The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-08 00:00:00

.MARLBORO UGH. STREET.

FURIOUS DRlVlNG.—Benjamin Goss, coachman
to the Countess of Berkeley, and Thomas Bentley,
coachman to Doctor Bright, were brought before
Mr. CONANT, and charged under the following cir-
cumstances :
A gentleman of the name of Palmer was passing
along Regent-street last night, when he save Goss
enter the above street from Cockspur-street ; a few
yards before him was the carriage of the other de-
fendant. On the two carriages coming in a line
they both started off at a most furious rate up Re-
gent-street ; the result was, the carriages came in
collision with a backney.coach, the driver, of which
was knocked off the box ; a boy was afterwards
thrown from a cart. On going a little further, a
lamp-post was broken, and lastly, a female was
knocked down by one of the horses. The conduct
of Goss was very violent, and it was with the
greatest difficulty the horses could he stopped.
Several witnesses corroborated the above state-
ment.

The defendants were fined 3/. 10s. each, which
they instantly paid.
UN/ON-HALL.

On Tuesday morning, between two and three
o'clock, as policeman 117, P division, was on duty
in Acre-lane, Camberwell, he observed a man evi-
dently labouring under great irritation of mind
pacing up and down in front of some houses. The
policeman, suspecting that all was not right, stood
at some distance to watch the stranger's motions,
when at length he saw him appioach a stall where
prepared coffee was sold, and call for a cup of the
beverage. When he was served with the coffee he
stared around as if with the intention of seeing that
no person observed what he was doing•, and then
taking a large phial from his waistcoat pocket he
commenced pouring the liquid it contained into the
cup, and was about to swallow its contents when
the policeman rushed towards him, seized his arm,
and prevented him from taking the fatal draught.
The stranger, on finding that his intentions were

frustrated in the first insiance, then endeavoured to
convey the portion remaining in the phial to his
lips, but in this attempt he was likewise disappoint-
ed, and the policeman, having reason to believe
that the man centemplated self-destruction, imme-
diately conveyed him away to the station-house.
It was ascertained at the station-house that the
policeman's conjectures on the subject were perfectly
right, for on examining the phial it was found to
contain laudanum, and that he had mixed up with
the coffee a quantity of that deleterious ingredient,
sufficient to deprive three men of their lives. The
impression as to his intentions to destroy himself
were further confirmed, when, on examining his
waistcoat pocket, a note in his own hand-writing
was found there, describing that he was about to
destroy himself, in consequence of unhappiness of
mind, arising from perpetual disagreement with his
wife. He made a dying request of the finder of
the note to have his body, wherever it might be
found, conveyed to the residence of his wife, in
order that she might have it decently consigned to
the earth. The inspector on duty, perceiving that
the man still exhibited great perturbation of mind,
kept him there, and brought him up to the office
yesterday morning, in order that the magistrates
might deal with the case. When placed at the bar
and asked his name, he made no hesitation in giving
it, and said his name was William John Carr ; and
he also freely confessed that he had procured the
poison for the purpose of putting an end to a life
which was embittered by the conduct of his wife
towards him.

At this moment Carr's wife, a women quite old
enough to be his mother, entered the office, and upon
made acquainted with the circumstances,
being
neither betrayed or expressed any unpleasant feeling
on the suljeet. She was asked by Mr. TRAIL',
how long she hal been married to Nlr. Carr, and
she replied that they had been wedded six months;
adding that she was not surprised to hear that
he had attempted to commit suicide, as he had
previously
made an attempt on his life. When
questioned upon this point, the old wife described
that when she first met Mr. Carr at Brighton he
was smitten with her, and in consequence of her
refusal to marry him he procured a large dose of
laudanum, and, going down to the beach, swallowed
it off. Ile was found soon afterwards lying in a
state of insensibiltiy on the sea shore, and conveyed
home, when his life was preserved by the stomach-
pump. Upon his recovery he declared that he had
made up his mind to destroy himself in the event
of her refusal to marry him ; and under the im-
pression that he had a strong an l ardent affection
for her, she at length consented to give her hand
and her heart, and they were accordingly joined in
:he holy bands of matrimony. Ere long, however,

she had ample reason to repent of her choice, for,
instead of his paying her that attention which every
married woman had a right to expect from her hus-
band, he neglected her, sought after the society of
more youthful dames, and in no way contributed to
the support of the house. Owing to this conduct,
and knowing that she had made a sacrifice, for she
was neither so old nor yet so ugly as to preclude
the possibility of meeting witli a congenial spirit to
her own, with whom she might have spent the re-
mainder of her days in happiness, and being in this
disappointed, she had made up her mind never to
live with her husband again.
Carr implored her to change her determination,
and declared that he should from henceforth act
towards her in every respect so as to give her per-
fect satisfaction. The wife, however, was inex-
orable, notwithstanding Mr. MURRAY and Mr.
TRAILL endeavoured to effect a reconciliation, aided
also by the promises of Carr to behave better in
future.
The Magistrates, finding that Mrs. Carr still ad-
hered to her former resolution, then spoke seriously
to her husband on the subject of his attempt at self-
destruction, and advised him to separate from his
%vile, and not think of committing an act which
would hurry him into the presence of his Maker,
unprepared as he must be at such a time.
He was then liberated, but left the office very tin.
happy in his mind.