The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-07 00:00:00

that period (July, 1840) young Blackmore was a total
stranger to the defendant and her mother, but he intro-
duced himself by the following letter, dated
" Richmond 17th July, 1840.

" Dear Miss,—You will, I hope, pardon die liberty
used upon this occasion, when you are informed, with
all due submission, that it is the irresistible effects of a
passion I conceived fOr you from having had an oppor •
tunity of minutely observing the charms of your person
a few days, since on the Green. From the awe with
which I am affected by your preSence; I stand in this
predicament—as lost to the power of expression on the'
one hand, as to that of restraint on the other. Though
at present I address you as a stranger, if you Will honour
me with an interview, or a few lines, I will satisfy you,
as well as all who may be concerned, with respect to
every particular of my situation in life and family con-
nexions that may be deemed necessary to be known,
previous to an allowed intercourse. As my designs are
thus apparently honourable; flatter myself you will,
if not pre-engaged, comply with my entreaty, and deign
me the honour of an opportunity of paying you my per-
' sonal respects. Waiting yeur pleasure,
" I am, yours affectionately,
" W. R. BLACKMORE.

" To Miss Forty, Green-side."
An acquaintance was subsequently formed, and young
Blackmore, as it was alleged, invited Miss Forty and her
mother to his father's house, where they remained as
visitors from the 28th of September to the 30th of De-
cember following, in 1840. A dispute then arose be-
tween the parties, and Miss and Mrs. forty ceased to
board in the house, but continued to occupy an apart-
ment up to March, 1841, for which they paid ss. per
week.

For the plaintiff, Emma Blackmore, the plaintiff's
daughter, and other witnesses were called, and stated
that they had heard Misi Forty say that she and her mo-
ther had agreed to pay the plaintiff 10s. per week each
fur board and lodging, and 6s. for washing.
For the &readmit, Mrs. Mary Diana Forty, the mo-
ther, was called, and positively asserted that herself and
daughter were inducecl,bY the earnest entreaties of the
plaintiff's son to go to his,rather's on the 9th of August,
and remain there as visitors.' Witness did not consider
it a suitable match, and her daughter broke it off. She
had never entered into'any agreement with the plaintiff
to pay for their board and lodging.
Mr. Ryland having replied, and the Learned Under-
Sheriff summed up, the jury, after a few minutes' consul-
tation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 41. 14s. 6d.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
CLERKEN WELL.

HORSE-STEALING. -- John ' Robinson, having the ap-
pearance of a country labourer, was charged on suspicion
of stealing two horses, value about SOL, the property of
a person unknown.
Police-constable Cole saw the prisoner riding one of
the horses, and leading the other, between seven and
eight o'clock on that morning, on the Holloway-road.
His manner seemed timid and singular, and witness ques-
tioned him. The prisoner could give no satisfactory
account of how he came by the property. He could not
tell who the owner of the horses was, and would only
state that he had been employed by a drover, and that
he was a native of Bedfordshire. One of the cattle is a
handsome mare, about three years old, and nearly tho-
rough bred ; the other is a powerful cart horse, more
than 1.5 hands hi-7 gh.The prisoner was remanded.
Six boys, varying in age between fourteen and twenty,
named Williams, Smith, Jones, Gibbons, Martin, and
Markham, were charged with having refused to perform
the work assigned them in the Holborn union work-
house. Nothing could exceed the squalid, miserable
appearance of their persona, literally covered with filth
and vermin, their ragged garments hardly concealing
their nakedness. One of them, Zachariah Williams, was
covered with putrid ulcers, resulting from neglected
cutaneous disease ; and Smith was a martyr to the same
loathsome malady. They had been admitted into the
workhouse as destitute poor on the previous night, and,
having received their suppers and bed, as well as break-
fast this morning, were requested to pick oakum for four
hours,.the time assigned by Act of Parliament. They
refused, and were brought before the Magistrate.
Williams said the ulcerated state of his hands would
not permit him to work, and Smith urged the same
excuse.

Mr. GREENWOOD urged Mr. Wilkes to take these two
lads into the cutaneous wards 'of the workhouse, and
have their cases attended to by the physician.

Mr. Wilkes promised to do so. The other four lads
said they would do the work if they were allowed to re-
turn to the workhouse.

This was agreed to, and the prisoners were discharged.
'John Johnson, alias WiUiam Curtis, having a variety
of other aliases, who had been sentenced to transporta-
tion at the Old Bailey for felony about a year ago, was
charged with.numerous robberies.
Police-constable, 49 E, recognised the prisoner as
having been on board the hulks after baying received sen-
tence, and could not say whether the prisoner had es-
caped thence or had been pardoned.
Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that the offence of escap-
ing from the hulks was punished with transportation for
life, and inquired if the prisoner had any certificate of
discharge on his person ?--The constable replied in the
negative ; and proniised.tb inquire from Mr. Cope, go-
vernor of Newgate, if the prisoner really were a returned
convict.

The prisoner declined saying anything on the subject.
The first case was stealing three pairs of boots from
the shop of Mr. Louis, a bootmaker, residing in Brown-
low-street, Holborn. The prisoner went into Mr. Louis'
shop. on Saturday last, between eight and nine in the'
evening, and finding nobody in it, coolly took the boots
from the shelf and ran away with them. He was ob-
served, however, by Mr. Kimble, of 162, Goswell-
street, wbo chanced to be'passing at the time. After a
smart race police-constable 75 E, overtook and arrested
him.

The second case was stealing a fur-trimmed cloak, a
gentleman's blue coat, and other articles of wearing ap-
parel, value 151., from the house of Mr. Veltinhofer, a
German gentleman, residing at 10, Shadwell-street,
Islington.
The prisoner having ascertained that a Mr. Leonardo,
a literary gentleman. lodged in the house, took a ficti-
tious note to him, offering him a salary of 1201. a year
for his services, as teacher in a school in Hounslow. The
note was written in the German language, and was deli-
vered by the prisoner on the 3d ult. Whilst Mr. Leo-
nardo was penning an answer to the note, the prisoner
decamped with the garments, which were hanging in
the hall.
The third case was stealing a cheese, weighing 59 lbs ,
from the shop of Mr. Coggin, Dean-street, Holborn, on
the 2d of May last, which was established.
Depositions for trial were taken down in the above
three cases, and Restaux stated that a great number of
other cases of a similar nature could be completed against
him, but the Magistrate said it would be sufficient to
commit him for trial on these three.
In the case of Mark Need alias Perkins—a father
beating his child, with extraordinary cruelty, and the
facts of which appeared in this paper, among the reported
proceedings of Clerkenwell Police-court, Mr. Scargill,
clerk to the board of guardians of Clerkenwell parish,
announced to the Magistrate that it was the intention of
the board to prosecute the father at the ensuing Middle-
sex sessions, and Mr. Greenwood expressed his satisfac-
tion at the information.

SHOCKING ATTEMPT at MURDER

NEAR LOUTH.
On Thursday evening (30th ult.), about nine o'clock, the
utmost consternation was created in Louth, from the
galloping into the town of a mounted messenger, who
sought the assistance of the police in endeavouring to
discover the retreat of a ruffian who had' made an at-
tempt to murder an old man, named Jacob Gainsley;
and his wife, who keep the toll-bar on the Spilsby -road,
about two miles from Louth.
About eight o'clock on the above evening, a. tall,
stout, banker-looking fellow called at the bar, and asked
for a biscuit and a cup of water, which were sup-
plied to him by old Gainsley, and of which he sat down
and partook. When he had finished he went out, and
on his return said be would have another biscuit and a
bottle of ginger beer. These were also supplied, and
soon afterwards he -rose from his chair, went up to the
fire, and taking down a brace of loaded pistols which were
hanging over the mantelpiece, said to the old man,
" What do you keep these for?" to which he replied,
"To protect myself from robbers." The ruffian in-
stantaneously levelled a pistol at Gainsley, and fired.
Providentially the ball missed, and lodged in the opposite
wall. He then pulled from his pocket a heavy hammer,
with which he began to beat the poor old man on the
head. The noise brought out Gainsley's wife, who was
in a little parlour, who seized the assailant by the necker-
chief, when, to release himself, he took hold of the fore-
finger of her hand with his teeth, and completely bit
off the first. joint. He then began beating the
old woman on the head with the hammer until
she was nearly insensible. All this was but the work
of a moment, and at this stage Gainsley's son, a stout
young man, who was in bed in another part of the
house, rushed into the room in his shirt, when the vil-
lain fired at him with the second pistol, the ball of
which must inevitably have proved fatal, had it not
entered the thick part of his right arm, where it
lodged. The poor fellow grappled with the wretch,
and in the struggle he was severely, cut about his
right hand with a razor, which his opponent pulled
from his pocket. He succeeded, however, in wresting
from him the hammer with which he gave him several se-
vere blows on the head, its shaft being broken in the
struggle. At this time, also, the old man recollected that
he had a sword stick, with a stiff square sword (four
edged), about a foot and a half long, and with this wea-
pon he several times stabbed the fellow, and it was sub-
sequently found stained with blood ! The father and
son then rushed into the parlour for a loaded gun, which
was hung up there, when the fellow followed them and
seized it ; but the cap having been lost, it was rendered
useless. The struggle in this little parlour was severe, and
so much blood was lost by the whole party, that the walls
were literally besmeared with it. The old woman
escaped by the window to give an alarm, when the
other three returned to the room in which the attempt
at murder was first made, each too faint from exhaustion
and loss of blood to struggle any more. The ruffian
then (having unebservedly locked the door inside, and
put the key in his pocket), finding the old woman was
gone to give an alarm, took out his razor and swore he
would cut his own throat, drawing the razor across it as
he spoke, if they would not let him go. Whether from
fear or otherwise, he was then suffered to make his
escape, and took a direction towards the woods on the
Spilsby
APPREHENSION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

OF THE CRIMINAL.
LOUTH, SUNDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.-011r correspondent
further writes :—We have just received information
that the perpetrator of the diabolical outrage recorded
above has been discovered, and has attempted self-mur-
der by cutting his own throat, though not so severely 64 to