The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-14 00:00:00

DEATH of GEN. SIR HENRY GREY'
This Gallant Officer, who has ben in the military
service service of the country since November, 1779, 'when di°
obtained his first commission, an ensigncy in the 260
Foot, died at his house in Hertford-street, May-fair:od
Saturday, having t.early reached his 80th year,
which he had held the royal commission. He had he'd
the coloneley of the 13th Light Dragoons since 1811,2f5,
the date of his commission as a general was~la 189
He was the ninth generi.l in seniority in the serice- 130
He was removed from the Line to a Cornetcy
to
19th Dragoons, and served as Aide-de-camp u!!
father, the late General Earl Grey, at Plyrnouth,llll„t:l,
1783 ; he was also for some time, while in the 1.
Dragoons, Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Rutland, darl°s
his Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. of
He served at the following places :—At the siege
.b,
Nieuport ; as Deputy-Quarter-Master-Generid i;(14,
West Indies ; at the reduction of Martinique in, lite-r,
and on the stuff at home as Assistant-Quarter-31%0
General until September, 1795, when he again !„-„,,
out to the West Indies, in command of his
ofl
ment (the 18th Dragoons), with the encul-$t
under Sir Ralph Abercromby, and served 3t ;01
Domingo, until April, 1787, when he came houi° Ksi
the 17th Dragoons as its Lieut.-Colonel. 0
nominated aide-de-camp to George in 1798, all ,11;1
1805 Major-General. From this date he served en
tea
staff in England until July, 1806, when he was aPVillod
Commander of the Forces at the Cape. Be retlrd I
home in 1811, and from that time to 1814 cannon''. of
district. In December, 1811, he got the ColonelrY
the 13th Light Dragoons, which is of course at Prele
at the disposal of the Horse Guards.
General Grey was also a member of the Cons°lidpt
Board of General Officers.

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THE FRENCH AT OTAHEITE.—The common flero.
of the King of the French was read at the glee,"lo
the Directors of the London Missionary Soc,i',„"; OP;
night ; but the contents have not been alio/Pica „tilid
spire, and we are informed that it will not be dettr:ool
whether the document shall be published until the
fortnightly meeting. The inference drawn froto:l;iiii
termination not to publish is, that the reply of t'e
of the French is unfavourable.
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SHOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—Yesterday
shooting match of a very surprising character tool‘Prfr,
at Bard,ey, near %Vetherby. Mr. Waite, of fit' le°
matched himself to shoot 100 pigeons 1,7,
i
minutes for a we:4er of 100 guineas ; rate
two traps and four double-barrelled guns, IP 1,
yards I ise. Instead of occupying luo inate'oect
match closed iu favour of Mr. Waite in the short birtis
48 minutes, being 52 minutes under the time. 2,5101;1
rose from the traps ; of these 103 fell within6'loo;
the distance stipulated, 13 fell out of that distisP!ps,,
9 got away, missed, or slightly hurt. We und,s'er°,
that soon after the match commenced, Mr. Waite j, t
to kill 100 birds within 60 minutes. It is saidr,Dtlei
cleared by the match about 300/. He suffereu."
what severely from the great physical exertionl",
in accomplishing this task and the recoil of the g
Leeds Mercury.

TREATMENT OF ITALIAN
Yesterday forenoon, at ten e'clock, an inqu'rll,
journed from Friday last, was resumed and °,lo)°'
before Mr. Wakley, M.P., at the Horse and 1017,
Seven Dials, on the body f Joseph Leonardi, an 004
boy, aged 15, who was found dying in the aireelOv
state of destitution, and expired on Wednesdsi
St. Giles's workhouse, to which he was conveyed' ,litr
The deceased was one of those unfortunate ere:tick,
who are brought over in shoals to this country '5"
ambulate the streets with hand-organs, and t°
charity.
A 00;
The investigation excited much interest, aru`,sl;
gentlemen connected with an association fbr:,
the protection of the Italian boys, with their Ved,r
were in attendance. The employer of decease
Italian named Rabbiotti, was also represented 4
solicitor.
iwo Italians, in the employ of Rabbiotti, ‘414.
called, and concurred in stating that be was f:irts,
and considerate master ; that they were Orl3.
lodged, well supplied with food, and by no n3e-
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worked.
A lad named Fortunati was next examined
siderable length. He said he had formerly beeVA
service of Rabbiotti, and knew the deceased• bijG
lived with deceased's master for some time,
obliged to quit his service on account of She•Aiii,
practised upon him. Their hours for par'
streets were from nine in the morning till eleveno/0
They then returned home and went to bed, three
sleeping together. From what he knew of deeellv
considered his death was mainly attributable sip(
cruelties he systematically experienced, and Sn r/tio I
beating given him by his master. One eveniegedo,
ceased came home, and his return was eepreset!„ttig°
master. "Is he, by —!" exclaimed ltalwi-gol,
forthwith went to the boy, who had at that Sill apt'
bed. Rabbiotti took the lad by OHO arm'Tr, viol(
and, dragging him from the bed, struck inhe
against the wall, and beat his head agairts:ooro„
which was standing in the middle of the, • 4,041;
ceased was labouring under disease of tue,-;
constantly cosaplained. Notwithstanding tut iv
compelled to go for the usual time into t•
with his organ. t
By a juror—There was no written agreemenl,
Rabbiotti and those he employed, but the term'0,01,,
they were engaged on being brought from ItalitbtO'
years and a half. Whatever money a boy brongelyi
at night, he had to divide with the master for
the organ.
A gentleman, who was present, said that the
01
of cruelty practised upon these poor defenceless
their rapacious masters was inconceiveable•
Mr. Bennett, surgeon, deposed to having le",ore/
mortent examination of the body. The lung'stets
mass of disease, and exposure to cold would grey 0,61
lerate it. There were no marks of violence`.oov
ternal surface of the body, and he was of opioo
natural cause produced death. A ei
The CORONER summed up the evidence, °lli,
ultimately returned a verdict of natural deist",foo,/
companied it with a severe censure on the c;e411;/
Rabbiotti, for allowing the deceased to be 01_,Prieri:$,
inclemency of the weather, whilst labouring °P,,bie;
It was stated in the course of the inquiry, ripelri'r:
gether lasted nearly six hours, that in Snewilt4P
and principal manufacturing towns of ElllP-06
are 1,000 Italian organ boys, who draw from
a sum exceeding 20,0001. annually.

oterl.;
The Court of the Painters (otherwise 11,1/14,
Stainers' Company) lately presented the cle
N. Tomlins, with a piece of plate as a testitzl°,egY
sense of his services during a period of 3°l;'tss
those rendered, not to the company tll,'
large number of blind and other pa/154010;01 gyp'
very considerable funds bequeathed by segen'icir
lent individuals in trust to this ancient Wu' JP
for charitable purposes.
fr,torl'"l,
JOHN TAWELL.—It is stated in the 01-hictV,
gi s ter of this week that the crime for !; ?Or,: ,
Tawell was transported was the having In b:
a forged Bank of England note, knowil*ool,l
forged. He was indicted for forgery at tbe9.4l
during the February sessions of 1814, 106 Jor
plead guilty to the minor offence of felooi°llri
ing a forged note, and was sentenced to four, -tee
transportation. • Ire
OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—On SatUrCia./, jl)ope re,
was given to the police, that a lacy, residiog„etitJe,F,
ter-terrace, Regent's Park, atter having rece,l;igt°l,:i6
dend at the Bank of England, entered a Pediuh-er
bus near the Auction Mart, having placouJeogr°ltiri
containing two 401. and two 10/. notes, bow' ide.d
silver, in her muff, and held it as she solo see'/
A gentleman in a cloak entered the orobl,fitlichet,
near to her. lie got down near the Gretlejtjheo
site Albany-street, in the New-road.
scended, to her utter astonishment, the re'cishi,o,
appeared, with its contents. Persons, eqoio"
cannot be too cautious of their money in 0'