The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-30 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.-7(THIS_DAYO

A man named Jeffries was charged with embezzling
1L I.ls. 2d., which he had received from Mr. Atkinson, of 24,
Old Bond-street, for his mistress, Mrs. Jones, fishmonger, (.4.
Amwell-street, Clerkenwell.

In August last the prosecutrix sent two baskets of fish to
Mr. Atkinson, who at once paid to the prisoner the cost for
the same, amounting to the before-mentioned sum. The
accused afterwards got intoxicated, and spent the money,
and has since been wandering about in want of common ne-
cessaries.—He was fully committed to Newgate.
Two fellows, named Carroll and Tooney, were charged as
follows :—Sergeant 37, of the E division, said that while on
duty in Regent-square on Monday night, he saw the pri-
soners conduct themselves most insultingly to females He
remonstrated with them, and they then commenced a feroci-
ous attack on them, and would have injured him most dread-
fully had not some neighbours kindly interfered on his behalf.
They were committed to the House of Correction for 14 days.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR.
The following list shows how each Alderman voted at the
election of Lord Mayor on Sept. 29, 1845 :
For Mr. Alderman Wood. For Mr. Alderman Johnson.
Sir John Key Sir Claudius S. Hunter
Mr. Alderman Farebrother Sir Peter Laurie

7, Kelly Mr. Alderman Copeland
Sir Chapman Marshall lf ft Wilson
Sir John Pirie The Lord Mayor Gibbs
Mr. Alderman Humphery Mr. Alderman Johnson
Sir William Magnay Sir G. Carroll
Mr. Alderman Wood Sir J. Duke
~ ft Hunter Mr. Alderman Farncomb
Challis „ „ Musgrove
„ „ H. Hughes
~ Sidney

Absent.
Mr. Alderman Lucas
ff 27 Thompson
Hooper
11 Moon

THE ROUND TOWERS.—Mr. G. Petrie, after a long
research, has come to the following results :—" 1. That the
towers are of Christian and ecclesiastical origin, and were
erected at various periods between the 6th and 13th cen-
turies. 2. That they were designed to answer, at least, a
twofold use, namely, to serve as belfries, and as keeps, or
places of strength, in which the sacred utensils, books, relics,
and other valuables, were deposited, and into which the ec-
clesiastics, to whom they belonged, could retire for security
in cases of a sudden predatory attack. 3. That they were
probably also used, when occasion required, as beacons and
watch-towers "

SUICIDE IN A WATER-BUTT.--Yesterday, Mr.
Bedford held an inquest at the Rose and Crown, Rose-street,
Soho, on the body of Ann Foxwell, aged fifty-eight. The
deceased, a widow, carried on the business of a turner and
stand-maker, at No. 24, Crown-street. She had been very
unsettled, and at times depressed in spirits since the death of
her husband, eleven months since, and would frequently ex-
claim, "That there was no one in the world she cared for,"
and "that there was nothing worth living for." On Satur-
day morning last, at twenty minutes past seven o'clock, her
sister left her in bed, and a quarter of an hour after she was
found by her foreman in the water-butt in the back kitchen,
her feet upwards. On being taken out she was quite dead.
The top of the water-butt being within a foot of the ceiling,
she must have had some trouble in effecting her object. Ver-
dict " Temporary insanity."
MILITARY MOVEMENTS AT PORTSMOUTH,—It has
been decided to enlarge the Cambridge Barracks, and for this
purpose the Theatre Royal and the houses at the upper part
of the High-street, Portsmouth, together with those facing
the ramparts on the south of the High-street, will be taken
down as soon as the Government can obtain possession of
them. The space thus obtained will provide one of the finest
sites in the town for this object, and as the property is not
occupied by persons in business, no inconvenience is likely to
result from the procedure. The building now occupied as
the Portsmouth workhouse, which will be vacated in a few
weeks, the inmates being about to be removed to the new
union house, will be purchased by the Government for the
purpose of enlarging the Colewort Barracks, the wish of the
authorities being that each of these barracks may contain
1,200 men, besides the necessary accommodation for the
officers of such a large number. It is also stated, that upon
the completion of the above the Forehouse Barracks, which
adjoins the one occupied by the Royal Marines, will be added
to the latter establishment, thus providing additional room
for that branch of the service.—Hampshire Independent.
The newspapers of New York are full of ovations
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean. A larger audience was as-
sembled upon the occasion of the benefit of Mr. Charles
Kean than had ever been witnessed at the Park Theatre.
One journal states that it was a sea of heads from the pit to
the back seat of the fourth tier. More money had been re-
ceived at the treasury during their engagement than had
been taken during a similar number of performances for
twenty-five years. Eleven nights have realised to these
artistes 1,0001. _ _

THE NEW IRONWORKS IN SCOTLAND.—The for-
ward state of the ironworks, which were commenced in
spring, gives promise of some new brands of pig iron being
very soon brought into this market. At Kinneil there are
four furnaces completed, and arrangements are making to
have them blown in during next month, or early in Novem-
ber. It is not more than six or seven months since the foun-
dation of this work was laid, which for rapidity of erection is,
we believe, unequalled in the history of the iron trade. Eg-
linton and Lugar are also progressing rapidly to completion,
and it is expected will be in blast little later than Kinneil.
It will be some time longer before any of the works in Fife-
shire can come into operation ; but, from the well-known
activity of the enterprising proprietor of the Forth works,
there is little doubt that the spring of 1846 will witness the
production of metal in this new field on an extensive scale.
Other two new ironworks are talked of for the purpose of
supplying parties who have hitherto been purchasers of
pigs. One of those is certain to go on, and we expect to be
able, in a short time, to notice the commencement of opera-
tions.— Scotch Reformers' Gazette.
DISTRICT ASYLUM, ST. GEORGE'S, SOUTHWARK.—
Yesterday a meeting of the rate-payers of St. George's, South-
wark, was held in the vestry-room, for the purpose of taking
Into consideration an order of the Poor-law Commissioners
to combine with other parties to erect an asylum for the
temporary relief of the poor and destitute, and for supplying
them with work. The Rev. Mr. Horton, the rector, pre-
sided.'Mr. Matthews moved a resolution to the effect—" that
the parishioners contemplated with alarm the junction of that
parish with others in the forming of a union which only
tended to carry out the system of centralisation, and deprived
the rate-payers of control over their own officers--that it
would entail vast additional expense, and strongly recom-
mended that every resistance should be offered to it both by
the guardians nominated over it and the parish generally"
The motion having been seconded, Mr. Boxer observed,
that Mr. Hall, the Poor-law Commissioner, had shown more
humanity at the meeting than most of the supporters of the
poor-law, for he expressed his regret that the only relief
that could be afforded would be food and a night's lodging.
If the asylum were established it would be a sign-post for
the dissolute and idle who would flock to it. St. George's
Gould not afford it, for independent of 10,0001. for building
the asylum, it would require 2,0001. a-year for the working
of this most objectionable proposal. The resolution was
carried unanimously, and after the usual vote of thanks to
the Rev. Chairman, the meeting broke up.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Monday afteenoon, about
three o'clock, as Ellen Brooks, parlour-maid to Samwell,
Esq., of Canterbury-street, Lambeth, was running down the
kitchen stairs, she slipped and fell, when a carving knife she
had in her hand at the time entered her right thigh, and in-
flicted a frightful wound; she also broke four of her ribs by
the fall. Medical assistance was obtained, but it was sonic
lima before the flow of blood was stopped, the wound in the
thifl filiVided an artery.