The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-11 00:00:00

B 0 W-STREET.

AN ABSENT MAN.—Yesterday a decently dressed
man, named Maurice Horan, was brought up under
very laughable circumstances.
A young man named Connor was sitting in the
Spotted Dog in Strand-lane about nine o'clock on
Monday eveninz, %viler] he Feard loud cries of
" Murder" proceeding from the water side. He
ran down, and perceived the defendant floundering
in the water, and up to his hips in mud, and calling
out lustily, " Help, murder ! for God's sake help I"
He was dragged out of his awkward situation, and
the parties rescuing him were anxious to get him
to a public-house, where he could be dried and ob-
tain something comfortable; but he refused to stir,
and called loudly for the police. An officer came,
and took him to the station-house.

The defendant, when asked to account for his
strange conduct, said he was much addicted to
"abstruse studies," and on Monday n.ght,after spend.
ing the greater p art of the day in the study of herattu e
of the driest kind, he resolved, by way of tempo-
rary relaxation, to visit a friend in Hungerford-
maiket. He sallied forth from his domicile in Clare-
rryniket, and was on his way down the Strand, when
he was so absorbed in thought that he unconsciously
stepped nut of the direct path, and walked down
Strand-lane, plump into the river Thames. He
extricated himself as well as he could, and his
motive for calling out " Police," was, that he was
anxious to relieve himself from the imputation
which might very plausibly rest upon him of having
contemplated the dreadful crime of suicide. He
thought that to call " Murder" and " Police" was
the most concise mode of vindicating his character.

Sir F. ROE—Are you of sound mind ? De-
fendant—Good God! do you doubt it ?
Sir F. ROE hinted delicately that he had a sus-
picion of the kind, and Mr. Cosgrave, the surgeon
of St. Clement's, examined him, and pronounced
him sane, but very eccentric as to his opinions upon
" abstruse matters."

He was allowed to depart upon h;s promising not
to deviate from the proper course in future.

QUEEN- S Q UARE.

Yesterday a fellow named Samuel Hancock was
Drought up in custody before Mr. WHITE, charged
with violently assaulting his wife Ehztbeth, and
breaking her collar bone.
Mr. WHITE, after commenting on his brutal
usage, ordered him to find bail to answer the charge
at the sessions.

The prisoner not being able to find bai was
locked up.

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GRAND CHALLENGE.—A short time since
a challenge was put forth in the French Papers, offering
on the part of a Parisian speculator to play either the Si.
lon or Frescati's for 25,000 Napoleons, commencing at
one Napoleon, and increasing, as fortune might decide,
till the whole sum was won or lost. The French estaidish-
ments having declined, the Atlienwum Club in St. James's-
street, kept by Messrs. Bonds, have taken up the gauntle'.
Au agent of theirs has just returned from the French ca-
pital, having tnade all the preliminary arrangements, it
being a sine qua non on the part of the Messrs. Bonds
that the affair should be decided on English ground. An
umpire has been chosen on each side, who are to fix upon
a referee, and on Ft iday next the contest is to commence
at the Atheneum in St. James's-stiee,. The whole of the
stakes are to be produced before starting—a tempting bank
—and a certain time is to be fixed for commencing and
concluding the pliy at each 'meting, till the grand event
of who shall be possessor of the " capital prize " shall be
decided. It is believed that the banks are formed by several
contributors, and considerable interest is excited in the
higher circles as to the result. It is nut stated whether
the play shall be in public or private ; but this we hear is
to be decided at the first meeting.