The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-08 00:00:00

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN MARYLEDONE.

James Wadden was indicted for feloniously and mali-
ciously wounding Hannah Maria Dixon, with intent to
murder her. There was also an indictment against him for
feloniously marrying the same person, his first wife,
Elisabeth, being then alive.
The parties resided at a coffeeshop in New Church-
square, Paddington, and on the 10th of November they
returned home about half-past eleven, and went upstairs to
their bedroom. After locking the door the injured woman
said they commenced quarrelling, and as she was about
getting into bed the prisoner attacked her with a razor, and
cut her throat in a desperate manner. He raised a cry of
murder and police, and on the room door being opened and
assistance arriving, the prisoner said the woman had inflicted
the injuries on her throat with her own hand. This she
most positively denied. He also asserted that she got out
of bed before she did so; but the police constable, when he
entered the room, said the bed had not been disturbed after
it had been arranged in the morning.

The jury returned a verdict of guilty of intent to murder,
Mr. Justice Keating said it would be needless to proceed
with the other indictments. The jury had found the pri-
soner guilty of a very atrocious crime, and that crime he
had aggravated by the mean and dastardly attempt to fix
the crime on the unfortunate woman herself. The sentence
of the Court was that the prisoner be kept in penal servi-
tude for the term of his natural life.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)

Sarah Stone pleaded guilty to an indictment charging
her with unlawfully concealing the birth of her infant
ehild.
Sentence deferred.

Albert Cox, labourer, and John Blacken, were indicted
for stealing from Robert Elliot two coats, a waistcoat, hat,
gold ring, and other articles his property.
The jury found both prisoners guilty.
The Common Sergeant sentenced them to 18 months'
imprisonment with hard labour.

FOURTH COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)

Arthur Newman, 42, dealer, was indicted for conspiring
to defraud divers persons, and in pursuance of such
conspiracy obtaining from Jeremidl Walton divers goods,
value £l,OOO, without making payment for the same, or in-
tending to do so. There was also another indictment of the
same description against the prisoner for obtaining various
sums of money from John Grindley and Reginald Chaun-
cey.

(The case was proceeding when we went to press.)

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

LONDON, Jan. B.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; light breezP, and fine weather.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 7.--W iud W.S.W.—Arrived—Kent,
from London for Melbourne. Sailed—Fairlie, for Sydney.
MILFORD, Jan. 7.—Arrived—Hero, from Sulina for
Queensto wn.

PORTSMOUTH, Dec 7.—Wind variable.—Arrived--Her
Majesty's ship Pylades, from Sheerness.
NEWFORT, Jan. 7,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Caledonia,
for Riga Janeiro.

ABERDEEN, Jan. 7.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Vidae,
from Rio Grande.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMOUTH, Thursday, 10 a.m.
The steamship Liverpool, Captain Charlesworth, which
went down off Cape Lynas, left this port on Sunday morn-
ing, having shipped wool for Liverpool, valued, it is said,
a:, £1,200.
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning
Arrived, Jan. 7—Stanislas, from Gravelines ; Marcia.
from Havre ; the Colleen Bawn, from Port Adelaide
Anna. from Alexandria; John and Jane, from Boulogne
Mary Ann, from Bruges.
Arrived, Jan. B.—Augusta, from Seville ; King William,
from Lisbon; Scovells, from Bruges; Highland Chief, from
Boston.
Sailed.—Amazon, steamer, for Mogadore.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Columbine, from Melbourne; Highland Chief,
from Boston; Icellia, barque, from Madras; Ellen Rose,
from Gambia; Gulierma, from New York—ull for London;
Ida, screw steamer, from London, for Oporto ; Marley Hill,
screw steamer, from London, for Genoa.
Anchored—Sarnian Gem, for Troon ; Matilda, for Falk-
land Islands ; Wilhelmine, for Mayaguez—all from London.

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nately escaped ; they were cared for just in time and re-
moved to a place of safety, only a day or two before the
flood came. From several acres sown with wheat, the soil
has been fairly washed away, so as to leave not the remotest
chance of a crop ; a field of fine parsnips shared the same
fate, and long lines of celery beds are impregnated with salt
water. While the flood was rapidly advancing in the Sand-
hills, two boys, one named Pledge, engaged in keeping
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they remained nearly four hours, surrounded by water. The
perilous position of the lads was at length noticed by some
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cottages, or, as was the case in one instance, to convey a
dinner from a neighbouring bakehouse no longer accessible.
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good," has been realised here, for the late gale has Clown
several hundred pounds into the boatmen's pockets, and not
undeservedly, considering the desperate risk frequently in-
curred to preserve life and property, under circumstances of
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