The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-25 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 24.

(Before Mr. Payne and other Justices.)
THE CASE OF AUGUSTA. MITCHELL.
The learned Judge, in reference to this case, said
—I wish to lay before the court a letter which I
received last evening from the Home Office. But a
few words will be required to show how it came
to be written. As soon as I found the peculiar
view taken by some of the papers of the case of
Anne Mitchell, I immediately forwarded to the
Home Secretary a verbatim copy of the evidence
taken at the time of the trial, and requested him to
do me the favour to institute any inquiry which
might suggest itself to him, without any regard to
my opinion on the subject. Owing to his absence
at Balmoral, some little time elapsed, and before I
had received any answer, a juryman communicated
to me an offer made by Mr. Thomas, the secretary
of the " London Preventive and Reformatory
Institution," to take her under their care for the
purpose of reforming her. It was accompanied by
a request that I would forward it to the Home
Office. This I gladly did, for, however I may differ
with others with respect to the propriety of the
sentence at the time when it was passed, there can
be no difference of opinion with respect to the
desirableness of placing her under good influences.
I therefore testified to my knowledge of the respec-
tability of the person who made the offer, and of
the fitness of the society to accomplish its object.
This led to the letter which I ;au about to read.
Those who hear it will julge whether, in the ordinary
acceptation of the word, Mr. Secretary hardy can
bc said to have revoked the sentence.
The letter was then read by the judge, and was as
follows :--

(Immediate.)
Whitehall, Sept. 23,1867.
" Sir,—En reply to your letter of the 21st inst., I
am directed by Mr. Secretary Hardy to acquaint
you that he purposes advising her Majesty to grant
Augusta Anne Mitchell a pardon, upon condition of
her being received into the London Female Preven-
tive and Reformatory Institution, and of her
remaining therein, and being subject to all the rules
and regulations thereof until duly discharged
therefrom.
" Her one month's preliminary imprisonment will
date from the day on which her sentence was passed,
and she will therefore be removed to the reformatory
on the 2d October next. —I am, Sir your obedient
servant, " ADOLPHUS F. 'O. LIDDELL.
<< To J. Payne, Esq., West Hill, Highgate."
The Judge (in continuation) said to that letter
he had sent a reply in the following terms :
" Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter on the subject of the release of Augusta Anne
Mitchell, and to thank Mr. Secretary Hardy for the
judicious arrangement by which he proposes to
make her admission to the institution available for
her reformation, and not dependent upon the sug-
gestions of others, or any change of purpose in
herself. —I have the honour to be, Sit,
J &e.,
. PAYNE.
" To the Hon. Adolphus P. 0. Liddell, &c."
It may, perhaps, be desirable (said Judge Payne) to
let it be known at the first opportunity I have that
it is my firm conviction that, however immorally
the prosecutor acted, there was no pretence upon
the evidence for believing that he had seduced the
prisoner.
Thus ended the matter. The learned judge was
listened to with great attention by the justices on
the bench, the jury, and the strangers in court.

THE FATAL COLLISION ON TIM TILAMES.

Yesterday the inquiry respecting the death of
Edward Cheesernan, the helmsman of the Metis,
Gravesend steamer, when she came in collision with
the Wentworth, was resumed at the Chequers Inn,
at Dagenham. Mr. Fry and Mr. Hughes again
attended for the Woolwich Steam Packet Company,
Mr. Stokes for the owners of the Wentworth, and
Mr. J. A. Farnfield for Allen, the pilot in charge of
the Wentworth. The crews of .both steamers were
examined, and they repeated the testimony which
they had already given at the previous inquiries.
The captains of the two vessels gave their evidence
on oath. The master of the Metis denied that he
starboarded when in the middle of the stream, and
crossed the bows of the screw collier as alleged.
Some passengers who were on board the Metis spoke
of the steamer going up the Reach close in on the
south shore, and the collier porting and bearing
down on her. Capt. Btu stall, R.N., secretary of the
Thames Conservancy Board, said he was well as:

quainted with the navigation of the Thamea, and
he had heard the evidence given that day. On the
evening of the Gth instant it was high water in the
pool at a quarter past seven, and it would be half
an hour earlier in Barking Reach, where the colli-
sion took plac3; but the stream would run up in
midchannel for 20 minutes or so after high water.
There would, therefore, be slack water in Barking
Reach on the evening in question about five minutes
past seven. The Metis or any other steamer pass-
ing up the river at the time in question should keep
in midstream. The Wentworth, in rounding
_ Margaret Ness Point, did right in keeping her helm
hard aport, and going to the southward.—By the
Coroner--If the Metis was in midchannel she ought
not to have been starboarded. Ile could not help
thinking that if the helm of the Wentworth bad
been put hard astarboard when a collision appeared
inevitable it would have done much to lessen the
violence of the blow, and possibly might have avoidel
the collision altogether. The rule in the river was
for vessels to sail with the stream, or to take advan-
tage of the slack, so as to make the best of their
passage, and to keep clear of each other. The
Coroner said he understood that there were other
vessels,aaiou r nae ncid. the
parties who were likely to give some important
investigation evidenceas t owt
was
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thereupon
poofuthfurther

COVENT-GARDEN PROMENADE
CONCERTS.
COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.
EVERY EVENING, at EIGHT.
Under the sole Direction of Mr. JOHN RUSSELL.
Thursday nights a Selection of Classical Music ; other
nights Miscellaneous. The Programme is varied every
evening. Conductor Signor Bottesini, and for the dance
music, Herr Johann Strauss. Admission, One Shilling.

rrHEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. chattertga.
THIS EVENING, FAUST. Mr. Phelps; Nlessrs. Edmund
Fitell.s, C. Harcourt, C. Warner, T. 13 irtleman, J. Jelin-
stone ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Mesdames Vandeuhoff, Grat-
ton, &c.
To conclude with THE MILLER AND HIS MIN.
Messy,. liyiter, E. Phelps, C. Harcourt, I. arrat, J. Rouse;
Mesdames Edith Stuart and Gratton.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. tilninr,

4.AST NIGHTS OF THE STREETS OF LONDON.
THUS EVENING, the performances will commence with
the popular Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled rOOR
PiLLICODDY. Characters by Messrs. Dominick Murray
and Miss Polly Marshall.

At a quarter-past S, THE STREETS or LONDON., by
Dion Bouc,cault, Esq. Badger, Mr. Vininv. Messrs. M`Lean,
Dominick Murray, H. Forrester, J. G. Shore, R. Cathcart, W.
Robins. Newbound, Chapman, Tapping; Miss It. Sanger,
Miss Emma Barnet', and Mrs. Addie.
- - -

N.B —Mr. and Mrs. DION BOUCICAULT will po'itively
make their re-appearance at this Theatre in ARE-Ulf-NA-
roGUE on Monday next, Sept. 30.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and !Manager, Mr. Buckstone.
Tars EVENING, ROMEO AND JULIET. Messrs.
Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, Compton, Kendal, Braid, Clark,
White, Coe, Vincent, Weathersby, ; Mesdames Chippen-
dale, Scott-Siddons, Laws, Coleman, &c.
After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE
POUNDS. Mr. Buckstone.

Concluding with PERFECTION. Mr. Kcndal and Hiss
lone Burke.

Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Mr. Feebler, sole, actual, and responsible Manager.

THIS EVENING, and during the week, the perform-
ances wi :I commerce at Seve❑ o'clock with a comedietta,
entit red TEII4: MISTRESS OF THE MILL. Mr. 11. Mellon,
Jr.A S. Calhaem ; Misa Ritter, Miss Montgomery.

At Eight o'clock, Lord Lvt on's Play of the LADY OF
LYONS. Beauseant, Mr. G. Jordan ; General Dimas, Mr.
Addison; Glavis, Mr. S Ca'haem ; M. Des,•happMett, Mr,
If. Mellon; Gaspar, Mr. Dalton ; Landlord, Mr. J. Francis ;
Officers, Messrs. Stuart and Fleming; Claude Melnotte, r.
Feebler; Pauline Deschappelleo, Miss Carlotta Leclercq ;
Widow Melnotte, Miss Elsworthy ; Madame Deschappelles,
M re. 1/. Marston.

R OYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS,
MG ft HOLBORN.
BRILLIANT AND UNABATED SUCCESS-ADDITIONAL

ATTRACTIONS.

Engagement of the great Continental Artiste Madame
Virginte Troost. The new COMIC BALLET, every evening.
Charlie Abbott's laughable and original Eccentricities. he
Brothers Dan els in their inimitable Violin Performances.
Airec's thrilling Aerial Act. The Delevanti Family, the in-
cf,mparable acrobats. Fillis's wonderiully trained Fire
horse "Zamor," &c. SCENES IN 1:1114: ARENA by the
matchless Troupe of Equestrians.
"Altogether universally acknowledged to be the moat suc-
cessful combination of remarkable equestrian feats, with
singular acrobatic dexterity and episodes of discreet drollery,
for many years witnessed in the metropolis."--Vide Daily
Telegraph.

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