The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Can you inform me why the situation
of Bailiff of Southwark is not filled up ; are
they going to make a City job of it ? 'The
appointment of one of the Aldermen to the
office would be certainly very objectionable; they
have more duties than they can perform, if the pub-
lic may judge from the frequent complaints which are
made respecting the want of Aldermen on many oc-
casions to administer justice in the City Courts, &c.
The duties of the Bailiff of Southwark are local, and
ought not,to be held by a City Police Magistrate.
A VOTER FOR SOUTHWARK.

[We can give our correspondent no information.
We see, however, that Alderman Sir William Hey-
gate is a candidate for the office, with many
professions of disinterestedness, which inspire
much suspicion. We are not aware of any good rea-
son why the salary, which comes out of the pockets
of the people, should not be pared down to that al.
most nothingness which corresponds to the High
Sheriff's duties.—ED. Sun.]

Monday evening, between eight and nine, as the
Thunder steamer was returning from Putney, heavily
laden with passengers, she struck her larboard side
against the pier of Battersea-bridge ; the concussion was
so violent that both paddle-boxes were shattered to
atoms. The vessel was loaded with passengers, and the
immense crash arising from the concussion created the
greatest alarm on board, the screams of the females
being terrific. Two passengers on deck, one a gentle-
man and the other a lad,.were by the violence of the
concussion forced overboard. A waterman named
George Elliott, a coxswain at Soarle's boat house, who
was boating two gentlemen, picked up the lad, and the
gentleman was picked up by a lug-boat, both in a very
exhausted state. Several boats put off to the assistance
of the steamer, and she was towed ashore to the White
Swan-stairs, where her passengers were safely landed.
Tax RIOTS.--,Last night about eight o'clock,
considerable excitement was created in the Vic-
toria Theatre by the sudden departure of a number of
soldiers of the Fusilier Guards (about fifty), who had
assembled, it being for the benefit of a Mr. Rowell. for-
merly connected with that Regiment. The soldiers
were not aware why they were sent for. They pro-
ceeded along the Waterloo-road in companies of about a
dozen each with all possible speed, and arrived at Port-
man Barracks in less than half an hour, where they were
instantly ordered to get under arms, and hold themselves
in readiness for any emergency. A crowd quickly col-
lected in the immediate vicinity of the Barracks, and
remained there under the impression that the troops
would depart to the riotous districts. Up to eleven
o'clock last night the soldiers had not quitted the Bar-
racks, but remained ready for service at a moment's
notice. Rumours were afloat that a detachment of the
A Division of Police were to proceed to Scotland.

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG LADY.--On Monday after-
noon an inquiry was gone into before William Carter,
Esq., the Coroner for Surrey, at the White Hart Tavern,
Kennington-cross, respecting the death of Miss Hor-
tensia Cordelia Haskoll, aged twenty:two, who de-
stroyed herself by taking a large quantity of laudanum
on Saturday evening. Mr. Hyde Williams, of No. 17,
Chester-place, Kennington-cross. merchant, stated that
the unfortunate young- lady had resided with him
as a friend of the family for upwards of three years.' He
then proceeded to detail the circumstances. She was
found in bed on Sunday morning. She was sensible,
hut it almost amounted to a state of stupor. He asked
her if she had taken anything, and she said " Yes."
Ie questioned her as to what she had taken, and
she said,'" Laudanum." She died on Monday morn-
ing at three o'clock, and he had no doubt from
the effects of the laudanum taken by herself. She
always conducted herself with great propriety and de-
corum in his family. He asked her why she had taken
the laudanum ? and she said, " I was very unhappy, for
my parents had desired me to return home and leave
you, where I am so happy, and the anguish and
pain of the separation was so great, and nsy de-
sire not to hurt the feelings of my family, that it
induced me to take the laudanum." She had
seen her parents a few days before. He never heard
her express a wish to destroy herself.' She was of a
particularly sensitive disposition and of very religious
feelings. When he remonstrated with her on the wiced-
ness of the act, she said, "I could not help it ; I did not
know how to leave your house." The Jury were unani-
mously of opinion that the Ale Ceased destroyed herself
while in a state of temporary insanity.
MELANCHOLY' ACCIDENT.—A poor Mower, em-
ployed in the county Wieklow, a tew days ago accident
,ally
his scythe. he
cut his wrist while sharpening
blood coagulated and stoppedafter
some wound
m
r
some time, but at dinner hour be went tor the
Lacken, a small mountain stream near iylieo 1
was 'at work, to wash his
i
opera-
tion opened the wound
afresh, and from lossT holfsblolhefainted and fell into the water, which at the plaice was
but a few inches deep. -On being mussed at meal
companions proceeded to search
for
ya
prevalente ln'
l aunb i
in Dlloenvionto,:.
ound him
leas dead, lying with his face
'The typhus fever .
see o the Devonport theatre.
porvit,,saonnd,latehas managerswept
a:ntwdalyes six
fof the children of Mr.
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