The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-08 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK and Mr. Alderman
CARDEN.)

The Court was occupied the greater part of the morn.
,ng with the trial of Mint cases.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
A middle• aged man, whose name did not transpire,
was charged with begging.
The prisoner was observed last night to beg of several
gentlemen, and when taken into custody 3s. 2d., with
plenty of eatables, were found upon him.
In reply to questions from the Bench, be made a
rambling statement about his being in the receipt of an
annuity, amounting to Bs. per week, and talked inco-
herently of the manner in which he had been treated by
the police.
Mr. HENRY-I am afraid he is not sane.

Prisoner—Oh ! bless you, I am, quite.
Mr. HENRY—Then, what excuse have you for begging
when yen had so much money about you ? P i
risPrisoner--
Really now, it's all a mistake. I have a clean pipe nmy
pocket, and I simply asked a gentleman, who was smok-
ing, if he could favour me with half-a-pipe of tobacco ;
but Mr. Jennings, of Clement's Inn, has got my bond;
and be won't advance me more than Bs. a week, you
see, because it I was to die he would lose all he had paid
me in advance.
Mr. 'lntim. directed the officer who had him in
charge to take him to the Strand Union, to be examined
by a medical man, as it was quite evident he was not in
his right senses.
The prisoner was accordingly removed.
A respectably-attired man, named Jones, and a young
woman were charged with creating a disturbance outside
a public house in St. Giles's.
It appeared that, between three and four o'clock this
morning, the landlord of the public house turned out
about a score of men and women, amongst whom were
the prisoners. They made so much noise, that at least
a dozen policemen were drawn off their beats to the
spot, and one of them saw the two prisoners " pitch into"
a third party as he emerged from the tavern, which in-
duced him to take them into custody.
The prisoners said they had been to a raffle in the
house, and the party in question, who was very drunk,
not only cheated in the lottery, but struck the they
, came down stairs.

Mr. HENRY fired them 20i. each, or a fortnight's im-
prisonment.
The fine was paid.

SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
Mary Ann Collins was brought before Mr. Ingham,
charged with attempting to hang herself.
Police-consttible, 190 M, stated that about twelve
o'clock last night he was called into the house of the
prisoner's husband, to quell a disturbance between him
and his wife. On going upstairs he met the husband,
who called out "For God's sake go upstairs; she has
hung herself." Witness proceeded to the upper room,
and discovered the prisoner hanging by a piece of rope
to the bedstead. He instantly cut her down, arid in a
few minutes she became sensible enough to pitch into
him for saving her life. He conveyed her to the station-
house, when she vowed that she would destroy herself.
Her husband so ill-used her that she would not live any
longer. Witness here produced the rope, when the pri-
soner exclaimed " Ah ! I wish I done it."
The MAGISTRATE asked her why she attempted such
a rash act ? The prisoner, who seemed rather excited,
stated that it was all owing to her husband's ill usal-e.
Last night he called in a broker, and threatened to take
the things away and leave her destitute.
The prisoner's husband stated that he was sorry for
his wife's conduct, but he would take her back and use
her better. The fact was they were both bad tempers,
and frequently fell out.
The MAGISTRATE told him he should curb his temper.
and if his wife's temper did not agree with him they had
better live separate. The prisoner had made a deter-
mined attempt on her life, which he could not look over,
he should therefore order her to find bail for her future
good conduct.

COLONIAL BANK.-(THIS DAY.)
The twent) -fourth half-yearly general meeting of the
proprietors of the Colonial Bank was held this afternoon,
at the London Tavern; Mr. A. Colville, Chairman of
the Board of Directors, in the chair.
The advertisement convening the meeting having been
read, the following statement of debts and assets was
submitted to the proprietors:—