The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-22 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ROMANTIC TALE.—THE PRICE OF A MUSBIILMAN.
On Saturday two Persians, wearing the costume of their
country, and apparently unable to speak any other than
their native tongue, were brought to this Court by a
Commissioner, who attends at the different wharfs to
introduce foreigners to hotels, under the following very
curious circumstances :

The Commissioner said the two foreigners were
wandering about the east-end of the town, having just
landed from a French steamer, apparently quite be-
wildensd about their destination. lie made inquiries,
and lie learned the following particulars about them :
A relative, also a Persian, had killed a Turk, and the
Turkish Cadi, who heard the charge, agreed to spare
the prisoner's life on condition of his paying a stipulated
fine within a certain period. The two Persians, his re-
latives, had set out on their benevolent rnissic,n to make
the case known among compasiionate Giaours, in the
hope of collecting money enough to redeem the other-
wise forfeited life of their relative. The Persians had
visited various countries. They had last made their ap
pearance at Paris, from whence they had, no doubt, been
advised to make their way to England, as their romantic
story would be sure to interest the benevolent, who had
plenty of money at their command. The Persians had
taken this advice, and had found their way to London,
hoping to add to the funds they had already collected.
Mr. HARDWICK examined the passports and papers of
the travellers.

Mr. HARDWICK said the papers to a certain extent
confirmed the singular story just related. The foreigners
had evidently made their appearance at various places,
and had been received with attention by foreign ministers
and by our own consuls. They had been to Greece, to
Smyrna, and to Paris, and their passports were vise re-
gularly and reputably.
The Commissioner said he had called at the Turkish
Ambassador's, and had been told to take the Persians to
the usual depot for foreigners at the east end of the town,
from whetter they would be sent to their own country.
His own opinion was,that there might be some foundation
for their charitable pilgrimage, but he suspected from
the care✓ul way in which they lived, that ti ey were say •
ing all the money they collected, and making a good
thing of this affiir.

M. HARDWICK said the great respectability of the
names attached to the Persian's papers induced him to
think there might be some truth in the strange stor-; to
clear up his doubts, he would write to the Turkish Em-
bassy on the subject.

A. STARTLING SIGHT.
This day week (Friday), as a man named Lambley was
returning from Foxhall, to which place he had been to gather
watercresses, he saw a man's hat lying upon the pathway,
near a place called Brook-hill, in the parish of Rushmere,
about two and half miles from Ipswich ; he looked over the
hedge, and was much frightened at seeing the body of a man
suspended by the neck from a cord, which was attached to
the bough of a tree; he stood gazing at the body for a short
time, and then ran down the road for about a hundred yards,
and seeing a shepherd in a field, he told him of what he had
seen. The shepherd accompanied him to the spot, and was
as much frightened as himself, neither of them being able,
through fright, to cut the body down. After gazing for
some time at the body at a respectful distance (for they were
afraid to approach too near), the shepherd suggested, after
saying, "Poor fellow, we can't do him any good, let him
hang where he is," that Lambley should run to the Ipswich
station-house and tell the police of what he had seen. MoSt
singular to relate, Lambley followed the advice given, in-
stead of going to a house close by to obtain assistance. The
shepherd, too, returned to his work, as if nothing had hap-
pened. It is hard judging, but from the facts stated at
the inquest we think it not improbable, as was expressed
by the jury, that if the deceased had been cut down when
first see❑ by Lambley his life might have been spared. On
the day following an inquest was held upon the body at the
Ship Inn, St. Clement's, Ipswich, before Mr. S. B. Jackaman,
coroner for the borough. It appeared from the evidence ad-
duced that the deceased's name was John Lawrence, and
that he had left a widow, residing in St. Clement's Back-
street, in this town, but no children. Deceased was an en-
gine fitter, and had been in the employ for the last twelve
months, with the exception of the last six weeks, of Thur
wood and Co., steam-engine manufacturers and iron foun-
ders, of Ipswich. He had at times been in a desponding
state of mind, but had not until Sunday week been :.us-
peered of having contemplated such a dreadful act ; on
which day a fellow workman, named Brazier, who lodged at
the house of the deceased, on his return home from a place of
worship, discovered the deceased standing upo❑ a stool in
the passage with a piece of cord in his hand. The deceased
was accused of having made a hole in the wall, but he
denied having done so. Other circumstances also gave rise
to a suspicion that he intended self-destruction. On the
following day (Monday) deceased left his home, telling his
wife he should return in half an hour; he did not re-
turn, and although sought atter he could not be found.
It was proved, that on the night previous to his committing
the rash act, he slept at the house where the inquest was
held, leaving on the following morning shortly after twelve
o'clock, and about one o'clock his body was seen hanging
upon the branch of a tree by Lambley. Evidence was also
given corroborative of the' facts we have previously stated,
and the policeman said, that when he saw the body, at
between three and four o'clock, a short time after it had been
cut down, it was quite warm. The Coroner, addressing the
witness Lambley, said, he hoped that if he should ever again
have the misfortune to find anybody hanging, as he had seen
the deceased, he would pluck up resolution enough to do what
was proper in such a case, by cutting the body down. The
jury expressed their astonishment that the shepherd and the
witness Lambley had acted as they had done, and, without
hesitation returned the following verd,ct;—" That the
deceased had destroyed himself when in a temporary state
of derangement." One of the witnesses stated, that had no

a young lady, named Neal'. of Newbourne, who was passing
the spot, been very much frightened at the ghastly sight,
the body would not have been taken from the tree until the
arrival of the police. The deceased had been under medical
treatment for some months previous to his death.—Essex
Standard.

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ALLEGED DEATH OF A CHILD FROM CRUEL
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TREATMENSTiziY:eLstaemrdbaeythll,lo% W.
King, aged nine years, a son of a beer-shop keeper living in
Mead's-row. The inquiry was instituted in cans‘quence of
information having been sent to the Corcrier that the child
had died from the effects of corporal punishment inflicted by
his parents. Police. constable Beal, 127 L, said that he had
been residing in the same house as deceased, and about six
or eight weeas since the deceased crept up stairs to one of
the lodger's rooms, and begged for a piece of bread. He
was then in a very dirty and deplorable state. During the
late bitter cold weather witness had seen deceased with no-
thing on but his shirt. Rebecca Ellvin, 5, Asylum-place,
said she knew Mr. and Mrs. King, and had seen the greatest
brutality practised by both towards deceased. On one occa-
sion she saw him tied up by his hands to the skylight. The
last time she saw anything done to hint was a fortnight after
last Christmas, when Mr. King beat him with a double rope,
knocked him down, pushed his nose on to the flooring until
the blood ran from his nose into hi mow h. Alice Anderson
said that she had been engaged at Mr. King's as charwcman.
She knew the deceased. Ile was an execcdiogiv dirty child,
and fond of pilfering any hing he could lay hold of. She
had seen his father beat him, but she thought the chastise-
ment was not at all excessive She did not think deceased
was right in his mind. The jury returned a verdict of
" Natural death."
THE REWARD OF MERCY; OR, DISAPPOINTMENT
MITIGATED.—The following paragraph appears in the last re-
ceived American (New York) Sun :—" Thousands of persons
assembled at Racine, Wisconsin, to see a man hung, by the
name of Bonham, sentenced fin. murder. The sh riff informed
the people that Goverhor Dodge had reprieved the prisoner
for thirty days, whereupon they bung the effigy of the Go-
vernor, and then separated peaceably."
Mr. Hudson, M.P., had an interview with the Right Hon.
Edward Strutt, on Saturday, at the office of the Commis-
sioners of Railways in Grad George-street.

the box of matches during the morning of the fire after-
wards led to suspicion, and on inquiry it turned out that
he had bought two boxss of Inciters at the shop of one
Ars. Bosh, and not Smith, and that no such person was
known to be in existence as Bill Page. He was accord-
ingly taken into custody on this charge, and when be-
fore the m,gistrate he stated, that lie did not know
more about it; that Bill Page ran away, and he knew
nothing, more."
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Mr. oopEtt addrosscd the jury on this evidence,
which he cohtended to be wholly insufficient to support
so serious a charge against a mere boy, who might well
he playing with lucifers during school time, and yet be
free from suspicion of firing stacks.
His LORDSHIP summed up the case to the jury, leav-
ing it to them to say whether they thought the case was
made out for the prosecution beyond all reasonable
doubt.

The jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict
of Not Guilty.
As soon as the verdict was pronounced, the Learned
.Tudge called for the parents of the boy and consigned
him to their care.

John Ritchie, aged only eight years, persisted in
pleading guilty to an indictment charging him with wil-
folly and feloniously setting fire to a stack of straw at
Elm, the property of J.,seph Blackburn. The little
ellow, though frequently cautionAl as to the effect of
his plea, still whispered out, ‘• Guilty, my Lord."
Mr. WELLS, for the prcsecution, begged to recommend
the child to mercy on account of some supposed weak-
ness of intellect.—Sentence deferred.

POLICE INTELLIGEN,:;E.
BOW-STREET
Thomas Aces, driver of an omnibus plying between
King's-cross and Kennington, appeared on a charge of
causing considerable damage to a horse and chaise be-
longing to Mr. R. Rogers, of King-street, Covent garden,
by furious driving.
It appeared that on tho evening of the 11th inst.,
about nine o'clock, the complainant was driving through
College-street, Camden-town, with his song when he
observed the omnibus coming towards him at a furious
pace, on the wrong side of the road. He drew as close
as possible to the path, and called to the driver, who
paid no attention, and drove against his chaise, the pole
striking the dashing board, doubling it up, and breaking
the whip off close to the handle. The splinter bar of the
omnibus struck the complainant s pony inside the thigh,
inflicting a severe wound on the stifle, and also wrenching
a shoe off his foot. The chaise was completely jammed
under the omnibus, and it was a long time before it could
be extricated. The defendant was quite unconcerned, and
never attempted to render the slightest assistance. He had
plenty of time to get out of the way after Mr. Rogers
called to him, and the passengers were so much alarmed
that they left the omnibus and walked away. So far
from the defendant exhibiting any regret for the acci-
dent, on his being remonstrated with, he burst out
laughing, as if he thought it a good joke.
On being called on for his defence, he said it was so
dark he could not see, and that he pulled up as soon as
he could.

Mr. HENRY- said it was the worst case of the kind he
ever met with, and the defendant might think himself
lucky in not having to appear on a charge of man-
slaughter. He committed the defendant to the House
of Correction for two months.
Mr. Rogers said he was about to commence an action
against the proprietor of the omnibus for the damages,
but he was willing to forego this if the latter would put
the sum of 101. in the poor• box.
'Mr. Bathgate, the proprietor, after some considera-
tion, offered half the sum, but alter a few pointed re-
marks from the Court, he paid the whole of the money,
and retired.