The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-29 00:00:00

Q UEEN- SQUARE.

Yesterday, a middle-aged man, dressed rather
shabby-genteelv, was brought up in custody, and
placed at the bar before Mr. WHITE, charged with
assaulting with an intent, &e.

Mr. WHITE should require very heavy bail. As
he refused to say who or what he was, he might be
a person of a very large fortune for ought he knew.
lie would not take any bail until he knew who the
prisoner was.
The prisoner was then removed from the bar.
Jonathan Nichols, of No. 25, Commerce-place,
Lambeth, was charged with attempting to stab him-
self with a knife at the Prince's-head, Prince's-street,
Lambeth; he afterwards attempted to hang himself,
but was prevented.
The defendant has made frequent attempts to de-
stroy himself, and has been several times in custody
fur the offence.

On being questioned as to his motive for attempt-
ing to destroy himself, he replied that it was all
owing to liquor, and he now solemnly vowed that he
would never touch another drop all the days of his life
On this promise he was discharged,
THAMES POLICE.

Yesterday Daniel Hallsey, master of the Essex,
Gravesend steam-packet, appeared before Me. BAL•
LANTINE, at this office, to answer an information
laid against him for navigating his vessel at a greater
rate or speed than five miles an hour between Lon-
don-bridge and Limehouse-reach.
Cutler and Hartley, beadles of the Watermen's
Company, on the morning of Monday, the 14th in-
stant, went on board the Essex, at Fresh-wharf,
London-bridge, and she was exactly eight minutes
proceeding to the London-dock entrance at Wapping
—a distance of 1 mile and 25 poles, including stop-
pages. She stopped twice between London-bridge
and the Dock entrance, and each stoppage occupied
a minute, They also timed the vessel from the
Dock entrance to the King's Arms, Limehouse-
reach, a distance of 2 miles, 3 furlongs, and 32
poles, which the Essex performed in 15 minutes,
making the whole distance of 3 miles, 4 furlongs,
and 17 poles, in the space of 23 minutes—about 12
miles an hour.

Mr. Nicholls, a surveyor, proved the distance as
mentioned by the beadles ; and
Mr. Banyon, clerk of the Watermen's Company,
said that Hallsey was a registered freeman.
The witness Cutler and Hartley admitted, in
cross-examination, that the Essex stopped while two
craft passed her, which would certainly have been
run down if she had not done so.

Mr. BALLANTINE saw no mitigatory circutnstances
in this case. He therefore felt himself called upon
to inflict the full penalty of 51. and costs on Captain
Hallsey, for going beyond the legal speed of five
miles an hour, and, as he was certain that could not
be done without endangering people's lives, he called
upon him to find bail, himself in 1001. and two sure-
ties in 50/. each, to keep the peace for the next
twelve months, and to manage his steamer so as not
to place the lives and property of his Majesty's sub-
jects in danger.
The required sureties were entered into, but Mr.
Pearson, the defendant's solicitor, gave notice of ap-
peal against the conviction at the Quarter Sessions.
Mr. Ryland, on behalf of the Watermen's Com-
pany, would take care the defendant's former recog-
nizance should be estreated in the Exchequer, and
that the company would prosecute the appeal.