The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-23 00:00:00

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OBJECTIONS.

Sir PETER LAURIE said he should send her to the
Old Bailey for attempted suicide. It was a fit case for
trial, and he had no doubt she would be transported. Ile
had put an end to persons attempting to drown them-
selves ; he would now try the same cure for attempted
poisoning. He had no doubt that those who took poison
did not do so for the purpose of self-destruction, but for
the purpose of exciting sympathy ; and such morbid
charity was more calculated to do injury than anything
else.

The girl, at the conclusion of the Alderman's remarks,
fell back, fainting, and exclaiming "Mercy, oh, mercy."
She was carried into the cells, and Sir PETER LAURIE
ordered that she should be taken to the Giltspur-street
Compter, and when perfectly recovered, to be brought
back, when ho would decide what should be done to her,

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
John Stokes, a traveller was brought np before Mr.
Hall, charged with assaulting Thomas Buckeridge,
whereby his life has been placed in danger.
Mr. Robinson appeared for the defendant.
The prosecutor did not appear. A surgeon's certifi-
cate was put in which stated that the young man was
suffering from a concussion of the brain, and that he was
quite unable to leave his bed,
Mr. Wm. Pearce, jeweller, of Durham-street, Strand,
stated that on Saturday evening about nine o'clock
he was in the parlour of the Salisbury Arms.
He beard a scuffle outside the house ; he went
out, and there saw the prisoner seize a young
man by the collar of his coat. He dragged him a short
distance, and lifted him and then threw him on the
ground. It was a tremendous fall. The young man fell
with his head on a step, and the prisoner fell upon him.
The young man was taken up insensible.
Mr. HALL said this was a case which, of course, must
be investigated ; and, as the young man could not ap-
pear, he would remand the prisoner for a week, but he
would take bail for his appearance, himself in 404 and
two sureties of 20/. each.—The bail was procured.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
Louisa Storey, Maria Williams, and Mary Burrell,
well-dressed, good-looking young women, were charged
with robbing Mr. Robert Frost, of 49, Gloucester-street,
Queen-square, of from 255. to 30s. in silver. The prose-
cutor was returning home from Putney, last night, when
on passing along Piccadilly. the prisoners stopped and
pressed against him, and he immediately discovered that
he had been robbed, and gave the prisoners into cus-
tody. Money to the amount was not found on them.
Inspector Aggs, of the C division, said that the pro-
secutor was so stupidly drunk he did not know what he
was about.

Mr. MALTBY asked what the prisoners were ?
A constable said they were " gay women."
The prisoners did not deny the impeachment.
Mr. MALTBY said that, under all the circumstances,
he should discharge them, but he hoped it would be a
caution to them.

CLERKENWELL._(THIS DAY.)
Charles Browne, a stone-mason, was charged with as-
saulting and threatening to murder Police-constable
Churchyard, 174 G.
At a quarter before one on Sunday morning the po-
liceman was on duty in Charlotte-street, Bagnigge-wells-
road, when the prisoner's wife came to him and said she
had been cruelly ill-used by her husband. The pri-
soner came up and accused him with having carried on
an illicit correspondence with his wife. This the con-
stable indignantly denied, whereupon the prisoner at-
tacked him, and it required the combined exertions of
several constables to remove him to the station-house.
The next morning, the prisoner having had time for re-
flection, when he saw Churchyard passing through the
cell-yard swore he would murder him.
Mr. Comm decided upon obliging the prisoner to find
good bail to keep the peace, and recording the recogni-
sances which entails costs.

UNION-11ALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Amelia 111‘Donnel, a respectable-looking woman, was
charged on the police sheet with being drunk, having in
her possession at the time the large sum of 380/. in 10L
notes.

A policeman of the M division stated, that while on
duty in the Kent-road the preceding night he observed a
lady in appearance enter a public-house. He went in
soon afterwards and saw her at the bar, and the land-
lord informed him that she had a considerable sum of
money in her bosom, which she exhibited and which was
seen by some strangers who happened to be there at
the time. The policeman, aware of the risk she ran of
being robbed, spoke to her, and as she seemed very much
intoxicated, he took her to the station-house, where it
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wrappttl up carelessly iu the course of
the night, her friends being apprised of her situation,
attended at the station-house, and she was bailed out.
This morning a gentleman attended, and begged that

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

CITY OF LONDON REGISTRY.
(THIS DAY )
Several of the clerks to the different Liveries were in
attendance when the Court sat, and after being stir orn,
confirmed the lists of their respective Companies.
Upon the list of the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill being
called on,
Mr. Quin applied to have the names of Mr. John Bur-
gess and Mr. George Biggs placed upon the register.
He said that this was a case, as was indeed many ethers
in the same parish, of extreme difficulty and complexity.
The applicants were in possession of a certain counting-
house in the Coal-Exchange, in right of which they
claimed to vote. In the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill it
was the invariable custom never to rate any person ex-
cepting the head or principal landlord, and the Coal• E-
xchange being the property of the City of London, the
Corporation was rated for it. The consequence was,
that, although many persons holding counting-houses
and other apartments in this building frequently applied
to the overseers and collectors of the parish to be rated,
they were met with the answer that such a course would
be contrary to the rule adopted by the parish with re-
spect to under-tenants. He thought it a case of great
hardship upon such occupiers to be deprived of their
right of voting, merely because the authorities of this
parish thought proper to enact some peculiar and unne-
cessary bye-laws.

The REVISING BARRISTER said if the applicant was
not rated he could not help it, as the law required that
there names should appear as rate-payers.
Mr. Quin said Messrs. Burgess and Bigga applied to
be rated three years ago fur those premises, and since
that time had occupied them without intermission. They
had also claimed to be rated in July last, and he trusted
that the Court would now place their names upon the
registry.
The REVISING BARRISTER wished to see the claim
which had been made three years ago.
The overseer said he could not produce it, as he in-
variably tore up those documents after they were dis-
posed of.

Mr. Quin censured such a course. In the present in-
stance he was unable to produce evidence, as the party
who served the notice was not now under his control.

The REVISING BARRISTER said the Act of Parliament
required the overseers to place the name of any person
who claimed to be rated upon the list. However, it was
quite impossible, as the parties were not rated, to place
their names upon the registry.
The claim was consequently rejected.
At the time of our going to press the revision of the
householders' list had proceeded as far as the parish of
St. Olave's, Old Jewry, in the polling ward of Colman-
streot.

BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE
GISTRATION._(THIM DAY.)
The revision of the list of voters tor the borough of
Marylebone commenced this morning, at the Court-
house, Marylebone•lene, before D. C. Moylan, Esq.
Messrs. Ivimey and Allen appeared for the Liberals ;
Mr. Greenwood for the Conservatives.
The following is a statement of the number of claims
and objections taken by both parties, and by the over-
seers : CLAIMS.

eformers. Tories. Overseers. Tots'
Paddington
St. Marylebone ... 26
St. Pancras

Reformers. Tories. Total.
Paddington
St. Marylebone
St. Pancras

586 1,174 1,760
Out of the above number, 393 are objected to by both
parties. There are upwards of 15,000 names on the re-
gister. Since last year, about 950 names have been added.
The name of Michael Ryan, registered as living at
No. 2 and 5, Horace-street, was objected to by the Con-
servatives, on the ground that he lived at No. 26 in that
street, and was merely the owner, and not the occupier,
of the houses in question.
Mr. Allen apprehended that it was merely a mistake
as to the place of abode, and that the Revising Barrister
had power given to him under the Act to amend it.
Mr. Greenwood thought it was not a mistake, and
could not be taken in that light.
Mr. Ryan was sworn and examined—He said, " I
cannotliell you the value of the house No. 26 in Horace-
street; I only know that it is of great value to me ; 151.
a year is the rent."

After some discussion the mistake was rectified, and
the vote retained on the list.

The names of Lords Beresford and Faversham were
objected to, on the ground that they were Peers. The
objections were allowed.

Several other names were struck off the list of voters
for the parish of All Souls who had been entered on it
by the overseers, but who were not duly qualified.

GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.)
A young woman, named Elizabeth Morris, was placed
before Sir P. Laurie by one of the beadles of St. Bartho-
lomew's Hospital, on a charge of having taken a quan-
tity of laudanum, with a Tiew of putting a period to her
own existence.

The beadle stated that the prisoner was brought into
the hospital on Wednesday night. she having taken poison,
and it was with great difficulty that she was recovered
by the surgeon, life having been very nearly extinct.
From inquiries made, it appeared that she had been
seduced by a married man, who had found her a lodging
in a brothel. The officers of the hospital endeavoured to
persuade her to retire from that house into the Mag-
dalen Asylum, and she consented to do so ; hut after-
wards abruptly left the hospital, stating that it was
a prison, and she would remain in it no longer. For
her own protection, the steward ordered her to be taken
into custody. _