The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-16 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Yesterday a poor woman named Briggs, the widow
of a cab-driver, who recently lost his life under very
deplorable circumstances, attended, with her mother,
an aged woman, before Mr. Broughton, to solicit his
assistance.
It appeared from the statement of the applicant,
that her deceased husband was formerly in business
as a shoe-manufacturer, from which he was compelled
to retire in consequence of severe losses ; but being
much respected he succeeded in borrowing a sufficient
sum to purchase a horse and cab, by means of which
he was in hopes of securing a subsistence for his
numerous family. He had been six months engaged
in his new occupation, and had good prospects of suc-
ceeding in it, when about five weeks ago his cab was
hired at Islington by three men, who desired him to
drive after a phteton, which had taken the road to
Highgate. He overtwk the vehicle at Highgate
Archway, where his passengers alighted, and offered
him Is., and on his demanding 35., which was his legal
fare, they commenced abusing him, and one of them
eventually threw him down with so much violence that
he sustained a severe compound fracture of the leg.
The three fellows then drove away in the phttton, and
the po )r cabman was soon afterwards picked up by the
police, who conveyed him to St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, where his leg was amputated, but he remained
in a delirious state, and only survived the operation a
few days. Every exertion was made by the police to
discover the retreat of his assailants without success ;
and the Jury, at the Coroner's inquest that was held
on the deceased, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter
against some person or persons unknown." Soon
after her husband's death the unfortunate applicant
disposed of his horse and gig, the proceeds of which
barely sufficed to meet the claims of his creditors, and
she was now left hi a state of utter destitution, with
six children and an infirm mother, who were all de-
pendent upon her for support, and, to increase her
misery, she was on the eve of again becoming a mo-
ther. Under these circumstances she was induced to
lay her case before the Magistrate, in the hope of ob-
taining some trifling pecuniary assistance to place her
in some small way of business, whereby she might
procure the means of subsistence for her helpless and
destitute offspring.
Hanley, the chief usher, said that he had made mi-
nute inquiries into the characters, both of the applicant
and her late husband, and they were represented as
most industrious, honest, and sober people. He had
ascertained from personal observation that the afflicted
woman and her numerous progeny were at present in
a state of extreme privation and distress.
Mr. BROUGHTON said, that previous to her present
application his attention had been directed to the me-
lancholy situation in which she was placed, and he
felt satisfied that a case more truly deserving of public
commisseration had never been brought forward. It
was impossible to avoid sympathising with her inisfor-
tunes, her husband's life having been suddenly sacri-
ficed through an act of wanton brutality, and herself
and children reduced in a moment from comparative
comfort and happiness to a state of destitution and
misery. He had just received a contribution of Os.
from a benevolent lady to whom he had mentioned her
case, and he sincerely trusted that her laudable en-
deavours to obtain such assistance as would enable
her to exert her industry for the support of her desti-
tute family, might be crowned with success.
The poor woman expressed herself in terms of
heartfelt gratitude to the Magistrate for his urbanity
arid kindness, and left the Court with her infirm parent

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending Sept. 10, 1842 :
Passengers
Merchandise 322 3 7

£1,291 11 I

Corresponding week last year ....£1,524 9 7
Darlington, Sept. 14. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

LLOYD'S SEIIPPING.
LONDON, SEPT. 15.—Wind at noon Easterly, fine.
DEAL, SEPT. 14.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrd. Dur-
ham, Calcutta ; Elizabeth, Buchan, Monte Video ; Au-
rora, Hunter, Quebec.
OFF DOVER, SEPT. 11.—Mary Ann, Yansen, Rio
Grande for Hamburgh.
RAMSGATE, SEPT. 13.—The Oberon, from Gottenburg
to Monte Video, arrd. here, is leaky, and must discharge.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Wind variable.—Sld. Adams
Llanelly_and Grenada. ,
OFF HASTINGS, SEPT. 14.—Stratford, Mauritius.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Cale-
donia, Swinford, Quebec, leaky ; City of Derry, London
for China ; Westminster, Attwood, New York, and
sailed for London.
COWES, SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Columbia, London for Co-
lumbia River.

LIVERPOOL , SEPT. 14.—Wind N.N.W.—The Hope,
Boyes, bound to Holyhead, put back to Quebec 1 Ith ult.,
having been ashore below the Traverse.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Sylvia, Plymouth to Quebec
24th ult., off St. Paul's ; Ann, Waterford to Quebec,
28th ult., lat. 46, lon. 51 ; John (barque), for Quebec,
29th ult., lat. 40, ion. 50 ; Lady Seaton, London to
Montreal, 2d inst., lat. 49, lon. 36, by the Caledonia,
arrived at Portsmouth. Olga, Hamburgh to Batavia,
July 13, lat. 13, lon. 24 W., by the Maxim, arrived at
Cowes. Cossack, Malta to Cork, 11 th ult. ; William
Wright, Liverpool to Montego Bay, 28th ult.,
lat. 48, lon. 13, by the Buoyant, arrived at
Kingstown. Ova, Quebec to London, 22d ult.,
off Anticosti, by the Caledonia, arrived at Portsmouth.
Corena, Liverpool to Quebec, July 28, lat. 49, lon. 24 ;
Speculator (barque) of Liverpool, standing West., 3d
ult., lat. 47, los. 40 ; Hollander, of Boston, standing
West, 6th ult., lat. 43, lon. 47, by the South America,
arrived at New York. Eliza Scotland, of Liveipool, Bth
July, off Cape (le Gatt, by the Elizabeth, arrived at
Cork. Miranda, London to Malaga, 18th ult., lat. 38,
lon. 10, by the Jas. Freeman, arrived at Falmouth ;
Abercrombie, Robinson, Dublin to the Cape, July 21,
lat. 1 N., lon. 22 W. • W. Kingstown,_ Calcutta to Li-
verpool, 27th, lat. 10, lon. 23, by the Pearl, arrived in
the Downs. Austria, Sligo to Quebec, out 28 days ;
Alchymist, from Falmouth, 22d ult., lat. 46, lon. 39 ;
Lady Turner, 26th, lat. 47, lon. 29, by the Orestes, ar-
rived in the Downs. Cato, Newcastle to Quebec, 19th
ult., out forty-eight days, by the Aberdeenshire. Union,
Bordeaux to New York, 25th ult., lat. 41, lou. 68 ;
Factus, Amsterdam to Boston, 29th, lat. 44, lon. 46 ;
Laurel, Bay Chaleur to Liverpool, sth instant, lat. 47,
lon. 37 ; Burgundy, bound to New York, 10th, lat. 49,
lon. 5, by the Ville de Lyon, arrived at Havre. Eques-
trian, bound to China, on the Line, lon. 19 W, out only
forty days from Plymouth, by the Commodore, arrived
at Rio.

Arrivals.—Stratford,
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Haslep, from Mauritius, off Has-
tings, sailed June 11 •, Euphrates, Wilson, from China,
in the Downs, sailed April 28, St. Helena Aug. 1 • Ti-
gris, Symons, from Ceylon, off the Wight, sailed May 9,
Mauritius June 7, Cape July 10, St. Helena July 29.
Arrivals at Mauritius.—Velox Watts, June 9, from
Colombo; Bourbonnais, Beliard, from Nantes.
Departures from Mauritius.—True Love, Coulton,
May 22, to Amsterdam ; Memnon steamer, Powell,
June 2, to China ; Emma, Paddle, 9th, to Madagascar ;
Philanthrope, to Pondicherry.
Arrivals at Perth, Western Australia.—Lucretia,
Headberry, April I, and Shepherd, Bowditch, 25th,
from London.

Arrival at Leschenault.—Diadem, Harland, London.

TIIE ROBBERY AT LADY LISLE'S, AT MILL-
BROOK.—The butler at Lady Lisle's, whose name is
Barnes, having made himself very officious in rebuking
the policeman for allowing a suspicious person to pass
him on the night of the robbery, and the police inspector
being satisfied that the robbery was effected by some
person well acquainted with Lady Lisle's premises, the
butler was at length suspected of being the thief ; and
some portion of the stolen plate having been found in a
place which confirmed the suspicions against the butler,
Barnes was accordingly apprehended and lodged in gaol
on Tuesday night. He repeatedly expressed his sur-
prise and anger at the policeman ornodceupedtreyiopnnagrtedih.reotmnohi
the burglary, for saying that he could not swear to the
night of
suspicious person whom he saw p
Lisle's. Being compelled, however, to putp:ileonrsth;i:stesaw
macin-
tosh, the policeman declared himself
ltehaavtehjead(tyheLibsuletl,serga)
gate. Lady
LttedysLusipsliecihouass
ascer-
tained the amount of property stolen from her, but it
must have been immense. • The butler has been in the
service of her Ladyship a great number of years, and
was a servant in whom she placed the greatestconfidence.
RHODE ISLAND.—William Dean, alias Bill Dean,
esnoerlaarlgDelyeaant, athlieas
a‘t‘tatlx one-armed man," who
Oil the arsenal, at the
CfiarglilateisrpeacGdhet camp, and in thfeoree.xeste yesterday morning,
examinations of the pri-
soners, was arrested at Providence
having arrived the night be
he was taken before a Magistrate for examination; wit-
nesses swore to his presence in the affairn
where he applied a Match t
was committed for trial.
a sort of adjutant-general At Chapachet he officiated as
irioini.e of the cannons, and he
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a .fugh nr p