The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-21 00:00:00

TIIENBTV 111ET.ROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.

The select committee on the North-London Rail-
way (Branch to the City) Bill (H.L.) report " that
the number of houses inhabited by the labouring
classes, and over which compulsory power is sought
by the bill, is 492; and the number of families,
averaging from four to five persons, is 1,023, or from
4,000 to 5,000 persons. That, to remedy as far as
possible the evil arising from so large a displace-
ment, the committee have inserted a clause pro-
viding that the railway company shall run a cheap
train, morning and evening, from the Liverpool-
street terminus to Kingsland, at such hours as
shall be convenient for the working class proceeding
to their new homes, and returning to their accus-
tomed daily labour ; and the committee have further
to report to the house that this displacement will
not be simultaneous, but will probably be spread
over a considerable period of time. The committee
have gone through the bill, and have directed the
same to be reported to their lordships with some
amendments.'

In the case of the Metropolitan Railway the
committee report that as only 22 houses occupied
by the labouring classes will be removed they do
not deem it necessary to make any special provi-
sion in the bill. The latter is the case also with
the West London Extension Railway Bill, and the
Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway Bill.
The Hammersmith, Paddington, and City Junc-
tion Railway, the committee report, will afford " a
speedy communication to those of the labouring
classes who are employed in some of the densely-
populated parts of the metropolis, but whose
residence is in the suburban districts with whiota
the railway communicates."
The select committee of the Lords on the Charing-
cross and City Terminus Bill, report as the result
of their inquiry, that the number of houses occu-
pied by the labouring classes, and over which
compulsory power is sought by the bill, is 82 ; but
it having been proved that only seven houses
would be removed, in two of which several rooms
were unoccupied, and that the number of persons
to be displaced amounted only to forty, the com-
mittee did not deem it necessary to make any
special provision in the bill in reference thereto.

INQUEST ON A CRIMINAI LUNATIC.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Sergeant Payne, the
coroner for the city of London and Southwark,
held an inquest at Bethlehem Hospital, on the body
of Mary Ann Brough, a criminal lunatic, who was
acquitted on the ground of insanity on a charge of
murdering six of her children at Esher, in the
month of June, 1854, and removed to this establish-
meat under a warrant from the Crown in August
of the same year.

Dr. William Charles Hood said—l am doctor of
medicine and physician of Bethlehem Hospital.
The deceased was brought in here on the 20th of
August, 1854. She was tried at Guildford
in the previous July, before the Chief Baron Pol-
lock and Mr. Justice Erle, on a charge of murdering
her six children, and acquitted on the ground
of insanity. She was sent here under a warrant
from the Queen. Her name was Mary Ann
Brough, a married woman, and her age on her
admission was stated to be 43 years. Her health
was apparently very good for a short time, but
afterwards she showed peculiar symptoms of men-
tal derangement, which made me believe that
organic disease was going on in the brain and had
been so for some time. She went on very well
until the 19th of November, 1856, and on that day
she had a paralytic attack affecting her left side.
That attack however gave way to some extent to
medical treatment, but on the 4th of December, 1858,
she had another attack of apoplexy, followed
by paralysis, chiefly affecting the mouth and
tongue. On September 27, 1859, she had another
attack, which affected her legs, and she almost lost
the use of Ahern, and her mind became much weaker
after this third attack. On January 30, 1861, sho
had another slight paralytic attack, and very soon
after she became so weak that she was unable to sit
up, and a water bed was provided for her. She re-
mained in that condition until the 17th inst., whey
she lost all consciousness, gradually and rapidly
sunk, and died on the evening of the 18th.
The Coroner—What was the cause of her death,
and how should it be properly registered ?
Dr. Hood—Paralysis, resulting from apoplexy,
called serious apoplexy, an effusiokof watery fluid
on the ventricles of the brain. ,
The Coroner—Then insanity had nothing to do
with the cause of her death ?

Dr. Hood—Yes it had; and although there was
considerable doubt expressed as to the propriety
of the verdict, for when she was tried there was
not much evidence to prove her insanity; yet I
have no doubt that even then the brain was
diseased, and that she committed the act while
under the influence of insanity. Especially so,
was proved that some years before the trial she
was attacked with paralysis of one-half of the
hemisphere of the brain, by which the brain itself
would to some extent be affected. as it

After some further evidence, the jury returned •
verdict of " Natural death."

ESCAPE OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE 12(
NEW YORK.

Just previous to the sailing of the steamshiP
Yorktown, yesterday afternoon, for Virginia, a
scene which created quite an excitement occurred
at pier No. 13, North River. About 3 o'clock a
close carriage, containing two deputy United,States
marshals and an alleged fugitive slave, named John.
Polhemus, made its appearance on the wharf. The
slave was said to belong to Mr. Jameson, of Lynch-
burg, and to have confessed that fact to his master,
who is now. in the city, before the two marshals
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voured to ship on board the Yorktown. But the
negro, slave or no slave, clung with no submissive
grasp to the mils of the plank, and shouted out
with an appealing voice, evidently intended for the
vox populi. Responsive to the cry, the people
gathered round in a crowd in a few minutes, and to
them the slave cried in desperate and piteous tones,
"Oh men, save me, save me, save me. I'm not the
man, not the man—no, no; oh, save, save." A
policeman named Armstrong came up at this junc-
ture and interfered, asking the marshals to pro-
duce their warrants and show their authority for
shipping off the darkey as a slave. Not having the
necessary documents, one of the marshals hurried
off to fortify himself with the authoritative papers,
leaving the negro meanwhile in the custody of the
other deputy. But before the officer had time to
return, the slave, urged on by the crowd, cut the
company of his keeper, and made tracks for life,
running rapidly towards West-street. The marshal
briskly pursued, but the slave proved nimble of foot,
and in a short time was completely out of sight-
It is said he crossed to Jersey City, where a/loth!r
warrant will be necessary for his, arrest. The affa,7
created quite a sensation.—New Fork
March 3.

The Loidon and North-Western Railway trafac
return shows an increase this week of £2,292 (owing Par"
to the Liverpool Races), the Great Northern an increase
of £1,162, the Great Western an increase of £1,312, the
London and South-Western an increase of £1,996, and the
Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase of £1,505.