The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-05 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER "ABBEY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. „rat,
Sm,—l was much surprised on a recent visit to Yo
be
minster Abbey to find that fees are still exacted. This__A o'
boa tbe
most extraordinary, when we remember what paw'
House of Commons upon the subject during the last se
when Sir Robert Peel stated, amidst general cheering', the
in appointing Dr. Turton to be Dean of WesttninsterAt at be
only request he made of that Rev. Gentleman was, free
ad•
would exert himself with the Chapter to procure O-
mission to the public to the body of the Abbey." olio;
A whole year has been permitted to pass, and yet noot
has been done I We may now, however, hope for t f
times, as his Royal Highness Prince Albert has been gtar 01;•
pleased to accept the office of patron to the " Societl„„i°4, of
taming Free Admission to National Monuments and ll' tbbey
Art." The present condition both of Westminster
and St. Paul's is disgraceful.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
AN ENEMY TO CHURCH Itirr9H-'-°.

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CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.---YeSteruaY s.t
inquiry took place before Mr. Payne, the coronerviesaidi
workhouse, Mint-street, Southwark, relative to thedid
Elizabeth Hobbs, aged thirty, who, it was alleged, 11,...1*.d101'i
from a blow received from a man named Carroll, the Li,",diteb
of the house in which she resided, the particulars el, „,o0
appeared in The Sun of yesterday. After the exalt;eoo,
of several witnesses, Mr. William Rendle, the p!triob oi
said that he had made a post mortem exammation°d
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body, and he found several bruises about the head an oi
the most serious of which was behind the ear. Ile 000
opinion that concussion of the brain, the result of tue_„bildi
and a simultaneous flow of blood to the brain, destb,
arising from excitement or passion, was the cause eicoroor
She would not have died but for the blows. Tba, tightet:
said, that as the jury might return a verdict of incullore
it would be advisable 'to have Carroll apprehended b
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conclusion of the inquest, in order to bind over the 1:11"t'bo
to appear at the next sessions to give evidence oglu°
The inquiry was then adjourned until Friday next. ter*
SUDDEN DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN.-- IreS the
afternoon an inquest was held in the drawingGry
late residence of William Simons, gentleman,24"w 1,0
Mile-end-road, on the body of that
found dead in his bed-room on the morning of SatUJl"', -4 de'
Priscilla Anne Fox, a domestic servant in the faluilYtt-cetr'
ceased, deposed that her master, who was seventy-eig4 13011'
of age, on Friday night retired to rest at his uon`"00:
being in his accustomed health and spirits, which "Web, tb°
sually good considering his very advanced years.,
rdasit:
following morning, witness went to call him to
and on knocking at the door and receiving no am,!„'t
entered the room and found him apparently asleeP, val
closer examination, she discovered he was quite des. „pi
New, a surgeon, was sent for, but pronounced life to3eci`ecg
extinct. He attributed the sudden death to a Viler:l:li
of nature, and from the placid appearance of the P.' Or
had no doubt deceased had expired whilst asleq• joie°
ceased had occupied the important and responsible 6 At t
of clerk to the committees of buying and warehouselhelo
East India House for many years, and had retired for,
fifteen years upon a superannuation allowance Of
y ear. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural ow; to be
Miss Worsley Holmes, who is understenu4 ale
affianced to Lord Alexander George Russell, of to to tb
Brigade, ninth surviving son of the late and broth
present Duke of Bedford, is sister to the Hon. buy•ter
Holmes, of Westover House, Isle of Wight, and dagbt
co-heiress of the late. Sir Howard Worsley Hohnes• t4bou
MORMON PILGRIMS.—On Saturday last Lifer
thirty individuals left this port by the mail packet stoiiDoi
pool, en route to the " New Jerusalem " of Mr. Mote
the Mormon impostor, in the far west. Mr. Kelly; rLifeci
the Rhean, near this town, and his family, embark f 0 '
pool this day, and sail thence on Friday, on then
Nauvoo.—Mona (Isle of Man) Herald.
Great and romantic events never operate tti'd,
or at least so inspiringly, upon the generation
nesses them, as upon those which succeed, when foll;to
her colouring to truth.—Foreign Review.
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—The following 00#
gence appears in the Journal de Havre :—" The Aia%A, et;
has arrived, bringing news from the Sandwich Is/glll,isj' be,
months later than that previously received by the Pooloct,
We have already announced that Vice-Adrairaltin rigof
after having re-established King Kamehameha in 10,
of sovereignty, had concluded a convention in .objecti
which enormous privileges were given to British bootivit
Since then the state of things has not changed, 0,1000
disavowing the act of Lord Paulet, the English AL"Toaecl it,
abstained from repairing any of the complaints Oda P'ty
French interests, and particularly to our consul, to
M. du Doit had refused to exhibit his Reb
ert- to 0,
English commission, instituted by Lord rou'etiot c'ty
place the Sandwich Governor, and on his retuoB4,oo4
' mission after having announced that it did not re 'xl•,
French Consul, put seals on the house and poPtid 10011„ ty
Doit. This state of affairs remains the same, so #
Thomas has respected it, under pretence of les;nglo
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responsibility un its author. The Ajax left b/
the 31st of Octo upon its author. The Ajax left
the 31st of October, without seeing the Reine Blaucle to
must at that time have been on its way from Utah, neelbolltyi
Sandwich Islands. Captain Leteller gives a ulelatsolt
count of the state of our fishermen in those seas, an rod, l'el
they are in great need of protection. It is to be oboe
it is at the moment when Admiral Dupetit Thonars'd3 to
of this state of thing-s, goes to the Sandwich Isis"' ,01
port the interest of France, that the expedition is lea
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port which carries the order for his recal."
LONGEVITY.—The oldest man in Fran -DID
perhaps in Europe, M. Noel de Guersonniere, livmg
matre, near Paris, completed his 116th year on the A J,4
and is in the enjoyment of the most perfect beak''
n,¢ og
,
days ago another centenarian, whose longevitY of o`ol
remarkable, died at Charolles, in the department red be
and Loire. M. V. M. Ducercle, .who had acconilnoci
114th year, was carried.off on the 12th of February ,19011
an attack* apoplexy. He was a corresponding 4;c01011
the Academies of Chalons-sur-Marne, Caen, and 0_,,,0ch
has left a great number of manuscrips, and about Toot
des on the former province of Charollais. JJial loas
M.lJean Ducercie, who has just entered his 87th yew'
a single grey hair, and enjoys most robust healtbcoo-.;
DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS WALKER DOI of'
BART.--We deeply regret to announce the dell:0i
0,4
Francis Walker Drummond, Bart., of Hawthoillueces
took place at his house at Midfield, on Thursdlltbe
last. He had been long labouring under disease ni.„iThuslace
which, as it yielded at times to the remedies ad,
gave occasionally faint hopes of his ultimate recd
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succeeded in his title and estates by his son, Cap
Walker Drummond, of the Grenadier Guards.
ATTEMPTED INCENDIARY FIRE AT MESSII69O°.
SELL AND Prro's.—On Saturday morning it was elair;tr
that an attempt had been made to set fire to the Pr t.
Messrs. Grissell and Peto, situate in Guildford-streelt'oit
road, Lambeth. The premises occupy nearly the
tent of Guildford-street, from the York-road Side pesDilo
acre, while the depth is about 300 feet. The ‘l,33,'‘tbs
the York-road consists of nine large four story o,°„`co,ity
a still greater number of houses abut on the piii—ore,,,`,l
opposite side. Within the premises about 150 In: to
ployed. The attempt to fire the place is sullr's
taken place some time in the course of Friday oo
when the men left off at half-past five o'clock, to lroitic)
ance everything was in perfect safety. The sP°l"ed,
was in a corner of the yard adjoining the worki tbow're
is 150 feet long, by 60 in width, containingthe i
pounds' worth of property. Against this portion ;..0401
mises a fire was regularly built up, consisting amyl
chips, and pieces of wood, and which no doubt was clio
by some combustible missile. From some une,rPtios 004
the fire only extended partially through the laYerof
several-
but the flame arising from it charred the outside .dtb,
to a height of about six feet and about two in
(7200._„L
with this exception, doing no injury. A rewarusnate-.0,
offered to any person who would give such un
would lead to the :discovery of the offender,
present time no clue has been obtained. v.,aiderdSS
FALL IN THE PRICE IN BREAD.--'`..-- tol'Or
first quality of bread at the west-end of thiao
art f od,
charged 80. and 9d., the second quality 7az,
bakers in Whitechapel, the Blackfriars-road, job oe
minster, Drury-lane, Wild-street, Seven Diur; '„Jc
Tottenham-court-road, and other populous poll' „TtiedC
tropolis, had it ticketed up ski. per 41b. loaf, Iv ?Lc! • 9
livery. Price of bread in Paris, first qualifYi,uo,i;ll. pa
quality, qd. (9 sous) per 2 kilos., or 41b. 803. 'vr rtb
During some late excavations at Chatsw° f ‘lO
believe, two immense chests, filled with a collection °to Pd
were brought to light. The collection is supllse,he pr e'
been made by the great-great-grandfather oi.
Duke, and is said to be worth 10,000/.--Court;.7iest
THE REGISTRATION ACT: At an ilith.pa atbe
t
yesterday, before Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., On the,
young lady who had died suddenly, it was statellwitli fa'
registrar of the district had registered the deat:n lort
medical certificate. The remarkedCoartonaelrltimcs, that Mod
prised at that, for the registrar of births, deatb°loA )
riages, was most particular, and inusiiatv'ttle
been doubly go since the misfortune he had to r_ie osl
death of a lady who was still living, and who bgubefol ~etbsl,
subsequently to assist in the forgery of wills llnfficieli
public. The existing Registration Act was so ine biao, 'OlO
a friend of his (Mr. Wakley's) had challengeddivo oft.
offered to get a certificate of death for a living 11.1.1
any registrar's district, and a certificate of buririell4 je
bargain. The subject required the serious consider 01
Parliament.
smtreeeetti,ngforwas
the
p heldur
paots e t ho ef
electingd inflno Ate
On Friday evening last a large and, rtes
wards of Castle Baynard and Farringdon, to o°,.n.b„
hopkeepers to close their shops at a definitcl
the e
HaeadCOTlnaVii:e'e fr°11:1-4d

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BIRTHS.
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~,,t, lititil—' te,
On the 27th ult., at Carnock House, 11'1-- 0
•11'
lady of John Osborne, Esq ,of a daughter. reef° •
On the 28th *ult., in Lo.wer Wharton-street,
vi
Mrs. Thomas Milner, of a son. the lady oil
On the 28th ult., at Ashwick-grove, „
StOn rachey,
2E9th sq., of a son. the ult., at Hillingdon, Mrs. Arthur' stilYo'T i
off t 0
daughter.
lc° On the Ist inst., at Great Russell-street, the
Rev. Robert Morris, of a daughter. ______.---- 1),,
MARRIED.
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On the 27th ult., at John's-place, D. Dumbreca
Ju Vs.rell; vii
°iii,
surgeon of the 72d Highlanders, to Elizabeth Ci $
daughter of George Gibson, Esq. all
ek
At St. Jaanes's, Piccadilly, Mr. G. A. Oxboreugh' ell et
Greenwich, to Mrs. Ruby, of Rye, Susses. Robert elle fir
On the 29th ult., at Ardoyne Church, .004, ,
Esq., of Guisborough, Yorkshire, to Laura Mali;.; 7
Sierhoreas Butler, BarCariu ,iipt
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DIED.
On the 20th ult., at the Clifton Hot-wells, ?ligor OO
Birch, late of the 65th Regiment), aged 74. _ Selo Sfie
On the 98th ult., in Mountjoy-square, Dublin, joY
Rosa Aliaga, the wife of P. W. Kelly, Er*, her ' Of;
Consul for Carthagena d Colomia. rt fr
uti
On the 28th ult., ate Brewer-b street, Golden-sq .00,
0
Alexander Poidevin, aged 46. the
On the 28th ult., Sarah, the wife of J. Tiver, of 1 ;air
nia avern, Blackw
t., all. old '
OTn the 29th ul Mervyn Kyle, the eldest chiop
Mervyn Patterson, Norfolk-street, Park-lane. to/OP
~ On the 29th ult at Fortess-terrace, Kentish-
James Hume Fife, of Long Acre, aged 44. g.• . A
On the Ist inst., at Brighton, Thomas Chiern,eTre Of A
On the Ist inst., at Worthing, Reginald water, td
of Walter Henry Wyatt, of Notting-hill. d E
_.,,..0‘11 lk
On the Ist inst., Robert Blemell, aged four, , --_, ourib- ,
William, aged 16 months, the sons of E. W. Poll, i 7,
Brompton-square. knne relict
On the 9d inst., in Ebury-street, Pimlico, ' „1 /I
the late John Walter, Esq., aged 89. w
At Talgarth House, Merioneth, Parker William 11—,0301)
Esq., Gentleman Cadet of the Royal Military i''
°
Woolwich, aged 18. .„,nore,
On the 2d inst., at Harrow Weald, near ot"--- Af.A. • r‘
1 aril of 's
Elizabeth, the wife of. the Rev. Ernest S. App Aoo
On the 3d inst., James William George, elder
W. Neat, Esq., of Datchett, aged 21.

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