The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-08 00:00:00

THAMES.

THE CHILD WITHOUT A PARISH.-Mr. Wm. Rolston,
one of the relieving officers of the parish of St. George-in-
the-East, applied to Mr. Paget for a warrant to apprehend
Mary Crather for deserting her female child, which she
left in the Tower on Thursday last with a feeding bottle
alongside of it. The child, which is five months old, was
taken to the Whitechapel Union house and refused admis-
sion there. It was then conveyed to the City of London
Union, and refused admission there also. The police of
the H division engaged a young woman of respectability
to take charge of the child, and in this dilemma Mr. Dendy,
inspector of the H division, applied to the magistrate,
who recommended that the young woman who had
the care of the infant, and who lived in the
parish of St. George-in-the-East, should apply to
the relieving officer of the parish. The board of guardians
of St. George-in-the-East were sitting in full conclave when
the application was made to their officer, and at once agreed
to adopt the child.
Mr. Rolston said he had obtained a clue to the address
of the unnatural mother who had deserted her child, and
asked for a warrant to apprehend her.
Mr. Paget said he would not interfere in the matter until
the child became chargeable to some parish or union. It
was not in Whit echapel or the city of London when the
inspector made an application to him. The child had been
very properly adopted by St. George-in-the-East, the place
where the young woman engaged to nurse it was living,
and ho had no hesitation in granting a warrant.
The warrant was at once made out by Mr. Livingston,
the chief officer of the court, and intrusted to Inspector
Dendy to execute.

A DILEMMA—WHAT IS THE MAN TO Do ?—A poor fellow
recently discharged from the House of Correction after a
months' imprisonment, and who had on a canvas dress,
came before Mr. Paget and said he could obtain work if he
was provided with clothes.

Mr• Paget asked the applicant for what offence he was
committed to the House of Correction ?

The man replied for tearing up my clothes, sir, in a
casual ward of a workhouse.

Mr. Paget—And the canvas suit you have on was given
to you ?

Applicant--Yes, sir. I cannot get any work in this
trim ; no one will employ me. If I had proper clothes I
could obtain work. There is a place ready for me.
Mr. Paget could not assist the applicant, who had better
make a formal application to the relieving officer of the
parish in which he last slept.
The applicant—l have been to several parishes, and they
will do nothing for me.

Mr. Paget—l cannot help you.
The poor man, who seemed tolerably healthy, walked
out of the court sorrowfully, exclaiming " What am I
to do !"

The Times American correspondent says :—The sale of
cotton has been almost the only source from which the
South has procured funds. The cotton trade has during
the summer and autumn been quite brisk, and has pro-
duced the people a largo sum of money, which, if they
were not so deeply in debt and so anxious to procure every
necessary of life, could be devoted to rebuilding the towns
and railroads. The greater part of the proceeds of cotton
sales has come North, however, to pay old debts or to buy
clothing and food. The South is stripped bare of every- '
thing, and although 1,400,000 bales of cotton have been
sold, realising about $400,000,000, nearly all this money
has been spent. The cotton receipts are now falling off,
and the advices from New Orleans and Mobile are that in
future the supply will steadily decline. The planters are
making movements in Mississippi and Louisiana to induce
European capitalists to assist them in resuming the culti-
vation of their cotton lands; and the people on all sides
urge the holding of the proposed "National Cotton
Growers' Convention" to procure by concerted action the
!argent possible cotton crop next year. With the South in
its present sad condition it must be long before the ave-
rage annual crop previous to the war-5,000,000 bales—
can be reached.