The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-16 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

A correspondent of the lrish Times says that on
the morning of the B.h inst. a publican in the town
of Leitrim, named John .I.l‘Donagh, ordered his
servant to go on some errand before he arose from
his bed, and when she had gone he rose up and
went down to his shop, where he armed himself
with a large bacon knife. He returned to bed, his
wife being still asleep, and commenced stabbing her
in many places, having first—the better to secure
her—placed himself with his knees on. her body.
She received at this time one bad stab in the breast,
and another in the groin ; and in her struggles she
endeavoured to deprive her husband of the knife,
which he drew through her hand, inflicting another
terrible wound. She succeeded in getting out of
bed after all this, and ran into the yard, where the
ruffian followed her, shouting that he would do for
her; he took hold of her round the body and com-
menced once more stabbing her, but she defended
herself as best she could with her arms, and her
screams attracted the attention of some neighbours,
who came over the yard wall to her assistance, but
it is much to be feared not in time to save her life,
of which it need scarcely be said there is but little
hope. The would-be murderer, when disturbed,
ended his dreadful work by leaving the knife stuck
in the forearm of his victim. The police, who were
in immediate attendance, arrested APDonagh, and
secured the knife and bloody clothes. 111‘Donagh
made two attempts to commit suicide after his
arrest ; first, in the police barrack, and when taken
out of that by the constabulary be made a race for
the canal, into which he jumped, and would have
been drowned but for the spirited conduct of a
policeman, who promptly went in after him and
dragged him out. He has now been fully committed
on the charge of attempting to murder his wife. It
is believed that the couple always lived very un-
happily together, and that he was jealous of her.

THE ROLL OF THE LORDS.—First upon the Roll
fOr the Session of 1864 come nine names which take
precedence of the rest of the house :—The Prince of Wales,
the King of Hanover (Duke of Cumberland), the Duke of
Cambridge, the Lord Primate, the Lord Chancellor, the
Archbishop of York, the Irish Archbishop on the rota
(Armagh), the Lord President of the Council, and the
Lord Privy Seal. Then follow the 20 dukes, 21 marquises,
120 earl (besides the Lord President), 23 viscounts, 27
bishops, and 218 barons, besides the Lord Chancellor and
the Lord Privy Seal, and counting Lord Auckland among
the spiritual lords. This is the roll of tho house made up
according to the right to sit in Parliakient, and here there-
fore five dukes (Athole, Buccicuch, Leinster, Montrose, and
Roxburgh), take rank only as earls or viscounts, and many
of these last as barons. The representative peers of Scot-
land and Ireland are of course included. The roll of the
Lords has now only 452 names upon it. Some names, Lynd-
hurst and Clyde among them, are there no longer. henry
White, Lord Annaly, and R. Monckton Milnes, Lord
Houghton, aro new names upon the roll, the junior barons
of England,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.)

(3ittings at Nisi Prius, before Chief Justice Cockburn an(
a Special Jury.)
THE QUEEN V. HEINE-ALLEGED PERJURY.

This morning, on the reassembling of the court, evidence
was called to the character of the defendant, which was
spoken to as being excellent for morality, truthfulness, and
honesty.

The Lord Chief Justice, in summing up, spoke of the
importance of the trial, the result of which must be dreadful
to one party or the other. He pointed out that Mr. Armi-
tage had no opportunity of being examined en oath, and
dwelt upon the anxiety showed to have the charges against
him fully investigated. His lordship, with his usual im-
partiality, balanced the various portions of the evidence, and
said the jury must look all around the case to endeavour to
see which of all persons implicated told the truth. In the
course of his remarks his lordship expressed his opinion
that there was no tribunal like a judge and jury to dispose
of a criminal charge, that the way of taking evidence be-
fore a court martial was a matter of absolute procedure, that
the sooner it was done with the better.
The jury retired at a quarter-past 11.

At five minutes past 12 they sent in to say they could
not agiee, and asked to be discharged. The reply of the
Lord Chief Justice was, that he could not accede to their
reque: t.
Another note having been sent by the jury,

The Lord Chiet Jusice re-entered the court at half-past
one, and, addressing the learned counsel, said he had re-
ceived two communications from the jury, in the last of
which they stated that there was no probability of their
coming to an unanimous verdict.
Sergeant Ballantine said he believed that both sides were
willing to leave the matter in their hands.
The Lord Chief Justice said he thought that when the
jury stated that it was impossible for them to agree, it was
no use to detain them.

The jury then returned to their box, and were discharged
without coming to a verdict.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A JEWELLER'S SHOP THIEF.—Selby Lewis, a well-
dressed young woman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
as follows :

M. Andrew Campbell, jun., jeweller, of the Tottenham-
court-road, deposed that on Friday evening last the pri-
soner entered his shop and offered a gold watch, produce],
for sale, asking £7 for it, at the same time stating that she
had bought it of a friend, a jeweller. Suspecting some-
thing wrong he detained the watch, and told the prisoner
to call next morning, and then communicated with
the police. 'Clie next morning the prisoner called
again, and the police not coming, he asked the pri-
soner to call again, and then went for a constable in
plain clothes, and t,n the prisoner calling again he gave him
into custody for being in unlawful possession of the watch.
He afterwards ascertained that the watch had been stolen
from Mr. Borley, watchmaker, of Princes-street, Leicester-
square, the same evening the prisoner offered it for sale.
Borley, watchmaker of Princes-street, Leicester-
square, deposed that on Friday last the prisoner entered hie
shop about 7 o'clobk in the evening, and asked to see some
watches. He showed some to the prisoner, and he selected
one of the value of £7, and then asked to see a chain, and
when his (Mr. Borley's) back was turned, decamped with
the watch, and although he pursued him immediately, he
lost sight of him.
Sergeant Cole, C division, said there had been several
similar robberies of late, and the prisoner was a companion
of a young man named Cartley, a medical student, who was
committed from this Court a few days ago, and sentenced
to six months' hard labour, for a robbery at a jeweller's
shop in Leicester-square.
Mr. Borlay identified the watch produced as his property,
and the one the prisoner selected.
Patrick Cummings, 79 E, said the prisoner asked him if
he pleaded guilty, whether the magistrate would settle it.
He told the prisoner that he did not know, and the prisoner
then said that he might as well tell the truth, that he
stole it in Princes-street. He said that he was an appren-
tice to a jeweller, and had embezzled money and obtained
goods by false representations, from Mr. Harrison, of
Wardour-street.

Mr. Hare, of Desborough-terrace, Paddington, the pri.
Boner's master, said he had ascertained the prisoner had
been embezzling money received on his account, and that
he had also forged a bill for £lO.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.

THAMES.

A VERY EXPENSIVE LARK.—Four Germans, named
Hennry Brock, captain of the ship August in the London
dock, aged 27, John Nicl, captain of the ship Tryant in the
St. Katharine Dock, 25, Gustavus Maurits of 20, York-
street, Commercial-road East, agent, 27, and John Rohm
•f No. 5, Tower-street, City, ship chandler, 25, were
charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting
William Hooper, a police-sergeant, No, 9 H, and two
police-constables of the same division.
It appeared from the evidence of Hooper, a well con-
ducted and quiet officer, that the prisoners came out of a
coffee-shop in Rosemary-lane at half-past two o'clock on
Friday morning last. As soon as they came outside
they began shouting and hallooing. Hooper spoke
to them and desired them to go away quietly.
Brock said, oh, you police-constable, and
made a blow at him. Sergeant Hooper then took him
into custody. The prisoner resisted violently, and struck
Hooper several times about the body. Constable Winney,
149 H, came to the assistance of Hooper, and he was struck
by Manrus, who was also arrested. On the way to the sta-
tion house Rohm and Nicl attempted to rescue their com-
panions. Rohm struck constable 149, and knocked his hat
off. Another police-constable, 212 H, came to the assist-
ance of Hooper and Winney, and the prisoners were con-
veyed to the stationhouse and locked up. They wore all
described as being exceedingly noisy and violent.
The defendants denied they were intoxicated, and said
they were only having a lark, and were improperly inter-
fered with by the police. All the prisoners complained of
violence on the part of the police. Buck said he was
struck on the nose by a policeman. His nose was marked.
Manrns and Kahn, whose eyes were blackened, also stated
that they were struck by the policeman.
Hooper said he gave no blows, and saw none struck. The
prisoners might have met with their injuries in the struggle
which took pl,~ce.
The case was adjourned for the attendance of Police-
sergeant Francis Williams, who took the charge and
entered it at the Leman-street station-house in Whitechapel.
He said all the prisoners were drunk when brought in.
They were all disorderly and swearing. He could hardly
obtain the names of either.

The Magistrate said the case was made out, and, as all
the prisoners were in a good position—two of them captains,
another a ship chandler, and a fourth an agent—he should
fine them £5 each.

Mr. Wintjen, the interpreter, soon produced £2O, and
[berated the prisoners.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Gs Od; clover,
£4 Os to £5 103 Od; and straw, £1 2s to £1 103 per load.
Trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.•—Meadow hay, Z 3 Os to £4 Gs Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2 to £1 10s per load.
A slow demand.

T. WHITECHAFEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Gs Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load.
Trade inactive.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—Business has been dull, the trade having been
occupied with the samples of the quantity to be offered at
public sale to-day.
SL GAll.—There has been a more active inquiry for good
and fine descriptions of West India which have fully sus-
tained former quotations. In the refined market prices
also show an upward tendency.
CorrEE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been
steady, and late prices are well sustained. The stocks on
hand at the present time are rather larger than those at the
same period of last year.
RICE.—A moderate amount of business has been trans-
acted, but without any material change in values.
TALLOW.—The market has been more animated, and
quotations for both present and forward delivery, have
slightly improved. P.Y.C. on the spot now being 40s 9d,
and last 3 months' delivery 43s 9d per cwt.