The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-16 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

Father Mathew is to visit America in June next. A free
passage has been offered him by Grinnell, Minturn, and Co.,
proprietors of a London and Liverpool line of packet ships,
which he has accepted.
The funds of the Royal Free Hospital for the Destitute Sick
have just been increased by a sum of 2001., which has been
transmitted to that excellent charity through the hands of
Messrs. Nesbit, from J. J. Coney, Esq., of Brunswick-grove,
Maidenhead, as executor of the late Mrs. Bouchier..

A considerable quantity of foreign wheat has been relieved
from bond at Gloucester, on the payment of 16s. per quarter
duty.
At the Quarterly meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent
Society, held on Monday at the Thatched House Club, the
secretary, Capt. Dickson, stated that the balance of the So-
ciety's funds was 1,142/., being 2001. less than during the
corresponding quarter of last year. There were 450/. left for
distribution. A resolution was agreed to, expressing the
deep regret of the meeting at the death of Rear-Admiral
Francis Fane, who had been a liberal patron of the institu-
tion, and offering their condolence to his widow.

A public meeting took place in the Vestry-rooms of St.
Pancras parish on Monday evening, for the purpose of consi-
dering the clauseS of the Masters and Servants' Bill ; and
also to urge upon Parliament to abide by their votes already
recorded with respect to the ten hours' clause in the Factories
Bill, proposed by Lord Ashley. The following resolutions
were carried unanimously :—" That the Bill now before Par-
liament to amend the law as relates to Masters and Ser-
vants, was unjust in principle, and wholly subversive of that
which had so long been England's boast—Trial by jary."
And " That this meeting deem ten hours' daily labour quite
sufficient for adult males, and can but feel that any attempt
to inflict more on weak women and little children is subver-
sive of the best principles of humanity, alike unprincipled
and unjust, a sacrifice of domestic duty and domestic comfort
to the shrine of Moloch. We, therefore, call upon the House
of Commons to adopt the ten hours' .clause in any Factory
Bill they may pass."

LATE DELIVERY OF LETTERS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—May I solicit a very brief space in your journal to
qtApresent the late delivery, in this part of Tottenham-court-
road, of the general morning's post.
The delivery of letters does not take place before half-past
ten o'clock; and on Monday mornings the delivery is still
later, by the space of about an hour-and-a-half.
The insertion of this intimation in The Sun will be duly
appreciated by the inhabitants in this immediate district.—
I am, Sir, yours, respectfully,
J. B. SMITH, of Leamington.
No. 205, Tottenham-court-road, April 15, 1844.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN ST. JAMES'S PARK.—On
Sunday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a married
female, named Mary Shoulder, of 22, Whitcomb-street,
Leicester-square, threw herself into the ornamental water in
the enclosure of St. James's Park, near the residence of the
keeper. The latter, on being made acquainted with the
circumstance, instantly repaired to the spot, and with a rake
succeeded in dragging her ashore as she was sinking a se-
cond time in deep water. She was conveyed to West-
minster Hospital, and was yesterday enabled to leave the in-
stitution. Distress is the cause assigned.
FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The
following distinguished persons honoured these performances
with their presence last evening :—The Duke and Duchess
of Beaufort, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of
Chesterfield and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Countess
.od
St.r
Aulaire, the Earl of Wilton, the Marquis of Lisboa, _
and Lady Aylmer, Countess of Tankerville, ofWor_
Count Kielmansegge, Lord Alexander Lenno ,
cester, Baroness de Calabrella, the Baron de xl•wluiornan.nFn.,
,Byng, &c.
agreeably to ancient custom, the
etohregeseveral Judges at
first day of Easter Term,
G
THE FIRST DAY .0F TERlll.—Yesterdaybeing the
Lord Chancellor ga.Ae
his Lordship's private t -stree ,Master of the Rolls ; Sir L. Shad-
well, d
Hanover-
square:—Lord Denman, Lord Chief
Sir N.
Tindal,
e Queens
Bench ; Lord Langdale,
leas.
mr.
Justiceß arott
residence, s ibdreena eke., breakfast
to
Coleridge, Mr.
well, Vice-Chancellor of England; C. Lord
Alderson, Mr. mttesononl,
Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Erskine, Baron Rolfe, Mr.
Chief Justice ojfusthtLeCopina
Justice Wightman; and Mr. Justice Creswell were the judges
present. There was a numerous party of the different learned
personages connected with the several miner courts, and
also Queen's Counsel, present, among whom may be named
Sir F. Pollock (who attended for the last time in the official
capacity of Attorney-General), Sergeants Andrews, Stcrks,
Atcherley, and Talfourd; Messrs Thesiger (Solicitor-General
elect), Erle, Wakefield, J. Miller, G. Spence, T Kindensley,
T. J. Platt, R. Alexander, 'l'. Starkie, C. T. Swanston, J.
.Stuart, Bethel' Godson, W. Whatley, and the Hon. J. Stuart
'Wortley ; Mr. Commissioner Barlow ; 3lasters in Chancery
Ferrer, 'Wingfield, Sir Giffin Wilson, sen., and Lynx. ; Right
Hon. Sir G. Rose ; Messrs. Turner, Armstrong, Wilhraham
Rue, Teed, Walker, Parker, Russell, Anderton, Romilly, &c.
Sir W. Follett was unavoidably absent.
ACCIDENT TO WAKEFIELD, THE JOCKEY.—We
are sorry to say this clever " light weight" met with a severe
accident on Saturday last whilst riding Lord Orford's Derby
colt Boots in a trial at Newmarket. It appears that the
horse broke down, and Wakefield was thrown with so much
violence that he sustained the dislocation of a shoulder,' and
had one foot so much injured that it will, in all probability, be
some months before he will be able to ride again.
ANOTHER FlRE.—Yesterday morning, at three,
the shop of Mr. Dunmore, pork-butcher, North-street, Lime-
house-fields, was found to be on fire, and, notwithstanding
prompt exertions on the part of the police, firemen, the inha-
bitants, &c., the house was speedily reduced to a heap
.of
; ruins. Mr. Dunmore was insured in the Sun and Imperial
Offices.