The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-02 00:00:00

THREATENING LETTER.

Bow-STREET.—Yesterday JOSEPH BUTCHER, a young
man of superior manners and evidently of good education, but
whose exterior bore only the threadbare remains of gentility,
was brought before T. Haw, Esq. by Townshend, the senior
principal officer of this establishment, on a piece-warrant,
charged with send a letter to Mr. Joseph Rayne, of a na-
ture calculated to excite him to commit a breach of the peace.
There had been some correspondence between the defendant
and Mr. Hayne, and at length the former sent the letter in
question, which contained a challenge to fight a duel.
Mr. Hai.Ls having read the letter, asked Mr. Butcher what
he had to say. The latter immediately admitted that he was
the writer of the letter ; and taking out a bundle of papers, was
about t ) enter into a statement of the cause of the dispute, when.
Mr. HALLS stopped him, and observed that he had no-
thing at all to do with the origin of the dispute ; it was only of
the meditated breach of the peace thi.t he could take cogni-
zance. " This (continued Mr. Halls) is another of those ab-
surdities, which are becumingmore and more absurd every day,
and which I hope will soon be totally in disuse. I mean the
practice of duelling, or of resorting upon every frivolous occa-
sion to a challenge to fight with pistols."
Mr. HAYNE, Solicitor, agreed with the worthy Magistrate
as to the absurdity of the practice, and expressed a hope that it
would soon get into total disuse.
Mr. Butcher, in a tone indicative of extreme melancholy.
assured Mr. Hayne that he would never again be annoyed
by him._

The Solicitor then said that, under such circumstances, he
certainly should be satisfied to have the defendant discharged
upon his own recognizance.
This was agreed to, and the defendant was about to leave tke
Office, when Townsend said, " If I may be allowed once
more to speak, I shall conceive myself greatly favoured by
your Worship. If ever Mr. Bayne gave away any thing in
charity (and I have reason to know that he has done so often),
he could not find a better opportunity of doing a good 1' e-
tion than at this moment. hen I apprehended that young
man this morning, I found him and his mother absolutely
without food, or the means of procuring it. Mr. Ilr.yne lam
sure could not better bestow 11. than by giving it to these un-
fortunate persons.
3lr. Rayne seemed affected, and beckoned Townsend out,
and in a few moments the veteran officer returned with a MR.
note, which he gave to Mrs. Butcher, as a present from Mr.-
Hayne. It was received with tears of gratitude.—The defen-
dant was then discharged.

CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 2.

The quantity of Corn fresh in this morning is not consider-
able, but there is plenty remaining over from Monday. The
Wheat trade continues very dull, with no alteration in prices.
Barley and Malt still sell very heavily at last quotations.
Beans and Peas are unaltered. Oats of good quality meet a
fair sale, and fully support the terms of Moiday. Arrival
Wheat, 3,800 ; Barley, 780; Oats, 5,100 ; Irish Oats, 1,800 ;
Foreign Oats, 1,900 quarters; Flour, 3,300 sacks.

DRUADFUL ACCIDENT.-The neighbourhood of
llatto❑ Wall was this day thrown into the ut-
most alarm in consequence of the falling of a
portion of the scaffolding erected at a house
building in the street. At the time of the acci-•
dent, there were several men at work on the
scaffold, three of whom were precipitated
to the bottom. The others miraculously
escaped. One poor fellow, named Gayner,
was so dreadfully hurt as to render it ne-
cessary to convey him on a shutter• to the hospital,
without hopes of his recovery. The others were
very much injured,. and conveyed home. The
accident having reached the neighbourhood of
Saffron-hill, numbers of the poor women were
seen running in every direction to enquire whe-
ther they had not lost a relative or friend, it
having been reported that no less than eight Inert
had fallen victims. The accident arose in conse-
quence of one of the cross polls giving way.

WINDSOR New BRIDGE, the first stone of
which was laid NOtil masonic ceremony by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Youx, on Wedne-
day the 10th of July, 1822, was •opened yester-
day, at twelve o'clock. The procession, which
consisted of the Members for the Borough, the
Mayor and Corporation (without their robes),
the Architect (Mr. C. Hoeets), and other Mem-
bers of the Bridge Committee, left the Swan Inn,
a little before twelve. Their arrival was an-
nounced by the firing of cannon : immediately
the procession arrived at the foot of the Bridge,
the gates were thrown open, and they passed
over into Eton, and then returned to the Swan
Inn, where they partook of some refreshments.
The Members, the Mayor and Corporation, and
others concerned with the building, dined toge-
ther in the evening at the Swan Inn. The Bo-
rough colours were hoisted on the Bridge; the
day being fine, every place that gave a view of
the Bridge was thronged with spectators.

Marquis of
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