The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-18 00:00:00

WORSHIP- STREET.

On Thursday two journeymen, nam,i Whitelock and
Johnson, in the employ of Mr. James EdamHs, a master
baker in Brick-lane, were charged before Mr. Grito7E with
havinc, robbed their master to a considerable amount.

It appeared that the prosecutor had long suspected the
prisoner of robbing him, and on Thursday morning, while
he was away from home, they were seen to carry away a
sack of flour.

Police-constable Backhouse, 92 H, stated that when the
prisoners were given into his custody, Whitelock said that
"he had long wished to go to sea, and now he should go
at his Majesty's expense."
The prosecutor said that master bakers had been so
robbed by their journeymen that they had formed a society
for their protection, to prosecute all those that were detected.

The prisoners admitted their guilt, and Mr. GROVE fully
committed them both to Newgate for trial.

UNION-HALL.

On Thursday, John Weedon and Charles Ware were
brought before Mr. WEDGWOOD, charged with committing
an assault of an aggravated nature on William Kingham,
landlord of the Marquis of Granby, Loman's-pond.
The complainant stated that the defendant was jealous
of his own wife, and that on the preceding night he called
at the Marquis of Granby, 'accompanied by several of his
acquaintances. The first thing he did on entering the house-
was to vociferate " Where's that tailor"—l have come here
to punch his head, for enticing away my wife." He then
ran into the bar, then into the tap-room, then into the par-
lour, and then up stairs, vowing vengeance if he came across
either his wife or the tailor. The complainant assured him
neither party was in his house, and endeavoured to prevail
on him to moderate his temper, telling him at the same
time that he had acted with too much precipitation, and
very improperly disturbed the tranquillity of the house.
The defendant, however commenced abusing the complainant,
whom he charged with harbouring his wife in the house,
and repeatedly struck him, in the course of which he got
his head under his arm, what is technically called, " into
Chancery," and began pegging away at his face, until he
had blackened both his eyes, and every dig he gave him, he
accompanied with this ejaculation, " Take that, you know
the tailor has got my wife." The complainant added, that
the defendant brought his companions to the house for the
purpose of creating a disturbance, and that he had also been
assaulted by Ware, the other defendant.
The defendant Weedon, went to the Marquis of Granby
to look after his wife, who absconded with a tailor, whom he
expected to meet there to give him goose. The tailor was
in the habit of frequenting the " Marquis," and he did not
wish to disguise the fact from the magistrates, that his
principal motive in calling there was to catch the tailor, and
give him a trouncing, for presuming to take away a wife
that did not belong to him.
The complainant submitted that it was a hard case that
he should be the sufferer in his own house for remonstrating
with a man who was jealous of his wife, and who came there
with a determination to excite a disturbance in the place.

If a tailor had seduced the affections of the defendant's
wife, who by all accounts was very badly treated by the
husband, that was no reason that he should vent his ma-
lignant feelings on those who had nothing to do with the
transaction.

The Magistrates-agreed in the opinion that the defendant
was not justified in acting in the manner he had done. It
was evident he had called at the Marquis of Granby to
make a disturbance there, as he had taken several of his
friends with him. If he wanted to reclaim his wife and
punish the violator of her chastity, that was not the mode
he ought to have adopted for obtaining satisfaction.
Defendant—Your Worships, all I want is to get hold of
the tailor, the base man.

The Magistrates said that the assault was clearly proved
against the defendants, and adjudged them to pay pe-
nalties of 40s. each, or in default of payment to be com-
mitted for a month each. The fines were paid, and the
parties withdrew.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

DEATH FROM A SURGICAL OPERATION.

Last week an inquest was held at East Tilbury, before
C. C. LEWIS, Esq., coroner. up *Lo body of John Free-
man, aged One month and three days, son of a farming bai-
liff in that parish. Sarah Freeman, mother of the child.
under an impression that its tongue was tied, took it to
Mr. Warren's on the previous Tuesday. She there saw the
assistant. After examining it he observed that it wanted
cutting as badly as any he had ever seen. He then cut it
and they returned home. From that time if continued
bleeding, and on Wednesday morning they went again to
Mr. Warren's. Mr. W. and his assistant both endea-
voured to stop it without effect, and at night, both becom-
ing alarmed, she sent for Mr. Robinson, surgeon of Orsett,
who attended, and remained with the deceased several
hours. The bleeding continued until Thutsday afternoon,
and at six o'clock in the evening it died. She applied no-
thing herself to stop the blood, but was compelled occa-
sionally to put ber finger into deceased's mouth to clear
out the congealed blood, which otherwise would have
choked it. She was quite certain deceased did not move
while the operation was going on.
John Chadwick Robinson, of Orsett, surgeon, deposed—

I saw deceased at nine o'clock on Wednesday. I found
that the string of the tongue had been divided, and in
doing so, a small vessel had been also divided with it. There
appeared to have been caustic applied to the wound. The
saliva had washed over the tongue, and excoriated the tip
of it. I considered it useless to apply caustic again, and
therefore applied the actual cautery, and repeated it twice
during the four hours I remained with him. The bleeding
still continued, and I left about two o'clock' on Thursday
morning, conceiving it useless to remain longer. The
operation is usually performed with a pair of scissors made
for the purpose. It requires the greatest possible care, and
is always dangerous. From a movement of the child's
tongue during the operation, or from the artery under the
tongue being more superficial than common, it may be
wounded when the greatest care is used, and if wounded,
the consequences are, I believe, always fatal. Such an ac-
cident might happen to the most skilful surgeon.
The. Jury expressed themselves satisfied, from the evi-
dence that such an accident might occur to the most skil-
ful of the profession, and in the absence of all proof that
the operation was improperly performed, returned a verdict
embodying that opinion.

An inquisition was recently held at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital before Mr. Payne, on the body of Susannah
Smith, aged four years, daughter of Mr. Smith, die-
sinker, of No. 1, Banner-street, St. Luke's. On Saturday
afternoon the deceased was playing with four young
brothers and sisters in the parlour. The mother had been
with them from one to three o'clock, when she left the room
to go up stairs, but had not got more than half up before
hearing a scream, she hurried down and found the child's
clothes in a complete blaze, which with great presence of
mind she extinguished by wrapping her own clothes around
the child. Surgical assistance was immediately sent for.
On examination its injuries were found to be so dreadful
that its recovery was almost hopeless. It lingered only
through the following day, and died at midnight.
It appeared the child was amusing itself by holding its
pinafore to the fire to " warm" it, as she called it, and thus
set it on fire. Verdict—Aceidental Death.

On Wednesday an inquest was taken at the Roebuck
Inn, Chesterton, on Henry Clinton, Feilpv of Cuius Col-
lege, who died suddenly the previous evening. Deceased,
with eight or nine other persons, went down the r: "r on
Tuesday morning, and returned to Chesterton about 12
night : refreshments were had on board, and some of the
party played at cards. Between 7 and 8 in the evening
Mr. Clinton was observed sitting with his back against the
boat side ; but, appearing asleep, he was not disturbed, and
he remained in that position until the party reached Ches-
terton, when, on attempting to awake him, his hand was
found to be quite cold, and he was evidently dead. The
deceased had kept himself very still all the day, and the
party was an exceedingly quiet and orderly one.—" Died of
apoplexy."

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Silver
Cup Tavern, Cromer-street, Gray's-inn-road, before Mr.
Stirling, Coroner for Middlesex, and a highly respectable
jury, on view of the body of Mr. Robert Back, a confiden-
tial clerk in the employ of Messrs. Lyall and Co., ale-
brewers, of the Swan Brewery, Chelsea, who put a period to
his existence under the following melancholy circumstances.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased bad been
many years confidential clerk to Messrs. Lyall and Co.,
and was greatly respected by all who knew him. On
Wednesday evening he, west into the parlour of the Silver