The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-07 00:00:00

NEW COIJRT.

(Before Mr. Justice Erle.)
James Sydenitam, 40, wheelwright, was' indicted 0
the manslaughter of James Cornwall. . ;a0
Mr. \V J. Payne prosecuted,.and,Mr.• Ballaak
defended.
It appeared that the deceased, a boy about sieve
years of age,, went, during last January, with su
ed
friends to the pit of the Surrey Theatre, which was ayd
inconveniently crowded. The prisoner was there
of
was very abusive; the child was standing up in ir°Dh.jid
him. This annoyed the prisoner, he put big .1;01
across and gave the poor little fellow a Most vt-df,
pinch upon a most tender and delicate part of hill pd
The chid complained at the time of great pail'. -the
from that time grafitia.lly declined i health until ie
middle of February, when he died. Previousif t°tult,
prisoner was taken before the magistrate far the a's", 03
and fined. After the death of the child an inquest .o
held ppon his body, and upon the result of those do
ceedings was the committal of the prisoner iiP°l3
charge. to
'Toe medical evidence not clearly establishing dea-thted
have been the immediate result of the injuries jai°
by the prisoner, he was acquitted. '

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THIRD COURT. is
(Bstore the Recorder.)'
john King Gurney, cook, was indicted for utteriti
forged bils, with intent to defraud Henry Mie
Hancock.
Mr. Payne and Mr. Codd prosecuted ; aiid Mr.
lantine and Mr. D. Bingham Daly defended. tit
The prisvuer had been a conk and confectioneiro
Uxbridge, and. getting iuto difficultes had forgo the
names of several tradespeople of that towni'and got 0
bills discounted at the Uxbridge Bank..
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had borne a very high character in the.tosyn, but .0
fallen'into the hands of saute bill brokers, whose *sal
rates of interest had caused his
He was found guilty', and the sentence was postpolie4l.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WOW

Meeting This Day.

ENCLOSURE OF HAMPSTEAD ItEATIL
A special meeting of this body was held. this norni
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at the Council Chamber, Guildhall, Mr. J. Tuwait lof
the chair, to receive deputations from •tbelvest ri.-
Hampstead, Marylebone, and St. Pancras; :0 On the 81)0
ject of the adoption of measures for;securing,iiamr`teoo
Heath for the recreation of the public," iwoonsequi3-0,
of the bill now before Parliament, to givie Sir. T. Ml°
Bart., power to enclose and build on this ;death.
The following gentlemen formed the dePiilation
Hampstead—Mr. Le Breton, Mr. Gurney Hoare,"
Cockerel], Mr. Bockett, Mr. Freshfield, and Mr.
vestry clerk ; , from Marylebone, Mr. Freeth,
Gornley, Mr. Griffiths Houghton, Mr. Lewis) , rig:
Williams, Mr. Wingfield, Mr. Greenwell, vestry eie;r.
and Mr. SeitBe, snrveyor ; from St. Pancras, vie .4
Farren and Smith, churchwardens ; Dlajer
Pemberton, Mr Jarvey, sir. Brettingbain, Mr. Clar;dt
Mr. Orr, Mr. Cearles,..Mr. Heighley, Mr; Wedgwe
and Mr. G. W. F. Cook, vestry clerk. • and
The memorial from Hampstead urged upon the Woo
the necessity of their spetdily interfeiMg ;she
matter, and adopting measures for the purchase of
grnmd in queoion. The cost of the 310 acres was lb.
mated at 100,0001., and the rnernoeia'l suggested o°oo
approaches to the heath should be improved. It -ot
enforced the necessity of an application, to-llarlialle,
by this beard, in accordance with the clause in the
tropolitan Board of WerkS Act. Applications bad ur.,t
made to Governmei.t on this question ; and 'on the
occasion the deputation was told to wait;and lay th.eop
case befog, this board, which was then in couteruplol-
of being formed. the
The tievutAtion from St. Pancras concurred in ir
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recommentialions mentioned iu the Hampstead me b 1
rial, and added that the expen,e should be [defrayeu
a general rate on the inhabitants of the metropolis. , 1.0
The deputation from Marvlebone also concurred
the prayer of the HampsteadHampsteadMemorial, and apPriea
tjt
of the suBgestion of the deputation of Marylebone ce:to
regard to providing the money necessai.y. to eee"
Hampstead Heath for the public.
The deputation then retired.
f gr•
The CHAIRMAN announced the resignation 0,- ncr
Rant, one of the reprekeutatives of St. George's,

ver•scinare. ; t
whe
The Il,,ard then proceeded to the discharge 0. -40
other business connected with the meeting, which s;
principally of a routine character, and presented no lea.
tare of general intere-t.
The meeting then separated.

A letter lately received from Fiureoce by ROPSini
nounces the thath of Doeliler, the pianist, of conEval;
to m. The deceased, who was only 40 years of age, I/
married to a Russian lady.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS TO PRONTO]: VIZ DOD/ Of
A CHILD SUPPOSED TO BE DETAINED IN A NIINZINO.,',.
On Tuesday last Mr. Cook Evans, instructed by
Clarke, of Bedfor I-row, applied to Mr. JUstieeCreropt°ol,
at chambers, for a writ of habeas corpus on bebaho
Mary King, the mother of Mary Ann King, who it ~,Whis
supposed was detained in the Norwood Nunnery.
affidavit of the mother (who is a Roman Ciithilic) stl'l,
that when her husband died in 1850 elsenonsented "s
place her child, then ten years of age, in the nunneril
Norwood for two years ; that she bad been in the
of seeing her child from time to time, but .when the i.d'
years had expired there was an intimation -of her bei-a
sent abroad, to which the mother strongly objected, fillr
the child also said she had no with to go away from hoe
mother. A request was then made to allow the cbild A.
reinain pie rnonthslonger, to which the mother consentir,
The child after that saw her mother always in the Pr6o
sense of a nun ; and at length, when the mother bee
to exprvs her determination to take her child boliong4
she was only allowed to see her child through a 'Attica
work or grating. And at length the mother was refold
permission to see her daughter at all. The latter en the
last year the mother "met one of the privets, and
asked him concerning her daughter, and .the priest I
formed her that her daughter had been sent to FrAricof
some months since. The mother, in great distrets t
mind, applied to a magistrate„ but he said he-could ocli,
a4sist her. The mother was then recommended to ePP,4
to her attorney, Mr. Clarke, who went with 'her to t.
:A
convent and demanded her daughter. The nuns rep
that she was not there, but had' been sent to Franco
months previously, and in reply to questions the oclitt,
said they neither knew where she was, hosi-ebe went
who took her, or to whose care she was CoOfided'dljog
did they keep any register of the particulars •Of BeO that
away girls from the nunnery. M. C. Evans urged tio
if this habeas corpus wee not effectual the law°fd
,untry was a complete blank to the mother, and
to
any parent under similar circumstances. His 1.1. ill
granted tae writ, which he made returnable $9
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