The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-05 00:00:00

SCOTCH SEQLTESTRATIONS.

Charles Simson, agent, Glasgow, Sept. 9 and 30, at two,
at the rooms of Mr. M'Allister, Glasgow.

John Callender, tanner, LiitlithgOw, Sept. 9 and 29, at
the Star and Garter Inn, Linlithgow.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, the pro-
duce of the British possessions in America, computed from
the returns made in the week ending September 1, 1846, is
31s. 41,,0. per cwt.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTIIERiV ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Sept. 2.
GERARD, BART. V. CROSSFIELD AND OTHERS.

This was another action by Sir John Gerard against
the defendants, who are alkali manufacturers, near St
Helens, to recover compensation for the injury sustained
by the plaintiff's estate in consequence of the vapours
arising in the course of the manufacture. The case was
similar to that tried yesterday, of " Gerard v. Muspratt,"
and the evidence almost precisely the same. A verdict
was finally returned for the plaintiff—Damages, 4001.
The amount of damage which, on the plaintiff's case, it
was calculated the woods had sustained from the de-
fendants' works was upwards of 3,0001.
Mr. Martin, Mr. Crompton, and Mr. Cowling, for the
plaintiff; Mr. Baines, Mr. Brandt, and Mr. Atherton, for
the defendants.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Elizabeth Price was charged with having attempted
to commit suicide.
A policeman was called by a gentleman to the steps
of London-bridge, and he there saw the prisoner
crying, and apparently unconscious of what she was
about. He asked her where she was going, and she re-
plied, while the tears ran down her face, "I am going
to make a hole in the water," ann she wtes just on the
point of suiting the action to the word when the man
seized and saved her.
The LORD MAYOR—Was she in liquor at the time ?
Witness—She appeared as if she had been drinking.
The prisoner—No, I never drink.
The prisoner's husband here stepped forward, appa-
rently in great affliction, and said, "My Lord, she is
one of the best women in the world, but she is subject
violent fits of the quinsey, and she does not know water
from earth, or air, when she is in that state."
The policeman said he had no doubt at all that she
had been excited by drink.
The prisoner's husband—l'll answer for her, my
Lord, that she never will attempt anything of the kind.
She has been seven years my wife, and she never com-
mitted herself before and never will commit herself
again. answer fur her my Lord.
The Lord MAYOR—Attempts of this dreadful kind
are becoming so frequent that we shall be obliged to
punish delinquents to the utmost extent of the law.
The prisoner's husband—Oh, my Lord, for God's
sake don't punish her—she could not have known what
evil she was committing. For the sake of me—her poor
husband—forgive her. I'll be answerable for her—she
has been an excellent wife to me fer seven years.
The LORD MAYOR—You appear to me to deserve to
have a good wife, and I hope she will show herself, by
her respect for your feelings, to be worthy of a good
husband. I shall deliver her over to your care.
The prisoner's husband—l thank your Lordship. She
will be safe with me. It would be hard for any man to
get so good a woman.
Mary. Truchard was also charged with having at-
tempted to destroy herself.
The unfortunate creature had been seen by a gentle-
man walking in a distracted state towards Queenhithe
Dock, and a watchman near the spot grasped her by the
hips as she was flinging herself into the water.
The landlady of the prisoner attended, and said that a
more sober, quiet, honest person could not be found in
the city of London.
The Loan MAYOR—What, then, could have b d her
to make this horrible attempt upon her own life ? The
landlady said the prisoner had for the first time in her
life had a few words with her daughter, who was not to
be condemned in the transaction, and away she went to
the dock, to release herself for ever.
The prisoner said that since the day of her birth she
never had been reproached by any one of her family, and
although she had done wrong to her own child, she
could not bear to be told of it. What could have induced
her, however, to go near the water, she could not at all
guess, and she hoped God and his Lordship would par-
don her the heavy sin.
Two or three persons offered to be responsible for the
future discretion of the prisoner, and
The LORD MAYOR, after expressing his sincere re-
gret at two such deplorable cases in which the persons
charged appeared to be of unexceptionable character,
gave the poor woman up to the protection of her children.
Henry J. Hyde, who was, on Wednesday, brought be-
fore the Lord Mayor, charged with having committed
forgeries upon the banking-house of Smith, Payne, and
Smith, was finally examined.
The following was the additional evidence:—;
Mrs. Ann Moore, housekeeper at No. 59, Fenchurch-
street, stated that she had the care of the offices of Mr.
Pedley, the prisoner's master. The prisoner came to
the office at about ten minutes past nine on the 2d Sep-
tember, and asked her for the key, which she gave to
him. She saw him go into the office, and he soon after-
wards came to her and told her that Mr. Pedley would
arrive presently, and returned the key to her. She did
not see the prisoner again. She saw Mr. Pedley and
gave him the key.
The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner whether it was
his wish to say anything ? Prisoner—Nothing.
Committed for trial.
Four boys were committed for trial upon charges of
picking. pockets. They had followed gentlemen in the
streets with surprising perseverance, until they got hold
of the silk handkerchiefs, beyond which their ambition
(lid not seem to have soared.
BOW-STREET.
Thomas James, a letter-carrier, was charged with
stealing half a sovereign from a post-office letter.
The letter in question had been posted at the Bishops-
gate-street receiving-house by a clerk of the London
Docks, and a constable at the General Post-office de-
tected the prisoner in the act of destroying it, and found
half a sovereign in his waistcoat pocket.
The prisoner, who denied all knowledge of the letter,
was remanded.
Mr. HENRY expressed his surprise that the public did
not now prefer the safer method of transmitting money
by post-office orders; upon which
Mr. Peacock (the Post-office solicitor) observed that,
by a recent regulation, post-office orders may be had at
nearly every receiving-house in London.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Joseph Dodge, a young man of rather smart appear-
ance, recently employed as assistant-secretary to a loan
society at Kinesland, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, charged with creating a disturbance, and
using violent and threatening language at the hope of