The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-28 00:00:00

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
F MAL E PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN •
STITIITION.

President—Rev. CANON DALE.
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HOME for the HELPLESS.—ST. JAMES'S
DIOCESAN HOME for FEMALE PENITENTS
(Hammersmith), under the immediate direction of the
Bishop of London. The work carried on by a Sisterhood,
"in faithful accordance with tho principles of the Re-
formed Church of England." FUNDS greatly needed.

COUNCIL.
The Bishop of LONDON.

Rev. J. W. Ayre
Rev. F. G. Bloomfield

Major-Gen. Rt. Hon. Percy
Herbert. M.P.

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Hon. and Rev. F. Byng I Rey. J. E. Kempe
Rev. R. G. Baker I Rev. W. F. Erskine Knollys

Rev. S. Brooke Rev. S. W. Lloyd
The Lord Clinton Rev. A. Martineau
Rev. W. Cadman Rev. W. D. Maclagan
E. Charrington, Esq. Rev. Daniel Moore
Rev. E. L. Cutts, Chaplain Rev. J. Moorhouse
Rev. E. Capel Cure J. D. Morton, Esq.
Rev. J. E. Cox Rev. Canon Nepean
Octavius Coope, Esq. Rev. E. Parry
Arthur Currie, Esq. John Pearson, Esq., Q.O.
Rev. J. Connell Rev. G. F. Prescott
Rev. C. W. Purse Rev. F. Pigou
C. J. Freaks). Esq. R. T. Pigott, Esq.
J. S. Gilliat, Esq. R. R. Pym, Esq.
Rev. Dr. F Hessey Hugh H. Seymour, Esq.
H. G. Heald, Esq. R. Wade, Esq.
R. Hook, Esq., Treasurer Loftus Wigram, Esq.
Subscriptions will be received by any of the above ; by
Messrs. Harries, Farquhar, and Co ; and by the Hon.
Secretary, Rev. S. W. Lloyd, 14, Seymour-street, Port-
man-square, to whom communications may be addressed.

STARVED TO DEATH.

An inquest was held on Friday by Mr. liumphrey,
the coroner for Middlesex, at the Leigh lloy Tavern,
Mile-end New-town, on view of the body of James
WillLan Alloy, aged 61, the man who was found
dead in a shed in Red Lion-court, Spitalfields, under
the circumstances reportel in The Sent. of the 23J
ins'. William Adolphus Alley, 106, York-street,
Commercial-road, a painter, sail,the deceased was
my father ; he was a newsagent. A f m-tnight ago
I la-t ea x him alive ; he the❑ c 11101 upon me. Last
winter he was attacked by g ►rotters at the corner of
Henry-street ; they knocked out so ne of his teeth,
kicked him and beat hint, and robbed him of 16s.
I did not see him for six months after. Wi.pn.
last I saw him he said that there was something the
matter with his knees. He did not complain fur-
ther. He had quite enough to keep bin). Last year
he offered me £2, but I toll him to apply it to his
own purposes. By the Coroner —I did not know
that he used to pick up rags and bones about the
streets. I did not know until July that he lived in
Red Lion-court. I went past his door, but I never
went iu, for he liked to be by himself. lie told me
he had two rooms. I have not seen the shed
in which he lived. I did not go into it
since his death. 1 did not think of it. We are
not on friendly terms, but we were not at vari-
ance, for we had not any words. A Juror—
And whether your father lived in a palace or in a
pigsty you did not care? Witness—Exactly so .
I was in a position to have relieved him, but he
never asked me. A Juror—But his appearance
ought to have been sufficient. Witness--Oh, that,
Sir, was his style. The conduct and manner of the
witness gave rise to exclamations of indignation
with part of the jury. Mrs. Lucy Lawley, 12, Red
Lion-court, Spitalfields, the wife of a cooper, said
the deceased took the shed or lean-to next to her
house four years ago. He paid her is. 6d. a week
rent ; for the last two months be paid monthly.
When he first took the place he said he wante 1 it
for a lumber-room. It was not fit for human habi-
tation, but she believed that he lived in it for two
years past. He kept the key, and allowed no access
to the place. Witness saw him last on Sunday al a
quarter to four o'clock, when she gave him some
tea, as she tften did, because he was without a fire-
place in his shed. There was only an earthen floor
in it. On Monday when she knocked he did not
answer, but later in the day she thought she
heard him moving about. She used to buy her
papers from him. She did not know that he
picked up bones, &c., about the roads. On Mon-
day night the police came and told her that the
man was dead. She had not ventured to enter the
shed since. 'I he decased had a daughter who was
much cut up by what had happened. Police-con-
stable Wilson, 213 H, said that a woman directed
his attention to the shed on Monday night at half-
past 11 o'clock. Witness ascertained that the de-
ceased was dead in the shed, and he sent for a sur-
geon. The smell from the place was quite unbear-
able. There were rags and bones in a heap in
the shed ; deceased was lying on them. There
was not a chair or a box or any furniture in the
place. It was not fit for any animal to live in.
The rags and bones and teapots, &c., were worth
a few shillings. Mr G. B. Philips, police surgeon,
said that he was called to the shed on Monday night.
The heaps of filth inside prevented the door from
opening, and the police had to break in. The de-
ceased was cold and stiff. He had been dead some
hours. The body was covered with vermin, which
had perforated the skin. The stench was the worst
he had ever experienced. The body was partly nude.
There was a coloured apron ou it, by which witness
identified the deceased as a man whom he had seen
picking up crusts and rubbish about the streets.
Ile considered that the apron was worn for want of
other garments. The post mortem examination
showed there was no blood, it wasmerely water. The
cause of death was starvation of very length)ned
duration. The Coroner having summed up, the
jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased was
found dead in a shed from the mortal effects of
starvation, and that the conduct of the deceased's
son was most unfeeling, and deserved great repro-
bation." The coroner said that he entirely con-
curred with the jury in their estimation of the con-
duct of the son. The jury stated that they thought
Mrs. Lawley was also censurable for allowing a man
to live for two years in such a state in a shed which
was not fit to kennel a dog in. The coroner re-
fused to allow the son or Mrs. Lawley any fees as
witnesses.

The Hamburg American Company's new screw
steamer, the Westphalia, left Southampton, Sept. 18, on
her first voyage to New York. She took out the usual
English, French, and German mails, a full complement
of passengers, and a large cargo of general merchan
dise from Southampton and Hamburg, including
French jewellery from Havre, value 30,000 f. This
vessel was built by Messrs. Caird and Co., of
Greenock, and is sister ship to this company's recent new
steamer, the liolsa,tia, which has made some remarkably
rapid passages across to and from New York. The dimen-
sions of the IVe,stphalia are—Length of keel, 310 feet;
breadth of beam, 40ft.; depth of hold, 33ft ; tons register,
3,151; engines, 600-horse power; and is constructed to
carry 250 cabin passengers besides steerage. She has all the
latest mechanical improvements, her main saloon is richly
fitted up, whilst the comfort of the different classes of
passengers has been especially cared for. She is com-
manded by Captain Trautman, of well-known reputation
to passengers crossing the Atlantic. On her passage from
the Elbe to Southampton (accomplished in 30 hours) her
engines made 51 revolutions, with steam 261 b., vacuum 25,
attaining a speed of over 14 kaots per hour.
The following was dated New York, Sept. 19 :
According to Messrs. Neill's report the week's receipts of
cotton at the United States ports hare been 19,000 bales,
and since the Ist Sept. 35,000 bales. Week's export to
Great Britain 2,000, and since the Ist September 5,000.
Week's export to Continent none, and since the Ist
Septemper none. Total export for the week 2,000,
and since the Ist September 5,000. Stock at all ports
42,000 bales. The following is Messrs. Neill Brothers
statement of the cotton crop of the United States for
the year ending the 31st of August last, showing also the
quantity exported to each market and the consumption of
the United States. The figures for 1865-66 and 1866-67
are added for comparison. It will be observed that the
total crop amounted to 2,431,000 bales, not including that
taken for consumption in the South, which is estimated at
150,000. The total quantity exported and consumed
amounted to 2,474,000 bales, or, including Southern con-
sumption, to 2,624,000 bales.

RECEIPTS.
1867-68 1866-67 1865-66
Bales. Bales. Bales.

New and South Carolina and
Virginia . . 466,000 325,000 214,000
Georgia and Florida 520,000 314,000 412,000
Mobile 366,000 239,000 429,000
New Orleans
Tennessee, &c., overland 375,000 310,000 272,000
115,000 ]86,000 175,000
Texas
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Total crop ...... .. ......... 2,431,000 2,076,000 2,214,000
EXPORTS.
To Great Britain from all ports 1,229,060 1,216,000 1,262,000
To France .. . .............. .. 197,000 198,000 221,000
To all other foreign ports 230,000 143,000 72,000
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Total exports to all ports 1,656,000 1,557,000 1,555,000
Stock at all ports 37,000 80,000 282,000
Taken for home use, North of
Virginia and in the North-
Western States BlB,OOO 696,000 605,000
Taken for home use in Vir-

ginia and the cotton States
(estimated) 150,000 157,000 160,000
Total consumed' in the United

States (including burnt at
the ports) 968,000 853,000 705,000
Number of new bales of cotton
received prior to Sept. 1
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