The Sun. — 1851-05-02 (London, England)

MANCHESTER. Mary Wadding f4stepfather of a girl aged 16 years, nanaed on the horrible Coy Hardy), are in custody at Manchester, ministering suspicionarsenic. of having murdered her by adand Ann Waddinguu ifle names of the parents are James lamplighter), and the 4the male poner being by trade a prior retased was an illegitimate child of the female prisoner, ,rohher marriage with Waddington, by a man named Hardy. street, Manchester, and t,!.Prisoners resided in Boundaryservice, resided with' them7:Vaughter, who had been at picion of foul play was causedave., time of her death. Sus. the mother's and stepfather's accounts of her death to Y, she died during the night of ViedTsrlice, which were, that inaY last, and was found dead in her bedroom on Thursday wdefsets bince ascerments beiog much at variance with other ing, these statetained. She was found to have aco :iulination being arsenic in her stomach upon a post-morte,erzable quantity of yzeKdtat.nd ill from made, and the mother stated that she was some cause on the day previous to her death ( c n.er said that she had no suspicion of the cause. 'l'he rneo'td,Y),but she had had poison in the house, but had throw The statement that deceased bad been sick on IVedielvay• contradicted by neighbours, who had seen her out of Z,,is and quite well, up to eight o'clock on Wednesday night'. Martha Fernhead, a woman who had lived neighbour with the prisoners eight months ago, says they used to beat the deceased very much when deceased was out of place. On one occasion she heard him (the male prisoner) run up. Stairs in his strong shoes, and ask her if she bad got work yet? Heard her on one occasion say "No," and the male prisoner then said, with an oath, " Madam, I've worked alig onsrugh to keep you—l'll kill you." On these occaiel,l3utd heard him kick or throw her down, and turn her out of t She had heaousa. This occurred two or three times a week. deceased many a both the father and mother say to the de" a time they wished she was dead. The motive for murder is supposed to have been to obtain possession of 71. in club money, and which was paid to the prisoners on the day after her death by the secretary of a sick-club, of which deceased was a member.  MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a quarterly general court of the governors of the above important charity was held is the board-room of the institution ; Thomas Hunt, Esq., occupying the ehair. Owing to the great attraction of her Majesty opening the Exhibition in Hyde-park, the attendance of governors was much smaller than usual, but the proceedings were not without interest, and the ordinary routine business wgs satisfictorilygonethroug ewan.Thpearteipenotrst stated that the average weekly attendance was fifty, while the average of out-patients fora period of five years had been nearly 10,000. The chairman announced the receipt of a donation of 101., presented, in grai:iatuuldde,b) the friend of a patient who had died in the cancer ward; and having further stated that Captain Maude, R.N., preside, in the absence of the Duke, of Northumberland, at the anniversary festival, on the 11th of June, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. ROYAL ORTITOPCEDIC HaSPITAt.—On Wednesday the number c.f medical and surgical officers of the above important hospital was increased by the election of two assistant surgeons. The ballot closed at four o'clock, and the result was declared in favour of B. E. Brodburst, Esq., M.R.C.S., and W. Adams, Esq., F.R.C.S. ; the numbers being—for Mr. Brodhurst, 329; for Mr. Adams, 240 ; and for Mr. H. Coote, 141. The staff of the Royal Orthopcadic Hospital is now exceedingly efficient and talented, and it only remains for the friends of the charity to increase their exeitions in order that the much-desired increase of accommodation may be afforded by the erection of a more suitable hospital.