The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-09 00:00:00

THAMES,

"ELEANOR'S VICTORY."-1 withered old Irishwoman,
named Eleanor M'Cormack, who has been very trouble-
some to the shopkeepers in and near Whitechapel, was
brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a
pound and a half of bacon from the shop of Mr. John Crew,
a cheesemonger, No. 1, Commercial-road East.
It appeared from the evidence of Henry Phipps, the pro-
secutor's shopman, that be saw the prisoner loitering about
his master's shop and watched her. She managed, how-
ever, unperceived to snatch a piece of bacon from the shop
board, and put it under her shawl. A. few seconds after-
wards Mr. Phipps missed the bacon, and went after the
prisoner. He took the piece of meat from ber, and gave
her into the custody of police-constable Chandler, 117 H,
to whom she said that she took the bacon for a lark, but
the proprietor of the shop and his servants were not at all
disposed to treat the matter as a joke, because they had lost
pieces of cheese and lumps of bacon when Eleanor had
visited them before, and insisted on her. being locked up.
Chandler said the prisoner had been in custody fifty times
for pilfering from the shops, and that bread, meat, vege-
tables, or anything that came in her way, had been
stolen by her. She had been repeatedly punished for theft.
The prisoner, who groaned incessantly, called all the
saints in the calendar to bear witness she was a lone widdy
woman, and that she was as innocent as the blessed babies
that were niver born.
Mr. Woolrvch—You make a business of this. You go
from shop to ;hop pilfering. I sentence you to three months
imprisonment and hard labour.
Eleanor anathematised Chandler as she was leaving the
dock, and said, "Ye murthering villain, ye would trans-
port me if ye dared. Only three months, ye villain—this
is my victory, and be hanged to you I"
A.TTEXPTED SUICIDE. COMMITTAL ion TRIAL.
Margaret Gibbons, a wretched and dissipated woman, who
has been repeatedly in custody, was brought before Mr.
Woolrych,
charged with being drunk and disorderly, and
attempting self-destruction.
The prisoner has made repeated unsuccessful attempts
to
commit suicide. She has plunged into the docks on
several occasions and been rescued. She has hung herself
in the police cells, and in the cells attached to the Thames
Police
-e. Court, being cut,down before life was extinct. Mr.
1, ooarych
has in the kindest manner endeavoured to re-
claim her, and often spoken to her on the folly and wretched-
ness of her course of life, when she was last remanded to
the House of Detention for a week, that she might receive
the spiritual advice and exhortations of the chaplain.
Roche, the
answerable for
her life, if she was left alone for a minute;
and B'B
she was gaoler of the Court, said he could not be
sent away in a cab direct to the House of De-
tention. Last sight the prisoner was in King David-lane,
Sbadwell, making a disturbance in front of the station.
house there. She was intoxicated and very much excited.
She was taken •
into the station and locked up. A few
minutes afterwards Charles Witt, a police•constable, went
into the cell where the prisoner was confined, and, although
another woman was alongside of her, she had contrived to
fasten a piece of tape
round her neck, and her face was
swollen and discoloured. The constable said 44 What do
you mean by this,.. ane. ~,
Cut the tape. He sprinkled water
her, and left her. Half-an-hour after
on her face, revived
this a second alarm was
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given. She had twisted a hand-
kerchief round her neck and was black in the face. A sur-
geon was called in, who
revived her. This morning at
half-past eight o'clock, although closely watched, she
twisted her apron round
her throat. Charles Whisson,
196 K, with difficulty Saved her, and took away her apron.
William Bloom, 458 le
—, said the prisoner was before Mr.
Partridge five weeks ago
for attempting to commit suicide,
and she was then sent to prison for a month in default of
i finding a surety.

Mr: Woolrych said the
Prisoner had made so many
attempts on her life that
-.0 was now under the painful
=essay of committing her for trial.
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MARKETB--This Day.

MARK-LANE.
The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this
morning's market was very moderate and the trade ruled
firm, both for red and white qualities, at
In foreign wheat a moderate business was transacted,
and Monday's quotations were well supported. There was
advance in prices of is to 2s Per quarter.
a full average supply on the stands. fully Monday's

Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, at full
currencies.

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Malting barley was very firm, and prices had an upward
tendency. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off steadily,
at extreme rates.

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Malt was in average request at quite previous rates.
y peasof
werewas
fir mtolerablylarge;andqu.
demand ruled steady at full currencies.
as dear as on Mon-
day.
In flour a fair busineso was transacted at full quotations.
ARRIVALS THIS AvitEK.
TheßeEs: andPPi
Wheat. Barley. Malt, Oats. Float.
iilnglish cso 1 2) i 150 i i 220
Irish.. -
b'oreigu.. ••