The Sun.
London, England, 1839-08-09 00:00:00

I EXTRA,,/tDINALY CIIAEGE OF ATTEMPTING To Ex-
TORT 200!. rnoet e A GAY Meg:."— Monde). Mrs.
linnet?, a mal.Pe.:iged Womao of respectable appearance,
and her son, 11',11::1:n Augustin Rtnic•L, up -A about 19,
vr,-re brought iu .custody by Ballard and F;eteher, the
attemptingeffi ee ts, charged
x: by t
money Mr.
l m e rb,y am
ehaanrsr i
of ste ra,
residing- at Bristol, and seneschal of that place, with
threatening letter.
Mr. Palmer having been sworn, stated that the male
prisoner had been in his chambers as clerk for some
years, when he left him and returned again to his ser-
vice about a year ago. He left him a second time, four
or five months since. Shortly after he first quitted his ser-
vice he wrote a letter to him (witness), stating that be
was about to open an oil and pickle shop, and
request.
ing the loan of 51., and witness immediately transmitted
the money to him to London, from whence his letter
was dated. He subsequently addres;ed another to him
from Chelsea, stating that his brother was in great dis-
tress, and requesting witness to atsist him in obtaining
a situation. About two months atro the female prisoner
applied to him for the loan of 3001., which he refused to
advance for the want of documents proving her claim,
The prosecutor went on to state that the letter was
received by him at Bristol on the 31st ult., and in con-
sequence of it he came to London by the mail on last
Friday night, and on Saturday morning he proceeded
to the residence of the female prisoner, at No. 6, Queen..
street, King's-road, Chelsea. He rang the bell at the
garden gate, and the female prisoner answered it. He
asked her for her ton, and she told him she did not
know where he was. He then went away, but returned
shortly after, and, on seeing the prisoner a second tune, ,
he showed- her the letter, and asked her if she had I
sent it ? She said. yea. He then asked her what she
referred to in the letter ? To which she re plied,
It will be no use to parley, for my son and I can
prove you guilty of a cr:rne for which you might be
transported ; and if you de not let me hive the money
mentioned in my letter I will have you prosecuted ;"
adding, that her son knew she was to write the letter,
although be had not seen it. She then said that he
should see her son that evening at nine o'clock, and
witness then left her, and came directly to this office,
wpocrehoocuaplusdeairolm:ln7 rtolsdeeMtrisle.. RnZleeh
acted.tness voenrytihma!
and communicated what had cocurred to lishluerp.rpikeolprinitis;hdu_lll,
who directed Ballard and Fletcher to assist him, and in
the evening they proceeded together to Chelsea, but
linto n.droitiwngithhmimy sudscbild ray nienttietrhutS
prisoner.
tneshre haWd7i
Well, it may be cc, but I am in a desperate state ;
do not care what becomes cf mysclf. I would not care
if a poniard was at my breast." And she then went on
to add that she had eight or" nine children entirely
destitute, and that her husband was in a lunittic asylum.
It was then arranged that they were to meet at Hyde
Park-corner at half-past one o'clock on the following
clay, and that she would bring her son-with her. Wis-
ness went to the place of appointment next day, accom-
panied by Fletcher, the officer. Both prisoners were
there. He addressed himself first to the sort, and
having produced and read the letter to him, be thee
read from a slip of paper in the mother's presence the
worth she had used when he asked her if she had written
the letter. The son then said, "My mother has told
the truth, and if you do not give the money we will do
it." Witness upon this beckoned to Fletcher, to whom
he handed over the letter and his own memorandums,
and told him to take the prisoners into custody. l
The letter of which the followingi a copy, was then
read ; it was not signed : -
" Sir—Not to _name particulars, I make no doithttlett
you will, for all that must be dearer.nad more valuable i
than gold, depend upon my secrecy and honour e and
to release you from any further trouble by future appli-
cations, make no hesitation in supplying me
,with such
an amount as will enable me to obtain the objeet I had in
view when I saw you. There will be no use talking of
inability, fur I have too much correct information of
the large property you have for certain qualifications ;
and I also know that if you were to forfeit the sum of
1,0001., it would be no consideration in Comperison. with
that which must result—the extent of which I fully
know ; and although I tun aware that the instances are
feW, you too know.

I will wait till Friday for your decision, whether
the small sum of 3001. is not of much less consequence
to you than what would follow a refusal. Do I not
know the Bristolians well enough to calculate on their
deQxnu,t ltalitiri:oen,
an
at
danfeainrjnu
oritohuing
s e.clalit.renissie:nste:
chßeeek gisenae-li
rous ; trust to me. You need not write a word if you
that. is necessary.

6, Queen-street, King's-road, Chelsea, July 30."
Fletcher, the officer, deposed that he accompanied
Mr. Palmer, on the day in question, to Hyde-park-
corner. He stood watching the prisoners, and when
the prosecutor called him over, he received from him the
three papers produced, which he Lad no doubt ware the
same he saw Mr. Palmer read to the prisonerr..
Mr. MiNsituu. said that upon this evidence he
should commit both rrisouers for trial.
Both mother and son appeared quite astounded
at the Magistrate's determination. T►,ie latter wept
bitterly, and declared that he k.few nothing of
the letter, and had not seen his mother for a
week before he was taken :into custody. He also
said that Mr. Palmer had given him-‘25/., and his mo.
ther 20/., only a fortnight ego, to keep his secret. The
mother frequently declared that Mr. Palmer was a false,
wicked man.
They were remanded, and brought up again on Wed-
nesday, when Mr. Woolf, from the office of Mr. Flowe-e,
the solicitor, of Hatton-garden, attended on their• be•
half.

Mr. Palmer said he wished to add something to his
former statement. He was desirous to have it ut down on the depositions, that he had given the malep prisoner
small sums of money at different periods, and on one
occasion he gave money to Mrs. Roach. The reason
was, and he had no hesitation in stating it, that he was
a very gay man.
This evidence completed the &positions, and both
prisoners were fully committed to Newgate for trial

It will be observed that Mr. Robins is commis-
sioned to bring to the barnmer the patent right in the cele-
brated Joyce's Stoves, together with a novel adaw.ation
for hot and green houses. The pa'cat is now in full ope-
ration at Mr. Robins' moms ; and although thisis not the
seam best adapted to exhibit all its rare qualities, it, is
a tracting much interest, and the competition for its posses-
sion is expected to be very great.
LONDON MORNING NZwSPAPERS.--The de-
bate in the House of Lords on Lord Brougham's resolu-
tions caused the Morning Papers of Wednesday to ha pub-
lished too late for the morning mails. W. H. Smith,
News Agent. 192, Strand, sent expresses to Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Dublin, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Carlisle, Preston,
Leeds, &c. &c., by which the Morning Newspaper of that
day were delivered at the usual hour.
CONCLUSION OF THE " DIARY OF THE
Times OF GEORGE IV."--" Truth," says Lerd Byron," is
strange, stranger than fiction." and though there may have
been some exaggeration in this singular history of Court
intrigue, there is but too much reason to believe that the
greater portion of these revelations are based on facts.
Since the " Spirit of the Book," which was suppressed by
intimidation and enormous bribery, no work of the kind has
ever produced similar sensation to that before us, particu-
larly amongst the higher classes of society. Every one
affects to decry the publication, yet all read it with eager
avidity. The very high colouring which the writer's fancy
has shed over the whole invests the most trivial incidents
with irresistible interest and attraction; and, with all its
faults, notwithstanding the alleged violation of confidence,
which is the chief charge maintained against the author
by those who disapprove of the publication—notwithstand.
ing all that has been, or may be, said in condemnation of
the work, it must still be admitted that it is one of Om
most exciting and amusing productions that has i:emed
from the press for many years.—Champion.
DOMESTIC HAPPINESS OF THE Pooß.
Music, indeed 1 Give me a mother singing to hi r fat
rosy baby, and making the house ring with her. extravagant
hyperbolical encomiums on it. That is the musgic
pwehoipclhe
is the " food of love ;" and not. the formal pedantic
noises, an affection of skill in which is now-a-days the
ruin of half the young couples in the middle ranks of
life. Let any man observe, as Iso frequently have, with
delight, the excessive fondness of. thebitlaobro.unriunmg
for their children. Let hurt observe with what pride they
ms. dinner,e
ba
ntioLLuiee ;att.
dress them out on a Sunday, with means
fraomh oar s deducted
:ut
c ie n.
lest
f a::
le
ds:
their own scanty meals. Letphinicmhinogbsserovfehtuhnegehrus.
baby,hwi hmo ohbwhileobserve ei
tethdhee
them
lilfbeot.ofhitreshete,lpawrttbehieslpeeteaakriinnwilgnihkgoetlhee 0 f t h .
unequivocaltht the
rcehoabi llsemrrevunet
d'oseaheliodnusl.sdh affection,
L et
him observe
i n e 1
word rd e' the
rvneot these things, and,
having cast a look at the lives of thei great and 'wealthy,
be will say, with see, that when a man is choosing his
partner for life the dread of poverty ought tOlabesionagst to
the winds. A labourer's poverty
on a Sunday, the hut'.
threeguindg olderfr oif
etohnhoea svwi Ililookingd iat two or
Pcglka tin baby:l3 2el 'avid
oFrn.silshe flower borders
taste, the most interekting object that'eves ever beheld;
and it is an object to be beheld in no country. upon earth
but in England.— Cobbett.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday evening
a Coroner's inquest was held et the Greyhound, Brick-
street, Piccadilly, on the body of Mr. Plant, aged sixty,
d Verdict
eight years, late an extensive livery-stable keeper and
job-master, in the above street. The decease i was riding
o'se horse and leading another in Curzon-street, Mayfair,
0 1 Sunday morning, the left horse started oft, and the
deceased, in attempting to seize the bridle, was thrown ,
with great violence on his bead. The deceased's skull had
been fractured from the back part of thhebrhueiased
_to the left
anlaZing
eye,lk Accidental nthtael
'bs of wool was imported
Quantity of 1,188.3691 ib ware from . into the
brain had been very mu
ciport of Hull-1,000,347 s. ware Hamburg alone.
WOOL.—During the last weett the
The celebrated orientalist of Vienna, M. Ram_
mer vcn Pargstall, is stated, by the Car/vruhe Gazette, to
bh
ta, vao
passage
riescil
at
nb
ancientetr eoibgisinto4 'o'
fTAhreabAiraanbiiiat
literature,
uigreh,tsgy"
Fibris, hitherto unknown, and which was written in the
year 377 of the Hegira. 997 of the Christian era. The
uthor of these tales was a Per lan queen, named Humid.