The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

reland.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Or
MR. STEELE.
BOW-STREET.—(THIS DA) k itstiolv
This gentleman, who was charged at toe 'tog V)
house, on Wednesday evening last, with attell3P so ea
drown himself, by leaping from one of the recei.noioa
Waterloo-bridge into the river, and whose eOll3l-ofbli
at this Court has since been postponed on account wol
severe indisposition, attended this morning' e
n' "At
brought before the magistrate as soon as th
charges had been disposed of. After evidence boa be.
heard,
Mr. Steele said he was sure his Worship would Ttiopsft
highly approve of the admirable exertions of the Ictit':
man. He also said that human language was inadece:
to express the depth of his gratitude to the physicOli'
the surgeons, the governors, and, in truth, to every e 136
connected with King's College Hospital, for the icteoli;
sity of the sympathetic feeling which they evinced
him while he was the inmate of that establishra°o
Had ho been an unfortunate brother of every one of
11eo,
they could not have treated himi with greater kilicilieed
the Magistrate adopted the course usually f°ll°bo,
in such cases, and ordered the defendant to find, sold
He must enter into his own recognizances for 100'''d
ba
!;ive two sureties in 501. each, to keep the peace

of good behavour for twelve months. , doe'
Mr. Steele immediately provided the require,' de,
ties, Dr. Parish, of No. 8., Lancaster-place, and f:„9oref
rick Lucas, Eq., barrister-at-law, of Pembroke.s4-
Brompton. He was then liberated. verea
Mr. Steele appears to have completely
from his illness, and indeed looks very well.

, A Y.
BANKRUPTCY.—(THISI,4- )
(Before Mr. Commissioner HoLacotn.)
Pc
iat
oxr.r Et 0 EthMeANUEL. lied {orbill
In this case thelsxoli
Honour's judgment on a point
on
and Taaisssecilgonahuesene ti..ri JP: or I
iei nitsl::Cet : Ili C:}
of dividends to the London
liable The assignees wgeereo
Bank on bills of exchan
toaspajould malts 11);°
the dividends, or so much willing
gf
with moneys received from othero Braes, 2°e' 111800r''
pound, but the bankrupts p give P the
•
refused to ll
.lwrhich t
thesistil interest was paid.
HONOUR said the holders of the bills COstbe le'
that they had claims against other parties for feet:
terest, and therefore he did not consider the Istii thil
could call upon them to give up the securities ; v Ole
to Pe'
they (the assignees) were nevertheless bound
it Oecesiir
amount of the dividend.
The Solicitor said the assignees might deem h- job v-i
sary to proceed against other parties on the
, t ire
could not do so unless they had them. "the
nnea:e4p
His HONOUR did not see what as Todrcee'thieelo'd
holders of the bills being called upon to p uld P 0
evidence, although there was no case that be eche- gile
giving the Court any power to order them to
-
up under such circumstances.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS'
(THIS DAY.) .s 001;
The April adjourned sessions were opened the poi'
ing at Hicks's Hall by Mr. Sergeant Adams, tb° eto
tant Judge, and several county magistrates. gel 'i
The Learned JUDGE having briefly addrel-holg'
grand jury, several unimportant cases of pelq
were disposed of. f 91"0°
Daniel tallaghan was acquitted of a charge octict,Aist
pockets. Immediately upon receiving the feral.?
Learned Judge informed the jury that thegeirld .41
whom they had now set loose again upon the " !le'
one of the must notorious thieves in London. of P'
been several times c( nvicted under the navies bid'
The Callaghan, Connor, and numerous alit:101;0e, h"o'
The Foreman of the Jury observed, that hj"o
those facts respecting the prisoner's charttetertntiee"
tory been known to them, they could not have ai46
guilty upon the evidence laid before them. ,60 et'
The JUDGE said that he was by no ntee,l3,-00iie
fault with the verdict, which he bad no do"
fectly conscientious, but he thought the prise,iir toss
on this occasion was more fortunate for '—
society.
BAPTIST HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.--7;:050 et"
the annual general meeting of the members, ir
supporters of this society was held in Finsburi patio/
bloorfields, for the purpose of receiving she Lea• ilO
the procedings of the society for the Peet Y-re'e
Rev. C. M. Birrell presided. The Secrets*? 'the jo,
report of the proceedings of the society duriegto Po(
year. The report, which was a most volultin,n°ostiesbe
the several
includedveral sta i theo ns
andloca l r e
districtspor ts, on fn
dthwe
51:05 e ata ad
t lil
of a most satisfactory character, a graduei 0)_,10
increase, both in the number of the toissioneri oliu"p•
society, as also of the churches and Sabbathitural, tr 3
having taken place, particularly in the agile° coeslsoolll
tricts. The present operations of the societY ob 00)
of 9 stations, with 215 missionaries; 109 Sahhei'd the opo
with 1,000 teachers and 7,000 children; enocistingeff
number of the churches established by' the hoifroo
538, with 4,752 members. The committee,
pot the
regretted that the funds of the society werf ht of, tIO
cient to enable their getting rid of the debt ot
society. The financial report stated the to.l-16,,,-0,1,i
receipts for the past year to amount to 4.7. 10. //V
including collections and subscriptions, 4,551 totl. ;elf'
bequests, 92/. lls. 6d.; and loans, 106/. Oreille recefity
expenditure absorbed the whole amount 0 %weed,'
the sum of 4,357/. 19s. 2d. being paid to PI. baloty'
leaving the society in debt—former loans, 603 l'oe.••.
last year, 701; and treasurer's loan, 36k ,ree(l 40
amount of debt, 7061. 10s. The report was 5,70 theiojit'
The Chapter of the Order of the Garter f 1.10
of May is for the investiture of the Du°yet the OP/
and that of the Thistle on the 6th of
'IU
M 9 gylet
vestiture, they say, of the young Duke
the V°
holder of sixteen peerages, and son-in-Jew. i°
of Sutherland. —Cheltexhant Loehr-cm.