The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-22 00:00:00

HOP INTELLIGENCE.

WORCESTER, JAN. 21.—We have scarcely any new
Hops offering for sale in our 'market, the planters having
sold their growths early in the season. The few parcels
left on hand command firm prices, and choice samples
are scarce to be met with. We have had more demand
for Old Hops since ChriStmas.
BOROUGH, JAN. 20.—We have had more business
doing than is usual at this season of the year, and higher
rates are expected as the Spring demand comes on.

SUPPOSED CASE OF BURNING A
CHILD TO DEATH.

Yesterday an investigation was commenced before W.
Carter, Esq., at the Ship Tavern, Walcot-place, Lam-
beth, respecting the death of an infant, Ann Christmas
Crowne, aged 16 months, the daughter of one of the
chief clerks in Somerset House.

Mr. Charles Crowne, the father of the child, was
examined. He stated that, on the 24th of December, he
left home as usual at ten o'clock. The deceased child
was left in the care of Juliana Easter, his servant, Mrs.
Crowne having to meet him at Bloomsbury, which she
did. in Museum-street, at four o'clock. Upon their re-
turn home he found the child in the girl's arms, but it
had evidently cried very much. The child was trembling
in a dreadful manner. His wife took the child from the
girl, and tried to pacify her, but she could not succeed,
and he took her in his arms, the child still trembling
violently. He endeavoured to quiet her but could not.
He was induced to examine the back part of the child
and found it covered with large blisters.
The CORONER—Did you ask the girl what she had
done to the child ?—I did, of course, but she said she
bad done nothing.
Was medical aid called in ?—Yes. Mt Scott attended
first, and afterwards Mr. Howitt, of Apollo-buildings,
Walworth, who attended her until she died on Monday.
And what do you suppose was the cause of the poor
child's death ?—She has been burnt or scalded ; Ido not
know which.

Mr. Scott, surgeon, stated that he found extensive
wounds on the child, but whether caused by burning or
scalding he could not tell. Mr. Howitt was afterwards
called in, and to his care the case was left.
The CORONER asked if Mr. Howitt was in attendance,
and being answered in the negative, stated that he could
not conclude a case such as this without the evidence of
Mrs. Crowne as well as Mr. Howitt.
The girl was then asked what explanation she had to
give, but she said nothing.
The CORONER—This is a very serious case,. and I
must adjourn the inquiry. lam quite willing to adjourn
it to any time the Jury wish. I must now direct the
girl to be taken into custody by the beadle. I have no
desire that she be given in charge of the police ; she can
be taken to the workhouse, but on the adjournment day
she must be here, and the beadle must be answerable.

The inquiry was then formally adjourned, and the girl
was placed in custody.

"At Algiers, on the 2d instant," says the
Constitutionnel, "ice and snow were seen in the streets.
The thermometer was at two degrees of Reaumur below
zero, or nearly 28 degrees Fahrenheit. The oldest inha-
bitants do not remember such a cold season."

FOOT RACE.—A foot race of 400 yards. for
50/. aside, came off on the Ist inst., on Pity-me-flats,
half way between Durham and Chester-le-Street, be-
tween John Atkinson, of Durham, and John Cooper, of
Chester-le-Street, and from the known celebrity of the
men, the betting was spirited, and about four thousand
persons were present. All preliminaries being settled,
the nimble footed ones appeared at the scratch, and on
stripping the symmetry and muscular powers of Atkinson
called forth general admiration ; the betting had pre-
viously been 6 to 4, but now rose to 2 to 1 in his favour.
After three false starts, away they went at a great pace,
Atkinson with the lead, which he increased at every
stride, and at the end of 400 yards, he was full 20
yards in advance, Cooper struggling to regain his lost
ground, but Atkinson came in an easy winner by at least
15 yards.—York Courant.

On Thursday an inquest wet held before Mr.
Carter, at the Marquis of Granby, Red-hill, on view of
the body of Mr. John Jupp, aged 52 years. It appears
from the evidence that the deceased was for many years
officer to the Sheriff for Surrey, and until within a few
weeks since the landlord of the Great Crown Inn, Rei-
gate. On Sunday afternoon last, the unfortunate man
ran down the embankment on the London and Brighton
Railway, at Red-hill, directly in front of the five o'clock
up-train, and was in an instant killed. Various rumours
are given for the commission of the rash act, but pecu-
niary embarrassment is supposed to be the cause of it.
The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity."
On Tuesday last, as the Rev. Henry Sweeting,
only son of Henry Sweeting, Esq., solicitor, of Hunting-
don, was shooting in Godmanchester, in passing through
a hedge his gun went off, and the charge passed through
his left wrist. It was found necessary to amputate
below the elbow, from which operation Mr. Sweeting
we hear, is likely to du well.—Stamford Mercury.

On. Wednesday morning a fine female infant,
about eight weeks old, was found in a pledging box
in the shop of Mr. Sharp, pawnbroker, Broadway,
Deptford. In the bosom of the child was a letter stating
that the mother was a native of Gravesend, only 16
years of age, and that the father was a pawnbroker of
Deptford. It likewise intimated that the mother would
return for the child if the father refused to support it.
LONGEVITY.—A few days since a respectable
farmer, named Cummins, residing within a few miles of
Carlow, died at the advanced age of 111 years. His re-
mains were attended to the grave by a numerous pos-
terity, amongst whom was a cousin of the deceased, who
has attained the equally patriarchal age of 102.—Carlow
Paper.
At the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Messrs.
Axman and Christ, formerly wine-merchants in Mark-
lane, and Mr. Robert Kendall, draper, at Newton Abbott,
Devonshire, underwent their final examinations, and were
discharged.
The Abbe thasset, who died lately at Bagneres,
aged 97, has left a perpetual rent of 600 f., to be divided
annually between the three persons whom a jury, com-
posed of the Bishop, the Prefect, and the Mayors of
Tarbes and Bagneres, shall declare to have performed
the most meritorious actions.