The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-31 00:00:00

ROYAL SEA-1A THING IN-
FIRM.AR Y.
On Monday the subscribers to this Institution, which is
situate at Margate, and is supported by voluntary subscrip-
tions, for the purpose of affording sea-bathing to the poorer
classes, in cases of illness requiring it, held their annual
meeting, at the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. Benjamin
Bond Cabbell, Esq., took the chair, supported by a great
number of the donors and subscribers to the Institution.
Alderman Gibbs, the treasurer, read the annual statement of
accounts, winch stated that the life subscriptions for the past
year had been 251/. 10s., and subscriptions and donations to
229/. ss. 9d.; the collections at four chapels to more than
4007.; cash received from parishes and patients, 949/. 15s. 5d.;
and the total-"receipts to 3,462/. 18s. The disbursements
for the year had been, for building and repairs,
830/. 14S. lid.; and the balance in hand was found to be
349r95. Bd. he accounts were passed, with an assurance
from the Visiting Committee that the Institution was
going on prosperously—that the facilities afforded to
poor patients were greater than rich patients could
obtain at the same place—and that not one farthing of
debt was owing by the Institution. A resolution was passed
suggesting the necessity of taking some measures to procure
a more regular income for the use of the Institution than has
hitherto been obtained, and recommending an appeal to the
Life Governors to contribute an annual subscription, which,
if successful, might greatly relieve the amount of patients'
board, which the directors were now obliged to charge in
order to make use of every Ward in the Infirmary. It was
also agreed that an appeal be made to the London Hospitals
to tak beds for the use of such of the hospital patients as
required sea-bathing. The main point of the day was the
passing a most unanimous and cordial vote of thanks to Al-
derman Gibbs as treasurer. Mr. D. W. Wire rose to move a
resolution of thanks to a much-maligned and undeservedly-
abused individual, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, for the assiduous at-
tention and unwearied exertion he had shown in attending the
meetings of the Institution, collecting subscriptions for it, and
generally attending to its interests. Ile (Mr. W.) was one of
those who knew Ald. Gibbs, and lie also kne*hith to be incapa-
ble of those acts which had been charged upon him hyineetings
packed and secret, from which reporters from t 114; public
press were excluded, and garbled, incorrect, artilainfair re--
ports sent out to suit those who were his enenlieS. -He (Mr.
Wire) considered that the greatest faults of Mr. Alderman
Gibbs had' been That he had too low-, left uncontradicted
mid uninterfered with the abominable and untrue tales
Which had been circulated to his prejudice ; but 'a thne
*ould come when he would be able, as candidate for the
highest office in the City, to prove his character and honesty.
In the meantime the votes of thanks passed to him by the
bodies of charitable and Civic institutions would best prove
th© estimation he was held in by those who best knew hint
lie then moved his reselytion, which was extremely comph4qos.
rientary to Alderman Gibbs, Mr. Eddison seconded the mo- •
tion, which was carried unanimously. Alderman Gibbs ab- •
stained in reply from any observation apart from the meeting
itself. He left his character to a future occasion, and a more
fitting and public place. lie had been treasurer of this
society since 1811, and he hoped to be spared to render it
farther assistance. The meeting then separated.
THE ROBBERY AT THE )31R-
MINGHAM BANK.
BInMINGIIASI, MONDAY EVENING.—As was to be an-
tiicipated from. the very prompt measures taken byrtr.
Stephens, Superintendent of Police, the young man •
earner, who. ran off on Thursday last from the above
bank, with twelve hundred pound notes, has been appre-
hended. He was taken into custody on Saturday even- -*
nig, in Chester, in a state'of drunken insensibility, and •
conveyed this morning to our police-office. He arrived
iii care of Mr. Hill and Mr. Mitchell, constables, and was
placed in the dock, before J. Bolton and T. lklby,
}:sqs., borough magistrates.
Mr. Ingleby, solicitor, appeared for the Banking COm-
inissioners, and Mr. John Suckling for the prisoner.
George Mitchell, constable, of C hester, deposed that on
Skturday evening, about eight o'clock, as he was walking
through Watergate•street, in the above town, he saw the
prisoner furiously driving a horse and gig, and evidently
iirapable of guiding the a.nimal. Seeing that he was in
danger of doing mischief he went up to him, and endea-
voured to persuade him to come down out of the gig, but
he would not consent, and resisted him very much. He
(witness) however insisted upon him giving up the con-
trol of the horse, and he conveyed the prisoner to the
Yacht Hotel, and asked the landlord to take carer of him
Until he became sober. . Thelandlord said be would, and
he, Mitchell, then deemed it right to search him, in order --
to secure any money he might have, previous to his
going up stairs to bed.' He then searched his•right hand
trousers pocket, and found in it nine sovereigns and
14s. 6d., and some copper money. He then found
bUndle of papers, containing twelve 51. notes of the bank
of Wolverhampton, and in another roll of paper be found
eleven 1001. note S.. As soon as be counted the money
he put the prisonej to heed, and gave information to Mr. j
Hill, the superintendent_ of the district, who imtne-
diately went to the hotel and examined the prisoner,
and finding his fingers. shrivelled up, as had been dO-
seTibed in the advertiSement, be said be was the run
wanted. •
Mr. Hill handed in the notes which he had obtained,
;llr. Ingleby requested that they might be marked
giyen over to the -care of Mr. Smith, the 'manager e
bank. .
The Magistrates said they would allow the
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,Ir. George Allen, cashier, deposed that on TR'ursday
morning last he received from the Birmingh brapeb
of the flank of England notes for'two chequ6, which he
deposited in a drawer in the bank in which the prisoner
was clerk. One cheque was for 3,500 L, and the other for
2,5001. lie knew that there were twelve 1001. notes
ampng those he had so received, but he could not tell
thd.numbers2llcAcr CMl' ilt-nnn fi-era,c
Mr. JUlin rerry, clerk to the bank, deposed that in
making up his accounts he missed 1,0,101. He knew that
twelve 1001. notes were abstracted from one drawer. He
could not, however, state the specific numbers which had
been so taken.
Mr. Ingleby said he could prove all that by the clerk
at the bank where the notes were obtained. As the
prisoner had only just arrived, he had not had time to
procure all the necessary witnesses.
The Magistrates remanded the prisoner till Thursda,

RICHARD DADD, the PARRICIDE.
ROCHESTER, JULY, 29.—This morning, during the
sitting of a full bench of county magistrates at the
police-office of Messrs. Essell, Hayward, and Essell,
College-green, in this city, an announcement was made
to them of the arrival of Richard Dadd. the supposed
murderer, in the custody of Mr. May, of the K division
of police, with Sergeant Shaw, of the A division, who
were dispatched by the Secretary of State, Sir James
C raham, to France, to claim his person from the French
authoTities. The prisoner was confined in a lunatic
asylum at Clermont, about 30 miles distance from Beau-
vais, to the right of Paris, which place they left on Fri-
day morning. The prisoner, who was pinioned by the
arnis, and wore a large military blue cloak, alighted
with the officers from a carriage. He wore rather a
lengthened beard, and hair over his upper bp. On his
entering the office, he with a firm step entered the dock.
There was a visible wildness of expression in his face,
and his eyes wandered over the whole court.
Mr. Hayward, the clerk, having prepared an infor-
mation against the prisoner, exhibited by Thomas
Cooper Bines, a constable of Chatham, charging the
prisoner with the murder of Robert Dadd, the prisoner's
father, in Cobham .park, the seat of the Earl of Darnley,
on the evening of the 23d of August, 1843.
Bines, the officer, prayed for a remand, to enable him
to procure the several witnesses to establish the case of
the murder against the prisoner.
The information was read over to the prisoner, who,
with an expression of wildness, said, " You say I am the
murderer, you b—y villain."
The Rev. George Davies, Chairman, observed, the in-
formation having been read over, have you anything to
say, prisoner, why you should not stand remanded ?
Prisonor.—No, nothing.
The Magistrates then remanded the prisoner for one
week, and to be brought up again next Monday.
On the prisoner leaving the office, he turned to the
Court, and said, " It is true, and I have got the money."
The prisoner was again placed in the carriage, and
conveyed away in custody of Mr. May and Sergeant
Shaw for Maidstone gaol. The arrival of this unfortu-
nate young man in his native place has caused the great-
est sensation, as the whole of his family was well known
and much respected.

INFANTICIDE.—Monday morning a very long in-
quiry was held before Mr. Carter, Coroner for Surrey, at the
Lambeth workhouse, touching the death of a newly-born
female child, the illegitimate offspring of Faith Bowerman,
who resided with her brother and sister, at 3S, Belvidere-
road, Lambeth. Some particulars have appeared. The in-
quest was postponed principally to allow time for the reco-
very of the young woman. She had been taken before the,
Magistrate at Union-hall Police-court, and was fully com-
mitted to the Central Criminal Court to take her trial on the
capital charge of murder. Upon the re-assembling of the
jury yesterday, the Coroner inquired whether the accused was
present to hear the evidence, and he was told that she was
in Horsemonger-lane gaol, awaiting the approaching Old
Bailey trials. The Coroner replied that so far from the ad-
journment having a beneficial effect, it had worked exactly
:Inefarohrertlaie;:eeaad
repe-
titions thathmadeorshort
opposite to what he intended. He thought it nothing but
nTrhc:
eiepe ewNrjvlauyosru‘ll,li
right that, the accused should have an opportunity of bear-
ingse the
wished evidence,toleave the
hade i,h.oer
kliheoeuniscieep,
out a summons and placed it in the hands of the constable.
Attlwo
fi nlqvuheastt
previously
viMoounsid3a.y appeared.the eN-
consultation, returned a verdict of " Wilful )Murder against
Faith Bowerman."

On Sunday last the Rev. Mr. Brasbie read his pub-
lic recantation from the errors of Popery, in Dingle Church.
The fact of a priest abjuring Popery caused great excitement,
and the magistrates havjng got full notice that the mob were
determined to execute Lynch law on the priest on his road to
the church, they took full precautions to preserve the peace.
Before service commenced the townspeople were astonished
to see the Hon. Captain Plunket, of her Majesty's steamer
Stromboli, march into town from Ventry, with a
force of about one hundred men, including the
Marine artillery and marines, with drums and colours.
This fine body of men, armed to the teeth, having
joined the seamen and marines of her Majesty's brigantine
the Lynx, under the command of Captain Nott, presented
such an imposing appearance that we need scarcely say
everything passed off very quietly. The coast guards from
the surrounding stations were marched to church fully armed
and conveyed the Rev. Gentleman to the house of the Rev.
Mr. Gayer, where he at present remains. Mr. Gilman, our
active sub-inspector, had all his police ready to turn out at a
moment's notice. Dingle, for the last twenty years, never
presented such a force.—Kerry Evening Post.
METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—On Monday, by
direction of the Commissioners of the Woods and Yorests,
workmen were employed in making the excavations for the
new sewer, which is to pass down the centre of the street
that is to connect Holborn with' Oxford-street, and which
will be about 2,000 feet in length, the new street being
about 1,800 feet long. It is expected that this will take
about six weeks to complete ; and when finished, the new
roadway will be carried out as fast as possible, as water and
gas-pipes will have to be laid down. The cellars on the
south side, from Oxford-street to Charlotte-street, have all
been removed, so that there. is now an open thoroughfare
from Oxford-street to Bedford Chapel. In various other
-parts the cellars are also formed, and the street throughout
is exhibiting the intended line. In a few days, on the houses
in Holborn being removed, there will be a clear view of Ox-
ford-street from Holborn.

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