The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

THAMES.

A CASE POR THE BENEVOLENT.--A poor widow, named
Mary Fielding, and dwelling at 23, London-street, Rat-
cliff, came before Mr. Yardley to make known her destitu-
tion and bereavement, in the hope that the magistrate
would render a little assistance from the poor box fund.
Her late husband was a coal porter, and while employed
upon a wharf in Ratcliff, about a month since, he was sud-
denly attacked with illness, was carried home, and died a
few hours afterwards. The poor woman, thus suddenly
deprived of her husband and the support of her house,
and only previously living " from hand to mouth," was in
serious difficulties. She had five young children to maintain,
and was far advanced in pregnancy. It was represented that
the whole family were in the most destitute condition, and
that the woman, whose accouchement was hourly expected,
had no means of procuring a meal.

A gentleman in the court represented to the magistrate
that the applicant was a deserving woman, and that her
late husband was an industrious and sober maa.

Mr. Yardley kindly directed Mr, Livingston, the chief
usher, to give the womaa a sovereign from the poor-box
fund ; and said that, if she called upon him again in a fort-
night, some further assistance would be rendered.

TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Oct. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; rather fresh breeze, and dull cloudy weather,
with rain.

PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 11.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Jacob
A. Stamber, for New York.
DEAL, Oct 12.—Wind N.lZ—Arrived—Dolores Nor-
beta, from Havanna ; Bracket, from Quebec for Hartlepool;
Cataban, from the River for Sydney; Hastings, ditto, for
Swan River.

QuEENSTOWN, Oct. 11.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—
City of Washington, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and
sailed for New York. Sailed—John Smith, for St. John's,
Newfoundland.

FLEETWOOD, Oct, 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bell•
carry, from Quebec,

Orr HURST CASTLE, Oct. 13.—Wind N.--Arrived—
Atmto, steamer, from the West Indies.
PLYMOUTII, Oct. 12.—Wind N W.—Arrived—Panama,
from Honduras ; Eliza, from Quebec ; Eliza Jane, from
London for Algoa Bay.
CLYDE, Oct. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ocean Fa-
vourite, from New York. Sailed—Revenue, for San
Francisco.

PILL, Oct. 12.—Wind. W.N.W.—Sailed—La Grande,
for Cuba.

(BY ELECTRIC TELE° RAP H.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Wind W.N.W.
Arrived, Oct. 12—Speedwell, from Jersey ; Heber, from
Shields ; Hero, and Lamplighter, from Seaham ; Tagus,
steamer, from Lisbon; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Con-
stands, Wear, Alma, and Euroclydon, from Sunderland.
Sailed—Ellora, steamer, for Alexandria; Speedwell, for
Jersey; Alliance, stearcer, for Havre.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind W.S.W. ; weather fine.
Arrived, Oct. 12.—Renzi, from Riga ; Queen of Sheba,
from Archangel.
Arrived, Oct. 13.—Lebra, from Archangel ; Tiger, from
Riga ; Talisman, from Stettin.
Sailed—Bilboa for Bilboa.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Wind strong, and thick, with rain.
Passed—ll.M.S. Rhadamanthus, from Portsmouth, for
Woolwich.

CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wm.
Payne, the coroner for the City of London, held an inquiry
in the board-room of the West London Union respecting the
death of a female child, whose body was discovered on the
ruins in New Victoria-street, Holborn, exhibiting such
dreadful marks of violence upon it as to leave no doubt of
its having been brutally murdered. It appeared from the
evidence, that a man named Gunn discovered a bundle on
the ruins, and on opening it the body of the deceased was
exposed to view. The body, which was wrapped in four
pieces of stuff, was conveyed to the union. Mr. Burt, sur-
geon, of Farringdon-street, said he had examined the body,
which was that of a very fine female child of full growth. On
examinin g the neck, he discovered a dark mark, about half
an inch wide and three inches long, caused ley the pressure
of a piece of tape, producing strangulation, which had been
effected with great violence, and it had doubtless been mur-
' dered. Verdict—Wilful Murder against some person or
persons unknown.

We are informed that the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor Elect has written to Mr. Thwaites, Chairman of the
Metropolitan Board of Works, and has placed his seat at
the Board again in the hands of the Common Council. He
has taken this step in consequence of the many onerous du-
ties which will devolve upon him as chief magistrate of the
City.

ALLEGED PIRACY BY GARIBALDIANS.—It will be
remembered that considerable stir was made a few weeks
ago about an alleged seizure of an English vessel by some
Garibald;ans, and upon the allegations of the complaining
party a steamer of the Mediterranean squadron was sent to
capture the "pirates." The Malta Times has the follow-
ing on the subject :—" Captain Paul Pilotti, Signor Settem-
brini, and others who were sent here as prisoners on board
the Caesar, charged with seizing and running away with the
English steamer Orwell, have been set at liberty, the home
authorities having confirmed the opinion of the local Go-
vernment, that no lawful ground existed for their arrest and
d et ention."

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAIL-
WAY.—An accident, fortunately not one of a serious nature,
occurred at Peterborough on Tuesday to the up Edinburgh
express due at King's Cross 935 p.m. The accident oc-
curred through the mistake of the pointsman whose duty
it was to allow the train in question to pass out of the yard
to the main line, but having turned the train into the
goods siding a collision instantly took place, the express
running into some trucks of grain standing there. The
train just starting was fortunately going slowly, so that,
with the exception of a few trifling hurts, we are glad to
hear no one was injured. The station-maste; Mt. Smith,
was immediately on the spot, seeing that every attention
was rendered to the passengers, and the traffic, after about
30 minutes delay, wee again prixeecled with,