The Sun.
London, England, 1850-05-23 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

Ann Brown, a young woman, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged by Mrs. Hannah
Isaacs, wife of Mr. Henry Isaacs, fruiterer, of 5,
Shrewsbury-place, Whitecross-street, St. Luke's,
with having cut and wounded her with a penknife.
The prosecutrix, who was in a weakly state, ap-
peared in the witness-box with her hands, fingers, and
arms covered with adhesive plaister. She stated that on
Tuesday afternoon last, about four o'clock, she called
upon the prisoner to remonstrate with her in conse-
quence of her having traduced her character. She
found her in the back yard unpicking a shirt with a
penknife. She questioned the prisoner as to the rea-
son of her calling her bad names, when she made an
attack upon witness with the penknife, and in endea-
vouring to ward off the blows she received several
desperate wounds. The prisoner had before threatened
to be revenged on her, and without any provoCation
on the part of witness. Witness bled profusely, and
was taken to a surgeon, who dressed her wounds, and
she gave the prisoner into the custody of Sergeant
Harvey, 14 G. _ _

Sergeant Harvey produced the following certifi
cate

" I hereby certify that Hannah Isaacs called upon me
with several wounds on her fingers and hands, and one
on her wrist, which require great attention. •
• " J. C. Pownx, 47, Chiswell-street."

Harvey said that when he took the prisoner into
custody, he took the penknife from her, and said,
" This is a very serious job for you." She replied,
"I did it in my own defence, and I would stab any
-- that came to interfere with me." He took her
to the station-house.

Mr. TYRWHlT;questioned the prosecutrix with a
view to show whether she had struck the prisoner
before she received the first wound. She said she
struck her one blow, when she stabbed and rau after
her and inflicted the several wounds..

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While the prosecutrix was giving her evidence the
prisoner laughed.
Mr. Mould, the clerk, told. her it was no laughing
matter, for she was going to Newgate.
Prisoner--I am not laughing. She is telling lies.
Mr. Mould—l can only tell you, that if you are
found guilty, you are liable to be transported for life.
This' intimation seemed to affect the prisoner, who
cried,,and was much convulsed.
Mr. TYRirHITT, after the usual caution, asked the
prisoner if she-wished' to say anything in ber defence,
as he intended to commit her to Newgate to take
her trial. He endeavoured to impress upon her that
she was not bound to say anything.

Prisoner(cryiWg)-1 shall say nothing.
She was then fully committed for trial, and was
locked up convulsed with grief.

THE NILE SEAnonsE.—The liipon takes to the
Zoological Society the hippopotamus which has been waiting
in Cairo for the hot season, and a collection of animals and
birds, among which are an Ibex from /11citint Sinai, a lion, a
ghepard, two lynxes, an ichneumon, some civet cats, and a
variety of serpents, lizards, and desert rats. A young giraffe
was also to have formed part of the collection, but it was
unfortunately drowned in the canal after reaching Alexan-
dria. The hippopotamus, being only eighteen months old, is
comparatively small, and lives exclusively on milk, its daily
consumption being about eighty pints, for the furnishing of
Which several cows have to be kept on board. It is very
tame, and allows itself to be freely handled by its Arab at-
tendant, whom it follows and answers to the name of Gheb-
baysch, an island on the Blue Nile, near the seventh cata-
ract, between Senaar and l'azoglu, where it was caught. It
is a male specimen, and Abba Pasha, the Viceroy, has
issued orders to procure a female, which is expected to arrive
here after the rise of the Nile, in about three months' time,
and will also be sent to England. Preparations for the con-
veyance of the hippopotamus had been made at Southamp-
ton, on board the Ripon, with a convenient iron tank, holding
about 400 gallons of fresh water, which it will require to be
renewed every other day to bathe in. This is the first hip-
popotamus that is taken to Europe alive.
CHURCHES (SCOTLAND).—It appears from a Par-
liamentary return, that 41 churches
cohamvebneley callednbuilt or en-
dowed by Parliamentary grant in the Highlands and Islands
.f Scotland, the ministers of which receive an uniform stipend
of 1201. per annum. The churches, commonly
guoad
sacra churches, built by private subscription, and belonging
4 the Xstubliihment, number 127.