The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-09 00:00:00

IN RE CHARLES RAVIN.

This insolvent, who had formerly carried on business in South
Audley.street, as a dealer in foreign fancy goods, came up for his
final order. .

The circumstances of his case are rather important. It appears
that he had taken the benefit of the Insolvent Act about two
years ago for debts amounting to nearly 4,0001., but in that
schedule he had omitted the debts on accommodation bills, which
had driven him to the prPsent application ; and he now sought
protection against those debts. The insolvent now came up with
an amended schedule, having inserted the whole of the debts in
the schedule in the Insolvent Court. The insolvent claimed his
protection under the new law as a non-trader, having given up
business, and that none of the old debts were contracted within the
time limited under the Act. . .

The Learned C•MM►asIoNEI expressed his opinion that the in-
solvent must be considered as a trader. It was, however, best for
the insolvent to undergo an examination, and, if it turned out he
was a trader, of course the petition would be dismissed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
WORSHIP-STREET.

DISTRESSING CASE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Jere
miah Beach, an old man, sixty-three years of age, who was
formerly a respectable shopkeeper, but is now in a very
reduced condition, was placed before Mr. Broughton,
the sitting magistrate, upon a charge of attempting to
destroy himself by cutting his throat.
The unhsppy man had his throat bandaged, having
actually made an incision in it, and one of his hands was
also wounded.
From the evidence given it appeared that he had
latterly endeavoured to obtain a livelihood for himself
and his aged wife by dealing in fish, and Mr. Crawley,
landlord of the Duke of Cambridge public-house, Hack-
ney-road, sometimes lent him small sums of money
to enable him to go to markt t. On Saturday morn-
ing he came and said, " Mr. Crawley, I hope
you will forgive me." The landlord told him
he had nothing to forgive ; but the prisoner
reminded him (Nlr. Crawley) that he had borrowed
ss. of him lately, but said that illness and ill-fortune
had prevented his repaying it. Mr. Crawley told him
not to mind it. and spoke in a friennly way to him, but
a moment afterwards saw him with a razor in his hand
in the act of mitring his ~hroat. With some difficult) the
razor was wrested from him, but he grasped it so firmly,
that his hand was much cut before he could be deprived
of it, and he was bleeding from an incision which he had
made upon the throat. Fortunately. however, he had
not severed the windpipe, or wounded any of the prin-
he was placed in the charge of the police and
cipal blood vessels, and tho injury being surgically
dressed,
taken to the station-house.
Dennis M'Carthy, police-constable 176 K, said the
prisoner told him that distress had made him do it, fur
he was five weeks in arrear with his rent, and owed Mr.
Crawley 55., which he was unable to pay. At the station-
house the letters now produced were found in his posses-
sion:—
" Dear Harriet—It is hard to part ; but I find it im-
possible to get a living, as everything turns against me ;
I can no longer bear it. I hope the Almighty will pro-
tect you, and forgive me my past sins. Give my best
wishes to Hannah and family. I hope you wid not
grieve after me—l hope yutt will bo protected by the
Almighty.—Farewell for ever.

" JEREMIAH BEACH."

The following was addressed to " Mr. Lamb, Cock
spur-street, Charing-cross," who was stated to be a silver
smith, and his cousin
" Dear Cousin—Farewell for ever ; before you receive
this, I shall be no more. Illness and distress have
driven me to it. Think of my poor wife is the last fa-
vour I have to tA.
"JER. BEACH, 21, Clare-street, Hackney-road."
The other was addressed to Miss Beach, 8, Sloane-
terrace, Chelsea, who was stated to be his niece.
" Miss Beach—By the time you receive tkis the
writer will be no more—illness and distress I can no
longer endure—the only thing to think of now is my
poor wife, whom I trust you and others will have a feel-
ing for under the circumstances.
" JEREMIAH BEACH, 21, Clare-street."
The prisoner, who looked exceedingly dejected, had
nothing to add to the statements just made.
His wife, a poor woman, as old apparently as himself,
was present, and, being questioned by the magistrate,
said they were indeed very badly off, and her husband
had been ill and exceedingly low spirited, but she had
no idea of his making away with himself.
Mr. BROUGHTON said he would have the prisoner taken
care of for a week at the Clerkenwell Prison, where he
would be well treated ; and after some further inquiry
he gave the poor woman some pecuniary assistance, of
which she evidently stood much in need, and he desired
the constable to retain the letters which bad been pro-
duced, and to see the parties to whom they were ad-
dressed, and to make what inquiries he could before the
next examination, in order that it might le ascertained
what could be done in such an unhappy case.
LAMBETH.
Miss Mary Ann Salisbury, alias Lucy Sims, the young
woman who had been brought to this Court on a charge
of attempting to commit suicide—who then describ.d
herself as the daughter of a dissenting mini*ttr, and
made a lengthened and romantic statement about being
seduced and robbed—was put to the bar on various
charges of felony. The prisoner appeared in a very ex-
cited state, and, clasping her hands, she exclaimed. " Is
he here?—is he here? Oh, pray let me see him!" In
gazing round the Court, however, her eye fell upon some
persons whom she evidently did not expe-t to see; and
she threw herself down on the seat, and, covering her
face, wept for some minutes.
Mrs. Farthing, a lady residing at No. 25, Ashley-
crescent, City-road, deposed that on the 16th of April
last the prisoner entered her service as a servant of all
work, but her manners were so high that she soon found
she would not suit her, and she left her on the 26th of
the same month. 'While she had been in her service
she did not miss any articles of property, but on the
day after she had left she did miss some things. Seeing
her case in the paper on the day before, she felt it to be
her duty to come forward and state all she knew about
her.
In reply to the questions of Mr. Norton, Mrs. Far-
thing said the prisoner entered her service in the name
of Lucy Spencer, and said she had lived with a lady
named Salisbury, in Trim brige Bath, for three years
and seven months's and prisoner referred her to that
lady for a character. She did write to Mrs. Salisbury
on the 14th, and en the 16th she received a reply, givint
the prisoner the most flattering character. Sho had
I since, however, discovered that the letter was in the
! prisoner's own hand-writing, though it had come through
the General Post, and came from Bath.
English, one of the swnnionin-officers belonging to