The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-04 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET, THIS DAY.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A DETERMINED CASE.
Matthew Newbury Coleman, a tailor, 70 years of age, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to commit
suicide.
Mary Jane Nutty, a respectable female. said the de-
fendant was her father, and on the previous evening, in
consequence of his attempting to hanghimself with a scarf,
she gave him into custody for his protection.
A female stepped into the witness.box, and said she saw
the defendant get on a chair with the intention of hanging
himself, and he then went into another room, and while
there she heard.him sharpening a knife, and on going into
the room she found that he had bared his neck evidently
with the intention of cutting his throat. He afterwards
said that he was determined to do it, and should drown
himself.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the daughter, who seemed
much affected, said her father had latterly drank a good
deal. _ _ _

The defendant said he was a tailor, but too old for it now.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the best thing he could do for the de-
fendant was to remand him f ,r a week.

WESTMINSTER.

PITIABLE 0 OCURRENCE.—James Fane, the conductor,
running into the Victoria Station, Pimlico, was brought
before Mr. Arnold for having unlawfully killed Thomas
Henry Frost.

Hannah Hibbard, of 13, Carlton-terrace, Kentish-town,
said—Just before eight o'clock last evening I was in an
omnibus driven by the prisoner. It was near the Victoria
station, which the omnibus had just left. I was kneeling
upon the seat and looking out of window, there having been
a dispute with a man and the conductor, because the man's
dog had torn the conductor's trousers. Suddenly, while
I was looking, I saw a little child run under the omnibus.
Directly afterwards I saw a woman rush towards it. I
supposed she was the mother; she had an infant in her
arms ; she cried out " My child I my child ! " and she went
to reach it, and in doing so slipped, and fell under the
wheels of the omnibus.
Mr. Arnold—At what pace was the omnibus going ?
Witness—lt was only just started, and going very slow.
Mr. Arnold—Was the child that ran under the omnibus
killed ?
Inspector Humphreys—No, that one escaped, but the in-
fant was killed.
Thomas Wright, 3, Paradise-street, Lambeth—l was
crossing the road at Victoria-street, and I saw the woman
with an infant in her arms and another ono by her side. I
saw the child run under the wheel of the omnibus. The
woman tried to snatch it up, and in doing so fell under the
omnibus. She was picked up between the wheels.
The conductor of the omnibus said—l saw a child about
two years old deliberately walk between the wheels of the
carriage and stand upright under it. The mother seeing
the position of the child, rushed forward and slipped down.
She was carried into a house.

Witness Wright recalled—l saw the infant had a scar on
its temple. I heard people say the child was dead.
Matthew Fraser—l am the father of the child. When I
returned home last night at nine o'clock I found my in-
fant, which I had left well in the morning, dead, and my
wife was at the Standard tavern, where she had been taken
away very ill. She is still in a very bad state.
Mr. Arnold—ls that all the evidence?
Inspector Humphreys—lt is.
Thomas Wright—The omnibus was going very slow; it
had hardly started.
Mr. Arnold—There is not the least blame attachable to
the defendant. This melancholy occurrence was purely
accidental. Prisoner is discharged.

MARKETS---THIS DAY.

MARK-LANE,

A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh
up to this morning's market. The attendance of the trade
was limited, and the demand for all qualities ruled heavy,
at barely stationary prices.
There was a fair show of foreign wheat on the stands.
The best descriptions were firm as to value; otherwise the
trade ruled very inactive, at drooping currencies.
Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at
late rates.
The barley trade was in a very sluggish state, at fully
the late decline in prices.
The inquiry for malt was confined to immediate wants,
at late rates.
In the value of fine oats very little change took place ;
but the demand for other kinds was in a sluggish state, on
rather easier terms.
Beans and peas—the supplies of which were small, fully
supported previuus currencies.
Flour moved off heavily, at about Monday's quotations.