The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-13 00:00:00

e4Y-lane, stated that she bad charge of Mr. Todd's
e,h4robers in the Temple. She knew the girl, and had
Zrcitleutly spoken to her. She had frequently seen
'• Sloane be:, her. no
aS' .caw her
lenttY beating the gill on a Sunday morn-
aw'seg, about three months ago, with her hands, and
ing her out of a room by the hair of her head. She
this from Mr. Todd's window, whose chambers
were opposite those
weak low state.a She had known her by
taighsever since she had been in the Temple. When she
robust
awhinnbout two years ago she seemed to be
eeust and good health. The girl never complained
t° her.
the I'oBa-examined by Mr. Clarkson—She could not tell
distance between Mr. Todd's and Mr. Sloane's win-
; but she was quite positive she could see across.
1'; Sloane was not there.
west
HUMPHERY thought the guardians of the
London Union ought to prosecute this case. s
had • Pontifex, their legal adviser, said the guardian
otuPplied to the Poor law Board to have the expnises
the prosecution allowed.
r, Alderman HUMPHERY thought the matter of expense
;11Rht not to weigh in a case like this, but he was quite
are the Corporation would not refuse to allo At the ex-
phmses in a case like this.
„414% a Pontifex was quite certain that, after this ex-
Vssion of
opTheyinion, thee
e guardians would readily take up
nutt er. werxtremely desirous to have it
igttted the very bottom, and he should be very sorry if
went forth that they at all indisosed to move
au the affair. He must,were however, state that he was not
kiinaiently familiar with the facts to enable
to take up the case at that moment.
Thomas Aldridge, of 50, Warwick-street, Pin:-
h- an official manager's clerk (Mr.. Hutton, of Moor-
vrar-natreei), stated, that one Sunday morning, while he
he- 'LogTowent todd's, about
the three
la.anadress months
to as ago,k
her
he
whal ara
, shriek, and caused it.
NI 2. Alderman HUMPHERY—Never mind what yeti
ikt 5" the laundress. What did you see ? Witness—l
;:inuthirg.
Wit r• Alderman HUMPHERY—You only heard a shriek ?
44"8---That is all.
*cr. Alderman HUMPHERY—Well,did.you tell Mr. Todd
taliit You heard from the laundress, ar id you keep it
Yourself ? Witness—l did not tell any one of it.
pater Parker, the late master of the East London
Ilth Jul leehool at Edmonton, stated that she was admitted
"eiteuaber, 1839, aged five years, and discharged in
y.
10 th About the middle of July, 12th, 1849, a lady came
Bloa e establishment and stated her :name to be Mrs.
Wife e, of 6, Pump-court, Temple, and that she was the
111,, 'qr. George Sloane, a special plea der; that she was
raeodill,,t of a servant girl, and that she had been recom-
tali;,,e`i to apply to the establishment for one. They
slier a number of the biggest girls for her to take her
the iie,,and she selecttel Jane Wilbrod, because she was
eftlthiest-looking girl of the whole Lot and because she
hm,/ no friends to come to bother her. She said she would
! kirl who had no friends as she could bring her
to% zwit,her own way. She agreed to give a shilling to be-
`-thatitll2 and wished to have the girl r.s early as possible
let; day week; in fact, witness wrote to the relieving
vtith :ter,d having obtained money to buy ber clothes
the 19th
was furnished with two complete suits, and on
Tern„, al of July he took her to No. 6, Pump-court,
*ll,vle. Where he saw Mrs. Sloane and e, young lady,
the—I she represented to be her niece- Before he left
Re girl be-,‘,44. requested her to write to him, and Mrs.
said she would not only allow her to
1140—'4 touit. at the end of
.a month or so she should
„"nday to sea her friends. She, however, neither.
his eame. She was in good health, and having
the;'s own housemaid he ould etute that she was
h,.:4 her habits and a good`worker.. He saw her at
but 1,,,"6,13ital for the first time since then yesterday week,
,keet:kuid not know her. She was in bed, and the mo-
seg Te Caught sight of me she buret into tears, and
agge't that would take her home to Edmonton
D A
thou'pfarsden stated that the girl VMS present, and he
ehclethat she was sufficiently strong to hear the
Thmee taken to-day read over.
Th!depositions tale at the former examination
been. read over,
Bpd e.h4;rl was carried into court. She looked weak
Retier ire. Her cheek still bore the hectic flush that
Were lath! accompanies consumption, nod her features
Xtert u, haggard, and careworn; but on the whole her
41)4 er Presented a considerable improvement upon her
tkitttir:ilee When she was last in court. Her evidence,
to, 11 Saturday last, having been read over and sworn
r. of
Drefe'iarkson declined to cross-examine her in her
ah -r
Btale, nor should he say anything in answer to
ge now, but leave the defence to be urged in
44t. Place and a higher tribunal. He might add that
'1•41: s friends were sanguine of being able to give
settleb uiffeeent complexion to the case before it
h; , finally disposed of, and in the mean
to client would bear patiently the prejudice which
0 oelea—e„rl,e° had raised against him, being satisfied in
▪ye ''ind that, when the girl was sufficiently re-
tie ed to
min,undergo a strict and sifting cross-examine-
."' bla sv°l2id come out of the inquiry exonerated from
eatialat.% and be restored to his former position in the
tkr• `" Alde of his friends and the world. p
hee r
e, 'roan HumPHERY thought the Learned Gen-
;• (ic,r algae, Pursuing a humane and
,judicious course,
s; tee cireulstances, and intimated that he
riane sa-oncil the case for trial at the Old Bailey. Mr.
eltle be liberated on bail, but a warrant must
'er nohr apprehension of his wile, in consequence of
The
--aPPeara
nee to-day.
""endant was then fully committed for trial.

IRELAND.
but:m.ll4 COUNTY LIMERICK ELECTION.
Zlsetneardanapinolr'fia
juna_rAy.—The polling commenced
g in the midst of heavy
of the
mob
itad ti nf voters was slack, while that
tigu ii:ll,:naphr:icesat,ley_ leaders was large and violent, as
oloAsed,hfc tahaitchtive*. o'clock the polling for the
day
e
Goold
result to be-- hour the
high sheriff declared the
........ 66
Dickson .................... 5
—yan ........... 6
The
it .
...... 58
number a ready •riled, out of a constituency
*,,YO: amounts to 189, somewhat less than half.
general impression is that Mr. Ryan, the
to'qloinee of the Tenant League, will be beaten ; but
ea Pinion can be formed as to whether Mr. Goold or
Ptlila Dickson will be elected.
ttio4-11.ILLICIT DISTILLERY.—One of the most exten-
-1,,t aelzure Tired, s that has been made for some years was cn
e4erie lie}kaY effected by Messrs. Benjamin J. Elmy and Fre-
44rtie argeter, detective officers of the Inland Revenue De-
rep. eat. F . . .
of OUs! tom information received, the officers
.having
I. polka? received the assistance of a body of the K division
p4eae 4,,Proceeded to a large building, until within arse
re-
-1,.t1y por
cas. a sugar bakehouse and refinery, beue-trnmeo,er,
or,
illy teeang on the business of a moles% . I
b`'eet, Hog`acelly called, that of a " scum-boi.ler, Georgee-
t:elleeet ?ital-fields, Bethnal-green. Having got into the
eking on, aa'.2r3a they found the rocess of molaass(ess; i
d minute
Nta,,!l?inat.iou,,(l_ also in the floor above.. They.
4441 rig th '4 of this part of the building, butm discovered
de t
w 3.1 "ald lead them to believe that any contraband_
o'rktllY tre;ceng.„°ing on within. They then returned, and
y,
0,
,eed to the cellar, a place without windows,
kel a jaenrmg for light whatever, and in this they
ge square brick building, which could be
fOree'Zl Only by a strong iron door, securely fastened.
eeeN.,„ a serious obstacle to their further progress, but,
to,klion ,„I?erable labour, it was eventually forced, and ad-
-411444.'4%1. The officers soon ascertained that their in-
-4„ "IS well founded, for they discovered a large cop-
'rah,
ee,rreensivelv fitted up, and at full work, with a
hh tae44 spirits and molasses fermented wash for continu-
eat,t:Perattiore A communication for the dischare of
pinion 8,745 a Was made by means of lead piping with. the
''ver, so that no odour should arise from it in the
thee; and Zile whole concern was on a most extensive
le,i ttit me idea may been formed of the magnitude of
its When it is stated that one iron pan, of several tons
tea"ttioatne PlaYed 12 men for several hours to remove it from
i;)tig'stie";:z. The offibers thereupon seized the whole plant,
Iviehki'S.f,,,ari immense number of tubs and utensils, and
NR raid. everal waggonloads to the Excise warehouses,
40 lee,esitreet, in the course of the day. Two Germans,
itecicnnd on the premises, and custody. names of
it
,Theut SpraAt, were given int
NEOUs DIScovERIEs.—" it never rains, but
tbee I. '8 an old saying, which seems to have a pretty
ith,,N.i,.l:,siaation, and nowhere is it more apparent than in
41-,„ c;fdiscoveries. It is very seldom that one man is
Rli''ke'ai;al„erig. an untried path of thought, unless another,
oft by Vat locality, is all unconsciously to both, strug-
p„,lietia rs side, or treading close upon his heels; and it
It inliet*ns that when a wonder is announced in one place,
kq' as thyvatider turns up at about the same time in another.
ai)eBleb°.h,Rh laws and facts had been working in nature,
thol,',7ng themselves for centuries, wooing the eye of
earth b2"ently asking to be recognised, till, suddenly, as
tt beirBciale .elevation of the general mind, not one man
441,"; atdBeveral men, become aware of them at the same
See.:(llseaeraicte_fer the first perception of a newunpireiantceislwith
Ilsoedt,
I.icilatillixislatana,ewhhoenhomm-eennaevaerre
csoimmmultaneously ob.
le p,tel,,,.aeveral Places. PA
few instances of this will serve
retearie,"' °ar meaning. At the same time that Leverrier,
ekiger vwas calculating the elements of a new lanet, or
tit 'tee, erY old planet, as old as any off the others,but the
tlt'btia- I. which for ages had been unsuspected, dams, at
'NI -"Re
kelai et as engaged in the same oi .t 'aert other, they came to the same conclusionso
tok•-t°ve-re the same time, that they may be regarded as co-
lii:eled4B, and no sooner were their laborious investigations
ItatateltecoPethe saw on an oft-examined spot, for the first time
ochh;ahlaterial eye, the member of the starry family,
poya, already been announced to the mental vision of
Daguerre was involved in the labour of corn-
l'alteue sun to become man's portrait painter, Talbot was
feet,4 tireicia!th to him, pursuing the same line of investigation,
iy, wing at the same goal from another direction ; and
;(1, ena° Pener arc the discoveries of vast mountains of
bear rive!'s so rich in the yellow metal that .71idass might
se,ttlt flipped
in them, announced from Califarnin, than we
th, are ;ice of the far west echoed from the farthest south,
errsatl °ld of Australian bushmer, who find the waters of
Ihrlee,,,_asMs rich in the same commoditythe Standard
:‘lll/:, fr,',etn that it has been favoured With a sight of auriferous
kiellaeare the aaiglibourhoo of Arnatto Ray, Jamaica, which
tottltrebil
raiteMost one compact. inaaa of a,old. anti silver," con-
th, on te,,, her than any Californian specimen. These things
I,,,Pla,„"'Pt one to believe that riches are as contagious as
Jiite;;ej,tand that lien ascend the mountain of knowledge
epee,. the genera ]mind, interspersed by long intervals
4ent repeee..____Faaa urnal.
niee Itesicks? (-4 e S
Nttg°4r Mis' 13 -at •",""The First Part of Henry
1114,1'44y 40ye_rimOcr;;t:ipti, be predueed at this theatre on
oiler4e)re \Vali the oi(t ono or two very trifling.
ST alt epto. ,a 8 before her -
aeC , at Windsor Castle,
e 3
44111 etre . . `air eedurin nee; S, re A LEROOK magnificent
rig : Monument of the, genius of Sir Christopher
undef a 'TOlf (laya be 're-,opened fOr public. worship,
4 vieeeitgl)ne Various- iniprovements and alteratons,
1„2 restore the church to that state in which the
" originally l