The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-15 00:00:00

W OR SHIP-STREET.

Yesterday Fanny Aytoun, alias Julia Bellamy, a young
woman, possessing fine and expressive features, and appa-
rently suffering from mental derangement, was placed at the
bar before Messrs. GROVE and TWYFORD, charged with
breaking a panel of one of the office doors.
The unfortunate prisoner entered the office, when, in
consequence of appearing much excited, Mr. GROVE di-
rected that she should be removed outside, where she had
not been long ejected before she came back, and forced an
entrance by breaking the panel. She screamed violently,
exclaiming, "I am mad ! I have just come from Hoxton
madhouse I" She was removed for a time, and placed in
the lock-up room. In about half an hour she was brought
before the magistrates, by whom she was fined five shillings
for the damage done. •'I," she ejaculated, " fined five
shillings ! lam mad. I came this morning from Hoxton
madhouse." It was with some difficulty, and only by the
persuasions of Brown, an officer of the establishment, that
she was induced to remove, and into whose hands she gave
two letters, in one of which were the following words :
" If I should by chance be found, give this to my unhappy
father from his deceased daughter."
Mr. GROVE, in consequence of the representation of
Brown, sent him to Mr. Miles's Lunatic Asylum, Hoxton,
where he was informed that the wretched woman, by order
of the Commissioners, was pronounced fit to be sent back
to her parish (Whitechapel), from which place she was sent
as a pauper. A keeper accordingly went with her. The
parish authorities, in consequence, dismissed her from all
charge upon them. She then, it was supposed, directed her
way to the office.
Mr. TWYFORD asked how it was that she came there ?

Tilt stated that she was the daughter of very respect-
able parents at Bridgenorth, where her prospects in life
were blasted by some gentleman who had gone the circuit.
After some months he abandoned her. She had frequently
been at the office, and always appeared similarly attacked.
A short time ago she was brought before Mr. Broughton,
who wrote a letter to her friends at Bridgenorth, but they
refused to take her back.

Mr. TWYFORD said it was very singular, on the part. of
the parish, to send her away as they had done.
Mr. Goodwin, from the Asylum, shortly after arrived
to see the prisoner, and said he never saw her worse.
While Mr. Goodwin was present she was at one time sing-
ing very plaintive songs, and at another screaming most
violently.

The prisoner was removed in a coach to Whitechape.
workhouse.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a young man named Oliver was charged on
suspicion of being an utterer of counterfeit coin.—He was
committed for two months.

THE PRUSSIAN COMMERCIAL LEAGUE.—This
league actually consists of Prussia, with a population of
13,250,000 ; Bavaria, 4,300,000 ; Wurtemburg, 1,700,000;
Saxony (kingdom), 1,600,000 ; ditto (ducal government),
700,000 ; Baden, 1,300,000 ; Nassau (prematurely), 375,000;
Hesse Cassel, 700,000 ; Hesse Darmstadt, 770,000 ; Frank-
fort on Maine, 55,000 ; other small States, 600,000. Total
25,350,000, extending to 8,200 German square miles.—
British and Foreign Review.

Considerable doubt exists as to the manner in which
the aldermen are to be elected under the Municipal Corpo-
ration Bill. It is known (by schedule A) that Liverpool
will be divided into 16 wards, and have 64 members of the
town-council—i. e., 16 aldermen and 48 councillors ; but
the doubt is by whom the aldermen are to be elected—
whether the whole body of 64 are to be appointed by the
qualified inhabitants, and the 16 aldermen selected from
among the body, or whether, in the first instance, the town
will elect no more than 48 councillors, who in turn will select
the 16 aldermen. We have given a great deal of attention
to the Bill, and are of opinion that the 16 aldermen will be
chosen by the 48 councillors whom the town will elect.--
Liverpool Journal.

TORRINGTON. -- INCENDIARISM"..-- Early on
Monday morning a fire was discovered at Horwood farm,
in the parish of Frithelstock, the property of Mr. Norman,
which has since proved to be the malicious work of an in-
cendiary. It appears that a meeting was held by some of
the farmers in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Norman was the
chairman, when it was proposed to reduce the wages of the
labourers to Is. per day. A letter was found near the de-
stroyed premises, stating that other farmers should beware
lest their property should share the same fate. A man
named Eastman has been apprehended on suspicion, who
called at a neighbouring house, and begged a sheet of paper
to write a letter. The person who gave him the paper folded
it in a peculiar manner, and gave Eastman half the sheet ;
the other half, now in his possession, corresponds exactly
with that on which the letter was written, and the person
can swear to the paper, and identify the writer. He was
apprehended at Clovelly, where he had gone for a load of
herrings.— Western Luminary.

A DRUNKARD'S LEAP.— On Monday evening
last, about eight o'clock, as a woman belonging to Bridge-
ton was coming along Rutherglen Bridge, she was met by
a man going towards Rutherglen, who, as soon as he came
opposite to her, laid his hand upon the parapet wall, and
at one leap sprung over into the river, just at the middle
of the centre-arch. The woman raised the alarm, and two
men, coming up at the time, ran to the side of the river,
where they supposed they could with the greatest safety
reach the man, in order to save him if possible. They had
scarcely reached the bank when they perceived the fellow
swimming towards them ; and, on hauling him out of the
water, asked him if he was much hurt, and how he liked
his ducking ? " Doukin' !" cried the fellow in a passion,
" what the deil pits doukin' in your heads ? I'm sure I'm
as dry as ony a' ye." We understand be belongs to Ruther-
glen, and is rather a drouthy subject ; hence, we suppose,
his fondness for the water.—Glasgow Courier.