The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-14 00:00:00

MU RDER.

Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the
Three Castles public-house, St. Andrew's-hill,
Blackfriars, on the body of Sarah Goulding.
Sarah Brown deposed, I live at No. 2, Ireland-
yard, St. Andrew's-hill. 1 knew the deceased, who
lodged in my house with her husband and two
children. I have frequently known the deceased's
husband to quarrel with her, and put her out of the
house at all hours of the night. I have heard him
say many a time that he would be hanged at New-
gate for her, but I never saw him strike her. She
was delivered of a four months' child last Monday
week, and she died last Saturday !.t five minutes
before twelve o'clock. The last time I heard them
quarrel was about five weeks ago.
Sarah Goldsmith deposed, I have frequently
heard them quarrel. The last time I heard them
was the day before her delivery, when the deceased
rushed from her room and ran down stairs—she was
pursued by her husband. I saw the deceased the
same evening, when she complained of being very ill.
Wm. Pye, shoemaker, of Ireland•yard, said, I saw
the husband of the deceased pursue her through
Ireland-yard. She had MO shoes on ; she ran into
my shop quite agitated and out of breath ; she
placed her hand on her side, and said, " Oh ! dear."
She seemed to be in pain. I have known the de-
ceased five years. Her husband used frequently to
beat her.

John Pereira, surgeon to the General Dispensary,
Aldersgate-street, said:—l attended the deceased on
the 2d of April for miscarriage and pleurisy. I had,
previously to my entering the room, heard that the
deceased had been beaten and kicked on the side by
the husband. On entering the room, I asked the
deceased's husband if he was not ashamed of himself
for having ill-treated her. He denied it. The deceased
said, " Goulding, you know you have been the
cause of my illness, and if I should die, you will have
to answer for it ; you know you knocked me down
like a bullock." From the manner of the husband,
who affected to be indignant, I thought he might
use her after I had left, and told him that she was
in a dangerous condition, and his life depended upon
her's, for if she died he would be hanged. Ile re-
plied, " I can't help it if I ant hanged ; I did not
ill, treat her." The deceased complained of great
pain in the side. I have examined the body, and
found no external marks of violence. On a post
mortent examination I found inflammation of the left
side of the pima or membrane covering the lungs.
She had also fever, and slight inflammation over the
upper orifice of the stomach. In my opinion the
deceased's death was caused by inflammation, com-
bined with fever and miscarriage. All the symptoms
might be caused spontaneously or by violence ; the
latter was most probable in this instance.
Jeremiah Pereira confirmed this testimony.
Verdict, Wilful murder against David Goulding.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

A scene of a very unusual kind took place before
the LORD MAYOR, on the occasion of the applica-
tion of a young man, who had been an officer in
the Brazilian service, for assistance to obt►►in the re-
storation of his wife from her father, who kept her
from him.

The officer, a young man, had had the honour of
meeting the young lady, the daughter of a gentle.
man well known in the city of London, at a party,
where he happened to attract her notice. As was
natural and reasonable where two fancies concurred,
he followed up the matter, and found that the im-
pression was not fugitive, but strong, and likely to
be permanent ; but there were objections to him in
a quarter in which approbation was often considered
necessary. The father of the lady somehow or
other rejected the alliance. The officer endea-
voured to reconcile the loss to himself; but as he
was driving in his gig through the Strand one day,
whom should he behold on the pavement but
herself. " What," said she, "is it you ?" " In-
deed it is, my sweet girl," said he, " and I have
been miserable about you up to this minute." "You
have," cried she; " why then I'm determined that
you shall be no longer miserable."
Mr. Hobler—And so I suppose she took all the
misery upon herself, and relieved you ?—(A laugh.)
—The officer said, that he used no arguments to
convince her of the judicious preference she seemed
disposed to give of him to her father, when into the
gig she jumped, and away they drove together, and
semi availed themselves of the kind officeaof a priest.
Mr. nobler asked why the applicant did not take
care of her while he had her ?---The officer did all
that man could do, but her father had now got hold
of her, and would not allow the slightest intercourse
between them.

The LORD MAYOR—And what do you want me
to do, Sir, in this matter, between you and your
wife and her father ? The applicant wanted his
wire's society. He was now the person who had
the best right to her, and no man was justified in
keeping her from Ilan.
The LORD MAYOR—But it is evident that she
prefers the protection of her father. Now you will
not tell me she would do so if you treated her
properly ? Oh, no, she would not have gone
home to her father after having taken share of your
gig if you had acted well to her. That's not the
way of the women.

The officer declared that his wife and he Lad
never disagreed. He did not know why she should
choose to stay under her father's roof, as he had
always acted with tenderness.
Mr. Hobler—You may depend upon it, young
gentleman, you are mistaken. She must have good
reason for the preference. You gLite mistake the
sex. They are not given to the brick of running
away from their husbands.

The LORD MAYOR—It is not a business in which
I can at all interfere. You must gather your friends
together, and get them to assist you ; I can't.
The officer was evidently chagrined at this re-
fusal, and quitted the Justice-room.
Subsequently he entered the room, and addressing
the LORD MAYOR, said he had now a complaint to
make, which came immediately under his Lordship's
cognizance as a Magistrate.
" Against whom is the complaint ?" said his
Lordship. The officer replied that it was against
his wife's father, who now actually denied that they
were man and wife, although the denial was a di-
rect imputation upon her honour, and he (the
officer) was in possession of the necessary docu-
ments to prove that the marriage had taken place.
He had gone to her father's house, and there, in-
stead of being treated as a relative, he was struck
and abused like a dog by his father-in-law.

The LORD MAYOR--:Why did you not send some
friend to the house ? Officer—My father-in-law
will see no friend of mine.

Mr. Holler—Why don't you write to your wife ?
Officer—My letters are all returned unanswered.

The LOR-D MAYOR—I cannot believe that such
treatment would be given to you, If you had not
drawn it upon yourself.
Mr. Hobler—lt is hard to imagine that a young
girl should run away from a young man, whose so-
ciety she so decidedly preferred to that of her parents
as to run away with him, without cause.
The officer said no doubt that was true as a gene-
ral principle, but in his case there was an exception
if she stayed away voluntarily, but he could not say
that she acquiesced in the separation. He only knew
that he was prevented from seeing her by the very
person who ought to hold the connexion most sacred.
The LORD Mavoit—Well, the Grand Jury are
now sitting, and you can go and prefer a bill of in-
dictment if you please.
The officer said he should certainly prefer the
bill, and retired.
GUILDHALL.

A young man, a mechanic, named James Poulton,
was brought before Mr. Alderman ATKINS yester-
day, charged with deserting his wife and two did.
dren, whereby they became burdensome to the
parish of Gip')legate.
Mr. Simmons, on the part of the overseers, stated
that this was an aggravated case, as it was the third
time the prisoner had deserted his family. He had
been absent this time about six months, during
which the wife had received an allowance of 3s. per
week.

Alderman ATKINS strictly questioned the wife, (a
very neatly dressed sedate young woman), whether
she had not seen or heard of her husband during the
six mouths, and she protested she had not. She had
worked almost night and day to support and decently
clothe herself and her children.
The Alderman said the decent and comfortable
appearance she and her children made before him
was highly creditable to her.
The sum he was called upon to re-pay to the
parish was 31. 4s„ and in answer to the charge the
prisoner said he was now ready to return to his wife,
if she would change her conduct towards him, and
endeavour to make him happy, and he would pay
the overseers by weekly instalments of ss.
Mr. Simmons apprehended his word could not be
taken, and that as soon as he was liberated he would
disappear again. He had behaved exceedingly ill,
leaving his wife while one of her children was lying
dead, and carrying away the sheets from the bed,
He was a proper object to be made an example of.
The prisoner exclaimed that if be was committed
he would not contribute a farthing to the main-
tenance of his family as long as he lived.

Mr. Alderman ATKINTS -assured him he would
find the law as strong as he was, and expressed
his disgust at his want of feeling. The allegations
against him were of a nature so disgraceful, that he
should hare blushed and hung down his head, if he
could not deny them. He (Alderman Atkins) was
a father, and his heart might as well have been torn
from him as to tear him from his children.
The wife here burst into tears.

Mr. Simmons pressed for punishment, observing
the prisoner had been married only seven years,
and in that time had been absent seventeen months.
The Alderman committed him to Bridewell for
three months.

QUEEN.SQUARE.
Yesterday Thomas Halliard', of Fore-street,
Lambeth, who has been for the last fifteen years
accustomed to sell eels about the environs of the
metropolis by the announcement of a bell, was
brought before Mr. WHITE, by West, one of the
police inspectors, who charged him with ringing his
bell in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, in violation
of the Local Act of Parliament passed for preserving
the quietude of that district.

This was one of the first cases of the kind brought
before the Bench.

The defendant did not deny the charge, but could
not be satisfied of the authority of the constables to
interrupt him, until he heard the opinion of the
Magistrates.

The Act is imperative, and the defendant was
fined in the penalty of 40s. for ringing his bell.
The defendant sent to his wife and friends, and
after some time the money was made up, as it is
termed, and paid into the office.