The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-15 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

A wretched-looking young man, apparently about
20 years of age, was brought up in custody of
Seijeant Christian, H. 12, who stated that the pri-
soner went into the Mallard Arms public-house,
Grove-street, St. George's, on the previous evening,
snd having drank a pint of porter, he went into a'
hay-loft unperceived ; a little girl, however, who
happened to be looking out of the window of a
neighbouring house, saw him attempting to hang
himself, and gave an alarm. He was prevented
from accomplishing his purpose, and secured; not-
withstanding which, he afterwards tried to cut his
throat with a knife he carried about him, but was
again interrupted in his deadly work. In conse-
quence of this conduct, he was given in custody to
a new police constable by the landlord of the public-
house.

The prisoner, in reply to questions put by the
Magistrates, said he was so distressed, and had suf-
fered so much from hunger and poverty, that his life
was a burden to him. He did not know what pa-
lish he belonged to.

The Magistrates, after cnnsulting together, or-
dered him to be sent to St. George's woikhouse, to
be taken care of until his proper place of settle-
ment is discovered.

The poor fellow seemed very grateful for such an
order.

A girl of the town, named Mary Laney, was
charged with stabbing a Maltese sailor, named Peter
Rummer. She was remanded until Monday next.

UNION-HALL.
The owner of a ferocious dog was summoned be-
fore Mr. 814/AMY, on a charge of permitting it to
go at large unmuzzled, owing to which neglect u
young lad had been severely bitten by the animal.
The Magistrate said, that unless he consented to
have the animal destroyed, the penalty for the of-
fence of permitting it to go unmuzzled should be

The defend.tnt, after some consideration on thel
(choice he had to make, at length consented that thei
(log should be killed to save himself from the other
alternative, and with this decision the complainant
was satisfied and withdrew, with a view of seeing
it rallied into immediate execution.

Ellen Edward:, a prostitute, was charged with
robbing a sailor just come from India of 201., the
,vhole proceeds of his voyage.
The unfortunate tar on leaving his ship had been
"picked up," in his own phraseology, as he was
going along shore (Tooley-street), by the prisoner,
who pilotted the way to a crib in the Mint, where
they turned in together. The sailor was arouseth
from his sleep by a noise in the room, and by the,
light of the gas saw three women scampering out of
the place, but his bedfellow, who was still by his!
side, pretended to be fast asleep, and snoring at the
time. The first thing the sailor did after seeing such
intruders was to ascertain if his money was safe, and
he soon found that not only all his cash, amounting
to the above sum, but also a great portion of his'
dress, had disappeared. lie gave the ►darm, amh
every search was made in the house, but neither thel
women nor the money he had lost could be found,
Suspecting that the prisoner was in league with
those who had entered the room, he had her
t►p-
prehended on suspicion. The sailor added that be
was a native of Wales, and from which country lie
had been absent seven years, und expected to have!
got borne in a creditable manner after being buffet ted
about for so many years ; but now that lie had log!
every farthing in the world that he possessed, het
could not show his face to his friends, and must
,once more take another trip to sea.
The Magistrate said that there was no evidence'
to prove the accused had been concerned in the
bery, and she must therefore be discharged. With
regard to what had befallen the sailor, the Magic;-1
trate remarked, that he had brought it all upon him-1
self, in accompanying a common strumpet to such a!
place us the Mint.

The sailor, turning his quid over in his mouth,
and giving ie waistband of his trousers a hitch up
at the same time, said it was a hard case a poor
fellow should be done out of that for which he had
toiled night and day, subject to all kinds of weather,
rough and smooth.