The Sun.
London, England, 1837-03-30 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

The foreign woman, assuming the name of Marie Smith,
and calling herself a native of Brunswick, was yesterday
brought before Mr. DYER, and Lord MONTIORD for final
examination. The prisoner was committed on two clear
cases brought forward at the last examination, but as there
was a vast quantity of property of every conceivable de-
scription which remained unowned, it was resolved upon to
send her back for a few days before finally committing her
for trial.

The property was laid out in Vine-street station-house,
and tradesmen were invited to inspect it there. The station-
house had the appearance of a bazaar for some days, not
only as respected the quantity of miscellaneous articles ex-
hibited, but also as regarded the number of persons who
came forward to ascertain if anything had been stolen from
their shops. The effect of this arrangement was to estab-
lish clearly twenty-nine distinct cases of shoplifting against
the prisoner.
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A police sergeant of the L division came forward, and
proved that he had taken the prisoner into custody on a
charge of shoplifting, and that she had bee❑ imprisoned in
Brixton Gaol.

The prisoner, who declined to say anything, was fully
committed.

Q UEEN- SQUARE.

Elizabeth Stanybrd, an elderly woman, apparently in the
greatest state of distress, was yesterday charged with having
thrown herself into the Serpertine River on the previous
night. The prisoner had attracted the attention of a gen-
tleman who was walking round the Serpentine ; in fact so
much so, as to induce him to watch her movements. On
a sudden she jumped in, and must most certainly have
perished, but for the prompt aid of the gentleman who had
observed her. She was taken to the station-house of the
A division, and every assistance was afforded her by Mr.
Stead, the inspector on duty. The unfortunate woman
said she had moved in a very respectable sphere of life.
Her husband had been a livery-stable keeper, but he had
died eight years ago. She had applied to her parish, but
had left the workhouse some months ago, in order to ob-
tain her living as a servant. She had fallen ill, and was
totally destitute. This she assigned as the cause for at-
tempting self-destruction. She was accompanied by an
officer to the parish to which she asserted she belonged.
The Magistrates gave her a trifle from their private purse.
The man named Jenkins, who was charged on Monday
with having stolen a laughing goose," from the fancy wa-
ters in St. James's Park, was fully committed for trial.

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AN AWKWARD ILLUSTRATION.—Sir W. Scott,
speaking of his memory in his Autobiography, says, " This
memory of mine was a very fickle ally, and has through my
whole l►fe acted only upon its own capricious motives, and
might have enabled me to adopt old Beattie of Mickledales'
answer, when complimented by a reverend divine on the strength
of the same faculty.--.' No, Sir,' answered the old borderer,
I have no command of my memory. It only retains what hits
my fancy ; and probably, Sir, if you were to preach to me for
two hours, I should not be able, when you had finished, to re-
member a word you had been saying.' "