The Sun. — 1848-11-04 (London, England)

MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—yesterday a man and woman, named Thomas Cooke and Eliza Jones, were brought before the magistrates at Manchester Ti suspicion of murder. T Dole field, in which, at the eprisoners reside in a court in bottom of a flight of stone. last week, with a fearful steps, a man was found-duringone night at the end of contused cut at the. back. of the head. lie was carried in infirmary, and died almost state of insensibility to the a.ittirlimediately. The. evidence. against the prisoners was a woman living in the court heard a cry of " Watch l'ltodn the night in question, which was subsequently repeated, peate , or repeated in part, the word being suppressed when half uttered. Two little girls were the next witnesses, and said that they saw the male prisoner di ag a man who lay at the bottom of the steps into his house and bathe his head with water, and afterwards take prisoners deniedim ai back tol knowledgethe stepsa lid leave him there. The of the affair. A surgeon from the infirmary, who had examined the head of deceased, said the wound might have been caused by his falling backwards down the steps, or by a blow from behind. The evidence against the prisoners, or rather againstagainst the male prisoner (for there was nothing the woman), was considered insufficient, and the case after they had been put back t in the dock several times It*, fresh evidence might be obtained if possible, was di543135 KING'S COLLEGE Hosplr,7d* A--From the reports issued by the committee of the above hospital it appears that during the past year the benefits of the charity were distributed among out-patienta to the number of 17,901,0 f whom 16,782 werereceived without lett( rs of ownrecommendation—their state of suffering and disease at once admitting themthe same to the treatment of the medical staff. During dense 1,359 in-door patient; were received, 268 only eb being provided with recommendations. Owing to the eunasteedpoapuudlatthie orluoefretahse district in which the hospital is sit ing prevalonce of sickness and disease, the wards of the present buildinghave been found to be' far inadequate to the: accommodation demanded, while in the out-patients' department the rooms appropriated to their reception have become much overcrowded, and most imperatively require enlargement. It appears that the committee have purchased an adjoining piece of ground, which is now being cleared of the buildings upon it, previous to the commencement of the proposed extension, and we trust they will receive efficient support and co operation in the progress of a work essential to the health of a crowded quarter of the metropolis. SHEERNESS, Nor. 2.--Much has been said relative to the state of Sheerness. We are now happy to say that a petition numerously signed by the inhabitants rated to the relief of the poor, in the parish of Minster, has b,,en presented to the Honourable the Commissioners of the Board of Health, at Gwydyr House, Whitehall, London, praying that their Honourable Board would, without delay, send one of their superintendent inspectors to this place to make the preliminary inquiries into the sanitary state of the town. We have much to thank the press and our port officers for. They have really awakened the town commissioners to a partial sense of their duty at last, and during the present week more dung and filth of every description has been turned out of back premises, yards, piggeries, cow-sheds, slaughterhouses, &c., than has been seen for nearly twelve months past. We have also to thank the board of guardians, part of whom are gentlemen farmers, and can duly op." preciate the value of strong manure well deetoinposecl and ready for use. Sheerness may, be made one of the cleanest towns on the coast of Bent; and for natural refreshing sea air and scenery it will bear comparison with any other similar port.