The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-18 00:00:00

CRUEL AND COIVARDLY-00NbUCT.

At the Worship-street police-c=urt Robert Franey, a
tall, burly-'o,king fellow, of savage aspect, was charged
before Mr. Efanimill with having brutally maltreated
and seriously ii.jurnd his wife, who was in an advance"
state of pregnancy.

The complainant, a delicate-looking young woman,
wheal appearance excited a general feeling of painful
commiseration, was in such a dreadful stare of sufferieg
and exhaustion, that the Ufficers brought her into court
on a chair, in which she was allowed to be seated during
her examination. her face was shockingly swollen and
di.sfigere I, both her eyes bilytkened, and her lower jaw
apparently fractured, or injured to such an extent
that. she was scarcely able to articulate. After eon-
shierWe di:fleulty it was elicited from her that site was
within six weeks of her c ,ntieeinent, and had only been
married about eight months to the prisoner, who
had subjected her to a constant course of ill-treat-
rn,ent during the whole of that period. On the night of
\Veduesday last the prisoner returned house partially it -
tlxicated, and while they wera seated at sipper he sud-
denly started up. and without the siightet provocation
struck her a terrible blow in the face, which knocked
her out of her chair. As coo,: as she had recovered her-
self she endeavenred to escape from the roe m, but was
intercepted by the prisoner, who dashed ler down upon.
the floor, and, throwing him..., lf upon her, graspe I her
tightly by the throat, and held her down with such
tenacity that she „as lo,rtritzled. O.a hearinz the
uproar, her sister hastened down from an u 1 p-r room to
her assistance, but the moment she made her appear-
ance the prisoner commenced a ferocious attack iipol
her, and drove her out of the apartmel.t. In a few tni-
nutes, however, her sister returned with a policeman,
but notwithstanling his brutal violence towards her
witness declined to give her husband into custody, and
the instant the officer had left the place, the prisoner re-
ftid her generous forbearance by a dastardly renewal
of his brutality, in the course of which he blackened her
eves, as they now appeared, and so seriously injured her
jaw-hone that she bad been ever since unable to take
the slightest sustenance. She was ultimately rescued
and assisted to bed by some of tr.n- neighbours, under
whose advice she afterwards obtained a warrant for his
apprehension. The poor woman, who had manifestly
delivered her evidence ureter a continuous effort to save
herself from fainting, immediately upon its conclusion
fell back in strong convulsions, of such an alarming cha-
racter that the magistrate at once ordered a cab to be
procured, in which she was conveyed to the workhouse
infirmary.

The complainant's sister, a respectable-looking young
person, gave corroborative evidence, and added that she
greatly apprehended that the injuries which the unfortu-
nate woman had sustained would result in premature
labour, or be attended with consequences of a still
more serious description.
Mr. Hammill forcibly animadverted upon the cruel
and cowardly conduct of the prisoner, and ordered him
to be remanded to await the result of his unnatural vio-
lence.

The P ecti on of the Railway from Dijon t 3 Besancon
lvina between the forgoer place and Dole was inaugurated
•`a the 11th.

LOSS OF THREE LIVES BY DROWNING.—On Satur-
day last Mr. W. Baker held an inquest at the George,
Ratolehighway, on the body of Gearles Henry Heany,
14 years of age, who fall overboard on Thursday last
from the brig Emperor, in the Landon Docks. The un-
fortunate boy never rose to the surface till brought up
by the drags. The jury, in returning a verdict of acci-
dental dearth, remarked that the water in the London
Docks was of-so poisonous a nature that any one falling
in had no chance of life. An inquest was held at the
b oe
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same place on the body of James Campbell, aged 17, who
fell overboard from the ship Margaret, on Wednesday
last, also
inquestlsoiothe London Docks.
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WEATHERANinDthTeEtz
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ltht few weeks agricultural prospects-°RElrfi 11):,;;;;
wwaistirltilatutrhneed
neighbourhooda° of York. The
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protracted dry and cold weatheralthough
to wheat, had occasioned an almost
unparalleled
ofs
food for stock, and its valuewas muc h depressed.
pring corn, too, was very backward and much
in need
of rain. Nov,
however, the state of things is entirely
reversed. 'Within the last ten days we have had a high
degree
of temperature and frequent and copious falls of
rain, in fact forcing weather of the most beneficial
description. Wheat is looking remarkably strong and
healthy ; barley, oats, and rye give promise of most
abundant crops ; beans and peas, which lately promised
to be very short in the straw, are shooting up rapidly.
Potatoes have come up well, as also swedes, some of
which are ready for the hoe. The white turnip seed has
been got into the soil in fine condition. Meadows and
pastures have made rapid improvement, and will yield a
good fall of hay. Gardens and orchards look very fruit-
ful. At the most recent fairs in this part of the country
the price of beasts has advanced from ss. to 10s. per
head, and sheep in proportion. The harvest prospects
are aoi' root cheering.