The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.

Mr. John MK-ulna hating been duly examined,
was on Thursday inducted into his Aice in the de
partinent ofithe Chief Secretary, Dublin C istle. He
son of the late Mr. Thos. 111'K-ulna, Assistant-
Under-Secretary. A clelliship in thy- Lunatia-office,
Dublin, is vacant by Mr. lk.V.Kciina's appointment.

DARING GAROTTE' ROBBERY.—Liverpool, Tuesday
Yesterday afternoon, a lady named Mrs. Crowe, while
walking on the path from Green lane to West Derby,
and had cr, ssed the stile behind Newsham House, be-
longing to Mr. Girdner, was seized by taro ruffians.
Ode of them caught her by the throat and stopped her
breath, while the other pulled away from her dress 11,,r
gold watch, gold chain, locket, and seals, and then ma 'e
off. When sufficiently recovered, she gave an alarn,
and, being heard by Air. Gardner's butler and coachman
(Jones and Young), they, in the most praiseworthy man
nr r, pursued the men, and after a run of three rnile,,
captured them. They were brought up this morning
before the county magistrates, and fully committed for
trial.
SUICIDE AT HAMPTON-COURT 1 AI,ACE —An inquest
was held (on Tuesday, let of April) before Mr. William
Thos. Manning, coroner of her Majesty's household and
the verg-., and'a jury of yeomen officers of the Queen's
Household, at the canteen, Hampton-court Palace bar-
racks, on the body of Mr. James Neil, late superintend-
ent of Hampton-court Palace gardens, which office he
had held about four years, having been appointed by
Lord Seymour, at the time he was Chief Commissioner
of the 'Woods and Forests. It appeared from the evi-
dence of William Hurst and Hannah COX that about 10
o'cli.ck on Sunday last the deceased was found lying on
the pavement a ,few feet from the -front door of his
apartments in the Palace profusely breeding at the head,
and a portion of one of the tiles from the roof by his
side. Deceased was only,. partially dressed, and imme-
diately he was taken tip he expired. The evidence
showed-that be,tinust have clarraered through a window
on the roof of:his apartment-a, and then
precipitated
himself dowixis,height -of upwards of 30 feet on to the
stone pavement beneath. It appeared that the deceased
was of a very excitable and irritable temperament, and
that he bad been in the h-abit souse months since of firing
off guns and pistols in the coart-yard of the Palace late
at night. On being remonstrated with 'on one occasiiin
by the aitneas Hurst for his extraordinary, conduct, he
repli d, "D-,n't be alarmed, it's only me." Dr. Jepson,
the medical attendant of the deceased, deposed that le
hid be-n in the habit of attending hira.for fits of dyspep
sia fir about nine months, and that he was under
medical treatment for about a week previous to his death.
On the Friday .precedog his decease witness was sent
for suddenly, when he found deceased in bed with no--
thing apparently the matter
with him, but he complained
of great depression. He wes of cpinien that deceased
derroyei himself while labouring under an attack ef
hypochondria. Witne-S did not thinkthat a post ?nor-
tent examination would tend to further elucidate the
cause of death. Toe coroner and jury -having viewed
the spot where the eatastrop',e ec:urred, a verdict of
"tetnporary insanity" vra- returned. The deceased was
38 years of age,.and bag left a widow-and three children.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—Return of admissions for six days
ending
Satufday, March 29.—Number admitted, in-
cluding peason-ticket holders, 24.484 ; amount received
I; for admissions, 1,0211. 6s. One Shilling Day, Tuesday,
April I —4.daiie,iono on payment, 2,196,-; .ditto,-by-pea-
soil ticketi;' 03; lolalitaitoto, 2,688,