The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-30 00:00:00

(LEFT SITTING.)

AYLESBURY ELECTION.—A petition has been pre-
sented from Thomas Bradford, complaining of this election.
PARRICIDE AT WESTMINSTER.—An 'inquest was
held yesterday evening before Mr. Bedford, at the Westmin-
ster Hospital, on view of the body of Richard Judd, aged 65,
who expired in that establishment on Saturday morning,
from the effects of desperate injuries about the bead. The
evidence of the several witnesses, given at the Westminster
police-court yesterday, and on the previous examination of
the accused (Frederick Judd, the son of the deceased), hav-
ing been repeated, the jury, after two hours' deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Frederick Judd.
CAUTION—BANK NOTES.—We understand that
some forged Bank notes for 51. are in circulation. The imita-
tion is very good, but the water mark has only the word
"Bank," instead of the words Bank of England."

FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT ON THE MERSEY.—On
Saturday night a serious accident occurred on the river, by
which one man lost his life and anothe- was placed in con-
siderable jeopardy. The steamer Sylph, from Rock-ferry,
which left the slip about half-past nine o'clock, near the
centre of the river passed under the stern of a flat, and came
in contact with a small punt rowing in the direction of Sea-
combe. There were two men in the boat, but, owing to the
darkness of the night and the flat being in the way, the cap-
tain of the Sylph was unable to see her till after the colli-
sion took place. The two men, in their alarm, endea-
voured to climb up the stern of the steamer, but finding
nothing to hold by, lost their footing and fell into the water.
One of the men, named Francis, got into the wheel of the
Sylph, and had not the engine been stopped almost instantly,
he would, together with his companion, have inevitably been
lost. Captain Chadwick, as soon as he was able, let himself
down into the boat which had been occupied by the men,
and at length succeeded in rescuing Francis. The other
man, named William Walker, a boatman. of Seacombe, was
drowned. No blame is attached to the officers on board the
Sylph.—Liverpool Albion.
AWFUL DEATH.—On Friday an inquest was held
at the Half-way House, Southwark-lane, on the body of Mr.
George Merriman, aged 2.7 years. The deceased was a pub-
lican at East Boldon, and also carried on the business of a
During blacksmith at East Boldon and Ryhope. Being unfortu-
n4ely given to habits of intemperance, he some time ago
got into bad company at Sunderland, and was robbed of 1501.
ring
last week he had been drinking to excess, and on
Wednesday night, about twelve o'clock, he was seen knock-
ing at the door of a public-house. Early on Thursday morn-
ceased blue
I,lga.noise similar to that produced by a body falling, was
heard by the workmen employed at the bottom of the shaft
of the A. pit at Monkwearmouth Colliery. They imme-
diately
pocket-book.
haasiened to the spot, and found the body of the de-
proved, that the tearfully mutulated state, and literally dashed to
pieces.
in gaining entrance to was only identified by some papers found in his
pass edgeways between the
generally believed, although not clearly
where
had committed suicide by entering
the "low flat,"
timber which was at that he would have considerable difficulty
working in the shaft abouttmouth of the shaft, having to
somea water-tubs and a quantity of
had remained much
narrow escape, for if theyplace. Two men, who were
would have been dashed to peelei minutes
fall at the rate of three milessupcehr
es by the body, which would
previously, had a
longer they
minute, io the depth of
to
the cage
the violence of the fall,
gshaft of the pit, but how he came
TnactatTe deceased was found
292 fathoms , or 1,752 feet.
on which he fell was
thatdead anat itrhoenhbaattrombe
ol ocntghien
to show."— Sunderland
completely broken. Verdict—.
to his death there is no evidence
Herold.
Th
ere is an essential meanness in the wish to get
the better of any one; the only competition worthy
of a wise
man is with himself.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
CHURCHES FOR THE RAGGED.—There are schools
for the ragged, but we see no churches for the thousands of
ill-clad people you observe standing at the public-house
doors during the hours of divine service. We that have
suffered wait know that if our apparel is not such as we could
wish, we feel diffidence in approaching the church or chapel,
where none but well-clad people are to be found. Now we
believe that there are many wearing fustian on the Sabbath-
day who would be glad to attend public worship if the
churches were free altogether, indeed, expressly constructed
for the neighbourhoods where required, and for the class of
people living in them. Let us set the warmth, comfort, al d
godliness of the church against the glare and false stimulus
of the public-house. Let not many thousands of the present
generation go out of existence withcut the sound 'of-the
Gospel. The model lodging-houses provide for the comfort
of theiz Wiwi i korget not their iwayrtal palt9,--13gilder.