The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-20 00:00:00

Lii TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.)
ItiORNINGTON V. MORNINGTON.

His Honour delivered judgment at great length, detail-
ing minutely the circumstances of the case. On the three
questions submitted to his consideration his Honour was of
opinion that the rents and profits of estates were liable to
pay the interest and arrears of the annuities respectively
due by late and present earl. That the surplus charges of
£10'2,000 charged by £lOO,OOO on the Irish estates were to
be carried to the £5,000 charged on the English estate.
And he approved of the chief chief's certificate in not
adopting the master's report, but ordering an inquiry
into the costs, charges, and expenses properly incurrred.

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—(This Day).

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A THEATRE THIEF.—THE ADVANTAGE OF AN OLD
CONSTABLE.—Wm. Tring, a young man, was charged be-
fore Mr. Beadon with being at the St. James's Theatre for
the purpose of picking pockets.
William Parsons, fireman at the theatre, but formerly in
the police, said that on the previous night, just as the com-
pany were leaving the theatre at the close of the per-
formances, he saw the prisoner at the grand entrance,
leading to the dress circle, try several ladies' pockets.
Distinctly seeing the prisoner draw his hand from one
lady's pocket, be gave him into custody.

In answer to Mr. Beadon, Parsons said he had been
watching him for five minutes.
In answer to Mr. Wontner, who appeared for the pri-
soner, Parsons said he did not exactly remember what he
said to the lady, but he distinctly saw the prisoner's hand
in the lady's pocket. He allowed him to try three pockets,
and was waiting to see him take something. He had been
in the police 20 years, and it was not the first time he had
met him (Mr. Wontner). (Laughter.)
Brown, 304, said he had the prisoner in custody in Feb.
1860, for a similar thing at the Haymarket Theatre, and he
then was sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment.
Sergeant Cole said he also had the prisoner in custody
for stealing a purse on the night the Princess Royal was
married, and he was then committed for 3 months.
Prisoner was. again committed for 3 months.

THAMES.

ATTEMPTED SITICID.r...—An intelligent looking young
woman, named Mary Ann Stern, dwelling with her
parents, at No. 8, New-square, North-street, Whitechapel,
was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with attempting
to commit self destruction.

The case was a very singular one, and much sympathy
was expressed for the prisoner. She is a needlewoman, and
has been working very diligently to maintain herself. A
few days since she was robbed on her way home of a purse
containing 6s. which she had received a few minutes pre-
viously for some work she bad taken to a warehouse in the
City. The loss of her money led to a dispute with her
mother, and while labouring under great anguish and
distress of mind she repaired to the canal bridge in the
Mile-end-road, and precipitated herself into the
canal. Many persons saw her commit this rash act,
and raised an immediate alarm. The prisoner was taken
out of the water by Lewis Lambert, a police constable, No.
311 K, who conveyed her to Mile-end Old Town work-
house. She was attended by Dr. Freeman, Medical Officer
of Health, and was fortunately resuscitated. She had been
since under medical treatment, and was very weak and ill
from her immersion in the water, and the anxieties she had
undergone.

The mother of the prisoner said her daughter was a sew-
ing machinist, and that she had been very short of work ever
since a fortnight before Christmas, and that the loss of her
money, and her inability to pay for her board, had preyed
on her mind.

Mr. Yardley—ls she a single woman P
Witness—Yes, sir, and always behaved very well until
Friday night, when she plunged into the water.
Dr. Freeman, who was in attendance, and took some
interest in the case, said he believed the prisoner was a
person of good character, and that she was labouring under
despondency of mind, occasioned by the loss of her earn-
ings, when she attempted to commit suicide.
Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had committed a very
foolish and wicked act, and for which she was liable to
severe punishment. If the prisoner had come before him
and made known her loss, and if her statement had been
verified he should have thought it consistent with his duty
to afford some relief from the poor-box fund. He could
not do so now for she had committed an offence against the
law. It was a most absurd act, and he hoped the prisoner
was sorry for what she had done.
The prisoner said she was very sorry, and would not
repeat the attempt on her life.
Mr. Yardley—l hope not. To commit self-murder is an
offence against the laws of God and the laws of your coun-
try. I believe I shall not far exceed my duty in discharg-
ing you. Now let this be a warning to you for ever.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.