The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

consternation and excitement which prevailed in the
workhouse.

The prisoners, in their defence, stated that two of the
men the master had call. d were lunatics.
Mr. BROUGHTON inquired if such were the case, and
the master admitted that two of the men were of diseased
mind, but it was in a case of necessity he obtained their
aid. In answer to another question, Mr. Harnet said
there were 510 paupers in the house.
Mr. BROUGHTON said the visiting justices at the pri-
sons, in their reports, had stated that the greatest con-
fusion and disorder were introduced to the prisons by,
the workhouse paupers who were confined there ; and
they complained of the magistrates sending so many of
them to prison. In Marylehone parish a person had
• contracted to take 200 of these disorderly characters to
the colonies, but the interference of a Member of Par-
liament put a stop to it. Nothing could be worse than
the conduct of the prisoners ; but that of the master, in
bringing those demented poor creatures into a conflict of
this descriptiim was injudicious and indiscreet. He
would sentence French and Cole to pay a fine of ten
shillings, or six weeks' imprisonment ; and the other
four prisoners to thr, e weeks' imprisonment, without fine.
George Osborne, a weather-beaten old seaman, was
charged by Griffiths, an excise-efficer, with unlawfully
exposing for sale a pint of bandy.
The offence was clearly proved, and the prisoner fined
251., or three months' imprisonment.
Maria Graham, a young woman of mild and pre-
possessing appearance, was charged with endeavouring
to drown herself.

The officer being on duty near the New River at
Newington on Wednesday night last, between eight
and nine o'clock, heard a loud splash in the water. and
on running to the place saw the prisoner struggling in it.
Sbe hadleft her bonnet and cloak on the bank. After
some difficulty he succeeded in dragging her out, and,
on turning Its lamp upon her, was surprised to recognise
her as a modest and respectable young woman, whom he
bad known for years. She was very decently con-
nected, and her conduct had always been a model of
propriety in the neighbourhood in which she resided.
She cried bitterly, but refused to tell why she had
attempted to destroy herself. He removed her to the
Hackney workhouse, as .she was very ill, and there she
had remained since.

The poor creature, on being questioned by the Magis-
trate, sobbed bitterly. She said her mother was alive,
but bed-ridden, and unable to support herself, and she
(the prisoner) was.a dress-maker by trade, but became
so much reduced alit she felt herself obliged to seek
parochial aid, and went into the Hackney workhouse
some time ago, where she stayed until Monday last, when
she left it to see her sister. She remained with her
sister at Kingsland until Wednesday evening, when she
again applied to be received into the Hackney work-
house, but the officer there refused to admit her because
she did not return on Monday night. Mr. Dawson gave
her an order for admission to the house for the desti-
tute, but her feelings were so wounded at being obliged
to stop in such a place that she resolved to destroy her-
self, but was very sorry for what she had done.
Mr. BROUGHTON said he lamented to see a person of
such respectable appearance, and appareutly virtuous
disposition, in such a condition, and would be happy to
afford her all the assistance in his power. For the pre-
sent, however, he would send her back to the workhouse.

UNION-HALL.
EXTENSIVE SEIZURE.—Four men, named White, Dixon,
Lowne and Redman, and a woman named Stanley, were
charged with being engaged in the manufacture of glass in
a private-and unentered place.
An excise officer stated that from information he received
he went on the preceding night, between eleven and twelve
o'clock, accompanied by some policemen, to a house in Kent-
street, in which an extensive trade in illicit glass was carried
on. When they approached the place, one of the defendants,
who was on the watch, gave the signal to his companion, who
obeying it ran out the back way and got into an old woman's
house in the neighbourhood, when they were all afterwards
discovered in bed and pretended to be asleep. They were all
takenrintb custody, and the officer, in describing the circum-
stances of the seizure, said that he never saw a more com-
plete manufactory for the purpose of carrying on an extensive
trade in illicit glass. He found two pots full of liquid metal,
four blowpipes, besides a quantity of manganese and other
ingredients used in the manufacture Of glass.- There were
also discovered an immense quantity of bottles and decan-
ters, of various sizes, all of which were seized.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, endeavoured to
induce a belief that they lodged in the house where they
were found, and had no connexion with the glass-house.
Mr. TRAILL—But what have you to' say to your clothes
being found in the factory where the work was going on ?
The prisoners made a vague reply to the question ; and the
Magistrate inflicted a penalty of 301. on each of the defend-
ants, and, in default of payment, sentenced them to be im-
prisoned for three months to hard labour.

THE MURDER AT BATTERSEA.
WANDSWORTH.
Yestenlay being the day appointed for the examination and
committal of the man, Augustus Dalmas, who stands charged
with the murder of Mrs. M'Farlane, on Battersea-bridge, the
• Magistrate of this Court (Mr. Clive) took his seat at an
earlier hour than usual, perhaps with the intention of avoid •
ing the crowd of persons who tried to gain admittance at
eleven o'clock, the usual time of sitting. The witnesses had
been previously warned to be in attendance at nine o'clock.
• Mr. Gilham, from Symond's Inn, was in attendance on the
part of the prisoner.
The daughter Charlotte Georgiana Dalmas was the first wit-
ness called. She was accommodated with a chair while giving
her evidence, and was placed in such a position as not to
be able to see the prisoner at the bar. She stated—
I am in service with a Mr. Patrick, of Montpellier-
square, Brompton. I saw my father in the middle
of the dav, on Monday, the 29th of April. I
asked him if he had seen to some property of mine. He
had not called on me, but I met him accidentally in Mont-
pellier-square. He said, when I asked him the question, he
would attend to it. • He also said he was very unhappy,
from his anxiety about getting a situation, as he
was not sure whether he would get it or not. That was
all the conversation that took place, and he then went away.
I saw him again the same night between ten and eleven
o'clock, when he walked by and coughed as a signal to me.
I came out and asked him "how he was ?" He did not answer
my question, but asked me how I was. He then gave me a
pocket ,book containing some property of mine. He then
wished me good night, and went away. He was very unhappy
in his mind. When he went away, I told him I would see
him next morning.
Mr. CLIVE—Did you have any conversation with him
about Mrs. M'Farlane? Witness—No, not that I recollect,
although I am more composed now than I was when the
officers came to my bed
Mr. CuvE—Do you now state, upon your oath, all that.
was said at both interviews? Itnese—Yes, Sir, as far as
I can recollect.
By the Clerk—Both interviews took place on the same day
—Monday.
Mr. CLIVE—You now state that you cannot recollect that
anything further took place ? No, I cannot.—Did your fa-
ther walk with you arm-in-arm at the first interview ? No,
Sir.—Did he touch you anywhere ? No, sir.—Have you ever
,complained that your hand was cut ? No, sir.
By the Clerk—Was it cut ?—No, Sir.
Mr. CLIVE—Is there any mark on your hand?—No, Sir.
(There was a slight scratch on her finger.)
You are quite certain that the name of Mrs. M'Farlane was
not mentioned on that day ?—lt was not. I have never made
any statement at variance with that which I have made this
day, that lam aware of. But I have not been in a right
state of mind.
By Mr. Gilham—lf there bad been cuts on your hand
would they not have been there bow?—Yes, Sir. Are
there any cuts on it ?—No, Sir. What I have before stated
I stated when in an excited state of mind.
The next witness was Ellen Gibson. She merely deposed
to the fact that the prisoner and her sister (the deceased)
were very intimate, and that he was in the habit of meeting
her frequently.
George French, a boy, aged twelve years, after being in-
formed upon the nature of the obligations of an oath, stated
that the prisoner had called at his (the prisoner's) lodgings
late on the might of the murder, and that he had gone out
again. He knew him by his step. There was another lodger
there, but he was confident the prisoner was the man, for he
(witness) knew his step well. •
Sarah Ann Miles, daughter of Dalmas' landlord, gave
similar evidence.
Augusta Dalmas, the prisoner's youngest daughter, was
the next called, but her statement only proved that her father
and Mrs. M'Farlane had been together at Mr. D'Oyley's, in
Bolton row, at nine o'clock on the night of the murder, and
supposed that they had left together to go towards home.
Police-sergeant Lynes, 5 V.—l was on duty in Bolton-row,
on the night of Monday, the 29th of April, about half-past
eight, and observed, about twenty minutes to nine, a man
walking opzmite, and looking up very anxiously at Mr.
D'Oyley's, o. 9, in that place. I went round to the corner
of Black-place, and watched him, and as the chimes were
going three-quarters past eight, I saw a woman come out of
the house, and the man crossed over and met her. They
then went arm-in-arm in the direction of the Queen's Elm.
I knew that the man was the prisoner. The female looked a
smart-made woman, about the middle size.

Elizabeth Shipley, barmaid at the Stag, Brompton. The
Stag is nearly half a mile from Bolton-row. I did not know
the deceased by name. I observed the prisoner at the bar
on the evening of Monday, the 29th of April, at a little after
nine, in company with a lady. I had seen them in company
several times before. They stood at the bar, and called for a
quartern of gin and cloves, which I gave them. They stood
about five minutes, and then left the house. Ido not know
in what direction they went.
Elizabeth Shipley re-called—The female was a middle-
aged person, very genteel and stout, and about the middle
size. She had on a straw bonnet and figured light gown.
Sergeant Epics re-called—The female's gown was striped,
or spotted—inclined to be dark ; and the shawl, as far as I
remember, was dark, with a border.

Cross-eiaminad—l read my own evidence at the inquest.
I did not know that I was to come forward to prove the dress
on this occasion.

Mary Ann Williamson—Lives at the old toll-house. I am
a dress-maker. I remember Monday, the 29th of April.
About ten I arrived at home, and about twenty minutes
before was, at- the ,corner of Duke-street, and within a few
yards of the Chelsea end of Battersea-bridge. I saw a man
and woman standßig-at the corner of the bridge. I will not
swear positively but I-believe the prisoner to be the man. I
did not, ankshciuld' pot, know the woman. She had on a
light gown; dark. shavirl, and either a straw or Tuscan bonnet.
Cress-exathlned—He was to the best of my recollection
dressed :in a-surtout coat and broad-brimmed hat. It was
between light and dark. I did not know that he was to
stand at the bar to-day. I was standing at the corner of
Duke-street for ten minutes, and saw several, perhaps half a-
dozen or more, men and women passing at that time. I won't
swear that I have heard since this investigation commenced
that the prisoner had a broad brimmed hat on. The person
1 observed was standing still, the others moved on. They
were about 30 yards off.
By Mr. CLlvx—They stood at one corner and I stood at
the other, consequently there was only the width of the road
between us.
Cross-examined—I did not notice the prisoner's whiskers,
nor stock ; he had a dark waistcoat on. Can't say whether
he had a shirt collar up or not. Had dark trousers on.
Elizabeth Neningham was standing at the White Hart,
Chelsea, on the night of Monday, 29th ult., and saw a man and
woman passing. The female had on a straw bonnet, light dress,
black shawl with border to it; and I heard her say to the
man who had a dark frock coat on and broad-brimmed hat,
" I can't stay out to• night." Saw the female at two o'clock
on the Tuesday following the murder at her own house. She
was then dead, but I knew her, and she was the person I had
seen in Duke. street.

Cross-examined; but nothing was elicited to shake the
evidence given to-day, or on former occasions. She added,
however, that, after seeing the prisoner and deceased go in
direction of the bridge, Mr. Messenger and his wife (two
witnesses) came out of the White Hart, and followed to the
bridge immediately after.
Richard Parsons, licensed besr-shop keeper, King's-road,