The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

FORGERY OF POST-OFFICE MONEY-ORDERS.—On
Saturday Thomas Edwards, a young man of very re
spectable exterior, was brought before Mr. Rushton, on 7
charge of having forged a signature to two l'ost-offie
money-orders, for the sum of 81 10s., and thereby
fraudulently obtained the amonnt. Mr. Commissioner
Dowling said he should be unable that day to bring the
case to a conclusion, us the prisoner was taken into ell
tody suddenly, and the principal witness was out
town, The letter containing the money-orders had been
addressed from Abergavenny, in the month of June
to a Mr. Stephen L. Edwards, who lived next door to the
prisoner. How that letter got into the possession of th
prisoner was as yet unknown ; most probably he
received it from the Post-office, but at all event
it would appear that he had signed Mr. Steplice
Edwatels's name to the orders, seat them to the money-
order office by his errand-boy, and thus succeede":
in obtaining the amount. The orders were drawn it
the usual form, and a blank was left at the bottom fee
the signature of the person to whom the money hee
been made payable. William Thompson, a clerk in the
Post-office, deposed that he had paid the amount of the
orders in question on the 29th of June. He had made
an entry of the payment in his books, but he did not,
not make, nor was he in the habit of making, en indorse-
ment on thel back of the orders. He knew not to whom
the money was paid, but he should not have had the
orders in his possession if they had rie4 been paid. They
bore the signature of " Stephen L. Edwards." A clerk
in the prisoner's office identified the orders as those be
had taken to Mr. Thompson, and upon which he had
received St. 10s.; and another clerk identified the signa-
ture to the orders as being in the prisoner's handwriting.
The prisoner, who had nothing to urge in his defence,
wus remanded.—Liverpool Albion.
THE PROPOSED NEW lIOSPITAL FOR TIIE CURE
OF CUTANEOUS DISEASES.—A meeting of the inhabi-
tants of the united parishes of St. Anne, Blackfriars, St.
Andrew by the Wardrobe, and of Bridewell Precinct,
was held yesterday morning pursuant to advertisement,
and in conformity with a requisition signed by upwards
of seventy of the most respectable inhahitants, of the
neighbourhood, at Radley's llotel, New Bridge-street,
for the purpose of considering and determining upon the
needful measures to be adopted for preventing the esta-
blishment of the London Cutaneous Infirmary at the
house situate at the corner of Earl-street and New
131-idge-street. The attendance of inhabitants was
numerous, and but one feeling a strong one
:;gainst the establishment of the infirmary at the
proposed spot—seemed to pervade the meeting. Mr.
Delano was voted into the chair. He regretted
that it had not fallen -to the lot of some gentle-
man longer resident in the parish than himself to have
occupied the chair ; he was, however, very glad to do
anything in his power to further the object of the meet-
ing. Ile thought that any one who was Nequainted with
the locality of the premises which had been selected by
the Society, must at once perceive that they were in every
respect unsuited for the purposes for which they were
intended. There was not as much space as the breadrli
of a table behind the house ; it abutted on three stree•
and contained only the ordinary accommodation of ee
ordinary dwelling-house. In addition to this he under-
stood, from the prospectus which had been pmt forth, that
the Society cm:pected to have 500 patients a week, who
must necessarily be in attendance neatly every morn-
ing. He could expect nothing else, therefore, than-
that the result would be a vast increase of disease
in a neighbourhood already too often and too severely
afflicted by fevers and influenza. Mr. Under-Sheriff
A nderton proposed the first resolution, which was •as
follows:—"'That this meeting has heard with regret
and alarm that it is proposed to establish an Infimary for
the cure of Cutaneous Diseases at No. 15, New Bridge-
street, situate at the corner of Earl-street and New
Bridge-street." He considered it to be the duty of every
father of a family and of every master to take care that
the infirmary should not be established where it war
p: °posed. A committee was subsecteatly appointed to
carry out the objects of the meeting. Petitions to the
Court of Common Council and the Court of Sewers wer
read, nrel unanimously agreed to; and the committe
were requested to wait upon the managers of the ire
firrnary to represent the state of feeling in the neigh
bourhood upon the subject of its erection. Thanks t
the chairman concluded the business of the meeting,
which soon after separated.

THE CASE OF AIRS. DAY AND THE OFFICERS 0/
THE KENSINGTON UNlON.—Yesterday Mr. T. Walden
M.P., coroner, resumed and concluded a lengthened in-
quiry at the Iland and Flower Tavern, Vale-place, Ham-
mersmith, touching the cause of death of Catherine
Charlotte Day, aged six years and nine months, whose
death was alleged to have been caused by the neglect 'di'
the guardians of the poor of Kensington Union. It ap'•
pears that Mrs. Day was left a widow, her husband
having died of consumption, in January, 1839, leaving
her destitute, with six children, in consequerice of which
she was compelled to seek parochial relief, which, not-
withstanding her frequent applications, was refused;- on
the ground that her friends were in affluent circum-
stances, and contributed towards the maintenance of

herself'and family. Four of the children havinidi;a
from various causes, the deceased was admitted into
Fulham workhouse, in May, 1842, but was removed by
Mrs. Day in July, 1843, the child being in a dreadful
state from a disease of the ears and eyes. A short time
after, Mrs. Day renewed her application for assistance,
when the board refused her relief in kind, but offered her
an asylum in the workhonse, which she declined. Upon
a subequent application she received an order for two
itsh a
ideath.
rma n of Mrs.
Daythe
board (the Rev. Mr. Attwood) told her she was pounds of mutton per week .and a pint of milk per day
towards the support of her child, which small relief was
suspended, but again renewed, the child gradually declin
ing, andsta
stare that
o n continuedone to
occasionthe
time
the eof
f
de-
grading her husband's family by applying for parochial
relief. Yesterday evidence was adduced tending to prove
that the case had received every attention from the hands
of the parochial officers, the chief feature being the evi-
dence of William Thomas Day, aged 15, the only sur-
viving child, who stated that his mother had treated him
and his deceased brothers and sisters in the most cruel
lontg the assistance
3 family,stee
manner, frequently beating them with a bamboo cane.
He also stated that. his mother had been constantlyin the
otherhabi t
membersof r cceiv
fbroomth hiins. grmoinnedymantildecroaanlsd,
and other necessaries, and that she had also frequently
been relieved by Mr. Salter. This lad gave his eridei.ce
with much clearness, his testimony being listened to
with much interest by all present. The coroner having
summed up the evidence at great length, the jury re-
turned a verdict " That the deceased died from scrofula,'
and that the relieving and other officers- of the union
were exonerated from the charge of neglect imputed :o
them."

MINISTERIAL MOVIIMENTB.....-Sir Robert and Lady-
Peel and family left Whitehall-gardens yesterday after-
noon for Brighton, the Right Hon. Baronet having
taken a mansion there for two months. Miss Peel con-
tinues a short time longer at Drayten Manor ; that
young lady, we rejoice to hear, is rapidly regaining her
health and strength, but cannot remove to Brighton as
Eet. Lord and Lady Jemima. Eliot and the Hon. Miss
liot arrived in Dover-street on Friday night from Port
Eliot, the Earl of St Germain's seat in Cornwall. Lait
evening the Noble Lord left by the mail train for Liver.
pool en route to Dublin, to resume his duties as Seem,
tary for Ireland. Sir James Graham remains in town,
not having gone to Netherby, as erroneously stated.
The following notices appeared yesterdaY,--at ti:e
General:Post-office; St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" The next
mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, amid
India, via Southampton, will be dispatched from. hence
on the morning of 3d October. The next mail for India,
&c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the
evening of the 7th October. her Majesty's brig Express
fur the Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres mails of la
October. Dee for the West India mails of the morning
of 2d October. Mid Lothian for the Sydney (New
South Wales) mails of the evening of 30th instant.
Acadia for the American mails of the evening of 8d
October."

INAUGURATION of the STATUE
ADMIRAL DIJQUESNE.
DIEPPE, SEPT. 22.—This ceremony,
excited so much interest in this part of France, and lt
which it was anticipated that his Majesty the King- ef
the French would have been present, took place 1
today in the presence of an immense contour : r
spectators, who had assembled from various parts
the country. Government had forwarded orders
Cherbourg for some of the men-of-war steamers
proceed to Dieppe to assist at the ceremony. Ti,:: steamers that have arrived here under the command.
of Rear-Admiral La Susse, are the Caimon (with
OF:
admiral's flag), the Eylau, and the Alecto, and the
Levrier (sloop). The fetes consequent on the inau.
guration are to last three days, as the: French
people are resolved to pay every honour to the naval
hero whose exploits form so prominent a feature in
their history. They have, however, been rather
long time considering whether they should erect a
statue of Duquesne, as it is nearly.two centuries since
he died.
At daybreak this morning the shipping in the roads
and the forts fired a salute, to announce the com-
mencement of the fetes. All the public edifices, and
most of the houses, were decorate.i with flags. The
men-of-war steamers were all dressed out in their
colours, and every merchant • vessel had the
national flag flying. At twelve o'clock the mayor
Monsieur Deslandes, chevalier de 14 Legion &lion-
neur ; Admiral La Susse, and all- the civil, military,
and naval authorities, assembled opposite the Court-
house, and marched thence to the Place Royal in the
following procession :—A squadron of mounted Gen-
darmes ; a squadron of Cavalry ofjpthe National
Guard ; a division of the National Guard, with its
band ; a division of Marines ; the various trades con-
nected with shipping, with their respective banners
the members of the Musical Society ; the troops of
the line, with their bands; the mayor and the mem-
bers of the Municipal Council ; the mayors of the
arrondissement ; the chiefs of battalion of the National
Guard and the arrondissement; naval and military
officers; the members of the Legion of Honour;
crews of the Caimon, Alecto, and Eylau; a deta,:h-
ment of the National Guard of Dieppe; troops of *ha
line; horse and foot artillery, with their s.
When the procession reached the Place Royal, toe
statue of Duquesne was uncovered, and salutes vver:
immediately fired from the batteries, and from the
shipping. The inaugural address was then spoken by
the mayor; after which the corps musicale sung the
following songs, composed for the occasion :--G dire
au heros du ma patrie ;" " Apotheose de Duquesne ;"
" Revcil de Dieppe ;" " Salut nobles couleurs."
In the evening there is to be a public display of
fireworks, and the town will be illuminated.