The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-08 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK-('PHIS DAY.)

Thomas Round, an elderly man, in the employ of a cab
proprietor, was charged, before Mr. Trail!, with making a very
determin.- d attempt at self-destruction.
A waterman who plies at Lambeth-stairs, stated that, at an
early hour that morning, while he was engaged in his wherry,
he observed the defendant struggling in the water off Burnett 's
wharf. He immediately went to his assistance, and, in trying
to haul him into the boat, the defendant nearly upset it, and
seemed determined on carrying his object--that of drowning
himself—into effect. The witness, however, held him tightly
by the hair until further assistance arrived, and, with difficulty,
at length got him out of the water and gave him into custody.
The defendant, who has an impediment in his speech, which
was increased by the excitement produced by the attempt
upon his life, said that he was recently discharged from his
situation, and that having drank too much, he scarcely knew
what he did.

The defendant's master said he discharged him for inebriety,
and that previously he had exhibited decided symptoms of men-
tal aberration.

Mr. TRAILL said the defendant appeared to be labouring
under delirium tremens, and that he should send him to Lam-
beth workhouse, in which parish he was found.

CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Two ruffianly-looking fellows named Sullivan and Pearman
were charged with assaulting and wounding an acter named
Farrell.

Previous to the evidence being gone into, the magistrates'
clerk (Mr. Mould) observed that the new Bartholomer fair,
which lasted during the whole of last week, was a great nui-
sance. All the pickpockets and vagabonds in London seemed
to have assembled there. They must have had at least 40
prisoners from it. The fair was got up by a beer-shop keeper,
and surely this individual ought to be indicted.
Mr. COMBE said the police had better look to it.

It appeared from the evidence that the prisoners, unpro-
voked, attacked Hannah, who was conveying home some of
the parapharnalia of a theatrical exhibition, in which he acted
at the fair. He resisted, and Sullivan struck him with a saw
on the breast, producing a deep and severe wound, from which
the blood flowed profusely. Pearman also struck him.
Sergeant G 3 stated that when the prosecutor reached the
station, he was bleeding so freely from a wound in the hand,
that he found it necessary to send him to the hospital.
Sullivan was sentenced to pay a fine of 1/., or a month's im-
prisonment, Pearman 10s., or a fortnight.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRIXTON.-011 Saturday
evening, at about half-past ten o'clock, a fire, which at one
time threatened to be of an alarming character, broke out in
the extensive premises occupied by Mr. W. Glanville, car-
penter and builder, and situate in the Middle-road, Brixten,
near the church. The efforts of the neighbours and the police
to surmount the flames by throwing water (of which an
abundant supply was furnished from the main of the Lambeth
Waterworks) proved to be completely futile, owing to the com-
bustible nature of the stock, which comprised a large quantity
of dry timber, and, before the arrival of the Vest of England
engine from the Waterlood-road station, and of other engines of
the Ere brigade, the workshop and business premises of Mr.
Glanville were reduced to a mass of ruins, and his private resi-
dence, as well as the adjoining house, occupied by Mr. Watson,
were with difficulty saved. The extent of the loss could not at
the moment be ascertained; the proprietor, Mr. Glanville, is,
however, insured in the Guardian Fire-office.
FlRE.—Last evening, about sevf.n o'clock, a fire
broke out in the house, No. 22, Somers-place, New-road, and
in the occupation of a Mr. Warner, stone-mason. The alarm
was immediately given, and the firemen, with their engines,
were quickly in attendance, but it required their utmost exer-
tions to confine the flames to the first floor, where the fire broke
out. The furniture therein was nearly all destroyed, and the
rooms much damaged. In their search the firemen became
fully satisfied that the fire had been occasioned by the ignition
of a lucifer-match, a portion of which they found upon a half-
consumed chair, and by its side lay a clothes-brush, which had,
most probably, fallen upon the combustible end of the match,
and thus caused it to ignite.—lnsurance effected in the Sun
Fire-office.

VALI: HALLGAIIDENS.—The season will close on
the 20th of this month, and it is the intention of the lessee for
the remainder of the season to admit the public at the reduced
price of one shilling. We like the million to have their enter-
tainment at a cheap rate, and we quite agree with the
liberal arrangements the lessee has made for the
last nights. We hear that another night ascent of Mr.
Green's balloon will take place in the course of the
week, and also that a very novel and extraordinary steeple-
chase will " come off" on the 22d, when the Nassau Bal-
loon will leave the " royal property " between two and three
o'clock, and be followed by a number of sporting men on horse-
back who have entered themselves for a sweepstakes of 501.,
which will be delivered to the winner at the gardens the same
evening. This novel affair has already caused a great sensation
in the sporting world. The gardens in future will be opened
four nights a week, Tuesday being the extra night.—Sunday
Times.

ALTERATION OF MAlLS.—Gloucester is becoming
quite an important station for carrying on the postal commu-
nication between England and Wales, with, as we understand,
a probability of still further enlarged arrangements being
carried out. The following alterations have just been
made : —The first Welsh (or Carmarthen) mail through
Ross, Monmouth, &c., leaves Gloucester at a quarter before
two morning, instead of half-past four, and returns
to Gloucester at half-past eleven at night instead of
half-past seven.—The London and Swansea mail, which was
formerly dispatched from Bristol, now starts from Gloucester
at a quarter before two morning, passing through Chepstow,
Newport, Cardiff, &c., and returns to Gloucester at a quarter
past eleven at night.A new Gloucester and Camarthen mail
has also been established, leaving Gloucester at five morning,
passing through Ross, Monmouth, &c., and returning to Glou-
cester at a quarter to six evening, from which a delivery will
be made the same evening.—Gloucester Journal.
INQUE,T ON THE SOLDIER WHO WAS SHOT BY
THE CORPORAL AT CORE.—An inquest was held at the
Cork barracks on Thursday on the body of Robert Frisby, the
unfortunate soldier of the 73d Regiment, who was shot on the
evening of the previous Tuesday by Corporal Buchanan, of the
same regiment. The jury unanimously found the following
verdict :—" That on the evening of Tuesday, the 2d of Sep-
tember, the said Robert Frisby was mortally wounded by a ball
feloniously and wilfully discharged in the Barrack-square of
Cork, by James Buchanan, a corporal in the said 78d Regiment
of Foot, of which mortal wound the said Robert Frisby lan-
guished until about the hour of five o'clock yesterday, and then
died of the same in barracks in this borough." The coroner
then issued his committal, and the prisoner was immediately
after handed over to the civil authorities, being escorted by a
guard of the 73d Regiment to the city gaol, to await his trial
at the next assizes.

REVOLTING CASE OF CHILD MURDER.—BIR-
MINGITAM, SATURDAY.—During the week a child murder of
considerable atrocity has been brought to light biy,
Davis, the town-coroner. The circumstances, as
At Spring-
heath the coroner's inquiry, may be related briefly.. A
and, during
heath live a hard-working couple named Jenkrrines
the latter part of the week the wife had a yeti,
named Marsh, who manifested
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Dlaresahr'ssihouse for the purpose of ascertaining whether the child
was there, when Marsh assured him that it was not, and at the
same time gave bins a light to satisfy himself. An inhabitant,
however, named Mullins, deposed that a short time before
the father went to look for the deceased he saw Marsh take
a child by its hand, to the water•closet, and returned with-
out it, at which time she was drunk. The jury, however,
believing that the child might have fallen in accidentally, re-
turned a verdict to that effect. But, subsequent important
disclosures coming to the ears of the Coroner, a fresh jury was
empanelled at the Turk's Head yesterday (Friday), when it
was satisfactorily explained that the child could not have fallen
through the seat, and that Marsh had been frequently heard to
say that she would serve the parent out before the week was out.
The jury, after sitting until a late hour last evening, returned
a verdict of Wilful Murder against Marsh, who was fully com-
mitted to the county gaol to take her trial at the ensuing
assizes.

It is in e,ontemplation to do away with the suttling
house or canteen nt the Horse Guards, and to appropriate the
rooms now occupied for that purpose to the uses of the War-
office, which department is very much in want of additional
accommodation.