The Sun. — 1829-05-14 (London, England)

ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.  On Tuesday the following atrocious outrage was committed on a lady named Jennings, the wife of a naval officer, residing at 19, Prior-place, Wulworth. Mr. Jennings had occasion to leave home on the morning above-mentioned for the purpose of going to the west end of the town on particular business, and returned about four o'clock, at which time he found Mrs. Jennings labouring under an alarming illness in consequence of a most gross and outrageous attack made upon her during his absersee.—She has since sufficiently recovered to be enabled to give the particulars relative to the outrage. She states that between one and two o'clock she sent the serrant girl on an errand, and that shortly after she went out, a fellow in the garb of a gentleman, dressed in a brown frock coat and black velvet waistcoat, with sandy-coloured whiskers meeting at the chin, knocked at the door, and inquired if Mr. Jennings was at home. Mrs. Jennings, who was the only person in the house at the time, replied that he Was not, upon which the stranger inquired if it way • likely he would return in an hour; and being answered that Mr. Jennings would be at home between three and four o'clock, the fellow requested to speak to Mrs. Jennings, and walked into the front parlour, without any invitation. Mrs Jennings believed him to be some person who wanted her husband on business, followed him into the room, upon which he walked towards Mrs. Jennings's portrait, which was hanging np, and commenced extolling it as a great likeness. Having stood some time viewing the picture, he turned to Mrs. Jennings and made her a most infamous offer, saying, that if she yielded to his wishes then, he would give her a sum of money. Mrs. Jenning; was so thunderstruck at the conduct of the fellow, that she had scarcely the power of tittering a word from alarm and terror; she, however, desired him to quit the house, and Nvaq proceeding towards the door, when he seized her by the arms, exclaiming that if she did not yield to his wishes by fair means, he was determined on accomplishing his purpose by forte. Mrs. Jennings struggled to get away from her brutal assailant, who being a powerful man, got his hand twisted in her hair, and dragged her from the front into the back parlour. There the ruffian was proceeding to the Rio;t gross acts of indecency towards Mrs. Jennings, when she at the moment, rendered resolute by the daring conduct of the monster, seized A sharp-pointed fruitknife, with which she stabbed him in the throat • and arm. Feeling himself wounded, he left his hob! of Mrs. Jennings, and, snatching her pocket handkerchief, ran into the passage, and after several are tempts euceeeded in opening the street door, and ran out. His last words were, " have revenge; I'll lay wait for and murder you." 'Mrs. Jennings, completely exhausted in consequence of her struggles with such an adversary, had not the power of fol. lowing him into the street and givieg the alarm, but fell senseless on the floor, and was found in that condition by the servant girl, who returned in about ten minutes after the °image was perperrated on her mistress. There were spots of blood along the passage to the door, and it is imagined that the ruffien who committed the above unparalleled outrage has been severely wounded. Mrs. Jennings, who is pregnant, was extremely ill the whole of yesterday, and confined to her bed: owing to the fright occasioned by the attack. Information of the outrage, together with a description of the offender, was given at Uniorehall yesterday. His height is about five feet seven inches.  It is rumoured that the new Equity Judgeship has been offered to Air, Rai.