The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-02 00:00:00

BO W-STREET.

A young man, named Sylvester Walsh, of respect-
able appearance, and described as a clerk, living in
Newman-street, Oxford•street, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Jardine, charged with having fired a
loaded pistol at Emma Summers, at a brothel in Bow-
street, (a brief account of which appeared in The
Sun of yesterday).

The prosecutrix stated that she lives in Wellington-
terrace, Waterloo-road, and is an unfortunate girl.
Between twelve and one o'clock that morning she was
accosted by the prisoner, near the Lyceum Theatre,
and invited to accompany him to " the Brunswick,"
well known resort of prostitutes in Bow street, nearly,e
opposite the Royal Italian Opera. house.
were shown into a room
upstairs They
and the
prisoner sent for a pint of wine which
they drank together. He then took a ring from
his finger and placed it on hers, asking her to
accept it as a present. After this a second pint of
wine was sent for. While sitting together she ob-
served something like the top of a large stick project-
ing from his breast-poeket, and asked what it was.
He at first made no answer, but presently drew out a
large pistol, and laid it upon the sofa. She inquired
why he carried such a thing as that about with him,
and he replied, " Oh, merely for protection." After
they had been sitting and talking together nearly two
hours, they undressed and got into bed. In about ten
minutes afterwards he rose from the bed, and she got
out after him. He then threatened to shoot her if
she got up. She replied, " You don't mean that,"
believing that he was only speaking in jest. He said,
" Don't I, though ?" and immediately took up the
pistol and presented it at her head. She stooped hur-
riedly, and the pistol was fired, its contents passing
over her head. She made a rush towards the door,
and he caught hold of her, exclaiming, " That he
would fire it once more, and then it would do for her."
The report of the pistol and her cries for help brought
the servant and porter to the door, and she ran to
them for protection. The prisoner. and herself were
undressed at the time.

By the MAGISTXATE,—I have been since shown
the hole in the wainscoting of the room through
which the bullet passed. It is just behind whore I
was standing when the prisoner fired the pistol, and
about as high up as my shoulders. 1 was perfectly
sober. My clothes were brought to me by the ser-
vant after I had run out of the room. We had not
had any quarrel, but had been on perfectly friendly
terms.

Cross-examined (by an attorney's clerk who ap-
peared for the prisoner)—l left home about ten
o'clock in the evening, and had been walking about
till I met the prisoner, but had not taken anything to
drink. I had never seen the prisoner before. I
drank two glasses of wine with him. We were. to-
gether about two-hours in all. We had been bed
about ten minutes when he got up. I had no inten-
tion to leave the room when I rose. Scarcely a
moment elapsed between his presenting and firing off
the pistol. I have no idea what could have been his
motive.
John Beesley, the porter at the Brunswick, de-
posed, that he was sitting down stairs at about ten
minutes past one, when he heard a very loud noise,
like something heavy falling on the ground. Ile
went up stairs, and saw the young woman, Emma
Summers, running out of the room undressed. He
asked what was the matter, and she said the gentle-
man had fired a pistol at her. The chambermaid, %Flo
had also hurried to the spot, then took her up stairs
to another room, and witness went to the door of the
room, and asked for the young woman's clothes. The

prisoner threw open the door and exclaimed, "Come
and fetch them '—upon which witness went in and
saw the prisoner near the bed, partly dressed. Wit-
ness said, " You have fired off some powder." The
prisoner stated that he had not. The pistol was ly-
ing on the table, and was cocked, but had no cap on
it. The barrel was then quite warm. Witness took
it up and was going to leave the room, when the pri-
soner stopped him and tried to wrest it from his
hands. During the scuffle the trigger was pulled by
one or the other, and the lock went down. Witness
gave the pistol to the chambermaid, and told the pri-
soner to dress himself and leave the house. Witness
then sent out for a policeman. On the arrival of the
constable he related what had happened, and pointed
out the bullet hole in the partition. It was about
half an inch wide. The ball went through the parti-
tion, splitting the boards on the outer side. The hole
in the inner side was smooth and slightly blackened.
The pistol now produced is the same. (It was a large
horse pistol.) Witness; on returning to the room
afterwards picked up a percussion cap which had been
exploded. There was another cap not used, upon the
sofa. A bullet was also found about five yards from
the hole, on the other side of the partition.
By the MAGISTRATE—The prisoner looked very
wild- and excited. Witness could not say if this was
the result of liquor. The girl was perfectly sober.
Mary Ann Spacktnan, the chambermaid, said that
the prisoner and the young woman came to the house
about a quarter to twelve o'clock. The gentleman
sent her out twice, for a pint of wine each time.
She heard the report of firearms about an hour
after this, and on reaching the room s-aw the girl
running out of it. Witness took her upstairi into
another room, and sent the porter in for her clothes.
Constable Jackson, F 78, said he was called into
the brothel about half-past one o'clock by the last
witness, and on going into the room on the first floor
found the prisoner there partly dressed. He appeared
in a very excited state—" half out of his mind like."
Witness took him to the police station and searched
him, and found in his possession a bullet mould, some
bullets, percussion caps, knives, and other articles.
He should say the prisoner was intoxicated. He said
nothing.
The prisoner, when first asked if he wished to make
any statement, denied tile evidence of the prosecutrix,
declared his belief that he did not fire off the pistol,
and his moral conviction that she fired it off herself ;
but, subsequently, when the depositions were taken,
he acted upon the suggestion of his adviser, and " re-
served his defence."

Mr. JARDINE then committed him for trial.
1 homas Eagle, a middle-aged married man, hold-
ing a clerkship in the General Post-office, was charged
with stealing two letters. . _ _

One of the messengers, who had been watching the
prisoner while engaged in the Inland-office, distinctly
saw him lay his handkerchief on a letter and then
take it up, letter and all, and put it into his pocket.
He saw him conceal another in a similar way, and,
on mentioning the circumstance to the president, the
prisoner was searched by Peake, the officer, and the
two letters found upon him.

The prisoner, who said it was his first offence, was
remanded.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. I.
S'FOCK Excliazion.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5% dis.—Ditto, 311. Shares,
dis.—East Lancashire, New, 3% die.—Great Northern,
5;1,4 dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (L. and B.), 8% die.—
Ditto (late M. 13. and B.), Sixteenths, 6—London and
North-Western, 152—Ditto, Fifths, 914 p.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 171/4—Midland,
116 c.—Ditto, Halves, dis.—Nerth Staffordshire, 34 c. p.
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 51/4 dis.—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 3 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, 32—Ditto, No. 1,
31,'„ dis.—Ditto, Now, No. 4, 11/2 dis.—York, Newcastle,
and flerwick (N. and B.), No. 2,3% c. p.—Ditto, No. 4,
11/4 dis.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 2% p.—Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 21/2 p.—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 201/4 dis.—Dah-
lin and Drogheda, 32% dis.—Dutch Rhenish, 44 c. dia.
MANCHESTER, Fan. I.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 2 3-16 dia.—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction, 5 7-16 dis.—Bolton, Blackburn, &c.,
Proterentials ( B), par c.—Bristol and Exeter, 15N
Dublin and Drogheda, 31 dis.—East Anglian, New Prefer-
ence 3 ~,,—Great Northern, 5% dis.—Huddersfield and Man-
chester Railway and Canal, Thirds, I% c. dis.—Lancashirt
and Yorkshire, Fifths, sa p.—Ditto, 32!. Shares, 4% c. die.
—Ditto, Halves (H. and S.), 10 die.—Ditto (West Riding
Union), 214 dis.—London and North-Western (Manchester
and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (B),
4 p.--Ditto, ditto (C), 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 514 dis.—Midland,
401. Shares, 443 A —North Staffordshire, ;ri p.—Oldham
Alliance, 1% dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 1, 314 dis.
—Ditto, No. 4, 1 7-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick,
Extensions, No. 2,3% p.
LEEDS, JAN. al.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—A fair amount of business has been
done to-day at the following
_prices : Ambergate Notting-
ham, and Boston. 2,4 dis.—East Lancashire, 211d/4—Ditto,
New, 314 dis.—Great Northern, 5. dis.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 545. dis.—Leeds and Dews-
bury, 44 n.
C. d
. dis.—is Liverpool, Muraingchhtoenst,er a
n, Newcastle
Junction, 40s.
Coast
43—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 40s. dis.—North
British, Thirds, 35. 6d. p.—Ditto, Extension, Gd. dis.—North. Stafibrdshire, 155. p.—North- Western, 434 die.—South.
Yorkshire, Doncaster, &c., 3,i (scrip) ).—York, Newcast'le,
and Berwick, Extension, No. 1, 5 p.—Ditto, Preference, 3ji p.—Ditto, No. 2 (New Berwieks), 314 n. p.
HULL,
Srocx EXCHANGE
—The sales are —Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, N—North British, Quarters, ls. dis.—
Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9d. dis.—Ditto, Thirds. 3s. 6d. pp
North Staffordshire, 16s. 3d. p.— York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick, 34%.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Fin. 1.
STOCK EXCHANGIC.---The sales are—Newcastle and Car-
lisle, 11:K14—North Staffordshire, 13s. fd. p.—York, New-
castle, and Berwick (late North Shields Purchase), 1114 p.
YORK, JAN. 31.
STOCK EZCHANGIC.—The sales are—Great Northern, 5/.
2a.- Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), Tes.
—North British. Halves, 121,E Ditto, Thirds, 435. €4l—
Quarters, 51..—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole, :1—
York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 34% Ditto, Extension,
No. 1, 1934—Ditto, No. 2 (late New. Berwicks), 131. as. 9d.
—Ditto (G. N. E. Purch.), 10% n.—York and North
Midland (East and West :Riding Extension), 37.
GLASGOW, JAN. 31.
STOCK EXCHANGIC.—The sales are—Dundee and Perth,
30/. 10s.—Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 14s. 6d.---Edin-
burgh and Glasgow (Stir. Mid. June., 5 per cent. guar.), VI. 2s. 6d—Edinburgh and Northern, 16/. 10s.—Ditto, New-
port, 8/. 10s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 71. 73.
Paisley, 13arrhead, and Hurlet, 21s.—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, Extensions, No. 2 (N. and B.), 121. 17s. 6d.

THRRIBLE DISASTER.--The Constitutionnel contains
the following news from Algiers of tke 20th inst.:—
" A deplorable event, which recals in a minor degree
the disaster of I3ou-Taleb, has just happened between
Tablat and Sak Hamondi, on the Algiers road to
Auwale. An artillery convoy left Auinale on th• Bth
inst.. and was overtaken on the 11th inst. on the heigista
in front of Sak llamondi by a violent snow storm. At
the turnings of this perilous road the burdened mules
were precipitated into th• deep ravines. The cold be-
came so intense that in less than a quarter of an hour
14 men out of 44 fell beneath its severity. Those who
were able to escape from this horrible situation took
refuge in tke dachera of Tifiras. At the same time that
this convoy was suffering on the heights above men-
tioned, another from Algiers lost two men between
Ouled-el-llad-el•Tablat. As soon as Si-Mahi-ed-Din
was informed of the catastrophe ho immediately sent
assistance to the unfortunate sufferers, and on the 17th
inst. a dozen men, frozen to death on the nights of the
11th and 12th, were brought to Algiers."

Moicsr-MAnxir.---The premium on gold at Paris
is 124 per milk, which, at the English Mint price of
81. 17s. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.46 ; and the exchange at Paris oa London
at short being 25.62 k, it follows that gold is 0.64 per
cent. dearer in Londua than in Paris. By advices from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 4344 per mark, which, at
the English Mint price of EL 17s. 100. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange: of 18.fli ; arid the
exchange 'at Hamburgh on London at short being
13.124, it follows that gold is 1.36 per cent. dearer is
London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at
New York on London is 111 per cent., and the par of
exchange between England and America being 10V
23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is 1.49 per
cent. in favour of England. But, the quoted exchange
at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the in-
terest must be added to the above dlifirenee.

Silt Ms.
On the 21st ult., at Longeot, Berks, the lady of the Rev.
Edward Ilartnce, of a son.
On the 22d ult., at Cobham, Surrey, Mrs. Thomas Crawter,
of a son.

On the 19th ult., At Rome, the lady of William Ramsay,
Esq., of a daughter.
OH the 26th ult., at llodnet Hall, Salop, Mrs. Haber Percy,
of a daughter.

Oa the 28th ult., at Melksham, the wife of the Rey. W.
Jackson, of a daughter.
Oa the 29th ult., at Cheshunt, Mrs. Philip Smith, of a son.
On the 30th ult., in Queen-street-place, London, Mrs. A.
Jennings, of a daughter,

On the 30th alt 7, at Falmouth, the wife of Commander J.
G. Dick, R.N., of a son. _

On the 30th ult., in Sydney-square, Mrs. 1. S. Patridge, of
a daughter.
On the 31st ult., the lady of J. H. Crampton, Est., H.l-
- of a daughter.

MAARIEB.
On the 80th of August, 1847, at Richmond, New South
Wales, Walter Lamb, Esq., to Jane, fourth daughter of W.
Cox, Esq., of Hobart- villa, near Richmond.

PIED.
On the 30th ult., in Portman-aqivare, the Countess of
Beverley.
On the 21d ult., at Twickenham, Colonel Algernon Disney.
On the 20th ult., in Lower-terrace, Islington, J. L. JAN.-
son, Esq., aged 83.
On the 30th ult., Mr. Ponsonby, of Regent-circus, Pion.-
dilly, aged 81.
On the 30th ult., at Park-Housei-,SydenhanOient, J. W.
Southgate, Eq., aged 63.
On the 30th ult., in Palace New-road, Lambeth, Mr. Eferal
Howard, aged 67.
On the 31st ult., at Abbey-place, St. John's-wood, Charl
the infant son of Kr. James Boyd.
On the 31st ult., in Piccadilly, Matilda, third daughter of
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., aged 10.
On the 31st ult., at Porchester-terrace, Bayswater, Mgr-
garet, relict of the flight Rev. Joseph Allen, all., late Load
Bishop of Ely.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, st
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th• Sun Office, No. IIS.
Strand, in the Precinct et tie Savoy, it the Goulaty of
Middlesex, Wednesday, February 2. 1648.