The Sun. — 1863-04-20 (London, England)

THAMES.  MIIRDEROITS ASSKULT.—A fellow named John Shun, who can only be designated as a thief and a ruffian, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with violently assaulting Margaret Griffiths.  The prosecutrix, a well dressed woman of the town, had formerly associated with the prisoner, and his brutality was so great that she severed the connexion. He wished to renew it, but she refused all intercourse with him. He then commenced a system of.perseoution and annoyance towards her. He frequently hunted her about the streets, abused and threatened her. His villany and intimidation not meeting with the succ,,ss he wished, he illused her and on seN eral occasions knocked her down. A. few months ago he fractured her jaw. She was in the hospital for some time. He recommenced his annoyance and brutality when she was released from the hospital. He met her on Thursday night last in Salmon-lane, Limehouse, while she was in company with another woman, named Margaret Farrer, and struck her a tremendous blow with his fist on the face, between the eyes, and exclaimed, " You know what that is for," and ran away. The complainant was very seriously injured by the blow. Both eyes were blackened and swollen, and from the state of her face it was believed tivit the prisoner had some blunt instrument in his hand when he struck her. Yesterday (Sunday) evening the prisoner broke into the woman's osvelling in Railway-place, York-road, Rateliff, and she escaped from him by getting over the wall of a neighbour's house into the next yard. He followed her, seized her round the waist, and then commenced pummelling her with his fists. The women in the neighbouring houses interfered, and gave him into custody, In answer to a question, the woman said, " He wants me to live with him and keep him, and I will not do anything of the kind.  Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner was a brutal, savage, and cowardly fellow. He sentenced him to six months' im• prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction.  Extraordinary Double Attempt at Suicide.  On Saturday afternoon Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Eastnor Castle Tavern, Union•street, relative to the death of James Jeffereys, aged 67, a floor-cloth worker, who committed suicide, after a second attempt, under the following melancholy circumstances. It appeared that the deceased had suffered for years from chronic asthma, and for the last four months had been unable to lie in a bed. He had been medically attended, and within the last ten days he had shown signs of derangement. He repeatedly prayed to the Lord to deliver him, and had desired his wife to remove his razors from a drawer. On Thursday morning last he was left apnrdevoen the return of the nted her turning the awl Oi fne e fhOer found ufne dP7 moraineuthteisn,g handle and opening the door. She tried to force the door, othe room, fall, and, on getting n husband on the floor in aicrouchingwhenshe she position, heardotsomething her with his black silk handkerchief round his neck, with which he appeared to have strangledit to the room doer , was immediately called in, and found life extinct. On examining handle. m himself r. rear by se attachingsurgeon the body there were some slight marks on the neck, and on the left side near the region of the heart there were three or four punctured wounds, one very deep, which deceased had inflicted with a pair of scissors, which were found coy, red with blood on the table. The scissors had been taken from a drawer by the d(c2ased. The examination after death showed extensive disease of the lungs and heart, which would readily assist an attempt at strangulation. Certain internal signs proved death to have been by strangulation. A verdict of " Suicide by strangulation while in an unsound state of mind" was ultimately returned.  The estimated cost of the Albert memorial cross is £lOO,OOO, of which sum £70,000 has been subscribed. The House of Commons (the Atheneum says) is to be asked to grant a sum sufficient to make up the deficiency. We understand (says Galignani) that the petition which was presented lately to the Queen of Spain, in favour French ladies, many of them Roman Catholics. of the unfortunate Matamoros, was signed by above 30,000