The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

way to town, but denied striking the complainant till they
were at first assailed.

Mr. BINGHAM said it was a case for a jury to decPe.
lle Lhould theiefore sou(' it to the quarter-sessions, but
would hold the ddendants to bail in two sureties of
2001. each, and themselves in the sum of 1001. each.

Tt'e complainant subsequently entered the court and
said that the defendants deeply regretted their conduct,
and had made an ample apology. He, therefore, with
the Magistrate's permission, would proceed no further,
providing they put a sum of money in the poor box.
Mr. BINGHAM said it was very kind on his part, and
he should request them to put 10/. in the poor box.

THAMES.-(THIS DAY.)
Sarah Goodwin was charged under the 7th and Bth
Geo. IV., cap. 53, see. 32, with having worked an illicit
still in an unentered place, whereby she had rendered
herself liable to a penalty not exceeding 1001., and not
less than 301.

From the evidence of two officers of the Excise named
itohnston and Pargeter, it appeared that the front door
was open and they walked through the house. In the
yard they found the prisoner, and there was a man walk-
ing up and down smoking a pipe. She acknowledged
the illicit distillation. Her husb•end and herself received
20s. per week for working the still, and that distress had
driven them to it.

Mr. YARDLEY—That is an important fact, as it proves
that you have taken the wrong prisoner, as this woman
acted under the influence of her husband.

Pargeter—The Act, your Worship, specifies any one
found in or about the premises.
Mr. YARDLEY—Understand me. I do not mean that
a woman per se does not come under the provisions of
the Act, but in this case the husband is clearly the
person guilty in the eye of the law, and he ought to have
been taken. The woman must be discharged.
The prisoner seemed quite astonished at her good
luck, and the Excise officers retired rather chagrined at
the result.

LOSS OF LIFE ON THE RIVER

THAMES

On Saturday morning a feartul accident, involving a
serious loss of human lite, occurred on the river Thames,
near Battersea-bridge. It appears that a party of five
persons, named severally William Day, of No. 7,
Garden-row, College- street, Chelsea ; Mary Eytes, a
single woman, of Queen-street ; George Cox, a Chelsea
pensioner, who resided near the college ; Jane Ingram,
who lived in the same neighbourhood ; and a youth
named Charles Foke, living near Battersea-bridge, had
been out to a party celebrating the grand regatta, in
which one of their friends had won a prize. It was
proposed that the five persons before alikided to should
take a boat and have a row on the water. Accordingly,
the whole party got into a small sailing boat, sufficiently
capacious to carry with safety from two to three persons.
Whilst they were getting along the shore to the vessel,
the young woman Ingram slipped down into the mud
and dirtied her dress. As soon as the party had taken
their seats in the frail craft, the young woman just
spoken of got up with the intention of washing
the mud off her gown. She had scarcely done so
when the boat canted on one side, and in an instant the
whole of the five persons were precipitated into the river.
Their cries for assistance were truly distressing, and at
that early hour of the morning, it is hardly necessary to
state, but tew persons were to be found up. With the
assistance of the police on the beat, however, several of
the neighbours and watermen were brought to the spot;
and it is but right to say that every man exerted himself
to the utmost to save as many lives as possible. Foke
was rescued, and with the assistance of Mr. Davies, a
coal-merchant, and a person named John Bull, the life
of Jane Ingram was saved, but unfortunately Mary
Eyles, who was seen clinging to Day and Cox, Rept her
hold of them so tight that they were unable to do any-
thing to effect their escape, and all three sank together.
Mr. Jackson, the landlord of the Adam and Eve public-
honse, had the drags brought out, and the spot where
the accident occurred was searched, but without effect,
for the whole three had disappeared. The search, how
ever, was continued throughout yesterday (Sunday), and
about three o'clock the body of Cox was found, and it
was taken to St. Margaret's dead-house, in which dis-
trict it was found; but neither of the other two bodies
had been found at seven o'clock last evening.