The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-21 00:00:00

THE BURGLARS 1N REGENT'S PARK.

Toe daring character of the recent attack on Mr.
Holtord's house, perpetrated as it were in the midst
of a populous city, continues to attract numerous
persons to the premises. On Saturday various gen-
tlemen visited the place, and had all the spots of par-
ticular interest pointed out to them by one of the ser-
vants, who played a prominent part in the scenes of
the eventful night. Mr. Paul, the butler, has caught
a violent cold, and is so hoarse as to be scarcely able
to speak. It now appears that there were six male
servants in the house at the time the burglars entered
it. The statement which has appeared in the public
journals to the effect that two of the burglars re-
mained outside, while the other two entered the
banqueting-room, is not quite correct. Three, it ap-
pears, entered, while one remained outside to watch,
lest his companions in crime should be surprised
in the act of committing the burglary. It was the
man who kept watch that was seen by Mr. Paul,
the butler, on the lawn, after he had been awoke
by the noise. The front of the house, which the par-
ties entered, was, as already stated, the western end;
they had evidently fancied that none of the servants
slept in that part of the premises. It so happened,
however, that while all the other servants slept at the
eastern end, which is.more than 200 feet from the ban •
queting-room, the butler slept immediately above the
latter. Bat for this fortunate circumstance the burg-
lars would, in all probability, have escaped with their
booty, which would have been most valuable. The
plateau, off which one of the figures was broken, is
worth 7001. Oa discovering that the mansion had
been entered by thieves, the butler, with great pre-
sence of mind, instead of firing from the window, as
on the impulse of the moment he had determined 'to
do, at the man he saw on the lawn, resolved on hur-
rying to the part of the house in which the other
male servants slept, and awakening them ; they all
got up instantaneously, and without any other clothes
than their shirts and trousers, rushed out of the house,
with the view of capturing the burglars, dead or
alive. Three of them took the north side of the man-
sion, and the other three the south side, feeling that
this was the most likely way to prevent the escape of
the parties. Oa seeing the three in the front of the
house advancing the person who had been standing
keeping watch on the lawn, exclaimed, " By God,
we're in for it," and immediately took to his heels.
The butler, however, was by this time close upon
him, and shot him in the head, when he instantly fell
to the ground, apparently dead. In a few seconds
the others got out of the banqueting-room, and rushed
through the adjoining shrubbery. One of them was
fired at by a double-barrelled gun ; and as the piece
was loaded with swan-shot, there can be no doubt
that he must, in different parts of his body, have re-
ceived a part of the contents. The marks of the balls
are visible in the adjoining trees in at least a dozen
places, and spots of the blood of the man shot in the
head were seen by our informant on the leaves of the
trees lying on the ground where he fell. One of the
parties was traced by the blood which flowed from his
wounds to the banks of the canal in the Zoological-
gardens. The other incidents connected with this
affair have been correctly detailed in the public
journals. Mr. Paul states that, when the servants
disturbed the burglars, the banqueting-room was
brilliantly lighted up by lights which they carried
with them. Mr. Holford, who is a bachelor, is at
present in America, and having no near relations in
London, no one has as yet interfered in the present
instance. His original intention was to remain in
the United States until January next ; but it is
thought intelligence of this matter will accelerate is
return, and that he may be expected by the end his
return,
next month.

FAILURE of a RAILWAY BRIDGE, I
Oa Saturday morning last an accident of rather a
singular character occurred at the South-Eastern
Railway terminus, London-bridge.
It appears that about two or three years since one
of Warren's patent iron span arches was thrown over
Joiner-street, Tooley-street, Southwark, in order to
afford accommodation to the increasing number of Y
the railway. The span, which
persons travelling b
was about sixty feet wide, was supported by a number
of iron chains, similar to those in use at the suspen-
sion bridges. From the time the structure was com-
pleted up to Saturday last not the least deflection
was perceptible in any part, but during the past
week or so, in order to afford space for stacking the
bricks used for building the arcade leading to the
entrance of the station, some tons of brick work have
been placed on the roof of the arch. This seems to
have been a greater dead weight than the arch was
intended to bear, for all of a sudden, on Saturday
morning, and whilst a number of pedestrians and se-
passing under the span, a report
Neral vehicles were
similar to the discharge of a cannon occurred. In en
instant the parties underneath made the best of their
vs, ay out, but many were so frightened that they did
not stop running until they reached the end of the
street, no doubt expecting that the arch was about
t) fall. It was Boon ascertained that the immense

At two o'clock Mr. Wortley entered the court in
his official robes, and took the several oaths at the
table. He had reached London from the continent
just three hours previously, and immediately upon
his arrival he comunicated with the Lord Mayor, in-
timating his readiness to commence the performance
of the duties of his office. The Lord Mayor accord-
ingly directed that his brethren should be summoned
to attend the ceremony, in order that the Learned
Gentleman might be qualified to administer justice
in the Central Criminal Court on Monday.
The RECORDER, having advanced to the chair, ad--
dressed the Court in the following manner :—" My
Lord Mayor,—l beg to be permitted, before I take
my seat in this Hon. Court, to offer to you and the
other members of it my most grateful thanks for
the honour you have done me in electing me to
the office of Recorder of this great city. Under ordi-
nary circumstances, to be chosen to fill the elevated
station of chief judge of the city of London must be a
source of pride to the individual upon whom so emi-
nent a distinction might be conferred, but to be elected
when absent and in a distant country, without having
used any means of solicitation, and, in fact, without
having formed any idea connected with the appoint-
ment, was a combination of circumstances in the
highest degree flattering to the individual who has
been the object of your choice, and establishes the
strongest claim upon his gratitude.—(Hear, hear.) I
hope I do not say too much when I declare that I
consider my appointment under such remarkable cir-
cumstances to be the highest and proudest distinction
to which I could be elevated, not inferior to any of
those honourable distinctions which it is in the power
even of the Queen to bestow.—(Hear, hear.) Allow
me to say that I am not insensible to the serious re-
sponsibilities of the office, whether considered with
regard to the exercise of its judicial functions and the
due administration of justice, or the duties of another
kind connected with it, to which my attention
shall be also directed. I am perfectly aware of the
nature of those responsibilities, and I hope I shall be
found upon all occasions acting with the impartiality
so necessary to be maintained in the situation in
which you have placed me, and that I shall command
your respect if I do not always entitle myself to
your warm approval.—(Hear, hear.) Permit me to
claim your pardon if I have been the cause of any
delay or inconvenience by my absence from town.
W hen I heard of the high honour you have done me
I was at the distance of 1,000 miles from this coun-
try, and I immediately set off and availed myself of
all the means of expedition which modern improve-
ment has established to reach the metropolis. I ar-
rived at eleven o'clock this day, and I now appear be-
fore you to express to you the deep gratitude with
which I am impressed by this great mark of honour
and distinction.—(Cheers.)
The Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman was then
warmly congratulated by the members of the Court,
and an immediate adjournment took place. Toe
space behinq the bar was crowded with strangers
during the ceremony, to which the business was con-
fined.