The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-13 00:00:00

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Oct. 19.
via Marseilles Oct. 13.
Arazil and Cape Yards, by British packet.. Nov. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Oct. 29.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Oft. 19.
via Marseilles Oct. 13.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Oc!',. 16.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Oct.. 27
via Marseilles Oct. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Oct. 18,
via Marseilles Oct. 21.
P0rtuga1.......... Nov. 4.
Nittlta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Oct. 19.
via Marseilles Oct. 2,5.
Newfoundland .. Oct. 17.
Oporto and Vigo
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Oct. 16.
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. Oct. 17.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe ..Nov. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Oet. 22.
Mexico..
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru'Oct.
California. and British Columbia.. Oct, 14.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—The French excursions to the
Crystal Palace, from Calais and Boulogne, came off
yesterday with great sucsess, considerable numbers availing
themselves of this opportunity of visiting this popular place.
A variety of amusements were provided. Blondin's low rope
performance was loudly applauded, and frequent repetitions
of the " Ghost" allusion appeared to afford much gratifica-
tion to the excursionists. In the afternoon his Royal High-
ness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by his Majesty the
King of Greece and Prince Christian of Denmark, with a
numerous suite, visited the palace, and witnessed the latter
portion of Blondin's performance. On their royal high-
nesses taking their seats upon the great orchestra they were
immediately recognised by the assembled thousands, and
cheered vociferously, the band of the company playing the
National Anthem. On their departure the band of the
Coldstream Guards performed the Danish National Air.
The palace was lighted up in the evening, and the visitors
departed.

SHOCKING AFFAIRS.—SHIELDS, Saturday Night .
—A homicidal mania seems to have seized the Irish
population of the North. This morning an Irishman named
Terence Quin was placed before the Newcastle magistrates,
charged with killing a fellow-countryman, a week ago, in
Scotswood-road, in that town, by stabbing him in the neck.
He was remanded, but at the time he was at the bar a most
shocking affair occurred in this town, which is almost cer-
tain to end in a charge of murder against the offander, as
the surgeons have no hope that the woman will live. A
pensioner named Thomas Booth lived in Church-street,
North Shields, he having been 22 years in the 36th Re-
giment before he received his discharge and pension.
He is an Irishman, and his wife is also of Irish
parents, and he followed the occupation of shoemaker in
Church-street. Ho has been married some years, but re-
cently he and his wife have led a drunken dissipated
life. Two months ago his wife left him on account of his
ill-usage, and went to live with her mother; but he, having
received his quarter's pension on Friday week, went to her
mother's on Sunday, and persuaded his wife to return and
live with him again, and from their return until this morn-
ing they have been drinking and quarrelling. On Thurs-
day evening, the woman applied to the police for protection,
stating, as her appearance proved, that she had been beaten
by her husband, and she displayed her gown to the police-
man on duty in evidence, also, that he had attempted to
wound her with a knife. The policeman advised her to
apply next morning to the magistrates for a warrant for th e
apprehension of her husband, but she did not appear at the
police court to lodge a complaiiit. This morning, about
half-past 10 o'clock, Booth went to a publiehouse and pur-
chased and took home with him a gill of whisky, and im-
mediately on his return a tearful quarrel arose between him
and his wife. Cries of distress arose, but no one durst go
near the house, until a water-woman, named Elizabeth
Garfitt, came to the door, which she opened and went in.
She immediately observed a quantity of blood upon the floor,
and Booth's wife lying upon a shakedown bed with her
husband kneeling upon her. He held a shoemaker's sharp-
pointed knife in his hand, which was covered with blood,
and he attempted to thrust it into his wife's neck. Garfitt
exclaimed, " Booth, what are you doing ? You'll be hung
for this." He replied, "No, I won't." His wife then
called upon Garfitt for God's sake to come and save her,
and with much courage and firmness the woman closed in
upon Booth and held him fast until his wife crept away,
and found shelter in a neighbour's house. Booth after-
wards skulked away, and was captured in about
half an hour afterwards crouching in a back yard.
Booth's wife, immediately after she got into the neigh-
bour's house fainted, and as she had the appearance
of having been desperately wounded, medical assistance was
sent for. Dr. Emerson and Mr. Burt, of the Dispensary,
shortly after arrived. Dr. Emerson found that there were
two wounds in the woman's abdomen apparently caused by
a sharp pointed knife. The bowels were protruding from
the wounds and there was great loss of blood. Tho woman
was almost pulseless and apparently at the point of death.
She has somewhat recovered under the use of stimulants.
Dr. Emerson dressed the wounds, and has been unremit-
ting in his attendance, but holds out little hopes of her re-
covery, Another dreadful case of assassination nearly oc-
curred at Gateshead yesterday. Wm, Todd, a farmer, had
discovered that an impropriety had existed between his wife
and another farmer named Robert Rutherford. Todd had
purchased a pistol and loaded it with shot, and then sought
out Rutherford, whom he found standing in a shop, and
pointed the pistol at his chest. It fortunately missed fire,
and before he got another cap on it Rutherford overpowered
him and held him till a policeman came up and took Todd
into custody.
The pistol was charged with shot. The
borough magistrates of Gateshead, before whom Todd has
been brought, have intimated that he will be sent for trial.