The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

side of the body there was a saucepan with greens or THE COUNT'
turniptops in it. On the table there was a piece of lavantrooa, APRIL 10.
bacon and pudding. On the way coming from the qu ry flour,. but holders
station-house I noticed blood on the prisoner's hands sent quotatous.
under the nails (the blood was still visible on the pri-
soner's hands when he '.VAS in court). He said. " I
have only partially washed thew, buy if you wish it I
shall wash them cleaner."
Charles Toms, 1, Durham-place, carpet bag
manufacturer—Before Mrs. Phillips came down to
me this morning I heard a great noise. That was
about half-past or a quarter-past eleven. I was
then in the shop at work. Immediately after-
wards Mrs. Phillips came down, and required me
to go up, and said she thought something would hap-
pen, as there was a great noise upstairs ; hut I
did not go up then. I ran down to my brother and
he said, " I shall go up and pull the 13,11 violently:'
He did so, and then prisoner came down, and went
out. Then my wife went up, and called out, "He
has murdered her !" and I then made off after him.
I saw him crossing by the cab-rank at the time in
the Lambeth-road, and followed him until I saw a
policeman, near Kennington-lane. I told the police-
man of it, and charged him with the murder. I then
went home and saw the body. His mother was
always very kind to the prisoner. The prisoner is
well educated. At times he is rational, but at other
times he is not. I think he must have listened when
his mother was talking about removing him, ani I
think that was the cause of it all. He frequently
talked to himself.
The prisoner—l have been in the habit of talking
to myself.
The witness—His mother was a beautiful woman,
and stood sft. 10in. or ift. 1 lin. high. She was
always very kind to him. When he has been very
bad she has threatened to put him away. He has
been in Bedlam eleven months, and seven months in
an asylum at Wandsworth. He has been in Brazil,
and bad a sun-stroke as he was crossing the Line. He
had a salary of 3001. a year, and be can speak three
or four different languages.
(A. letter found amongst the prisoners papers con-
tained several allusions to poison and madness.)
The case was then remanded till Wedoesday, when
the prisoner will be brought up again ; but before then
a coroner's inquest will be held on the body.
The proceedings, which occupied upwards of two
hours, terminated shortly before five o'clock.

s. d . e. d

Wheat, per 701b:-
1 ugilSll, I
white 6 6 to 6 Si

Do. red
Iri3la • .

.. G 0- 6 51
.• 5 G - 5 8

Manx, red and wh. 5 8 6 01
Dantsie, highmixed 6 10 7 0
Do., mixed 6 4 6 6

American& c white 6 6 6
Canadian, /red b 8— 6

Rostock, ize•• .. 6 4 6 t;
Ilamburgh, &-c. • • 5 8 5 10
.• 6 0 6 21
French • • .. 5 10 2
_ _

- -
Danish ik ILA ,tein 5 6 5 lo

odessa, Polish .. 5 6 5
Do., common .. 5 2 5
Do, hard •• • • 410 5
Egyptian •• .. " 4 6 4 11.
Flour, English &
Irish, per 2SOII, 23 0 —3O 0
Do., extra flue 31 0 —34 0
French, fancy .. 35 0 —36 0
Do., superfine • 30 0 —32 0
Rielanond, choice 22 0 —24 0,
Philadelphia, &c. 20 0 —2O 6
Canadian .. .. 20 0 —2l 0

FURTHER PAR FICULARS.

The unhappy man, Thomas Cupper Wheeler, who
now stands charged with the dreadful crime of matri-
cide, is in his 28th year, acd is the second of two sons,
of the late James Wheeler, a retired Bow-street
officer. The latter, after his retirement, became a
merchant tailor, and after being some years in busi-
ness, he took up his residense in Hercules-buildings,
Lambeth, having amassed a competency, and at which
place he died in 1849.
The deceased had been left a small income, which
was augmented by regular contributions from her
eldest son, who married a lady of considerable pro-
perty. The accused had been from his youth in a
mercantile establishment in the City, and a few years
since was sent to Icldia as correspondent for the firm.
While abroad the unfortunate man was attacked with
brain fever, and soon after recovery was again pros-
trated under what is termed a coup d'solcd, and of
which he had not got the better upon his return to
England, for shortly after his arrival it was found ne-
cessary to place him under restraint.
For some four or five days before the Saturday, the
accused had been seen to sharpen the chopper and
the knives in ordinary use, but the deceased, so far
from sugpecting the motives of her son actually men-
tioned the citcum,tance to a neighbour as a sign of
the young man's inclining to industry, he having for
months prior sternly refused to do the most trifling
thing about the place, always, however, insisting upon
going to make such little purchases as the deceased
required.
Yesterday morning upon the visiting surgeon seeing
the accused at Horeemonger-lane Gaol, the latter
observed, " You can't call me a butcher at all events.
I did it very cleanly, and only the neck was too
tough. I would have done it much better, the chopper
deceived me, but the knife was beautifully keen." In
making these remarks the deceased seemed highly
pleased with the dexterity of the dreadful execution
he was alluding to,. and the sangfroid of his utterance
chilled the medical gentleman, who, as he was about
departing, was further addressed by the madman as
follows :—" I hope you'll go and see that the windows
are not closed down. I left them up so that the body
of my mother may have the benefit of the air.

HORRIBLE SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH.
WESIERN RAILWAY.
FARNBOROUGEI, suNDAY..—.A frigh,ful occurrence
has taken place upon the London and South-Western
Railway, near the Farnborough station—namely, the
death of an unfortunate individual who was killed by
throwing himself on the railway, and was yesterday
the subject of inquiry before the coroner of the county,
at the new inn in this town. A great number of
witnesses were examined. It seems the deceased was
a man named Armsworth, between forty and fifty
years of age, the father of the Feltham station-
keeper, on the same line of railway, and who some
years since was in tolerably easy circumstances, but,
in consequence of reverses in business, had become
somewhat reduced. The latter event appeared to have
so preyed on his mind as to impair his intellect.
His friends, anxious that he might be properly taken
care of, had him placed under proper surveillance in
the union. The poor fellow's conduct in the house was
such that no one ever anticipated he contemplated
laying violent :hands on himself. On Good Friday
eve he was ordered to take a little walking exer-
cise, in order to improve his health. An attendant
was sent out with him to take care of him, and to
show him round the neighbouring fields. Having
walked about for some time, the poor fellow appa-
rently enjoying his walk, they came near the railway
at this town just as the down express train came in
sight. The unfortunate man, on hearing the noise of
the train, darted from his attendant, and ran upon the
line before the engine up. The keeper called loudly
to him to come back, bu*, instead of so doing, he went
forward to meet the train. Johnson, the guard, on
seeing a man on the line, applied the break most
vigorously in order to stop the train, and the engine
driver shut off the steam and sounded the whistle, but
without effect, and before the momentum of the en-
gine and carriages could be arrested, they came
almost at full speed upon the man, who held his head
down so low as almost to touch the buffers of the lo-
comotive. He was instantly hurled across the metals,
when the wheels of the engine and all the carriages
passed over him, forcing his bone through the shoul-
ders, and it is almost needless to say killing him on
the spot. A verdict was returned that deceased de-
stroyed himself, he being at the time of unsound mind

EXECUTION OF SARAH- ANN FRENCH.
T E wES, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.—At noon this
day Mrs. French, who was left for execution at the
late assizes for the wilful murder of her husband,
underwent the sentence on the scaffold in front of the
' county gaol in this town.
The motive for the commission of the dreadful
crime appears to have arisen entirely from the unre-
strained indulgence of an impure imagination, which
led her first to contemplate the violation of her mar-
riage vows by an act of adultery. By a series of little
attentions she endeavours to secure the regard of the
object of her illicit desires, and then proceeds to a more
unequivocal and dangerous display of her guilty
passion, until at last, with unblushing and unwomanly
effrontery, she invites him to a realisation of her
wishes—a proposal at which even he revolts, ignorant
as he appears to have been of the moral relations of
life. He tells her that while her husband is living
such an act would be wrong; and with a suddenness
which indicates a preconceived design, she asks if he
would consent to her wishes in the event of her
' husband's death. The remainder is known.
The dark deed is accomplished by her own hands.
She informs her victim she will give him a treat; she
makes up a dish to which she knows he is partial
(perhaps with words of affection on her perjured lips),
and induces him to eat of the hidden poison Which is
to take away his life. Then comes the consumma-
tion of the murderess's horrible depravity.
O
very night of the day—and that day the Sabbatnh ft—he
on which her husband was consigned to the grave,
where she hoped and believed, no doubt, that her
crime was buried with him, does the depraved
woman give license to her desires, under circum-
stances so revolting that we will not recal them to re-
collection.
This is the substance of the confession she has made
Ts i nhcee preparations her condrn
condemnation
the awful ceremony were tion to the chaplain of the gaol.
com-
pleted at an early hour this morning. At twelve
space
o'clock the whole in front of the gaol was
crowded by thousands of persons.
under-sheriff,
after-
wards the governor of the gaol, the e
m, Placedc g
andwlcroumfra'nt descending,hi Na e ‘and imme-
and other officials, made their
culprit,oppearkinch: a
Shortly
complete
didtely afterwards came the
riedup to the scaffold.
state of bodily prostration,
cairn this condition imme-
diatelygawteitehxderceow-
by four attendants.
under
few moments
; ScarcelyunPP three years ago the criminal
ceased to exist. thet iexecu-
tioner,bolt,e r
a di
andus t et
htdheet rope,hbeehaa
who became with her .
was a spectator of theeae cutioanftoerf
afterwards
Deer-
ing,aAnfnrequtn
source of conversation. Geering, it will be recol-
lected,convictod of a similar crime.—Sunday
7imes was
.

EMIGRATION FROM HULL.--. the tide of emigration
from Hull sums to be growing stronger as each successive
ship is announced. All our North American fleet are being
fitted up to convey persons to the far west, where golden
prospects are said to await them. Either three or four of
our largest ships were to sail yesterday or to-morrow, and
they are all well filled, both with human beings and cargues
01 oil, earthenware, etc. Thei•c 114 s been a catiside!able iLflux
of foreigners into Hull during the past week, principallyfrom
Holland and Belgium, who are I,:oceeding to LiTerpm, and
thence 0 AilleriCAtsidAliddvertiler,

MARKETS.
-T3-day we have a fa 4. in
lecliae taking offers at pre-

F. d.

Barley, English, pr
imperial quarter 30 0 —3l 0
Irish, S cotch, and
Mar x,per 601 b.. 4 I 4 4
Foreign, grinding 4 0— 4 3
Rye, per 601 b • • 4 0 4 3
Hearts, English, pr
imperial quartr 34 0 —36 0
Irish and Scotch,

per .1801 b • • • • 27 0— 30 0
Dutch .. •• 30 0 —32 0

Egyptian • • .. 23 6 —24 6
Peas, English, per

imperial quartr 36 0 —3B 0
Foreign •• 35 6 —36 6
)ats, per 451 b

English,

Scotch,

and Welsh, old
, cst

3 4 - 3 6

.. 2 91 2 10
Do., feeding .. 2 6 2 7
Do., foreign .. 3 0 3 2
Oatmeal, English,

S.:Scoteh,pr24olh 24 0 —25 0
Irish, new .. 23 6 —24 0
Do., pinhead .. 25 0 —26 0
;Canadian .. 2l 0 —22 0
!Malt, per imp. qr. 52 0 —56 0

Indian. corn, per
4,11,1801 Corn
lib, Meal,
te
29 6 —3O 0
Ir
per i 9610 15 0 —l6 0
MANCHESTER, APRIL Io.—Another week of extreme
intictivity has been experienced in the trade, the dealers
and bakers continuing to confine their purchases to the
mere supply of their pressing wants. The arrivals at
Liverpool and Runcorn are fair of wheat, and moderate
of other articles. At our market this morning wheat
was offered at a further reduction of Id to 2d per 701 b.,
and flour fully 6d per sack and barrel, but without lead-
ing to uny increase of Liminess. Oats and oatmeal
moved off very slowly and must be noted the turn
lower.

DALKEITH, Apart. B.—The relative weight per four bushels,
of the three prices 01 wheat were 18st 121 b, last 01b, and 17st
41b. Oats, 12st 121 b, 12st ulb, and 10st 101 b. Barley, 16st 91b,
15it 10ib, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 11b, 18st 3114
end 17st •Ilbs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
307 Wheat ... ...... £2 5 0 £2 0 0 £1 15 0
759 Oats
301 Barley 1 11 6 1 9 0 1 5 0
62 Peas and Beans 1 15 0 1 14 0 1 9 0
Average of wheat 39s 6id.
_ . _

ABXRDEEN, APRIL 9.—Grain—Oats 17s 9d to 185 Od,
401bs per bushel ; barley, 24s 6d to 00s Od, 52Ibs per bushel ;
bear, 24s 6d to 25s Od, b2tbs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375;
ditto, white i2s to 435, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal, 14s od to 151
per boll ; flour, 32s to 32s tid per sack. Provisions—Beef,
4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d
to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5s to 6s Od ;
tallow, per stone, 3.4 Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peck,
4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, Os
to Os Od; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9a;
eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od • hens,
pci pair, 25 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od; ducks, do.,
2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Us to Os Od; turkeys, per pair, 7s
to 610 d; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter for exportation (present
core), per cwt, (JOs to 62s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od
to 4d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs,
Os ud to Os lid; pork fine, small, 55 6d to Os Od ; pork, larga
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to Od;
peasemeat, Is 10d to 2s Od ; side, Od to 7d • beremeal, is 4d
to is sd; flour, is 9d to I s 10d; barley, per lb, iid to 2d; barley
flour, is 5d to Is 6d.