The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SHOIDE IN THE
CALEDONIAN ROAD.

Yesterday Mr. Wm. Payne held an inquest at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of George Goble,
who died in this hospital from injuries he had sustained
from a pistol-shot, inflicted by himself after an attempt
to murder his wife, on Saturday, the 7th November.
Harriet Morris, of No. 22, Bennington-street, Cale-
donian-road, said the deceased was her father, who was
771 fears of age, and by trade a plasterer. She lived in
the same house with him, but on the night of Saturday,
the 7th Nov., her mother slept with her because she was
ill. She heard nothing of her father duriEg the night.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning her mother got
up, and shortly after i-he had gone down stairs she heard
her mother cry out for assistance. She ran down stairs,
and on going into the room she saw her father striking
her mother on the bead with a hammer, which caused a
seven cut. Witness pulled her mother out of file room,
and having returned she saw her father sitting on the bed
with a pistol in his hand. Witness then ran away, closing
the door after her, and calling out "Murder." Imme-
diately afterwards she heard the report of a pistol, and a
lodger came down, and a policeman being sent for, they
went into the room, and found that the deceased had
attempted his life. A doctor was sent for, and he directed
his removal to the hospital. He was quite alone when he
shot himself. She thought that he had not been right in
his mind for some time, as six months ago he attempted
to poison himself. She thought his mind was disturbed
in consequence of being out of work.
The wife of the deceased said her husband had been
out of work for some time, which had preyed upon his
mind, and he had not been right since he attempted to
poison himself. There had been no quarrel between
them. He went behind her on the morning in question,
and, without any provocation, struck her on the back of
the head with a hammer, which caused her to bleed pro-
fusely, and her daughter dragged her out of the room.
She knew that her husband had a pistol, but he always
kept it locked up.
Mr. Francis Wakefield Skey, house surgeon of St.
Bartholomew's Hosiital, said he saw the deceased on
his admission. Ho was bleeding from the mouth. Both
angles were enlarged. The tongue was lascerated, with
several holes in the palate and right cheek. He after-
wards extracted some shot from his tonoie, and several
shot had come away since. He gradually sank, and
died on Monday from the wound. He ,had not been in
a proper state of mind since he bad been in the hospital.
He often said that he would put an end to himself if he
recovered, and that be Should not have cared if he reco-
vered, and that he should not have cared if he had
killed hie wife.

The Coroner carefully summed up the evidence, and
The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET
DEO. 8.
Supplies of all kinds these last six days moderate.
Oat straw, from 95 Od to 114 Od per kemple of 16 stoney
tron ; wheat do., 75 Od to 105 6d ; barley do., 7s 01 to 8s
6d. Hay from 10d to 12d.

EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 8.
There were in the market to•day 12 sacks oatmeal, each
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 31s Od. and —a.

DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—DEC. 7-
There were in the market to-day 21 bags of oatmeal, 001
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third.
imperial
—s 5d —s Cd
Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od —a Od Od
Peasemea,l, per ditto
Flour, new, por ditto —s Od —s Od —sOd
Od
Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od—s Od —ll

DUBLIN, DEC. 7.
Thero was a poor supply of all descriptions of grain at
market to-day, at 6d to Is decline on wheat, but barley
of all qualities, especially malting, fully supported prices•
Iu Indian corn very little doing, at a reduction of 6d to la
per qr.

White wheat, 28s 01 to 29s 6d ; rod ditto, 24s Od to 270
, ditto new, —s Oil; barley, malting, 15s to 18s 6d; grind-
ing, —8 to —8 ; oats, old, 12s 6d. to 15s; ditto, new, —4
01 to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s 61 to 16s; bore, new, 14s to 16s
01 ; rapesuid, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakerb' flour, 16s
Od to 2:8 Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 33s Od per
480 lbs.