The Sun. — 1858-06-23 (London, England)

MANSION-HOUSE. Isabella M'lntyre, a poorly-clad-gill of 19, was brought before the Lord Mai: or, charged wi h attempting to commit suicide. She had been of served wandering, with a disconsolate air, without bonnet, upon London bridge, and once mounted the seat iu one of the recesses, as if with intention of jumping ovt r ; but immediately after she again g, t down on to the pavement, and took her way towards the end of the bridge, having reached which she ran rapidly down the steps and plunged into the water. As she did se, she was seen by a waterman close by, who immediately jumped in after her, and polled her out, just as she was about to sink at a spot where, from the depth of the water arid the rapidity of the current, itbeing then nt at ly high tide, if she hai sunk she would • in all probability have risen no more. Upon being taken to the station-house she avowed her intention to destroy lerself, saying it was not the fir.t att..mpt she had made, but that st,m9thing seemed al ways to prevent her ti om -acceetling in her object. Af er her clothes were taken off' by the fun hie search r Viat they might be dried, a small packet of oxal.c acid was found in her pocket, and upon being qu, stionnl as .0 how it came into her possession and why she tmd it, she said she had bought it at a chemist's upon the pretence of wArting it to clean straw-hats, and ha'l taken one-half of it thinking it would kill her, but been disappointed to flirt that it had little effect upon he,-, and that it was in consequ nce of that failure she had jumped into the Thames.  From inquiries made by the police it appeared that althouga she was a steady girl she was of an unhappy temper, and had quitt(d a good situation, as a domestic servant, wi, bout any sufficient cause. The Lord Mayor announcal his determination to punish all such attemp's in future, when th.y came before him, and iu defauh of tail for good behaviour, committed the prisoner for a mouth, with a recommendation to the chaplain's cara at Hollo way.  CLEitICENWELL—Iienry Edward Tottem, reTectably-die;'sed man, about 30 years of age, described as a confidential clerk, was ch-itged with embezzling several sums of money belonging to his employer, Mr. John. Jay, the contractor, of the City Basin, City-road.  The prie'oner had a ealary of 21. 10s. per week. It was the practice of the prosecutor to 'have the whole of the cash-looks gone over ar.d checked with the voueh;:rs, for the purpose of .eeing if they were correct. A. short tiate sine; when the books were given out, the prisoner inf irmed one of the clerks that he would find. some mistakes in the b3oks, and asked him not to take any notice of them. He said be would not take any notice to the other clerks, but further he could not promise. Upon g ling over the books it was ascertained that there were several defalcations, and some of them appeared to have been effected in this manner :—lf one c f the workmen bad only one day's work to charge it was ente: ed in the book as such, and the amount put down in a separate o,llllnn. In two or three instances the figure one" had been altered to " four," and the prisoner had pocketed the extra money. There were now sew nil charges against the prisoner, and the books had cot been gone over for the whole of the par iod that the prisoner had been employed. The prosecute-, as the dpeerrcscoluitwaas vtytlbteadreccaesiep;t oafn daagso:t:d salary, h efiitl co resinlasid been altered there was at present no opportunity of telling what was the amount of the prisoner's defalcations.  Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the defendant, having consulted with the prosecutor and Mr. Vallance, his solicitor, said his client would plead guilty to the charge of larceny, and would take a sentence to the fuil extent of the magistrate's power—viz., two six months' imprisonment, one to commence at the termination of the other. Mr. Corrie said if it was a case in which the prosecutor would be satisfied wilt his judgment, he would deal with it. The prisoner had lost his character and his situation.- He should send him to the Home of .C..rrection with bard labour for six calendar months.  THE SUICIDE AT THE MUSEg3I OF