The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

THAMES.

Mr. Selfe—What for?

The following is from .11 Monitore Toscano, in
reference to Dr. Lemmi's appointment as Italian
tutor to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales :
" We learn by the English papers the appointment
of our fellow-countryman, Advocate Enrico Lemmi,
to the post of professor of Italian literature to his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Enrico
Lemmi's name is endeared to those Italians who
love beyond all else Italy. Those who have per-
sonally known him before the struggle of 1848
can
.best' tell how Italy had grown the centre
of every aspiration of his imaginative nature, and
how many of his youthful companions owe to
his inspiriting words the honour of having fallen in
brave strife on the glorious fields of Curtatone and
Montanara, and under tho walls of Rome. When,
in 1848, bright hopes seemed to dawn for Italy, the
early aspirations of his life were quickly carried
into action, and Carlo Alberto deemed Enrico
Lemmi deserving of a special notice (menzione
onorevole) for the bravery he displayed at Curta-
tone, while fighting by the side of Montanelli, Pilla,
Pierotti, and that band of braves who for an entire
day resisted the united forces of Radetski. In 1849
he was acting commissioner far the department of
Grosseto ; and having discharged his functions with
zeal and intelligence, was appointed secretary to
the embassy at Constantinople. And here we gladly
and proudly mention a fact -which honours our
cause and countryman. In a letter inserted in this
with wasto
thath he
those
d is
.
anguished himself anew at the paper he respectfully but firmly declined office,
alleged that, while danger threatened his country,
privilege
memoirs ofhe timesremain
lv
ready to defend it with life. Later we find it men-
till::: dutyed in andseveral
siege of Rome, in
the action of the Ponte Molle. In 1850, trusting
to the amnesty of the Grand Duke Leopold, Advo-
cate Lemmi returned to his country •
in the hope of
resuming his profe • sston ; but after d few weeks, for
no apparent cause, he was throvr, into the fortress
of Leghorn, from whence he was liberated
r [tte d only
when it pleased Austrian Glen iency to change his
imprisonment into exile. As I talians and as friends
we rejoice that his nine y ears' 9xile has been
cheered the esteem of the view •
he has dby welt, and that his tal- - —lani°ngst wrio.—
—ents have been appre-
elated and rewarded bycne B,OOO st-,
heir of England's
honour of teaching the under chaff go 91
of the tra clam

A CANDIDATE TOR A. SHIP Rtromkronv.—A boy who
gave the name of Henry Stanton, was brought before Mr.
Selfe on remand charged with stealing a shoe from a shop
in White Horse street, Stepney. He was caught injia-
grant4 delieta, the shoe was taken from him, and he was
secured. Two other boys in the prisoner's company made
their escape. The prisoner, 9n his first examination, said
he wished to go to sea. Police constable Fellows, No. 274
K, now said the prisoner's real name was Hart.
Mr. Selfe—Henry Stanton or Hart what is your real
name ?

Prisoner—My real name is Edward Hart.
Mr. Selfe—You have told me a lie to begin with. I have
a good mind not to let you go to sea. Liars will not do
for the sea service.

Roche—The prisoner has been in custody before. There
is a certificate of his, commitment.

Fellows said„ ho had made inquiries about the
prisoner. He was formerly in the service of Mr. Cover-
dale, a respectable man, carrying on the business of a hair-
dresser, in High-street, Hoxton, who said the prisoner
absconded from his house some ti me ago ; that he was a
very bad boy, and that he had obtained several situations
which he had lost under disgraceful circumstances. The
boy's mother held a situation in an asylum at or near Ux-
bridge. _ .

Mr. Selfe asked the prisoner how often he had been in
custody ?

The prisoner—Only once, sir, and that was in West-
minster.

Prisoner—For calling a policeman "a bobby."
Roche, the gaoler—No; was it not for throwing a stone
at a policeman's head ?

The prisoner—Yes, sir.

Mr. Selfe—You have told another lie. You are a very
bad boy, and will come to grief if the country does not take
care of you. I sentence you to be imprisoned for one
month, and afterwards confined in the reformatory ship,
Cornwall, for three years; and if you behave well there,
you will be sent to sea, and be made a man of ; but if you
do not behave well, and if you tell lies, you will be severely
punished, and come to ruin. It will be a matter for con-
sideration what your parents will have to pay towards your
maintenance.

BURIAL OF STILL-BORN CHILDREN.

Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the guar-
dians of the poor of St. Marylebone, this subject
was again brought under discussion. Dr. Bach-
hoffner, who had given notice of a motion request-
ing, the co-operation of the other metropolitan
parishes in urging upon the Government and Legis-
lature the necessity of an amendment of the Act
for the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Mar-
riages, more especially with reference to the intro-
duction of a clause for a compulsory registration of
still-born children, said he wished to postpone
his resolution till their next meeting. His reason
for doing so was, that he felt he had not had
time to make himself entirely master of all the
necessary statistics and facts. During the week,
however, he had obtained some statistics which,
however astounding they might appear, were taken
from official sources, and might therefore be looked
upon as accurate. He had discovered that, within
a given period in one district (the rectory) of St.
Marylebone alone, there had been registered the
births of 1,109 illegitimate children, of which num-
ber 821 wore registered in Marylebone Workhouse,
and out of the entire number 516 illegitimate
children were registered in the same district as
having died within the same period. In another
district of the parish, which for the present should
be nameless, things were worse in
proportion. In
the latter, out of 223 illegitimate
re-
gistered, there were within the same pe-
riod 209 deaths of illegitimate children. He
mentioned these facts in order that the members
of the board might bring their minds to bear
upon a subject of such importance. There was also
a point upon what he desired to set himself right,
and that was in reference to the employment of
midwives. An impression had gone abroad that
he intended to ignore and abolish midwives alto-
gether. Nothing of the kind ; but what he did
want to see was, that all who practised as mid-
wives should be subject to a registration. (Hear.)
Several gentlemen having addressed the meeting
the resolution was postponed. In addition to St.
Luke's, Chelsea, the directors of St. Pancras, Is-
lington, St. Luke's, and other parishes, have had
the subject under consideration within the last few
days ; and Mr. Wakley, the coroner, has also
dyvelt upon the subject at inquests, and expressed
hips conviction that further legislative enactments
to prevent child-murder are necessary.

The diligence from Bologna to Rome was assailed
by three armed brigands on the night of the 20th inst. The
spot chosen for the onslaught was near Recanate, a very
hilly district, and the horses were brought to the ground by
a strong rope which the robbers had stretched across the
road. Amongst the passengers were a colonel of Papal in-
fantry, who sat very snug with his sword between his legs,
and a vice-brigadier of gendarmes, who sprung upon the
bandits, and used his sabre to such purpose that hewounded
one and put the others to flight, their blunderbusses fortu-
^illy missing fire. By his courageous conduct he saved
(.0,733), which were being conveyed to Rome
the conductor, besides the personal property

PERSIA.

A Teheran letter says :—" The great news from
the camp of Sultanieh is that the Ministry, before
the troops were dispersed, addressed a formal pro-
test to the Russian Minister here, on the subject of
the proceedings and communications of the com-
mandant of the steamboats stationed at Asterabad
with certain chiefs of the Turcoman tribes. As you
are aware, the Court of Teheran has never ceased
to uphold its rights over the country inhabited by
these hordes, which it considers as an integral por-
tion of the Persian empire. If the Russian com-
mandant, therefore, had any cause of complaint, ho
ought to have applied to the Governor-General of
Asterabad, and not direct to the chiefs of the
tribes."