The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-16 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Henry Benson, a middle-aged man, was charged
with having violently assaulted his wife, and threat-
ened to murder John Rowan, of No. 5, G-orge-
street, Bloom,,bury, under the follo..ing extraordi-
nary circumstances

Sergeant Monday, No. 2, E division, stated that
on Monday night last, at about half•past ten o'clock,
the police were alarmed by dreadful ci ies of " Mur-
der," which proceeded from the voice of a female
in the house of Rowan,-on entering which they
found the place all in confusion. The prisoner held
a horse-pistol in his hand, and was threatening to
murder any one who dared to approach. Witness
was informed that his wife was up stairs in her
apartment nearly dead, having been dreadfully beaten
by the prisoner. After some difficulty they secured
the prisoner and the pistol, which they ascertained
to be primed and loaded, and on proceeding up
stairs they discovered his wife bleeding profusely,
and unable to move. She, however, was supported
to the station house, where she signed the charge
against him, but she was not now in attendance.
Police constable 25 E, corroborated this evidence.

John Rowan was the landlord of the house, and
the prisoner was his lodger. He was in the con-
stant habit of ill-treating his wife, and merely be-
cause witness had remonstrated with him, he pro-
vided himself with the horse-pistol now produced,
which he always kept loaded by his bed side, with
which he had frequently threatened to shoot wit-
ness and his family, who were all in danger of their
lives ; and he felt confident that he would have
executed his threat on Monday night, had not the
police interfered.

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The prisoner did not deny the charge, and he
was ordered to procure good bail, for want of which
he was committed.

THE IRON TRADE.

(From the Birmingham Journal.)

We have again to report favourably of the cimn-
dition and prospects of this important branch of in-
dustry, which we understand to be in a state of
activity to which it has long been a stranger.
The prices of all, or nearly all, our staple articles
of production have, within the last few months, ma-
terially improved; but those of the iron trade, hav-
ing previously been depressed lower than their na-
tural level, it is reasonable to infer would be subject
to a re•action in some degree proportionate to their
previiius depression.
The prices of manufactured iron may be consi-
dered established at an advance of 20s. per ton
above last quarter's prices, and those of pig iron at
from 10s. to 15s. per ton, with a considerable de-
mand at such advance.
Contentions between the masters and workmen,
on the score cf. wages, may naturally be expected n
this state of things, and such have recently been
slightly in operation ; but these differences have, we
understand, been satisfactorily accommodated ; and
as the ironmasters may now calculate on fair and
remunerating profits, and the workmen on adequate
wages, we hope that the good and cordial under-
standing which ever ought to subsist between the
employer and the employed, will long continue to
exist, and that the prudence and moderation which
ought to fain the leading principles of every large
arid important trade, will characterise both the pro-
ceedings of the one and the expectations of the other.