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

returned to New York immediately afterwards, where she is
still residing.
Yesterday the first wife, married in England, was again in
attendance. She is a very lady-like and accomplished woman,
only 28 years of age, and has borne the prisoner one son, now
aged four years. She left the prisoner in 1843, in comequnite
of his barbarous usage of her. In a short time afterwards he
attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat, and was con-
veyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he remained
for three mouths before he was cured. On his recovery he paid
his addresses to a young female named Ann Biles, who is now
only twenty years of age, and to whom he was married on the
21st of January, 1844, at Whitechapel church. Yesterday, on
the prisoner being placed in the dock, much curiosity was ma-
nifested to obtain a sight of him. He is a very remarkable man,
with a thin face, sallow complexion, and immense bushy
whiskers, quite black, and nearly concealing his face. In Oc-
tober, 1841, he was tried at the Old Bailey fur destroying his
mother's will, and acquitted.
The first witness called was Joseph Brown, an elderly man
who said he was a carman, and lived at No. 19, Samuel-street,
St. George's-in-the-East. He was present at the prisoner's
marriage at Whitechapel Church, in January, 1844, but he did
not know the name of the woman, and he only knew the pri-
soner by sight.
Mr. BAODERIP—Is the woman present ?—Wilson, 230 K,
who conducted the case, replied in the negative ; and stated
that siece the last examination he had compared the certificate
of the marriage of the prisoner to Emma Hoy, at St. Luke's
Church, Old-street, on the 30th of October, teas, with the
register book of marriages, and found it to be a correct copy.
The first wife was now present.
Mr. Bacinitzte said he must treat her as the first and lawful
wife, in the absence of any proof of the American marriage,
and he could not receive her testimony.
Wilson said that when he called upon the last witness, he said
the maiden name of the second, wife was Ann Biles.
Mr. 13m:spat:ay—I thought he was keeping back something.
How is he connected with the prisoner ? Wilson—He is car-
man to the firm (Barclay and Friends) to whom the prisoner
is cooper and foreman. He also informed me that the wedding
was kept at his house.
Mr. BRORIRIP called Brown up, and asked him if that was
so ? Brown—Eh ? I'm hard of hearing.
Mr. BRODERIT (loudly)—Did you not tell the officer the
name of the woman was Ann Biles, and that the wedding din-
ner took place in your house ? Brown—No, Sir ; they did not
dine at all at our house on the wedding day.
Mrs. Brown, who was examined last week, here lifted up her
hands and exclaimed, " Oh what a story ; he has forgotten it
all ; they did dine with us."
Mr. Baonstalp—Where did they dine Mr. Brown ? Brown
—I don't know. They never dined at our house; they only

tea'd.
Mr. BRODERIF—Don't you know the woman's name was
Aon Biles ? Brown—l never heard it before—what is it ?
(Laughter. )
Mr. BRODIERIT—That is no answer. Did you not tell the
officer her name was Ann Biles? Brown—l never told the
officer so.
Wilson—He told me her name was Ann Biles, that the
wedding dinner took place at his house, and that the prisoner
made a speech to the guests after dinner, and advised all the
young men and women to do exactly as he had done, and get
married as test as they eould.—(Loud laughter. )
Mr. BRODERIP—Did you tell that to the officer? Brown—
How could I.
Mr. BRODKRIP—What do you mean by this prevarication,
and putting a question to me instead of answering one ? Brown
—Well then, I never did.
Mr. BRODERIP--. Did you ever visit them after the mar-
riage?—Once or twice, or so.
Mr. BRODERIP—Stand down, sir. The truth will be got
out of you in another place.
Brown left the witness box and was retreating towards the
door, when Mr. Broderip ordered him to be stopped, and said
he was not to go yet. Wilson said he saw the second wife Ann
Biles, on the evening of the 27th ult., when he apprehended
the prisoner; and a man living in the same house was asked
by klibbert to keep her back and not let her appear against
him, and the man said it was all right, she should nut come.
He had reasons to believe she was kept out of the way.
Mr. BRODERIP—And Brown is carman to the firm
Wilson—Yes, Sir, and on intimate terms with the prisoner.
They had frequently visited each other.
Mr. 13RODERIP —There is an evident reluctance on all
hands to prosecute this man. There is no public prosecutor,
and I heartily wish there was one. The witness, cunning as he
is. will find it difficult to frustrate the ends of justice.
The depositions of Mrs. Eliza Smith, sister of the first wife,
Mrs. Brown and Wilson, taken at the last examination, were.
then read over. Proof of the two marriages was clearly
made out.
Mr. BRODER!? asked the prisoner if he had any defence to
make? Prisoner—None at all here.
Mr. BRODERIP said it was his 'duty to commit the prisoner
for trial for this felony. Something had been said about his
having another wife in America. whom he married there, but
there was no legal proof of such a marriage having taken
place. There might be a question raised as to the validit yof
the English marriages, and it was for the prisoner to make out,
if he can, that he had another wife living when he married
Emma Hoy. If he set up such a plea, :and askei for a post-
ponement, the Court would detain him..—The prisoner was
then committed to Newgate to take his trial at the next ses-
sions of the Central Criminal Court.
11' ORS HIP-STR E ET.

DISTRESSING CASE.—Two scantily-clad, but clean and
modest looking young women, of the apparent ages of 16 and
18 years, applied to Mr. Bingham, in great mental distre-s, fur
his assistance under the following circumstances:—
It appeared from the statement of the applicants, that about
nine months since, their father, a journeyman carpenter
named Mudd, while engaged in his business, had the mis-
fortune to meet with a dreadful accident, by which he
sustained a compound fracture of the leg, and was com-
pelled to be removed to the hospital, where he had remained
nearly ever since. In consequence of the unfortunate
occurrence, the family had been reduced to the greatest dis-
tress, which the applicants had endeavoured to alleviate by their
labours at ribbon-weaving, but that description of work was so
badly remunerated, that, by their joint and united exertions,
they were unable to earn more than Bs. a week, out of which,
besides their own support, they had to maintain their mother,
who was deaf and dumb, and incapable of obtaining a provision.
By the exercise of the strictest economy, they had contrived to
.truggle on without assistance until Monday last, when their
father was unexpectedly sent home from the hospital, so little
improved in health, that they were obliged to place him in the
only bed they possessed, being confined, through their straitened
means, to one apartment. Being now reduced to complete
destitution, having had no bed to sleep on for the last three
nights, they applied to Mr. Attrill, the relieving officer of
Spitalfields, to induce him to take their father into the work-
house, and enable them still to support themselves and mo her ;
but that person would only accede to their request on the con-
dition that their mother should also be removed ; and, as the
latter expressed an insuperable objection to enter the work-
house, they were reluctantly obliged to solicit the interference
of the magistrate in their behalf.
Several of the officers attached to the Court bore testimony
to the moral and industrious habits of the young women, who
had been the sole support of their mother for a ong trite past,
although she was a person of violent and ungovernable temper,
and had made a very ungrateful return for their constant and
affectionate solicitude.
Mr. BINGHAU said the applicants were certainly deserving
of great commisseration, and that, although the relieving
officer had acted strictly according to the letter of the law, in
refusing to admit one parent unless accompanied by the other,
yet he consiilered he would have been perfectly justified in
making an exception in this ease, and he should, therefore,
direct one of the officers to call upon him, and request that the
desired assistance might be af n ded.
The magistrate then ordered the usher to hand the appli-
cants 10s. from the poor-box for the relief of their immediate
necessities, and the poor girls expressed the most grateful
acknowledgments for the gratuity.
WANDSWORTH.
lExciste Paosscunows.—Thursday Mr. Henry Rundle
the supervisor of Excise for the Brentford district, attended this
Court to prefer informations against several licensed victuallers,
for selling spirits, beer, and tobacco at a fair recently held at
Barnes, the said fair not being a statute or chartered fair or
place recognised by Act of Parliament, at which innkeepers
can vend their commodities.
The supervisor stated that, in consequence of instructions
received from the Commissioners of her Majesty's Excise, he
went, on the 14th ofJ uly last, with several of his offi,:ers, to a
fair then holding on a piece of waste ground abutting upon the
Hammersmith New-road, in the parish of Barnes. He found
several drinking-booths erected, at which exciseable articles
were being sold, the said booths being kept by publicans.
They had no license empowering them to sell at this place, and
he directed such purchases to be made as would ensure evi-
dence of a sale having been e&cted.
The defendants were fined in sums from 121. 10s. to 25/.

FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR RINGLEY.—COURAGEOUS•
CONDUCT OF A CRIPPLE.—On Wednesday afternoon last, as
two little girls were playing on the bank of the river Irwell,
near Ringley, one of them, named Alice Cumberbirch, aged
two years, fell into the stream, which was then running very
strong. A poor cripple, named John Tonge, about 18 years
old, was with a cart on the opposite side of the river, and saw
the child fall in. Two men were with him, and he urged
them to go into the water to the child's assistance ; but they
said that they were strangers to: the river and dared not.
Totige then released the chain-horse from the cart, mounted
the animal, galloped into the water, and had got within
twenty yards of the child, as it was floating along with the
current, when the horse's feet became entangled in the chains
and the animal was thrown down, and Tonge with it. He
was under the water, but recovered and immediately groped
for the horse's head, an on finding it raised it above the
water ; but was compelled to remain with it to prevent it
being drowned, the water being deep there, covering the
animal's legs. The cry that Tonge and the horse were
drowning brought many persons to the place, and some went
into the water to his assistance; hut, without considering his
own posi.ion, Tonge cried out, " Follow the child ; follow
the child." Cn thte, several persons ran down the river
side, and about 200 yards from where the child had fallen
in, a man named Ellis Hollows jumped in and brought
it out, but life was extinct, between ten minutes anti a
quarter of an hour having elapsed before the child was EIOI,
lot. An inquest was held on the following day before Mr.
flutter, when a verdict of accidental death was returned.
The jury expressed in the highest terms their sense of the
great intrepidity and praisewetthy courage of Tonge, and
requested the coroner to recommend him to the considera-
tion of the Manchester and Salford Humane Society ; as,
but for the horse becoming entangled in the chains, the bt ave
fellow would in all probability have saved the child. We
believe the Humane Society have awarded a guinea to Hol-
lows who recovered the body, and have ordered a reward to
be presented to Tonge.—Manchester Guardian.
EaSTBOURNE.—The weather has been delightrui
theduring
and the harvest is proceeding rapidly.
neighbourhoodln this
the corn is very fine ; thejonly cry now
pastweek,
appears to be about potatoes, which have suffered greatly from
the deluging rains. The loss of this crop to the poor is a
serious matter, especially when flour is dear.—Brighton
Gua rdidn.
COPPER MINE IN SOMERSETSHIRE.—An undertak-
ing has lately been entered upon which promises to be of im-
portance to the interests of Taun' on. It has been long thought
that the Broomfield Hills are a copper district, and the person
who has chiefly directed attention to this is Andrew Crosse,
Esq. A number of men, some of whom are from Cornwall,
have been for some weeks at work, sinking, or rather re-open-
ing a shaft and driving an adit, which was many years ago com-
menced by Mr. Crosse. Within these few days, the miners
have come on a fine copper lode, at the very trifling depth of
40feet—
a circumstance very unusual even in Cornwall, where
better appearances are sometimes not seen at a less depth than
from 1,000 to
e. l
2,000 feet, and there is every
is n ddto e
indicatione thraetetthe
lode will turn out to be a rich ona
steam engine ; and more miners are to be forthwith brought to
the place of action,night.
where they work day and Should
it turn out to be what it promises, it must necessarily add
e Flying
largely to the fortune of Mr. Crosse. The lode is highly
impregnated with yellow sulphuret of copper.— ter
Post.
THE lIARvEsT.—Had our space permitted, we
should have exposed in detail, 'on the authority of personal in-
spection and inquiry, some of the croakings respecting the
,6 dreadful injury to the crops " which have been so rife cd late;
but we have only room to say that most of the harvest in the
richest part of our locality has been gathered in admirable
condition, both as regards quality and quantity, the weather
having been truly glorious. The hops are reviving.-- Worces-
tershire Chronic'e.