The Sun. — 1865-01-12 (London, England)

FESTATIONS.--An incomprehensible freak on the part of a young girl, named Sibrey, was disclosed at the Rotherham Court House, on Monday. The girl lately became servant in the house of a workman at Parkgate, named Rushton, and had notex been aminathere long before the windows began to be broken in an unaccountable manner. The girl pretended to be • I great fear, and Rushton being unable, after repeateded tions, to account for the damage, came to the silly conclusion that his premises were haunted police, andby a set of malicious fairies. 110 appealed to thean officer was sent to hista himself to account for the was as puzzledAerowd as at length collected round the house, and more panes being broken, ainsi aid,e buttjo v that they were broken byTh. stones and pieces of coal thrown a spectator remarked from inside the house. is, led to the tardy discovery were those of the girlunseen" which had done all the mischiefthat the "fairy hands She could Sibrey, who was consequently geoivnednueint, ebhuatrgone. the intercession of her mother was discharged on payinggive no reason for her strange for the damage and the costs.—She field Independent.  NEWs . KApER ~,Avit*4s .1-6:A. 63141 • t .41 The Royal H • The half-yearly meeting of di soaty eV yesterday at the offices in Trafalgar-square ; Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell in the chair. On the motion of the Chairman, a vote of thanks was passed tll,ethe president, for his services taonathseuDppoukret odfuArgy during h past year, and he was reelected president. Mr. Bedford announced the death of Mr. Dalton, a member of the committee, who had bequeathed to the society the sum of 2001. ; and, there being other vacancies on the committee, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Donald Nichol, and Mr. W. Ashurst were elected to fill them. The statement of accounts showed that the total income of the society from all sources during the last year was 1,5131. Os. 7d., and the expenditure, including the rent of offices, the salaries of icemen, the cost of keeping up the receiving houses, apparatus, drags, &c., had been 1,4921. 7s. Bd., leaving the small balance of 901. 12s. 11d. in the bankers' hands. The report stated that during the year 246,926 persons had bathed in the Serpentine, and there had been 35 casualties. Since last July 123 cases had been successfully treated, while eight were beyond recovery. Of 45 cases which had occurred in Hyde-park since last July, 35 had been successfully treated, one was beyond recovery, and nine were found drowned. There had been eight attempted suicides in the Park. Of the 240 general cases which occurred during the year 232 were successfully treated, and the remaining eight were beyond recovery. On the motion of Mr. Baker, the following members of the French Humane Society were elected honorary members of this society : The Marquis de Bethisy, the Marquis du Plantz, M. Chateauneuf, M. Jagbert (Sec.-General), and the Abbe Brazier (Chaplain-General). Silver medallions of the society for saving life were awarded in the following cases :—To Albert Williams, for saving the lives of four persons, whose boat was upset in St. George's Sound, Australia, -last May ; to Philip Allier, jun., who saved the life pf to a seaman named Samuel a Moon,eelwdiheor saatt jereedti ; olives—one in Zante Bay, and the other in the Bay of Tunis ; to Mr. Corrington, steward of her Majesty's ship Acorn, for attempting to save the life of a private soldier in Shanghae river last June ; to Mr. Russell Frost, for striving to save four persons at Bude, in Cornwall ; and to Mr. F. Hallorman, a naval cadet of her Majesty's ship Britain, who saved his brother's life last November under the most difficult circumstances. Thanks were voted to the honorary officers, and the secretary, Mr. Lambton Young, having been re-elected and received a cordial vote of thanks, the proceedings closed with the usual complimentary vote to the chairman.