The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

THAMES.

A Row IN A DOCTOR'S Suor:LHenry Colville, a tall
grave-looking man, about 34 years of age, was brought
before Mr. Partridge, charged with the following strange
conduct :

Mr. Patrick Joseph Healey, an apothecary, of 14, John-
street, Poplar, said the prisoner came into his shop at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon, drunk and in a very excited
state. The prisoner said "you have poisoned me, and I'll
have revenge 1" and called upon him to leave the shop and
to meet him in the street, and on his refusal to do so made
a ru-h at him and knocked down a medicine bottle, which
was broken. He had great difficulty in preventing the pri-
soner striking him, and the violent exclamations and noise
caused a mob to assemble in front of his house. He called
in a police constable and gave the prisoner into custody.
Mr. Partridge—Did he strike you 1'
Mr. Haley—He did not, sir. He would have done so if
I had not retreated.

Mr. Partridge—What is the amount of damage done ?

Mr. Healey—Only is. 6d.
Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he would pay the
money ?
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The prisoner-4 will, sir. Igm very sorry indeed that
I should have acted so. I was intoxicated, sir.
Inspector Boare, of the K division, said the prisoner was
in a most furious state all night, and raved like a maniac.
The prisoner made a most desperate attempt to commit
suicide, and it was necessary to have two constables in the
cell all night to prevent him repeating the attempt on his
life.

Mr. Partridge—Do you know anything of him ?
Inspector Beare—No, air.

The prisoner—l was beside myself last night; the drink
made we quite mad.

Mr. Partridge—You may go on paying is 6d for the
bottle you have broken.
The prisoner—So ends my catechism.

ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAy..—.
Oa Monday, just when the Ma'ton train Was attain-
ing full speed, after starting from Thirsk, a little girl,
eight years old, daughter of Mr. Thompson, of Sackleton,
fell headlong out of the train. The mother, who had also a
child in her arms, was bent upon jumping out of the train
also, and was only kept from doing 80 by main force. The
accident was witnessed by some plate-layers, who stopped
the train. The guard and eome of the passengers went back
and found the girl apparently dead. There was the impres-
sion of her head quite distinct in the ballast. The girl was
carried to a neighbouring cottage, where, on Tuesday
night, she lay quite unconscious. It is believed the door
of the carriage was not fastened.
FOUNDING A FAMILY. A German, named
Heoflich, residing five miles west of La Crescent,
was married is Portage, in November, 1860, to a healthy
German girl, The week after they married they moved to
Minnesota, on the farm which they now occupy. In August,
1861, Mrs. Heoflich gave birth to three boys, two of whom
gave birth to three boys and a
lived. In June, 1862, she
girl ; two of the boys and the girl are living. On the sth of
this month she gave birth to two girls and a boy, all of whom
were, as late as Tuesday of this week, alive and well. Ten
children in less than three years is pretty good, even for this
vicinity. The parents are proud of their success in the family
line, and point with pleasure to their company of German
infantry. Government cannot afford to draught the head of
that family—.zlmerican Paper.
Tho Message,- Eranco-Americain, of New York,
h
publiahes a notice which has been issued in lowa,
signed by Dora Macomber of New York, and Wade Ilsley,
of the State of Massachusetts. They state that, finding the
e in America totally bad, and being un -
system of marriag
able conscientiously to unite themselves according to the
rites of the law, but considering that every couple are per-
fectly free to enter into such contract as may seem good to
them, they make known to all that they have made the fol-
lowing arrangement :—" We propose to live as husband
and wife so long as that union shall be mutually agreeable
to us." This precious document is countersigned by eight
witnesses.
DAVIS' STRAITS FISHING.—The Narwhal, arrived
at Dundee on Tuesday with one fish, reports that the Diana,
of Hull, had got four fish, and the Brilliant, of Kirkcaldy,
three fish. The Dundee
ships are reported al follows :
Camperdown, six fish; Wildfire, five flab ; Tay, three fish;
&cane, one fish ; and Polynia, clean. No further accounts
from tne Dundee, which, when last seen, was icebound, and
had sustained some damage by the pressure of the ice,