The Sun. — 1848-08-24 (London, England)

THAMES. Margaret Alsturn, who has been in custody a week, was brought before Mr. Yardley, on remand from the Infirmary of the Clerkenvvell House of Detention, charged with attempting to murder her infant child by cutting its throat with a knife, and afterwards attempting to destroy herself.  The prisoner, who appeared overwhelmed with grief and in an exceedingly weak state, made no defence. It was explained to her by Mr. Yardley on a former occasion that he could not decide the case, and that notwithstanding she was in a state of delirium from typhus are exceedingly fever when she committed the act he must send her betore voluminous,ajury. havingT h e depositions, re adover, which Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute. His duty would not permit him to discharge the unfortunate woman, but she would be properly taken care of. George Holden, a man about forty years of age, who has been in prison on various remands for the long period of three months, was brought before Mr. Yardly for final examination, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding William Payne, a lad aged 16 years, with intent to murder him. Mr. YARDLEY committed the prisoner for trial for feloniously wounding with intent to murder.  ,THE PEMBROKE COLLECTION OF Cum.—The sale of this extraordinary and important collection of coins, after lasting twelve days; was brought to a close on Saturday, by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers, of Wellington-street, Strand. Among the coins sold on the last day those which fetched the highest prices were some curious gold coins of Cyrene, of great rarity, which sold for 57/. • two little silver coins of Nubia, very rare, sold for 41. As. • a curious " contomiate," or ticket of admission to the public games and spectacles of Constantine the Great, stated in the catalogue to be unique, sold for 2/. 15s. The most remarkable coins in the day's sale were the Roman Imperial coins and the coins of the Byzantine Emperors, most *1 which were purchased for the British Museum. The following were worthy of notice :—Romulus Augustus, struck A.D. 475-476, and of extreme rarity on account of the Roman empire in the west ending with this emperor, sold for 9 guineas ; Michael 111. and Theodora, his mother, struck A.D. 842-856, having on the reverse the bust of our Saviour, in the act of blessing it, sold for 4 guineas ; a coin of great rarity of Theodore, A.D. 1054-1056, baying on the obverse the bust of the Empress, and• the reverse a bust of Our Saviour, sold for 4/. 78. Among the miscellaneous objects, three curious antique Roman bronze weights were bought for the British Museum for 11. 35.; a beautiful medallic carving in wood, 1 inches in diameter, representing two royal personages habited in the costume of Germany, of the early part of the 16th century, stated to be " cut on wood by Albert Durer," and mentioned in a book giving a full description of the works of that artist, under the title of " Das Leben and die Werke Albrecht Durer," published by Heller, at Bamberg, in 1827, sold for 31. 14s. The sale was wound up by the disposal of the cabinets which had contained this rich collection, and, although they were dropping to pieces from age, they fetched remarkably high sums. The collection produced in the aggregate 5,905/. 14s. It will be gratifying to know that the most valuable of the coins still remain in the country, our own national collection, the collection of Major-General Fox, that of Dr. James Bird, recently Physician-General at Bombay, &c., having been greatly enriched by it. For the continental museums Mr. Curt purchased largely.