The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-20 00:00:00

WAVENEY VALLEY and GREAT
YARMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY.
(THIS DAY.)
A meeting of the proprietors and shareholders of this
company, took place this day at the London Tavern, for the
purpose of determining on the dissolution of the compuoYi
W. Wilshire, M.P., in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the advertisement ce IM:bit% Ile
meeting.
The CHAIRMAN said that certain negociations were de:
pending between the directors of the Waveney Valley, and
other companies, and that he would therefore entreat the
ildence of the shareholders,cow
and request that they would noti.
de. 'w to enter further into them at present. They Were.,,°,
such a na:.72, however, as to be must satiifactory to
shareholders. and
To this proposition tfie":', was not a dissenting
resolution that the compary gintdd no.; dissolve WAS usho*--
mously adopted.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DA"
OLD COURT.
(Before Baron PLATT and Alderman HuGins)
Hannah Barker was indicted for feloniously admintetei
to George Barker a quantity of oxalic acid, with int°
murder him.
chore
George Barker, a shoemaker, ix 7, Oliver-lane, She , to
being sworn, said he was the husban;_i of the prieectio,
whoLZ: he was married in October last. fin said 011.effirto
the 24th Jrlv, he poured out some tea fO"' Wine' —WO
mug, the mug being clean previously; and he pi:!. e.,u,.dgarwsy
it, but no milk. Immediately after this he was cab, .4114,
to answer the door, his wife being in the room at the t"
On returning he found that his wife had put all the 10
into his tea, and he asked her why she bad done SOolthe
she asked if fie did not want it. He filled a saucer With by
tea, and drank it up, when he felt a sharp burning Patnos
his throat as from a very strong acid. He asked hie „lie
what she had put into the tea, and she said it was oa hi
acid. He demanded leave to search her pocket, and It.h s
fingers into it, and pulled them out again, covered Wd the
white dust. He cut off her pocket, and took it and the
mug of tea to a surgeon, Mr. Bell, who told hie' to
powder was oxalic acid, and administereJ an antidote it) he
witness. Before giving his wife over to ibe constabheelbet
asked her for what purpose she had bought the, acid, she
it was to destroy him, herself, and her children '—
answered " Yes," to the three questions. totb°
By the JUDGE—They had lived happily together .'Pre b 4
last fortnight, and they were not then in distress.
never wanted a day's work since they had been married'k beft
Cross-examined by Mr. DoArm—ile had never strurdoe
never to hurt her. He had never ill-used her, but be me,iol
One occasion torn the clothes off her back because she 11141.
go to her mother's, and he was unwilling that she el— fri
She had pawned her clothes when he was out/of work.
had never sent his wife into the workhouse ; she had Fie
herself to avoid starvation, because he had no work. %oil
Friday morning in question he had been to the shop, and b 0
got no work, and she had gone and pawned the ch" 101
clothes. He never used to call her by feul names. e°.B
called her a b-- w—. He had never kicked her.usif 0
Mr. Bell, the surgeon, said the prisoner bought
ounce of oxalic acid about four o'clock that „
afterseel''d the
saw the packet which the husband brought him, an
mug of tea brought him by the husband's father:
id,
packet contained about a quarter of an ounce of oltailtoett
thin the tea also contained that acid, and the husband ta
symptoms of having taken of the same poison. The qua
he had taken would not have killed him.
By a JURYMAN—Had he drank up all the tea it W.
have been fatal to him. •
Police-constable Seery said he took the prisoner into tbst
tody, and he heard her say, in answer to the husband,
'she intended the poison for the whole. She did net
plain what she meant by the whole.
The female searcher at Shoreditch station-bout'_4oo
on examining the person of the prisoner, she found,hl"oo
at the bottom of her back, and on her limbs, whlr,fere•
said her husband had inflicted upon her the day rti to
The prisoner 'said she intended to have given the plot
all of them ;, and she was sorry she had not taken t bad.
herself.'. She was at that time ad weak that the witnc—
to support her. - • iritees°
Mr. Doane, who was employed only after the first
had given his evidence in chief, defended the prisoner.t
fbe
Mr. Baton PLATT summed up the evidence, and bled lid
case to the jury, who found her Guilty, and recommend
to mercy. the
The JUDGE, who appeared to compassionate deePb'yY the
unhappy condition in which she had been plaeed,,,,ceitie
brutal conduct of her husband,•aaid, the highest seul`but the
Court could pronounce was transportation for life ► d 00'
Court acceded to the recommendation of the jury, 313
tenced her to Transportation for Ten Years.

NE W CO UR T.
(Before the RECORDER and Alderman Wo°9'),Ni
oro 4
Charles Read, a youth, apparently about eleven _ thef
ege, was indicted for stealing a note of 51. and son3P ~
property from the residence of his master.
The prisoner pleaded guilty.
The RECORDER said, that in consequence of the elt.teregiver:
youth of the prisoner, he would not inflict • a very
°
punishment.
Sentence, three months' imprisonment, with hard labor'
Some other equally unimportant cases followed.
SHERIFFS' COURT.—(T DAY )
—('THIS i''
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Buncnicr.r..)
• MIDDLETON V. DROWN. ,a 5, for :00
This was an action to recover the sum °sifted, Old Sent.
quarter's rent of a house in Alarlborong""
road. 'f, and called a witness)
Mr. THOMAS appeared for the p
to prove the occupation by detwithout showing son.
arose as to whether that seas sufficien 1.
I ea a to the plaintiff but lt
RI ? jea
title that the house occupied hie•e--e haddefendant not pies('
was ultimately,held that, as tie —i.,
the- laintjadant, and a questioo
in denial, it was sufficient.
A verdict was then given for the plointiff.
- MYERS V. KNIGH IT. ills
This was an action on a bill of e.Xvhange forbi riO ior thi:
defendant had pleaded that he accepted the
accommodation of the drawer, who had indorsed it ovehrio,
the plaintiff without any consideration. The defenden,t:iger
however, been summoned under recent rules before a )"' -tie
and being unable to show reasonable ground of defend
Learned Judge made an order for him to admit the
stated in the declaration.
The defendant did not now appear. h d Veit
The UNDER SHERIFF said, by this course the case.-3 to
very much simplified, and the plaintiff was cattle-1
verdict.
The jury gate a verdict occordingly.

, DOAot
ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE CITIZSN OTLAL d or°
Angel a" o
Last evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the ;„ w oriv
Tavern, Strand, on the body of Richard Davis, an eng',..",7ii
his lite on Saturday last under the following' frjg"',
stances :--John Bush, pierman at the Nine-elms ..‘tatk,e'iocic, '4,
deposed that on Saturday, about half-past twelv...'
.t p cOOIOI,
standing on the outer dummy, the Citzen steam-boa on Wricti
lake in passengers for London. Several persons came 'coif%
after which the captain, who was on the starboard paddi6"—il:llol(
out "Go on." At the same moment witness observed deceas;6,l iO4,
an oil can on the larboard paddle-box, the top of whi,ichoo
open. Immediately afterwards a scream was heard, a"`',„otaiii,i jis'
which had gone about half a turn, was stopped. The • I.3",pei
several persons looked into the paddle-box, but the cleee'', but
appeared. Drags and boats were used to recover the b0"),,,,'.0 0t ACS
were unable to find it. Charles Maiming stated that lie jecezi'ci it
helm at the time of the accident, but did not observe tha„tore,
go down to oil the wheels. He had often gone down "'„o,
was the usual custom to make the wheels fast with a r°,`
had neglected it en the present occasion. Richard Ileolic'o-slalt,
man, slid that he discovered the body near the It ,v 3.5
Arundel-stairs at an early hour on Tuesday morning, pea
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fresh, and seemed flee of injury. Verdict, Accidental o,
,„sijo
THE LATE MR. IAYDON.—The sUbscrlp.—"rt 11"'4,,ive
relief of the widow and children of the late Benjamin .11•0"; cx
the historical painter, now amounts to upwards of 2,00(5' ter/
of the annuity of Lady Peel already fixed on the relict. iito
tge
PoISONOUS BERRlES.—Allinquest was he,l„d, ,jd 10
day at the London Hospital, before Mr. W. Baker, J",i-slvirO)r
body of Thomas Barker, late proprietor of the Veteran Li% Soo. 00
the IVhitechapel-etd, who died the above institutipa,,"„al t° ,e 3
last, arum the effects of eating poisonous berries, sasPijoeo,
those of the deadly nightshade. A child named Samuela o.a 00
three years, died in the same hospital on TuesdaY lr!,"l.tAte
cause. There are three other person; in a dangerouV Oa 00
hosvital, who have partaken ef poisonous berrit'.'ogoirY too
greatest excitement prevails on the subject. A lovg 4,,r110°010
,
guile into, front which it appeared that on Saturday a 100
wife of the deceased purciaised a pint of berries ho'h,ej AO,
in the garb of a countryman, which she .for'''
a pie, of which her husband and herself partook en gee" ,e%
While they were eating the pie the child of a customer (thaourg ap
Junes) came in, rial they gave him some. About two 11 ore
eating the pie, toe witness, her husband, and the child,
lently affected with pains in their limbs, drowsiness and
-A medical gentleman was called in, who attempted to a"„.",03,0"d
emetics to the sufferers; but Parker was unable to swallow t1;',10,,,fr0?
became delirious. The unfortunate man died on the f°'040,,,,
morning, after enduring great agony. The child expired tWeaDy ,„wo
hours afterwards. Mrs. Parker, in answer to question 9 .„:.
coroner, said the man who sold them called them nettle berr;lol
was a countrywoman, but never heard that name before* „airf_„
atll.•
discussionordthe policetook as
took. place, andwtyasofatigrndeiendgttoheadjourn it the
who Sold
ofif
sonous berries. iter,

FALL Cr THREE HOUSES IN THE MINT.--/Corouli,•,ty
afternoon considerable excitement was created in the
_!.:0-viin.0,
Southwark hi consequence of the fall M three houses 1,n_.'1...iy oPPtos
of the Mint. On the west side of Nigh-street, liorouSerZo at,oo.
site St. George's Church, is a place called HirdTrises, three ....,t,
n
extreme end are about six very old woode -
high, adjacent to which is the Old 13 the Mint, Itn- to
Birdcage-alley runs into the most intricate part of
whole of el'i
formely the hiding-place of thieves, outlaws, &c. The
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fallen houses have been standing near three hundred
CO
were in such a dilapidated condon that they were ohiojoef
some time ago, but, notwithstanding, they have bee.' :, of 0,
each with as many as eight families, chiefly cursistioDoce, a
'el ring
Irish. Yesterday afternoon, shortly before five 0 neat` off
in
,I,:t2he
0 cod
proceedthe
immense; from s the roof;
fo Pf
chimneys
bi
i etheyhif,seig 1
inmates of the house in the centre were alarmed De t got . 4
loud cracking3,l? Uri",i''3,
the th i esliold beforeiwlse
down the whole of the interior of the houses Nos i, - ' the l' o
Fortunately, at the time when the catast took place. at ''-'el
were almost all at work, and the females rophe
..,,di.,_ ~u.
sitting outside waiting for their husband and their o"'; life
eP.re;
have been great. Immediately after s, or the loss
__",, Toe r_,,i.
Spector Yates, Sergeant Parnell the occurrence took pia
0.0;,c1
tat the spot,, and a bod of the H (. [hued o' we.
when some children were heardscreaming in
t
house. Tlie inspector enteredat _and resc or tri,,
little girli from the ruins. great hazard, me P° or
The loss of property to "-• wete.,o
habitants
must be extremely . Mire. os,
heavy; all their turn
.„,ve ro,
apparel, &c., lies buried in the ruins. At seven o'clock, ~" cif ; ..,
men came from' their employment, they rescued some of tl, 0,-,
Petty, but what they saved was so injured as to be unfit., eoliti
The houses are the property of Mr. Whittle, of Staple-stree_„ot
lane, l3ermondsey, and they formerly belonged to the late ceivu
silversmith, Sir Yorke Hatton. vt,ol'
iI,AT..- a
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM CEYLON- --- `-''—isSfil,"
AUGUST 18.—This afternoon some detachments of regiments . of t
at the invalid depot, Fort Pitt, from Gravesend, consistlitgprte;
corporals and nineteen privates of the 95th Regiment, four Dragla
of stu"..apsP° ...j
of the 90th Light Infantry, and one private of the 7ti?oue de a.
Guards, with four tyomen and four children of the 95th, ana,r_orsl,
attached to the 58th. These troops were in charge
P. Daly Murray. These detachments came by the marian teL 17 to
on board which ship they embarked at Colombo on tl
at
910
fp
February last, taking on board also the head-quarters o',, itt t
Light Infantry; and on tHIS 14th of April the ship arrived chsciii:
Cape of Good Hope, and the head-quartets of the 90th ttiecnes teerocf
barked for the purpose of strengthening the military for
-he isle
A
4
stationed. During the passage between Ceylon and - aed• A
France the wife of Dr. Robert Ellson, of the 90th, died on 191 searso4
the Island of Ascension the vessel put in and received sev,er tall 0,,,,
of the Royal Navy, and between that island and the ,eaten
°I.,
two of them died ; and the 95th during the voyage
sergeant, five privates, one woman, and one child. 3105:..0t Cory.„,01
diers that, have come home embarked with the regimentt-wae tot/
the year 1838. The private of the 7th Dragoon Guar.,. 11000
on hoard at the Cape. A /400:
FATAL STEAMBOAT ACCIDKNT.—DEATH OF
l, 0,001
lost hY. f „De sew
moos SMUGGLER.—On Tuesday night, between nine and Ifte ricer iij,.
a Waterman, named James Hogan, was proceeding down kos stesii,ii
his boat, which was towing astern of the Sir Edward na'oy sign,
ship, when his boat began to fill with water, from the 1.,t fr.tilic
raised by the steamer's paddles, and he was about to 5.,-„a rib,
rope and set his boat free ; before he could do so the beat tutfo ve.,,,,
over, with the uufortunate man underneath. Although it " and l'if
dark at the time, several wherries put off to his assistance'„, hinlseto
the time many persons reached the boat it was free, li°groa for tor
h4vimg cut the tow rope as it was turning over. Theyrlecsatios ao _ ,
waterman, but he had disappeared, and his body still ,al4: and il';
water. The deceased was about thirty-five years of age Tlisiiics
lelt a wife and three children. Hogan was known to rho. go lls,
police as one of the most expert smugglers on the riveirmaiaston'a
been repeatedly committed te Clerkeuwell, Kingston, "
anvietions 1
gaols, for running contraband tobacco. His frequent con
_.,,i trS e:
Big pr. .way
until the unfortunate termination of his existence.
__ their
_,
imprisonment did not deter him from pursuing tne contran't.-ee OP
to follow in the wake of the tbreign-going steamers en pat nom
down the river, and receive any tobacco thrown hat°_,_'=„h or If,
the stern windows which might have escaped the D',s"
forte
revenue officers on the way up the river, or the " rum
~...,h, fort;
the vessel was moored. Hogan was also in attgadzinGt 750,4Mw
steamers on their arrival in the river, for the WPM - -
anytialugypicklumt stet paL4 4arn