The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-02 00:00:00

THE LATE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.

Last term a rule was obtained by the corpora-
tion of London for quashing an order made by two
learned judges relative to the disposition of certain
Turkish and Spanish bonds and other property,
found in the possession of Burgess, Pierce,
and Tester, who were tried and convicted 'at the
Central Criminal Court in January, 1857, for-steal-
ing a quantity of gold dust, dtc., on the South-
E istern Railway. After the trial one-sixth of the •
property was restored by the order in question to
the South-Eastern Railway, as being part of the
proceeds of the said robbery. The remaining fir:
sixths applied to certain Turkish bonds, who'
Agar, the approver, who was previously con-
victed of forgery, had handed over to Pierce
for investment for Fanny Kay and het •
child by Agar. Pierce omitted to jars,"
them, and when he was apprehended the Turkish
bonds were found in his possession. The Jeanie"
judges, under the circumstances, directed in tile
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same order that the Turkish bonds amounting to
near 2,0001. should be invested for Fanny Kay all'
her child, in accordance with Agar's intention'
The corporation of London claimed the property
under the Charter, as being entitled to take a'`
felons' property within their jurisdiction. Till;
morning.the rule come on for argument before the
Court of Queen's Bench, when the Court held that
by the law felons' goods were forfeited, and On
the learned judges had no power to make W;
order with reference ti the Turkish bonds. Th%
p-irt of the order was rescinded, and the result 7
that Fanny Kay and her child will be deprived,
the benefit of the money, which will be hanal.,
over to the sheriffs and under-sheriffs who wet.? 17
office when the trial took place, they being entitled
to the property of felons, through the Corporatrotio
towards defraying the expenses of their officers.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THA

WEEK.

(From. the .Report of the Registrar General.)
The de iths registered in London, which in the
two previous weeks were successively 1,057 8114,„
1,082, rose in the week ending last Saturday to
1,106, of which 576 were deaths of males, and 0,1": '
those of females. In the ten years 1848-57 IT
average number of deaths in the weeks correspon", •
ing with last week was 1,004, but as the deaths of
last week occurred in an increased population, they
can only be compared with the average after T4'
latter is raised in proportion to the increase, a e°l'
rection which will make it 1,104. Hence it at:
pears that the rate of mortality that prevailed is"
week agrees with the average, as calculated from
ten years' experience at the end of May.
The births of last week exceed the deaths in 016
same period by 586.
By comparing the results of the last two weed
with reference to the causes of death, it will 11
seen that while zymotio diseases have decrease('
fr am 269 to 259, and local diseases from 420 to 4(6
those of the " constitutional" class have increar'
from 210 deaths to 265, and have produced the In:
crease in the total number of deaths which is sho°ls
above. Phthisis (or consumption) is the :4)0111
disease to which this result is due, for whereas it
was fatal in the previous week in 117 eases, Ills,
week it was fatal in 169. The corrected everagy
for this disease for last week is 149. Small-P'
' was fatal in 5 cases • measles decreased from 80 .
45, whooping-cough from 72 to 61. There were.
deaths from diarriacea, the corrected average bei-„g
19. No case of cholera was returned. Of,ur
nonagenarians whose deaths were registered, the
two eldest were widows, one of whom died at
ber
age of 96 yoars in Fulham Workhouse, the o',.
at 97 years in St. Luke's Workhouse. Ise°
Thirty-seven deaths are returned as having sr of
from. the developmental diseases of children,: to
which 18 are ascribed to premature birth,
cyanosis, 3 to spina bifida, 3 to other malforw-
tious, and 11 to teething.
girls,
Last week the births of 904 boys and 788
,10.
in all 1,692 children, were registered in linn,aus.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1'
57 the average number was 1,527.

THE DEATH FROM STABBING AT WORDERTNit."",bO"-
adjourned inquest on the body uf George Turner, 's
recruit, who was stabbed last Wednesday eveyi?.,giog_
up,
Worcester, was resulted ou Monday. After r(o
- ,
the evidence of several witnesses the coroner sort323,c
and the jury returned ray r
of manslaug%;
against Joseph Barnard. The prisoner was then 0°1"--
mitted for trial at the next assizes.
CORPORATION OF LONDON BILL.—We are in beenea
ba
that a requisition, most respectably signed, rs
presented to the Right. Hon. the Lord Mayor t 9 a'.o •
common hall, for the "purpose of eliciting the opal.,
of the citizens of London upon the bill now in Par lie
meat, entitled A Bill for the better regulation of tot
Corporation of London,' and which strikes at the 0.•
of their ancient and valuable privileges ; and to Ps;
such resolutions as may seem advisable." His lordsbi
has been pleased to app :int Monday next, the 7th of
Jane, at one for two o'clock precisely. By the bill,
passed into law, not cnly will the purchased right::
the livery be entirely abrogated, but the charters of
to,
c3mpanies repealed and made null ; which in effect
destroy, without any cone titutional reason, the exibtePa7;
of the City companies.