The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—June 13.

GUILDHALL.—EXTRAORDINARY AND ROMAN-
TIC, AFFAIR.—MdIIe. Marguerite Frigante de la
Tour, aged 16, of 39, Rue des Carrieres, Passy, near
Paris, a young French lady, of noble family, was
brought up before Alderman Besley, charged with
disguising herself in male attire, as was supposed,
for an unlawful purpose.
The young lady appeared at the bar with her hair
cut short and parted at the side, and dressed in very
light apparel, but in every respect such as a young
Frenchman would have worn.

Sergeant Fenning said—About half-past five
o'clock this morning I was with Inspector Leonard,
in St. Martin's-le-Grand, where I saw the young
lady sitting on the steps of the Queen's Hotel. I
asked her why she was sitting there, and she said
because she was fatigued.
Alderman Besley—Did she speak good English ?
Fenning—She answered me very well in English,
and I then told her I thought she was a female,
notwithstanding her male attire, and she admitted
she was. I asked her what had made her so tired,
and she replied in French, which I did not under-
stand. She got up and was about to walk away,l
when I stopped her and took her to the police sta-
tion. She was asked to give up what she had in her
possession, and she produced three notes for 100
francs each, 61 gold Napoleons, and 2s. Bd. in Eng-
lish money. She had also three books 'with her
entitled Guide to the Exhibition, Eight Days in
London for 150 francs, and a French and English
vocabulary.
Alderman Bosley (to Mr. Mouflet, of Newgate-
street, who volunteered his services as interpreter)
—Ask her what brought her to London, and why
she is disguised in male apparel ?
Mr. Mouflet—She says, sir, that she ran away
from her aunt, with whom she had been living at
Passy, and disguised herself to enable her to do so
more effectually.
Alderman Besley--;Ask her if she came from
Paris alone ?
Mr. Monflet—She says that she did not come with
anyone, and knows nobody in. London. She came
this morning to my hotel, with one of my lodgers,
who introduced her to me as a young man who had
arrived by the late train, and wanted a bed. I was
showing her upstairs when I thought by her voice
that she must be a female, and on discovering the
fact I desired her to leave the house. I went out
for a policeman, but when I returned I found she
had gone away-
I have since ascertained that her
father is the Baron de la Tour, and is now in
America ; that her mother, the Baroness, is living
at Versailles ; and that she is, or has been, living
with h3r aunt in Paris. I asked her where she got
the money to come to London with, and she said
she took it from her aunt.
Inspector Leonard—l have telegraphed to her
aunt at Passy, and I have since learned that Mr. Lud-
low, a barrister, who is at present engaged in the

Social Science Congress, at Guildhall,
is intimate
with her family, and will shortly be in attendance.
Alderman Besley--I think it would be better to
remand her for a few days, until her friends can
come forward.in
Mademoiselle (partly in English and partly'
French)-oh, Monsieur, please settle it at once.
Alderman Besley-Ihave no wish to detain You. r
but I cannot turn you loose in this great city 111)
your present unprotected condition. If your friends
come up in the meantime I. will let them take YO
away.
Mr. Ludlow here made his appearance, and on
seeing him Mademoiselle immediately burst into
tears, and covered her face with both her hands.
1 Mr. Mouflet—lf your worship should decide
upon discharging her, I will undertake to accom-
modate her at my hotel until her friends claim her-
. Alderman Besley suggested that Mr. Ludlow
should speak to the young lady, and that gentle-
man accordingly had an interview with her in the
magistrate's private room, and from the converser
tion he had had with her he said he had no doubt
she was the person she had represented herself, al-
though he did not know her personally, and ex-
plained that she had been living with her aunt,
with whom she was not on terms of friendship. He
further said that he believed her motive in running
away and disguising herself in such unsuitable At"
tire, was to see London and the Great Exhibition,.
which she had heard much talked about in Paris.
He thought it was merely a childish freak, and
nothing more.
Alderman Besley he could not part with her
until he was sure she would be taken care of, and
he therefore adopted Alderman Wilson's suggestion
to send her to Newgate, with a request to Mr.
Jonas, the governor, to accommodate her in the
private apartments of the gaol, and to provide her
with apparel suitable to her sex and position.
The young lady, whose innate modesty alone pre-
vented her from being able to sustain the character
she had assumed, was then withdrawn from the
court, and was ultimately conveyed in a cab to the
residence of Mr. Jonas, where she will meet with
every care and attention.

GREENWICH.—REMARKABLE CHARGE °FAT.-
TEMPTED SUICIDE,—ANOTHER TRAGEDY PRE-
VENTED.—Edward Webb, landlord of the Lads of
the Village beer•shop, Willow-road, Syden ham, was
placed in the dock before Mr. Maude, charged with
attempting to commit suicide by discharging •
loaded gun at his head, and by which he and his
wife narrowly escaped with their lives.
The facts of the case are of an extraordinary cha-
racter. The wife of the prisoner, in the year 18471
married a man named Thomas Sabin, the son of a
farmer, by whom she had four children. Her hus-
band deserted her six years afterwards and went
abroad, where it was supposed he had died. In
1857, Mrs. Sabin deeming herself a widow, was
married to the prisoner, by whom she has a family
of five children. To her astonishment about three
months since, the first husband returned to this
country from Italy to claim some property, which
had been long a subject of dispute in the Court of
Chancery, and had, it appears, expressed a desire
that himself and wife should come together again.
This came to the knowledge of the prisoner, who,
in his supposed wife's presence took a loaded gee,
held the muzzle of it to his head, and discharged its
contents. The woman, seeing what was being at-
tempted, ran forward, and seizing hold of the mug- -
zle of the gun, received part of the contents in her
hand, several shots entering the face of the pri-
soner, and others penetrating the ceiling of the room
in which the affair took place. They were bath
subsequently attended by medical gentlemen,
and the injured woman was conveyed to Guy's
Hospital, where it was found neeessary to amputate
one of the fingers of the right hand.
The prisoner, when taken into custody by police-
sergeant Best, 27 R, behaved very violently, struck
the officer a heavy blow behind the le ear, and
destroyed his uniform.
The prisoner, who had nothing to say in answer
to the charge, was remanded for a week.
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LIVERPOOL—ATNE 13.
At to-day's market there was a large attendance of the
usual town and country trade, and of millers from a
distance. Wheat met an extensive demand, and a large
business resulted at an advance of 2d to 3d p'r 1001 b.
Flour held for more money, but a limited sale. Oats were
in some instances id per 451 b over last Tuesday's rates,
and oatmeal fully maintained late prices. Barley, beans,
and peas in fair request, and the turn dearer. Indian corn
attracted considerable attention, and all the mixed offering
at 22s per qr was speedily disposed of.