The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-20 00:00:00

THAMES.

MIIRDEROITS ASSKULT.—A fellow named John Shun,
who can only be designated as a thief and a ruffian, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with violently as-
saulting Margaret Griffiths.

The prosecutrix, a well dressed woman of the town, had
formerly associated with the prisoner, and his brutality was
so great that she severed the connexion. He wished to
renew it, but she refused all intercourse with him. He then
commenced a system of.perseoution and annoyance towards
her. He frequently hunted her about the streets, abused
and threatened her. His villany and intimidation not meet-
ing with the succ,,ss he wished, he illused her and on seN eral
occasions knocked her down. A. few months ago he
fractured her jaw. She was in the hospital for some time.
He recommenced his annoyance and brutality when she
was released from the hospital. He met her on Thursday
night last in Salmon-lane, Limehouse, while she was in
company with another woman, named Margaret Farrer,
and struck her a tremendous blow with his fist on the face,
between the eyes, and exclaimed, " You know what that is
for," and ran away. The complainant was very seriously
injured by the blow. Both eyes were blackened and
swollen, and from the state of her face it was believed
tivit the prisoner had some blunt instrument in his
hand when he struck her. Yesterday (Sunday) evening the
prisoner broke into the woman's osvelling in Railway-place,
York-road, Rateliff, and she escaped from him by getting
over the wall of a neighbour's house into the next yard.
He followed her, seized her round the waist, and then com-
menced pummelling her with his fists. The women in the
neighbouring houses interfered, and gave him into custody,
In answer to a question, the woman said, " He wants me
to live with him and keep him, and I will not do anything
of the kind.

Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner was a brutal, savage, and
cowardly fellow. He sentenced him to six months' im•
prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.

Extraordinary Double Attempt at Suicide.

On Saturday afternoon Dr. Lankester held an in-
quest at the Eastnor Castle Tavern, Union•street,
relative to the death of James Jeffereys, aged 67, a
floor-cloth worker, who committed suicide, after a
second attempt, under the following melancholy
circumstances. It appeared that the deceased had
suffered for years from chronic asthma, and for the
last four months had been unable to lie in a bed.
He had been medically attended, and within the
last ten days he had shown signs of derangement.
He repeatedly prayed to the Lord to deliver him,
and had desired his wife to remove his razors from
a drawer. On Thursday morning last he was left
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the body there were some slight marks on the neck,
and on the left side near the region of the heart
there were three or four punctured wounds, one very
deep, which deceased had inflicted with a pair of
scissors, which were found coy, red with blood on
the table. The scissors had been taken from a drawer
by the d(c2ased. The examination after death
showed extensive disease of the lungs and heart,
which would readily assist an attempt at strangu-
lation. Certain internal signs proved death to have
been by strangulation. A verdict of " Suicide by
strangulation while in an unsound state of mind"
was ultimately returned.

The estimated cost of the Albert memorial cross
is £lOO,OOO, of
which sum £70,000 has been subscribed. The
House of Commons (the Atheneum says) is to be asked to
grant a sum sufficient to make up the deficiency.
We understand (says Galignani) that the petition
which was presented lately to the Queen of Spain, in favour
French ladies, many of them Roman Catholics.
of the unfortunate Matamoros, was signed by above 30,000