The Sun. — 1825-02-10 (London, England)

WANTON ATTACK UPON FEMALES.  BO\-STREET (This Day.)—Two interesting females, dressed in a style of fashion, attended to make a charge against a man holding a situation as patrol, for having assaulted them in a most wanton manner on Wednesday night last. One of the complainants stated, that on Wednesday night she was passing by the Opera House with he friend, when the prisoner ordered them to move on, and after using the most violent language, pushed her with his stick, and gave her a blow on the face, and took very indecent liberties with her, which caused her eyes to be discoloured very much,She proceeded to a watchman, and had the prisoner taken to the watch-house. This witness, who is a highly interesting young woman, appeared in a pregnant state, and excited strong indignation against the prisoner, who in his defence denied the charge, and seemed to excuse himself by saying they were prostitutes. This they denied, and Mr. .HALLs, in terms of the utmost indignation, condemned the prisoner's conduct. It was no matter what a woman's situation was in life, in any they demanded our pity and protection. and he wished to impress on the minds of all officers and patrole, that whenever they exercised cruelty to women, in what they called the execution of their duty, (if proved) they should receive merited punishment.—He advised the complainan•s to indict the prisoner at the Sessions; whi ch they were determined to do.  DESPERATE SUICInE.—An Inquisition was yesterday afternoon taken before Thomas Stirling, Esq., at the Middlesex Hospital, on the body of George Rose, who com-. 'mitted suicide, by hurling himself head foremost, from the parapet of the house, No. 2:2, Church-street, St. Giles, in which he lodged, into the street. It appeared from the evidence of the wife, that he had been for some time. past in a consumptive state, that in addition, he had been recently attacked by the Typhus fever, from the effects of which be was slowly recovering. Early on the morning of last Sunday, -she was sitting watching by the bed-side, when he expressed a desire to have some tea made, and she left him for that purpose; but had scarcely got down stairs when she heard a heavy fall, succeeded by a groan, and which she found proceeded from her husband, who, it seems, had, the moment she had quitted the room, left his bed and gone up to a cockloft, and thence precipitated himself into the street. Witness, on getting to the street, found her husband supported by two watchmen, whom she requested to carry him to the Hospital, but they refused, assigning as a reason, that they must go to the watchhouse to resign their lanthorns, &c. as it was just o the stroke of seven.. The man ultimately was carried to th Hospital by some neighbours, when it appeared that his jaw-bone was fractured, and his right thigh broken ; besides which he was much bruised and , shattered in different parts of his bod when he lingered in extrethe agony till five o'clock m the evening, he died. Several facts Were mentioned to show the delirious state of the unhappy man, of which the Jury expressed themselves satisfied, and returned a verdict of insanity- The conduct of the watchmen in refusing to take the man to the hospital was reprobated by several of the Jurors.— Another Inquest was afterwards held by the same Coroner, and at the same place, op the body of Catherine Shelton, aged 39, who, it appeared, resided in Cirencester-place, and had on Saturday last taken a powerful dose of laudanum, which every effort to dislodge from the stomach proved unavailing, and causeh e unhappy woman expired in the course of the day. The of the rash act was not clearly shown ; but it appeared. that she was much addicted to drinking, arid it was supposed she had committed it while in a state of inebriety—Verdict—lnsanity.