The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-11 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO MURDER.

John Crooks stood indicted capitally for stabbing, with intent
to kill, on the 3d of December last, Mary .Ann Nekzon. -
The principal witness against bins was his wife, the prosectt4
trix, whom he had'married eight years since, and by whom he
had had a famili, having at the same time.another wife living,
The parties had gone through a scene- of much doMMie ani-
mosity, and the prosecutrix on the day in question had gone to
his lodgings, where she admitted,she had tried to aggravate hitt=
by every means in her power.
The prisoner, on his part, put in along written defence, ill
which he accused his wife of • inconstancy and with being an
abandoned character. ' He also called two witnesses, who gave'
him a good character fOr Immanitf aT:d honesty.--is'ot
Guilty-
Chief Baron IticuArtss—`.` Pi-isomer,. before I part with yott
let me repeat -to you the advice of Lee (one of the witnesses)-'
namely, that in future, you will govern your passion."
Read (the officer) said the prisoner was indicted for biganryt
and the Court ordered bias to be detained in custody.

The bridge,of Killaloe.over the Shannon, pre'
sents a most frightful appearance—six arches
have been swept away in the centre, and oue -at
the county of Tipperary side. it was caused by
the breaking of the cam? bank above the bridtee,
the materials of which were carried with thti
flood, and choked the arches. It is said that
the re-building of the bridge will devolve on the
Grand Canal Co (Tatty.

For the last two days there has not been 5
single London smack in the harbour of Leith,
either loading. or unloading, or under repair—a
like circumstance•has not occurred for many year•
—( Edinburgh (ottratai Jan. 7.)

There are at this time, iJ Fulham-fields, broad
jeans in•blossoth, a circumstance, at this time of
he year, of very rare occurrence. There is also
:o be SPeTI growintr, the Nyitsdow- of- a house
adjoining the Red Lion, Chelsea, in a pot, a car-
iation, which has three fall blossoms on one stall:,

' AWFUL CATASTP.-Qplll;.—Mr. SMITH, a respect-
able master tailor,reiliding.at the corner of Pea's-
street, Tooley-street, left his home in apparent
good health and .spirits, for the Turpose, as be.
stated, and as was generally in p pose d of going to
the parish church, to be present at• the.soten).
nization of his daughter's marriage, which was to
take place that niorninri: ; but, to the surprise of
the bride and bridegroom, he never arrived ; ar.lll,
after considerable protraction, the ceremony Was
performed withant. hinh The happy couple
then returned home spend the day with their fa'
tiler, but had not been t'sere long before Ir. S;vrlTtt
was carried house—a corpse! The feelings ex-
; cited by such a melancholy and unexpected catas-
trophe may be easily conceived ; the friends who
had been invited to par Llce of the bridal repast,
separated in the most abrupt manner, and thus in
a few moments a 'scene of boundless joy and hi-
lathy' was converted into one'of grief and despair'
It appears 'that tlv! deceased .on.his way to the
church felt himself very ill, and raising his hand
to his chest, uttered a slight exclamation, dropped
down, and expired !