The Sun.
London, England, 1832-07-23 00:00:00

THAMES POLICE-OFFICE.

On Saturday Catherine Bainbridge, the woman
who was fully committed to Newgate for trial on
Friday, for the wilful murder of William Francis,
a man of colour, at an infamous house in the Match-
Shadwell, by inflict ng two desperate stabs
h a knife in his eye and breast, was azain brought
before Captain RICIIIIELL and Mr. BRODERIP, to
luar sortly further evidence.
Nlr.ll%.the surgeon, said, that since the last
be had examined the wound in the
deceased's breast, and found it was four inches in
depth, and must have been inflicted with a very
slurp instrument. The incision at the entrance of
-lie wound was small, but on opening the body he
found that the arteries leading from the lungs to the
heart had been penetrated, and that internal hemor-
rl age to a great extent had taken place, and he had
no doubt that wound was the cause of his death.
Tie wound could not have been inflicted by the
prisoner throwing a basin at the deceased. He
had no doubt it was inflicted with the knife found
by the policeman.
The prisoner was taken back to Newgate.

The whole-length statue of Queen ELIZA-
Burn, mounted on the east end of old St. Dunstan's
Cl urch, in Fleet street, will, eventually, be transferred to
the interior of the new :,wilding. This figure has always
been considered a faithful resemblance of the virgin Qaeen.
Miss WILBERFORCE.—When Mr. WI L-
B('RFORCE was chosen Member for York, his daughter, in
walking home from the scene of the election, was cheered
by an immense crowd, who followed her to her own door,
crying "Miss WILBERFORCE for ever 1." The young lady
turned as she was ascending the stair, and motioning to
the populace to be quiet, said, very emphatically, " Nay,
gentlemen, if you please, not Miss WILBERFORCE for
ever," which sent them all home in good humour.—
Chambers' Edinburgh Journal.

NATIONAL GALLERY AND RECORD

OFFICE. —The estimated expense of erecting the above
building is 50,000/. ; the amount proposed to be taken for
the present year is 13,000/. ; leaving to be granted in
future years, 35,000/. The proposed building will be
161 feet in length, and 35 feet wide in its extreme dimen-
sions, and will consist of a centre and two wings. The
western wing will contain, on the ground floor, rooms for
the reception of records; and an entrance into the barrack-
yard, such as now exists. Above them will he the pic-
ture gallery, divided into four rooms; one 50 feet by 50
feet ; two 50 feet by 38 feet ; and one room 50 feet by
32 feet ; together with four cabinets for the reception of
small pictures, or for the use of the keeper. The floors
will be made fire-proof. The eastern wing, of similar
extent, will contain, on the ground floor, a lia.4 for casts,
the library and council room of the Royal Aced my, and
a dwelling for the keeper. There will be likewise a gate-
is ay or entrance corresponding to that I. ad ng into the
harrack-yard, in the other wirg. In the basement b low
this wing there will be oflices for the use of the Royal
Academy, and a separate set attached to the dwelling-
laarse of the keeper. The centre building will consist of
hals, vestibules, stair-cases, &c., for both establishments
they will he distinct and separated, but SD brought tnge
titer as to firm one grand feature of interior decoration.
The building is propose to be executed in stone. The
central portico is to be cons:meted with the columns and
other members of thlt house which formerlydecorated the Pa-
lace at Carlton-House. The materials i,f the fireiq,nt building
are to he used in the construction of the new building, so
Ir as they can be employed with propriety. The whole
cost of the building wil be 50,000/., exclusive of the old
materials above mentioned, which have been valued at
4,000/. It is impossible to state with any degree of ac-
curacy the cost of the grates, air•stoves, and &tines of the
buildings, which will mainly depend upon the mode to he
adopted in warming them; but it may he confidently.stated
that it as iii not exceed 6001.—Parliamentary Paper,
No. 611.

EVANs, last week, sold the extremely curious,
interesting, and importsnt collection of autograph letters
addressed by Queen ELIZABETH " to Our right trusty and
well beloved Sir HENRY SYDNEY," for 841. ; they were
purchased by Mr. THORPE, the bookseller. As these rare
documents relate to Ireland, and never have been pub-
lished, we hope they will fall into the hands of the Right
lion THOMAS GRENVILLE, whose collections relating to
that country are unrivalled. The autograph letters of Sir
WALTER RALEIGH to his relation, Sir JOHN GILBERT.
with autographs of ELIZABETH and Lord HUNSDON, were
bought by Mr. BOHN, the booksell..r, for eighteen guineas.
Nineteen autograph letters of Lord BYRON CO his mother
were likewise bought by Mr. BOHN for fourteen guineas ;
these two lots are, we think, intended to be deposited with
an eminent and spirited collector of rare hooks and ma-
nuscripts in Great Ormond-street. Lord BYRON'S " Curse
of Minerva," a poem—the original manuscrip', which, as
a separate work, was never printed for sale, but which
be included in MURRAY'S new edition of Lord
13vaoN's works, was bought by Mr. THORPE for 161. 10s. ;
who also gave 18 guineas for 39 autograph letters of Lord
11.raos addressed to R. C. DALLAS, Esq. The manu-
scripts and letters of Lord BYRON seem to have received a
fresh impetus, owing to the entirely newly-arranged edition
of his Lordship's works, with many valuable additions,
anecdotes, and notes, added to therir for the first time, and
now in the progress of publication.

The Spectator of Sunday, in recording the
late " trotting match" in which the American horse
Rattler was killed, concludes with the following severe
bu• just remarks :—" The day was excessively warm, and
the poor animals of course dreadfully distressed ; next day
,he noble beast of the New World died, in consequence of
the usage to which he had been subjected by the ignoble
beasts of the Old. Had Rattler been beaten or maimed
by a brutal, ignorant, anti drunken waggoner, the sym-
pathies of the public and Mr. MARTIN'S Act would have
been invoked in its favour ; but, its more useful life sacri-
ficed to the sordid avarice of a gentleman, the glorious
feat is hailed with shouts of congratulation. Mr. Os-
BA LDESTON, when goading the dying horse to the goal,
was welcomed, the reporter tells us, with loud cheers."

The following letter has been received by the
Flii4ll Constable of Leicester, from the Assistant-Overseer
of St. Paul's, Deptford, in the county of Kent. Sip uld
it attract the notice of the relatives or acquaintances of the
female, they will, without doubt, apply to the proper
authority :—" July 12. Sir,—A young woman, about
22 years of aze, neatly dressed, was brought into our
poorhouse on the 30th day of June List, in a state of deli-
rium, she havir g taken a quantity of laudanum. She is
not willing to tell her parents, but by a letter found in a
bisket she had with her, it states that she belonged to
Leicester, ❑nit she wis deluded away by a young man ;
it is signed ANN WEST. She is often talking how happy
-he was when she was at the Three Cranes, Leicester,
and bow happy she should be if she could see
Coot:, the perso❑ you have in custody for the murder of
Mr. PARS, and then she should die happy. She alto stites
that her father's window was opposite to COOK'S ware-
house. If you can give us any information, it such a per-
son is missing. by return of pos', you will oblige yours,
most respectfully, E. TUCKER. To Mr. OWSTON, High
Constable, Leicester."

HORRIBLE STORY.—
The neighbourhood of
Fenny Stratford has been thrown into a state of great
agitation by the following horrible occurrence :—Sunday
evening, some of the inhabitants thought they perceived a
quantity of rags in a privy, common, we believe, to several
houses. No further notice, however, was taken until
Monday ; when a closer inspection took place, a child's be ,d
became di-tinctiy observable, and was drawn out by a
Mrs. GAYLAR, with a p iir of tire tongs. This was no
sooner done than another bundle was exposed to view ;
ind, upon taking that out also, it was found to contain the
trunk of a child, without either legs or arms. Further search
was immediately instituted, and the legs and arms were
speedily discovered, tied up in a piece of old cotton gown.
Suspicion as to the parentage of the unfortunate child
having fallen upon a young woman named WARNER, she
Aas closely questioned upon the subject; but, for a time,
,he asserted her innocence in very decisive t, rms. In the
course, however, of Monday sight, she confessed she was
the mother ; that she was delivered the preceding Thurs.
i!ay moaning, in her chamber, but that it was horn dead.
She concealed it in a hog bucket till Sunday morning, when,
about ten, she het self, as she said, cut otf the head, legs,
arms, and thigs, and threw the whole into the place where
they were discovered. An inquest was held on the body.
last week... Northampton Xercury.