The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-09 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET:

Yesterday Mary Anne Wilson, an elderly person
of ladylike appearance and address, who was stated to
be the widow of a captain in the East India Company's
seri-ice, was brought up before Mr. Ham mill, charged
at the instance of the authorities of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, with the following determined attempt at
self-destruction

Sergeant Harvey, of the G diviston, stated that on
the morning of the 16th of June last hs receivedin-
formation that an elderly lady had attempted to de-
stroy herself by cutting her throat at the Metropoli-
tan Coffee-house, in the City-road, where she had
engaged an apartment for the night; and upon pro-
ceeding to the house he was shown into a room on
the second floor, where he found the prisoner sitting uy
in bed, with a frightful gash iu her throat, from which
the blood had gushed in such profusion as nearly to fill
a washhand basin, which she had deliberately placed
before her to receive it. Not observing any instru-
ment about the place with which such an injury
could have been inflicted, he questioned her upon the
subject, and was informed by the prisoner, who was
scarcely able to articulate, that she had committed the
act with a table knife, which she had flung out of the
window, and that it would be quite useless for him to
trouble 'himself at all on her account, as she had pre-
viously taken also a quantity of arsenic, and at the
same time pointed to an empty phial, with the word
" Poison" printed upon it, which was lying upon the
bedclothes at her side. Witness instantly sent for a
surgeon, under whose directions she was at once re-
moved to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she
bad ever since remained, and in the course
of subsequent visits to her at that insti-
tution be had ascertained from her that her
late husband, who was the captain of an Indianian,
had died of cholera at Calcutta about two years sin ce,
and that her only son, who was also a junior officer
in the Company's service, had shortly after fallen
a victim to the same terrible visitation. She
then went on to state that at the time of their decease
she was herself residing in Devonshire, in comfort
and respectability, supported by a handsome income
to which her husband and son jointly contributed,
but which altogether ceased in consequence of that
calamity ; and after disposing of the whole of her
jewellery and other valuables for subsistence, she was
reduced to such a state of distress and privation that
she was compelled to make her way up to the metro-
polis on foot, in the hope of discovering a sister, from
whom she had been a long time separated, but who
she felt satisfied WAS in a condition to render her as-
sistance. This toilsome journey she completed on
the night of the 15th of June last, but upon reaching
town, completely exhausted and footsore with inces-
sant walking, she was grieved to find that her small
stock of money had been so reduced that she had
scarcely sufficient left to provide her with a night's
lodging, which she engaged at the coffee-house be-
fore mentioned, but was so completely overcome by a
sense of her forlorn and friendless position that she
made up her mind to terminate her life and her
wretchedness together.
Mr. Thomas Sparkes, steward to St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, intimated to the magistrate that the case of
the unfortunate woman had excited considerable sym-
pathy and attention on the part of the committee of
that institution, who had exerted themselves with a
view of discovering her friends, but without effect;
and, as her mind had evidently been seriously im-
paired by the calamities and sufferings she had un-
dergone, and she had recently been heard to express
her determination to destroy herself at the first op-
portunity, they felt it to be their duty to give her into
custody, that some means might be adopted for her
future protection.

The -magistrate put several questions to the priso-
ner with a view of eliciting the state of her mind, and
she in each instance returned such a rambling and
incoherent answer as to render it perfectly manifest
that she was labouring under mental aberration.
Mr. HAMMILL said that it was certainly a very
melancholy case; but, as the unhappy woman was
at present clearly not i❑ such a condition as would
justify her being intrusted with her liberty, he should
order her to be remanded for a week to the House of
Detention, that the state of her mind might be posi-
tively ascertained, and proper means adopted for in-
suring her personal safety.
CLERKENWELL.

Yesterday Sarah Dunn, 18 years of age, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with at-
tempting to commit suicide.
It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Margaret
Poole, of No. 5, Lizard-street, St. Luke's, that she
was formerly acquainted with the parents Of the pri-
soner. Her father was a respectable solicitor in the
City-road, who gave her a liberal education. He died
about nine years ago, and her mother four years since,
leaving her destitute, when the prisoner was com-
pelled to obtain a situation as servant, but she was
obliged, through illness, to leave her service, and
witness was induced, from motives of charity, to re•
ceive and protect her under her roof, but she was
constantly in a state of melancholy. Yesterday morn-
ing she was informed that the prisoner had taken a
quantity of oxalic acid, which she (witness) kept in
the house for the purpose of taking out stains. She
found her suffering under the pains of the poison,
which she admitted haying taken. She immediately
had her conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital,
where she was attended to, and she was subsequently
brought to this court. The prisoner had no trionds
or relations to assist her, except witness ; and, her cir-
cumstances not being sufficient, she had urged the pri-
soner to go into the workhouse.
Sarah Jones saw the prisoner with the poison,
which she had threatened to take. She advised her
not to do such a foolish thing ; but she mixed it withn
water and swallowed it off, when witness made n
alarm.
rat
The
eparki
lsyo ner,
state, whova
sh aadli
obwe eend
tseu pnpeo r t
seed into
in a t
ed
the examination.
mild and feeling
d ucroi un
Mr. CORRIE addressed her
manner, and told her that she
If she
to such depression. oughtinnd distressed e dg circum-
stancesive wayasatsr
athere, to w seekhen s
orn assistanceetii
iug
it would be betterrt,wfoi
to a rash attempt upon
her
rm he
epra parish
et htaen :esmoab
would life;he done for her.
Prisoner d into tears)—l went to the
do nothing for me. They
would not even(thbeuyrstwinoyeg would
me some clothes to try to get
to
something
send y
every careou to a place where
will be taken of you until you are more
ll\iert.hicnegit t
noi n
cposed in your mind, and in the meantime the
perish(n authoxitit-s must be con,ailted, and everything
proper shall be done for you.
lie gave orders that Mrs, Poole should be allowed

to visit her in the House of Detention, in the infirmarh
and that every care and attention should be afforded.
her. The unfortunate creature was then supported
out of court in strong convulsions, and the utmost
sympathy was manifested towards her.

81TE
syMSTEAMROYFLERBOBOB/VEERY. B r
AN
El.
EITEN CITY
POLICEMAN.
—Yesterday William Barry, formerly a
constable in
the City police, was brought up
.by
Lockerby and Bow, active officers of the S division,
and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged
with having robbed the houses of two licensed vle•
tuallers of property to a considerable amount; and it
is imagined that the prisoner has for some time car
ried on his system of depredation in various parts d
London.
Mr. W. Howell, Moreton Arms, Kentish-town-
road, deposed that on Friday evening last, about sevn
o'clock, he went up to his bed-room to dress himsele
f,
and that when he left the said apartment sbertlit
afterwards his property therein was all safe. 111
nine, in consequence of information which be
bad
received, he went again to his room,
tamed had been entered and a vast number of article!
abstracted therefrom, consisting of three sets of l
.
.tads, five shirts, and several waistcoats, together with
a pair of razors, many pairs of gloves, &C.
Thomas Clark, the potman, stated that at eight °,ll,
the evening in question the prisoner entered the Puuci
lic room upstairs, and was there served with bathe 50
water ; upon his paying for it he remarked
was going out for a short time, and asked vvitness
.‘e,
inform a person named Stone, in the event of his cal.
which be ascer-
ing, that he should be back in a quarter of OD hebusid
In twenty minutes after this the prisoner, sib° no
not been seen to go out, rang the bell, and had so.
e.
more gin and water supplied to him, and shortly 11__.
fore nine o'clock he made his egress from the pi'
mises, carrying with him a bundle.
Other evidence was gone into, from which it $y-
DI
peared, upon inquiry being instituted by
about
ow, Lockerby
peared,
and Bow, that tne gold studs had been pledgeamwif.
theu prisoner for ten shillings at the shop of Ho
wereo in quest of him, a party called en et
ithSotmheervsi-etwowonicomFiinngding that the pomr.
out the studs, and it was undertostoaond tahrartaligeTiforai;
soner) was to call for that purpose on the pea
himself in the place. In his lodginS la
day (Tuesday) 3 he did so, and was then give° sted
custody, Lockerby having by arrangement sect
ow
street, St. Pancras, were discovered the rtle°l39
also a great portion of the articles stolen. Aneed by
The studs and other property were pre--- the
the pawnbroker and the officers, and identified by
prosecutor.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, dented
having been at the house on the night of the
andalleged
iegtban
robbery, and said that he bought the studs met
rest of the things spoken of from a man whom be
prisoner, and the evidence
in a public-house. •est the
There was a second charge preferred ago bed
steniogt
,a,
went to show that about a fogr7neinghitilag'ouPtP:ertptrisatoonuerr
.was at the house of Mr. Charles Gibson, the Seymour
arms'
Upper Seymour-street, andEuston-square, nine
o,that he quitted the premises between eight ,to
clock. Shortly before twelve, Miss Gibsc:jo oe
daughter, found that a bed-room door upon ' loot
°col nd floor had been burst open, and that 9 _ ate
her, and
cloak,
nsadi sl
silk
others
roeersss
twoseveralerteh epd
rroe
ds dresses
ead barmaid.ni dy mantles,aTipl:w :eb l ;oe; e:, la too
and
rasol had been stolen. Some of them had belong:11;A
identified. They were pledged by the prisoner
the 26th ult. 'aid b 9
able Lockerby
bring
said
forwardthat inot
haelrl probabilitycasesof
ss
ihmeilsabr°,,_
nature'ti
li,
and in order to afford time for further inqunP
prisoner was remanded till Wednesday Dot'
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LIVERPOOL, SEPT.
`THE n 0
.... _uN Tit y inA.RIKET° g
9 na
7.—The arrivals were vs! 6r
..iniy..
tower.
.bnu t F r
Beansid's
werertes.
_ande rather unsettled, consequently, holders hela Wt 00
!.en r was a fair attendanoe of buyers to-day. bilto os
41. [nand was limited. Wheat and flour sold is re 4er
scarce, O at
s
J.lr . corn was in limited request, and value un °lei,
_AB
.rtvals:—lnland and coastwise—Wheat, 146; Pbeso,
71 ~malt, 1,027; oats, 1,226; flour, 686 W 1,320;
per qr deal' __Aed.
ditto°7' 1""e'
37.
Foreign wheat. 968; ditto °Ott beeps,
flour, 1,620 sacks and 8,477 barrels; ditto „0 was
648. A second report states that the attenalnaitd,
aeneddo6atral down and ri. in,
tanned
that floor of prime
very good; that the demand for wheat was Oil 0 in
fe-
a.t a reduction of Id on fine, and 2d per 70 Ihksol joain-
anted its value, and inferior neglected; bat
beguibarley,
scarce, and Is per qr dearer; and that P€ 6%,
malt, were sold in retail at last weak's tr„lici,"" .fi,,f old
LEEDS. SEPT. 7.—There a a fair sury.J,„ -., ,i;
slow at .routlor
wheat at this market to-day was
o'3
prices. The arrivals of new;
wheat were suf6ciells fot
white; the latter kind, for wcihuiaolhitytrhsverl3.
millers; 36s to 41s per qr for red,
was scarce. WhAre sq**-
s., NEWCASTLE MARKET, SEPT. 7... ... -- .he
only a CORN fartaere;
small supply of wheat from the A • idge..:
i reater part of which • was in poor condition, an -Is 011.
prices varyin
g from .30s to 45s per quarter. , tell
wheat there was litt!e business done, vi°l3-
•rill
but pre , a
nie.
were realised. Barley about maintained its i's
other articles no change. ~ be de,,,
NEWCASTLE C CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. ~.."--1 Ay
east
mand for beef
sPdrietoes6—d was good, and former rates Were 0/01
obtained, and all were sold. Sheen, all breeds, I°6 000.
off quickly at improved rates. Bettits,vl7lBl6lasaccisaOrg;ll4ces2llh'see7hteli.„'l34scin-vr tit
;Bleaemf,bs,ssOddteto66dspOedr
Ipbe.r stone of 141bs; motto
T. ‹
EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET,
atonesr trs,
wOhaetasttravr, from 7s 6d to 8s 6d per kemple of 16 BO Oa*
, ditto, 8s Od to 9s Od; barley ditto, 6s °A t°
Hay,e from 9d to lld per stone ; new ditto, 7d to c. oreis
tlilleBs
:BURGH MEAL MARICIT, &PT. 7..... There oiglosi
2801b8:381mis
Od, and
dw2hiacht
1771de
6tdhu; thus:—erlagaet 111,69c5e,
olf sti,"_ 0 OW
marketth to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each , von? P
1. at 1.
DALKKITH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. ers in
a
the market
2msas
_9d, *being an advance of 6d per bag over
6...-There 11 resdi
to-day 25 bags of oatmeal, which inti; tbircif
demand. The first quality brought 27s ; second, 265. oof isIL
rket. There was no barleymeal or pot-barley ill the
the prleeingket.

,--.YESTIRDAT. ~...
;he close of the Wake' ',50 0
Lambton ............. • 143 pd,
Russell's Hetton •..••• 145 6
Richmond ...............
.._ 3,1
Scarborough ............ 1.54: 9,1,
Stewart's .- ••• •"" ' las °4
Cassop .................. _
~,, 44
Pensher .................. 15,3 3act
Selloe ................. J 53 od
South Hartlepool •
•••• ;45 6cl
.... Od
Thornley ........... 15s i
Seymour Tees ...... .. „ , ,
Her .............. ,Ig3 ,jj
Tees ............... .... I','"3 6d
Cwm Garnant Stone a -4"
Nixon's Paertbyr 10 21s QS
ICowpen HartleY ...... !,'!,. 6d
Cardi ._, .........
'1 Sold, 51.
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ExcliANClEl3.—Our 8.
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RAILWAY SHARB NIA
STOCK Market waslo3 ex div.-,
to-day. Bristol and Exeters were done al
Taff Vale, 170% ex div. v,,,,r .
LIVERPOOL, 5---; , d y was co/
STOCK EXCHARO ' A business One .0- a vie
limited, and - E.—II- downward tendency.
__d
Western, 121
prices generally had a ,„d r law chester t!",,
transaction
Birkenhead),
s were as follow :--13irkenne,' k
19 'S —Eastern Counties, 11 i 4, / E t Lancashu"
as , „ro..
'4—Midland, 775 i• more active
tremely depressed, and prices
18N/—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86 Ys---London and
.0 -
BIRMINGI-10f, SEPT. S. , ~„.5 eV'
STOCK EXCHANGE —The share market to-day v ,ohey.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( B), were trap.
at 6:K3,
----"'-------.-------Deb"i‘
ills for
....0
EADVEKTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's
tated Constitutions, Disordered Liver, and IndigestloA goo
Clang downward ten
fact
of th
wonderful efficacy of this salutary medicine, and 5
effects produced on patients suffering from diseasehot in-
stomach, liver complaints, bile, and indigestion, the cure;
credible, if it were not confirmed by daily proofs 0,',..00, the'
effected by them, and the ermanent benefit derivear ills en.
use. The exhilerating properties of these invaluable:l;o the
tirely banish all nerveusiess from the system, strellg the
suffering from dropsy should use Holloway . are
tone of the stomach, and thereby promote digestions they .
5 Ping, lidrelpdful
the most safe and certain:remedy ever known for ollellaY's
malady.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor
Establishment, 244, Strand. London.
,I t °f the
THE CHOLERA.—The Paris correspcn—epio,si 0111..
Cologne Gazette writes on the 2d inst. :—" bat' ibe OW,
mittee of health has unanimously agreed to cora Genere:
lera with gunpowder. Application has been mad° to.ust bo
Tietzen, the commander of the fortress, who bae,Lice sli
the misfortune to lose his consort by cholera, to —and he
hatatsedmeicAlstroadpuhriisfyretandoinasisrsbia
cdoismchpalyrgwesi
lof the civil government can be obtained.
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COAL MARK E.

Prices of Coal per ton at
Davison'sWestHartley 15s 6d
North Percy Hartley 14s 6d
South Peareth l2s Od
tanfield Moor
raufield Moor Butes l2B Od
Wall's End, &c
[futon
Hebburn
Heaton
Lawson l3s 6d
Leverson .....
W bitiredge's W. Hart; 14s 6d
Wellington Hartley l3s 9d
Eden Item
etton
fiaswell... lss Od
Keepier Grange
Ships at market

tC.,reiasyo-,xEfosrqd.
theOnwitfheeosftlih.iBns. OF A SON.
On the sth inst., John's-.
at Marlborough-hill, St.
On the 29th ult., OF A DAUGHTER ilia
wife of Captain
W. Ledder, 59th at Lvnmouth, the
Regiment.
On the sth inst.,ft.
Onthe 4th • at Champion-hill, Mrs. J. N. SO
inst., at Derby, Mrs. J. F. JesscPP.
-street, Mrs. J. E. Lovegroe.
On the 4th inst. MARRIED. _ gotheif
Parker, Es ,at Trinity Church, BrornP; ."
° 'f 011100'
Berks, to g'
son of the late W. Parker, 1%5'0 o liter of tile
Nevillia Emelia Donnelly, only daug
late T. Gun
On tl ning, Esq., of Brompton-crescent. EciviAra
Pollard,
le 4th inst., at Chisledon, Wilts, the Rev., .0010.
. d, rector of Evedon, and vicar of 'EwerhYt i'l Batt:.
shire, to Miss Mary Anne lledges, of the North-parade, -
--
D/..ED. Rev.
Vir•
On the 4th inst., at Willan Rectory, lierts, the
W. I' M.A., aged 60. ,_..,,,,,ie•
Onthe 2d inst., Robert Tassel', Esq., of the Inner ivi.,lo.
On the 3d inst., in Sloane-square, Chelsea, aged 39, '-'
f lion,
fourth daughter of the late Samuel Barnes, Esq., °
near Aldborough, Suffolk. t
On the 2d inst., at Stervarton, N. 8., aged 82, Ma
go
Gilmour, relict of the late John Fergusson, Eeq., of Fallic v ,
AvrAir.?. 'req.
'Oa the Ist inst., at Gloucester, age1125_221,2111.----in, - ~..
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