The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-21 00:00:00

following very melancholy and somewhat peculiar cir-
cumstances :
The sergeant stated that on Saturday week last a
young woman, named Margaret Wooster, otherwise
Herring, aged about 24, threw herself into the Regent's
Canal, near the Cambridge-heath bridge, Hackney. She
was, however, taken out in a short time afterwards, and
brought to a sense of consciousness, and subsequently
conveyed to the Bethnal-green workhouse. She sur-
vived, however, a week only, and an inquest having been
held upon the body, a verdict was returned by the jury
of " Temporary insanity." Upon the person of the de-
ceased were found Bs. 6d. in silver, and a number of
duplicates relating to property belonging to herself, and
others belonging, as he understood, to that of her master.
At the inquiry he (witness) asked of the coroner and
jury what he was to do with the property mentioned,
and receiied for answer that he was to retain possession
thereof until he had consulted the magistrates as to its
disposal. Witness had discovered that the deceased had
been a servant in the employment of Mr. Osborn, sofa
manufacturer, No, 232, Whitechapel-road.
Mr. Osborne deposed that the deceased had been a
servant of his. He had occasion to absent himself from
home for a short period, leaving behind him his father,
who was upwards of 90 years of age. On his return he
found the deceased had not only robbed his father (who
is somewhat imbecile from advanced age) of all the cash
he had in his possession, but that a quantity of linen and
other portable articles had been pledged by the de-
ceased, whom, on his return, he had also found tipsy;
he therefore requested that the Magistrate would order
the articles and money found upon the deceased to be
delivered over to him.
Mr. BROUGHTON said that he could not possibly,
under the circumstances, entertain anything of the sort.
He (Mr. Broughton), however, directed the police-
sergeant to hand over to Mr. Osborne those duplicates
which related immediately to his own property, but
what remained, together with the money, was to be
placed in the hands of deceased's relations, who appeared
anxious themselves to bury the body, instead of the
authorities of the workhouse, where it is still lying.
The sergeant said that Mr. Osborne was in possession
of a bundle which belonged to the deceased. What was
to be done with that?
Mr. BROUGHTON.—It must be delivered to the friends,
most certainly.
Mr. Osborne, evidently dissatisfied with the decision
of the Magistrate, then withdrew.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
A few days since an interesting looking young female
was brought up to this Court, charged with making two
very determined attempts upon her life, by throwing
herself into the river at Waterloo-bridge. -In the course
of the examination it turned out that she had absconded
a short time previously from her friends (respectable
people at Windsor), and had been leading a vicious
course of life in town, which led to the attempts she had
made upon her life. She was committed by the magis-
trate for want of bail, and remained in gaol until this
morning, whey► an aunt of the unfortunate girl came up
from Windsor, and describing that she had seen an ac-
eount of the circumstance in the newspapers, requested
that her niece might be permitted to accompany her
home.
Mr. SECKER immediately granted the request, and
gave an order for the girl's liberation, and on her pro-
mise not to repeat such a rash act in future, she left the
Court with her aunt.
Richard Smith, an adroit young thief, was charged
with the following impudent robbery:—
It appeared that on the preceding day the prisoner
entered a tradesman's shop, in the Southwark Bridge-
road, and, asking for a trifling article, took advantage of
the momentary absence of the woman who was serving
in the shop, jumped over the counter, and pulled out the
till. He was in the act of " bolting" out of the shop
with the till when the female, coming in at the moment,
seized the prisoner, and a struggle ensued, during which
the closed the door and held him until a policeman came
up, into whose custody she gave him.
The prisoner was committed for two months.
Margaret Scott, a masculine looking woman, was
charged with attempting to rob a gentleman named
Price.
The complainant said that in walking near St.
George's Church the preceding night the prisoner
wanted him to accompany her home. lle refused, and
at the moment he felt her attempting to get his watch
out of his waistcoat pocket. lle tried to get from her,
and in the struggle she fell down, and, on recovering
herself, swore she would get two of her men to give him
a good hiding.
In the course of the inquiry complaint was made of
the number of female thieves infesting that thorough-
fare, who were assisted by their bullies, always on the
alert to assault and maltreat those who attempted to re-
sist them.
The prisoner was committed for a month to hard
labour.