The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-24 00:00:00

THAMES.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—EIIen Holland, aged 25, a
tailoress, of No. 5, Groye-street, St. George-in-the-East,
was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with attempting to
commit self-destruction.

John Clark, a police-constable, No. 491 K, stated that
his attention was called to the prisoner last night, and he
saw her go down a narrow lane, which led to the water-
side, near the Aberdeen Wharf, in Wapping, and before he
could arrest her she threw herself into the river, under
two barges, and close to the brow of the wharf. It was,
fortunately, low water, and he soon recovered her. She
was intoxicated, and made no explanation of her making
the attempt on her life.

Mr. Paget—Hare you anything to say now, young
woman ?

The prisoner—Nothing, sir.
Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner to Clerkenwell prison
for a week.

DARING ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Henry Bat-
terman, a German, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged
with stealing seven quarts of brandy, the property of the
London Dock Company.

The prisoner has been the manager of the marble crane
for hoisting marble out of ships for 11 years, at a salary of
18s. per week. Yesterday afternoon, at 5 minutes past 4
o'clock, and while the labourers were leaving the dock, a
foreman named George Hunt saw the prisoner rolling a
cask of brandy towards his tackle place. He suspected
the prisoner intended a robbery, and watched him. The
prisoner knocked tho bung out of the cask and allowed
the liquor to flow into a pail. He was seised, the leakage
was stopped, and the cask was re-gauged, and a defi-
ciency of 7 quarts was ascertained. There was exactly
one gallon and seven pints of brandy in the pail, the re-
mainder was spilled in the tackle box.

The prisoner, in broken English, said he did not bore
the cask—he knocked the bung out by striking the cask
with a billet of wood.

Mr. Paget—You are not charged with boring the cask,
but with pouring the brandy out into a bucket.
The prisoner—Oh, yes, I did pour it out.
Mr. Paget—Have you any defence to make to this. You
are charged with stealing the brandy?
The prisoner—l depend on your mercy. ..
Mr. Paget said he did not intend to decide the case him-
self, but to commit the prisoner for trial ; and when the
trial was over he should like to know the result.
Mr. George, principal constable in the dock, said the
magistrate's suggestion should be attended to.

MARKETS.—This Day.

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HAY.

S➢IITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 105 ; clover,
£5 5s to 16 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 45 per load.
Demand inactive.

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CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £slos Od; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 bs per load,
A moderate inquiry.
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WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover,
£5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load,
Trade slow.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—Thore has been very little business entered into,
and the operations reported have been at about previous
rates.

SUGAR.-The market continues very dull, and prices
generally exhibit no recovery from the late depression. In
the refined market a moderate demand has prevailed for
dried goods at about previous rates.
COFFEE.—A fair inquiry has prevailed for superior qua-
lities of Plantation. Ceylon at full values; inferior de-
scriptions, however, aro neglected.
RicE.--Tho demand has slightly improved, but quota-
tions remain unaltered.

TALLow.—The tallow market has been very steady, and
there has been rather more disposition to sell for the last
three months, but for spot and Juno the mark-et has been
well supported. The demand is small in consequence of
the large present make of home tallow. The closing
prices are : - Spot. 475. ; April to June, 465. 9d.; June, 475.
3d. ; October to December, 48s. Gd. ; town tallow nomi-
nally 445. 9d. nett cash. " Sorts" are scarce, and make
comparatively high prices. Odessa sheep, 475. Gd. ; beef,
465. 9d. to 475. ; Australian beef, 465. Gd. ' • South Ame-
rican, none offering under 50s. Cocoa nut oil firm • for
Cochin, 535. Gd.; Ceylon flat, at 475. ; Sydney, 445. ed. to
465.