The Sun. — 1868-12-02 (London, England)

THAMES..  ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A SAD CASE.—Honora Maclean, a very respectable young Irishwoman, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with attempting to drown herself in the Thames. A waterman named Kent, dwelling at No. 9, Spreadeagle-street, Limehouse, saw the prisoner in the plying place called Limehouse-hole at a late hour last night. She jumped over a jetty into a boat, and after divesting herself of her bonnet and shawl, plunged into the water. She was taken out of the water immediately by Tucker, who saved her life.  The prisoner, who was in much grief, said that her husband was employed in Rotherhithe, and that she came over to the Middlesex side of the river with some money of her husband's, and cash entrusted to her by another person to make some purchases, and met with a woman who induced her to drink. She bought two joints of meat for herself, and another, and some boots and shoes for her children, and lost them all. "John Tucker, a police-constable, No. 458 K, said the prisoner was intoxicated when he took her into custody, and that he understood she had been living very comfortably with her husband, an industrious man, in Rotherhithe.  The prisoner said her baby was very ill, that she had lost all her money, and the money of her neighbour, and all the things she had purchased. Mr. Benson—Who gave you the money ? Ihe Prisoner—My husband and a widow with two children gave me some. Mr. Benson—And you have lost it all ? The Prisoner—Sorrow 1 have, sir. Mr. Benson said this was a very sad case. Here was a woman with a family living comfortably with her husband, and she begins drinking with an idle and abandoned gossip, and becomes intoxicated. All her money and her goods were gone, and she completes her day of dissipation by making an attempt on her life, to destroy her own soul and body. He hoped this would be a warning to her for the rest of her life. He should remand her for a week, unless some person could give bail for her.  Another shipwreck, the result of the late gales, is reported. The Isaac, bound from Liverpo Ito Now York, suffered so severely in a storm, which lasted some days, that when comparative calm succeeded Ehe was found in a sinking state. What was worse, the captain having died, the crew refused to obey the orders of the ffrst mate. The ship contained a valuable cargo, and 354 emigrants to America. Happily, however, the passengers set to work at the pumps and managed to keep the vessel afloat until they were rescued by a passing ship. Ero this, however, water and provisions had given out, and the passengers were beginuing to feel the effects of starvation.  L At the luncheon which followed -the commemoration services at St. Andrew's, Wells-street, on Monday tfternooo, the Rev. B. Webb, the vicar, said he was :et:Tolled to say that ho had lest fei:h in what was calkd the free and open church movement. The services of his :Lurch had proved so attractive that it was impossible for the churchwardens to make adequate arrangenunts fur the :ongregations. With tho assistance of the Rev. Canon gook ho had gone throughly into the matter, and ho did not End that it was the practice of the primitive Church to throw open churches indiscriminately to all comers, and in !uture the seats of St. Andrew's would be to a great extent tssigncd to the parishioners and communicants. Some ;pooches were delivered by the Bishop nominate of Bombay, Ur. A. J. Beresford Hope, M.P., the Rev. Henry White, 7haplaiu of the Sayoy, qucl other centigram  The Prisoner—lt is the first time I ever became intoxicated, your honour. Mr. Benson—And I hope it will be the last. See the disgrace it has brought upon you and your husband.  The prisoner, who said that her child was very delicate, was then removed in custody of the gaoler, and her baby was ordered to be restored to her.