The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-25 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR,

Thornhill Park is directed to be sold by Mr
George Robins, by private treaty. It should seem there
is nothing in Southampton's beauteous vicinity, that can
approach this splendid mansion and estate. Sir William
Curtis has in vain essayed to rent it furnished for the
season of yachting, but the executors of Sir Barlow Hoy,
think they are prohibited from disposing of it, except as
a most eligible purchase. A reverend and highly ta-
lented correspondent of ours, makes the following com-
mentary upon the property :—" I hope the place is
marked in Thornhill Park where the bones of the famous
racer Emilius are interred." He was the founder of a
race of " giants" in their way.
Mr. Westley Richards, gun-manufacturer, Bir-
mingham, has succeeded in combining various qualities
of steel, suitable for the manufacture of sword blades ;
it has all the toughness of the Indian Wootz, with a
beautiful Damask surface, but has much greater elasti-
city, which gives it a decided advantage over the Eastern
material. Specimens may be seen at Wm. Bishop's,
No. 170, New Bond-street, and at the manufactory, Bir-
mingham.
REVELATIONS or Russu.—The recent visit .of the
Emperor of Russia to this country has excited an unsuual
interest about the vast empire which he governs, with a
will and a hand to the power of which there is no limit;
and this interest is likely, as we understand, to be imme-
diately gratified, in a most unexpected manner by the
publication of such extraordinary " revelations," touch-
ing all Russian institutions, social as well as political, as
no press but that of England would dare to put forth.
Hitherto the accounts we have received of Russia and
the Russians have been prepared and put forth by
travellers only—individuals, however worthy of credit
and attention, who could not from the brief time they
passed in the country, by possibility have penetrated be-
yond the surface, which alone presents itself to a travel-
ler's eye. But these " Revelations of Russia" are said
to be the result of many years' residence and observa-
tion, and under such circumstances of official and social
position as render them more trustworthy than anything
else of the kind that has hitherto been given to the world.
This work is also said to contain the " Secret History,"
never before made public, of that extraordinary revolu-
tion which placed the present Emperor on the throne.
HOSPITAL - FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF
THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—Considerable anxiety has
been expressed, and several inquiries made, as to the
probable completion of the new hospital at Pelham-
crescent, Brompton, and of which it may be remembered
his Royal HighnesS Prince Albert laid the first stone, on
the 11th ult. It seems that, although the ground plans
and elevation are fully completed, yet the specifications
of the builders are not thoroughly decided upon, and
hence the apparent delay. The works, as far as they
have proceeded, form a beautiful specimen of workman-
ship, although evidently copied from .the new building
now in progress, in Lincoln's Inn-fields. It is most
earnestly hoped by all well- wishers to this excellent
foundation, that no further delay will be permitted by
the Building Committee, more particularly as the claims
daily made upon the present establishment, at Chelsea,
are increasing to such an extent, that, in some instances,
it has become painfully necessary to refuse admission,
through the absolute want of accommodation. It is in
contemplation to hold another bazaar and fancy fair, on
behalf of this highly patronised institution, and of which
as a matter of course, due notice will be given.
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at their own residences, whatever the distance.
REDUCTION OF FARES ON THE GRAND JUNCTION
AND LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAYS.—We have great
pleasure in announcing that a considerable reduction of the
fares between Liverpool and London is about to be made
almost immediately, the Directors of the Grand Junction and
the London and Birmingham Railway Companies having
both decided in favour of such a step. This is one of the first
results of the cordial understanding which now exists be-
tween the two companies. We believe that it will be found
equally advantageous to the public and to the companies
themselves. Coupled with the acceleration of the mail
trains just effected, it gives the public greater accommoda-
tion at a cheaper rate, at the same time that i must d
ad toh
o
the influence and popularity of the companies,t and, in t
end, to their income also.—Liverpool Times.
ROYAL GENERAL DISPENsAur.---Yesterday a
general meeting of the Governors of this Charity, was
held in the Board-room of the Dispensary, Aldersgate-
street, for the purpose of electing a Physician tot e
Institution. The Secretary, Mr. Wood, having read the
minutes of the preceding meeting, a ballot was taken,
when Dr. Klett Grant, the author of several successful
medical publications, was elected.

it, let it be read."
Newton— Then, my Lord, I say, let it be read.
The Learned JUDGE—I have already said so, Sir.
The officer of the Court then commenced reading the docu-
ment in question, which was said to be nearly ten feet in
length; the perusal occupied fifty minutes.
Mr. GODSON, in opening the case for the prosecution, said
that a most painful duty devolved upon him, entailing as it
did a duty equally painful on the jury and on the Learned.
Judge before whom he had the honour to appear; and pre-
mising his observations with some further remarks, the
learned counsel stated that the facts of the case were few and
simple, as would appear from the subjoined statement,
The defendant, Augustus Newton, who resided at St. Paul's
Cottage, Cheltenham, happened some time since to be sued by
a wine merchant of the name of Healey, for the sum of
12/. 14s. ; to this action he made no defence, and judgment
was taken for the full amount by his own consent, on the 2d
of May, 1843. On the 28th of June, the defendant being at
the time at the Gloucester sessions, was arrested by the
sheriff's officer for the above debt, whereupon he claimed his
privilege of freedom from liability to arrest, which was at
length conceded by the Learned Serjeant Ludlow, who pre-
sided. on condition that the defendant would not take the
benefit of such discharge. In order, however, to prevent any
misunderstanding, it was suggested that the terms of the
undertaking should be put into writing, whereupon the fol-
lowing document was drawn up and signed :
" HEALEY V. NEWTON. -
" I hereby undertake hot to bring any action in respect
of any arrest in the said action made this morning against
any person or persons ; and I hereby undertake that the
plaintiff in the said action shall be at liberty to execute, or
cause to be executed, the said writ, in the same manner as
if no such arrest had taken place ; and that the case shall,
in all respects, be considered as if in point of fact no such
arrest had taken place as aforesaid.
" 28th June, 1843. " AUGUSTUS NEWTON."
An affidavit was afterwards made, as was alleged, on the
part of the prosecution, for the purpose of doing away with
this undertaking, the law not permitting two arrests for the
same debt, unless the party arrested have consented to take
it out of the general rule ; it became, therefore, in some de-
gree necessary filet the defendant should give some such docu-
ment as the one above set out ; being discharged, he duly
attended the sessions, and afterwards retired to his cottage at
St. Paul's, Cheltenham. Acting on the undertaking which
had been already given, the officer proceeded to make a second
arrest. The cottage was surrounded by its own grounds,
having in front a lawn. The sheriff's officer rang the bell
at the front door, inquired for the defendant, and was
answered in the negative, the door being slammed in his
face. Thereupon the officer climbed over the wall at the
back ; and being aware that a large dog was kept upon the
premises, took with him a loaded pistol, as a necessary pre-
caution against the animal ; nor did this appear to be a
needless step ; for no sooner did the servant girl observe him
making an entrance in the way described than she loosed
the dog in question, which was only taken away under a
threat of shooting him. In a short time considerable ex-
citement prevailed in the neighbourhood, and a large body
of the populace collected around the house. The officers then
made their way to the rear, when Mrs. Newton inquired of
them their business. The warrant was shown to and was
read by her through a window, consequently it could not be
supposed but that the defendant was well aware of the errand
on which the officers had come. The house was stated to
have been as well protected as the liberal use of bars, bolts,
barricades, &c., would admit ; and from half-past eleven till
one o'clock the officers remained hovering around it, the
crowd in the immediate neighbourhood gradually increas-
ing in the interim. The officers, consequently, concealed
themselves near the back door, under the shade of some pop-
lar trees then in leaf, watching attentively the only mode of
egress in the rear. Their patience was finally rewarded, by
seeing it at length gently opened. They waited no longer ;
but rushing forward, pushed it fully open against the wall
behind. On forcing the door thus, they met Mrs. Newton in
the passage, saw one of the defendant's sons near her, and
Newton himself; whom they instantly arrested, at the foot
of the stairs. The defendant did not hesitate to charge the
officer with breaking into his house, reiterating repeatedly
his complaint, which was over and again denied, though the
charge would seem, at length, to have been admitted. The
defendant, upon his arrest, was taken to Gloucester. On the
Bth of July he made an affidavit for the purpose of procuring
a writ of habeas corpus, which he obtained. On the 14th of
July he was brought from Gloucester gaol before Mr. Justice
Maule, and thereupon alleged two reasons for his immediate
discharge : the first of these was, that the plaintiff having con-
sented to his liberation upoU a previous occasion, was stopped
from again taking him for the same debt, the second arrest
being illegal ; the second allegation was, that he ought to be
discharged from prison, because he had been arrested by
means of a forcible entry into his house. It was upon these
two grounds that the defendant was charged with perjury;
no mention was made of the undertaking already adverted
to. When before Mr. Justice Maule, the defendant asserting
that two arrests had been made for the same debt, was about
to be released from custody, when the undertaking was pro-
duced, and the Learned Judge, considering that the second
arrest was not illegal, ordered him back to custody, on which
occasion he was transferred to the Queen's Bench Prison. It
may be as well to mention here, that an action of trespass was
brought by the defendant against four of the individuals who
were to be witnesses against him to-day, for the forcible en-
try into his house detailed above, a verdict passing against
them for the sum of 50/. ; they, however, being all made
parties to the record in that instance, were of course incapa-
cited from aiding each other by their evidence.
The above is a condensed statement of the whole of the
facts connected with this somewhat extraordinary case, as
they were detailed in the opening speech of counsel; the
proceedings, as will be seen shortly, were brought suddenly
to a close, in consequence of a deficiency in the evidence; it
is, therefore, out of our power to draw an intelligible account
from the imperfect testimony adduced on the trial.
William George Stratford, clerk in the rule department of
the Court of Exchequer, produced the affidavit of the de-
fendant made on the Bth of July, and also two writs.
Charles Thomas Lewis, officer of the Queen's Prison, pro-
duced a writ of habeas corpus, from the office of the Queen's
Bench Prison.
Robert George Whatley, attorney at Cheltenham, and
Commissioner for taking affidavits, proved the swearing of
the affidavit in question, his own signature and that of the
defendant; and added that he attended for the purpose of
taking the affidavit at the defendant's request.
James Boodle, solicitor at Cheltenham, was attorney in
the cause of Healey v. Newton. Was present at Gloucester
in Court when the defendant was discharged, by an order of
Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, on the 28th of June, 18.43. It is not
true that Augustus Newton was discharged out of custody
by any order, direction, or consent of mine, but I told the
sheriff's officer that I would not bring any action against the
sheriff if he would let the defendant go. That was after he
had signed an undertaking in my presence. He was there-
upon discharged. I stated what I have already mentioned,
in an under tone, to the officer. The defendant claimed his
privilege as a barrister attending sessions, and the Learned
Sergeant Ludlow (the Recorder of Gloucester) said he would
make no order, but that the privilege should be allowed.
Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY—DO you think, Mr. Godson,
that that amounts to perjury?
Mr. GODSON—I submit that it does, my Lord.
Boodle's examination continued—Mr. justice Maule stated
that a discharge for privilege would have been right, and
would not have prevented a second arrest. The application
for defendant's discharge on the ground of a second arrest
has failed. This undertaking answers that ground.
Cross-examined by the defendant—James Bennett arrested
the defendant in the Shire Hall, at Gloucester, and took him
before the Court. Sergeant Ludlow said that the defendant
should be protected during the sessions, on each party under-
taking to bring no action. After the undertaking was signed,
Boodle told me no action should be brought
oftt the she-
riff. I let him go at liberty in consequence hat. I should
not have done so otherwise.
Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY—The question is, whether per-
jury can be assigned or not on these facts. Chief Justice
Tindal agrees with me that as the officer would not have dis-
charged the defendant but for what passed between Boodle
and the officer, though there is a suppression of truth in the
affidavit, yet an indictment for perjury cannot be maintained.
G. Wilson, constable and prosecutor, gave evidence rela-
tive to the mode of making the arrest.
The cross-examination of the witness by the defendant was
continued at great length, relative to irrelevant matters, when
it was interrupted by
Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY, who inquired, " What on earth
has this to do with the subject before us ?"
Defendant—lt goes against the credit of this witness.
Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY—DO you wish to discredit a
witness favourable to yourself ?
The Foreman of the Jury—We are afraid, my Lord, that
the defendant will do his case an injury.
Defendant to the witness—Did you ask Mrs. Newton if I
were at home ? Witness—Yes ; she said that you were not,
but that she had pistols, and would shoot me.
Re-examined—l am the prosecutor in this case. I said to
the defendant, " I did not break open the door, and you
know it." The door was opened from the inside purposely.
After some further conversation, the Learned JUDGE, ad-
dressing the jury, told them that he thought the evidence in-
sufficient to support the indictment, at the same time he con-
sidered the case one very proper to be inquired into.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Ipswich, July 23.
The Commission for the county, of Suffolk was opened this
afternoon, and it is said that the Courts will be opened for the
dispatch of business at an early hour to-morrow. The ca-
lender is a very heavy the
befos,
frightful crime of arson. This document
and in order to give some insight into the state of this county,
we think we cannot do better than show the names and ages
of the respective parties
CASES AND PRISONERS.
Henry Sergeant, aged 21, read andn imperfectly.
d write
Eliza (his wife), aged 22, read a d
write imperfectly.
James Rudland, aged 53, read an
Robert Roper, aged 15, neither.
James Smith, aged 16, neithend •
James Friend, aged 27, read anwrite imperfectly.
Wm. Cattermole, aged 18, read and write.
imperfectly.
Fred. Borley, aged 18, read and write imperfectly: This
prisoner was acquitted on a siamdialanrdcwharritgeeilmaspteerfireceutliyt.. s
John Williams, aged 29, re
J. Durrant, aged 17, read and write imperfectly.
David Jackson, aged 14, read and write imperfectly.
John Woods, aged 16, neither.
Samuel Jacob, aged 28, neither. •
Ann Manning, aged 32, read and write imperfectly.
James Thurlow, aged 60.
Ed. Botwright, aged 22, read and write imperfectly.
John Spilling, aged 22 n , either.
David Clow, aged 40, neither.
All these cases are from the western division of the cOunty.
Those which follow are furnished by the eastern :
Robert Gower Grimwade, aged 38, read and write well
Two threatening letters.)
William Hales, aged 20, neither.
Joseph Barnett, aged 21.
G. Garrett, aged 11, neither.
Laysell Randrill, aged 16, read..
Isaac Everett, aged 21, neither.
R. Hammond, aged 35, read and write well.
M. Turner, aged 33, neither.
G. Davy, aged 13.
Robert Feakes, aged 11.
James Micklefield, aged 17, neither.
James Lankaster, aged 30, read.
This is, indeed, a wretched state of things. Is it not, how
ever, easier to espy the evil than to devise a remedy ?

Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office to
the. Goyernors of Gibraltar acid-they Mauritius.

WINDSOR, WEIMSDAY.—The Queen and Prince
Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, walked in
the pleasure grounds of the Castle this morning, and
also took an airing in a pony phaeton.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited the Duchess
of Kent at Frogmore Lodge.
The .Princess Royal (accompanied by the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton), and the Princess Alice were takeil
their usual walks and rides in the forenoon.
The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere took his depar-
ture from the Castle to-day.
Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle from town this
afternoon on a visit to the Queen.
In the afternoon the illustrious party rode out. The
Queen, the Marchioness of Douglas, the Countess of
Mount Edgcumbe, and the Countess de Grey, occupied
an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince,
Albert was on horseback. The Marquis of Douglas and
the Equerries in Waiting on her Majesty and his Royal
Highness, Colonels Arbuthnot and Bouverie, were also.
on horseback. The Hon. Miss Paget, the Hon. Mis-,
Liddell, and Earl De Grey, were in an open carriage and
four. The Royal party returned from their excursion
soon after seven o'clock.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an
airing-in an open carriage.
The Royal Family were taken in the gardens of tile
Castle in the afternoon.
-The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening
included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady
Charlotte Pandas, the Countess Wratislaw, the Marquis•
and Marchioness of Douglas, and Earl and Countm
De Grey.
The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards was in attend-
ance at the Castle during dinner.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended and
performed the remainder of the evening.

The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Baron Knese-
beck, left town yesterday morning, by the South-Westera
Railway, at seven o'clock, for Southampton, to be present
at the show of the West of England Agricultural Asso-
ciation. -flis Royal Highness returned to town in the

evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Here-
ditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, attended by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the
Earl and Countess of Wilton with their company to
dinner, in Grosvenor-square, yesterday.
Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday afternoon for
Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank had
an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes-
terday, at his official residence in Downing-street.
Colonel Macdonald, of Sierra Leone, had an inter-
view with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yester
day, from the Governor of Gibraltar.
Mr. Ingham, Comptroller of the office for the Reduc-
tion of the National Debt, had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Bishop of London had an interview with Lord
Stanley yesterday.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had as
meeting on Tuesday ; those present were the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of
Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Dean
of Westminster, and the Earl of Besborough.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The oeautuut
weather of the last few days has had a wonderful effect
on the crops. The harvest in the county of Essex has
already commenced, and in the neighbourhood of Rona-
ford has become very general. Several fields of wheat,
barley, and oats have been cut, and throughout the coun-
ties of Kent, Sussex, Essex, and Surrey, grain of every
description presents a most luxuriant appearance. Not.
withstanding the long drought which has prevailed for
such a lengthened period throughout the whole
of the agricultural districts, which had a
serious effect on the early crops of grass,
and which it was calculated would have caused
hay to be exceedingly dear, the late refreshing showers
have caused the crop of aftergrass to be most abundant,
and the mowers are now everywhere engaged in cutting
the second hay harvest. Some wheat and vats have al-
ready been housed in the most excellent condition. The
hop grounds of the county of Kent are looking extremely
beauti:ul, the plant is remarkably healthy, and freer
from the grub than has been known for a number of
years. The prospect of an abundant and early harvest;
is cheering in the extreme, and should the present fine
weather `continue, the harvest will become general
throughout the country in the course of a week or
ten days.
ROBBERIES.--On Tuesday information of the fol-
lowin,g daring and extensive robberies was received at
the various station-houses of the metropolitan police :
Stolen from the person of Miss Hudson, while in the
National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, a crimson silk
purse containing five sovereigns end some silver. On
Saturday morning last, about twelve o'clock, from the
pocket of a gentleman, between the Bank of Liverpool,
Water-street, and the Exchange News •room, a brown
leather pocket-book, containing two 101. Bank of England
notes, a 50!. ditto, endorsed in red ink, " Eli Pearce,
19th July, 44," a 5/. ditto, endorsed, "J. Harris and
Sons," same date, and a bill for 72/. 16s. 6d. From the
person of a little girl, five years old, whilst playing in
North-street, Lambeth, a necklace of five rows of co: al
beads, with gold snap. From the residence of Sir Au-
gustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black Rod, No. 74,
Eatun-square, six silver fiddle-headed dessert spoons,
crest, a leopard holding a spear in the right paw, motto,
" Virtus roille scota." From 106, Strand, a small ma-
hogany case, containing three-and-a-half dozen of silver
pencil cases, two dozen ditto thimbles, and a tooth pick.
From the house of Mr. Lane, 13, Haberdasher-street,
East box ton, a small flat French gold watch, a gold
Maltese cross, a Maltese gold ring, pin and chain, and
other property contained in a leather portmanteau. The
robbery was committed by a man of middle stature, very
stout built, and walks lame; he was dressed as a
mariner, and is tattoed on the right arm with the figure
of Christ on the Cross, sun, moon, and stars, and a heart
with a dart through it. From 7, Upper Berkeley-
street, eleven silver tea spoons, two pair of sugar tongs,
marked "F. E. L.," six silver dessert spoons, nine ditto
table spoons, a sugar spoon, thirteen silver forks, four
salt spoons, two butter knives, and two pickle forks, all
silver. From the house of a surgeon in the City, name
not mentioned, an immense quantity of valuable pro-
perty, consisting of rings, pins, coins, surgical instru-
ments, &c.
SALE OF HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS. AND MANU-
SCRIPTS.—Last week a sale took place at Mr. Fletcher's
rooms, Piccadilly, of a valuable collection of historical
autographs and manuscripts, some of great raritz, and
among which are upwards of two thousand Exche-
quer documents from the time of King Edward 111.,
selected from a large quantity of documents sold
under the authority of Government, teaching over a
series of reigns of successive Kings. The autographs,
&c., are those of some of the most eminent peers,
philosophers, poets, &c. Among the chief of the lots
disposed of, we mention the following :—An Essay
upon the Character and History of the Scottish High-
landers, extracted from the Quarterly Review, being a
critique on the " Culloden Papers," with very numerous
autograph corrections, by Sir Walter Scott, 2/. 4s. ; an
autograph note of Napoleon Buonaparte, of four lines,
355. ; proof sheet of Lord Byron's " Hints from Horace,"
with numerous corrections in the Noble Author's auto-
graph, and a letter to Mr. Murray on one of the
leaves, relative to " the damned cutting and slashing,"
which he will not allow unless it is against his friends
Moore, Campbell, Scott, &c. &c., 4/. 10s.-; Charles L's
autograph to a document, in fine preservation, 1626, 175.;
Nelson's order for secresy, signed " Nelson and Bronze,"
dated on board the Amazon, in the Downs, 12th Sep-
tember, 1801, 15s. ; an interesting letter of James
Watt, the celebrated engineer, urging the comple-
tion of some cast from his bust, 1818, 18s. ; a speech
of Sir Robert Peel, with the autograph corrections
of the Right Hon. Baronet (the speech was extracted
from a newspaper report, to which additions were made),
175.; autograph of Captain James Cook, the celebrated
voyager, to a draft on the Commissioners of the Vic-
tualling Office for 2,000 rix dollars, in payment of sup-
plies to the Resolution and Discovery, dated Cape of
Good Hope, 28th Nov., 1776, with the orders of the
Commissioners for payment, signed James Hanway and
others, IL los.
Major-General Morison has paired off for the
remainder of the session with Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart.
LONDON _SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OP
YOUNG FEMALES.—On Tuesday the ninth annual meeting of
the supporters of this Society, which is established for the
purpose of rescuing from vice and restoring to society young
creatures under fifteen years of age, was held at the asylum
Tottenham, the Rev. George Greaves, M.A., rector, Herne
Bay, in the chair. Amongst the company present were se •
veral ladies of the Society of Friends, and the following gen-
tlemen :—The Rev. John Glanville, H. F. Richardson, W.
Astbury, H. Thompson, E. Brewster, Esqrs., &c. Dlr. J. B.
Talbot, the secretary, read the report. The last year was one
of unprecedented prosperity, the receipts having exceeded
those of former years by 700/. Her Majesty the Queen
Dowager had been graciously pleased to- become • patroness,
and also presented the Society a donation of 251. During the
year eight females were restored to their families, six were
sent to service, four left of their own accord, and forty-seven
remained in the asylum, where they were receiving a sound.
moral, religious, and useful education. Several letters were
received from the parents of the recipients of the charity's
bounty, acknowledging the beneficial effects upon their chil-
d ren of the discipline of the asylum. Since the formation of
the Society 101 brothels were put down, two procuresses were
convicted, and 346 young females were rescued from infamy
through its instrumentality. The late Mr. Earles Somers, of
Chertsey, bequeathed the Society 200/. The receipts
amounted to 2,0111.25. 5d., and the expenditure figured at
1,3261. The report, in.conclusion, regretted the failure of the
Bill introduced by the Bishop of Exeter, as if it had been
carried it would have assisted the Society in suppressing
brothels, and prosecuting traffickers in vide. The report
having been adopted, the officers for the ensuing year were
elected, and thanks voted to the chairman. At the close of
the meeting the Committee led the ladies and gentlemen at-
tending it over the building, which presented peculiar ad-
vantages for-its object, and is capable of affording. accommo-
dation for 150 inmates, with every convenience for domestic
and other purposes. •
MORTALITY OF TAILORS.—In the registered causes
of death of 233 persons, watered during 1843, in the eastern
and western unions of the metropolis, under the general head
of " Tailor," no less than 123 are registered as having died
of disease of the respiratory organs, of which 92 were of con-
sumption ; 16 diseases of the nervous system, of which eight
were of apoplexy; 16 of epidemic or contagious diseases, of
whom 11 died of typhus; 23 of diseases of uncertain seat, of
whom 13 were victims of dropsy, eight of diseases of the
digestive organs, and six of"heart disease," Whilst, of the
whole, only 29 ied of old age."
DREADFUL SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.---011 Tuesday
expired, at the Greenwich union, the unfortunate young
female, named Hannah Diball, aged eighteen; who precipi-
tated herself from a second-floor window of a house near the
Magistrate's Police-office, Woolwich, on Saturday last, and
received such injuries, that Sergeant Perry, 8 R, and constable
Gladwin, 122 R., immediately sent off for Surgeon Stuart and
Mr. Waters, the relieving officer, who both most promptly
attended; the former, after dressing her wounds, advised her
removal to the union, which was done by his order. The un-
fortunate deceased was subject to fits of aberration of intel-
lect) gad in one 9f these she destroyed her life.