The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-31 00:00:00

THAMES.

John Brown, alias Jones, alias Smith, aged 23 years,
a notorious smasher, who has repeatedly been iu cus-
tody for various offences, was brought before Mr.
Ingham, charged on suspicion with having caused the
death of a woma❑ named Mary Jackson, by adminis-
tering poison, under the following very suspicious cir-
cumstances:—

Thomas Weakford, police-sergeant 5, H division, de-
posed that about two o'clock that: morning his attention
was called to several women who were standing round
the deceased in Prince's-court, Prince's-square, St.
George's-in-the-East. Jackson was lying upon the step
of a door, quite insensible, and oiie of the women, named
Lewis, was :bathing her- tornplas with vinegar. The
prisoner had hold of one of her hands, and, in conse-
quence of what witness heard, be asked him if he had
given the deceased any poison, or if she had taken any her-
self. The prisoner answered " AM right, take her to the
station; she is only drunk." Witness, finding that the
deceased was really unwell, obtained a cab, and with the
assistance of two constables she was placed in it and
removed to the London Hospital. On her arrival at that
institution the deceased was four d to be quite dead. The
prisoner was afterwards take;a into custody, and, in
answer to questions witness put to him, be said he was
unacquainted with the deceased, and that he had never
seen her until that night. Witness afterwards made
some inquiries and ascertained that the prisoner had en-
tered the Rose and Crown public:-house in St. George's-
street in the company of the deceased shortly before she
was discovered insensible. Witness proceeded to the
Rose and Crown and examined tae glasses and measures
which stood upon the bar. He discovered in one of the
glasses a tablespoonful of liquid similar to spruce and
water. He tasted it and found it exceedingly sweet and
very insipid. Witness took charge of it, and handed the
glass and contents to Mr. Bench, the apothecary of the
London Hospital, for the purpose of being analysed. Tho
witness added, that he had since been informed that the
prisoner had cohabited with the deceased for some time
past, and that they had been charged at that court to-
gether with uttering counterfeit; coin.
The prisoner denied that he h:new the deceased, and
also asserted that he never entered the Rose and Crown
public-house with the woman.
The prisoner then asked the witness several questions,
and in answer to them the sergeant stated that the land-
lord of the Rose and Crown peablic-house had been to
the station that morning and identified the prisoner as
the man who entered his house with the deceased. Tho
liquid in the glass had a very strange taste.
Richard Paine, police constable No. 198 11, said he was
on duty in St. George's-street that morning, when he saw
several women round the deceased, who appeared quite
insensible. The prisoner was standing by her side, and
he said that she was his wife. Witness asked him why
he did not take her home, and he replied that he could
not, as she had taken poison. Witness then inquired
where she had obtained the poison, and the prisoner said
that he did not know; but afterwards said he was not
obliged to tell him.
Maria Lewis, a married woman, living at No. 5,
Prince's-court, Prince's-square, said she was up late that
morning, and shortly before two o'clock was alarmed by
hearing groans in the street as if some person was being
strangled. She went to the door and saw the deceased
sitting upon the step of a door, a short distance off.
The deceased was moaning much, and the prisoner was
calling her " My dear Mary," and asking her what
she had taken. The deceased replied faintly, " I have
done it. Oh, my child!" The prisoner told her several
times to put her fingers down her throat and she would
then bring it up. He also said, "Rouse yourself, there's a
good creature; this will get me into trouble." The pri-
soner, who appeared intoxicated, shook and dragged her
a short distance and on reaching the last house in the
court she fell down. Witness followed them, and the
prisoner said to a man who had asked what was tae
matter, that the woman had taken sufficient poison to
kill a horse. Witness obtained some water and some
vinegar and wetted her face mad forehead with it, but
it appeared to have no effect upon her. She was quite
unconscious, and the prisoner, who never left her, be-
haved in a very kind manner towards her.
Francis Williams, 113 H, said about half-past one
o'clock that morning he saw the deceased and the pri-
soner leave the Rose and Crown public-house together;
and about half an hour afterwards he found her lying
upon the step of a door insensible. Witness took the
prisoner into custody, and on the way to the station-
houso he said the deceased had taken something, and that
no person had seen him give it her. He also said that
no person could come against him, and that would
" lick" him.
The prisoner said he was quite innocent of having
caused, the death of the deceased, and hoped he should
not bo punished for other persons' actions.
Inspector Miller said the prisoner denied all kn ow-
ledge of the deceased at the station, and he had been
informed.that they bad been charged together at that
court. He hoped hiaWorship would remand the prisoner
until after the coroner's inquest, which was expected
to be holden to-morrow (this day).
Mrs. Harriet Wellbrok, the landlady of the Rose and
Crown public-house, here entered the court, and upon
being sworn, said sbe remembered the prisoner entering
her house that morning with the deceased. The prisoner
called for half a quartern of gin. The deceased poured
out a glass, and gave it to the prisoner, who sipped of
it. He then returned it to the deceased, who immediately
drank it off. They were the last persons served in the
house, and the prisoner refused to go when desired to
do so by her husband.
Mr. Notelet, after some further evidence, remanded
the prisoner until Tuesday next.
Joseph Taylor, a well known desperate and active
river thief, was brought before Mr. Ingham, charged
with stealing a silver watch and appendages.
Mr. Richard Leighton, the master of the collier ship
Thomas, lying in the upper tier, Mill-wall, Rotherhithe,
stated that about half-past four or twenty minutes to five
that morning, he happened to be awake in his berth,
over which his watch and guard were hanging to a nail,
when he saw an arm stretched forth over his bed to-
wards the watch, and it was taken down. At first he
thought it was the cook, who was in the practice ta{
coming below early in the morning to ascertain the time,

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ship's bottom. Before the galley could reach him the
tide carried him under the barges. Ho directed his men
to pull round and intercept the person in the water, and
he got between the barges aped the ship's bows, and was
then fished up with a boat-hook. The prisoner had no
shoes on, and they were afterwards found in a barge near
the collier.
IricttAm said the case was complete for trial, and
asked Mr. Leighton when he intended to leave this port?
To which he replied that the ship was hound to Sunder-
land, and that he should sail on Saturday.
Mr. INGHAM decided on disposing of the case sum-
marily, and asked Inspector Everett if th© prisoner was
known to the police.
Inspector Everest said the prisoner was one of the
most active and daring thieves on the river, and though
he was only 20 years of age he had been iu custody 50
times for robberies, assaults on the police, and other
crimes and outrages. The inspector then put in a list
of eleven summary convictions against the prisoner as a
rogue and a vagabond, for being on the river with in-
test to commit felony. The prisoner had been com-
mitted four times for three months and hard labour,
three times for two months, and twice for one month.
The prisoner had also been committed for trial at the
Central Criminal Court for a serious robbery on board
the Scotch Lassie, a vessel lying off Wapping, and was
acquitted for the want of a prosecutor, who could not
attend. The prisoner was suspected to have been con-
cerned in many robberies, and was a " tier ranger," who
frequented the tiers of ships in the night time, and car-
ried off anything he could Icy his hands on. The watch
in this case was lost.

The prisoner said, in his-deferce, that he had got a
bad character because there were so many convictions
against him; and muttered that he could get no work—
co one would employ him, and he could not get sent out
of the country.
Mr. INGuAm said the prisoner was a most incorrigi-
ble thief, and that he klouid relieve the public of such an
accomplished rogue for some time. He &entenced
as a reputed thief, to be imprisoned and kept to hart:
labour fur three months.

LORD TORRINGTON'S CASE.
TO TILE EDITOR OF THE SUE.

Sin,—Believing that the cause of the human race is se•
riously damnified when a public writer, of known ability,
advocates unsound principles, I am induced to enter my
feeble protest against the doctrines enunciated (by inference)
in your comments on the above case.,
God forbid that I should pronounce any opinion on the
guilt or innocence of Lord Torrington. , I am nut sufficiently
in possession of the evidence.
Your comments, however, are a different question. From
their tone we are authorized to infir that you hold to be in-
nocent any actions tending to the (supposed) advantage of
the country of which the actor is a native.
Upon this assumption the Government of France did right
to reward Pelissier for suffocating 1,000 Arab men, women,
and children, in a cave, instead of taking him to the Champ
de Mars, degrading him from his rank, tearing off his epau-
lettes, and then " injecting" a dozen musket balls into his
breast, as a wretch unworthy to tread the soil of France.
The reason of the French Government for its different
course was, doubtless, that "he acted for the benefit of
France, by striking terror into her foes."
Let us examine this doctrine, that the " love of country"
is to overrule all laws dis,ine and human, and justify every
act dictated by it.
If a man, in the days when forgery was punishable by
death, had been convicted of having ruined an innocent
family and defrauded it of thousands, by means of forged
documents, I apprehend, that the culprit's plea, that ' he
was induced to commit the crimie, by love for his own fa-
mily, and an ardent desire to place his children in affluence,"
would not have availed to suspend the judge's sentence, that
he should " be taken to the place from whence he came, and
thence to the place of execution, to be there hanged by the
neck till he be dead."

Now, why should the love of a portion of our fellow-crea-
tures, termed a " nation," be accepted as a better apology
than the love of a smaller portion, termed a family ?"
But I shall go further, and maintain that the good derived
by our nation iu consequence of any crimes we may c49mmit,
is far outbalanced by the example of unpunished villanies—
to say nothing of the total human race, the mere fraction
comprised within the designation of " Englishmen," have
been more injured in their most important interests (the
moral), by the escape of Hastings, than any imagined (God
knows altogether imaginary) advantages to their pockets or
glory! (may the curses of mankind rest for ever on the
abused word) can repay.
Justice, combined with absolute pcwer, would have sus-
pended Hastings from a gallows twice the height of Haman's,
and every biped in the House of Commons, who " rose and
uncovered" in honour of the monster, deserved a year Oil the
treadmill.

Ills prosecutors are designated as persecutors; how soon
will those who brought the Sloanes and Birds to justice be
similarly honoured; and when will Hsynau be recognised
as an •‘ illustrious old man?" Is it to be admitted that suc-
cess is virtue—failure, only, vice?
Ever yours, &c.,
JUSTITIA.

[Our Correspondent has placed an entirely false construc-
tion upon our arguments. We insisted that Lord Torring-
ton was entitled to the thanks rather than to the condemna-
tion of the Legislature, because, on inquiry, we regarded him
as not only innocent of all the charges directed against him
by his assailants, but us having nobly fulfilled the duties
devolving upon him as the representative of his Sove-
reign among the Cingalese. A clear majority of SO out of
484, has since then proved that our sentiments coincide en -
tirely with those of the Commons House of Parliament.—
En. Sun.].

THE LACE TRADE.—We stated some time SinCe
our opinion, that instead of having so large a demand for our
goods this spring as we generally have experienced during
the vernal season, it was probable the trade would be spre..d
more over the summer than we have heretofore found it, on
account of both home and foreign buyers waiting to make
their purchases until they made their visits to the metropolis,
to the " World's Pair," and to this opinion we still boll. tip
to the present time, we certainly have not had anything like
the demand for goods generally that we had last year at the
corresponding period. The sales for the week have been but
moderate.—Nottingham Journal.
THE HOSIERY TRADE.— There are a few flying
orders, that keep some houses busy, but on the whole our
trade is much depressed, and the number of hands out of
employ is increased rather than diminished this week. The
price of yarn is about the same, with but little doing.; hosiers
are expecting to be able to buy it lower very shortly. Not-
tingham Journal.
CONTEST FOR VESTRYMEN IN ST. JAMES'S.—The
scrutineers made their return yesterday, when the result was
--for the blue list (Reformers), 7`91; black list (Conserva-
tive), 557—majority for the liberal list, 234.

—ea, tire_ , Turtle, and tope _
run. The Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, three
quarters of a mite, which PRESTIGE will win, closes the
second day's sport. Thursday, termed par excellence
the grand day, opens with a Sweepstakes' of 50 soYs.
each, h ft, over the last mile and a half. There are 14
Subs. to this stake, of which nine will pay forfeit. Ines,
allowed 41bs, making her weight 7st 13ib will, or omelet
to dispose of Runnymede, Bst lib; Balsamo,' Sat 31h;
Phlegra, 7st 111 b; and The Trapper, Sat 31b, easily
enough. The Visitors' Plate of 100 soys., by subsceip-
den of 5 SOTS. each, has fifty-one subscriber; to' it—to
name this day; distance, 2 miles 154 yds. The third
race on the card is for the Imperial gift of the Emperor
of all the Russias, value 5001., added to a sweepstakes of
20 sovs. each; two miles and a half. Out of the eight
nominations, The Flying Dutchman's and Voltigeur's
withdrawal, Nutshell's condition (short of work), and
doubts about one or two others, not above four or five
at the cutside, will be found at tha post to contest the
possession of this valuable trophy, viz i—Russborough,
4 yrs. Bst 51b—Little Jack, 4 yrs, Sze 51b-tTrouncer, 6
yrs, 9st 31b—end Wociwich, 5 yrs, 9st. 1Z inehschgratz
may also be sect for the di-chance, as may Nutshell,
but neither possess any chance of winning. The result
will be something atter the following style:—
TROUNCER .•• I
EUSSBOROUGU 2
LITTLE JACK 3
WOOLWICH .. 4
IVINDISCLIGRATZ 5
The Sr. Jain( s's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft;
the old mile; will have Midas and The Ban first and
second. For the New Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 100
added; over the lost 5 furlongs and 136 yards of the new
mile; out of forty-six entries, fr(,m ten to fifteen will put
in an appearance, viz : —M. Houdin, The Old Lad (d),
Anchises, II( x or Lens, filly by the Merry Meneree—
Ceslus, 3ucithotn, Glenluce or Hirsute, colt by Venison
—Queen Anne, The Grand Duchess, Brother tu El-
this on, Child of the Mist, and two or three others.
Elcot havirg a penalty to pay of Sibs, and the ground
being herd, i.e not likely to start. Should the BROTHER
TO ELTIIIRON run, ho will be about the winner. An-
chises and the colt by Venison out of Queen Anne will
also run well. The Stand Plate and a Plate of 70 sovs.,
close and name this evening. The last day's sport, com-
pared with the others, is very poor; two or three stakes do
not close and name until this evening. The remaining
two—a Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, &c., will be won
by CONVULSJON or LAYLA COLT; and a Sweepstakes
of 50 sowz., &c., will be won by MIDAS.
The latest betting this morning is as follows:—Ascot
Stokes-6 to 1 agat Vampyre, taken; 7to 1 agst Met
Girl, 8 to 1 agst Vatican, 10 to 1 eget Little Jack, 20 to
1 agst Tomboy. Queen's Vase-2 to 1 agat Nancy,
taken freely; 3 :to 1 agst The Prime Minister, 5 to 1
agst Cariboo. Three Years old 'Triennial-3 to 1 agst
Miserrima, Bto 1 agst Midas. Two Years old Triennial
—4 to 1 agst Moultan Lass, taken freely. Emperor's
Plate-5 to 2 agss Ruseborough, sto 2 agat Trouncer.
New Stakes-5 to 2 agst Bre. to Elthirou. Northum-
berland Plate-6 to lon the field, Bto 1 agat Neasham.
•• A Subscriber" will find an answer to his query in
The Sun of Monday.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

May 31, 1851.

AQUATICS.
ROYAL LONDON YACHT CLUB.
The following entries have been made tor the silver
cup; presented by Mr. Wicks, the new commodore, for
competition on Tuesday, June 10:—Secret, 25 tons, R.
Bell, Esq. ; Phantom, 21 tons, S. Lane; Whisper, 19 tons,
T. Eveleigh; MOUSe, 15 tons, G. Brown; Gnat, 4 tons,
J. H. Smith.

The course selected is from Erith to the Chapman
[lead and back, and the Meteor 'i.-eain-boat and Royal
Artillery baud have been secured for the occa3icn by this
rapidly improved and highly-respectable club.

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reach of water; and we are enabled to state i
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crews,
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°mid upon the Thames, will be amongst • the coine tj-
tors. The following ate the rival crews:-
1.1. Coo:nbcs, the chahreion. R. Newell, llorsleydown.
Messenger, Teddingtou. A. Chitty, Richmond.
W. Pocock, Lat.:het:b. J. Al-Kinney, Richmond.
Cole, Cliel,ca. 1 T. APKinney, Rict.ruond.
Added to these, who are so closely matched that it is
difficult to sub' to which the preference should be given,
crews are expected from Durham, Oxfl;rd, and Wands-
worth, to say nothing of the probability of the cele-
brated Claspers, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, putting in an
appearance. The regatta is fixed for the 17th and 18th
of June, and thus affords the various crews plenty of
time to get into condition.
THAMES W ATERAIEIV'S REGATTA.
A draw took place on Wednesday evening last, at Mr.
Snelson's, Star and Garter, Lambeth, among the frets
watermen belonging to the Thames (open to all, from
Teddington to Gravesend), for chancels to contend for the
new wherry given by his Royal Hightcsa Prince • Albert;'
a very numerous attendance was the consequence,
Mr. 6neison's large room, up-stairs, and th and
below, were crowded all the evening; There were 22
entries, and there are twelve to row—ir'm
b St ot them well-
known on the river—and thus are to
cleat—A. Chitty, I.l,Umund; J. Ash, Ne placed ; —First
Robins, Battle-bridge; P. A. Set,tr l I;aPPillg; W.
J.
cond 1-leet-11. Muer, Whitehall; Ns Battle-bride. Se-
G. Williams, Lleworth; vv. V. Pocock, Lambeth;
Third Heat—D. George, nor, shorts Fountain.stairsi.
Teddingtem; J. Kelly, Fulho- selyclown; J. Messenger,
The first in each heat to ro ''''; G. Gadney, Isieworib.
Altar the draw, it was aiw in the grand heat.
to come off, on Tuesday m""ed that the regatta ars!
end Wednesday, the Ist and 2d
July, and the programme at following
attractive list trace
present shows the ,_
race, 12 waterrnen apprentices, 11
the 6th and 7th
for a coat, h il
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year of their apprenticeship, to egiltella
b and freedom, in four beats.. second
!acsl2 free watermen, to row for a new wherry, given
his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; this race, like
the first, to b:., in four heats. Third racs, six youths
under 14 years of age, and tons of free watermen, to
contend for various motley prizes. There will also be
four-eared and pair-oared races with watermen (those
are not ytt arranged); and on the second day, there
will be four-oaree, palr-oared, and scullers'races, by gen-
tlemen amateurs, for silver cups, ditto medals, and a
ditto wherry.
ratification
It is intended for tho g of cur country
cousins and our foreign visitors, and is to be in every
Exhibition Regatta.
sense of the term an

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following
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Gentlemen—first innings, 51 .
of the Shipwreck Institution was held
HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION. The tenth annual PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK.“—OH
meeting of the governorsharllS land'aii v
charity was held on Thursday, in the Board-room.hechirThere-
e subscribers to this useful 11.113h4uu.rsedtTaYehre: :fleeting
of the i sti- at Great is, inchester-street, the Duke of Northumberland;
talon at Brompton,the president of the society, in the chair. The minutes of
port stated that the number of i
rns. in the a
received during the former meeting having been read by the secretary, it was
the past year was aSe. Ofthisl)33s had been agreed that life-boats should be stationed, after due inquiry,
number
discharged more or less benefited, 63 had died, and at Worthing and lat Dundrum, count
yDown. Nunierous
were •
there were now remaining in the hospital 90. The num- other places stated to be in great need of life-Wits, in
ber of patients admitted, during the year exceeded that of consequenceh of the numerous wrecks occurring, and it was
the preceeding year by 128, and that of the year before last
otnetnheagreed that the life-boat sub-committee should report.,
by not less than 206 ; whilst the deaths during the past
same way eligible of these places for "fetaeattalnutietotraee
year had only exceeded by two those of the preceding der- Davies,
niatyNbe stationed there forthwieth. P
d by the Institutiong
year. The number of out-patients under treatment.av„age at- to proceed *, who was recently uint
on
the present state
ins the past year had been 3,661. The daily
t far short of of
t. to Northumberland to reportstationed on that dan-
tendance of patients at the hospital was
ceees being 28,146 ' life- boats, rockets, and mortarso
of Northumberland ha s re--
100, the recorded number of such attendances ge.rous coast, which the Duke
continued to assert life-boats and every other apparatusp
in the year. The medical officers
its of treatment in liaised to complae with
of life from shipwreck, at his
the frequent occurrence of the happy
results
which they had necessary for the preservationd account of these vessels and ape
many and severe cases of the malady against own expense, gave a detailed
and- report having been received adopted, paratus. Letters were readfrom the .
the Admiraltyl from
a
an.
to contend. The
he chairman,
and the meeting merit, promising the institution, every
a vote of thanks was given to tg the Coast-guard depart
objects,andafter t ans-
' benevolent
separated. support to carry out its.business
the meeting broke ine
HALL.--Names of gentlemen who acting some other rout
APOTHECARIES'
fNorthumberland has promised
that the Duke o
science and
examination in the - It was stated
passed theirthe fortnightly meetings of the society
d certificates to practise on to attend regularly .
dicing, and receive Thursday,ll b in t
period he ver e own.
' f ma:—George Edmund
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male, Plymouth • the 29th 0 On Wednesday the Countess of
Francis Ayrton,
Liverpool ; Edward So • ' ALMSHOUSES.—
mer,et Cleveland, laid the first stone of some Homan
Madras ; Lowney Ridley, N
Thomas y, Newcastle-on-Tne Arundel and
Surrey
at Brook-green Hammersmith, to be
Charles Bothwell, Bolton-le-MoOrs • George Henry Edwards, Catholic almshouses
) enry by the Aged Poor Society.
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