These will have a plentiful flow
through them, to assist in its removal, and to keep
them perfectly sweet. The water for these pur-
poses it is proposed to draw at once from the
river, engines and pumps being employed to force it to
the heights required. The pure water it is proposed
to obtain by sinking a perforated cast-iron cylinder
into the bed of the river, so that the water will become
filtered as it percolates through the stratum of gravel,
in which the cylinder is placed. This is the same kind
of system as that adopted foranotber purpose by Messrs.
Calvert and Co., at their brewery, and which has been
found to answer admirably. The whole of the above
supply will be pumped from the river by an oscillating
engine, which will also work a set of pumps
for relieving the market of the sewage
water and other impurities, to be conveyed
into the river at low water, under the bed of the
river. The market being enclosed on three sides, and
the lower market (which, when finished, will be used
for the sale of shell fish, &c.) having only the well
holes for the admission of light and air, it has been
thought advisable to provide moans for efficient ven-
tilation, as it could be done in connexion with the
general improvement of the market at a trifling in-
crease of expense. The plan, upon a principle pa-
tented by Mr. Bessemer, is to be accomplished by a
ventilating disc, which will draw off the foul air from
the lower and upper markets, while it is calculated to
be highly beneficial to both in producing a current o
air in close or sultry weather. The cost of the ven.
tilation, water supply, &c., is estimated at 1,8401.
THE N.

rEW NATIONAL GALLERY.
The following is a copy of the report of the Com-
missioners appointed to consider the question of a
site for a new .I.\ ational Gallery :
" Mice of Woods, &c., July 15, 1851.
"My Lords,—ln compliance with your Lordships'
directions conveyed to us in Mr. Hat'ter's letter of
the 26th of March we have considered the question
referred to us—namely, an eligible site for a new
National Gallery.
" The evidence olitainßl in the session of 1850 by a
Committee of the House of Commons in regard to ti e
present National G:7,llery, and the report of a Com-
mission appointed in the preceding year to examine
into the state of the pictures, have convinced us that
no site will be so far suited for this purpose as to
justify a large outlay of public money in the con-
struction of a new gallery unless it shall combine the
follJwing advantages :
" An insulated position, where the gallery
.may be
s!eured from the obstruction of light and air occa-
'l°Leri by neighbouring buildings, and where addi-
tional Epac9 may
hereafter be provided for the increase
of the collections, or for the other departments of art
which it may be deemed desirable to unite with a
National Gallery,
" A sire which may be easily accessible to visitors
resorting thither on foot and in public conveyances.
" It these conditions are admitted to be indispens-
able in the selection of a site, it is obvious that the
chnice limited, and other considerations have bean