The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-16 00:00:00

ing. To-day the Great Pavilion dinner takes place, and
sbout 2,000 guests are expected to be present. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert will be there, and will
take part in the proceedings, which are in consequence
expected to be, unusually interesting. In the meantime
the town of 'Windsor is preparing itself to share in the
'Agricultural' festivities of the day, and the main street,
and even the Castle itself, is gaily decorated with flags in
honour of the occasion.

DARING LEAP AND ESCAPE OF A BURGLAR
FROM A RAILWAY TRAIN.

A very powertul man, named George Fisher, and who
was until recently a member of the Cardiff police force,
from which he was discharged for misc3nducr, made his
3scape on Monday from a carriage on the Birmingham
and Bristol Railway, by leaping from it while the train
was in motion, and where he was in the custody of en
Ificer upon a charge, or rather several charges of
burglary. It having been discovered that Fisher was
connected with some desperate characters, by whom
several burglaries have been committed, and in the per-
petration of which be was ascertained to have taken a
nost active part, warrants were granted for his apprehen-
sion. Having, however, gained some scent of what was
going on, before the warrants could be executed, he
ebsconded from Cardiff. He remained at large until the
lose of last week, when Mr. Superintendent Stockdale, of
he Cardiff police force, succeeded in apprehending him at
Holyhead, and, having handcuffed him, conveyed him
oy rail, vid Liverpool and Birmingham, ou the route to
Cardiff. Between Birmingham and Bristol the prisoner
eomptained of the handcuff, having, from their tightness
arid the length of time which they had been on, cut the
,kin of his wrist. The police-superintendent, after as-
:ertaining that the door of the carriage was locked, took
(he handcuff off one wrist. W hen the train arrived
within about a mile from Bristol, at the junction of the
Gloucester and Bristol and Great Weetern lines, it
was, as usual, stopped for the purpose of the tickets being
;ollected. The railway guard having collected the two
rackets from the policeman, was desired by him to again
lock the door of the carriage; which, however, it appears
;hat he neglected to do; and upon the train being again
let in motion the prisoner suddenly opened the door and
leaped out upon the line. The police-superiutendent,
although at the imminent risk of his life, instantly
jumped out after him, but falling on the rail he severely
bruised his shoulder, and was unable to pursue Fisher,
who having run through the engine-house of the Great
Western works, succeeded in climbing the hank, and es-
caping into the wood at the No. 1, or Brislington tun-
nel. The police of Bristol, &c., were immediately sent
in search, but without success. The prisoner was last
seen lying in a dry ditch, as if exhausted (with the hand.
cuff on), between Bristol and Bath.

A MAN BOILED TO DEATH IN A VAPOUR BATH.
—On the 3d ult. M. Labadie, a wholesale wine-dealer of
Bercy, went to the Bains de la Samaritaine, on the river
at the foot of the Pont-Neuf, to take a vapour bath, as
prescribed by his physician. It was the first bath of
that kind he had ever taken, and the man charged with
the preparation of it neglected to attend him. The un-
fortunate man opened the valve by which the vapour en-
tered, but was unable to close it. The consequence was
that the steam rushed in with extraordinary violence, and
in a short time he was completely suffocated. When
touched the skin came off, and he was, according to the ex-
pression of a witness, " quite boiled." His widow brought
a complaint before the Tribunal of Correctional Police
against the waiter of the baths, a man named Portimer ;
and as it clearly appeared that the acciient had been
caused by his gross negligence, he was condemned to eight
days' imprisonmentland to the payment of 10,000 f. as damages.
His employer, M. Javal, was declared civilly responsible for
the payment.
CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER.—
At the Manchester Borough Court, yesterday, two men,
named William Crank and 'Fhomas Price, and a boy named
Moore, were charged with causing the death of an old man
named William Grounds. On Saturday evening, a little be-
fore midnight, deceased went out of a cellar where he lived,
in Cumberland-st,eet, in a state of intoxication, upon which
the prisoner Crank, who is his step-son, commenced singing
and teazing him. Deceased immediately flew into a violent
passion, and exclaiming "I'll soon make you give over
singing," rushed upon his step-son, and they both tell down
together, the old man uppermost. A crowd was speedily as-
sembled to witness the affray, and Crank ca'led Price to help
him. Price, and the other man, kicked deceased several
times on the head and back. The boy Moore was seen by
several persons attempting to kick the old man on the head,
but his tbot missing, he only kicked him on his bhou'der as
be lay on the ground. Deceased groaned heavily, but did
not move, and was carried into the cellar by his wife and
some of the bystanders. He died in a few minutes, before
medical assistance could be procured. The magistrate com-
mitted the two men for trial, and remanded the boy for fur-
ther consideration.
by the General Steam Navigation Company'sOSTEND, JULY 13.—Lnrd Henley and suite arrived
ship ranther, from London.
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