The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-16 00:00:00

opinion did not think the offence so grave a on., as it was.
lip tile practice of harbourin,E,r Molls were permitted, thole
would be no safety, and that such 4„ practice did exist
was one of the gre:l,l, iaiSTuituneS o a imighbouring
country.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, it was his duty to add
that the priaoner had many witnesses of the greate.st re-
spectability, ready to speak to her character. She had
long lived where she resided when she was taken into
custody on this charge, and she had been much respected
in the line of life in which she moved.

The prisoner was then acquitted on this charge, and
the Jury having been re-sworn, she was placed on her
trial on the charge of receiving stolen property, knowing
it to have been stolen, &c.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was not his intention
to offer any evidence in this case, and the Jury there-
fore returned a verdict of " Not Guilty."
Richard Gamble was then placed at the bar, charged
with receiving stolen property, kn;ow•ing it to be solen,
&c. No evidence was off Ted on behalf of the prosecution,
and the prisoner was acquitted according:y.
Sarah Dowdale was indicted for feloniously assaulting
Charles Dowdale. her husband, by throwing a quantity
of titriol, or some other lamming; liquid, into his face,
with intent to maim and injure hen. Pro es,.!ator stated
that he was a butcher, and resided in Exeter-place,
Newington. He had been married to the prisoner about
two years, but, in consequence of the eoutinued disputes
that took place between them, they separated about three
months ago, he having agreed to allow her the sum of
10s. a-week as a separate maintenance. The particulars
of the case have appeared in The Sun. The Jury re-
turned a verdict of guilty, on hearing which the prisoner,
in the most imploring terms, begged the Court would not
separate her from her child, which was then at the breast.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in passing sentence on the
prisoner, said, he regretted that her violent temper
should have led her to commit the serious offence of
which she had been convicted. She appeared to have a
great affection for her child. It was a pity that she had
sot an equal affection for her husband. After some
further remarks, the Learned Judge sentenced her to be
imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of'
Correction for the space of three years.
The trial of the twelve sailors, indicted for a mutiny
on board the Ann Hall, a merchant vessel, was post-
poned until the next session, on the ground, that as they
were committed so late as Thursday last, they had not
bad sufficient time to prepare their defence.
STABBING.—Robert Rickerby, a seaman, was indicted
for feloniously cutting and maiming another seaman,
named Charles Butler. It appeared that when the vessel
to which prosecutor and prisoner belonged was at
Ancona, a quarrel took place between them ; that the
prosecutor, who is a very powerful man, was in the
habit of insulting and bullying the other sailors, and
that on the day in question he struck the prisoner two
violent blows on the head, and that: in the heat of the
moment, and finding himself unable to contend with his
powerful opponent, the prisoner drew a knife, with
which he stabbed him in the belly ; the wound fortu-
nately was not a very serious one, and the prosecutor in
a short time recovered from the effects of it.

The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly re-
commended him to mercy on account of the provocation
he had received.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in passing sentence, said that
the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted
was unfortunately one of a prevalent and dangerous
nature, but in his case it appeared that he had received
very great provocation. His Lordship then sentenced
the prisoner to six months' imprisonment in the Peni-
tentiary, Milbank.
NEW COURT.

Margaret Salmon, 27, married, and Bridget M'Col-
mark, 23, spinster, were indicted for stealing four shawls,
value 3/, the property of Eleaz..r Collins.
Mr. Phillips defended the prisoner Salmon.
The prosecutor is a hawker of shawls, and he was in a
public-house kept by the prisoner Salmon, in the village
of Putney, in company with the prisoner ,',l4Cormack,
on the night of April 6. He hail his pack with him.
He was drinking with the prisoner, but he did not know
her before that night. He tell asleep, and whoa he awoke
he missed the shawls named in the milicAuent.
On cross-examination he admitted that he treated the
girl to a gown, and placed the shawl; round her heck.
He asked her to travel round the country with him. He
afterwards gave his pack into the cus:ody of Mrs. Sa.
mon. There were several other females in the room at
the time.

A pawnbroker's clerk was called, who deposed that
the shawls in question had been pledged at their shop.
but not by either of the prisoners.
The Jury found the priSoner Margaret Salmon, Not
Guilty, and the other prisoner Guilty. lie was sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment.
Grace Fairnwn, a young woman, respectably attired
and of good connexions, was indicted for embezzling and
stealing the sum of three half-pence, which she had re-
ceived for, and on account of John 'Whitehouse, her em-
ployer.
The prosecutor stated that he was a linen-draper,
living at No. 54, Oxford-street, and the prisoner was
employed behind his counter. He gave a person of the
name of Wilkinson ninepence in copper coin, penny-
pieces and halfpence ; Wilkinson went and purchasc-d
three yards of twopenny riband, and paid fur it out of
the marked coin, and three halfpence was found upon
her.

Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Jury, and made some
caustic remarks upon the conduct of the prosecutor of
these very extraordinary charges. The hereto Core re-
spectable young woman at the bar had been tried and
acquitted twice, upon charges which, in point of amount,
did not average sixpere on the whole. The prosecutor,
however, thought proper to persevere, and now she
was called upon to answer to other charges of stealin
three halfpence, and then of fourpence. She hal -lived
fifteen years, more than
_half her life-time, in on,
situation, and went to the prosecutor's with an un•
sullied character. Was it likely that such a person w•ttltl
disgrace herself by stealing a few paltry halfpence. when
ihe had, were she so disposed, more valuable property
within her reach ? The Learned Gentleman was pro
seeding, when the foreman'of the Jury announced they
had heard enough, and pronounced the words " Not
Guilty," very emphatically.
Mr. CLARKSON said there was another charge. llt,
did not know whether the prosecutor would proceed fur-
ther ?—Mr. Whitehouse nodded " I shall," when some
wag exclaimed, " He's a regular Shylock."
The charge was accordingly tried, and the Jury in-
stantly returned a verdict of " Not Guilty," when the
young woman was ordered to be liberated forthwith.
and she departed the Court with a number of respect.
able friends.

POLICE I TE LIGENCE,
CLERICENWELL.

The wife of Hopson alias Elmore, who was charged on
suspicion of being concerned in the robberies at Hornsey,
applied on Saturday for his discharge.
Mr. COOMBE said this Hopson or Elmore had written
a letter to one of the Inspectors of Police, which was cal-
culated to induce a belief in his insanity. His conduct
before this Court did not betray any thing like unsound-
ness of mind. It really did not appear that he had been
doing otherwise than telling gross falsehoods, and the
applicant could not well complain of his suffering through
the newspapers, when his strange conduct and prevarica-
tion left him open to such suspicion. His wife had been
either duped by him, or she had been lending herself to
gross imposition.
A person named Rouston offered himself as bail, but
Mr. Coombe advised him to inquire after his family, w Ito
were respectable, and who would take the best steps for
his future welfare.
The application, therefore; was refused.

THE LAZE RAILROAD ACCIDENT
NEAR PARIS.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)

The painful interest excited by this me'lanc'holy event con-
tinues unabated, or, to speak more correctly, augments with
each new afflicting detail; for every -hour has shown that the
accounts of the disaster, which were in the first instance founded
upon public ru.nour, were not exaggerated, as is usually the
case, but were rather under the truth.

The Gazette de France of yesterday evening has the fol..
lowing :—" The official declaration of the death of Rear-Ad-
miral Dumont d'Urville. and hiS wife and only son, a youth of
fourteen, has been received by the Minister of Marine. 'f he
bodies of this unhappy family have been recognised by several
persons, and, as has been already stated, a letter, which
was found on the person of the Admiral, did not permit any
doubt to be eistertained of his identity. Dumont
d'Urville, who had commanded two expeditions of circum-
navigation, and braved so many dangers during a career cf
more than thirty-five years, was aged only fifty-one years
and a few months. He was created a Rear-Admiral in 1840.
It will be remembered that. this celebrated navigator gave
the name of his wife Addle to the region which he disco-
vered in his last expedition. By the orders of the Minister of
Marine a commission has visited the late residence of the Ad-
miral, to collect all the papers which may be useful to the navy
or to science. It is not true that a naval officer perished with
him, but the report may be attributed to the following circum-
stances :—ln one of the waggoes was a Lieutenant de Vais-
seats, named Guilbert, and his young wife. The veh t:lts they
were in followed that in which were the admiral and his family,
and was thrown with great violence by the shock aga'nst that
which preceded it, but the lieutenant had so much presence
of mind, strength, and resolution, that in a few seconds ke
succeeded in releasing his lady arid himself from their daniger-
ous and distressing position, and getting away from the scene
of desolation. Among the sufferers w.;.s a young builder
named Youf, who had both his legs cut off. In the same car-
riage were his brother and his sister-in-law, who both got safe
out, but, on looking tor him, they found him horribly muti-
lated, as we have said. They got him to Paris, where he soon
died. It has been stated that the number of dead, including
those in the hospitals and at their own homes, amount to at
least 107. This at present may be au exaggeration, but from
the many known to be in a precarious state, the estimate is
likely ere long to be fully realised."
The Moniteur Parisien furnishes the following additional
detail:—." From the want of water, the fire continued to rage
until its aliment was almost entirely exhausted, and did not
subside till eleven o'clock. Its intensity might t e judged of by
the quantity of the jewellery and money belonging to the pas-
sengers afterwards found in a state of fusion among the ashes. It
is stated that one of the rails had been broken to the extent of
four or five yards. The two nephews of M. Roulin, librarian
of the Institute, were seriously injured. At eight. o'clock, about
two hours after the accident, a train arrived in Paris with some
of the victims recovered from the burning mass. One died on
the way, and six were placed in one of the rooms of the station,
converted into a temporary hospital. A captain of artillery
had his leg broken initwo places. A woman had her thigh and
leg broken, and her face, mouth, arid hinds terribly scalded by
the steam. One elderly man had his jaw fractured. One of
the stokers was dreadfully crushed on the loins, and two other
men were suffering from various contusions. They were all
in a state of stupor ix delirium. M. Berard, surgeon of
the Necker hospital, accompanies! by AI. 13.1,emberg,
one of the assistants, and a great many stu-
dents, came and had them eorse)ed to the Institie lot!,
or to their homes. At twelve o'clock on the day after the
accident, the site of the cat: strophe still presented a frightful
spectacle. The two engines completely blocked up the road,
and at certain distances along it were to be seen carbonised
fragments of the waggons, calcined bones, remnants of shawls
and veils, and various portions of dresser stained with blood.
Some soldiers kept the ground clear for stteh as came t-= seek
traces of their lost relation's_ ' We are inf. ,rmed that the grand-
son of a late Prefect was among the killed. We are happy to