The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-15 00:00:00

DARING OUTRAGE.

BRISTOL, APRIL 12.—Considerable excitement has
been created in one of our most fashionable' suburban
districts by a most daring outrage. We withhold
the names of the persons for obvious reasons, but the
facts are as follow :—ln one of the most healthy parts
near Clifton, in a large handsomely furnished house,
resides 'a highly respectable farmer with a wife pos-
sessed of no ordinary attractions, and they have been
in the habit of letting out apartments to families of
respectability. On Thursday a tall, stout, well-
dressed man, wearing coloured spectacles, called at
the house, and he represented to Mrs. -- that he
had been recommended to her house by the Rev. Mr.
of Clifton, and he wished to take apartments
for the season fur himself, his wife, two children,
and three servants. Mrs. -- proceeded to show
him the apartments on the ground floor, and
whilst examining them he managed to fish out
from her that her husband and the servants were
absent on the farm, and that she was the only person
in the house. He then desired to see the bed-rooms ;
but Mrs. told him they were precisely similar
in size to those below. He still persisted that he
should like to see them, and on Mrs. -- telling him
his lady would be the most proper person to examine
the bedding, he still pressed her, and told her she need
not be afraid of him, as he was the father of a family.
Unfortunately Mrs. was thrown off her guard,
and went up stairs to show him the bedrooms. Im-
mediately on their entering one of them the ruffian
laid hold of her, and a struggle ensued, in which the
lady'; garments were very much torn and her shoulder
was much lacerated. The unfortunate lady, having
escaped the grasp of her opponent, rushed to the stair-
case with a view of escaping by the front door, but
her foot slipped, and she was precipitated to
the bottom of the staircase, followed by the
jumpedruffian, on her, and dragged
her to the
uwhAooor, which he secured by locking it.
her by the legs into the par-
He then dragged h
lour, where he actually tore her dress and under gar-
silents to pieces. The lady still struggled with her
ravisher, when he pulled a handsome gold watch out
((his pocket and offered it to her if she would comply
with his wishes, but she indignantly refused it. He
then put his hand into his pocket, and from the brutal
manner in which he had already served her,. she,
iin,girllng that he was about to murder her, implored
hips not to cut her throat and to spare her honour. It
was his handkerchief, however, which he drew out,
and with which he proceeded to bind her hands. The
lady still struggled with the ruffian till she became
senseless, and was found by her husband on his return
home quite inanimate, the brutal ruffian having
effected his purpose and escaped, owing to the insen-
sible state of his victim. The police have been put in
possession of the facts, but the fellow has as yet
eluded discovery. The unfortunate lady now lies in
a most precarious condition, having Since the outrage 11
had a succession of hysteric fits.

The Board of Trade returns for the month ending
the 6th of March were issued on Friday. They exhibit Na
hacreasc in the declared value of our exports of 556,746/. as com-
pared with the corresponding month of last year, and 0f903,645t.
over :dare:l,lB4B. Cotton manufactures again show a large in-
crease, while in cotton yarn there is no variation, a further
indication being thus presented of greater activity ill that
departmeLt of business here than on the continent. With
regard to other articles, the only point for remark is the satis-
factory tray in which the augmentation in the totals continues
to be proportionably diffused through the various branches
of industry, so as to confirm the belief that all classes of th©
population must be in fair employment.