The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-16 00:00:00

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l'eXt tins terday on the Coal-house Point, but expected off
N LPAST LOUGH, SEPT. It.—Arri Orphan, Burrows, of
.4' York, from Liverpool, dismasted, out 21 days.
chxlARWicH—
, SEIT. 15.--Wind S.W.—Arrd. Lady Adelaide,
Listian, Sunderland, assisted in, very leaky.
pUNVA.REIGILY, SEPT 19. —The schooner Express, of
14;Pvv, supposed from a Spanish port, being laden with
I)unr, Spanish nuts, &c., was totally lost, Bth inst., off the
711 t end of Tory Island; crew drowned.

.°UIIREY---SESSIONS.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before THOMAS PIICKLE, Esq.)
tfiaert Tilled, 37, and Ann Elliot, 23, were indicted
*t'r feloniously stealing a prayer-book, pair of razors,
Bud
a shaving-box, at Watlingham, in the county of
Surrey the property of Walter Sttinner.
Prosecutor said that he was a labourer, and on the
night of the 3d of August he slept at the Red Lion,
public-house, at Watlingham, in which place the pri-
lcTera also slept. On the following morning the prisoners
belt the house very early, and when he arose from his
he,(lhe Missed his bundle, containing the articles enurne-
;l7e police the bundle. He instantly gave information to
r"le , and with a constable went in search of the
Boners, who he discovered at a public-house at Bottle-
'lt in the county of Surrey. They were then informed
rethe robbery, but denied all knowledge of it, but on
Ing searched the prayer book was found in the male
risoner's pocket, and the other articles found in his
die. When asked to account for the possession
of the property the male prisoner said that the
ttaYer- book belonged to the female, it having
bec!,ll given to her by her mother on her death-
La. As for the razors and other property, they had
een in his possession many months. He (the prosecutor)
ivever, identified the property, and gave the prisoners
alto custody.
Police constable of the P division produced the pro-
rvrlY, and confirmed the latter part of the prosecutor's
statement.
goon being called upon for their defence, the male pri-
ffer asserted that he purchased the razors and box of
:Inan in January last, and the female, said that the
aYer-box was given to her by her mother. They denied
ost strenuously the robbery.
t CLIAIRMAN summed up the case to the jury, who
tTitUrned a verdict of Guilty, but strongly recommended
:„fe,neale to mercy. The female was sentenced to four-
t4) uays' solitary confinement, and the male prisoner
Vx months hard labour.
- William Martin, aged 19, pleaded guilty to an indict-
went charging him with stealing a Meershaum pipe, the
property of Frank Fordham, at Newington.
e appeared that on the evening of the 11th instant he
tptered the prosecutor's shop, and stole the pipe in ques-
ton efr a barrel near the door. He was pursued, and
taken into custody.
.„,,411 his defence he said that he was in great distress
'en he committed the offence.
,The sentence of the Court was, that he be imprisoned
,tae House of Correction three months.
tn.cdicard Hunt, aged 18, pleaded guilty to an indict-
ginen,t Charging him with stealing a pair of shoos and
thngs from a lodging-house in the Mint, Southwark,
e property of John Jones, a fellow lodger.
4.1:h0 CHAIRMAN said that the offence was of a serious
nature, that of robbing a man while in the same house;
e °ll should therefore sentence him to six months' impri-
kent with hard labour.

GUILD HALL.—(T HIS DAY.)
ATTE3IPTED SUICIDE.—James Ring, a labouring man,
"nout the middle age and blind of an eye, was placed at
tett!. bar before Mr. Alderman Gibbs, charged with at-
'4llting to commit suicide by hanging himself. It
.ll:eared from the statements or several witnesses that
Shut twelve o'clock last night the daughter of the pri-
er' ran into a coffee-shop in Buckley-court,
Ishelane. and gave an alarm that her father,
th.°3e lodgings were in the same court, had cut his
p;clat- The keeper of the coffee-shop (Mr. Thomas
i„,t*l'Y), accompanied by one of his lodgers, hastened
t-I.nlediately with the child to the spot, and found the
tloner, not, indeed, with his throat cut, but with a
Ittithllditerchief tied round his neck, with the proper run-
-11,;:g knot for strangulation by suspension, and other
1/o"tikerehiefs added, to give it the necessary length.
*6 was in the act of finally adjusting this halter
Nlr. Perry interfered. A policeman arrived
t 1 afterwards, and the prisoner was given into custody.
duct ueo called on by the magistrate to explain his con-
he said that he had fur some time been saving a
eo:l7nnocy to provide for the expenses of his wife's
Oucement, which was expected shortly to take place,
fibbed of
unfortunately he got drunk last night and was
seihue_,tl of all his money, and in consequence had deter-
fer"e,`-' to make away with himself. Ile was now sorry
„toe attempt upon his life.
es'-'1% Alderman Grnns desired him to be taken care of
til Friday, to which day he remanded him.
wjames Baxter, a bookbinder in Bridgewater•square,
gtaat charged by police-constable No. 142 (City) with
rrub,ing his (the prisoner's) wife in two laces.
er:n,c policeman stated that, about five o'clock yesterday
dens-11'aff, he saw a crowd collected in Bridgewater-gar-
b, around a woman from whose head and neck the
ar,4)nti was flowing profusely. Learning that the pri-
t:r had stabbed his wife (the wounded woman) he
him into custody.
miMaurice Newman, No. 3, Store-street, Gower-street,
sled that, shortly before the policeman came up to his
gudtance, he was passing by the corner of Bridgewater-
wool
an ns, and saw the prisoner strike with his fist a
see,ri,who was walking close behind him. The pri-
he t,,r"ari ran on, the woman running after him, when
knit; lar,e'l sharply round and struck her twice with a
neck: 471: in the side of the head, and again in the
the priso witness rushed between them, and seizing
Inischier 11,!1. by the wrists restrained him from further
Wit "nta the policeman came to his assistance.
neSS saw the knife distinctly. It was a clasp knife,
CI," he saw the prisoner wipe it and put it in his pocket,
L'en he was released from the witness's grasp. On
t "'arching the pocket, however, a hole was found in it,
anti which there could be no doubt the knife bad
It was not found afterwards.
he prisoner in his defence said, that he was pro-
Ve'ted by his wife's drunkenness and violence to strike
lc", but that the wounes were inflicted with a street-door
veY, which he had in his hand at the time. He posi-
ZIY denied that he used a knife, or that he had one
tit at the time.
I.t was statied, however, that the surgeon who ex-
inktned the woman, had no doubt that the injuries were
eted with a knife. The prisoner was remanded till
woman is perfectly able to attend.

-OW-STREE'r.—(THIS DAY.)
4:thvard Guinness was charged with assaulting Eliza
an, a woman who lives with him as his wife.
theTtile Complainant was most frightfully disfigured by
be eating she had suffered. Both her eyes black, and
Whole of her face was swollen and discoloured. She
e
d ae
tete veral bruises on her temple, and in fact her lea-
ers Were hardly distinguishable. Her hands and arms
eetle also severely bruised. She said that as the pri-
weeeT,had promised not to assault her any more she
Coa not press the charge.
o 1.• HENny—What ! after receiving such injuries ?
koolplainant—Yes, Sir. He says he won't do it any
All I want of him now is to leave me.
bleke prisoner said he would not hurt her any more,
to ."6 did not wish to leave her. He was perfectly able
m'aPPort her.
IlEszar —You know you are quite at her mercy
stv„- as I would certainly punish you with the greatest
1110;47 possible, if she were to prove that she received
1,! injuries from you.
the "e Complainant repeated that she would not press
4 Charge, but she wished to leave him immediately.
I,was well able to support herself and her child.
the tie prisoner, after solemnly promising not to molest
eftplainant in future, was discharged.
Iv' A
i.--ixb tBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
enn Winter was charged with stealing a boa from
!,.shop of Mr. Smith, in Tottenham-court-road.
ie'°ingh Hutchinson, a labouring man, said he was look-
Ng et some curiosities in the window of Mr. Smith's
as
P with some others, and the woman at the bar was
dang them. She looked about her and then lifted the
t I:vand concealed it under her shawl, from under which
as taken by the shopman.
kr.lllAnnwicK committed her for trial.
at Osborne was charged with refractory conduct
m, St. George's workhouse.
Francis Baldwin, the beadle of St. George's, said the
defendant came last night about half-past seven to the
averseer's office, drunk. He was offered relief,but he re
fused
it with curses, saying that he would have a lodging
"nere that night. his language was so abusive that he had
to be given in charge. It is against the rule of the house
t 0 take persons in liquor in.
The defendant said he had no lodging, and no where
top for the night, and bread was useless.
tf,',Jr• HARDWICK thought it strange that an able-
Cladlike the defendant, should be resortin g to
'workhouse, when wen k Was so plentiful in the
es4,eti
1411trY: He sent him ten days to the House of Cor-
-on
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(1i ALpoLE's MEMOIRS or GEORGE IL—The octavo
e 11 of these interesting Memoirs is now ready for
every at the various booksellers. This work, as is
ri:°rally known, was originally published in quarto,
ovitp. Murray, at the price of five guineas. Mr.
:icurn having publish ed 013 " Walpole Letters "
pt quarto and octavo, and feeling desirous
Printing an uniform edition of the " Me-
trs of George the Second," purchased last year
ecpyright from Mr. Murray, and has certainly
th'L„,, ornied an acceptable service to the public by giving
eta what was not hitherto to be procured--nainely,
prie edition of " Walpole's Memoirs of George 11.,
nlir"
• -tcd uniformly with the " Letters" and with the
Memoirs of George the Third."
aosEPn ADY IN TROUBLE.—At the Thames Police-
N-c/111111, yesterday, Mr. l3roderip, the presiding magistrate,
° committed Joseph Ady, of " something to advan-
-I,,,e'' notoriety, for trial on two charges of fraud a few
letter h go, re
haned to Inspector Scott, of the II division,
ue
had ceived from Ady, enclosing another,
m
/4, requested him to adopt the necessary measures to
evant a breach of the peace. Ady's own letter, which
ag addressed " To the Magistrates of the Thames
44 °glce-office, near Arbour- square," ran as follows:
I,:rentlemen,—The enclosed threatening letter is just
,oecired by the post. I beg the favour of your directing
1v,.1!1e of your subordinates to protect me from the
loiter's violence. I know his name. Respectfully,
lePh Ady, 5, York-street,not Commercial-road. Sept.
4
1846. The letter which put Ady in so much alarm
dP': writtentaised , no doubt, by some one to whom he has
" something to his advantage." The writer
ared that he would be "at Mr. Ady's office on the
ltd at twelve, without fail, and would then and there
th.iniaister to him, with a good horsewhip, something
business
would not easily forget." Ady, with a keen eye
usiness, as well as self-protection, took care to for-
Vtfailr to the magistrate, with the letters, a " list of next
zi V' falsely stated to have been "extracted from the
148 Qt. August 29, 1846."