The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-20 00:00:00

FINE ALTS.

We were favoured yesterday with a private view of
a full-length portrait of Lord Brougham, which, we
understand, has been pain t'N.I for the Mechanics' In-
stitute at Newpoi t, South Wabs. The portrait is by
a young artist named Evans, and does great credit to
his skill and judgment. No cne, for an instant, can
mistake the likeness, for it gives, not merely the fea-
tures, but the general expression of his Lordship's
countenance. He is represented standing near a co-
lumn, in an easy, graceful attitude, absorbed appa-
rently in thought ; in the back ground we catch a
glimpse of the London University, of which Lord
Brougham, as is well known, was the projector, and
of which he has long been the firm and energetic
supporter. As a piece of coloitring—to say nothing
of its merits as a likeness—the portrait exhibits much
promise, and is indeed one of the best we have lately
met with, of his Lordship.

NOCTURNAL MEETINGS OF
CHARTISTS.
The following placard was published last night :-
" CAUTION.

" Whereas information has been received that last
night, and on several previous occasions, meetings
have been held of large numbers of persons, who have
proceeded from place to place at unseasonable hours,
and that violent and seditious language has been ad-
dressed to such meetings, and it has been represented
that such a meeting is intended to be held this even-
ing at Clerkenwell-green, and that the peaceable sub-
jects are likely to be alarmed, and the public peace
to be endangered thereby, notice is hereby given that
no such meeting will be permitted to assemble ; and
caution is given to all wel4,disposed persons not to
attend or join, or be present at, any such meeting.
And notice is further given, that all necessary mea-
sures will be adopted to prevent the assembling of any
such meeting, and effectually to protect the public
peace, and to suppress any attempt at the disturb-
ance thereof.

(Signed) " THOMAS. J. HALL.
" Chief Magistrate of the Metropolitan
Police District."

SUICIDE BY LEAPING FROM THE
MON UMEN T.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.

The unfortunate female appears to be 18 or 19, and
was dressed as follows :—Lavender-striped printed
muslin gown; drab-coloured bordered shawl ; commo-
white straw bonnet, trimmed with purple-coloured
ribbons. Her shift is marked in the breast with the
letters J x C ; two petticoats—one white calico, the
other flannel ; prunella lace boots, a little the worse
for wear.
The lamentable occurrence has excited an unusual
sensation in the neighbourhood; the more so, in con-
sequence of its being generally known that subsequent
to the equally distressing suicides of Miss Moyes and
a boy, a messenger had been appointed to attend at
the top of the Monument to prevent the possibility
of like occurrences.
She paid her sixpence, and was told to lay hold of
the bannister, as the ascent was dark. She replied,
" Oh, I know the way." When at the top she remained
there ten minutes, appearing to be delighted with the
surrounding scenery. She was there attended by
Nathaniel Fletcher, the man appointed for that pur-
pose by the City Lands Committee, in pursuance of
the recommendation of the Jury which was held two
years since. She inquired the position of the diffe-
rent edifices and churches in view, which were pointed
out by the man, and she exhibited no incoherence in
her manner. Fletcher thought she was about to de-
scend, and went down the steps before her, when she
effected her dreadful purpose.
The dress of the unhappy girl appears to be that of
a respectable servant, but it is evident from the soft-
ness and whiteness of the hands that she has not been
accustomed to any kind of hard work. The fore
finger of the left hand bears marks of the needle, but
even those are rather slight.
Several persons who were passing or standing on
Fish-street-hill saw the body of the unfortunate de-
ceased descend from the gallery, strike against the
dragon on the north-west corner of the base of the
edifice, and rebound out into the middle of the road
on Fish-street-hill. A man connected with one of
the steam-packet companies was standing almost close
to the spot where she fell, and was the first who raised
her from the ground.
A young woman dressed in a manner similar to
the deceased was seen at London-bridgd Wharf last
night, inquiring with anxiety for the arrival of a
Margate steam-boat, by which she said she expected ,
a young man to arrive ; and the man who first picked
up the deceased thinks she is the same person.
It is suspected that the deceased was enciente, but
the fact will not be satisfactorily ascertained until the
post mortem examination takes place.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY.

A singular occurrence took place during the after-
noon relative to her identity, the circumstances of
which may be briefly described as follows :—A young
female named Croombridge, living in the service of
Mr. Arnold, toy-manufacturer, King William-street,
London-bridge, had a presentiment that the deceased
was her sister, and requested permission to view the
body. Mr. Arnold's nurse accompanied her to the
church, and on the features of the deceased being
exposed to view, the young woman, Croombridge,
screamed out that it was her sister, and that she had
destroyed herself through the cruelty of a young man
with whom she had been acquainted for some time
past. Her state of excitement was such that some
person present imagined her impression to be correct,
except the nurse, an intelligent woman, who had once
or twice seen the sister of Croombridge, and could not
trace all the features in the deceased. Another sister,
living with a person named Webb, in Leadenhall-market,
was then sent for, to set the matter at rest, and on
arriving at the church, after viewing the body, she
at once declared that deceased was not her sister. The
other, however, persisted in her belief that it was, and
stated in corroboration that when she last saw her on
Sunday week, deceased bid her " good-by," and said,
" You will never see me again alive." The two sis-
ters were certainly very much alike, and not at all
unlike the corpse : but the nurse before alluded to
stated that the sister was much freckled about the
face, while the corpse was very fair. All doubt
was, however, set at rest, about half-past seven
o'clock last evening, by her recognition as the servant
of Mr. Rowbotham, residing at No. 9, Buttersland-
street, Hoxton. ler name is Jane Cooper, and
she had been missing from her situation since Thurs-
day morning, and Mr. Rowbotham having heard
of the accident, came down to view the body, and
immediately recognised her. An examination was
made last evening by Dr. Thomas Elliotson and Mr.
Croft, in the presence of several other gentlemen, by
direction of the Coroner, when it appeared that both
legs had sustained a compound fracture—and the feet
were also much dislocated—the left shoulder was al-
most torn from the body, and the back of the skull
presented a frightful fracture. The features were in
no way mutilated, and the deceased was a well-look-
ing young woman, somewhat inclined to corpulency.
She was about five feet high, and habited in the cus-
tomary manner of domestic servants . It is the opinion
of Dr. Elliotson and several other medical men, that
she is not pregnant, though a difference on this point
exists, which will doubtless be cleared up before the
inquest is held. No cause is yet assigned for the rash act.
It is a melancholy reflection, that this is the third
time life has been sacrificed in the same dreadful
manner within three years. The utter uselessness of
appointing a sentinel in the gallery must now be ap-
parent to every person ; and if the Monument be not
altogether closed against the public, some better means
of prevention must be adopted than at present exist.
Amongst the most useful appears to be that of allow-
ing no person to ascend, unless accompanied by some
friend ; but the matter will doubtless be carefully dis-
cussed by the Committee, after the excitement of this
catastrophe has passed away.
Mr. Bleaden, Chairman of the Commercial Steam-
packet Company, who is the present responsible lessee
of the Monument, states that Fletcher is a man in
whom he had great confidence, and his omission to
watch narrowly the movements of the deceased, creates
much surprise in the minds of all who knew him.

On Thursday at one o'cloek, a 8.-eat meeting of
Chartists was held in the Market-place, over which Mr.
J. Barber presided. Messrs. Sweet, Meads, Clarke (of
Stockport), Roberts, and Smith (of Mansfield), were
the speakers. and the following resolution was passed :
" That we shall
look upon any iudilklual WllO shall be
found committing
an illegal act as an enemy to our holy
cause, and as Such shall baud such offending parties over
to the authorities." The meeting was then adjourned to
seven o'clock.--Nottiryhum Rerew.
At Calver.on, on Tuesday last, a meeting of irame-
work-knitters was convened, to take into consideration,
'he best means to be adop.ad, to put a stop to an in-
fl:ngement, which several of the hosiers are practising
upon them, by shiaing stitc!ies instead of three, in
the narrowings of the heels and toe-ends, without any
remuneration, when a -2esolu;.ion was proposed, and car-
ried uncniinously, lha:; sooner than suror themselves to
be impos2d upon any longer by their masters. they
world '':e, and never return to work agrn vniil the
Charter becomes the law of the land.—No .i.rgLam
Ilev;ew.
WATSON'S GENERAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 83,
CORNHILT LOND)N, AUG. 19, 181-2.—Passed through
the Downs this morning her Majesty's yacht Royal
George. from Portsmouth, bound to Woolwich. Wind
at the Downs S.W., very light.

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