The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

John Crosby, a strange-looking, middle-aged man,
described as a pensioner from the 4th Regiment of
Foot, was brought before Mr. Bond, charged with
haring endeavoured to force his way into the Royal
Mews, and with having made use of threatening lan-
guage towards her Majesty.
On the first witness being called, prisoner, who
looked wildly round him, made some incoherent ob-
servations, and on being requested to keep quiet,
exclaimed, " I shall not hold my tongue ; I should
not if her Majesty herself was present; am I striking
anybody ?"
Police-constable George Bartlett said, that at about
one that day he saw the defendant engaged with the
soldier who was on duty at the Royal Mews, and
heard him say that he wanted to see her Majesty,
and declare, with an oath, that he would see her.
Defendant (with much vehemence)—" And I will
too."
Witness continued his statement—Defendant then
said that he had come there on purpose to see the
Queen, and nobody should prevent him. A gentle-
man then came up and desired witness to take the
man into custody, and assisted him in doing so. De-
fendant frequently exclaimed on his way to the sta-
tion-house, " I will see the Queen, and I'll Queen
her when I do see her."

Mr. BOND—Judging from his conduct and expres-
sions, is it your opinion that he is of sound mind ?
Witness—l should say that he had the appearance of
being of unsound mind.
G. Rudder, a private of the Ist battalion of Cold.
stream Guards, said he was on duty at the Royal
Mews at one o'clock that day. Defendant came up,
and asked him which was the entrance to the Palace,
and witness, thinking by his excited manner and ap••
pearance that there was something wrong, directed
him down towards Chelsea. Defendant said that was
not the way, and made an attempt to open the gate.
Witness pulled him away by the collar, and put him
into the road, but he returned again, and said he
wanted to see her Majesty, and would have admittance
to the Palace. A gentleman who was passing imme-
diately requested witness to keep tight hold of the
prislner while he fetched a police•constable, and the
gentleman then assisted the officer in conveying the
defendant to the station.

Rees Davis, a tradesman residing next door to the
Royal Mews, stated that he sent a boy for the police
on observing defendant's determined manner. De-
fendant inquired whether the Queen came out that
way, alluding to the side entrance to the Palace.
Wm. Cornish, a police-constable of the B division,
stated that he was on duty at the station when defend-
ant was brought in. Defendant said he wanted to
see the Queen, and she should not be Queen long
after he got a sight of her. He added that he had as
much right to be King as she had to be Queen.

Mr. BOND asked what had been found upon the
defendant ? Cornish produced his papers, which
showed that he had a pension of sixpence per day,
and the following certificate :
" John Crosby has been for some time confined in
the lunatic ward in the workhouse for deranged intel-
lect.—N. MTherson, Captain, Staff Officer. Man-
chester, April 6th."
The police-constable, Bartlett, informed the magis-
trate that the prisoner had been very violent that
morning at Chelsea Hospital, and had broken Leveral
windows.

Mr. BOND asked the accused what he had to say ?
Defendant gave a wild look around him, and said,
" What have I done ? I only went to see the Queen."

Mr. BOND said there could be no doubt of the de-
fendant's insanity, and directed that he should be
taken to the workhouse and placed under restraint.
Mr. Barefoot, an inspector of the B division, sub-
mitted that it would be better to remand the de-
fendant until Monday, and give the parish officers
notice to attend, when they could receive charge of
the man at the hands of the Magistrate. He (the in-
spector) was apprehensive that if the accused got a
little quiter by the morning he might insist upon
being discharged from the workhouse, and might
thus, in his dangerous state, be at large.
Mr. BOND said, that the authorities at the work-
house must be desired to detain him, and he would
then be passed in due form to Ilanwell Lunatic
Asylum.

REPORTING FOtt THE LONDON

PAPERS.

We have often been struck with the amount of un-
scrupulous exaggeration, assertion, and perversion of
the truth, displayed in the reports which appear in
some of the London papers of meetings held in this
town and neighbourhood, when we have had the means,
from personal observation, or otherwise, of detecting
this species of dishonesty. Though we have now seen
so many instances of this sort of reporting that we have
ceased to be astonished at it, we think it right occa-
sionally to expose it, that at all events the public both
here and elsewhere may be on their guard as to this
species of deception. We had the curiosity to look
at the reports of the fr‘ Ten Hours' Bill" meeting on
'Wednesday evening, given in the Morning Post and
the Times of yesterday, and we will give a few spe-
cimens from each, of that sort of misrepresentation
which, we fear, is becoming habitual to the reporters
or correspondents of these journals. The Post com-
mences thus :

" Last night one of the largest, and decidedly the
most important meeting ever held in this town, was
convened at the Corn Exchange, &c. * * * The
room, which is the largest in the town, was filled al-
most to suffocation, and the principal doors had to be
closed ; many thousands went away who could not
obtain admission. By this time there could not have
been fewer than 4,000 persons present. On this occa-
sion the platform had been enlarged, and made capable
of holding upwards of 300 people, and it, like the body
of the room, was densely crowded. * * * Amongst
the gentlemen on the platform we noticed several mer-
chants and manufacturers, many clergymen of the
Church of England, axtd_ some of the Roman Catholic
priests, as well as several Dissenting preachers. This
may be said to have been one of the largest and most re-
spectable meetings ever held in Manchester. * * *
The following letter from the Dean of Manchester to
the Chairman of the Short Time Committee was read."

And then comes the Dean's letter at lengtClThe-
ther the meeting was one of the largest ever held in
Manchester, is decided by the simple fact that it was
held in a room. We have seen meetings of at least
20,000 persons, and the courage of the reporter is
only screwed up to 4,000 in this instance. But is the
room the largest in Manchester ? Its area is,
according to th 3 statement of its proprietors,
"nearly 600 square yards ;" that of the Car-
penters' Hall is 665, the Wellington room 700,
and the Free Trade Hall 1,750 square yards.
As we have seen all these rooms "crammed," of
course the Corn Exchange is neither " the largest
room," nor could any assemblage in it be "one of
the largest meetings ever held"—in a room—in Man-
chester. But were there 4,000 persons present ? Where
could they be stowed in something short of 600 square
yards of floor ? We doubt if ever this room held 3,000
persons ; we should estimate the numbers present on
Thursday night at between 2,000 and 2,500. The plat-
form certainly could not hold 200 people, and not more
than 150 were upon it. We deny that there were
"many clergymen of the Church of England" on the
platform ; we deny that there were " several Dissent-
ing preachers." As to the Dean's letter paraded at full
length in the Post as read, every one at the meeting
knows that Mr Wray said he would not read it, as
it was so long; and it was not read. Here we might
stop; but we may just add, that the same misrepre-
sentation runs through the whole report. Certainly,,
if there bad been "a knot of some half-dozen Leaguers"
in the room, they would not have marked their presence
by "clamouring for Mr. Oastler." Here we must leave
the Post and its reporter. The Times is a little more
modest in its istinutte of the numbers present, which

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it g states at " between 3,000 and 4,000 ;" bein 0„,91
1,000 to 2,000 more than really were present.
Vice-Dean having handed. his written speech to the,
reporter for the Times, it has been duly interspersed
with ." cheers," some, of course, in the wrong placi.el'
and others existing only in the imagination of
liberal distributor of these marks of popular ape for
The same remarks will apply with still raore for.ce
to. the speech of Mr. Walter, the proprietor of.tn,e
Times, which is interlarded with cheers which certai.My.
never were given, but instead of them such unequivo
cal marks of disapprobation, as to draw from be
Oastler the strongest expressions of regret, and tat
most earnest appeals to hear Mr. Walter. None
this app inter'
ears in the Times, but in ti,ve or three .
stances we are told there were " cheers. and
ruption." We need not pursue our examination fur-
ther, than to add, that Mr. Mitchell's charge of fay'
hood on the part of Mr. Ferrand, in reference to
mode
John Brooks, and Mr. Ferrand's characteristic wee'
of dealing with it, are suppresSed.—Manchester
Guardian.

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FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS'
BRUSSELS, APRIL 17.—The average price of wne
last week was 17f. 39c., and that of Rye la 71c.
.per hectolitre. The import and export duties, there'.
fore, remained as they have been for several week
past.
The
A letter from Antwerp, of the 15th, says „o.
numerous ships that arrived yesterday, from long
voyages, gave our port a very animated appear° e
Among them were three from the Havannah,
from Monte Video, one from Buenos Ayres, one freu!
Rio de Janeiro, one from New Orleans, two from
New Orleans, and one from Savannah.
In consequence of the ordinance of the Prassie°
Government against speculation in railways, the Pre
ject of a railway, in competition with the Rho's"
railway, has been abandoned.
" The Provincial Board of the iron railway Pri,°;
jected between Cologne and Creveld, informs t„"
public, through the medium of the Cologne Gael‘ei
that, in consequence of the notice of the Minister e_
Finance, dated the 11th of this month, the conditions
on which it has received subscriptions to this railway
have become ineffectual, and it has, therefore, resolve
to declare those subscriptions null and void, and to
release the subscribers from their engagements.
But," adds the Committee, " We do not renounce
the hope of seeing the importance of an undertakingf
recognised, and we leave subscribers the option
taking part till the 10th of May in the expenses of t"
preliminary works by the payment of sums, the re;
eeipts from which will entitle them to take part in tu,
deliberations and the resolutions which will be neeel;
sary when the authorisation shall have been obtained_
It seems that their Majesties will not return
Lacken so soon as was expected, and that they tri
not leave England till the 23d of this month.
The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiningl
her son, will come to Ostend in the same steamer the.
brings their Majesties.
The fine weather which we have had for some time
past has quite effaced the traces of the inundations 131
which the country suffered so severely, and the ITO
counts from all quarters speak in the most favourable
manner of the forward state of the labours of t"
farmers.
the
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 18.—Their Majesties and „
Royal Family are still here. The King givess,),-;
dience every day, and the Princess, as well as up" t
Prince of Orange, take advantage of the fine N'veat':
to visit different institutions, and make excursions t°
the environs.
Yesterday between twelve and one o'clock, ter,
rible fire suddenly broke out in the English magezl;a
of Kerckhoff and Co., near the palace. There seerh,
reason to fear that the fire would extend to the ne'Apr
bouring buildings; however, it was most fortune
%
confined to the magazine, which is wholly destroye
The magistrates of Amsterdam have ordered a gif:
neral collection to be made for the relief of the 5;4
ferers by the fire at Alstneer. From an ofnenl a
statement of the loss occasioned by this fire we ,
that the whole amounts to 167,701 florins, in baole
ings, furniture, merchandise, &c., which were °n
insured to the amount of 56,140 florins.
The statement of the amount subscribed to tilte
voluntary loan by the several provinces is now P.
lished. The province of North Holland subscrimsa
about 54,000,000, South Holland 27,000,000, Allf
the other provinces the remainder of the sum
117,000,000, which, with the 10,000,000 added
the King to his first subscription, made up the to'
al
of 127,000,000 florins that was required.
THE HAGUE, APRIL 18.—The Handelsblad ;be
"We learn that measures are preparing in ;ea
offices of the Department of Finance to be eeia
Ind
into execution, by way of refusal, if Belgium sh°ll%
adopt the proposal to lay on colonial produce cora.%
from the Netherlands a heavier duty than is levee,
on the same articles imported directly from the coati'
tries which produce them."
This article has induced the following notice ft° t
the Journal de Bruxelles :—" This threat is n°o
serious. We have already said, and we shall halo
occasion to prove, that Belgium is perfectly at libern4
to introduce a commercial system adopted by al-
all nations, and that Holland will in no case user,'
prisals. May the Chambers and the Belgian
_ .

vernment be fully sensible of these truths." -
The Journal de Bruxelles seems to consider If
article to the Handelsblad as a threat on the part+
the Government. This is an error. We know P:ifia
tively that it did not emanate from any. Ministerias
dep hartment. The Government of the Netherlano
never threatens, but it is watchful, and whatever tto
Journal de Bruxelles may say, it will not hesitateed.
act in case the interest of Hovland should be affect
„0
Is it necessary to add, that with respect to 13elfig'vo
we have abundant means of making reprisals? 1-13.,1
our neighbours forgotten how large a proportiolke
Belgian produce exported comes to Holland ? u't
need quote only one article, namely, that of eig'r
six per cent. on all the calicoes.

.r BO'
THE LAYS OF THE LAST GREAT SCOTTISH MINS— 0.
—We understand that Mr. Templeton gives his nev!,,c.
tertainmeat " The Lays of the last Great Scottish 0-11 r,
strel, Sir Walt,r Scott," on Friday next, at the HaanTeb,
square rooms, under the patronage of his Royal ~0
ness Prince Albert. The proceeds of the evenings
•
tertainments are to be handed over to the Scott Nin"ro.,
ment Committee, Mr. Templeton adopting this niffot
priate mode of testifying his admiration and respect
is
the memory of Sir Walter Scott. We fear that this 0
the last opportunity which the admirers of TeLoPlet°oo
will have of hearing hint during the present seasnri;nts
we understand his numerous provincial engagerittler
will completely engross his time during the rernaLl3o
of the spring and summer. He has just returned frA(' iso
very successful professional visit to Liverpool an
neighbourhood. nfriviSS.
FREDERICK THE GREAT ; HIS COURT ANDI'-r-
EDITED BY THOMAS CA.IMPEELL, E6Q.—To many °"l,°o-00
readers, and especially to such of them as rail .0119
been disappointed of procuring the highly
work, lately ushered before the public by the cli;s„.ag
guished author of " The Pleasures of Hope," cont,-Ittelatt
memoirs of the Life and Times of Frederick the ur,.,00
it will be, we doubt not, a welcome piece of inforTl',:tied
that a new and much cheaper edition has just:s'oes.
from the press, comprised in a couple of small vc°l',.,
This is certainly a work which rivals almost any Tato,
language in the deep and varied interest of its o,n,its of
and especially in the rich picture which it exh'ithe
the mind and person, of the opinions and actions,
'bits
splendid splendid achievements and pacific labours, of the ,Itiest
and manners, not excepting the foibles and eccentrici,.." pie
of the most renowned Sovereign, and most remarks
man of the age in which he lived.
meritoritio,

BIRTHS. ..e A'
On the 17th inst., in Essex-street, the lady of Lrellii
Simon, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son.
ILy J.
ll'
On the 18th inst., at Bristol, the lady of the B. .
Woodward, of a son.
On the 19th inst., at Clapham, the lady of Richard C'i?Ali
dall, Esq., of Cornhill, of a daughter.
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On the sth inst., atMARRIED
Gretna, L. Stanhope F. nue"nt
-"s,'
Esq., to Caroline Sarah, fourth daughter of the late vh •
Frerick White, of her Majesty's Packet Service. Lo
On the 17th inst., at Long Crendon, Bucks, lifer °'
Lovegrove, of Blackwall, to Arabella, youngest &tug
the late J. Reynolds, Esq., of Nottley Abbey, Buckswillis°
On the 18th inst., at Plumstead Church, the Rev. Suss'
Hornby, of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, Lancashire, 10 coy'
third daughter of Captain Phipps Hornby, R.N., C'u.'
troller-General of the Coast Guard. re 'or
On the 18th inst., at St. George's Hanover-squi'dot (if
f
A. M. Tulloch, of the War-office, General Superinten liter Military Pensioners, to-Emma Louisa, youngest cblug
Sir W. H. Pearson, of Hanover-Lquare. trot
On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-sclu„,,e.- F,544
Collier, Esq., to Isabella, eldest daughter of W. '
Eaton-place.

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DIED. George
On the 16th inst., at Kingston -hill, the wife 'l3'
Staveley Smith, Esq. vat, Mill'
On the 16th inst., at Arkesden Vicarage, Essex, -- -a f
yo Ongn uest son of the R. T. S. Griffenhoofe u ter 0.
the 17th inst., atev Cambridge, Agnes, second datig'
P
the Rev. Dr. Ainslie. ~,fe, g...,
On the 17th inst., at Elizabeth-street, Eaton's
Benjamin Benjamin Allen, the oldest member of her Majestys '
of the Guard, aged 75. ;,I Is°
On the 17th inst., at Boulogne-sur-Mer, CaPt3—
f tile
Taylor, of Lloyd's Coffee House, aged 77.
On the 17th inst., Mrs. Sarah Wills Wells, widoigsors.
late Samuel Wells, Esq ,Paymaster of thelOth'Boril L'Arriot4
On the 17th inst., at King's Langley, Hert3, Thozal°
Esq., aged 90. ,exl 71%,
On the 10th inst., at Boulogne, R. Lowe, Esq., Tiputen"-4
On the 14th inst., at Albion-grove, Islington, '-'--
W. Eldridge, R.N., aged 68. Durbaw.
On the 13th inst., H.Lamb, Bs of Rvton House, -f oullirl
On the 16th inst., Henry Richard -Wood, E-gcl'' a-
id
Hall, York. flare,
On the 16th inst., at Carburton-street, Fitzroy-sq---
James Murray, aged 45. to nsbire'
__ ~....e,n
JoOhnn
Btteswle6it4hEisqns.t;, at Arthingworth, Is ortnaws-
shire,
aged 92. toil
On the 16th inst., at Preston Deanery, /CorthanlP d 10.
Robert, youngest son of Langham Christie, Esq., a„geLegge'
On the 19th inst., at Blackheath, the lion. ti.,
Abicralm9q.
On the 19th inst., in Newgate-street, Mr. MID
n 1,
On the 19th inst., in Sloane-street, Benjamin •-•3l'

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REMOVED FROM LONDON-BRIDGE WHARF,
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,ister at...._ R. No charge for wharfage or passengers luggage.
ufile, Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London. ANCE SOCIETY,
•-................. , Thornton's Wharf, April 13, 1844. . JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en- 26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
ftdeavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for their Capital X 400,000.
RE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF make, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the .Empowered by AO of Parliament.
S. COPPER MINERS in ENDLAND. public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob- The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene- lion,i
on, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
heat Incorporated by Royal Charter, A. D. 1690.
.rat appearance of the spurious descriptions will deceive the ml- ticularly the polder to borrow two-thirds of premiums without
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71C. ' - Okl Broad-street and Castle Baynard Wharf. guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following pense or ferfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
'caution.s:—Some are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to
,ere- Go
LEWIS GOWER, Esq. without name or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
~ • bEnrrv-Govxmioa--JA3IES ALSTON, Esq.
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The John Nix, Esq. tinguished approbation, ibel every sentiment of respect towards the the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect tile labels previous to rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
(1.1.,4".!1 Kennard, Esq. Archibald Paull, Esq.
lOng 416 Lite, Esq - John Henry Petty, Esq. purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the
144-'4 Little F. will prevent many disappointments. amount already invested; anf. this bonus, according to an equitable
aice. J Lefan i 'sq' Alfred Ricketts, Esq: BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
one rFops Ilaed ' Esq William Scarth Moorsom, Esq. great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is resom- premiums
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climates.
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Itir)EBlnt, England hereby give notice, that the HALF-YEAR'S DI- :Warehouse'
The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. No. '''' ' '''""- • Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced.
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114 56 3,.000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9.7
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(Established in 1837.)
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CORONERS' INQUESTS.
MORE SnIRT-MAKING mrsany.—Mr. Baker, the
coroner, held an inquiry at the' Five Bells Tavern,
Three Colt-street, Limehouse, respecting the death of
Sophia Anderson, aged 30, who destroyed herself
through the extreme effects of destitution and want.
Ann Monk, .a most distressed-looking object, stated
that she was a widow, and resided in the back room
of a house, No. 2, Vincent-street,' Commercial-road,
for which she paid ls. dd. a week rent. The deceased
came to lodge with her about a month since, being
destitute, and was to, :pay one shilling a week for
lodging. She.generally supported herself by selling
of portions of her wearing apparel for pennies or two-
pences at a time. For the last fortnight, however,
she wandered about the streets almost starving, and on
Thursday evening went out, saying that she would
see and borrow Is., so as to pay the rent which was
due on the following day, Friday,. as she was afraid
that the landlord would turn them out of doors. She
said she would get it from her husband, and at dusk
left, as if for that purpose, but did not return during
the whole night, and witness heard nothing of her
till eleven o'clock on Friday morning, when she was
informed that the deceased had been found drowned.
CORONER—Pray, my good woman, how do you
obtain your livelihood? 'Do you live with any of
your friends? Witness (with tears in her eyes)—
I have no family, sir; I live by myself and make
shirts, and am fast sinking.
The Foreman (Mr. Tuson)—What do you get
generally for making these shirts—what are you al-
lowed ? Witness-4 make them, sir, for five farthings
a piece ; -but when I have to make them up for the
first-rate show shops in the streets, I am allowed from
twopence to threepence each.
The Foreman--And pray what can you 'make a
week at this work ? 'Witness—Why, sir, I can,
with the cheap ones, obtain about two shillings and
sixpence ; but with the best work I can make three
shillings and sixpence.—(Sensation.)
Juror—Yes, my good woman ; but for the latter
sum you must work very hard, must you not ? Wit-
ness—l must indeed, sir, because that is what they
call their best work. Perhaps I get up between four
and five o'clock in the morning, and continue to
work till between eleven and twelve o'clock at night,
and sometimes one.
The CORONER observed that he knew well the ex-
treme miseries which the poor shirt-makers in that
part of the metropolis had undergone, and he was in
hopes that by the late exposures of the cruel system
their condition would have been somewhat bettered.
It was a subject that had occupied much of the public
mind, and he still did trust that something would be
done to relieve their heart-rending distresses.
The CORONER (to the witness)—How
did the de-
ceased get her food—could you give her any ? Wit-
ness—What I could spare I used to give her, and
would have done so to the last morsel sooner than she
should have committed such an act, but she so often
said she would destroy herself, I thought she really
would not.
Juror—Did she make any of the shirts ? Witness
—No, sir ; she did not nor would not. She used to
say that she was brought up in respectability, and the
idea of earning a livelihood at such cheap work almost
drove her mad ; and, although she was so much re-
duced she vowed she would not work at the shirts, and
further said she would not live as I did.
The CORONER here inquired if her husband, or any
of her relatives, were in attendance ? Mr. Cotting-
ham, the beadle, replied that the deceased was not
married, and none of her relatives were present. He
had made inquiries about them, and something of a
very mysterious nature was connected with deceased.
He had been informed that she was the illegitimate
child of some persons of distinction, and at an early
age was sent to a Miss Edey's school at Edmonton,
and mixed in the first families residing in that vil-
lage. She never knew who her father or mother
were, but after she had been at the school some
time she was told that her mother bad died almost
heartbroken for the sight of her offspring. When at
the age of fifteen she was seduced by a squire living
in the vicinity of Enfield, who kept her for some time
as his mistress, and ultimately forsook her. She be-
came gradually reduced, and cohabited with several
persons, until, at last, she was rendered so destitute as
to seek the scanty assistance of the first witness.
The CORONER, who appeared rather amazed at the
singularity of the tale just told him, asked if there
were any witnesses who could speak to her more early
mode of life ?
Mrs. E. Brookman, of Somerset-street, Shad well,
stated that about six years ago the deceased and a
gentleman, whom she took to be her husband, took
lodgings at her house, and appeared to live very com-
fortably. The rent was regularly paid, and nothing
was due when she left.
CORONER—What sort of man was he ? Witness—
An elderly man, sir.
CORONER—How do you know that she was not a
married woman ? The witness here handed in a
letter from a Mr. R. Wears, of Chase-green, Enfield,
which tended to show she was not.
CORONER—Do you know whether this elderly
gentleman filled any situation to support himself and
the deceased ? Witness—ln the London Docks ; a
very important situation she told me.
Juror—Now, did you ever hear her say anything
about her parents? Witness—Yes, sir, she used to
remark that she would give the world if she could
but find her father and mother.
Henry Blythe, police-constable 302 K, deposed to
the finding of the body in the middle of the new=cut
of the river Lea, at Limehouse, on Friday morning,
about five o'clock. She had a bonnet on, and had
been turned up by a barge passing over her.
lr singular character.
ie deceased they had
th being the part of
The CORONER observed that it not only was a dis-
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their inquiry. It appeared almost evident that the
deceased had destroyed herself, but still there was no
evidence to that fact, and they had better record an
open verdict.
The jury expressed themselves fully satisfied that
she had committed suicide, but the Coroner pointing
out the safe plan of returning a verdict of a Found
Dead," in a case like the present one, they conceded
and recorded one in accordance with the Coroner's
recommendation.
Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Carlisle Arms,
Queen-street, Soho, on the body of Mr. Boudry, aged
47, a master watchmaker, of No. 4, Frith street, Soho,
who committed suicide under the following circum-
stances :
Catherine Mills deposed that on Friday morning
her master did not get up at his usual hour, but took,
his breakfast in bed. Between 10 and 11 the same morn-
ing a gentleman called, and said he wanted to see the
deceased. Witness communicated that fact to her
mistress, who immediately repaired up stairs to
inform her husband, but she found the door
fastened. She knocked, but receiving no an-
swer, she procured assistance, and had the door
top of the bed, with 4 cord tied round his threat,
broken open, when deceased was 'found lying on the
which was. fastened to a nail in the wall. There being
see his brother, he ran up stairs, and endeavoured to
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restore animation' but without success, the vital spark
having for ever down.
Mr. Michael Blood, surgeon, stated that on the
morning in question, whilst talking to his brother-in-
law, Mrs. Boudry ran into the room in a very excited
state, and said her husband had locked himself in his
room, and •she was afraid he had destroyed himself.
Witness ran up stairs, and tried to force open the
door, but being unable he sent for a carpenter, who
broke it open. On entering the room he found the
deceased in the state described by the previous witness.
He immediately cut him down, but he was quite
dead, and appeared to have been so about 20 minutes.
George 'Williams, of Frith-street, said some time
back deceased used to live with him. He then made
an attempt upon his life by cutting his throat. On
that occasion he lost a deal of blood, but being
attended to, he ultimately recovered. Witness had
not the least doubt but that deceased's mind had
become impaired.
Other evidence was given, which proved that the
father of deceased also destroyed himself, and that the
son was not of sound mind when he committed the
act. The jury then returned' a verdict of " Tem-
porary Insanity."
On Friday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at
the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, on the
body of William Horrod, aged sixty, a weather-glass
maker' of Yardley-street, Hatton-garden. It ap-
peared in evidence that, on Friday week last, de-
ceased, being somewhat intoxicated, entered the
Percy Arms, Percy-street, Clerkenwell, and told the
landlord that. he wanted to go into the yard, to which
he knew, he said, the way. Near the yard door-in
the passage was a door that opened inwards from the
cellar stairs, and it being partly open the deceased
pushed against it and fell down the steps into the
cellar. The barman, who was at work below, picked
him' up and brought him to the parlour, and a
surgeon was sent for, pending whose arrival deceased
rallied and walked home. The next day he became
so bad that his medical adviser recommended his re-
moval ,-to the above hospital, in which he died on
Wednesday last, Mr. Thomas Hill, the eminent sur-
geon said, of concussion of the brain, caused by the fall.
The CORONER said this made the fourth inquest he
had held on persons coming by their deaths through
having fallen into public-house cellars in consequence
of doors opening inwards. If any persons were bound
to use precautions for the security of persons intoxi-
cated publicans were, before whose bars and in whose
tap-rooms and parlours people became confused in
their sight and mind. Landlords had the means of
guarding against this calamity by causing their cellar-
doors to be so hung that they would open outwards,
and not be liable to open when a drunken man pushed
against them. He hoped the landlord of the Percy
Arms would have his cellar-door altered, and prevent
; a recurrence of a misfortune of this kind.

The landlord, who was present, said he had antici-
pated the suggestions of the Coroner, and caused the
door to open outwards on the passage.
Verdict, "Accidental death."
On Friday Mr. G. I. Mills, Deputy Coroner for
West Middlesex, held an inquest at the Middlesex

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL. 21.—The Flying Fish, new 12-gun
brig; built at Pembroke by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir W.
Symonds, under the command (pro tem.) of Mr. Brown, As-
sistant Master Attendant of this Dockyard, arrived from Mil •
ford on Friday night, and was towed into harbour yester-
day, to be stripped, remasted and brought forward for com-
mission with the Darius and Osprey, with all dispatch.
The Nautilus, 10, • Lieut.-Commander Triugham, arrived
from Brighton on Thursday, and sailed from Spithead for the
same destination yesterday morning.
The Devonshire line-of-battle ship of 72 guns,. built in
1812, is ordered to be reduced to a first class frigate.
The Thames 'convict-ship has arrived at Spithead from
Chatham. She will embark about 300 convicts for Bermuda,
where she will be stationed as a depot. She takes out dis-

patches also for Sir C. Adam.
The Centurion, 80 gun ship, is ordered to be launched at
Pembroke, hi the early part of next month.
The Pearl; 18, Commander Stopford, was at Rio de Janeiro
on the 28th of February, whence she was to sail for England
immediately the-Daphne arrived to relieve her, which vessel
was then on_ her passage from Santos for that purpose. The
Pearl has been nearly four years on the station, and almost
constantly employed in the- River de la Plate. The Frolic,
16, Commander Willis, left Rio on the 17th of February, with
one of her prizes, and captured negroes. The Curnoa, 26,
Captain Sir Thomas Paslev, left Rio on the 20th ofJanuary,
for Monte Video, where the Alfred, 50, Commander Purvis,
and Gorgon, were lying. The Raper, 16, Captain Reid, re-
lieved the Pearl in the river Plate.
• _ .

The Rattlesnake troop-ship, with part of the 55th regi-
ment on board, and invalids, from China, arrived at the Cape
of G6od Hope, on the 19th of February, on her way to
Portsmouth. _ _

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The Pantaloon, 10-gun brig, Lieutenant Commander La-
pidge, which vessel arrived at Portsmouth AM Wednesday,
from Devonport, was toweeinto harbour on Friday, by the
steam-tug, and will be paid off the latter end of this week.
She has been two-and-a-half years on the African coast, but
has not been fortunate in taking prizes.
Orders have been sent to Sir Charles Adam, the Com-
mander-in-Chief in the West Indies, to break up the Ante-
lope, the present convict-ship in Bermuda, on the arrival of
the Thames. _ _ . _

The Collingwood, 80, was brought into dock at Ports-
mouth, on Monday, to have her bottom cleaned, and to be
coppered higher up, for sea service. She is taking on board
one of Porter's anchors, of 85 cwt., as a spare anchor, which
is convenient for stowing on board, as the flukes can be sepa-
rated from the shank. These excellent anchors are coming
into general use in the Royal Navy, as *ell as the mercantile
marine. They are never refused by the Admiralty to a cap-
tain of a man of war on application for one as a spare anchor.
It is said the Collingwood is to have one suit of sails (by way
of experiment or test) dipped into Sir W. Burnet's solution
for preserving canvas from decay.
The. Rodney, 90, was to have come out of dock at Ports-
mouth on Saturday; but being under the process of painting
she will now be kept in till this day fortnight. She is being
fitted with crutches for her spare and sheet anchors, invented
by Mr. Browne, which we have before described.
The joiners of Portsmouth are making the necessary alte-
rations in the cabins of the Prometheus steamer, in consequence
of her being in future to carry a commander's establishment.
A party of men from the Victory are overhauling and refit-
ting her rigging.
The Osprey brig has taken on board twenty tons, and the
Daring fifty tons of iron ballast, we suppose at the request of
their constructors, who will, however, no doubt, ballast them
as they may think proper when fitted out. The Flying Fish
is daily expected at Portsmouth. It is said these experi-
mental brigs will be all commissioned together when ready.
Ships building at this port. —ln frame, Royal Frederick,
110; Princess Royal, 90. The frame timbers of the Prince
of Wales, 110 ; Leander, 50 ; Shannon, 50 ; and Centaur,
steam-frigate, are merely cut out and seasoning, no slip
being vacant. The new slips for building large ships are in
rapid course of consttuctien.
In Harbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Pantaloon,
Echo, and Fearless steamers.
In Dock—Victoria and Albert, Collingwood, Rodney,
Prince Regent, Scourge, and Lily.
At Spithead—Thames convict-ship.
DRVONPORT, APRIL 19.—The America, 50, Captain the
Hon. J. Gordon, will be ready for sea in the early part of May.
The Petrel packet, 6, Lieutenant-Commander T. Crozier,
sailed on Sunday last for Falmouth to take out the next mail

Hospital on the body of Wm-. Williams, aged 40, a
gentleman's servant. It appeared that deceased being
out of place, lodged at the Sun public-house, Hed-
don-street, Regent-street, and that being at a club of
Odd Fellows on Tuesday evening, he returned about
midnight to the Sun slightly intoxicated.. He sub-
sequently drank some gin and porter, and about two
o'clock on the following morning he left the tap-room
to retire, he said, to his bed on the second. floor.
Five minutes afterwards a fellow-lodger, wanting to
go into the street found him lying on his face on the
pavement insensible, and bleeding freely from wounds
on the head. He was brought into the house
and a surgeon sent for, who finding that after two
hours' attention he did not rally, ordered his re-
moval to that hospital. Evidence was adduced to
show that deceased accidentally fell from a window
on the second floor landing whilst discharging one of
the wants of nature from it. Mr. Bishop, the house
surgeon, said deceased was admitted at five o'clock on
Wednesday morning, insensible to external impres-
sions, and he died three quarters of an hour after-
wards. The causes of death were extensive fractures
of the skull and of eight ribs, broken clavicle and
ilium, and rupture of the liver.—Verdict, " Acci-
dental death."
SUICIDE IN A WommousE.—Yesterday, Mr.
Baker held an inquest at the Horn of Plenty, Globe-
road, Mile-end, on the body of Thomas Moore, aged
forty-six, a coal-whipper, and for the last few days an
inmate of the Stepney union workhouse, Mile-end-
lane. It appeared from the evidence of his wife, that
for three weeks previous to his admission to the work-
house he had been light-headed, and one day teok the
kettle off the fire, and seated himself in its place, and
had it not been for her interference, he would
have been burned to death: He was a very
sober man, and an excellent husband and father,
and she attributed the derangement of his
mind to over study, but she did not say of
what. By the advice of his confessor, Maher
Arabin, he was removed to the workhouse on Tues.
day week. Parker proved finding the body of de-
ceased dead, and suspended by the neck from a rafter
in the water-closet, by means of two handkerchiefs,
at noon on Thursday. Half an hour before witness
gave him some tobacco, when he answered that pro-
-bably it was the last he should smoke. Witness en-
deavoured, h., said, to cheer him, and added that de-
ceased since his admission always appeared very me-
lancholy. Mr. Story, parish surgeon, said he was
called to deceased, and attended, and found that he
had been promptly cut down, and was quite dead.
He had been an infirmary patient, and although he
laboured under depression of spirits there was nothing
in his words or deeds to create a suspicion that he
would destroy himself.—Verdict, " Temporary in-
sanity."

for Brazils.
The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, passed this port on her
way to Cork, with Marines, on Monday, whom having
landed, she will return to Sheerness and be paid off.
The following ships are building at this port :—Exmouth,
90 ; Aboukir, 90 ; Amethyst, 36 ; Creole, 36 ; Niobe, 34.
The Sanspariel, 80, and Thetis, 36, have merely their frames
cut out ; and the frame of the St. Jean d'Acre is in course of
cutting.
In Harbour—America, San Josef, and Confiance. .
In the Sound—Caledonia and Linnet.
SHEERNESS, APRIL 19.—The Bonetta brigantine, Corn- ,
mander Brock, will sail from Chatham in a few days, touch-
ing at Gibraltar. Her sails, also those of the Sparrow ketch,
lieutenant Commander Otter, now fitting, will be dipped in
Sir W. Burnet's solution.
The Cygnet, 10, was undocked this day, and will be com-
missioned to-morrow by Commander Henry Layton.
The Black Eagle, Admiralty yacht, put into this port on
Monday with the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir W. Symonds,
who inspected the ships under refit, after which he departed
for Woolwich.
Captain Fisher, Superintendent of this yard, is conva-
lescent, and left on Tuesday to join the commission for the
inspection of the coast, for choosing eligible and convenient
sites for constructing harbours of refuge.
In Harbour—Camperdown, Ocean, African, and Raven.
In Basin—Chichester, Vulture, Ganges, Crocodile.
In Dock—Boscawen, Amazon, Eolus, and Cygnet.
Courts-martial will be held on board the St. Vincent in
the ensuing week on Mr. Smith, mate of the Pantaloon, to
investigate certain charges preferred against him for conduct
calculated to bring his commander into contempt; and on
Lieutenant Lapidge, on certain charges preferred by Captain
Foote, of the Madagascar, for negligent conduct whilst iu
command of the Pantaloon when on the African station.
In consequence of the intended sojourn of her Majesty at
Osborn House, Parkhurst barracks will be a permanent sta-
tion for a battalion of Foot Guards, instead of Winchester,
the depot battalion being removed to the latter place. It is
also intended to erect barracks for cavalry at Parkhurst.
PROMOTIONS.
Lieutenants—Arthur Kyner (1841), to be Commander;
Thomas Burdwood (1800, to the list of Retired Commanders.
Mates—A. F. Webster (1840), of the Cornwallis; and M.
0. C. Read (1843), of the • St. Vincent ; to the rank of
Lieutenants,
Captain. R. Maunsell, C. 8., late of the Rodney, to be
Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, vice Locker, retired,
from ill-health.

APPOINTMENTS.
Commander—Henry Layton, to the Cygnet.
Lieutenant--Lord Frederick Ker, from the Thunderb6

(additional) to the Winchester.
Mates—M. Jones, to the Caledonia; C. H. Young, to the
Agincourt ; J. Simpson, to the Camperdown.
Gunner—W. Anthony, to the America, from the Excellent,
vice Olphant.
Assistant-Surgeons--G. J. Willes, to the St. Vincent, for
duty at Haslar Hospital.
Midshipmen—A. Cheetham and R. H. Warner, to the
Excellent.
Clerks—W. W. Sadler, to the Pantaloon, vice Chapman,
deceased; Joseph Lewis, to the San Josef, vice Sadler.

Ever since the accession of Sir James Graham to
the Home Secretaryship, merciless executions and as
merciless murders have been the order of the day. The
accursed office of the hangman has been no sinecure ;
and the abandoned have profited as they ever have, and
ever must profit, by the murderous examples set them
by their rulers. A reckless disregard of human life is
fast spreading among the people ; consequent, we verily
believe, upon the inhuman executions which have re-
cently taken place. After the accession of her Majesty,
and before the Act of Parliament was passed which
vested the Home Secretary with the exercise of the most
odious prerogative of the kingly office, we believe that
only one execution took place in England ; and it was
generally observed at the time that the crime of murder
grew rarer in proportion as it became known that it was
not without many tears that her Majesty could be
brought, at the request of the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, to sign a death-warrant. But Sir James Graham
was troubled with no such compunctious visitings, and the
dreadful results are distressingly and alarmingly con-
spicuous.—Hull Advertiser.
At the Brentford Petty Sessions on Saturday, a
boy named John Kingston, aged fifteen years, was
brought up before the magistrates, charged with having
made a most desperate attack with a stone on'a boy
named Robert Edwards, thirteen years of age, by which
his life was in imminent danger. It ppeared the pri-
soner and Edwards were engaged with other boys in
loading grains at the brewery of Messrs. Coles and Co.
at Twickenham, and while at work they were paid by
beer instead of money, and many of them were in the
habit of getting tipsy upon their allowance. The pri-
se ner and Edwards quarrelled on leaving work, and the
former, in the height of his anger, ran to him and beat
him on the head IA ith a large flint stone till he fainted from
pain and loss of blood. He was taken to an hospital,
and had only recovered sufficiently to appear then in
court. The prisoner acknowledged the assault, but said
he was provoked by Edwards having thrown stones at
him. The bench committed the prisoner for trial.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT—FIVE MEN KILLED.—

On the morning of Saturday last, while eight men were
employed in widening and cutting a road on the side of
a brae betwixt Craig and Cotton of Craig, the projecting
part of the earth, on the upper side of the road, which
was of a considerable height, suddenly gave way and
crushed them to the ground. The person who had
been working nearest the outer edge of the road, after
considerable exertion, succeeded in extricating himself,
and then assisted a second to escape from the mass of
earth. Although severely bruised, they immediately
set to work to rescue the others, but, unfortunately, be-
fore they could succeed in doing so, the quantity of earth
lying above them being so great, life was extinot in five,
and the sixth is so dangerously bruised and wounded
that but faint hopes. are entertained of his recovery.
Two of the persons killed were the contractors for the
work,
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Dispatohes were sent off on Saturday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor of New Zealand.

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CHATHAM, APaIL 20.—This day the Mutine and Espiegle,
12-gun brigs, which are to form an experimental squadron
with the Daring, Osprey, Kingfisher, and Flying Fish, ships
of the same class, in the month of June next, for the pur-
pose of testing theirrelative capabilities at sea, were launched
at this dockyard in the presence of a considerable number of
the resident gentry and inhabitants_ of the town and neigh-
bourhood. Among the number of professional men present
were—Captain William Henry Sheriff; Mr. John Fincham,
master shipwright of this dockyard, who launched both
vessels ; Captain G. G. Burton, with many other naval gen-
tlemen. Messrs. Chatfield and Creuze, two of the constructors
of the Espiegle, were also present, with Mr. John Wilson
Patten, M.P. ; Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Stevens, R.M. ;
Captain Brown, R.M. ; Mr. Gage, Master-Attendant of Sheer-
ness Dockyard; Major Smith, Barrack-master, and other
officers of the garrison, with their ladies. The first part of
the launch was the ceremony of christening the Mutine,
which was performed with great eclat by Mrs. Charles
Baldock, a daughter of Mr. Fincham. The Espiegle was
christened by Miss Wilson Patten, daughter of the Member
for North Lancashire. Both vessels went off the stocks in
gallant style—the Mutine at two o'clock r.m., and the
Espiegle at a quarter past two o'clock. The dockyard band,
which was in attendance playing several national airs,
during the preparatory arrangements, struck up God
dsave the Queen," amidst the loyal and enthusiastic
have
cheer-
ing of the spectators. The Mutine and Espiegle e
each been built upon the lines of their respective
and
con-
structors ; that of the Mutine by 114..
the Espiegle by Messrs. Read, Chatfielcll,r.and_C__re,aul
were formerly students at the College of Naval
Archi-
tecture at Portsmouth. The Mutine was laid down Creuze, who
wthie3oth of October, 1843, and the 7inthcreedfit'ley-
bruary last, consequently it has bEeesPnieSbuhilteinn the
ee
short space of ten weeks and t teifvold3aoyms.enE, aicahcluodfiatfigeoseffiNeeesr-s
sels is to have a complemen
__owing
armament :—ten 32-
and marines, with the following
pounders, six feet 25 cwt., and two 18-pounders, six feet,
s'
20 cwt. Both
ls have elliptic sterns, and are alike, ex-
cepting thattlTeesl%elutiinvee
grhaseatfeerurfapcoilrittsy,
taondthe workingtheEsPiegloef
only two, which will give
the guns. a
Both vessels re considered by scientific men very
handsome. The only peculiar difference in their form ap-
pears to be,that the Espiegle carries her breadth far more
towards the surface of the water than the Mutine, while,
though both ships have a hollow floor, it is to a much greater
degree observable in the Espiegle than in the Mutine. The
bows of the Mutine are fuller than those of the Espiegle ; in-
deed, altogether, the shape of this latter ship is so peculiar,
that those who saw her in the dock would not believe the
sharp, rising floored vessel they had before them, was the
apparently bulky body which they had just seen launched
off the stocks. Both vessels are, however, spoken very highly
of, and must excite considerable interest among nautical
men at the time of trial. Owing to the Mutine being in a
much more complete state than the Espiegle, their relative
draughts of water cannot be correctly compared at present.
An opportunity will be afforded between the two ships when
they are completed and floated out of dock. It is rumoured
that the two brigs Osprey. And Daring, recently launched at
Portsmouth, are to have an increase of canvass in their four
courses. This will certainly be unfair, unless the constructors
of the two brigs now launched are allowed the option of the
same advantage.
The following are the actual dimensions of both ships :
ESPIEGLE. Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars -104 9i
—of keel for tonnage
Breadth extreme 3l 9i
for tonnage
Moulded
Depth in hold
Burden, in tons, 442 57-94
MUTISE.
101 11
Length between perpendiculars
$1 2
of keel for tonnage