The Sun. — 1847-01-30 (London, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A COURT OF JUSTICE.— At the Chester sessions, last week, three prisoners, Philip Dixon, H. Conley, and Eliza Dixon, were indicted for burglary. Dixon pleaded guilty; the other two prisoners not guilty. The Recorder—You are charged, Dixon, with having committed this offence after having been previously convicted of felony. I caution you that pleading guilty will not make any difference in the sentence that may be awarded to you. Dixon—lt's no u.e, sir, telling a lie about it; lam guilty. While this conversation took place between the Recorder and the prisonei., Dixon stood up, resting on his elbow on the front of the dock and apparently adjusting his neckerchief. He then laid his held on the partition, and in the course of a moment or two fell backwards into the dock. It was at first supposed that he bad fainted, but his wife and other females who were in the dock uttering a frightful scream, it was immediately ascertained that the prisoner had drawls a razor across his throat, and attempted to com • suicide. An alarm was given, and the court, which wasnilt crowded with spectators, was in a great state of exciteme. t. imineditabtely A surgeon was called for, and the Mayor (Dr. P. Jones), who came happened to be in the ad i . g jo.nill court," wound, forward to render assistance. After binding up e the Mayor intimated to the Recorder that it vrti no. A endanger life. It serious nature, or such as was at all likely to endo It was a tic& wound, just over -the larynx, w removed nately it had not penetrate& or fatal consequences ,which fnrtu. most probably have ensued. The prisoner had not was the would intimated his. from the dock. He expresed his aor.ow that hne putt ,n determination in destroying himself, but period to nation to take the that opportunity of on the ,btahre tem ale his existence. The prisoners were Placed at the a g found_guilty. following day, when the case being clearly proved.. prisoner was acquitted, Dixon and Conley be', The former was sentenced to fifteen and Scala, at Milan, the latter to ten years' transportation. 4adarinc•era of VLEDI'S NEW OrErbA.—The • the opened on the 2d instant, with Verdi s new 0 The principal parts were sustained by A ut t, he Milan prima donna, Moriani, and Basini (tenors), and It was greatly applauded by the audience •• b Mari ni (bass). e.sfrad ,04jAintiiiia.,, journals criticise it severely, and prononnue'it inferi tor to the previous works of the composer. GoLDSmITH's AND JEW ELLER's ANNULI try hl. sztrunox.—Thursday evening a general in donors and subscribers to the above institution 4 the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for general was bald at the the election of additional annuitants on members i a the fur b c mantes and th e above for the purpose of relieving decayed 'LI' Lds, founded business, their workmen, shopmcn, and clerks their widows ; Mr. Sills in the chair. Tne-r '- as likewise the institution was going on favourably -elxgeta ted that being invested in the Bank of England. A fusr,thaerls'in2kmof 7 Of. has been set apart for building almshouse scribers number about 1,000. Last e • iti lue year .1 sub make 14 males and 6 females receiving‘ean—ng:s,, electi Insluvill 151. and the widows 10/. per annum. - annuities, the males A corn riot took place in Okeha per, having re fused to Saturday last. A farmer named Hoo rliPton Mai , bushel, a , ket on sell his barley for less than Cs. 6d. starving women loudly threatened to Per jtheir dams zowd of the corn run out. He then acceded tocut the bags , and let retailed it. et 6s. per bushel.— Sherhorn .ids, and (. i) tN.