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

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SILIOIDE THE

CALED,)NIAN ROAD.

Yesterday Mr. Wei. 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
71vears 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 during the night.
Between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning her mother gut
up, and shortly after she had gone down stairs she beard
her mother cry out for assistance. She ran down stairs,
and on Ong into the room she saw her father striking
her mother on the head with a hammer, which caused a
sever- cut. Witness pulled her mother out of the room,
and having returned she saw her father sittiog on the bed
with a pistol in his hand. Witness then ran away, closing
the door after her, and calling out "Murder." Iturae"
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 %dud fur some time, as six months ago he attempted
to poison himself. She thought his mind was disturbed
in consequence of being out of work.
Tee wife of the deceased said her husband had been
out of work for some time, which had preyed upon his
mind, and he bad not been right since he attempted to
poison himself. There bad 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 Hospital, said he saw the deceased on
his admission. He was bleeding from the mouth. Both
augles were enlarged. The tongue was lascerated, with
several holes in the palate and right cheek. He after-
wards extracted some shot from his tongue, 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 be
recovered, and that he should not have cared if he reco-
vered, and that he should not have cared if he had
killed his 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 9s Od to lls Od per kemple ('f 16 lit4nell
tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 10s Gd ; barley do., 7s Od to 85
6d. Hay from 10d to 12d.

EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 8.
There were in the market today 13 sacks oatmeal, "eh
weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 34s Od and

DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—DEo. 7.
of
There were in the market to-day 21 bags of oatmeal, 0
barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull.
rd.
Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Thi 04
imperial
3
Barleymeal, per ditto -3s Od —s 5 :
s Od
—s odd
—5:
oaod
Peasemeal, per ditto
Od
Flour, new, per ditto.... —s Od —s Od --3 ;;,i
Pot-barley, new, per ditto —s Od - a Od —ll w

DUBLIN. DEC. 7.
There was a poor supply of all descri
ions of grain at
market to-day, at 64 to 1 s decline on wheat, but barley
of all qualities, especially malting, fully supported
pt
In Indian corn very little doing, at a reduction of 6d to 10
per qr.
White wheat, 28s Od to 29s 64 ; red ditto, 24s Od to 27%
64, ditto new, —s Od ; barley, malting, 15s to 18s 6d; grind;
ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 12s 6d to 15s; ditto, new,
01 to —s 04 ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; bere, new, 14s to 165
01; rapese. d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 16e
Od to 22s Od per °Nat ; Indian earn, 310 01 to 333 Od per
480 lbs.

BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 9.
There has been rather more inquiry this week for British
plantation sugar, but the sales effected are still small. Lass
week's prices aro fully maintained, and in some instances tb
small advance has been made. Rum—But little offering ;
some small sales have been effected at former rates.

COAL M.

?a.—DEa. 9.
the close of the market
Welleend, &a.

Prices of Coals per ton at
s. d.
Howard's West Hartley
Netherton 16 0
Bebsido's Hartley 15 9
North Percy Hartley _l5. 0
Hastings Hartley 15 9
Walker Primrose 6
West Hartley Grey's 15 0
West Hartley l6 0
Bell's Primrose l3 6
Htl'pool West Hartley 16 0
Morpeth West Hartley 15 61
Longridge's Wst Hartley 15 9,
Holywell
Wylam l6 0

d,
Nixon's Duffryn. 21
'Braddyll lB 3
' Haswell 19 0
Flatten l9 •
Russell's Hutton 18 0
Keiper Grainge lB
Squbor wen Merthyr 20 0
Wayne's Merthyr 19 6
Lambton lB 0
`South Hetton 18 9
Tees
19 0
Hartlepool lB 6
Trimdon 18 6
Stewart's l9 0
Northumberland l6 0
,Eden
96 ; sold, 82.