The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-17 00:00:00

THAMES.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND DISPUTED CAB FARE.—
Benjamin Cowdetay, a cab-'river, came before Mr. Yard-
ley to obtain a summons against a person named Mann,
a boarding-house keeper, of Liigh-street, Poplar.
The cab-driver was before Mr. Yardley last week, and
he said that three weeks preQiouly a little boy named
Mann was run over by a country waggon in the East
India-road, and his legs having got between the spokes
of one of the wheels he was dreadfully crushed. The
police in the road called him off the stand, and directed
him to convey the injured boy to the London
Hospital. He did so, and the boy was ad-
mitted into the hospital, where he subsequently
died. Upon waiting on the police constable who
engaged him he was recommended to wait upon the
father of the deceased child, and the father referred him
ba,k to the police. _ _

Mr. Yardley said the police badacted most humanely
and properly in sending the wounded child to the hoe •
pital, and the cab-driver ought to be paid his fare. He
would pay the fare out of the poor-box rather than he
should lose it, but he thought the father of the child
ought to pay the fare. Ile directed Taplin, an officer
of the court, to wait upo❑ the father of the deceased
child and convey to him the magistrate's sentiments on
the subject.
Taplin now repotted that he had waited upon Mr.
Mann, who said that he would pay the cabman for Lis
fare and loss of time if he waited upon him,
Cowderay—l waited on Mrs. Mann on Monday last,
and asked her for my fare, and she refused to pay me.
Mr. Yardley said that cab-drivers were bound to con-
vey a wounded person to any of the hospitals in the me-
tropolis when called upon to do so by the police, but
they were entitled to their fare for so doing. He asked
Taplin when be waited up)n the parents of the deceased
child.
Taplin—A. week ago, sir.
Mr. Yardley—When did you see the parents of the
child, Cowderay ?
Mr. Cowderay-0a Monday, your worship.
Mr. Yardley—Then you shall have a summons against
Mann.

Mr. Villiers, who would have voted for the Annuity
Tax Bill, was accidentally shut out of the divikion yes-
terday.
Sir James Matheson was prevented by indisposition
from attending to vote on the second reading of Mr.
B'ack's Edinburgh, &c., Annuity Tax Bill.
The King and Queen of Greece left Athens on the sth
for an t xcursion in their dominions. The following is
their itinerary :—Thebes, Livadia, Macrocambi, Lamia,
and Chalcie. It is after bis return tbat the Bing will
set out for Germany. •

ENGAGEMENT OP' MADLLE. TITIENS.—Our musical
readers will learn with regret that the direction of the
Imperial Theatre at Vienna have refused to grant any
extension of this lady's leave of absence, which expires
on Satur:lay, the 26th inst.
THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON,
Wednesday Night.—The Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steamship Colombo, Captain Field, has arrived
in the River with these mails, in charge cf Lieutenant
Payne, R.N. Her dates are—Alexandria, June 5 ;
Malta, 8 ; and Gibraltar, 12. She brings 120 passen-
gers, 7 packages of specie, value not stated ; 272 bales
of cotton, 67 bales and 5 cases of silk, and general
cargo, including 19 packages from the Ave. Fine
weather, with generally light winds, throughout the
voyage.
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, SOHO-SQUARE.—Yesterday
afternoon the annual meeting of this charity was held at
the institution in Sobo-etuare, Lord Henry Cholmon-
delay in the chair. After a few preliminary observa-
tions from the noble chairman, in which he urged the
claims of the institution on the public, the secretary
read the 15th annual report of the committee, which
stated that at the last meeting the committee announced
that notwithstanding the accumulating evidence of the
usefulness of the hospital, yet they were not in a pos.-
tion to ask for funds to effect such alterations as would
give accommodation for 40 in-patients, as suggested by
the medical officers, until the remainder of the mortgage
debt (5001.) had been liquidated, and that there should
be an increase in the income to meet the neces-
sary additional annual expenditure of 1,000/, for that
purpose. In consequence of the liberal donation of 3001.
from the trus'ees f the Kennedy Fund, and a bequest
of 1001. from the late C. geeing, Esq. , that debt had
teen liquidated ; but although it was congratulatory to
announce that the hospital was out of debt, yet a large
sum was required for repairs, &c., until which are done
raanisoinmobetrheorfopatients
addng
musti baenroetfhuesredfloor, admission,
accommoda-
tion might be given to 40 or 50 patients. The number of
in-patients received into the hospital during the year
1857 was 127, cf. whom 40 were discharged cured, 47
as b ywere much relieved, 3 were incurable, 5 died, and 23 re-
mained under treatment in the wards. The number of
new patients applying for out-door relief during the year
had been 926, being 409 more than the two preceding
years. The receipts for the year hadjbeen 1,5911. se. 4d.,
and the expendituee 1,5491. 4s. 4d., leaving a balance of
421. ls. in hand. The medical officers had effected great
reduction in the expenditure, and were thanked for their
gratuitous services. Dr. P. Smith having read the medi-
sal reports, the Hon. Capt. F. Maude moved their adop-
tion, and the same having been carried, thanks were
voted to the noble chairman, and the meeting separated.