The Sun. — 1839-01-23 (London, England)

SECOND EDITION.  The line and on` of yesterday states that on Friday last or early on the following morning, three men, who were under sentence of transpt,:"tion, contrived to effect their escape from Aylesbury county goal. It appears that in the means got u the the instance they broke their cells, and by !hat ridge of the the roof of the prison, when they passed down tiling near the Judges' rJorn ; and making their way ,along a wall 30 feet high, descended at the extremity thereof, a,`l escaped through an unfinished building. Rewards have been offered for their recapture. Yesterday morning a young woman made a deterMined attempt at self-destruction by suspending herielf with 'her garters from the bars of the cell in the Kentish Town station-house, in which she had been locked up for some trifling offence. On being cut down, she evinced scarcely any signs of life, but was ultimately restored. Yesterday morning a shocking accident occurred to JarnesWootton, a lad fifteen years of age, footboyiin the service tof Mrs. Hennsworth, residing in the Alpha Cottages, Regent's Park. A bell-hanger was perforating the wall, for the purpose of passing a wire through, when the lad placed his eye to -.ne hole, and the augur running into it destroyed the sight. Paulina Garcia has declined the offer made to her by the Directors of the Philharmonic for singing rt the ensuing concert, although the terms offered were very liberal. 1 t is said that the next renewals on the leases from the S'ee of Cashel will amount to nearly 20,0001., which will Come ;to the new Bishop of that diocese (Dr. Sandes), in the course, of a few months. CH Ait GE OF MURDERING .A POLICEMAN,— 'On the 18th of October last the body of John Barton, a con:stable of the K division of police, was found in Bromley lock, 'which is a brand; of the River Lea, and, as a matter of course, :an inquest was held to investigate the cause of death. On that /inquiry it was the general opinion of the Jury that the dee, lased had, while in a drowsy and sleepy state, walked into th elock, and they returned a verdict of " Found drowned." ()tying to the fact of there being a deep wound in the back part' of the head of the deceased, and the singular circumetaneo, of his cape being missing, and not afterwards found, a strong .suspicion rested on the minds of those in his division that he kad not come by his death by accident ; but up to a few days at,:o nothing could be learned to attach suspicion to any party. On Sunday morning last, however, a communication was mate to Mr. Inspector M'Cran that two brothers, named Eagle, had been heard to say that they knew something of the matter. They were accordingly apprehended, and brought before the Magistrates at Lambeth-street, yesterday. James Eagle, ono of the accused, stated that, having been in the habit of meeting a number of bad characters at a beershop, he had heard one of them state that four men (whose flames he mentioned) had committed a robbery at Bromley, sand that one of them being seized by Barton, had flung him Ito the canal. Accused had not been present at the occurtenee himself. He Was remanded, and his brother was discharged.  The publication of Ttin SUN NEnspapEß commenced this day at 50 minutes past Three o' Clock.