The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

time he committed the robbery he was under the influ-
ence of liquor, which deprived him of reason. He, there-
fore N hope 4 that-the-Gleerreivetkl-he-mereiftri-to-hina.
The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Keene, the governor .of
the gaol, whether the prisuner exhibited symptoms of
insanity while under his care ?
Mr. Keene replied that the surgeon had examined the
prisoner, and he did not think there was anything the
matter with him. He had been twice in custody before
in June, 1847, and about three months ago, but had
been discharged.
A number of gentlemen came forward and spoke to
the prisoner's former character, as a gentleman of great
respectability.
The CHAIRMAN told the prisoner that however painful
it might be to the Court, they should not be doing their
duty, unless they punished him with great severity. The
offence was much aggravated by his position in life anti
the defence attempted to be set up; therefore the Court
saw no reason for mitigation. The sentence of the
Court was, that he be imprisoned six months in Brixton
House of Correction, with hard labour.

LAMBETH.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Sutton was charged by Benjamin Woods with
threatening to stab him.
The prosecutor swore he was in danger of his life, and
brought forward a witness named Haelegrave, as also
Policeman P 338, to prove the same.

The policeman said that prisoner, on hii way to the
station house, said to prosecutor that he (the prosecutor)
had signed his death warrant.
The prisoner, in answer to the magistrate, said he was
first asaulted.

Mr. ELLIOTT said he should require the prisoner to
find bail in two sureties of 51. each, for six months.
The prisoner will be imprisoned until the bail is found.

CONFLICT WITH BURGLARS.

A most daring and severe conflict took place
.on
Thursday morning in the back green of a gentleman's
house in Moray-place, between one of the servants and
two burglars, who had invaded the premises for the
purpose of pillage.
.It appears that about half-past one o'clock in the
morning the butler, William Clarke, while proceeding
down stairs to his bed-room, heard a peculiar noise,,as
if created by the scraping and wrenching of iron bars.
He immediately proceeded to his room, and having
armed himself with the spear of a sword staff, he
opened the back-door to the green behind the house.
All was quiet; but observing the door of a water-closet,
which is on the outside, shut, as it seldom was, he sits-
pected something was wrong. On pushing it up, a man
sprung from within, and aissed,a blow at him. Clarke,
in return, 'plunged the spear into the fellow's thigh.
The blackguard then drew a pistol, and fired it at bis
antagonist ; but Clarke, nothing daunted, made a se-
cond thrust with the spear, which, however, struck the
wall, and snapped. The combatants then closed. Clarice
seized the man with his right hand, and the burglar
grasped him by the throat. In the struggle the butler
drew a clasp-knife from his pocket, and cut the villain
across the arm; he then threw him down, and standing
over him, was proceeding to bind his victim with his
braces, when' an accomplice leaped from the roof of the
water-closet (la Clarke's back. Though he still retained
his hold, yet the shock was so great that the fellow be"
Death him was enabled to get up, and the two ran amiss
the back green together. Clarke followed, but had not
advanced far when the discharge of a second pistol
show how well prepared the ruffians were for any
deadly encounter. Fortunately, like the previous dis•
charge, the shot did not take effect. The alarm hav-
ing been raised, several policemen were speedily on the
spot; and on examining the premises some blood wsts
observed on the walls and floor of the water-closet, and
the kuife which Clarke held in his hand was nearly
covered with the same substance. Blood marks were also
observed in a hen-house at the place of the wall where
the burglars had escaped ; but, notwithstanding the most
minute search, no trace has been discovered of the point
of the spear, so that there is little doubt that when the
burglar who fought so stoutly decamped, he carried two
or three inches of the weapon sticking in his limb. Ite,
part of the spear which was snapped in the wall was found
along with the pistol first discharged. Clarjee his
escaped unhurt, except with a contusion in the forehead,
and his side slightly bruised with gunpowder. The
wadding of the shot was found in his coat side-pocket ;
but although a ball has also been found, it is not stir
posed to be the one discharged from the pistol. The
most active measures have been taken by the police to
discover the daring thieves. All the members of the
medical profession have been communicated with, and
placards have been posted with the view of making the
event known, in order that the depredates-3 may be .die'
covered.—Edinburgh Advertiser.

SUSPENSION BRIDGE at NIAGARA

FALLS.
It is contemplated to have the foot bridge at the PP
ready for crossing on the 4th of July. This will be a
great curiosity, and many will avail themselves of 01
adventure. The following is to be the composition 'Ol
the railroad bridge:—Number of cables for bridge,
number of strands in each cable, 600; ultimate tension',
6,500 tons ; capacity of the bridge, 500 tens ; numbers;
of strands in the ferry cable, 37; diameter of the cablef
inch; height of stone tower 68 feet 1 inch; height
wood tower or ferry, 50 feet; base of the tower, 7f;
square feet; size at the top, tl square feet; span of .the
bridge, 800 feet; whole weight of the bridge, 650 toes
height from the water, 230 feet; depth of water under.
the bridge, 250 feet. This suspension bridge is the mkt
sublime work of art on the continent. It makes the be
dizzy to look at it, and yet it is traversed with as rla°
security as any other bridge of the same width. W°
were present while the workmen were engaged in bang'
ing the planks over the fearful chasm. It looked like .1
work of peril, but it was prosecuted with entire safety
Not an accident has happened since the tirst cord w'
carried accross the river at the tail of a kite. It is
possible to give the reader a clear idea of the grandee ,
of the work. Imagine a foot bridge 800 feet in length'
hung in the air, at the height of 230 feet, over a 1"1"°,
body of water rushing through a narrow gorge at to'
rate of 30 miles an hour. If you are below it, it 100
like a strip of paper suspended by a cobweb. When tb:
wind is strong the frail, gossamer-looking strunto._„,"
sways to and fro as if ready to start from its fastening"
and it shakes from extremity to centre under the fill!,
tread of the pedestrian. But there is no danger. $
pass over it with perfect safety, while the head of IP"'
timid looker-on swims with apprehension. We saw fl
first person pass over it—Mr. Ellet, the builder. -VI:,
courageous wife soon followed him, and for two fiki;
hundreds, attracted by the novelty of the thing, too'
the tearful journey. It is worth a trip to the Falls r
see this great work, although it is not probable that .I ill
20 will have the nerve to cross upon it. For, strange 7d
,
it may seem, there were those who had no hesitation to
slide over the awful chasm in a basket, upon a got
wire cable, who could not be induced to walk over the
bridge. And this aerial excursion is thrillingly exciting;
A seat on a locomotive, travelling at the rate of 60 mile
an hour, is nothing to it. When you find yourself 801:
pended in the air, with the roaring, rushing, beilioe
Niagara 250 feet below you, if your heart don't nutter,
you will have nerve enough to swing over Vesetuks;
And yet the sensation is not altogether unpleasant. 'tvi,
ride itself, as the old lady said about skinning eels, „
nothing when you get used to it." Another new attrit.
lion at the Falls is the excursion from the site of the
suspension bridge, to within a few rods of the Bog;
shoe Falls in the little steamer Maid of the Mist. d
no other mode can the visitor obtain so grand a view 0
the great Cataract. Every one makes the trip, and 80
express the same sentiment, that the Falls are not Seel,
in all their sublimity and grandeur, except from the elec
of the Maid of the Mist. The run is made with perfect
safety.—Albany Journal.

LINCOLNSHIRE.—The seed and hay harvest is Bye
pended in consequence of the almost daily rains.
fear that they will prove very injurious to the crops. 'lO
regret to find that the disease is again showing itself ,
a very fearful extent amongst the potato crops in 04
neighbourhood ; and the extremely wet weather, it
feared, will tend to quicken its spread.—Lincolnsll
Chronicle.

NEW USE OP WASTII STEAM.--p manufacturer:
who has a steam- engine which discharges much vros"
steam, conceived the idea of using it to raise pine-aPKO
The steam was introduced under the roots of
plant and the heat and moisture united acted so poil_Ae';
fully, that the pine-apples soon ripened, while the bow
of the plant being exposed all day to the open air, rii;
sumes a healthy and agreeable taste, which renders
fruit far superior to those which have been ripened
hothouses.

MATHS. of
This morning, at Cricklewood. Middlesex, the wife
Adam Rivers Steele, Esq., of a daughter.
At Leithfield Cottage, Kincardineshire, on the 26th
the lady of J. Arnott, Esq., of Leithfield, of a son. 101
On the 28th ult., at Widmore, Bromley, Kent, Mrs.
Elms, of a son.
In Eaton-place, on the 29th ult., the wife of Major JeffreP°
88th Regiment, f a eon.
On the 30th ult., the lady of William D. Bruce,
K.C.S., F.S.A., of a daughter.

AGIRRIED.
On the 27th ult., at St. Michael's. Pimlico, John R.
bull, Esq., of Windsor Castle, to Ann, eldest daughter of
Oliver, Esq., High-street, Pimlico.
On the 27th ult., at All Saints' Church, Southampton, co
P. H. Ussher, Esq., R.M., third son of the late Admiral °eat
T. Ussher, K.C.H., to Charlotte Maria, young
daughter f the Rev. E. Duke, of Lake-house, Wilts. pir,
On the 29th ult., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, gr;ciot
Stones, late of New Zealand, to Mary Valentina, e'
daughter of Mr. J. Waterlow. of Peckham. J.
On the 29th ult., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, the Ile
,!tor,
Lowther, third son of W. Hodgson, of Houghton-r,hurot,
Cumberland, to Jane Eleanor, widow of the late J. R-
ot Houghton-hall, in the same county.

DIED. tit
On the 25th ult., at Wath, Cumberland, Dickinson Bir—e
k
Esq., of Wbitehaven, Cumberland, aged 53.
arf
On the 25th ult., at North-crescent, Bedford-square, —tti
Anne, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel James 800
of Loughborough, Leicestershire. Dule*
On the 26th ult., Elizabeth Winteregill, wife of W. 1
Esq
On ~ of Oldston-house, Devon.
wife of
tho 28th ult., at Kentish-town, Caroline Maria, lc'
CaOn the 28th ult., at Norfolk-street, Strand, aged 82, Pa
Leslie, Etq., formerly of Crown-court, Broad-street.
On the 28th ult.. at Marlborough, aged 19, Martha
beth Mary, eldest child of Mr. T. B. Merriman. icevr'
On the 29th ult., at. Rollin-cottage, Counter _
cross, Captain J. Short, formerly of the East India Servi'w.
On the 30th ult., at Brighton-road, Croydoup /311"
Wilson, late f Cheshunt, Herts ag&l 75. be isto
At Myrtle-ocottage, Lee, Kent, Maria, daughter of t
W. Woolcombe, Esq

London: Printed and Published by IVIURDO YOUNG' 111
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, rio•
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coalitY •
Middlesex, Tuesday, August 1, 1848.

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