The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-15 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks
English B3O 460 1,570 910
Scotch•• •• •• • •
Irish —
Foreign ..

411'
t.:;111iti01/
NEWMARKET RASES,
(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL)
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs• each, for four yrs old.
St. Rosalie walk Or'

Bordeaux

Nutcracker

Diligence
Laundry Maid

The Champion Stakes.

Handicap Plate of 501.

The Suffolk Stakes of 15 swim. eaeli.

St. George
iierbnt
C )icot

Sweepstakes.
Off by consent.

Jockey Club Plate.

St. ltosalim

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EXTRAORDINARY CASE O'

POSTURE.
(From the Essex Herald.) t ger
At the weekly board of the Sussex COllll fredible
pital, yesterday, a remarkable and almost iac
case of imposture was exposed :
rent(
A woman named Betsy Ginn, aged 23n0000.
three weeks since as an in-patient, on the no, Aodation of a subscriber and a surgeon's certiPdoed
charged by her surgeon with wilfully Pro gialta
the disease for the cure of which she hacl!Pbrerol:,
the hospital. The statement made against
that very numerous diseased patches of a fsei
nearly the whale of her body, limbst,,,snottts'
were the result of her own application to 441E101
hydrochloric acid (spirit of salt). Sevesrsad s:d°
were nearly as large as the palm of the mti-es
they were in different stages, the recent °no OP
yet in a gangrenous condition, others (fiva troubAlr
the sloughs had suppurated) were deep and bet
some ulcers, and many (the majority) ha
es
but with disfiguring scars, and in, some
injury and contraction of the adjacent sirleite•diato;
following arguments were advanced by her 140)0
—That the parts of her body (as her backt jo
readily accessible to her own hand ree2lffel:l
fectly sound, and free from scars; that the be
was totally different from any disease Wilts Yi7
ever witnessed; that the three fresh Pg'tcPw Co°l
had shown themselves during her stay theclistill,a
Hospital had been scrutinized; that sone for:„
water, with which they had been carefulli older,
gave, with chemical tests, abundant 0,41
of the presence of hydrochloric se'' ap ;e1
little hydrochloric acid, which he brough,rocla„
the surgery, and applied to her skin, haa.fe of
a gangrenous spot—a miniature fac-sif7t cloth°
be
others ; and, lastly, that on searching
phial had been found containing the refflail%, d
001
01
hydrochloric acid. The woman, after 08..,7,i11ia
and prevarications, at length admitted hetr eciecerof
further, that she had been practising tilg,„ooo,oi
for a period of nearly three years, four
which she had spent in the Colchester o°sirjaw;':
nine weeks in University College HosPittis"
without the imposture being discoverewd beesA
begging for mercy, she stated that shell ,1 V'
duced so to act in the hope of obtaining •
tiof
home than a workhouse. fOrs
It appears that suspicions of fraud Wee acts
entertained by the medical gentlemen ticieeiattl
her in Chelmsford. It was at the Pee,-
December, 1847, when medical relief 0ri.,7,0101101
for, and she exhibited to Mr. 0.
gangrenous appearance upon the fore7rlDiis
gentleman, from its appearance, instant'ia she
her with producing it by burning, but $:
peatedly and solemnly denied, declarittosl;o4
came of itself; and the mother when quest,i3Ot
firmed her in this, adding as a proof •fro
was no deception in the case that the geltst,
ther died from a disease of the same chart; theito
the course of a short time a large piece °,418a
in the arm mortified and actually dropped°-
a deep and painful ulcer, nearly six lac', to
secure the healing ot which it was necesse* collo
painful caustiee. Since then there has beal3loolo4
succession of sores, as many as sixty Pirreari
appeared, all of the same character, and s`loB 06)
the same treatment. Some of these were . • Isod
the top of a teacup, others as large 0-,rotY
plate, and several, though healed, have leftX.o ty
injury behind them; one in particular' fed
back of the hand, was so deep that it llatie 0
whole of the tendons, destroying the use el 009
entirely ; the face is scarred from the same Viths
in fact there is scarcely a part of the body
marked by frightful cicatrices of these *Twice
was not till these sores were multiplied, 913" of them)
pearance upon the face, to the great injUrY,;- rod'
man's personal appearance, which it seemea7hii
that any woman would voluntarily inflict, '',"-estirdi,'
rent absence of all motive to counterbalati-Je9
degree of pain, and after the many 3016111:
tions of the party, that Mr. Copland vi" -e
to consider it or treat it as a 4010'0
was certainly then considered as one before:olllA 0
The woman was seen by several medical 'PA 041'0
town, all of whom were fairly pusale,"irerber
medicine was baffled, arrangements " C01,.501
by the benevolent, and she was sent t°01.0:
ter Hospital. Discharged from that he
ment• in much the same state as 9"belsanloll
through the sympathy excited in beirr, hOre
was introduced to one of the Lonco,-restl, opt
where her case created intense ill'erigh't tte
gave rise to every conjecture but the 01,
Artists were employed to take drairliv,ivtrto
wounds ; every means of cure that inge%ooolsoo
suggest were attempted ; but after some -sbe
patient returned home much worse thaAn bealietel
The pity of those who for three years 135-00" or
atrociously imposed on did not let her osaactooo.iiisil
another effort was happily made, andt,-,Orlig,Y
clothes were furnished to place her in tic;oo6l
Hospital, where the fraud was most jege-
tected. r try.
The reason assigned by the impostorfor h e Ae (
is of a piece with the whole transaction. betsll
stated she was in service ; and it has neliesase. f
posed that she should go into the union.P-oblei
otto
doubt her object was to defraud the cha,,11,01; 19
she has succeeded, though, we should t_.`""ss
the extent of her original plan ; but sbe petti
obtained rank amongst the most reniarkab'e
postors of the day.'
THE CITY GAS QUEST coo'
Yesterday, on the reassembling of the of r'
Mr. Cardwell in the chair, the examination Coo
Mr. Croll, the engineer of the Central Gaibotlfs.ooll
was proceeded with, and continued for threo„.the t 6
did not anticipate any difficulty in runtptrejat.46Yeri
through Whitechapel, though SD many
through that district. The amount of gm' foss rj
the public street lights of the metropolis oh 405
than that consumed by private lights, 'Pee
..-iot
latter were a less time burning. GeneriPAoo,frodio
there was very little escape of gas in Doil",caeng tfirf
greater proportion of gas that could not be i'olo-ek
aa 4ittlAv
arose not so much from leakage, but
Up
to
termed " cheatage" and " stealaie.” iyeao
last the Great Central Company had receLot
and had 12,0001. at the backers. The '-iser'"110:014
due on the 16th of April, and was comPe,, )Al34r
able before the 29th of May. Witri,,esoo6 11"-to,ch
in the company was about twenty thoussuu `ootilatro
he was interested in it as an engineer, a eßelief p#ll.o
meter, manufacturer, and a shareholder.
gas might be supplied by the Commercial 050vroOliC01$
in Whitechapel, at less than 55., and at il;reia'
per cent. Was not aware that the Corow-d, frAi
pany did not for several years pay a dividheft foilibev
The Hon. CHAIRMAN—Do you think t,•-• if „,
supply less gas than you have centractel for fe
companies came down permanently to 40,,,,t 0144
Witness—lt would not affect us for the 6.'n'ao„jt
because we have entered into contracts, with 6•
consumers in the City to supply them wt- is °
cubic feet of gas for five years, and after a ficik?
operation we expect to pay a first dividend' to 10
The committee, at four o'clock, adjourned
y/
27th inst., at twelve o'clock.
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