The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-29 00:00:00

GUILDHALL.

Praiwig Shea, with Catherine, his wife, were placed
at the bar for final examination on the charge of as-
saulting their landlord and landlady, with intent to
murder them.

Mr. Wontner appeared to defend the prisoners.
The evidence taken on the previcus occasions was
read by the chief clerk, and went to show that the
prisoners, being in arrears of rent, a broker was
employed to take possession of the room and furniture,
but admission being refused, he could.not do so; and
on finding that to he the case, he gave Mrs. Cox, the
landlady, the warrant duly filled up, and told her that
when the door was opened she could walk in, and on
producing the warrant, take possession. In the after-
noon she did so, when both prisoners created a
disturbance, upon which Mr. Cox, who had just come
home, ran upstairs to see what was going on, when he
was knocked down by a blow of a hammer, given by
the female prisoner ; after which he was dragged into
the room, and the door was both locked and nailed up
to prevent any parties entering, and it was not until
the door was broken open with a sledge-hammer that
the police were able to prevent murder. On their
entrance into the room, they at once took the female
into custody, as she was standing with a hammer in
her hand which was covered with blood, and afterwards
the husband.
After lengthened proceedings,
Alderman SIDNEY said the charge was of so serious
a nature that he must commit them to Newgate for
assault with intent to murder.
Mr. Wontner applied that
,they should be allowed
out on
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refused.
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were
conveyed to prison.

CLERREIVWELL.
John Johnson and John South were finally exa-
mined, charged by Mr. Charles Ellis, of the Carved
Red Lion, Islington-green, with stealing a ham,
under the following circumstances : • -
It appeared from the evidence of Collins, 59, and
Withers, 211 N, active officers, that on Friday last
the former officer saw the prisoners in Holloway,
when Johnson was carrying the ham. Suspecting
that it was stolen property the officers proceeded to
question them, when Johnson threw the ham away,
and ran off with the other prisoner, who escaped.
Whilst Withers took possession of the ham, Collins
secured Johnson. They eventually succeeded in
tracing and apprehending the prisoner South, and on
making inquiries, they also traced the property to
have been stolen from the house of the prosecutor on
Friday last, on which day the prisoners were seen in
the house.
The prisoner Johnson, it was said, was well known
by the peculiar appellation of " Happy Jack," in
consequence of the contented and patient manner in
which he bore his " troubles."
The prisoners reserved their defence, and they were
fully committed for trial.

INQUEST ON ELIZA WILSON.
Yesterday forenoon, at ten o'clock, the inquiry into
the extraordinary circumstances connected with the
death of Eliza 'Wilson was resumed before Mr.-Carter)
the coroner for East Surrey.
In addition to the evidence already given,
Mr. Chapman, the surgeon, who wade a post
mortem examination of the body, deposed that he was
quite satisfied that death was caused by the use of
some instrument or instruments used for the purpose
of inducing a miscarriage.
Mr. Kay, a surgeon, corroborated the evidence of
Mr. Chapman.
A great deal of evidence was then received, the
larger portion of which is unfit for publication, but
all of it tending to strengthen the case against the
accused‘
returned a
The room was then cleared, and the jury lefthalf t o
deliberate upon their verdict.
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SOUTH SEA HOUSE.. A half-yearly Court of this
company was held yesterday, in Threadneedle-street, the
Hon. Mr. Bouverie in the chair. The committee for the
inspection of the bye-laws for the past year was re-
elected. The secretary then stated that the amount of
the bond debt still due by the company was 4,500/.
The
meeting then adjourned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCES) - 1
PonTsmo u Tll, IVURSDAT:—abeTairy Royal yacht,
Master-Commander Welch, came up from Cowes
this afternoon, about ten minutes past three &clock,
under a salute from the platform only, with her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Princess of Ilo-
henlue and her daughter the Princess Eliza, attended
by Lord George Lennox, Lord of the Bedchamber to
his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Lady Anna
Maria Dawson, and Colonel Sir G. Couper, Bart.,
C. 8., K.H., her Royal llighness's Controller .and
Principal Equerry, en route to Arundel Castle,. the
seat of the Duke of Norfolk, where the Royal Dtichess
and her distinguished relatives will sojourn's( few
days. Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief,
attended by Flag-Lieutenant Cochran, went off in his
barge, covered in on account of the rain, and tran-
shipped the Royal party, whom he landed at the
King's-stairs, where Captain Yates, of the flag-ship
Illustrious, was in waiting, with Prince Victor of
Hohenloe (naval cadet of the Powerful), to receive
the Duchess and train. Her Highness and her rela-
tives were conducted by Sir Charles Ogle, Lord
Lennox, Sir George Couper, Captain Yates, arid
Prince Victor, to their carriages, and the Royal
cortege left the yard for Arundel at twenty minutes
past three o'clock.
Rear-Admiral John M`Kerlie died at his residence,
Corvisal, Wigtonshire, on the 12th instant, at an
advanced age. He had seen much service, and Was
universally respected by a large circle of friends. The
gallant deceased was one of what is termed the
" yellow " admirals, having accepted retirement iu
that rank under the order of October, 1846. He loit
an arm, and was otherwise wounded, while a midship-
man on board the Indefatigable, at the destruction of
the French 74 gun-ship Droits des Hommes, and
was in the several actions fought by Sfr Edward Pei-
lew (Lord Exmouth) in that ship, and the Arethusa
frigate ; assisted at the blowing up of the Insolente,
in the Morbihan river, in 1800, and was Senor Lieni-
tenant of the Spartiate, 74, at Trafalgar. When
Captain of the Calliope he was employed in command
of a small squadron in the German rivers, in 1812 and
181$. He commanded the Vernon, 50 gun frigate,
on the Mediterranean station,. in 1833, and two fol-
lowing years, during which service the Vernon had
many trials with the Barham, 50, to ascertain the
sailing qualities of the two ships, which occupied
much public attention at the time.