The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-16 00:00:00

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WORSHIP-STREET.—Patrick Spilling was
charged will' stabbing his wife.
Julia Spilling, the wife who was in evident fain
from the injuries inflicted on her, gave her evidence
with difficulty, and continually watched the prisoner
in apprehension, stated, that after sufiering a great
deal of ill-treatment at the hands of her husband
—he repeatedly beating her black and blue, threat-
ening her with knives, and declaring he would take
her life—she at last ran away from home in fear,
and secreted herself in the house of a woman named
Daly, in Fort's-buildings, Shoreditch, where she
remained hidden until the night before this, when
the prisoner discovered her, and, abruptly entering
the room, ordered her three times to return home
with him. She was still fearful. and would not,
and on being refused the third time he pulled some
sharp weapon from beneath his coat-sleeve, and
instantly stabbed at her three times, the instrument
the last time penetrating her stomach, and inflict-
ing so serious an injury that the blood immediately
poured on to the floor. The prisoner, who was
perfectly sober, then rapidly left the house, while
she was taken to the house of a surgeon in the
neighbourhood, who dressed leer wound's, and from
whom she now produced a certificate describing the
nature o° the injuries she had sustained.
A young woman named Hales deposed to the
prisoner running rapidly past her and flinging away
something which rung upon the stones, and which,
upon her afterwards picking it up, she found to be
a large iron spike, rounded at one end and extremely
acute at the other.

Blogz, the constable, described the condition of
the wif,) when he saw her, faint and exhausted, and
blood pouring profusely from her; and the prisoner,
who denied the charge altogether, was remanded.

EXTRAORDINARY ROBBEItY IN A
B ,lIL WAY CARRIAGE.

On Thursday afternoon Mr. Richard Wainwright,
schoolmaster of Littleborough, left home for Man-
chester, with a friend, on businesl. After tran-
sacting it he went to Salford, and there bought
from a druggist in Chapel-street, threepennyworth
of chloroform; intending to use it for the toothache.
Thence he went to Vic.Vria -station on his road
home, but before arrivieg at the station he was
accosted by a tall man, whom he afterwards recog-
nised prior to getting into the carriage. They got
into the same carriage, and so proceeded to Roch-
dale, where Mr. Wainwright got out while the
train stopped; and on returning to the carriage got
into ancglier compartment. The man whom he
had loft followed him, however, into the same com-
partment—they being its only occupants—and as
£0 Dll as the train left for Littltboromzh the man
jumped up from his seat, seizing'halcrok Mr. Wain-
wright by the throaty and presenting a revolver at
his head, said, "If you move, I will blow your
brains out." He then dragged Mr. Wainwright
down mon the floor of the carriage, and took from
his pockets 91. 10s. iu gold, 30?. in silver, and an
old-fashi:med verge watch, jewelled in three or four
holes. While rifling his pockets the thief found
the bottle containing the chloroform. This he took, •
and poured the chloroform into Mr. Wainwright's
mouth and up his nostrils, some falling upon his
breast. This rendered Mr. Wainwright insensible,
and he remembered nothing further until he found
himself at the White Hart Inn at Tormorden. The
man was respectably dressed, and the police are
in full expectation of being able apprehend him
shortly. The Leeds .AreiTeury of Saturday has an
account of this affair, erroneous in some respects ;
but the following portion of it is, we believe, cor-
rect. When the train arrived at Todmorden, the
railmay officials had their attention draWn to the
condition of Mr. Wainwiight, who was found lying
on his back in the bottom of the carriage insensible.
He was at once taken out and conveyed to the
White Hart Hotel, where he was put to bed, and
' remained insensible until about 2-o'clock a.m. on
Friday. The robber wore false moustaches, and had a
grey shawl, or cloak, or covering of some descrip-
tion, knew' to Mr. Wainwright only by its colour.
He was a tall man, wore a gold ring on his finger,
and in other respects had the exterior of a gentle.
man. The railway servants found on the carriage
floor one shilling and tenpence, a broken bottle, a
pencil, and some other trifling articles taken from
Mr. Wainwright's pocket. The thief either made
his escape at the Walsden station, jumped out
of the train whilst in motion, or otherwise changed
his compartment by walking on the carriage foot-
hoard, as the door of the compartment where Mr.
Wainwright sat was fella open at Todmorden, a
cireunattat.ce which drew the attention of the ser-
vants to the compartment where Mr. Wainwright
was found. The Halifax Guardian . states that
Mr. Wainwright was so far recovered on Friday
afternoon as to he able to bear his removal home.
He was conveyed to the railway station on a bed,
and placed in a first-class carriage, and left Tod-
morden by the 2.55 p.m. train. Some two or
toree hundred persons were assembled to witness
the depArture of the train. He is now under the
care of Mr. Lister, surgeon, of Littleborough, and
according to the latest accounts is in a very suffer-
ing state, but likely to recover.

prisoner pointed out another chain, ,'Whisitts-Ini:0311 ke;
spoofing she approved, and said elle- *mild, I‘l4l 4
and leave a deposit. Ha in .to::iiattlitilidigglt'''
on the first chain, he found that a spurious Rptal_r. .-
chain, in pattern closely resembling hienhainha.o
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been substituted. He immediately said to the pri-
soner, "It is very awkward, but I End a metal
chain here instead of a gold one. I don't accuse
you of the fraud, but I must know- who you are,
and where you live." The prisoner gave her ad-
dress in Fitzroy-square, but this was found to be
fictitious. The prisoner gave a second address to
the constable—Beaumont-place, New-road,
but
this, too, was false.
The prisoner, who gave no clue to her address,
pleaded guilty, and was sent by Mr. Beadon for
four months to the House of Correction.
.Henry Somershy, butler to Dr. Bell, Hertford-
Street, and Samuel Owen, were charged with steal-
ing a quantity of forks, the property of Dr. Bell.
The prisoner Owen took the forks to the shop of
Tho 3. Richardson, pawnbroker, Upper George-
street, and offered to pledge them. He was
stopped and a policeman sent for, to whom he
stated that the butler of Dr. Bell had given them
to him to raise money upon.
The prisoners were fully committed.