The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-09 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Caroline Bigneorth, aged 22, was placed at the bar for filet
examination, charged with having attempted to destroy the lite
of Selina Just, her illegitimate fema:e infant, and afterwards to.
commit suicide.
The particulars of this most distressing case have already
appearet It will be recollected that the prisoner had lodged
at the house, No. 3, Clarence-street, St. Luke's, in eohabita-
tion with the father of the child, a brass-founder, named Charles
Just, who deserted her, on Monday se'nnight, and was said to.
have since lived with another woman. After his departure the.
prisoner was observed by her fellow-lodgers to be in a very low:
and desponding state, and, on the succeeding Friday mornirg„,
ore of them discovered her suspended from a rope in the back
kitchen, and the child was soon afterwards found lying on the
inssiinsible, and at the point of death from the effects of
drowning'. A peil was found in the room containing some
gallons of water; in which it was afterwards ascertained that the
wretched woman had immersed the child until life appeared'
extinct; after which she laid it on the bed, and proceeded ton
the kitchen, in order to conclude the tragedy with self-destrue- •
Lion. Both the mother and the child were at. the last extre..
mity when they were discovered, but through the prompt
and persevering exertions of a medical gentleman, named
il/sek, their lives were raved. A letter wl9 found in the priso-
ner's roern, addressed to the man Just, in which she apprised
him of her criminal designs; and, in simple and touching lan-
uge, intimated a desire that the child and herself might be
placed in the same coffin, and that the expenses of the funeral,
;eteshl be defrayeil by the authorities of Walthamstow, to whitla
parish she belonged.
The tiepition4 of the several witnesses having been corn-
pleted, they were read over by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, in,
the-presence of the prisoner.
In answer to some questiens from the Magistrate, respecting
her intimacy with the man Just, the prisoner, in low nest,
broken accent a, said that she became acquainted with him about;
three years age, and was in the service of a family living in-
Bishopsgate-street when he effected her ruin. The child was
born about a year and nine months ago, and she had been since
living with a family at Islington, but about seven weeks since
Just induced her, under a solemn promise of marriage, to leave
her situation, and place herself under his protection.
The child, a lovely little creature, was in Court during the
investigation, and its serene and smiling looks were ;n strong
contrast with the heavy and heart-broken aspect of its no,
happy mother.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that although he could not help sym-
pathising with the situation of the unfortunate prisoner, who,
was the victim of the most cruel and heartless villany, it was.
his duty to prevent an impression from going abroad that any
degree of ill usage or suffering that a woman could sustain would
justify her in committing the dreadful crime of attempting to
destroy the life of her innocent child. He should commit the
prisoner for trial, but it was his sincere hope that the Court
would deem it compatible with the public safety to take a aler-
eitul view of the case. —The prisoner was fully committed.

-• CROYDON POLICE.
At the meet* of the Bench of Magistrates at Croydon, osa
Monday, an applieation was made by Mr. Turner, the Chair-
man of the Board of Surveyors of Highways, for the decision
of the Bench as to the liability of the building used as the
Croydon Literary and Scientific Institution to be rated.
The 13or.rd, it appeared. had rated Mr. Westall, the Secre-
tary, and Mr. R. Russell attended on his behalf to oppose
the rate.

Mr. Turner addressed the Magistrates, Messrs. Reid, Adams.
and Lucas, briefly, and said that the Board sought to recover
from Mr. Westall the sum of Bs. 4d., being the amount of rate
made in June, 1841, upon the premises used as the Croydore
Literary and Scientific Institution. They considered'
that there was such a beneficial eccupation df those
premises as rendered them- liable to be assessed
to the rate ; and they therefore felt it their duty',
in justice to the other"'parishioners, to levy it. lf, how-
ever, the Magistrates should be of opinion that such property
was not liable to be rated, they would, of course, willingly
abandon the claim.

111 r. Russell, in opposition to the rate, said that the ques-
tion involved in the present proceeding was one of some import-
ance to all institutions of a similar character that were esta-
blished throughout the country ; and he trusted the Beneh
would come to the decision, that property of this description
was not liable to be assessed, either to the highway or any other
rate. The Magistrates were aware that the institution was sup-
ported by a number of gentlemen, each of whom subscribed
a certain sum, for the purpose of affording mutual facilities for
the acqui-ition of knowledge within the strictest limits of mo-
rality; they neither derived, nor desired to t:trive, any advantage
from the inslitilion, and none of the Alembeis resided on the
premises, or trade any other use of them than was necessary for
the purposes of the institution. Under such circumstances,
he submitted to the Bench that there was not such a benefi-
cial occupation, either by the Secretary or any of the members,
of these premises, as would render them liable to be rated. He
reminded the Bench that there was no profit made by the So-
ciety. They had no income, and all the amount of subs nrlP-
tions that was received was expended for purposes of a puNic
nature.

Mi. Adams said that a beneficial occupation did net. at all
imply that it should be a pri.fitable one, and he said that if the
rates could only he levied upon property that yielded a profit,
he feared that they should have to relieve a great many persona
from paying the rates. The consequence of there being I); profit
derived had nothing to do with the question. It was cleat that
the members occupied those premises for their own purpone.-6,
anti they were, therefore, liable to contribute to the rates.
Mr. Russell said that he had felt it his duty, under the pectr;-
liar eiteutnstances, to make the objections he had ; hut as the
Magistrates thought that the law was against them, the mem-
bers of the Institution would willingly bow to their decision.
The BENcit said that in law there could be no doubt that.
institutions of this description were liable to the payment of
tie rates, but at the same time intimated their opinion, that it
might be a matter for the consideration of the surveyors and,
other parish officers, whether property of this descriptiori migh
not be left out of the rate.

The usual order fur payment was then made and tke parties
retired.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

VESSELS SPOKEN wint.—Her Majesty's ship Iris, off AA..
cension, by the Susannah Collings, arrd. off Cork, from Mauri-
tius. David Canning, outward bound. 19th ultimo, lat. 32,
lon. 16, by the Rubicon, arrived at Portsmouth. Mary and
Elva, of Scilly, off Malaga, lat. 41, lon. 11, by the Krausty,
arrived at Falmouth. Azores packet.. Plymouth to Marseilles,
19. h ult. lat. ts 9, kn. 11, by the Naples packet, arrived at Fal-
mouth. Grecian, Liverpool to Lima, 28th ult., lat. 42, lon. 11,
by the Dodson, arrived off Falmouth. Olinda, Havre to Bourbon,
18th ult., 150 leagues west of Cape St.. Vincent, by the Leo•
cattle, arrived at Marseilles. Carrieks, 27th ult., lat. 46 lon.
29, by the Palmyra, arrived at Liverpool. Raga:Allan, London
to Bhombay, 21st ult., lat. 38, lon. 14 ; Fame, from Newcastle,
25th ult., lat. 41, lon. 11; James Gibson, from Liverpool,
:nth ult., lat. 42, lon. 11, by the William Herdman, arrived
off Dartmouth. John Bolton, bound to Quebec, 31st ult., lat.
51, lon. 13, by the Kingaloch, arrived at Cork. Louisa Primes
Nederlanden, Dordrecht to Batavia, 15th ult., lat. 4, lon. 6, by
the Moumkendam arrived at Rotterdam. Trial, London to
Sydney, N.W. 29th ult.. lat. 44, lon. 12; Visitor of Liverpool,.
26th ult., lat. 45, lon. 23, by the Marianne and fledwig arrived
off Dartmouth.