The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-16 00:00:00

JOHNNY BROOME.

It is well known that Broome was taken at Ostend,
whither he was traced by Inspector Morton, of the East
Sussex constabulary, and Mr. Dodson, a local constable
at Tcnbridge Wells; and it was fully expected that these
two officers would have returned to England with the
fugitive ex-pugilist ; bat to the surprise of many per-
sons in Brighton, they returned without him. On Sa-
turday morning they appeared before the Brighton
beach of magistrates at eleven o'clock, for the purpose of
explaining the result of their journey in search of
Broome. Mr. Dodson handed up a number of docu-
ments to Mr. Scott, the presiding magistrate, relative
to the capture and detention of Broome. When
Morton and Dodson proceeded to Ostend, where they
found Broome, they carried with them a letter from
Lord Stanley, the Under-Secretary of State, recom-
mending them to the British Consul at Ostend, and
requesting him to afford them any assistance they might
require. After they had apprehended him the two offi-
cers bad an interview with the Chief Commissioner of
Police at Brussels, when they charged Broome with having
absconded from England, after having been indicted for
cheating at cards, and with being a sharper. Broome
then underwent an interrogation by the Chief Com-
missioners of Police, when he admitted that he had been
accused of cheating at cards, but said that he was inno-
me. cent of the offence. He demanded permission to pro-
ceed to Hamburgh, on the frontiers of Prussia. The
Chief Minister of Police then informed the constables
: that although the law of the country would not permit
them to give up the prisoner, his expulsion from the
Belgian territories would be effected, and that a state-
ment would be made by the officers to the effect that
Broome was a sharper, and that he would be forwarded
* by the Belgian authorities to the Prussian frontiers, and
if it were found that, from his character being made
known to the Prussian authorities, they would not grant
himhim in
aptahsesiproret,huthhteryß, butelgia would returnnauthorit
ieswouwldithnohtimhavtoe
)36 Ostend, and put him on hoard a British boat to be c0n-
,34 veyed to England.
Mr. Carpenter said there was very
the frontier; when
Broome getting into Prussia.
authorities at least
Dodson said it would take the
tee, three weeks before they got him ti, s Bruges.
they left him Broome was in prisonb:ar
Mr. Scott said he should like to little chance of
something of his
capture. his trial was to take
place
Broome
proceeded Tunbridge Wells, when he
os.f going by train he
but instead
llnt took a ticket for Dover,
gig,rand drove to Hythe, and he had
fill d that soon after its return to
thato
at
COothTe
animal died. At Hythe he hired
1% Tunbridge theWellsd
ruueeded some distance to sea, when
11 hdririveednathheorhaoarsaencsio
Od a
fishing b°B4 an Pteamboat, which took him to Calais,
boarded a passport for Brussels. On his ar-
wherebe obtaingot the passport endorsed and pro-
„els he
rival at Bra
d He remained some days in Brussels,
w Oaten •
he got on 6 s
-/ ceedsd
ea and at Ostend on the 30th of July. Dodson and
him out the 6th of August, at a
i Morton
- chistend; and when they told him with
iin-house
I arrivteedaced on
15e nub
Ili r what be wasged, he prof sated the most profound
tz of the whole transaction, but it was of no
- ignorance
ti Dodson, in conclusion, said," We had a terrible
~, ara....
a passage home on Wednesday night, and sent up signals
of distress. I said to myself, I will go after no more
Johnny Broomes."—(A laugh.)
On his arrival at Ostend Broome telegraphed his wife
in England, and she very soon arrived and joined him.
The magistrates present (Mr. MOntague Scott, Mr.
W. Turner, Mr. C. Carpenter, and Mr. W. Partridge)
i". complimented the officers for their activity and zeal, and
I
" wished them success."

;34 MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY--.1-A—
-solemnised in this county a short time ago by means which
marriage was
• are now rare in Scotland. The parties desirous of becoming
one waited upon a clergyman residing in a neighbouring
, town, for the purpose of having the usual rites performed.
otnhset r an
~
,O, beinglines," it
it aswakseddifscorhythereed
tnecessaryha that
thesecertificates
were
not t
ok known as
had,a 5
and,the
:3 4 it nr
aaty
and consequence,
rem
• couple were at length
• though foiled in this attem
clergyman declined to officiate. En-
ce were expended in vain, and the
obligedpt, ttohedyepwarstreashtyhenyocrsameal.,s
dis-
couraged,
conclusionc followingo u r a g e d
,saashhtahtehir after proceeding will testify. On the
pronounced, the re'sotlhuetye
of divine wpaeinrtsttooodchuuprchin together. .At
was
service, and before the blessing_
' the body of the
church, and, amid an ill-suppressed titter on the part of
the congregation, they then and there solemnly declared
. themselves married ; and having taken all present as wit-
Ll 4 tresses to the compact, the happy couple forthwith de-
parted, apparently quite satisfied of having accomplished
their Object.—Banffshire Journal.
INDUSTRY OF THE HONEY BEE.—On Monday
night last, a gentleman in the neighbourhood of Thirsk
having driven a hive of bees, took the produce of the hive,
consisting of about lilbs. of honey, into a cottage adjoining
the bee-stand, to remain during the night. On the morning
following, the good man of the house, who had possession of
the honey, went to his daily avooation, leaving his wife and
familto eno their repose little longer. hen his wife
arose and went to the house, on opening theW door she ob-
served a few wandering bees, carousing with no little delight
around the delicious fluid. Not long afterwards, to her be-
wilderment, she found herself beset, and the room almost
filled with the enemy, who had come in vast numbers to take
forcible possession of their lost property ; and when the owner
subsequently rescued the vessel from them, he
to his astonishment, that they had left him only about
folltibtnsh.de'of bees
the honey. The communication of the discovery by
what they have made of the honey, are subjects of specula-
the few bees in the morning
tion in the neighbourhood. to the mass, their boldness, and