The Sun.
London, England, 1836-06-17 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday, Augustus Frederick Lennard, a young man,
whose nose was broken, and his face otherwise disfigured,
was brought to the station-house, charged with having at-
tempted to commit suicide.
Police Constable 15 E division, on Wednesday night
last, was in Holborn, when, be saw the prisoner beating
himself about the head, face, and body in a violent man-
ner, and rolling himself about the road. He at length
broke the bridge of his nose with his clenched fists,
and he bled profusely. He afterwards threw himself down
before the wheel of a waggon that was passing by, and ho
would have been run over and killed on the spot had not the
waggon been Pupped. He was taken to the hospital,
where the bridge 0f his nose was strapped up with adhe-
sive plaster, and he vas kept there during the whole of the

nighi.
Mr. LAING inquired whether he was known ? Witness
—He short time ago threw himself under a cart-wheel, and
was nearly killed, and he had once cut his throat, but was

recovered.
Several other constables corro;?orated this testimony.
Mr. LAING asked the prisoner who and what he was-?
Prisoner—l am a printer. I work for Mr. EATS, No. 15,
Warwick-court, Holborn.
Mr. LaiNGL--Has any inquiry been made at Mr. Eves's?
Constable—l called there, and ascertained that the pri-
soner is employed there ; and whenever he drinks he is a
perfect madman, and don't know what he does.
Mr. LAING—How old are you ? Prisoner—l am 23,
your Worship.
Mr. LAING—You richly deserve the sound thrashing
that you have given yourself, and if ever you are found un-
der similar circumstances, I should advise the constables to
let yon thrash yourself as long as you like. He said, if
ever ho was brought there again he might depend upon it
he would orci,2r him to find bail.
The prisoner, whose neckcloth, shirt, and the whole of
the upper part of tjs apparel were covered. with blood, lis-
tened coolly to the pro:Tedings, and was then,discharged.

Q U.EEIN'-SQUAI?E.
Louis Breton, the dashing Dpera House " artist," who
has been in custody here for this ie.st month, was yesterday
placed at the bar for final examinaticri, charged with rob-
bing several gentlemen at the theatre.--Prisoner was fully
con-itnitted.

POOR LAWS.—An answer has been at length
received from the Commissioners, in reply to the memorial
from the Clergy of the several parishes in the Eastry Union.
By it the inmates of the Union Workhouse are prohibited
from attending Church !—lfent Herald.
The potato crop is almost certain to prove a total
failure this season in many parts of this county. On a num-
ber of farms it has been found necessary to replant entire fields,
a, the first sown seeds had become quite rotten in the drills.
The cause of this disease, and its cure, are involvcd in com-
plete mystery, and is a subject of such vast importance in a na-
tional point of view, that it merits the investigation of men of
the most scientific attainments, with a view of applying a
remedy.—Ayr Observer.
THE LATE DUKE OF GORDON.—Politics apart,
the late Duke of Gordon committed a few mistakes during his
lifetime. It was a great pity that he should have deserted his
own regiment, the 92d, to join a corps which, without dis-
paragement to the brave 42d, never was more celebrated, and
was not so well disciplined as the gallant Gordon Highlanders.
The 92d, almost to a man, had eniisted from pure devotion to
their feudal chief, and with an enthusiastic wish to fight the
battles of their country under the banner of the most distill.
guished nobleman of their clan ; and so great was their chagrin
At the desertion of his Lordship, that the second battalion,
serving in Ireland, 'positively refused to accept the hogshead
of claret that he was accustomed to give on his birth-day.
We have no doubt that, had it been put to the proof, the Mar.
finis would have found himself nearly in the situation of the
late Duke of Athol, who, having raised the 77th regiment, or
Athol Highlanders,oaivied reundnmdi
enerrit.thape
proposal
reotptooewsranol focros eusrnevtniredyei,n in which
trwhe
mdi t_reoNw.taeard:..:
stipulated thatnshedteqiintsubee: we e roef servettohe p rofcoeresdeivnegn years, or during h
government
at Portsmouth, and carried their point;
was, that his Grace
couldat:ln'aht'd' e°
rsanserne:gdoti cif
Itoobneet get a single man to follow him during the whole
of the
sohert. T
Americanhe Marquis
war.
Highlanders never forgive an
injurycoin.e
of this s
was
regi-
ment ; but we have been credibly informed -11. accept of the 42d
mwedontthatto
heexcltgrattuse himself
by by saying that the King forced
him toi
his dying day his exchange from his own regiment to the
" Black Watch." lir Observer. •