The Sun.
London, England, 1838-10-04 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, John Deley, an old man-o'-war's man, who bad
lost a leg in defence of his country, was brought up in the cus-
tody of police constable Dowsing, No. 51 E division, charged
with having collected a mob of persons in Holborn.
The constable on Tuesday night last saw the prisoner
standing near the club-stone, in Holborn, offering some luci-
fer matches for sale, and he was surrounded by a crowd of
persons. Witness gave him two or three chances of escape
by moving him on, but be remained in Holbern until nine
o'clock, when he again found him surrounded by a crowd,
and he took him to the station-house, and charged him with
collecting a mob.
The prisoner, it appeared, was selling China lucifers, which
light by simply rubbing them against any substance, and
therefore excited the curiosity of passengers.
Mr. BENETT could not see any offence in a person selling
lucifer matches in the street. They might as well take a shop-
keeper into custody for disposing of Ins goods.
The r.ri3oner said that a great many pe,sors bought the
matches of him, and he did. not think there was much harm in
selling them for the purpose of getting an honest living.
Mr. BENETT—You certainly hate no right to collect a
mob in the streets, but you have a right to sell your articles if
you arc quiet, and they cannot prevent you, but I should ad-
vise you to walk on when the police tell you to do so. I shall
discharge you.
The prisoner thanked his worship, and left the office, saying
it was a bard case that be should have bcen taken into custody
and locked up all night.
Alfred John Bottomley was finally examined, charged by Mr.
Richard Coventry, goldsmith, of No. 34, Perceval-street,
Clerkenwell, with having robbed him to a considerable amount.
The prisoner, who was much affected, said nothing in his de--
fence, and was fully committed for trial.

A ludicrous scene occurred on Sunday in the en-
closure appropriated to the monkeys in the Jardin dcs Plantes.
By some chance or other an unfortunate cat had found its way
in among the nimble inhabitants of this vast cage, who imme-
diately made common cause, and assailed the intruder. Puss
showed fight, and for a time, by the aid of her formidable ta-
lons, kept her enemies at bay ; but at length the big ape came
foremost in the fight, and, seizing the cat by the neck, forced
it down with its nose upon the planks, and very scientifically
began with great deliberation to bite off its claws, and as he
finished each claw, he put the disarmed paw to his nose to
ascertain that all was smooth. This process was continued
till the screams of poor puss and the shouts of the spectators
attracted the notice of the keepers, who came and put an end
to the operation.
THE EGRE.—A few clays ago a gentleman from
Lincoln went to the Trent side, near Gainsborough, to witness
the return of the tide, when, not being aware of the meaning
of " Ware Egre," as the boatmen call out to one another on
the appearance of the wave, although but a moment before he
was standing on dry land, some feet from the water's edge, he i
found himself, to his astonishment, up to his middle n water.
This phenomenon we are told, is only to be seen in one other
river in England, In other places the tide is seen to run re-
gularly one way, till it arrives at the lowest, when a flood takes
place. then a gradual turn the ether way, which continues till
it arrives at the high-water mark ; but here the tide continues
to ebb until it meets with the returning tide, which_ makes itf
appearance in the shape of a large wave, bearing down all op-
position, and sometimes increasing the height of the river three
feet in a moment. It is a very interesting &ght.--Lin"in
Mercury.

Cadogan-place is one slight bond that joins two
great extremes ; it is the connecting link between the aristo-
cratic pavenrnts of B,lgrave-square and the barbarism of
Chelsea. It is in Sloane-street, but not of it. The people
of Cadogan-place look down upon Sloane-street, and think
Brompton low. They affect fashion, too, and wonder where
the New Road is. Not that they claim to be on preei'eLV the
same footing as the high folks of Belgrave-square and Gros-
venor-place, but that they stand with reference to them rather
in the light of those illegitimate children of the great who are
content to boast of their connections, although their comics-
tions disavow them. Wearing as much as the y can of the airs
and svmblance of loftiest rank, the people of Cadogan-plxce
have the realities cif middle station. It is the conductor which
communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit the
shock of pride of birth and rank, which it has not within it-
self, but derives from a fountain-head beyond ; or, like the liga-
ment which unites the Siamese twins, it contains something of
the liFe and essitnce or two distinct bodies, and yet belongs to
neither.--Nicholas Nicideby,
In a coal-mice, near Charleroi, at the depth of 1,100
feet, a fossil palm-tue, the trunk of which is 38 inches in dia-
meter, has lately been found in a vertical position, with its
riots fixed in the substratum. It is about to be transferred to
the Cabinet of Natural History at Brussels.
THE DEVIL'S LAKE.—A public meeting was
held by the citizens of Logansport (Indiana), on the 11th of
August, for the purpose of examining the " Devil's Lake,"
about 26 miles from that place. " The well known trxthion,"
says the Logansport Telegraph,"respecting the monster in
the Devil's Lake,' and the many confirmatory statements of
credible citizens, have placed the existence of a monstrous
creature in the waters of the Lake almost beyond a dout.
The length of the nondescript has been variously estimated at
from 40 to 70 foot. The Lake is situated in Fulton county,
shout 26 miles in a ncrth-eastern direction from Logansport,
and it appears that every attempt to ascertain its depth has
hitherto failed." A snake story, truly !—Baltiarre Paper.
In consequence of the frequent complaints of the in-
habitants of Islington of the constant racing by the omnibuses
of two rival proprietors, the trustees of the parish have offered
a reward of two guineas to any person who will give such in-
formation as will lead to the conviction of the offenders, and
have expressed their determination to prosecute in every in-
stance.

A GENUINE YANKEE POTATO !
VC n
from the Claremont Eagle that Mr. Ellis, of West Claremont,
lea
has a potato patch of 30 feet square ; the vines of which arc
one mile in length. the produce olone single pqato, which
her
planted in the middle of May last I It was a large one, of the
lady-finger species, and had 72 eyes.—American Paper.
My favourite amusement in the morning at (Jeru-
sa!orn) was to go out by St. Stephen's Gate, and watch the
pilgrims 2S, they began their daily round of visits to the holy
places. equentiv, if I saw a group that interested me, I
followed them to the Garden of Gethsemane awl the Mount
ef Olives ; sometimes I stopped in the Valley of Jehosophat,
and, sitting down on the grave of an hraelite, watched the
Jewish pilgrims. One morning, I remember, Paul and I
were together, and we saw a young girl kissing the tomb of
Zechariah, and weeping as if her heart would break. Paul
asked her, rather roughly, what she was crying about ; and
the poor girl, looking at him for a moment, burst into a flood
of tears, and told him that she was weeping over the tomb of
the blessed prophet. —Stephens's Incidents of Travel in the
Holy Land, cyc.
At the sale of the pictures forming the Devonport
Gallery on Wednesday, those pictures by modern and living
artists produced very high prices, more particularly when it is
considered that they were sold at a provincial sale. Mr.
T. Sydney Cooper's " Summer's Noon," produced 220
guineas. Two small cattle pieces, by the same artist, 165
guineas. " Windsor Castle," by Payne, 100 guineas. Two
sea pieces, by Chambers, 150 guineas. The " Maniac,"
and five small pieces, by J. P. Davies, 310 guineas.—Ply-
mouth Journal.

An Englishman lately visiting Niagara Falls was
asked his opinion :—" Very neat, 'pon honour—very neat !"