The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

THE rSUN„ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1861

THE VACANT LORDSHIP OF THE TREASURY.— '
We have the best authority for stating that cur excellent
county representative has not accepted the vacant Lord-
ship of the Treasury at the disposal of the Government.
Rumours to this effect have been in circulation for several
days, and although the people of Galway would rejoice at
Mr. Gregory's elevation, yet they have so much confidence
in him that they would not believe he would take office
pending the unsettled state of the subsidy question. We
have no hesitation in predicting, should he desire official
employment, he will yet fill a higher post than a junior
Lordship of the Treasury.—Galway Vindicator.
THE ASSAULT CASE AT YATE.—The Rev. Mr.
Smith, formerly of Clifton, whose sentence to penal servi-
tude for an assault on a man named Leach will be in the
recollection of our readers, was dismissed from Portland
convict prison a few days ago, and left Weymouth per
train on Thursday week. The assault was committed in
February, 1858.—Bristol Mercury.
THE GREAT HORTON MURDER.—At the York
Assizes, yesterday, the Grand Jury returned a true bill
against Mr. William Randall Mackley, surgeon, upon the
charge of the wilful murder of Martha Curtis, at Great
Horton, near Bradford ; and also a true bill against the
same prisoner for making a false statement touching her
death.

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A YOUNG FE➢iALE.
—Yesterday Mr. Sergeant Payne, the coroner for London,
resumed, at the Red Lion, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, the ad-
journed inquest respecting the circumstances attending the
death of Ann Cole, aged 19, of No. 18, Elm Tree-court,
Fetter- lane, whose death had been caused by poison and sr
mysterious circumstances. Dr. S. C. Reed, of 205, Fleet-
skeet, now proved that an analysis of the contents of de-
ceased's stomach showed the presence of a large quantity of
opium sufficient to cause death, but the other evidence did
not show how it could have been administered, or if taken
by herself where she procured it. She had had a quarrel
with a young man some time before the fatal occurrence,
but that was not shown to have severely preyed upon her
mind. Ultimately the jury returned a verdict, " That the
deceased came to her death from the effects of opium; but
how she became possessed of it there was no evidence to
prove." The inquiry then terminated.
SHOCKING CASE OF CHILD MURDER.—Yester-
day Mr. Latigham, jun., deputy-coroner for Westminster,
received information from Mr. Groom, summoning officer
of the parish of St. Martin's-in-the-fields, of the discovery
of a portion of the body of a new-born female infant, which
was found near " "Whitehall-causeway," under the follow-
ing circumstances :—lt appears that on Sunday morning,
as a man named Greg, who gets his livelihood by going up
sewers to discover what treasure may be in them, or to pick
up articles of value alongshore, was pursuing his labours,
he came upon the leg of an infant, which had a part of the
body attached to it, and which was within a few yards of
the Whitehall sewer. He covered it over with some straw,
with the intention of leaving it till the following day. He
went there yesterday, and found the head and trunk of an
infant, the head having been separated from the latter.
By direction of the police the body was taken to the dead-
house of St. Martin's Church, where Mr. W. Bainbridge,
surgeon, Suffolk-place, examined it, and said he believed it
to be that of a female infant, and which had been recently
born. He found that the head had been cut off the body
with some sharp instrument, and that there were several
cuts, with apparently a similar instrument, about the fore-
head. The abdomen had been ripped open, and the lungs
extracted. This, he states, was done as if by a medical
operator. Both legs had been hacked off; one of which has
only as yet been found.
THE SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT NEAR THE MARBLE
ARCH.—An inquest was held on Saturday in St. George's
Hospital, by Mr. Bedford, on the body of William Moore,
aged 48, who was killed by the falling of a newly-erected
cornice at 6, Great Cumberland-street. Evidence was given
showing that the heavy rain hal caused the cornice to fall
out upon the scaffold boards ; that the cornice was not suffi-
ciently balanced to hold its place without cement ; and that
the scaffold was perfectly well formed, but was broken down
by the weight of the cornice when it fell, in addition to the
weight of various heavy materials placed upon the scaffold
boards. The deceased was at piecework, and it was at his
own request that so much material was placed on the scaf-
fold stage. The verdict was "Accidental death," the jury
stating that, in their opinion, the accident had arisen through
the work being done in the wet weather. They also recom-
mend that all builders, when engaged in repairing the ex-
terior of houses with area railings, should well board over
the spikes. A subscription on behalf of the family, eight in
number, of the unfortunate man, has been opened, Sir De
Lacy Evans, owner of the house, having headed it by a
donation of £6O, and Mr. Simpson, £25.
FALL FROM A RAILWAY ENGINE.—At Ports-
mouth, on Friday, an inquest was held on the body of a
young man named George Tibbles, who had for the last
two months officiated as a clerk at Fareham Railway sta-
tion. It appears that on the previous night, or rather early
on the same morning, the deceased got upon the engine of
the mail train which leaves Portsmouth for London at 12.45
a.m. The train was in motion at the time, and from this
this circumstance, coupled with the fact that the engine-
driver knew the deceased to be one of the employes of the
company stationed at Fareham, he did not refuse to permit
the deceased to remain there, although it was contrary to
regulations, which it seems are as often disregarded as
obeyed. The train had, however, proceeded only about a
mile from the station, and was rounding the sharp curve
near Fratton-bridge, when the deceased suddenly fell over
the side of the engine. The driver instantly perceived him
falling and caught hold of his leg, but was compelled to re-
lease his grasp, and the young man fell to the ground, the
tender, passing over one of his legs, crushing it in a fright-
ful manner. The train was immediately stopped, and the
driver and guard discovered the deceased lying on the six-
foot space. They bound up his bleeding wound and re-
turned with him to the station, whence he was removed to
the hospital. The limb was amputated, but the young man
died soon afterwards from exhaustion, caused by excessive
hemorrhage. The jury returned a verdict of accidental
death.

DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF LIMEHOUSE STEAM
SAw MlLLS.—Yesterday morning, between_ the hours of
four and five, the inhabitants of Limehouse were kept in a
state of excitement for several hours, in consequence of a
large fire on the extensive range of premises, belonging to
Messrs. Robinson, No. 4, Church-row, Limehouse, known
as the Steam Saw Mills. The building in which the fire
commenced was upwards of 100 feet long, by about 60 feet
wide, filled with machinery, boiler, and steam engines, and
at the time of the outbreak contained a vast amount of tim-
ber, mahogany, &c. The discovery was made by some per-
sons passing perceiving sparks issuing over the roof of the
building. An alarm having been given, information of the
disaster was despatched to the various London fire-brigade
stations. By the time they arrived the firemen found thatthe
entire building was enveloped in one body of fire, and after
the engines were in operation the roof fell in with a tre-
mendous crash. A good supply of water being obtained
from the mains of the East London Water Company, the
engines got to work in first-rate style under the direction of
Mr. John Bridges. This checked the further progress of
the fire, but it was not extinguished until the premises
were destroyed and the adjoining house a good deal
damaged.

EXTRADITION OF CRlMlNALS.—Yesterday a com-
munication was received from Sir George Lewis, the Home
Secretary, by the magistrates at all the police courts in the
metropolis, and the City of London, stating that instances
having occurred in which police-officers had thought fit to
apply, upon their own responsibility, to her Majesty's Minis-
ters and Consuls abroad for their assistance in obtaining the
arrest or detention in a foreign country of persons charged
with crimes committed in the United Kingdom, he (the
Home Secretary) requested that it might be made known to
the magistrates and police that whenever it is wished to pro-
cure the good offices of a diplomatic or consular agent
abroad for such purpose, application must be made, in the
first instance, to the Secretary of State for the Home De-
partment, in order that he may communicate with the
Foreign-office upon the subject, if in his judgment the case
is one which calls for the interference of the Government.
He added that no diplomatic or consular agent will in future
pay any attention to applications by police officers or other
persons without express directions from the Foreign Secre-
tary. He also stated that the only countries between which
and the United Kingdom treaties are now in force for the
matual surrender of criminals fugitive from justice are
France and the United States of America. In all other
countries the assistance of the authorities can only be asked
as a matter of courtesy between two friendly States.

COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE-KEEPERS' BENE-
VOLENT SOCIETY.—The twenty-fourth annual meeting of
the members and supporters of this institution was held last
evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields. The meeting was presided over by
Mr. Lockyer, the president of the association. The pro-
ceedings were commenced by Mr. Rogers, the secretary,
reading the report of the committee for the past year. The
committee were happy at being able to congratulate the
friends of the institution on the success which had atten-
ded their operations during that period. The funds were
in a most flourishing state, the receipts for the last year
exceeding those of the former year by nearly one hundred
pounds, while the stock in the National Debt Office at
the present time amounted to £3,839 7s. 7d., which
produced £l4O per annum interest, with a balance in
the treasurer's hands of £lO5 Is. 2d., making a total of
£3,044 Bs. 9d., with all demands on the association paid up
to the present time. The committee had also to congratu-
late the members on the steady increase in the number of
subscribers, and that no applications for the benefits of the
institution had been made during the past year. From the
treasuret's accounts it appeared that the total receipts during
the year had been 545 le. 4d., and the expenditure £443
Os. 2d., leaving a balance in the treasurer's hands, as stated
in the report, of £lO5 Is, 2d. On the motion of Mr. Sher-
wood, seconded by Mr. Pilt, the report and the statement
of accounts were unanimously adopted. The meeting then
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committee and other officers having been appointed, the
7roceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair.
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