The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-19 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.-(THIS DAY.)

John Male was placed at 'the bar, charged with
shooting on the river Thames, to the imminent danger
of the inhabitants of Whitehall-gardens.

An inspector of the Thames police said, that about
eight o'clock the previous morning he saw the prisoner
in a boat near the gardens of the Duke of Buccleugh's
mansion, Whitehall. He several times pointed a gun
torewnatrtdoswtahred
towards
sn sbinonnt, andand took
kd
him it
ioff,nt custody.
o consequently he
Mr. Curpsciiam inquired whether any person re-
ceived any injury from the shot ?—The inspector re-
plied that he believed not, but the firing of the gun was
a great annoyance to the inhabitants of Whitehall-
gardens.
In answer to the charge the prisoner said he had no
intention of injuring or annoying any person. He had
been told there were plenty of rooks in the gardens of
the Duke of Buccleugh, and he borrowed his brother's
gun for the purpose of shooting a few of them. He had
only fired twice when tha officer took him into custody.
Mr. COTTINGIIAX ordered him to pay a fine of 205.,
and in default of payment to be imprisoned one month.

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CLERKENIVELL.--(THIS DAY.)
Charles Abided and Henry Edwards, two middle-aged
nten, of respectable appearance, were charged with
fraudulently obtaining from Mr. Samuel Elliott, fancy
dealer and dressing-case maker, of No. 68, Jewin-street,
Aldersgate-street, a number of dressing-cases and en-
velope cases.

It appeared from the evidence that, last Saturday, the
prisoner Madell called at the warehouse of the prose-
cutor, and representing himself to be a fancy cabinet-
maker, said he had a very good customer for him in the
person of a gentleman named Whiffen, who carried on
extensive business at Chelmsford, and was now staying
at his (Madell's) house, in Baltic-street, St. Luke's, and
wished to make some large purchases in the way
of dressing and writing-cases and workboxes. As
Mr. Whiffen did not wish to go out, he requested
that samples might be sent to him of the articles, and
the prosecutor accordingly sent his son with several,
having first cautioned him an no account to part with
them without the money. The lad accompanied Madell,
who told him that Mr. Whiffen was at the Sir John
Falstaff public-house, in Baltic-street, and they had
better take the goods there to him. On entering the
parlour, " Mr. Whiffen" was there, and turned out to
be the prisoner Edwards, and upon the boy laying down
the goods, they made him drink so much as almost to
stupify him, but he still retained sufficient recollection
of his father's order as to bring back a portion of the
goods.

Mr. Wonter appeared on behalf of the prosecution,
and said that there were numerous charges of a similar
description to be preferred against the prisoners, he,
therefore, requested that they might be remanded.
The prisoners were accordingly remanded.

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DARING ROBBERIEB.—On 5....
aturday information
was received by the police of the following daring robberies:
From Mr. Currie, Caniden.row, Camden-town, a silver
watch, maker's name " David Gill, No. 29,848," a guard,
gold seal, and keys, by two men, who attacked him near the
Eagle Tavern, City-road.—From Mrs. Grey, Kingsland-
road, in the City, a purse, containing 51. 16s. 6d.—From
Mrs. Campion, 12, North-street, Islington, a double bot-
tomed silver watch, jewelled in eight holes, No. 5,481, maker's
name, " Froome,
_Nelson-street, City-road," by a woman,
about twenty-eight years of age, who snatched the watch
from Mrs. Campion in the Boundary-road, and escaped; and
from Mr. Levy, in Size-lane, Bucklersbury, a gold watch,
and 71. 10s. in gold.
THE BRITISH ARMY IN CANADA.--The reserve
2 i battalion of the Rifle Brigade, at present stationed at
Quebec, will proceed to Chanibly in the early part of the
summer, and be replaced at Quebec by the 71st Light In-
fantry. The 77th Foot, at present at Laprarie, will relieve
the 46th Foot at Kingston, and the latter marching to
Toronto. The 52d and the 81st Regiment of Foot are
ordered home.

MR. O'CONNELL.—A letter has been received in
Paris, dated Lyons, the 13th instant, conveying favourable
intelligence as to the state of Mr. O'Connell's health. The
'n 1 ; t- -
frotn the extreme fatigue consequent on the lenth of his
journey from Paris, and increased by the extreme inclemency
of the weather.

RAILWAY COMMITTBO.

(THIS DAY.)

, ,_
AOUSE OF COAIMONS.
GROUP LXVII.
This Committee met for the lira time to-day. tord 1
Members present—Sir J. I. Buller (Chairman), ---, 0.,,.
Alniners, lion. G. 11. Cavendish, Mr. Neweate, " ',.'
thin Plurnridge, to whom have referred the folloiva
Bills: ; 1 • git'
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Pa's'el'
been
marnock, and Ayr (No. 1).
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle and Glasgow,
marnock, and (Ayr (No. 2).
North British (No. 2).
Caledonian (Branches to Canobie, tkc and Or
Caledonian (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries, an-
lisle Railway).
Ayrshire and Galloway. *.'oo t°
n inquiry it was found that the only Bill in a position
go forward was the '
AYRSHIRE AND GALLOWAIrd, onerl
It being the only one in which the Railway C011x4551-,
had as yet reported. ,I,A Corw
This being an unopposed Bill, it was agreed by '"",d tile
rnittee to refer it to the Chairman of Committees,
3i'
Members who brought in the Bill. I, Dills
After entering the appearances on behalf of the ()Ler
with the etitions aainst them, it is
The Copg mmittee adjourned till Thursday next, he
expected all the reports will be ready. lf--11

GO. Fre^seritt
The Committee met thiß UPi
mornV . ing
Hon• gr at twelve. core+
Lord 11. Vane (chairman), Hon. M. Sutton,
Mr. Rice, and Sir E. Elmer.
LONDON 11. ND SOUTII-WESTERN(w

XNG THEREOF, ETC). Oope;
,
Counsel for this Bill, Mr. Austin, Mr. Hill, and Air'
agents, Messrs. Dorrington and Co. aid ill°
Mr. Minix in opening the merits of the ;votes
object of it was to widen that part of the South-,:octioe
line extending from Nine Elms to the ill° one
with the Richmond line at Falcon-biidge on
hand, and to Hungerford-bridge on the other,
tue ,i_3" ,rest
four lines of rails might be laid down to meetof
increase of traffic which would press upon that porti tjo
lie
line. The cost of that would be about 24,000/., opre'
opposition likely to be made to it would arise from i"
of
prietors in the neighbourhood of Falcon-bridge. coarse
his
Mr. Locke,ion proved the enged thee
oamount of f the compan
estiy mate, in thfor e ;be Pr°
exam at`
miles of two additional lines of rail to be 2,1,80.90 t°
property about Falcon-bridge interfered with by the
be of no other importance than to give the owner,s,:ied
al
for compensation. The York-road Station was est''''
78,0001. land cost, and 40,0001. cost of erection. FAO"
Mr. BoviLL, onjbe part of the propiieters at , after'
bridge, cross-examined the witness; but immediate.Y jog
wards intimated that he would not persist in his 02°5 to the general Bill. SPA
The CHAIRMAN then declared the preamble proc'"A
,;bichi
the Committee proceeded to go through the claus,eViiriolll/
with some amendments, were agreed to; and the u"
announced that he would report the Bill to the lionse.

MURDER AT NC RWOOPn 5111'
MURDER OF A WIFE AND CHILD, AND
CII)E OF THE MURDERER.
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Yesterday (Sunday) morning, about hall-11-sate/1
o'clock, the quiet inhabitants of Lower Norwood, spa
were thrown into a state of alarming consternatl njer•
excitement in consequence of a most frightful e'voung,
which had been committed by a man named Joh7ieg is
aged 21 years, au artificial flower-maker, resi
tpkivl
lligh-street, Lower Norwood, who succeeded la
tt
the lives of his wife and child, and afterwards ec'el•-real.
self-destruction with the same instrument, uuder el
stances of the most painful and awful character' bsfe
It appears from the subjoined particulars which tat
been gleaned fessn an authentic source, that the big
Young, who is twenty one years of age, lived vilfiseiell
wife, Jane Young, aged twenty, and an infant:ool
Jane Bolton Young, aged only two months, at -tificif''
shop in the High- street, where they exhibited arts
bees
flowers, &c., for sale. The murderer Youneed
of weak intellect for some time past, which bsrillegei
attracted the notice of the tradespeople in the Thera
who w ere frequently speaking of his peculiar antics;ten end
is no doubt that they had suffered great Priveprolsr
distress, from the state of the house and the get'
ph
pearance of the victims and the murdeter. Jog.
Shortly after six o'clock pelice-constahle ideece'
Armstrong, 278 P, was going off duty to his res
that g
ime
near the scene of the dreadful tragedy, but at
, sedlls[s°
nothing attracted his attention, bat whils. ,0110-1
himself he was alarmed at the cry of murder" ad, sod
screams. He instantly ran out partially dress 202
saw another constable named Robert Areber,:ne thei
hastening towards Young's house. By the ti.-neigh;
had reached the place several of the imrnediste.s, Out
hours were running from the front of the premits; ',seer
as the officer Archer proceeded to the doorweY we co t°
tam the cause of the alarm, the man Young, cent!, atitlie
the threshold, with his hands covered with h'°- re, tee
table knife in the left hand, also smeared with roe e°ll-
for a moment stood transfixed to the spot, and d fesr
stables, seeing him armed with such a wesPoih,_ „ledge
ing what had taken place from their previous ",11,,it0
of him, they drew their truncheons and followed ",1 obea
the house. He rushed upstairs to the first floor, am awful
the officer reached the first landing place a aleef WS.
spectacle presented itself. The lifeless body beg;
Young lay with her head almost severed from lief _ toed
she was lying in a pool of blood, which had strew cad
from the wound completely down the stairs. Iler 10.
was on the top step and her feet were in thei be.
room. They pursued him into the front room, an? the
fore they bad time to secure him he sharpened fig
knife by rubbing it tip and down the stonawe
round the fireplace, mid stood before the looking ,g.'
where he drew the knife across his throat, inflicting;
most frightful and extensive wound. When the otiie:e.,
had entered the apartment he was standing in a steerel
position behind the door, and bleeding from the 1013,0
he had inflicted on his neck. Whilst he was lyingtiad
the floor the officers rushed into the adjoining rooms; 00
there discovered the lifeless body of the poor infatt,Tia
the bed, with its head cut completely off, only harashis
by a small piece of skin at the back. The scene oared
period was ono at which the officers felt much a'e„ope
and horror-stricken. Several persons by this tini_e:olo
to the aid of the two constables, who, seeing thysoitn
Young still alive, and the other unfortunate victims 7010
warm, instantly dispatched a messenger with all 13.,:00d,
speed for the aid of Mr. Chapman, surgeon, of 24°e'sched
who attended with promptitude, but when heThe
the house the mother and child were quite dead'
the in'
man was still alive, but when the surgeon BaW cola
juries on his person, he was of opinion that p.e. bed'
not survive many minutes. He was placed on .tu" old
but notwithstanding everything medical ek:elir ocf
as
devise and suggest, he died in about
hour afterwards. A knife was found on
equart!ii la the
Ass
tsfhrmocetiadtrereaoddo
deadly weapon.
due.
ecnaodpv
oetnrhe.ed
withstoeb
blood where
ro fu
bed ttLeedbss cloveened
ead they
d
As soon as the officers found the man young ful
immediately forwarded information of the ,a‘cdieisil
tacle and deed to the Brixton station of the
,i.frosel
and in a very brief space of time Inspector ule of the
a small body of officers repaired to the sanded by a;
murder, which, by eight o'clock, was serntililty kept
least .500 persons, who were with great (-L"- dies and
by the police, who took charge of the b 0 tO
the premises. A constable was also dispate-se ,e affste'
land-yard with the particulars of the horribi
whicli subsequent a lo over the whole village. t the Intl:
From inquiry it appeared tha- t gee-.
Young had been under the care of his friends ed. nos
ney, owing to his mind being somewhat imPaire. rely'
on Saturday to afternoon he returned in the care 0, /or;
tive, who had great trouble with him on the vrel nigh
wood in the omnibus. The whole of Satardr oar
Mrs. Young sat up at work for the purpose ietio, iS,
pleting a small order, and the general stlPPes fn
that Young laid down on the bed with part of his,4,o 001
on, and at the time of the murder his wife, wileo he
with labour, went to sleep by the side of him, dread'
awoke at the time above named and committed the,,, tied
ful deed. The fire in the grate was still burnrebroant
the few articles on the table which stood in
_Tod that
were two cups and aft old tea-pot, which indic' bodice
Tne ft
they had only recently partaken of tea*, were e
were removed into the front room, where Olga „sere
in the charge of police-constable 202 F, who
a_ was
the place.
Towards noon the High- street, Lower isTorvro°
poll reU I
most impassable, and hundreds of Pereen • sof the
'rho relative d
from all the surrounding districts. •t was state
murdered woman are very respectable, and, etravil
reside in Brunswick-square. It seems rather allowe
that the friends of the man Young should bar be seas
him to go at large when they were aware that it, WO
labouring under some aberration of intellect, s" 10010
suggested by his relations to get him into selne
asylum.
fingers on the
Upon further search of the bodies the finge--
u I°
left hand of Mrs. Young were much cut, no .."-;13„ he
endeavouring to save herself from his grasp, and ^-eftota
struggle. Her death must have been instantaneous
the appearance of the injuries, and the poor little leo',"
must have died in a few seconds. There is little douun,
but that he meant to make his escape; but when he saw
the police so near he retreated back again into the house?
where he committed suicide.
At ten o'clock last night large crowds of persons wcre
round the house, and the greatest sympathy seems 't°
prevail for the murdered female, who bore a most e°'
emplary character for cleanliness and industry.

TIIE OPERATIVE BAKERS.—On Saturday
' very fully attended meeting of the masters and journeYl7l-0
bakers of the metropolis and environs took place at
Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, on behalf of the Perin
Live Bakers' Society. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M. 11,380.00
the chair. His Lordship having spoken stronglY laci s-
of the objects sought by the society, and of the earlY ,
ing movement in general, the meeting Cheat
several other gentlemen. It was stated that
were in London 2,000 bakers and 9,000 journeymen, the
(sir,
majority of whom were favourable to a limitation of the b_en _
of labour. It was now the general custom for journerr_ck
was addressed
to work from live o'clock in the evening till eleven clic_
the next morning, and have vary little rest oa Sunda, Pusly,
solutions deprecatory of the sy in
were carried unarum" the
after which thanks were voted to the Noble Lord n
the chair, and the meeting broke up.
ANGLING.----The first clean salmon of this sea
taken taken from the Ness, by rod-fishing, was caught in the I-I°'
Pool last Wednesday, by Charles Woodmas, E'cl• 4,erebeer!
in most of the northern rivers, the spring that
very unproductive; but from the quantity Mach,nt fis.
have gone down the rivers in February andr it is *it,
pected that the late fishing will make up for the early. ..0a
the Beauly Lord Lovat has taken three clean salmolVoss
the Master of Lovat six. From the 13Iackwater, H.
Esq., landed the same number within the last fortnightl/30
THE GAME NUISANCE.—It is a notorious fact their
gamekeepers, when they have got a poacher into
to
" snare," in the way of conviction worry for half ° for
penalty. The half-penalty system is a direct prem,ipbeir
r,jury, and that it has been corninitipd keenPr3
iii.:;, (oho sire mostly ignurant and impudent) to at
extent is also a notorious fact. These, and a Inult"iphom
evils more, through the game nuisance, gamreee
gentry are a scourge to the country.

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