The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-23 00:00:00

QUEEN'S BENCH-(THIS DAY)•

DUNCOMBE V. DANIELS.
At half-past nine this morning Lord Denman took his seat on the
bench, when the examination of the witnesses for the defence was
proceeded with.
Five witnesses, including one of the Reporters of the Thnesi
wee produced on the part of Air. Daniels, but nothing materia.
was elicited from them, with the exception of the statement ot
Mr. Duncombe's account in Child's Bank, by one of their Clerk's'
upon which much stress was laid by counsel for the defendant.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL replied at great length, and taunted
Mr. Daniels with having sbrunk;trom endeavouring to substantiatethe charges on the libels and pleas ; to support which he contended
not one tittle of evidence had been produced. Mr. Daniel knell
well when he was bringing this action, that he had no chance of a
verdict. His only object was, to use a homely phrase, to throw a
great deal of dirt, that some of it might stick.
Lord DENMAN was summing up the evidence when our Reporter
left.

An elderly gentleman, named Hailes, residing in
Coventry-street, Haymarket, yesterday evening, between sd
and seven o'clock, was passing along the Strand, when nearly
opposite Somerset House he was met by a gang of persons 0,1
respectable appearance, but without belonging to the We',
mob, who hustled him. Mr. Hailes was much annoyed, and
did not have the slightest suspicion that the fellows intended
to rob him. After they passed ou he accidently felt in hii,
pocket, and ascertained that he had been robbed of his purse,
containing seven sovereigns and a half and some silver. Mt;
Hailes mentioned the robbery to the police, who endgavouren,
to discover the thieves, but without success. It was fortunate
that they had left the coat pocket untouched, as a pocket-booki
was placed there, in which was a considerable sum in Bank of
England notes, and papers connected with an extensive mer-
cantile speculation of the greatest importance.
A curious circumstance took place yesterday about
half-past one o'clock. As some brewers were drawing up I'
barrel of beer out of a cellar at a wine-merchant's, next door
to Gregory's Hotel, in Rupert-street, Haymarket, the horse
by some means or other was pulled back, along with the bar'
rel, into the cellar, and, singular to say, was not much the
worse for it; but the men were obliged to get some pulleys,
and remove some part of the pavement, before they could get
the horse up again.
The people of Bath held a public meeting in favo'
of the Ballot at the Guildhall, on Monday ; resolutions 16
its support, as well as for the extension of the Suffrage and
curtailing of Parliaments, were carried. The following,
among.,t others, took share in the proceedings :--Mr. S.
Barrow, Chairman ; Admiral Gordon, Major Kirwan, Mr.
Jolly, Mr. H. A. Barry, Mr. Bartlett, General Napier, Col.
Napier, Mr. Goldstone, Mr. Hunt, Mr. H. W. Hobhouse.
Col. Sweeny, Mr. Crisp, Mr. J. Keene, Mr. West, and Mr.
Ilanwell. An amendment in 'favour of Universal Suffrage
was carried.

Lord Lyndhurst has arrived at Versailles from
London. The announcement made by the English journals
of Lady Lyndhurst, accompanied by the Hon. Miss Copley,
being in London, is incorrect. Her Ladyship, as well as Lord
Lyndhurst will remain at Versailles 'until the first days of
February, when they will leave for England.
Yesterday afternoon information was received at the
different police-offices and station-houses of the mysterious
disappearance of a gentleman, named Ferrard, under circum-
stances which led his relatives and friends greatly to fear for
his safety. It appears that Mr. Ferrard had been staying for
a few days at the residence of his sister, a lady, name .l Lei-
cester, residing in Bullingham-place, Church-lane, Kensing-
ton. On Thursday forenoon he left his sister's house to make
several calls in town, and to get a check for 50/. cashed.
Not returning home all night, inquiries were, early yesterday
morning, made respecting him, when it was ascertained that
he had been to the banker's, and obtained .cash for the check,
after which he dined with a friend, whose residence is in Bed-
ford-place, Russell-square. Mr. Ferrard left about eight
o'clock in the evening to return home, but as he expressed
his intention of going through Hyde Park, as his ne west voY
home, it is greatly feared that he must have been robbed by
some villains, and afterwards thrown into the Serpentine.
Active officers were immediately employed in endeavouring to
discover the fate of the unfortunate gentleman.
The Gazette des Tribunaux gives a curious dcscrir
tion of Vidocq's police agency-office :—" In a sumptuous
apartment," says this journal, " vast and commodious offices
are fitted up with the semi-official titles of first, second, third,
and fourth division. As a preliminary to a conference with
the great man, his visitors are first received in an anti-chamber
by an office clerk, and then ushered into another anti-chamber,
where a diminutive sized groom in livery, with crest buttons,
plush breeches, and gaiters, a l' Anglaise, demands their names,
and finally announces them, and conducts them into the pre-
sence of Monsieur le Directeur ! In the sanctum sanctoriall
which is furnished and arranged with the utmost taste an
luxury are several objects of the greatest value."
On Saturday evening an inquest was held before.
Thomas Stirling, Esq., on the body of Lieutenant-Colonel
James Michael, who destroyed himself under the following
circumstances :—The inquest was held at the house of the
deceased, No. 55, Beau ont-street, Weymouth-street, Port,
s
land-place. It appeared from the evidence of the servants of
the deceased, and that of Dr. Macintyre, his medical attend-
ant, that the deceased had for the last few days laboured under
considerable depression of spirits, and complained of a virlel;t
pain in his head. On Friday night he got worse, and 1-'';
Macintyre attended him, but he refused to be bled or to tak
the medicine prescribed for him. At four o'clock on Satal
morning he got out of bed, unknown to his wife,- and 'Ott
down stairs into the scullery. When Mrs. Michael missi;
him she alarmed the servants, who, on proceeding to
.t
scullery, found the door locked. They called in the folleas
by whom the door was forced open, and the deceased
found lying on his face in a corner, and weltering in
Two razors, covered with blood, were also found on s
obie t
so
near where he laid. He was quite dead. All the witel.b.
agreed that his mind had been very unsettled of late. sea
Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict that the decease,
" Destroyed himself while in a state of temporary iese'll
The deceased had served in India for many years, ee'ear.
considered a most meritorious officer. He was in his 500..00 ,
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London : ancl Published by MURDO YOUNG, of 14,;
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of Aliddlesex.—Saturday, December 23, 1837'