The Sun. — 1867-01-30 (London, England)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL.—Ann Newman, a woman about 40 years of age, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to strangle herself in a police cell at the Marlborough-mews Police-station. Police-constable James Livermore, 118 C, said that about 12 o'clock last night, the prisoner came up to him iu Oxford-street and asked him the way to the Marlboroughmews station, and on his telling her she became verylabusive and left. While going round his boat ho saw her outside the station door in a state of intoxication, and on telling her to go away she made use of very bad language, and he then took her to the station.  The Reform League in Lambeth.  &rgcant Rowe, 30, said the prisoner came to the station and asked to lace the inspector. As she had been drinking ho told her to come when sober and to go away. She was put out of the station, and subsequently brought by the last witness and put into a cell with another female. Shortly after hearing a scream he went to the cell, and found that the prisoner had tied something tightly round her throat. He took it a and left her, telling the other female to warn him if she attempted to do anything to herself again, and also giving the gaoler instructions to keep a watch on her. About a quarter of an hour after there was another alarm, and on going to the cell he found the prisoner had again tied something round her neck so tightly that she was nearly dead. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the sergeant said the prisoner was drunk at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, observing that it had better be marked on the committal that she was a dangerous person.  A meeting in connexion with the Reform League was held last night at the Horns] Tavern, Kennington, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P. The proceedings commenced with the singing by a party of vocalists of both sexes of a newlycomposed song, entitled "We will rally round the League, boys." The chairman, in addressing the meeting, said he had been asked by some really good Reformers whether they could consistently attend the gatherings of the League, since the League wanted one measure while they wanted another His reply was that when a ship was drifting the first thing was to get up steam, and it would be time afterwards to settle what flag should be hoisted. The nation was drifting towards dangerous breakers, and it was the duty of all good citizens to work heartily together until the greatest class in the country was fairly represented. He ridiculed the weakness of a Government which, it was said, was about to ask Parliament what its wishes were, and remarked that the object of these meetings was to prove that the people were thoroughly in earnest in demanding a good Reform Bill, such as would enable them to carry out all those measures which must follow. As to other reforms, he urged that education, the food and dwellings of the masses, and the relations of labour and capital could not be satisfactorily settled so long as the class mainly interested were unrepresented. In conclusion he alluded to the rumoured attempt to supersede the leader of the Liberal party, remarking that in Mr. Gladstone they had a man of real genius and of hearty sympathies with the people, who worked last Session harder than he had ever seen a man work in order to carry the best bill which there was a chance of passing at that time, and it would he the basest ingratitude to allow any other man to be put in his place. (Cheers.) Mr. Connolly moved a resolution protesting against the present restricted franchise, as excluding the great bulk of the working classes from participation in government, and expressing approval of the principles of the Reform League. He predicted that on the 11th of February the people of London would come out with all their might and majesty, and declared it monstrous that Englishmen should be denied a right enjoyed by every citizen in Germany and America. Mr. Mantell, in seconding the resolution, suggested that the constituency might allow the working men, who, according to officialstatistics, formed a third of their body, to nominate one of their members, and said he should much like to split his vote at the next election between the chairman and Mr. Beales. Mr. Beaks said he had made up his mind never to enter the House of Commons if a single vote were to be given for him under the influence of corruption, so that if the constituency of Lambeth at any time thought proper to invite him to be a candidate they would know the conditions on which alone he would consent. He predicted the approaching triumph of Reform from the language of the Times of that day, which affirmed that the Government could not retain power unless it was prepared with a Bill. He urged Reformers, however, not to relax their exertions, and pointed to Mr. Neate, Mr. Harvey Lewis, and the half-andhalf Liberal members who refused to join in the Newcastle demonstration as the greatest obstacles to be encountered. The resolution having been carried, with two dissentients, Mr. Dresser Rogers moved a second, thanking Messrs. Gladstone, Hughes, Bright, and Beales for their advocacy of Reform, which was seconded by Mr. Mottishaw and carried. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman.  Mr. Villiers and Mr. Weguelin upon Parliamentary Reform.  The following letters from the members for Wolverhampton were read at a Reform Demonstration held in the Agricultural Hall in that town on Monday evening :