The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

HAMMERSMITH.

MURDEROUS OUTRAGE ON A WOMAN.—A labouring man,
named John Leydon, was brought up in the custody of the
police before Mr. G. Clive, the sitting magistrate, charged on
the police-sheet with having committed a most murderous
and outrageous assault upon a woman named Ann Wheeler,
who is now lying in St. George's Hospital, without any hopes
of her surviving.
Inspector Smith, T division, stated that the case was a most
serious one, the unfortunate woman being covered with
bruises from head to foot, and several of her ribs were frac-
tured. He had sent that morning to the hospital to know
the state of the wounded female, and had learned that she
was as bad as she well could be. The following certificate
had also been sent :

" St. George's Hospital, Oct. 13, 1845.
" This is to certify that Anne Wheeler is an in-patient, and
is at this time afflicted with severe contusions of the head and
face, and fractured ribs.
" G. COCKBURN HYDE,

for A. JOHNSON, House-surgeon. "
George Langston deposed that he lived at Holmes-cottage,
in the brick-fields, Gloucester-road, Kensington. On Satur-
day night, after paying his men their wages at the Coach and
Horses public-house, James street, Kensington-square, he saw
his daughter standing outside with Alice Wheeler, who had a
child in her arms. They both ultimately went home with him,
and sat and had some beer. The prisoner came in while they
were doing so, and quarrelled with Anne Wheeler, and struck her
several times, after which he left. Anne Wheeler remained
and laid with her clothe; on outside the bed. About three
o'clock on Sunday morning he was awoke by hearing the
front window smashed in, and saw the prisoner in the room,
and saw him drag Anne Wheeler off the bed, and after
knocking her down and beating her dreadfully, jump on her
as hard as he could, first on the lower part of her person,
and then on her face and head. Witness thinking she was
killed, laid hold of a large pistol he kept in the room, and
thinking it was loaded, threatened to shoot him if he did not
desist ; but the pistol was not loaded, and the prisoner after
kicking the woman out of doors, left her there quite insen-
sible. Witness being unable to assist Anne Wheeler him-
self, did not at first know what to do, but eventually went
into the Fulham-road, and at the Admiral Keppel public-
house hired a cab, and, with the assistance of two policemen,
conveyed her to St. George's Hospital. The prisoner was
not apprehended until Sunday afternoon.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he had been
living with Anne Wheeler as man and wife for the last
seven years, and had had three children by her. For some
days previous to Saturday she had been away from him,
and he suspected that she was cohabiting with the witness
Langston. He further explained that it was in a fit of
jealousy and rage at her refusing to go home with him that
he committed the assault.
He was remanded for a week.
ARYLEBONE.

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS AT AN AUCTION.—Mr.
William Fredet ich Thomas, an auctioneer, and Joseph Mat-
thews, one of his porters, were charged before Mr. Rawlinion,
on a warrant, with having committed an assault upon Thomas
Abrahams, who described himself as a broker, residing at. No.
22, Vere-street, Clare-market.
A solicitor, whose name did not transpire, attended for
complainant, and Mr. Robinson for defendant.
The present proceedings a,ose out of an occurrence at
the Eyre Arms Tavern, St, John's Wood, on Wednesday
last, when Abrahams was brought up by a const.,ble,
charged with having created a disturbance at a period when
Mr. Thomas was selling by auction a quantity of furniture,
&c., at the house alluded to. Some particulars connected
with the transaction have already appeared, and it will be
remembered that on the day in question, Abrahams was
given into custody for distributing to the company assembled
a number of printed bills, which set forth that the property
belonged to a class of brokers who were employed to" run up"
the lots, and thereby induce persons to believe that the arti-
cles were of greater value than they really were. A great
deal of evidence was gone into, and the magistrate ultimately
discharged the defendant.
Abrahams, the complainant in the present case, deposed
that afte,r lie quitted the court on Wednesday, he went back
to the Eyre Arms, and :distributed :•ome more of the printed
bills, when defendant (Mr. Thomas) desired him to get out
of the room. He refused to do so, saying that he had not
come to make any disturbance, when Mr. Thomas laid hold
of him roughly, and having pushe 1 him down, knelt on his
chest; he (Thomas) also called to his assistance the other
defendant (Matthews), and he (complainant) was pushed
about by both of them.

Cross-c x ambled by Mr. R on—l was at Mr. 11,‘'Mass
room, 011 the 30th of last moat h, High-stree
and utter the sine I wanted him to give me a " is
Mr. 11..swiaxsos—It's the practice, is it not, of era '
over, for the brokers to receive a ticket entitling thetnr,tobet
each? Complainant—Yes, Sir, Messrs. Oxenharn, v sear.
ham, and Storr, and others, give us (Telt two guineas a'ss,,/
Mr. 11.swtaxsoN—What for? for running thingsnl,
Complainant—For nothing more, Sir, than merely atse '
their sales.
By 31r. RAWLIXSON—At the auction at Islington+ tj
• the
Thomas refused to give me a " ticket," and I did sa3.l sales
would spoil his next sale; I have made purchases atil..:ises•
myself, and have paid him for what I bought, until ' sae
day last. I have only been turned out of his ruom,ss,i,
before. A lady to whom I gave one of the bills sail,.
v:'''ts
bill is not true, for a great deal of the property be"' blot
me." I did not, when I returned to the Eyre Arms, Fa ,v tbio
the masistrate
spedtl nte I might distribute as manhe
as I liked. It ally untrue that I publicly sty atcli t
ta
room that I had pquaid money to the reporter to get In,
the
papers all that transpired on the first occas evis
John Cooke corroborated a portion of complaitianis
dense as to the assault. the
By Mr. Robinson—When Abrahams returned fret.
_O,
court he said he had just come from High-street, and ritsAing
had authority of Mr. Ilawlinson to do as he liked Iciss.'7l
the bills, as such kin& of auctions ought to be put do,b,
did not hear Abrahams say he had paid anything to get
case into the newspapers. quo` Mr. Rama:mos thought it was an importan,, q- fap
to whether a person had a right to turn another out,.
_lst b,
auction room under the circumstances or not, a 1
nd "
should ~end the matter to the sessions. "M 0
Mr. Robinson was anxious to call his witnesses, 00
he said, would be able to prove that for the last is‘_.rieitistt
complainant had been in the habit of attending (1 resstisst
sales, without making any purchase whatever, and the As
Wednesday he distributed the bills because defen'a
fused to give him 10s., considering that the demand was
infamous attemt at extortion .0, 1
Thomas s paid he should. like to call Mrs. CalePt'bst e
highly respectable lady, who would be able to Pre,vsead boa
considera'ile deal of the property was her own, and
entrusted to him by her for sale at the Eyre Arms.
stoat
Mr. ItAwussox—There is not the slightest intP:oo
upon you, Mr. Thomas, but I consider that the Veil oar
one which ought not to be decided by me ; you svi_sioe
fore enter into your own recognisance to appear at the
if called upon.
„ns , reeiAti.t
RATHER EXPENSIVE DIET.—A
ing at no great distance from Lancaster, bought three rsiitoys
worth of postage stamps the other day, and put thelitiotise,
of the drawers of a book case ; but to his great troll if the
on opening the drawer next morning, he found lift_ soh,
eaten by mice, and the remainder gnawed through ;!.,.
manner as to be totally unfit for use. The adltes!ctcobsv.o.
stance with which the stamps were coated is supPeseaus bt
been an irresistible temptation to these mischievo
vermin.— Lancaster Guardian.
A stack of hay was discovered to be on fire 500, tbs
ttisnt'sults'ot.l,lsb-,entlevaereuNtotritehbaulluerrstonuf, on Wednesday' afteresistet
schoolmaster named Boddy, which was partly con bolts
at the same time, near the same place, another tire, Bail
five, blosintign',..s;sooo:
in a cow-house, belonging to a blacksmith calieunatetiti
which was burned to the ground. It is strongly stislitires,rl
have been the work of an incendiary, and a boy, abf7r fun';
years of age, has been taken up and retnanaed
the
Art
examination, on suspicion of having committed 0'
Newcastle Chronicle. pelo
of Nitesitsminnsotwer,riusmtoobueretit
new
wat
BDisbr;p of Wilberforeed'sfells'
Bath an
—Bristol Mirror. The
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jogi
FIRE AT THE BARNSTAPLE BAN_, dap
was greatly alarmed on the morning of Wennes
preelt#
after seven o'clock, by a cry in-the streets that the protal
of the old-established banking firm of Mess': deSst.
Gribble, and Marshall, wire on fire. Nothing C°- the rrdi
the general consternation, and crowds hastened 011'1
lillsei
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atapun;rnaitteftabdteimlnnilweetigilliseieadtmostst.u.,lieb:tou)tlpHietitteerietu,nsl
from
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the
the fire could be exactly ascertained,
discovered to be in the offices inside the front res'to
ground floor, to which the exertions of the
however,but bietfoore.o2ot
0105004,
directed most vigorously, and with an effect wu.socrV
came apparent. Before eight o'clock the flatness
tually subdued, and the injury done proved to be esdt Sigio
small, consisting merely of the destruction 01,srsinser
floor, the (1., or, and its lintels .and side-posts. roir,tbe
of the accident there is no doubt that it arose tr°,os'.,tir
from the fire-place, which, in taking out the coots, bento
grate the day before, must have fallen outside q'obtbea,S,
stone, and burnt a hole under the floor, from wbbi Sett or
extended along the joists, one of which was 10,c 1,01 11'
to the wall, where it ascended up by the door,
F.
tially consumed:—North Devon Advertiser. orpidc'4o
THIS REGENT'S CANAL.—On SaturdaYll-14er0;wa
whole of the neighbourhood of Agar-town, Sts `-olost,"e
agitated by an event which gave rise to the
feeling of apprehension. On the Friday preeeonk in. it
were observed busily occupied throughout the 4,104
suring the meadow and footway beside the cell. the ere 0,
was supposed was done under the instructioersollool
party who have purchase .1 the interest of the 5"1.05
the Regent's Canal Company, with a view totUbe 0100,4
the canal into a railroad. On Saturday, earlY'stoie Per:,jacej
unaccountably exhausted of its waters, and a Pio vial or,
almost every inhabitant householder whose ct.s.s Wee%
by its grateful waters. Loud were the inurrn`SSS4 000, 01
plaints. The mark of dissatisfaction was }taped
°lt tlll/
face. After many searching inquiries into thi.overn,4lll
this unexpected occurrence, it was at lengtbrui 1)4011
the canal had been drained, in consequence e.stii.s, isped, 0"
with cheese having foundered near Wood's Wu° s' pea, cone
after a few hours got up, when the locks Wege &les'
the canal assumed its wonted appearance, to "' rag
fort of the inhabitants. irelteoftins
CASTLE BAYNARD WARD 5C110004r,,---titie',llool",
morning the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Common vittb,%isb.s7
ward, the treasurer, committee, and governoreoen ricStia'7:
attended divine service at the church of the tiss Digs SIsT
of St. Andrew's-by-the Wardrobe and St. Attaordiers're rs:
when a sermon was preached by the Rev. "sf w-
on behalf of the schools. Fifty boys and fort ,60 )010'
nutted into the day schools for education; tita bac° OW'
d eOP
boys and thirty girls are annually clothed, e„"seren, b $-
shoes, and stockings twice in theyear. Thets
man delivered a very impressive discourse, 87. of 30100111,
lection was made, which amounted to upwaruhrt kJ' iller
DEATH FROM A PRIZE FIGHT.----„pl
' 1)04 - a tev
morning last at the early hour of eight o c et in
_Aid is
disgraceful exhibitions, a prize fight, took Pesrs sn'tger
field at North End, near the village of Littleons.soba
parish of Saffron Walden. The combatants Wei' and
ley, ostler at the Queen's Head, at LittlehurY: the 101
mason, named Michael Manning, emploved on ate osis
the Eastern Counties Railway between Wend of Sul bib
Chesterford. The fight continued to the fear'sbeniS
round, when Manning caught his opponent sod, plsno
under the left ear, which felled him to the gres-sllo6sts
expired immediately. The body of the decee.sug,
sia
on a stretcher and conveyed vin the Eight susiei was Sb
'Walden, to await a coroner's quest, whic holtneto
same afternoon by the deputy-coroner for to oiossisaa es •
F. Good, Esq.), and a respectable jury, svlleit„soo, taf bibis
until the following morning was agreed "S" the /e apt
allow time for a post niortent examination of the
,001 or
medical man, T. Spurgin, Esq., who in evsd hentsir !di
opinion that the deceased died from a diseasl altbeTherk
from the effect of the blows he had receive% es, the OF
might have accelerated the death of the dece egged,
A
immediately returned a verdict in accordance 1401:s
nion expressed.—Cambridge Independent. off the,,to;',
Our reports from the herring fisher}'
but o'oo,,
Foreland have, on the whole, been favourable of
of, fo'f
to learn that within the last week large otio,erehl'eeirnini,teite(dtehrocotoooll
made their appearance, and by attackllll
mon food) immediately they are caught, "ve our 04101450
able injuty on the nets. These "dogs," , the
„hoat ,01°
them, are so voracious and so numerous that tit'of
three or four lasts of herrings (30,000 or 4e,ue shlifssls
minutes. Our large boats have, therefore, be_if;
their ground, and are about to try their luck 0_
.ngil P Or°
small boats, off Brighton, have done exeeedliyightent,elll ast
supplied the town abundantly with herrings.-- t" eel
NTEEPLE-CHASE EXTRAORDINARY' two 0109
ing of Tuesday last a chase of a novel desetisiProots, pen/
Chelmsford, between a man named Charles.. it s. p
Barrack-lane, and police-constable CatchPo'ettbeelfet Yip
eatly on Tuesday morning, before it was tight,.
ding toe „jet
to Brodke'i hoOse' for the purpose of appreb`"o the rloot10;011
warrant for stealing a quantity of potatoes; ~% attle6able,
going so early was that Brooks had set the within etln
Ibe
ethtng icoo
the last fortnight, apparently having son, oomve 00400
gave notice of the approach of those (to hirathe Pelileeeter°lP
and enabled him to get out at the back as
whey d treltlt
front of the house, Such being the case, Ca e debrenottle#o4
"take time by the forelock," .0 go befotr own
_so eot as
riving near the house, he saw his man run out
se
of 111..,
nothing but his night dress on, into the
on he then his
County. Catchpole went round to the back.sera`,,oo in'vers.tt,
he went in Brooks ran out, just as he had rt the` p_oo
proceeded at full speed down the lane, across
rbetters.bibfai
over the railway, into Writtle-park, and :an 100100 ger
Baker's at Writtle, near which place the police n 4,4*
being encumbered with a great coat, which or
on the WS
up with Brooks.—Esser Standard.
,„ BELLS." odd 10%
THE NEW ROYAL 14.':CHANG. 10;00
day workmen were employed in erecting
thesc*orpose got
front of the New Royal Exchange, forby gloat,
the wet' De' e
tnbeewbseettLotbfutedlelsr,s,of whichw hhttaecvehabpeeer, ctohnossetr
inThe rebeftetef...roohe
cho
stoetbbeeriening note I, C °O-eisbi tOd
o2vse7d.owtT. herTehaereenfltfitreeenwebigelhlts, 0
thore to
aural. °ftl,
about 131 cwt. The key of the large"bell. 0017115
bwehllischh has weighsbeen wbilylobreotrheohrotubre Ibilietar,:omfe?.
former set being found to have a time nmoits.s".„.
topesl'he it" ottli:
increased rcewats.ed
time noisy thoroughfare of that neighb h°""
so the et the Rol
to in motion in the course of a fortnig t, On ,10
Which the
to be played upon them arranged, Opened pe
versary of the day on which her Majesty
gebvti
nott-
Exchange.
__The o'. boo' re 0
BANK OF MANCHESTER- of pones het on_
meeting of the shareholders of the Ba newsier/1000 pie,
few years since acquired such a disag "
reessatisfact°6llnot le
Iydvee forgA4
the the tope
state.
__roe liabilities
ro
alast, wnse,",ol'o tbe noi• of
held
affairs rvis areedn
ensodwayi
ata train of
Manchester.
had
neiedi
ifer..
1,6
mDeireetciotogrso,olttbeaplpbetahredof
jthoanto
to be 112,3471. 7s. id.; the astentg flows
a month later, which placed the i ; a T!„,. OP% ire, balance sheet now exhibited was brion..h.!tieet:
vt._19,81.,11°.t.ef
oac'tiadonehoecr noce'tep entoali
°us.
49.513/. Ss. Taking into view the
.es
snot
and the net assets at 159,712
liabilities .he
ending 30th June last. the on -s A
217,573/. 14s. 2d. to 110.198 L IS •
to 7° 1"" June. I" re'-p~ orb
dist •
last they stood further reduced
_atte t
to 0
39,4381. since the end of the P been rn_.tsistio btanyr
and estimate of the Bank assets considered
soofeeio
May last. the Directors had noutid
be Inuc":v owe Old Peg?
that valuation ; the surplus w
°ll utstandint., obis hb_ etc
the last report. There were sti
that part „te t
and it was earnestly recommended thus OP"-
4.0.'0. 04
should do so without further delay, and
Ao,o=•ere lo
for compulsory proceeding.
S,Tootreol4otopetty
tlitibutiend
AIANCHESTER, AND
°shares in th" C the di' sed lect
Theletters of allotment of the
v.. 50 torn! 1,0 coo
cots
eit
on Wednesday, and, as far as
_a.' and ~00 tbe of ":0
fair us ell (ft °po
Cheltenham, at least, was a Ter:
_ad es ty,
in
ate
biah
Ptc' Itenha ADO waS
satisfaction. This was to be e
the che
mot,
of the general committee. as ofsed in the allvotre ginirt-colpiwoj,
body. The delay wh;ch occurred
in e
mitt,.
of
to
{to
rise to such unfavourable sore ee
tof the Cclndirect°ll sod ftl°
counted for, by the announeern,
and hi, cities-
...hotel' 0.
be
00
the allotment, that Mr. Muds:till°at. ore
policy
this
land lines, had joined the dire of poll
_..reble
r strose favn.
apse. 0
ampton. This was a waste a very
peo
Committee, and it had, no tin .0010
ud glinCnri" fp i "'goo r
he price of shares, as it afforded prorhe' 000
whole influence of the Birminagrrow Page southerl3_,o
as those connected with the nvo ef thiS
be thrown into the scale in fa triteoot
Cheltenhara to sSSUthalnptol2.