The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-02 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION.

ANOTHER ATTEMT PTO GAIN
ACCESS TO HER MAJESTY AT WINDSOR
CASTLE.

" WIND6OIit, SATCIIDAY EVENING, NOY. 30.—Con-
siderable alarm and excitement was created in this town
last evening in consequence of a report that a maniac
had gained access to the private apartments at the
Castle ; but upon making inquiries, we have been
enabled to gather the following particulars :
•It appears that about half-past ten yesterday even-
ing a respectably-dressed man got over the high iron-
gates leading to the Castle, opposite to the Long Walk,
where no sentries have hitherto been placed. He then
walked across the Park to the grand entrance to the
Castle, where Smith, the porter, a trusty old servant of
the establishment, was stationed. Upon seeing Smith he
thus accosted him : ' I demand admittance into the Castle
as the King of England.' Smith, seeing the sort of
character he had to deal with, replied,' Very well, your
Majesty ; but be pleased to wait till I get my hat.' The
porter then retired within the lodge, and putting on his
hat very quietly introduced him within the Castle, and as
1 promptly to the professional care of Mr. Russell, one of the
1 inspectors of police on duty at the Castle. He was imme-
diately searched, and there was found upon him various
papers, 17/. 10s. in gold and silver, and a very valu-
able gold watch. He was then taken down to the sta-
tion-house, in Church-street, where he was placed un-
der the tare of Mr. Gillman, the superintendent during
the night.
"This morning he was taken to the Castle, when
the Hon. C. A. Murray, the Master of the Household,
requested the attendance of William Berridge, Esq.,
' the Mapes of Windsor, who promptly obeyed the sum-
mons, and the examination of the prisoner was pro-
ceeded with. The following facts were elicited :—lt
appeared that the prisoner's name is John Stockledge,
1 and that he resides at Withev-green, Manchester, in
which town he is a partner in an extensive wholesale
tea establishment. He has been confined in two lunatic
asylums, one at Liverpool and the other at Lancaster,
from the latter of which he has been but recently libe-
rated. He was on a journey of business, which was
the cause of his leaving Manchester for London. He
arrived at Windsor yesterday afternoon about throe
o'clock, and, as we understood, took up his temporary
abode at the New Inn-
He said, in reply to a question
from the Mayor, that ' he was like all other men who
wanted wives ; he was looking after one'—evidently al-
luding to her Majesty. When asked how he managed
to get into the Park at that late hour, he replied that ' he
bribed the sentinel with a sovereign to let him get over.'
This could not be, as no sentinel is stationed at this
point. He further stated, that 'he once before got as
far from Manchester towards Windsor, as Leicester,
but the elements were against him, and so he returned
home.

" He left London by an omnibus yesterday, and thus
proceeded to Hounslow, and from thence came on here
in a hired gig. When he was again asked what brought
him to Windsor, he replied, rather incoherently, that
• he was the King of England, and was impelled by the
Spirit.' He afterwards said, 'An unknown power had
done it,' and that it was the Spirit which helped him
over the gates.'
" The examination being concluded he was sent off to
London in the custody of Mr. Russell, Inspector of Po-
lice, who proceeded with his prisoner forthwith to the
Home Office, where he will undergo a further exami-
nation, on Monday, before the head of the Metropolitan
Police. The Hon. C. A. Murray intends to communi-
cate with the man's friends, in Lancashire, by to-night's
post. He appears to be between 40 and 50 years of age,
and of mild and unassuming manners. He answered all
the questions put to him without the least hesitation or
reserve, and has no appearance of viciousness about him
•• We understand that he has a wife and two chil-
dren, who are now residing at Manchester."
[FURTHER PARTICULARS.]

The only error in the preceding account is the hour
at which Stockledge arrived at Windsor. He did not
reach the New Inn until nine o'clock on Friday night.
When he alighted from the gig he paid the man who
drove him from Hounslow (and who, it is supposed,
somewhat imposed upon him) 135., and gave him 2s. or
3s. extra for himself. When he entered the coffee-
room at the New Inn, he ordered tea and cold meat,
whieh were served him. He cut off a slice of meat,
and a large slice of bread from the loaf, but ate not a
morsel o: either. He drank several cups of tea. Having
paid for his refreshment, he told the waiter that he
should most probably require a bed ; that he was then
going to the Castle on business ; and that if he did
not sleep there, he should sleep at the New Inn.
The man who drove him told Mr. Clode, the landlady,
that he thought the gentleman was not in his right
senses, from-his extraordinary conduct on the road,
When he was taken from the Castle to the station-
house, which was shout eleven o'clock the same even-
ing, he was placed in a cell by himself ; Dobson, a ser-
geant of the Windsor (police, sitting up all night in
an adjoining apartment, and visiting him in his cell
twice every hour. Until the time that Dobson went
off duty the next morning, he remained from the period
he was taken to the station house, standing. About
eight o'clock in the morning he laid down on the bench.
His conversation during the night was on the subject
of the Palace. He frequently expressed a desire to go
out, saying, " I want to go to the Palace, as I want a
wife. I've left my money at the Palace, and I must go
for it." He further remarked, that he was " directed" to
go to the Queen, and that he clambered over the iron
rails and went direct to George I V.'s gateway to get into
the Palace. While he was at the station-house he was
supplied with coffee between eight and nine o'clock, and
again at eleven ; but he refused to cat anything, although
it was frequently offered him. In his pocket-hook were
found several letters on business, and tea invoices of
goods supplied by the firm of Tickle, Stockledge, and
Co. (in which he is a partner), to their customers. It
appeared that he only left Manchester on Thursday last.
He was taken in the custody of Russell, the policeman,
from Slough to London by the twelve o'clock train yes-
terday. He will be further examined at the Home-office
to-day (Monday).

The office of Comptroller of the Legacy Duty
Department at the Stamp-office, Somerset-house, having
become vacant by the retirement of the gentleman
holding that situation, the Lords of the Treasury have
taken advantage of the opportunity to make an Arrange-
ment, by which a considerable annual saving is effected,
and the legal departments of the Stamps, Taxes, and
Legacy Duties are consolidated and placed under one
office. The following statement will more clearly explain
the :abject :—The Legacy Duty Department has hitherto
been conducted by a Comptroller at a salary of 1,0001.

a-year, and a Solicitor, who was also styled Assistant
Comptroller, with 8001. per annum. To each of these
situations the Treasury might appoint any person, even
though unconnected with the establishment, whom they
'night have pleased to select. But, in accordance with
those principles of economy in the administration of the
public expenditure by which the present Government
have always been guided, they have appointed to the
office of Comptroller the gentleman who held the sub-
ordinate situation, and whose political principles and
connexions are well known to be hostile to the present
Ministry ; and they have abolished the office of Solicitor
and Assistant-Comptroller of the Legacy Duty Depart-
ment. The law business has been transferred to the
Solicitor of the Stamps and Taxes, and an addition of
1001. each has been made to the salaries of that officer
and of the first clerks in his department, and in the
office of the Comptroller of Legacy Duties, to compen-
sate them for the additional labour which must devolve
upon them in consequence of this arrangement, by which
an actual saving has been made of 5001. per annum.—
Observer.
TRADE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE,
FaiDAY.—We have no change of moment to note this
week, either as regards goods or yarns. The markets
have been without animation, and prices:much the same
as stated in our last report. Perhaps, however, the or-
dinary numbers and qualities of mule for the Indian
markets, have been in rather better request ; and
prices a turn in favour of the spinner. "Short-time" is
oertainly on the advance, and this may in somewise
counteract the effect of the want of speculation, which
is generally found to obtain (i. e. not the want of, but spe-
culation itself), at this period of the year.—Manchester
Courier.
We have seen the dice and roulette table seized
by the police at the gaming-house in the Regent's Qua-
drant. One case of dice contains eight pair, of which
six pair are falsely numbered, and so contrived as to ex-
clude altogether particular chances or results. The re-
T loaded"
two pair, though rightly numbered, are
The roulette table is also constructed for
robbery. These are facts which we feel it our duty to
state thus openly to the public, in order that every man
entering a gaming-house may be assured that he is not
mere]; indulging in the ruinous excitement of play, but
that he is wilfully handing himself over to a gang of
professional robbers.---Observer.
PRIVILEGE OP THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
STOCKDALE V. HANSARD.—The Sheriff, in possession
of Mr, Hansard's premises at the suit of Mr. Stock-
dale, has returned an immense mass of property, of dif-
ferent sorts and of great value, and on Saturday it was
be
expected the writ would issued in Westminster to the
Sheriff to sell the property peremptmorailn withltou hte asf ar-y.
ex-
cited a great deal of
ocuprioosseidtyto thatthe
a House of Commons
Wag in the world, p
and the Government, and with the terrors of the Trea-
suryraal,..e a stand
purse against him, should be able to
of the kind.—Observer.
EXTRAORDINARY POTATOE.--The following
is the produce of a single potatoc, planted this season,
in a field belonging to Mrs. Came, Higher-town, near
Truro :-25 lbs. in weight, or 100 fair
The potatoes
were weighed and counted in the presence of our cor-
respondent, whose respectability is a sufficient voucher
for the correctness of his statement.—lVM Briton.
The sum collected under the Queen's Letter in
Beisersetshire for the Society for the Propagation of the
(gospel in Foreign Parts, was 1,170/. 10s. 10d.
It is generally understood that Parliament will
meet for the despatch of business about the middle of
January, but the precise day is not fixed.