The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-14 00:00:00

HAT T ON- GARDEN.

Yesterday John Wooflax, an elderly man of re-
spectable appearance, was brought before Mr. LAING,
in the custody of Colla, a constable of Clerken well,
and a policeman of the G division, charged with
having created a disturbance by preaching in the
public streets.
Colla, on Sunday morning last, was passing along
Aylesbury street, Clerkenwell, when he saw the
prisoner standing in the middle of the street, preach-
ing in a loud strain, with a Bible in his hand, and
surrounded by a crowd of persons, while he was in a
state of intoxication.

Prisoner (starting back)—What ! me in a state
of intoxication ! You wretch, there is another bar
before which you must appear to answer for this
(pointing to the ceiling). I mean the bar above.
Colla—Yes, you were drunk, and you fell down
four times on your road to the station.house.
Prisoner—Oh ! it is false.

Mr. LAING—A. pretty preacher. What was he
preaching about ? Colla—That when we die we
should be damned.

Another policeman corroborated this evidence.
Mr. LAING (to prisoner)—Pray what are you ?
Prison€r—l am a lathrender.

Mr. LAlNG—Where did you come from ? Pri-
soner—From Devonshire.

Mr. LAING —What for ? Prisoner—Why, to
look after work.

Mr. LAING—What have you to say to the charge?
Prisoner—That I was preaching, that I made no
disturbance, and that I was not drunk.
Mr. LAING—I shall order you to find bail.
The prisoner, on leaving the bar, looked at the
officers revengefully, and exclaimed, " You'll suffer
at the bar above."
Mr. LAING told the officers to take care of him,
as, judging from his manner, he might assault them.

The prisoner was then locked up.
A young woman of stylish appearance was
brought from Rosoman-street station-house, charged
with being houseless.
It appeared that at an early hour yesterday morn-
ing a police constable saw the prisoner wandering
about a field at the back of the House of Correc-
tion while it was pouring with rain, Being struck
by her respectable appearance he questioned her,
when she seemed much affected, and said that she
had no place to go to, and was in great distress.
He took her to the station-house, where on being
questioned she said that she was a native of Bir-
mingham, where her friends were living in great
respectability, but she had been seduced by an indi-
vidual, who brought her to London and deserted
her, without having afforded her the least assistance.
Two volumes of the works of Robert Burns, the
poet, were found in her possession, which belonged
to the ruffian who had seduced her. She said her
name was Saunders.

She was closely interrogated by Mr. LAING, who
ordered that she should be protected in the work-
house until her friends could be written to.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday John Wyatt, the landlord of the Mar-
quis of Granby, in Loman's pond, Southwark, was
brought up for final examination, charged under
Lord Ellenborough's Act with cutting and maiming
his wife. Since the first examination Mrs. Wyatt
has so far recovered from the effects of the wound
inflicted on her neck as to be enabled to give her
attendance on this occasion without risk, and the
following evidence, in addition to that which has
already appeared, was then adduced :
Mrs. Susannah Wyatt was then sworn. The
prisoner is my husband, and during the last two
years he has given way to drinking, and is frequently
in a state of intoxication. When in that condition
I believe he is perfectly unconscious of what he says
or does, and upon these occasions he has frequently
beaten me violently. On Sunday, the .sth instant,
my husband was worse for liquor, and very early in
the day we had high words with one another, and
also throughout the remaining part of that day. At
about half-past seven o'clock, as I was sitting by the
fireside in the bar, my husband walked in, and went
to the cupboard at the other side of the fireplace.
Having stopped there a short period he came up to my
chair, and, uttering an endearing expression, put his
arm round my neck, at the moment I felt the sensation
of something cutting my neck, and immediately
afterwards felt the blood trickle down into my
bosom. This alarmed me so much that I called
out " Murder !" and have no further recollection of
the circumstance in consequence of insensibility.
When I recovered my senses I found myself in the
bar, and a number of persons attending upon me.
The knife which, it will be recollected, was
found in the bar with blood upon it, was here pro-
duced, and Mrs. Wyatt, on seeing it, said that it
belonged to her husband, and that he generally kept
it in the cupboard, or else in his pocket.
Mary Ellis, the barmaid—l was in the bar with
Mrs. Wyatt when the prisoner entered and went up
to the cupboard. While she was sitting in the way
described, I saw the prisoner put his arm round her
neck, and heard her scream out " Murder 1" imme-
diately afrerwards. I ran towards the:prisoner, and,

seizing him by the coat, pulled him away from Mrs
Wyatt, down whose neck I saw the blood streaming
from a wound.

Sergeant M'Craw stated, that when the prisoner
was brought to the station-house he was intoxicated,
and when witness expressed his surprise at seeing
him there, charged with such an offence as cutting
his wife's throat, the prisoner merely said, " It is a
bad job." The prisoner then added, "My son is
the sole cause of this, for he keeps late hours and the
company of thieves, and when I attempt to correct
him his mother takes his part, and that causes the
quarrels between us."
The prisoner, who declined saying anything in
answer to the charge, was then fully committed for
trial.