The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

A SOCIALIST BUILDING PLAN.—Mr. Tappenden, a
builder, of Arbour-street, West Stepney, in the immediate
vicinity of the court, complained that he had been favoured
with a letter bearing the Hamburg post mark, and enclosing
the plan of a Socialist estate. The postage was Bd., and he
was sorry to state that many of his neighbours had been
imposed upon in a similar manner, and among others Mr.
Young, painter and glazier, of Arbour-square. His reason
for mentioning the case was that he hoped the press would
notice the scandalous imposition, and that her Majesty's
Government and our Consul at Hamburg would endeavour
to punish the person who had posted an immense
number of letters enclosing his lithographed plan
of a Socialist community, and also prevent a repetition (1
the offence.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, of Arbour-street, opposite the
court, said he had also been favoured with a plan by the
Hamburg gentleman, who, no doubt, reckoned upon the
gullibility of John Bull to take shares in his visionary
scheme, which was one of the greatest pieces of humbug he
had ever met with. He did not believe a single English-
man would take a share in the Socialist building plan.
Several other persons in court said they had also been
defrauded of Bd. each.
PUBLIC SYMPATHY FOR A Peon BLIND BOY.—This
morning, on Mr. Selfe taking his seat on the bench, he ad-
dressed our reporter, and said that in addition to £2l re-
ceived by him for the use of the poor blind boy, Daniel
Regan, who was savagely assaulted by a ruffian now under-
going a sentence of imprisonment, £l7 had been sent to an
inetitution for promoting the welfare of the blind in Euston-
road, N.W., where the poor lad was being learnt a trade.
The assault committed upon the boy was one of a most
serious nature, and his skull was fractured by the person
now in confinement. He was happy to state that
the boy was not only convalescent, but ho was,
, through the kindness of Mr. Charles Dyke,
provided with an asylum ; and, lastly, owing to the
' notice taken of this distressing case by the press, the boy
was now placed beyond the reach of want. It was a most
deserving case, and the money forwarded to him (Mr,
Selfe) and to the institution was well bestowed.
BURIAL OF THE DEAD AFTER A CORONER'S
INQUEST.—Mr. John Stevens, jun., waited upon the ma-
gistrate (Mr. Selfe) this day, in relation to a complaint
made by a poor woman named Wilkes, of Little Pearl-
street, Spitalfields, who complained that the body of a boy,
taken out of the Regent's-canal, had bey. buried directly
after a coroner's inquest had been held upon it, and that
the clothes had been interred with the body, and she was
prevented from identifying them. From the description
given of the body and clothes, she believed it was that of
her son, who had been missing ever since the 19th ult.
Mr. Stevens said his father was the constable of Mile-end
Old Town, where the body was found and the inquest held.
His father received no salary from the hamlet but sums
paid by fees, and his duty was at an end 'when he gave the
coroner's warrant for the interment to the parish officers.
It was not, continued Mr. Stevens, our duty to bury the
body.
Mr. Selfe—Yes, it was. Mr. Baker, the coroner, issued
his warrant for the interment of the body as the statute
directed, but some one was responsible for the mode of inter-
ment. Mr. Baker said he had nothing to do with it, and his
duty was at an end when he gave you the warrant for inter-
ment. It was most improper to bury the clothes and pre-
I vent identity. _ _

Mr. Stevens, jun.—The body was in a very decomposed
state, and it is usual to bury the clothes with the body when
that is so.

Mr. Selfe—The sooner the practice is discontinued the
better.

After a long conversation as to the propriety of exhuming
the body,

Mr. Selfe said there was no doubt the body was that of
Mrs. Wilkes's son, and asked her whether it would not be
more consonant to her feelings to let the matter rest.
Mrs. Wilkes would like to be fully satisfied, and thought
the parish authorities of Mile-end were very much to blame.
It was eventually arranged that if the coffin containing
the remains of the boy could be got at, the clothes . should
be taken from the body and produced before Mrs. Wilkes
for her inspection.

BANQUET AT KILLARNEY TO SIR C. BRIGHT.---•
We have received by telegraph an account of a banquet
given last evening, at the Itoyal Hotel, Killarney, to com-
memorate the successful laying of the Atlantic telegraph
cable. Mr. H. A. Herbert, M.P., was in the chair ; and
among those present were his Excellency the Lord-Lieu-
tenant ; Mr. Gurney, chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph
Company ; the Duke of Manchester, the Knight of Kerry,
Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Sir C. Bright, Professor Thomp-
son, &c.
THE REPRESENTATION OF GLASGOW.—It
positively stated that Mr. W. Buchanan will, in the course
of a few weeks, accept the stewardship of the Chiltern
Hundreds, and retire from the representation of Glasgow.
It is likewise stated, we believe on good authority; that Sir
A. Orr is ready to accept the seat when it becomes vacant,
and as it is almost certain there will be a general election
next.year, his friends anticipate that he will be returned
without opposition. Others, again are determined, if
possible, to get a representative who Will be a more suitable
colleague for Mr. Dalglish than they allege Sir Andrew
Orr would be, and anticipate a determined contest. It is
something in his favour, however, that no opposing con'
date has yet been IMlllcd,---akagow