The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-27 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET .

A tall military-looking man, named William Spurrell alias
Wigram, waas charged before Mr. Broughton on snspicion of
having been concerned with two other persons, now in cus-
tody, named James Martin and Mary Spurrell, in stealing a
large quantity of valuable shawls and silks, the' property of
some person at present unknown. -
Evidence was now given as to the prisoner's movements,
aliases, and apprehension.
In his defence he said that his real' name was Wigram,
which was his mother's, he being the natural son' of a gentle-
man in Essex, named Spurrell. • He had assumed the firm of
Wigram and Co. for the sake of appearances, not dreaming of
any wrong. Having a bill coming due on Saturday, he said
he had ordered his family to pledge goods to raise the money,
and all would tarn out correct in the end, &c.
Mr. BROUGHTON said the case was involved in deep suspi-
cion, and he should remand the prisoner for further examina-
tion on Wednesday, but would take bail for his appearance,
himself in 2001. and two sureties in 100/. each., ,• • . •
The prisoner declared his inability to find the bail, and was
removed.

LAMBETH-STREET.
A middle-aged female, named Mary Furley, was placed
within the felons' • bar, before Mr. Norton, on a -charge of
murder, in having caused the death of George Furley, her
infant son, aged eighteen months, and also with having
attempted the additional crime of suicide by endangering
her own life. The wretched woman, who appeared to be 'la-
bouring under the deepest mental anguish as well as bodily
suffering, was accommodated with a chair in the dock, and
in addition to this it was found necessary to support her
during the investigation. •
The first witness called was Mr. Thomas Gardener, of the
Commercial Coal-wharf, adjoining the Regent's Canal, in
the Mile-end-road, who deposed that on the pieceding
night, about nine o'clock, he was alarmed by' the violent
barking of a deg in the yard, and in consequence went into
the wharf adjoining the Regent's Canal.; On reaching the
edge of the water he saw something floating, and he in-
stantly laid hold of a boat-hook and drew it towards the
bank. He then discovered it to be the prisoner, and as soon
as he had got her to the shallow water she exclaimed—
" Oh, my child ! my child !" Supposing from this excla-
mation that her child was also in the water, he (Mr. Gar-
dener) released the boat-hook from her- clothes and drew it
alongside of her in the water, and in doing-so he brought
on shore the body of her child, who appeared lifeless at the
time. He however took it in his arms, and carried it as quick
as possible to the house of his uncle, the New Globe Tavern,
near the bridge, and placed it without delay in a warm bath.
A medical gentleman who 'had been sent for had promptly
attended, and declared that no better means could be adopted
for its resuscitation than that resorted to, but'it proved inef-
fectual.

Police-constable Henry Cottin, said that
.he had been
called in to Mr. Gardener's premises on the evening before,
to take the prisoner into custody, and on her way to the sta-
tion• house she said she had something very heavy on her
mind, and that she threw herself into the canal with her
child, whose name was George, in her arms,: and. that she
regretted exceedingly the gentleman had rescued her, as her
sufferings must be greater than ever.
The prisoner entered into a long statement. She said
that she had been in Bethnal-green workhouse for about
twelve months, and made complaints that her children had
been taken from her, and not well treated ; that she left the
workhouse; suffered much, and rather than return was ready
to endure any extremity ; that she was bewildered by her
sufferings, having been much better off in her time, &c. Her
mind was evidently affected.
Mr. NORTON, after complimenting Mr.' Gardener upon his
promptness and humanity, remanded the prisoner for a future
day, and desired that a note should be appended to the com-
mittal that she should be taken particular care of.

CORONER'S INQUEST.
Mr. Baker, the coroner, and a jury assembled at the
New Globe Tavern, Mile-end-road, to inquire into the
circumstances attendant on the death of George Purley,
aged one year and ten months, who was drowned by its
wretched mother on Sunday night, in the Regent's Ca-
nal, and for which offence she now stands charged.
The first witness called was Mr. Thomas. -Gardener,
who had acted with such promptitude and humanity in
receiving the mother, and endeavouring to resuscitate
the deceased; but his evidence scarcely differed from
that given by him before the magistrate at Lambeth-
street on the day before, and which appeared in
The Sun of yesterday. The next witness was
Henry Cotton, K 361, and his evidence was also similar
to that which has appeared.
Sergeant Harrison, K 15, deposed that he was at the
station-house on Sunday evening, when the mother of
the deceased had been brought there, and she then corn
plained of great distress of mind. He then cautioned
her against saying anything in his presence which might
have a tendency to injure her, as ho should -have to re-
peat it in another place, and it would be used in evidence
against her. She replied that she might as well tell him
as anybody else, and then proceeded to state that, her
distress was brought on by the ill-usage she and her
children had received at Bethnal-green Union; that her
child was all over sores, and that his head had been
shaved as often as five times,. and that sooner than re-
turn to the workhouse she would rather die, or remain
in a prison. She also said that she had thrown herself
into the water, and that she wished they had left. her
alone to go with her child, for that in that case her suf-
ferings would be at an end. She said the child's name
was George; and that his father, who was a hair dyer,-
was dead about two years. She further admitted that
she had been a married woman, but that her husband
had been transported, fifteen years ago, for " defacing "
(i. e. sweating) the current coin, and that she subse-
quently resided with the father of her two children.
Mary Bullen the wife of a sailor residing at' No. 2,
Bath-street, Spitalfields, deposed that she had known
the mother of the deceased for some years, from her
living with a man named Charles Blackett; 'Who was
the father of her two children. On Wednesday last
she came to her (witness's) house with her two chil-
dren, and remained there until Sunday morning, when
she went out, taking the deceased with her. She cora.
plained of the treatment she experienced at the Bethnal-
green Union-house, and frequently declared that rather
than return there both herself and her children should
have a watery grave. She (the mother of the deceased)
admitted having received a trifle from the guiirdians
the workhouse, but said she had been robbed of it soon
after. On. Sunday morning she (witness) gave Mrs.
Purley a cup of coffee, she herself being without the
vbistv,of getting anything for breakfast, and she then
,gaked about drowning herself and her baby; and soon
fitness
left Abe house with the deceased in her arms. The
tifitness invonclusion saidthat. the -second child, which
was in Auatoining room, was in a very bad state, having
;great number of sores' on its -head and different parts
oflia body.
Mi.. New, a surgeon, gave it as his decided opinion
41341 t the deceased had died from drowning. •
he CORONER was here about to sum up the evidence,
when the master of Bethnal-green Workhouse 'requested
to make a fewremarks. :He said that the mother of the
,
'deceased and ler, two illegitiniate children had been
admitted. into the workhouse on February, 1843; and
remained theie until last Wednesday, when she was
discharged, at. her own request. -He was, he said, pre,
pared with` ample proof that, while in the workhouse,
she and her children had been treated with the greatest
kindness; that the guardians, on her leaving, had given
her all she requested ; and that, in fact, there was noti a
word of truth in what she had stated. He also said he
would be able to prove, by several witnesses, that the
Mother of the deceased had frequently expressed her
fixed determination to destroy this child.
The CORONER, in summing up, clearly defined the
case, and the jury, without hesitation, returned aierdict
of Wilful Murder against the mother.

PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS AT DOVER.—WC un-
derstand that the Earl of Guilford, the noble proprietor of the
Frith Farm, near the Castle, is about to apply to Parliament
for a private Act to enable him to let a portion of the valley
on lease for building purposes; and that plans for the erec-
tion of splendid terraces, said to be equal in design and mag-
nitude to any in the kingdom, have been prepared, as also
'for detached villas; altogether, nearly 1,500 residences are
contemplated to be formed on this delightful spot. It is also,
we believe, part of the plan to make another outlet from the
town, into the Deal road, pass the Castle Jetty, by which the
Castle-hill may be avoided, and the distance to Deal consider-
ably lessened. We hope to see the plans of the Noble Earl
carried out, as we feel convinced it will prove a good specu-
lation.—Dover Telegraph.
INFANTICIDE.—At a late hour on Monday Mr. Baker ,
concluded an inquest, adjourned from Saturday last, at the I
Ship, Farmer-street, New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, on the body
of a newly-born female infant, the illegitimate offspring of a
young female named Julia Scales. The body was found in a
water-closet. _ The jury, after a consultation of three hours ,
and a half, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Julia
Scales, and the coroner issued his warrant for the committal.;
of the woman to take her trial at Newgate as soon 48 she is
in A fit state to be removed.