The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER. AND SUICIDE AT HAM-.
MERSMITPI.-Yep,terday Charles Reynolds was brought
up from St. George's Hospital, -.chore he has been con-
fined since !act Friday weak, and placed at the bm hefor:
Mr. GREGORIF, charged with wilfully and maliciously
shooting at and wounding Sarah Perry, with ..vhom he
had formerly lived as fellow set vant, and afterwards at-
tempting to destroy himself.
The pr-oner, who appeared to be under 20 yearF of age,
was very much dejected ; his head was bound up, and the
right side of the face was covered with plaisters. He had
a number of friends in attendance, who took a great inte-
rest in his fate.

Mr. GREGORIE asked if Sarah Perry waa in attendance
to give evidence?—Mr. Hicks, the house surgeon of the
hospital, said that she would not be able to attend for five
or six days. The prisoner was out of danger.
James Fisher, a police constable of the T division,
No. 93, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody at the
shop of Mr. Cos, surgeon, at Hammersmith, where he
was having his wounds dressed.
Mr. GREGORIE—Did be say anything when you ap-
prehended hint ? Witness—Yes, be said he was sorry he
did not complete the job.
Mr. GREGORIE (to the prisoner)—l take it for granted
that you do not wish to say anything at present. Pri-
soner—Nothing at present.
The prisoner was then remanded, and taken to Tothill-
fields Prison, where he will be taken care of in the In-
firmary until Sarah Perry is able to attend.
It is the opinio❑ of his friends that the unhappy young
man is labouring under an aberration of intellect. O.
the day previous to his attempt to murder Sarah Perry
he was at his mother's house, at No. 2, Norfolk-street,
Islington, when he discharged a pistol at his own head,
which, however, had no other effect than taking off some
of the hair ; he afterwards seized a loaded pistol and pre-
sented it at his own sister, exclaiming, " By ---..,, I'll
shoot you Sarah" (mistaking her for Sarah Perry), and it
was only by his mother rushing in between them, and
arresting his hand, that he bad not shot her dead on the
spot. Notwithstanding this the prisoner has no symptoms
of insanity about him, and converses in the most rational
manner. The pistols, it appears, were loaded with shot.

AMERICAN IMPROVEMENTS.—Extract of a
letter from a gentleman in Washington to a friend in this
city :—" We are going to have a splendid stone bridge
across the Potomac river, to be erected at the expense of
Government. A part of the old wooden one was swept
away by the ice last winter. It belonged to a company,
who have since sold their right to the United States,
and Congress has appropriated money to commence the
new one. It is to consist of 43 arches, about 96 feet
span, and two draws across the channel, each SS feet.
The width of the river is 4,924 feet, and the stupendous
bridge which is to span it, will be wholly composed of
granite. Estimates have been received by Government
for building the blidge, and you may judge of the con-
sciences of the contracting candidates, when informed
that the lowest estimate was one million and a half of
dollars, and the highest seven millions! The first sum
amounts to about 330,0001., and the last to 1,540,000/."
—Scotsman.

'HOUSE OF LORDS, JuLr 9.

At 5 o'clock, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the Marquis of
LANSDOWNE, and the Duke of RICHMOND, took their
seats as Lords Commissioners, -vben (the, House of Com
mons having been summoned, and the Speaker. with many
Members having appeared ;Lt the bar) the Royal Assent
was given to the Exchequer Bills Bill, the National Debt
Reduction Bill, Sergeants Inn Bill, and three private Bills.
On the motion of the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, a
conference wax ordered to be held wish the Commons, in
order to communicate their Lordships' assent to the East
Irdia resolutions. The Lords appointed were the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne (Lord President), the Earl of Cam
perdown, .he Duke of Richmond, Viscount Sidi:Louth,
the Bishop of Hereford, Lord Lyttleton, Viscount Sid,
me °h, and Lore! Poltimore, who retired for the pur-
pose, baying been informed that the Commons waited.
Earl RODEN presented a petition from a Presbytery
i❑ the connection of the Synod of Ulster, against the new
natio :al system of education for Ireland.
Lord WYNFORD presented a petition from an indivi-
dual in Rochdale against the Local Courts Bill.
The Conference then returned, and the Marquis of Lans-
downe acquainted the House that they bad communicated
to the Managers of the Conference, on the part of the
Commons, that their Lordships had agreed to the resolu-
tions without any amendment.
The Eneenge from the Commons by the Lord Advocate
and others,
~rought up the Royal Burghs (Scotland)
Bil, the (Scotland) Bill, the Burgh Police (Scot-
land) Bill, and the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill,
and a Private Bill.