The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

TWO O'CLOCK.

Alderman Brown 1,483

Majority for Brown 1,44

MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.)
A middle-aged Irishwoman, named Finnigan, was
charged with aiding and abetting some boys in illegally
lighting a " bonfire" in the middle of Horace-street, to
commemorate the triumph of O'Connell over his Tory

enemies.
She said she did not think she was doing any harm
on such an occasion as the liberation of O'Connell, but
the Magistrate ordered her to find bail.
A simple-looking country girl, who refused to give
her name or her residence, except that she was a native
of Wiltshire, was charged with having attempted to
commit suicide in the Regent's Canal.
Policeman 271 S, said between one and two o'clock
this morning, he saw the female standing on the towing-
path of the canal close to the water's-edge. He hastened
to the spot, and was fortunate enough to catch hold of
her before she could carry her awful intention into effect.
She said she had neither a home nor friends, and was
tired of life.
Mr. RAwmcssoN asked her if she had any reason for
attempting to commit suicide.
The girl said she could give no reason nor would she
divulge her name in at:4W to whom the magistrate could
apply respecting her.
Mr. RAWLINSON sent, her to St. Pancras workhouse
until inquiries are made respecting her.

UNION-HATA.-(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Pledge was charged with wilfully breaking
thirty cucumber glasses i in a market-garden, at Ber-
mondsey.
Charles Shephard sits ted that be is the owner of a
market-garden at Berm) ondsey, in which be rears cucum-
bers. On the preceding afternoon, while watching on
his grounds, he saw tht prisoner flinging stones into the
garden, and he did met desist until he had smashed
thirty or forty of the nv ucumber-glasses. After a smart
pursuit he was taken i.T.to custody.
The prisoner was fine d fifty shillings, the value of the
glaa3 he had broken, 'uesides ten shillings costs, and in
default of payment h.. was committed for one month.
James Cannon, fore rt tan to a wharanger, wog charged
with assaulting and bi *Caking the organ of Antonio Ma•
zeppa, a Piedmontese. .
It appeared that Ai stonio was " grinding" his organ in
the street, when the dL. ;fondant came up and desired him
to go to his own coun try, and not to be annoying the
passengers. Antonio, . however, paid no regard to what
was said, but still cont zinued playing on the organ, when
the defendant wilfully ran up against him, struck him in
the eye, and broke his instrument.
Mr. MAIM condem r Led the conduct of the defendant
towards a poor foreign4.N r, and inflicted a fine of 10s. on
him for the assault, b esides making him pay for the
damage, amounting t, 235., and in default he was
locked up.

CLERKENW TELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Richard Pell, a smar L-looking young man, was charged
with embezzling variou 8 sums of money, the property of
his master.
Mr. William S. Gib: a nt, the prosecutor, a baker, re-
siding in Bloomsbury , deposed that on Tuesday last, he
learned that one of hi s customers had paid the prisoner
1/. 6s. Bd., and on the same day facts came to his know-
ledge which induced • him to believe that the prisoner
had been for a long ti me engaged in an extensive system
of embezzlement.
Mr. COMBE announced his determination to commit
the prisoner for trial, 1 mt. remanded him that the other
cases might be perfecte. .1 against him.
Catherine Leary was c barged with creating a disturb-
ance at the Holborn to ion workhouse, and assaulting
violently Barber, one oil is officers.
Mundy, the porter, clop need• that on the previous night
the prisoner went to tie workhouse between eleven and
twelve o'clock, and wasai imitted into the destitute ward,
with her two children. ;he had not been more than five
minutes in the ward, . hen she ran screaming to
th-
porter's lodge, and swc It she would not stay in the ward.
An immense crowd f!,c .fleeted on the outside, and be-
came exceedingly inc' l ised, supposing that some cruelty
was being practised on the woman ; and Barber,
the porter, went to the iron gate, and was inform-
ing them of the tru ) cause of her screams, when she
herself suddenly rust. ed upon him from the lodge, and
pitched into him righ t and left. The anger of the mob
was now converted int o laughter, and they cheered vehe.
mently this female pu. Tilist. A party of police at length
came, and Mrs. Leary was conveyed to the station-house.
The MAGISTRATE t o 1 her she was a disgrace to her
sex, and in default of 1 )6; vment of fine, sentenced her to
a month's imprisonment • i n the House of Correction.

Wm. Evans, Esq., I 4.P., did not call upon his
tenantry for the rents e It iv last Lady day until Friday
week, when he handsome 1 v returned ten per cent. to the
whole of his tenantry in L ierbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Shropshire.—Nottinghan 11 review. •