The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-15 00:00:00

It appeared from the testimony of two or three 'wit-
nesses that the unfortunate sufferer in the present case
went, accompanied by Mr.:, Custom. a friend, to look at
some apartments to let in Bell-yard, York-street,
Westminster, about half-past one yesterday (Tuesday)
afternoon. She had no sooner ascended the first
flight of stairs than she was attacked in the most
Nrocious manner by the female prisoner, who hurled
a jug at her with so much violence, that on striking
the unfortunate woman near the temple it broke
in pieces; after which she ran into her room, brought
out a poker of the ordinary siz-, and struck the unfor-
tunate object of 'her fury one, or two blows with it on
the bead ; the male prisoner then endeavoured to lift
their prostrate victim from the floor—where she was
lying bleeding profusely from her wounds, in order
to throw her, as one of the witnesses believed, over the
banisters ; but, finding her too heavy to raise, he
struck her a violent blow with his clinched fist. The
police were immediately called, and the prisoners given
into custody.
In reply to a question from the clerk, Mrs. Caston,
who accompanied the injured woman to look at the apart-
ments, declared no words of any description had taken
place between them when the attack was commenced as
described.

Tile male prisoner declared that he never raised bit.
hand against any tine, and his wife entered into a long
incoherent story, from which it seemed there was some
dispute with respect to the tenements in Bell-yard.
She allcged that the injurad woman suddenly bounced
into her room and struck her, and teen she flung the
jug at her.

Mr. BRoDERIP having made some inquiries with re-
spect to the condition of the ill-used woman,
Mr. Cumming, an inspector of the B division, said,
that he considered her to he in great danger. She had,
after her wounds were dressed, fainted three times in
the police yard, and appeared iu a very precarious state.
Mr. BRODERIP remanded the prisoners until Tuesday
next, but said he would take bail for the man whenever
good sureties were produced, as also for the woman, as
soon as the injured woman was out of danger.
The prisoners were both locked up.
WORSHIP-S I REET.

Two powerful Irishmen, named Thomas Mansfield and
Nicholas Quick, were brought up before Mr. Arnold,
charged with being concerned with others not in custody
in the following brutal attack upon two labouring men
nrmed Burton and Batson :

The complainants, both of whom wero shockingly dis-
figured, came to town, by one of the Regent's Canal
boats, from Oxfordshire, on the preceding evening; and
having called at a public-house in the City•road to pro-
cure some refreshment, they were standing at the door
in conversation, when they heard a loud liughing and
uproar behind them, and on turning round saw a body of
Irishmen advancifig towards them, in company with two
women, one of the latter of whom, upon coming up to
Batson, pushed intentionally against him Batson took
the annoy ance in good part, and, wishing the woman
" good night," was about to re-enter the house, when
Quick rushed at him, accused him of insulting the
woman, and felled him by a blow in the face. On
endeavouring to regain his feet he was instantly struck
to the ground again, and then the whole of the party,
seven in number, closed upon him, forced him into the
gutter, and, whilst some of them held him down, the
others beat him with their fists and kicked him furiously
about the body and face. On witnessing this brutality
the second complainant (Burton) ran to Batson's assist•
ance, and tried to rescue him from the hands of his as-
sailants, but he was also hurled to the ground in the
same manner, and beaten and kicked with such fero-
city that one of his eyes was terribly bruised and swollen,
the flesh of his nose laid open, and some parts of his
face seemed almost reduced to a jelly. Their cries of
" Murder" at length attracted the attention of the
police, and the prisoners, after a determined resistance
from Mansfield, were both secured and lodged in the
station.

The prisoners generally denied the greater part of
what was alleged against them, and declared that the in-
juries the complainants had sustainei had resulted from
an insult offered to the woman referred to, which they
felt justified in resenting, and called a man and woman
named Scott to prove that such was the tact; but the evi-
dence of the first failed to support this assertion, and the
man himself candidly acknowledged that he was so
drunk at the time es to be totally unconscious of all that
bed taken place. Two constables, named Murray and
Welch, were then called, the former of whom deposed to
seeing Mansfield fall Burton to the ground, and savagely
kick him three times in the face between the eyes; and
the other officer not only corroborated this statement.,
but added tnat the instant he had raised Burton from
the ground, and whilst the witness was holding hiai,
Quick ran up to him and struck him a violent blow in
the lace, which knocked him down, and that upon at-
tempting to secure Quick, the prisoner Mansfield, whom
he had had the greatest difficulty in dragging away from
the complainants, resumed the attack upon Burton and
beat him severely.

Mr. ARNOLD commented upon the grossness of such
an outrageous and wanton attack, and sentenced Quick,
whose conduct was the least culpable, and who appeared
to have acted upon a h .sty and mistaken notion of
avenging an insult which had been offered to his female
companion, to pay a penalty of 205., or in default to un•
dergo a fortnight's iinprisonm..nt in the House of Cor-
rection; and Mansfield, whose violence was wholly will-
out justification, to pay the full penally of 51. or in
deoa❑lt to stand committed for two months to the House
of Correction.

Tale prisoners were bo'h unable to pay the Sues, and
were therefore removed in th.• vet).

HORRIB,,E 1 ttr►tii n Y IN
SWI fZERLAN

The Paris papers give the following details of a
fearful tragedy recently enacted in the town of Ber-
thoud, in Switzerland :—Jacob Moser, of Gondisweil,
in the district of Kuhn (Argovia), was 45 years of
age. He had long inhabited the town of Berthoud,
where he was generally beloved and esteemed. He
was a widower and the father of five children ; his
conduct was regular, and be supported his family by
exercising his talents as a musician at public balls,
and as a teacher of the art. The eldest child was a
girl eighteen years of age, who at six displayed so
much talent for music that she was already famous as
a concert performer ; she had latterly resided in
French Switzerlaed, where she earned her livelihood
by teaching. Besides supporting his family, Moser
had to maintain his aged parents. All these burdens
caused him to contract debts which he was unable to
liquidate. These burdens, an unfortunate attachment,
the wretched condition of his children, despair,
blighted affection, and the prospect of a debtor's
dungeon in the distance, proved too much
for the poor man's fortitude. The four children
residing with Moser consisted of two sons, aged
seventeen and thirteen, and two daughters of fifteen
and seven years of age, all' idiots, and three of them
dumb. The boy who escaped was ten years of age.
The family slept in two contiguous chambers. In
one lay Moser, one of the girls, and one of the boys ;
the other three slept in the adjoining apartment.
The surviving son deposed that at about two o'clock,
on the terrible night in question, he was awoke by
his sisters, and perceived that his father had arisen.
The father, on being called, replied that he was
writing in the next' room. On returning he knelt
down by the side of the bed, prayed aloud, and gave
the children to understand, in a few broken sentences,
that he was going to Berne.
Young Moser soon afterwards went into the
adjacent room, and found the four children lying
dead. They had all been strangled with a small
rope, found around the neck of one of the girls. A
letter in the handwriting of Moser, sen., was dis-
covered, announcing his design. He wrote—
" I ask pardon, in the name of God. I can no
longer endure existence, and I cannot resolve to leave
behind me, abandoned to their fate, the poor children
who are not yet brought up. Those who know me will
be convinced that I could not. Once more, I suppli
cate for mercy and pardon, for I am not actuated by
vengeance or ferocity, but by despair."
The following additional lines, written after the
perpetration of the unfortunate act, indicate the regret
of Moser at its accomplishment, but betray no doubt
of the forgiveness of God :
" Now," wrote the poor wretch, " now I have
done all ; but were the deed not done, I could not do
it. May God in heaven be merciful, and grant me
pardon !"
Moser consummated the tragedy by blowing out
his own brains. The body was discovered under the
bridge of the Emme ; it appeared to have been so
placed as to fall into the river after the commission of
the suicide.

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ' BETWEEN LONDON AND
PARIS.--1 he French Government bas accorded to Mr
Jacob Brett the authorisation to establi,h on the coast
of France a submarine electric telegraph between Calais
and Boulogne, which, crossing the Channel, will go to
Dover on the coast of England. The treaty entered into
with Mr. Brett guarantees certain advantages to the
French Government, and leaves all the expense at the
charge of Mr. Brett, assuring him, however, a privilege
for ten years in case the experiment should succeed.
The works must be terminated by the Ist of Septem-
ber. 1850, at the latest; but it is probable that they will
be finished sooner. The first application of the subma-
rine electric telegraph, if it should succeed, as from the
long examinations which have been made there is every
reason to hope, will produce on the relations between
France and England results of which it is impossible at
present to estimate the importance. Dover, the point at
which the submarine telegraph is to join England, is
united to London by a direct telegraphic line; the
capitals will, therefore, be in this manner in almost in-
stantaneous communication. _

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SALMON.—The improvement in the salmon fishing
in the northern rivers still continues. Last week, at
Sandstell fishery, near the river mouth at Berwick, no
fewer than 650 fish were captured during one tide, and
two hauls in succession brought to land 60 fi.h each
time. _ _

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IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.—Mr. E. Brown, late of
this town, who, it will be remembered, has made some
important discoveries in chemistry, has, since his paper
on " The Prevention of Poisoning by Chloroform
and Sulphuric Ether," was read before the Royal So-
ciety, discovered the liquifaction of hydrogen gas, a de-
sideratum to chemists since the liquifaction of chlorium
was eff.cted by Faraday, in 1823. Mr. Brown intends
contributing a paper on the subject to the Royal Society.
—Preston Chronicle.

A conscience void of offence is an inestimable
blessing, becatbe it gives a pleasure which no ran-
corings of malice can destroy;* it is proof against ma-
lignity itself, and smiles upon its most sauguinary
Cook': Jeurnal.