The Sun. — 1847-07-13 (London, England)

ATTEMPT AT MURDER. On Friday last a foul attempt was made by a man to murder his wife, at Swinton, a parish adjoining the town of Nottingham. The event occurred about halfpast seven o'clock in the evening, in a secluded part of the road called " True Lovers'-walk," leading from Swinton Church to the Hermitage. The parties, Jacob Parrott, a dyer, aged 28, and Elizabeth, his wife, have been married four years, but owing to her inconstant habits, the man has led a very unhappy and miserable life. Soon after marriage she began to form illicit connexions, and she has absconded three several times with three different married men. On the last occasion she was away with a man for nearly four months, and only returned to her mother's house in Milk-street, Nottingham, a week or ten days ago. Parrott wishing to avoid coming in contact with his wife as much as possible, on hearing of her return went out of town, but being passionately attached to her, he came back again on Thursday evening, and on Friday they were out walking together. At the time above stated they were in True Lovers'-walk, where ho drew a razor from his pocket and inflicted a formidable wound on the left side of her neck. Being a strong, resolute woman, she seized the deadly weapon with her right hand ; and, thotigh she seriously cut her hand and fingers, she succeeded in wresting it from him before he could make a second attempt. A violent struggle must have taken place between them, as her straw bonnet was very much crushed and broken, and her dress extremely dirty, as though she had been upon the ground. The paroxysm of jealous fury seems to have given way after the deed had been done, to a relenting tone of mind, as the wretched man assisted his wife a distance of nearly a quarter of a mile to the shop of Mr. Edward Cox, druggist, Fisher-gate, Nottingham, followed by several persons, who were attracted by her appearance, as her neck, bosom, and upper part of her dress were saturated with blood, and she carried an open razor in her hand. On entering the shop, Mr. Cox's assistant, not being aware of the circumstances, desired the man to run to Mr. Wright's surgery; but the people collected at the door detained him, and ascertaining there had been foul play, handed him over to Police-constable Dunstan, who conveyed him to the county police-station. The woman was placed in a hackney-coach, taken to her mother's, in Milk-street, and from thence to the General Hospital. The wound in her neck, though frightful and dangerous, will not, it is believed, proved fatal. On Saturday Parrott was taken before Thomas Nixon, F. Hart, and R. N. Legard, Esqs., at the County Hall, when he was remanded for further examination.  As the dissolution of the present Parliament will shortly take place, we have much pleasure in announcing, on the highest authority, that T. J. Agar Robartes, Esq., will offer himself as a candidate for the eastern division of this county. Mr. Rashley, it is understood, retires, so that no contest is expected. Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. Pendarves, as we intimated some time ago, will be again returned for the western division without opposition ; and the boroughs of Liskeard, Launceston, Truro, and llelston, are likely, from appearances, to re-elect their present representatives. Lord W. Powlett again solicits the suffrages of the electors of St. Ives, and is opposed by a Mr. Robertson, who appears to be an ultra-Tory. The united borough *f Falmou!li and Peuryn, and the borough of Bodmiu, are likely t 9 conteite,l ; and another candidate, besides those already in the field, is expected to make his appearance at the latter place.— IVest Briton. Lord Clive had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office,