The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-10 00:00:00

THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY.)

HAY MAft K ETS.—( At per Load of 31 busses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heivy Lowland Meadow Hay X" sto .£'2 10
New Meadow Hay n 15 3 10
Useful Old • Alto
. _

Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 5
lover Hay 4 5 5 0
Oat Straw ...El Ei to £1 1•C 1 Wheat ,tiaw 1 14 1 16
A good supply; trade rather dull, and prices stationary.
SMITHFIELD.

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Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 10 to £2 15
New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10
Uceful tild Ina° 3
_0 3 10

Fine Upland Meadow and tt ye-grass Hay......... 3 15 4 4
Clover Hay (extra tine)....£6 .... 4 0 5 5
•)at Straw .£l 10 to -El 121 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 Id
A moderate supply, and dull trade; prices stationary.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO "BURKE" A
YOUNG WOMAN AT SOMERS' TOWN.

On Monday evening, about eight o'clock, the inhabitants re-
siding at the last house in Chalton-street, Somers'-town, were
alarmed by the violent screams of a female proceeding from the
pathway which runs through the field leading to Camden-town.
Ihe people of the house ran to the door, but it was scarcely
opened when a very tall and extremely powerful young woman
ran past the door from the field where the screaming had been
heard. She passed the door a few yards, stopped short, and asked
for achair. She was extremely agitated, and seal cely able to speak.
A chair was brought to her, and a little brands' having been given
to her, she S6Oll recovered herself. It appeared that she had just
crossed the field on the gravel walk, and when within thirty or
forty yards of the houses, she was pinioned by one man while
another caught her up by the legs and threw her upon her back
One of the villains knelt upon her chest and thru-t something
into her mouth, while the other was endeavouring to put some.
thing round her neck. She struggled desperately with them, so
much so, as to extricate herself and get up. While she was
screaming, the bloodhounds had thrown her a second time, and
proceeded to use the same means, but before they could accom-
plish their end they suddenly ran away. She had just escaped as
she passed the door. It is supposed that some noise, 'he ap.
proach of some one in the field, or the movements of the lights
in the house, alarmed them, and drove them from their prey.
Their object it cannot possibly be doubted was to have •aken her
life, and that too in the most cautious manner, for no violence
whatever was offered,notwithstanding her resistance, or lit erties
taken with her person ; nor did they attempt to touch a bundle
she carried in her hand.
It is impe Bible to find any execs:, for persons thus impru-
dently placing themselves in the way of danger. It is to hi,
hoped that the publicity of this narration—the narrow, nay the
miraculous escape of this young woman,-will be a warning to
both sexes by night to avoid the lonely paths of the suburbs
of the town. There can be no doubt but that every such lonely
situation at night becomes the haunt, the rendezvous of the mos.:
desperate characters; it is in such places that they meet to
share their plunder, or to arrange their plans for future
qusiroymase
means
oehanows
shouldand by
immediately
a tmelt:nbse
aggression.
It is much to be feared that the high price given for bodies,
and the ready sale they have for them, almost without any hi.
they have
resorteda
has given rise to this most desperate of all atrocities.
to put a step to the infernal trade. etobetoenenobdteaai,n.oe,dir.

Orders were given this morning for all the
troops to be called into barracks this evening. Similar
precautions were tlltto last evening.