The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-04 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

THE JEWEL ROBBERY IN THE STRAND.—This morn-
ing John Buncher, who stands charged with being con-
cerned in the burglary and robbery of jewellery upon
the premises of Messrs. Clapham and Williams, jewel-
lers, &c., of the Strand, was admitted to bail, to appear
on Saturday next. His wife, Mary Buncher, who is
also implicated in the robbery, was admitted to bail a
few days since.

MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THISDAY7)

EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT.— William Francis Davis,
a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Hardwick
on the following charge :
Mr. Theodore d'Lome, an American gentleman, re-
siding at Thompson's hotel, Berkele).quare, stated
that at about ten o'clock this morning, he was leaving
the hotel in his carriage, with his wife and sister, when
the prisoner, whom he had never seen before, thrust
his head into the carriage, and touching his sister on
the shoulder, said, "Is not your name Phillips?" She re-
plied in the negative, but the prisoner still persisted in
saying " You are Miss Phillips." and would not
go away. 'His sister said, " You are mistaken
in the person ; I am not Miss Phillips;" and
then pulled up the window. Cemplanant then or-
dered the coachman to drive on, and the prisoner ran
by the side of the carriage to No. 12, It •gent-street,
where they stopped, and witness got out and entered the
shop. On coming out, he saw the prisoner looking
through the window of the carriage. He told him if he
(prisoner) did not mind his own business and go away,
he would send for a police-officer to remove him. The
prisoner, however, refused, and, in order to put a stop to
the annoyance, a constable was sent for, and the prisoner
given in charge.
The prisoner, who appeared to be labouring under
some strange delusion, denied the statement of the com-
plainant as far as alluded to his persisting in speaking to
Miss d'Lome more than once, and the reason he did so
then Was, because he fancied he was acquainted with
her. He was a clerk out of place, and lodged at No.
447, Oxford-street.
Mr. HARDWICK directed a constable to go at once to
the address given by the defendant and ascertain who
and what he was.
On the officer's return he said he had been to defend.
ant's lodgings, and had seen the landlord, who informed
him that he thought defendant was not right in his mind,
that his friends were highly respectable, and that be was
frequently in the habit of making love and claiming ac-
quaintance with any lady he chanced to rneet.
Mr. HARDWICK thought the defendant's conduct very
extraordinary, and remanded him. The constable was
directed to:communicate with:the defendant's friends, and
acquaint them of the position he was in.

THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE

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FROM THE MODEL PRISON,- PEN-
TONVILLE.
Up to ten o'clock last night the authorities of this pri-
son had not learnt any tidings of the convict George
Racket, the particulars of whose escape appeared in this
journal of 3 esterday. In the course of the day the Go-
vernment Inspector of Prisons visited the establishment,
and instituted an inquiry into the circumstances attend-
ing the convict's flight. The investigation was con-
ducted in private. One important fact, we understand,
was elucidated during the inspector's inquiry, respect-
ing the turnkeys and officers of the prison, who were
suspected to have aided Hacket in accomplishing his
object. It was shown satisfactorily, as we are informed,
that they were entirely exonerated from blame. It
was stated that Racket was one of the most daring
desperadoes that perhaps were ever confined in the
prison, and it is a matter of surprise that the Govern-
ment, with a knowledge of his previous desperate career,
should have sent him to the Model Prison, it being un •
derstood that it was intended as a receptacle for felons
likely to be reformed and instructed in trades. In illus-
tration of 'locket's character, we may be permitted to
mention that in the course of Monday night he sent a
letter through the post-office, addressed to the Governor,
the contents of which it is said are to the following
effect:—

"Monday, Dec. 2, 1850.
" George Hacket presents his compliments to the Go-
vernor of the Model Prison, Pentonville, and begs to
apprize him of his happy escape from the gaol. He was
in excellent spirits, and could assure the Governor that
it would be useless for his men to pursue him; that he
was quite safe, and in a few days intended to proceed to
the continent to recruit his health."
As yet the Government have not offered a reward for
his capture. Hacket is described as a stiff-built man,
about five feet six inches in height, large features, nose
slightly turned up, gray eyes, a scar on his cheek. light
hair, pale complexion, and twenty-two years of age.
Ile had been cohabiting with a woman who is now living
in the neighbourhood of Kingsland. His parents reside
near Calvert's brewery, in Upper Thames-street. It is
considered somewhat strange that the police on duty
near the prison on Sunday evecing saw nothing of the
convict after he had cleared the walls. All the covering
he had was a shirt, a pair of stockings, and his trousers.
No person answering his description was see❑ during the
night. It is pr'sumed that he took shelter in the house
of one of the gang in the neighbourhood of Holloway.
One thing is certain—that the parents of the convict
made known to the police in the early part of last week
that ho had attempted to escape from the prison, and
that they were going to take their fare% ell of him on
Monday, as it was the intention of Government to send
him out of the country.

THE FLAX MovEmENT.—The tenth annual meet-
ing of the Belfast Fax Improvement Society was held in that
city on Friday last. The Earl of Erne presided, and there
was present ri vast array of the nobility and gentry of the
province. The proceedings occupy nearly nine columns of
the Northern Whig, three of which are taken up by "the
roort" alone. Among the speakers were the Bishop of
Down, Lord Dufferin, Mr. Sharman Crawford, M.P., Sir
Robert Bateson, and the Earl of Roden. The latter, who
was the second chairman, paid a just tribute of respect todhe
Earl of Clarendon,for, his Excellency's
the ottjectsa the sotiety. ' Of"i
DAUGHTXIt
.eXtitiGIAS 10. promote
Telegraph says :—,r 'I he favourjt d aughter f jolui 11urttet;'
author' of ',Observations and Suggestions onliducation7Ltice,
man who haileft cld ertainly the best grammar in the lan-'
guage Lindley I.lurrayjtevisetl'),' b6en trying to Eke'
out a precarious existence by singing ballade, through thel
streets of Newry for the last few evenings!".

THE MAGAZINES.
BLACK WOOD.

A capital jeu d'esprit of a poetical kind adorns the
pages of Blackwood for December. The notion is
taken from the history of Guido Fawkes, and refers
to the circumstance of Tresham having been the
one of the conspirators to roll the powder into the
cellars of the Houses of Parliament—that very
Treshant who afterwards peached against his accom-
plices. The purport of the joke may be caught
from the "moral" comprised in the two concluding
stanzas :

"If you, dear youth, are bent on truth
In these degenerate days,
And if you dare one hour to spare
For aught but Roman Lays;'
If, shunning rhymes, you read the Times,
And search its columns through,
You'll find perhaps that Tresham's lapse
Is matched by something new.
"Our champion John, with armour on,
Is ready now to stand
(For so we hope) against the Pope,
At least on English bind.
'Gainst foreign rule and Roman bull
fight, and surely win.
Bat—tarry yet—and don't forget
WHO DOLLED THE POWDER IN!"
Another instalment of Sir Bulwer Lytton's
" Novel" familiarises its readers more with one or
two cf the principal characters, more especially with
Giacomo and Riccabocca. Randal Leslie, moreover,
becomes better known, and with some peculiar be-
ings perhaps better liked than before ; while good
parson Dale preaches us a long sermon on the text,
"For every man shall bear his own burden," taken
from Galatians. A sermon by Bulwer will of itself,
we opine, be a sufficient curiosity in its way to ensure
for it a very extensive perusal. And that perusal
will not prove fruitless, the sermon inculcating a
beautiful morality. Exquisite is our great author's
allusion to the apology made so touchingly by Oliver
Goldsmith for not entering the priesthood, to the
effect that he did not feel himself good enough.
" Thy Vicar of Wakefield, poor Goldsmith," he ex-
claims, "was an excellent substitute for thee; and
Dr. Primrose, at least, will be good enough for the
world until Miss Jemima's fears are realised." An
article on "Ancient and Modern Eloquence," takes in
one comprehensive view the whole mass of rheto-
ricians. It is an essay of remarkable beauty, and
reveals no little erudition. Mr. Laing's " Observa-
tions on Europe" are subsequently passed under cri-
ticism; and this is followed by "A Lecture on
Journalism, by an Old Stager," full of a quiet and
humorous sarcasm. "The; Great Unknown; a Jest
from the German," will be read with interest in
Scotland, and found entertaining also with the gene-
rality. "Duelling" is the subject of the third instal-
ment of the series entitled "Modern State Trials,"
and a contribution relating to the " Defences of Great
Britain" contains a review of the last remarkable
work of Sir Francis Head. The whole number,
which, taken altogether, is of more even than ave-
rage excellence, is brought to a conclusion by a
paper, entitled, " The Popish Partition of England."