The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-15 00:00:00

THAMES.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE EY A WOMAN.—Susan 1114GOW811,
the wife of a seaman, aged 40, of No. 12, Mayo Cottages,
Eastfield-street, Stepney, was brought before Mr. Yardley,
charged with attempting to commit self-destruction, by
throwing herself from the bridge in Salmon's-lane, Lime-
house, into the Regent's Canal.

The prisoner narrowly escaped with her life. She was
seen by a young man getting over the parapet of the bridge,
and as she was dropping he caught her, and she remained
suspended over the canal for some time until he obtained
further assistance.

The prisoner, who appeared very dejected, said she was
in great want, and had received nothing from her husband
for some time. He arrived at Liverpool a few days since
with his ship, after a long voyage, and he had not written
to her or sent her any money for the support of herself and
children.

Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had been guilty of a very
rash and wicked act. He was very sorry to hear of her
troubles, and he regretted she had such a bad husband. He
was afraid if the prisoner had succeeded in committing self-
murder, her husband would have rejoiced at being rid of
her, while, on the other hand, her children would be de-
prived of their only protector. He did not mean to commit
the prisoner for trial, although ho might do so, but he
should remand her to Clerkenwell prison until Monday
next, and she would there receive good advice and conso-
lation from the chaplain of the prison.

THIS DAYS MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE.

Although only a moderate supply of English wheat was
on offer here to-day, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy,
and last week's prices were with difficulty supported.
There was a large show of foreign wheat. Even the
finest samples were a dull sale, at next to nominal quota-
tions. Inferior parcels were certainly lower to purchase.
Fine barley supported previous rates, but for other kinds
there was very little inquiry.

We had a very dull
_inquiry for malt, and prices were
fairly supported.

Oats moved off slowly at 6d to ls. per quarter beneath
last week's quotations.
Beans, peas, and flour were very dull, but not cheaper.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats.
English 1,390 1,030 ; 2,120 ;
Irish
Foreign 4601 7,6301

Flour.
i 1,150
i
I 3,310 i 230 sks
1 , bls

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived.
The Chamber of Deputies had again been occupied
in discussing election matters. Some objection
was made to the return of a gentleman named
Loring, elected at Malaga, on the ground that,
though born in Spain, he was the son of a North
American, and was therefore not a Spaniard ; but
as it appeared that he had formally announced his
intention, at the age of 21, to become a Spaniard,
which is all that is required by Spanish law, he
was by 117 votes to 11 declared duly elected. In
the course of the diseu,!•sion, Marshal O'Donnell, in
consequence of insinuations made against the Cabi-
net, entered into political considerations, and gave
a graphic sketch of the difficulties which his pre-
decessors had met with in attempting to cai •• y on
the Queen's Government with a Parliament com-
posed of a number of petty factions, each following
a leader who could neither command nor obey. He
was, however, called to order by the President, M.
Martinez de la Rosa, who said that as the Cham-
ber was only discussing election questions, it would
never be definitively constituted, if political
speeches were allowed to be made respecting the
details of every doubtful election. The Premier
acceded to the observations of the President of the
Chamber, and stated that he hoped that as
soon as the answer to the Queen's speech
should come under debate his adversaries
would renew their attacks. In the Senate -the
verification of the nomination of certain new sena-
tors was proceeded to. The Cabinet was about to
present a bill to sanction the subventions granted
to railways.