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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY- MORNI'MG, NOVEMBER 1, 1844.

Lordship actually took place, after what had occurred,
upon his own showing, he hardly knew that he could
blame the inspector (who had received strict orders to
keep the road clear) for his share in the transaction.
It appeared to him that the only respect in which the
defendant neglected his duty, was in not taking the
Noble Lord into custody; and therefore he thought
he must dismiss the case.
Thomas Jones, who had been nearly four years
confidential clerk and collector to Mr. Bohn, book-
seller, of York-street, Covent-garden, was committed
on six charges of embezzlement, preferred by his late
master.
John Williams was brought before Mr. Hall, the chief
magistrate, charged with having attempted to commit a
burglary in the house of Mr. Berry, watchmaker, 53,
Parliament-street.
Policeman A 84, deposed that he was on duty in Par-
liament-street about twelve o'clock the night previous,
and heard a noise like the ringing of a crow-bar falling
on the pavement. He went up to the spot and found
the prisoner, with several other persons, standing near
to the shop of Mr. Berry, watchmaker, the prisoner
having the crowbar in his hand. Witness immediately
seized him, but the others made off. On examining the
doors, he found a mark, caused by the insertion of a
crowbar, and two other marks underneath the shutters.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
George Carter and William Smith, respectably
dressed youths, between fourteen and fifteen years of
age, were charged with stealing fifty seven yards of linen
from the shop of Messrs. Carr and Goodall.
William HorsOd stated that as he was passing the
prosecutor's shop he observed the prisoners standing
together inside at the counter, making some trifling pur-
chase. Smith had on an ample cloth cloak. Carter was
keeping the attention of the two persons serving behind
the counter. Smith drew from a shelf underneath the
counter the roll of cloth in question, which by degrees
he drew up under his arm to the cloak, unnoticed by any
person in the shop. They shortly after left together,
and witness continued to follow them until he met with
police-constable No. 50 of the C division.
Mr. Goodall identified the cloth as being the property
of the firm, and of the value of between 2/. and 31.
The prisoners made no defence, and were fully com-
mitted for trial.

himself expressed it, subjecting him to considerable
pecuniary loss—in fact, adding something like injus-
tice to injury—he should not insist upon his attend-
ance, but should hold the prisoner to bail for six
months, so that captain Lawson, on his return from
Alexandria, might have an opportunity of indicting
and prosecuting him for the serious injury he had in-
flicted upon him. The prisoner was ordered to find
two sureties in 401. each for six months.
THAMES POLICE.
On Tuesday a man named K.* was charged
with breaking sixteen panes of glass in a public-
house, kept by Mr. Abbott, and was fined 405., the
value of the glass. As the demolition of the windows
still went on, Mr. Abbott set two constables to
watch the premises. It was soon discovered that
some person in the house was also a party to the de-
molition, as the broken glass in the latter instances
had fallen outward. Suspicion lighted on the pot-
boy, and he was seen by a constable to break three
squares of glass with a piece of coal, and when ar-
rested a stone was found in his pocket.
The prisoner denied that he had broken any of the
glass. He was on good terms with his master, who
had not given him notice to leave, and there was
nothing to instigate him to the act. He was himself
struck in the eye by one of the stones, which had
been thrown from the street, and the stone found in
his pocket was the one which struck him, and which
his master must admit he (the prisoner) had been de-
sired to keep.
Mr. Abbott admitted such to be the fact, but said
he had every reason to believe that the boy was
party who broke the windows
fcrooninn connected
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with the
Mr. BALLANTINE said if the windows had been
broken in this instance from without he would have
inflicted a heavy penalty, but, as it stood, it was a
case of wilful damage, and the law only allowed him
to impose the amount of the damage. The prisoner
must therefore pay 35., or go to gaol for seven days.
The fine was immediately paid.
Captain Macdonald, master, and Andrew Gray, a
steward, of the Isabella Watson, from Calcutta, were
charged on Custom-house informations with being
concerned in the " unshipping and carrying and con-
veying" of three quarts and one pint of brandy, and
seven pounds of cigars, by which they had incurred
penalties of 1001. each.
Mr. Pelham applied for a postponement of the case
until this day, that he might apply to the Board of
Customs for a mitigation of the penalty, the goods
having been inadvertently unshipped by the parties.
Mr. Potbury, clerk to the Solicitor of Customs,
offered no opposition on the part of the Crown.
Mr. BALLANTINE ordered each defendant to enter
into sureties, himself in 60/. and two sureties of SOL
each, for their appearance this day.
The report of Inspector White (of the Thames-
police) was, that after sunset he saw a cart and horse
come out of Wigram's ship-yard, at Black wall, the
defendant Gray being in his company. White asked
Gray where he was going to convey the contents of
the cart, and he replied "To the captain's house,"
and that he had just left the Isabella Watson in the
dock. As White had received certain information
that there was a good deal of contraband property in the
cart, he seized the whole of the goods, which con-
sisted of the cigars and brandy mentioned in the
information • a box of jewellery worth 200/., a por-
tion of which is of foreign manufacture, and liable to
duty ; a dozen of champagne, 12 bottles of eau de
Cologne, sugar, tea, and other articles liable to duty,
and a quantity of furniture, the whole of which was
seized by the inspector, and conveyed to the Queen's
warehouse, where the confiscation at' the whole or
part of the property awaits the decision of the Com-
missioners of Customs. When the inspector stopped
the cart, Gray said the captain was close behind, and
White looked for him, but could not find him. He
afterwards saw Captain Macdonald in his own house,
and informed him of the seizure. The captain said it
was a bad job, and asked White if it could be
settled without an exposure. White said it could
not, and arrested him on the part of the Crown. The
value of all the goods seized is about 3501.
CLERKEN WELL.

MAIIYLEBONE.
Wednesday Captain Charles Irvine, R.N., who is
upwards of seventy years of age, was brought up on a
warrant to answer the charge of having written and
sent a letter to Edward Walter Forester Walker, a
Captain in the Scots Fusileer Guards, with intent to
induce him to fight a duel with him.
Captain Walker handed in the letter containing a
challenge to fight with swords, when
Mr. LONG, after he had perused the same, asked
Captain Irvine (who admitted that the writing was
his) what he had to say ? Captain Irvine-1 have
this to say, Sir, that I called on Captain Walker to
meet me in Belgium, and under these circumstances I
submit, that no breach of the peace having been con-
templated in this country, there is nothing of which
you can take cognizance.
Mr. LONG —This letter clearly contains a chal-
lenge to Captain Walker, and it is my duty to do all
in my power to prevent this duel from taking place.
Captain Irvine—As I before observed, Sir, I wished
Captain Walker to meet me in Belgium. I had no
intention whatever of committing a breach of the peace
in• this country.
Mr. LONG—I must take care that you do not.
Captain Irvine—l ought to have brought Captain
Walker here instead of his bringing me before you;
he has abused me in the grossest terms.
Mr. LONG—I shall require you to find bail to keep
the peace, yourself in 200/., and two sureties in 1001.
each.

Captain Walker read extracts from other letters
addressed to him and Captain Hamilton (also of the
Fusilier Guards), and the magistrate perused some
of the epistles ; they were penned by Captain Irvine,
who upon more than one occasion had challenged the
above-named military gentlemen to fight him with
swords. In one of the letters were these words :-
41'11 cut you in pieces, or you shall me." The letter
was (said Captain Walker) a most extraordinary pro-
duction.
It appeared Captain Hamilton was in the first in-
stance challenged by Captain Irvine to fight him at
Ostend. Captain Walker, in consequence of the
extreme age of Captain Irvine, and taking the cir-
cumstances of the case altogether into consideration,
advised his friend to decline the " honour" of being
" cut into pieces" abroad, and hence arose the chal-
lenge to himself for his interference in the matter.
Mr. LONG (to Captain Irvine)—l shall alter my
former decision, and call upon you and your sureties
for double the amount of bail which I had before
fixed upon.
Captain Irvine—A most gross attempt has been
made to swindle me out of 4001. Captaiu Walker
and Captain Hamilton have both virtually challenged
me to fight, and they can't deny the fact.
Captain Walker—l do deny it.
Captain Irvine (to Mr. Long)—May I ask you,
Sir, what has induced you to double the bail ?
Mr. LoNG—I have doubled it, believing that your
circumstances are such as to warrant my doing so. It'
you are really disposed to keep the peace, the sum in
which you and your hien Is are bound over can be of
no importance.
Captain Irvine—For what period am I to te
bound, Sir ?
Mr. LONG—For twelve months.
Captain Irvine (after some little hesitation)—Very
well.—The required recognisances were then enterk d
into for Captain Irvine keeping the peace towards all
her Majesty's subjects, but more particularly towards
Captain Walker and Captain Hamilton, for the next
twelve months.
The sureties were Major Charles Walker, of Lea-
mington House, near Ipswich, and a barrister named
Hawkins, of Lincoln's Inn.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Wednesday a respectable-looking man, in busi-
ness as a dairyman, was charged on suspicion of
stealing a watch from a person who had met the pri-
soner and four or five other acquaintances on the pre-
vious evening at a skittle-ground, and had not been
there many minutes before he fell asleep. When he
awoke he discovered that his watch had been stolen
from his pocket. As the only reason assigned for sus-
pecting the prisoner and giving him into custody was
that he had endeavoured to rouse the prosecutor to
give him some drink, and had left the company before
the watch was missed, and as a respectable trades-
man stated that the accused was a very honest well-
conducted man,
Mr. BOND said that there was not the least ground
for suspecting the prisoner more than any other of
the party, and immediately discharged him.
A general dealer, residing at 26, Little Chapel-
street, having been recently fined 103., at the instance
of the police, for exposing goods in the front of Lis
premises, so as to obstruct the footway, he complained
of being singled out when others were permitted to
violate the law without being at all interfered with,
and took a summons against his next door neighbour
for a similar offence.
Mr. BOND inflicted the penalty of 103.
Defendant thought it very hard, and said it was all
spite.
Mr. BOND observed that the public were much in-
convenienced by goods being exposed on the foot and
carriage-way.

George Owen was charged with violently assault-
.ng Joshua Ererard, and Anne Everard his wife.
The complainants deposed that they were in a
private room in a beer-shop, on the Liverpool-road,
when the prisoner came in and assaulted them with
the utmost violence. The woman, whose face was
dreadfully swollen, swore he loosened all the teeth
upon one side of her face by the violence of his blow,:,
and she bled profusely from the mouth.
Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—What have
you to say ? Prisoner (an oil man)—My daughter has
been ruined in the house, and has poisoned herself.
Mr. GREENWOOD—I can't hear anything about the
poisoning. What have you to say to the assault ?
The father, however, went on to say that his
daughter, who had been seduced by the complainant's
son, had given birth to a child in a cab, and—
Mr. GREENWOOD—I can't hear anything about that.
It has nothing to do with the charge of assault.
The father—But my daughter—my child—poisoned
herself on Monday night. I did not hear of it until
last night, and I was enraged. I went to the lodg-
ings of her seducer, and meeting the father and mo-
ther there, and seeing my daughter in the bed, I
might have attacked them, but they struck me first.
Mr. Ingoldsby, a surgeon, deposed that on Monday
night last, the prisoner's daughter having taken poison,
he was called upon to attend her. She was, however,
in a fair way of recovery until last night, when she
was again thrown into convulsions by the excitement.
When her father entered the room enraged, she, fear-
ing he would injure the complaintants, jurn,,ed out of
bed, and, in endeavouring to shield them, received, as
he was informed, a blow herself. She was now in a
most dangerous state. Mrs. Everard was bleeding
from the mouth when he entered. His object in at-
tending was to prevent the recurrence of further vio-
lence, as it would probably prove fatal to the patient.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Don't you say the prisoner
struck the patient ? Witness—l heard that he did
in the scuffle.
The old man passionately exclaimed—" Struck my
own daughter ! Let her come here, and I know she
would not say I struck her.
Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced him to pay a fine of
21., or a month's imprisonment.
p riat
Not having tm. v
herml. oney, he was committed.
Wednesday B. Diamond, proprietor of a
Weston-house, Western-
street,lsuomught the advice and assistance
v King's-cross,luntic
asylum,
of the magistrate, stating that a few days ago a gen-
tleman came to him, and requested him to receive
into his asylum his sister, who was insane, and whom
he had just brought from Brighton. He stated that
her husband was a man of property residing in York-
shire, 'and that whatever the demand for her main-
tenance was should be satisfied. Applicant refused
to receive the patient, unless there were two medical
certificates testifying her insanity. These the brother
obtained, and he received the woman, who was
labouring under insanity of a very aggravated kind;
in fact, she was so violent that she disturbed all the
other patients, and on this account he was most
anxious to be freed from her. Upon inquiry, how-
ever, it turned out that her husband was not worth
a farthing, and finding that she would be a perpetual
burden upon him, ne went before the St. Pancras .
Board of Guardians, and stating the case to them,
asked them to receive the woman into their house as
a destitute lunatic pauper in their parish; but they
refused to do anything for him.
Mr. COMBE (addressing Mr. Keys, the overseer)—
Here is a destitute lunatic pauper in your parish, will
you refuse her admission ? Mr. Keys—l have no
doubt but some of the authorities at Brighton advised
the brother to take her here, so that they might be
freed from the burden.
Mr. Comsu—Well, if that be so, you can indict
them for a conspiracy, but that forms no excuse for
refusing to admit the woman.
Mr. Keys— the gentleman has got his answer from
the board. I can't interfere.
Mr. COMBE —Does your board mean to say that a
destitute lunatic pauper is to remain in their parish
without taking any steps to relieve her ? Mr. Keys—
He ought to have been more cautious.
Mr. COMBE—Why, it is clear the gentleman has
been imposed upon. If he should turn her upon the
streets, dare you refuse to receive her ?. Mr. Keys—
Let him do so at his peril.
The Clerk—And you refuse to receive her at your
peril.
Mr. Keys—lt is not our doing, but his Own.
Mr. COMBE—Not your doing ? \\Thy, what do the
peop!e pay heavy rates for? Is it that destitute
lunatics may be suffered to roam about the parish, or
burden one of its ratepayers ? The law is, that the
workhouse is open for the reception of destitute per
so.is who may have casually came into the parish. I
the St. Pancras parish permit this unfortunate urea.
tare to wander about the streets, it is my opinim
they will subject themselves to an indictment for ne.
glect of duty.
After some further discussion, during which Me,
Keys admitted Mr. Diamond to be a highly respect':
able gentleman,

LAMBETH-STREET.
Some weeks since a number of wretched-looking
objects applied at this court for intercession to obtain
for them the amount of gratuities due to them from
the Spanish Government, or such other relief as would
protect or remove them from the state of wretched-
ness into which they were plunged by withholding
the pensions and gratuities due to them. The state-
ment made by the applicants was such as was calcu-
lated to awaken the deepest sympathy, but from the
numerous communications which have since reached
Mr. Henry it is quite clear that some of them, at
least, do not deserve all that sympathy which was at
first awakened. Amongst other communications re-
ceived by Mr. Henry was one from an officer in the
Spanish Legion, who appeared to be intimately ac-
quainted with the whole merits of the case, and who
commenced his letter as follows :--
" Sir,—l regret to perceive by an account in the news-
papers that your sympathy and the public charity have
been imposed on by a scamp of the name of M'Cormack,
formerly in the Spanish service."
The communication went on to state that the man
M'Cormack (who had been spokesman on the occa-
sion alluded to, and to whom a benevolent indivldual
had since sent 10s.)was undeserving of the slightest
sympathy. A communication was also received from
Senor Castaneda, the commissioner for the settlement
of the claims of the Spanish Legion, from which it
appeared that the case of M'Cormack had undergone
the most strict and impartial investigation, and that,
so tar from his having cause to complain, he hial beet,
most liberally treated.
William Duvall, the second mate on board tl.e
Prince Oscar brig, who has been remanded for some
weeks on a charge of gouging and forcing out one of
the eyes of his captain with his thumb, carid al=o in-
flicting other injuries on his person, was brought up
for final examination.
The following letter received by the chief clerk
from: Captain Lawson, dated " South Shields Oct
26," was read : ,

COMBE advised the applicant again to apply to
the parish, as he felt confident they would not, after
consideration, refuse to receive her.
The gentleman left the Court, went to the work-
house, and made the application ; he returned to the
Magistrate, and stated that the authorities persisted
in refusing to receive the lunatic.
Mr. ComnE advised him to apply to his solicitor.
Eliza Jones, alias Burdill, was charged with breaking
Thomas Burdill's arm in two places, with a poker.
The prosecutor has been living with the prisoner for
the last two years. Last Monday night, he was aroused
from his sleep by the violent noise she made below stairs.
He went down to pacify her. She, seizing a poker, broke
his left arm. Having committed this injury, she went
outside the door, and smashed every window in the
house that was within her reach.

‘; I must acknowledge Mr. Henry's kindness in not
enforcing my appearance at the sessions, as it would be
attended with considerable recuntary loss to me as well
as inconvenience ; and, considering the way I am situate,
it would be inflicting a greater punishment on me than
a longer imprisonment would on the prisoner Duvall ;
and as I trust in the course of a week to be able to pro-
ceed on my intended voyage, I must, with many tanks
to Mr. Henry for his endeavour to give the prisoner a
just punishment for his offence, be content with the
punishment that is in Mr. Henry's power to inflict upon
him." ,

Mr. HENRY expressed the strongest reluctance to
part with the prisoner until he took his trial, and was
adequately punished for his ruffianly conduct; but
feeling that by compelling Captain Lawson to come
to town to prosecute when he was on the point of
sailing with his vessel, he would be, as the captain

The prisoner complained that the prosecutor had
knocked her down and jumped on her; but this he posi-
tively denied.—She was fully committed for trial.

UNION-HALL.
Wednesday an elderly man, named Morris, was
convicted of obtaining money under the old deception
of pretended illness and forged signatures to a peti-
tion for relief. His detection was owing to the curious
accident of Horsford, the Mendicity officer, passing
at the time the prisoner was exhibiting his petition,
and displaying all the well-feigned symptoms of se-
vere disease. The moment he caught sight of the
officer he ',_‘bolted," leaving his petition behind him ;
the officer gave chase, having for six years known him
as an impostor, and captured him.
Mr. TRAILL sentenced him to three months' im-
prisonment, with hard labour, telling him that the
next time he was brought up he should be sent to the
sessions.

Mary Bonner, Mary Williams, and Margaret Davis,
were charged before Mr. Traill, with stealing a valuable
gold watch, the property of Mr. Chapple, of No. 31,
Piccadilly.
The complainant stated that as he was, between ten
and eleven o'clock the preceding night, walking along
the Westminster-road, the three prisoners came up and
surrounded him. In a moment one of them made a pull
at his watch, and they all ran, but he seized one of them,
while a policeman pursued the other two and secured
them. No property was found on them, but they had
not been long locked up when a woman named Lloyd
brought the complainant's watch to the station house,
having (by her account) found it under the gate of the
Freemasons' School, the spot where the complainant was
robbed. In the course of the examination it was stated
the particular place where the robbery took place was
nightly infested with prostitutes of the lowest order, who
make a point of insulting and robbing persons passing in
that direction.
The prisoners were remanded till Saturday.
GREENWICH.
Scarcely a day passes at this court without several
cases being brought before the magistrates, under the
Act of the 34 and 4th of Victoria, for using abusive
and threateuing words. In one which occurred yes-
terday, Mr. Jeremy stated it to be his determination
to put down, if possible, these sorts of cases, us they
were as disgraceful to the parties who appeared in
them as they were disgusting to the public, whose
ears were continually assailed with the most filthy
and blackguard language. lie should, therefore, fine
the defendant 40s. for using the language imputed to
him, ss. the cost of witnesses, and 2s. costs.

WANDSWORTH. ----
Wednesday, a lad, about 14 years of age, was con-
victed of throwing stones at the trains passing on the
South- Western Railway.
Mr. Dalby, the superintendent of the railway
police, said that there had latterly been a great many
complaints made of stones being thrown at the trains
whilst in passage, and it had been found necessary,
in order to abate this dangerous nuisance, to solicit
the aid and interference of the metropolitan police.
Inspector Buisane said he had, in consequence,
instructed his men to take into custody all persons
whom they found throwing stones upon the railway.
Mr. PAYNTER observed that the lives and limbs of
railway passengers were endangered by such a prac-
tice. What defence had the prisoner to make to the
charge? The prisoner said the train was too far off
for him to hit it.

FATAL ACCIDENT in the EXPERT.
MENTAL MINES at CHATHAM.
CHATHAM, OCT. 30.—The public are already awn
that a sham siege has been for some days past going
on upon the Chatham Lines, in the neighbourhood of
the casemate barracks, where Captain Wynne, of the
Royal Engineers, is attacking the glacis of a fortifi-
cation, which Lieutenant Penrice, of the same corps,
is defending. Previous to this day several explosions
have taken place without any important result or ac-
cident, and it was generally understood that others
would take place to-day. In the early part of the
afternoon great sensation was created in Brompton,
Chatham, and the neighbourhood, by the rumour that
a serious and fatal accident had taken place in the
mines, and on proceeding to the spot it was found
that the report was but too true. From information
obtained on the spot, it appears that in the course of
the morning a charge of 2501b5. of gunpowder was
fired in the right branch of Lieutenant Penrice's
countermines, and about half-past one o'clock a
smaller charge of about 51b5., besides some loose
powder, was exploded. After air had been pumped
into the mines for some time, three men, namely,
James Sullivan, a private in the East India Com-
pany's Sappers, and Harris and Bailey, two privates
in the Queen's service, entered the branch where the
explosion had taken place, for the purpose of digging
out the loose earth. In a few minutes Bailey came
out of the mine, saying that the foul air so affected
his head that he could not stand it any longer. Sul-
livan and Harris not making their appearance, some
alarm was excited, and corporal Dent and private
Murphy entered the mine in search of them, when
they found them lying at the further end of the
branch in a senseless =tate. Corporal Dent, although
seriously affected by the vapour, succeeded in getting
Harris out, but Murphy was unable to assist Sulli-
van, and fell senseless in the passage, completely
choking it. Some delay occurred in extricating
Murphy, and when that was effected, Lieu-
tenant Muggeridge, who was in charge of
the party, led his men in to rescue poor
Sullivan, who was lying on his face at the
extreme end of the branch. He immediately got out,
arid Mr. Weeks, a surgeon, of Brompton, being sent
for, was promptly on the spot, and applied remedies,
but in Sullivan's case without effect, as, owing to the
delay in getting him out, he was quite dead. Murphy
and Harris were conveyed on stretchers to the hos-
pital in Brompton barracks, where they are doing
well. Several of the party who entered the mine the
last time were more or less affected, and the Lieute-
nant himself was partially delirious for some minutes
after he came out. Immediately after the accident
all further operations in the works ceased, and it is
understood will be totally abandoned. Mr. Hindes,
the coroner of the district, will hold an inquest on the
deceased, who was much respected in the corps, and
the inquiry is looked forward to with some anxiety,
as it is asserted that the pumps used for the purpose
of forcing air into the mines were defective ; but it is
proper to say, that judging from the great care with
which all the operations were conducted, that asser-
tion will, no doubt, be found to be untrue.

The mother of the prisoner said she was a widow,
left with nine children, and she hoped the magistrate
would deal leniently with the case.
Mr. PAYNTEB observed that the prisoner was not a
mere child; he was old enough to know that he was
committing a very serious offence. He considered
the prisoner's conduct was most wanton, and unde-
serving of any leniency ; he should therefore convict
him in the sum of 51., and if that sum was not paid,
he would be committed to the House of Correction
for six weeks.

EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MUSEUM.—(From a Cor-
respondent )—The above Institution has recently expe-
rienced several important alterations and improvements,
and has received some valuable additions from the Asiatic
Society of Calcutta. The horns pertaining to different
animals hare been judiciously arranged, and may now
be seen to far better advantage than they were before,
when they were indiscriminately huddled together.
Two newly discovered specimens of cervi have been
lately introduced into the museum ; one of them was
presented to the Directors by Major Harris, which that
gentleman procured whilst he was proceeding on
his mission to Shoa. It is a species of antelope, and is
boldly and elegantly striped with white annular sones, si-
milar to the zebra. The horns of this beautiful animal
are two feet in length, and spirally formed. It would ap-
pear to have heretofore escaped the notice of naturalists.
The other is a red deer (a male), shot in the valley of
Munnipore, in the Raj-Mal district. The antlers of this
latter animal are out of all proportion to the size of its
body, and present a very formidable front. It is stated to
be exceedingly fierce and untractable. To the ornitholo-
gical department some interesting additions have been
made. Several novel species of falcons, cranes, and divers
have been received peculiar to Northern India. The bat
(vespertilio) family has been considerably augmented.
The most extraordinary feature in the entomological
collection is the •' aninattel leaf"—the very curious in-
tra-ceneeeting link between the anim-il end vegetable
being—which has recently beat received by 1)r. Hors-
field, the curator of the museum, from a friend resident
in Bengal. This woederful production of nature so
critically in every particular resembles a faded leaf; that
the tunic scrupulous observer would find a difficult task
to decide to which order of the creation it is-longs. It
ie said to be the onle specimen of the kind in this coun-
try, and it certainly forms a most interesting and
unique feature in natural history.
DARING BURGLARY.—CAUGHT IN THE FACT.--On
Mr. F. 11. Bowring, sin of Dr. Bowring, M.P.,
Sunday evening a daring burglary was committed in the
has been elected fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
A TOO COMMON TALE.—A young girl of eighteen house of Miss Parry, of St. Paul's-street, North, which
ended in a most unpleasant denouement at the expense of
previously of unexceptionable character, and who lived
the depredators. It seems that on Sandity- afternoon, Miss
about seven years ii; two pl,,eos in Maidstone, was about
Parry and her partner left home about three o'clock, to
August. last diseharged from her place, on account ol her
take tea at the house of a relative; a lodger in the houseay, being in the family-way, and came home here (17bargritort
also lett rib lot ,ix o'clock to go to ehapA, and no sooner
Mall;rhe) to her friends. About a month since a full,
was the co.ist clear than four well-known characters
greet n child was found by two boys in a pond at
rich booty.
ended ope
so,iir
ratiens in hopes or raisin g it
distance from the house, and was suspected by "le sees
011 e of the' party first knocked at Se door. andnilin
fie•
parishioners to have come from the cottage who-re she
00 answer, they concluded it was all right and separated,'
lived. This was strenuously denied by tier mother, who,
two taking their stand as watchmen at either end of St.
however, admitted that her daughter had recently mis-
Paul's-street, and the others, named Beard and Smith,.
earried, and said that evidence of this fact would be
proceeding- by the back way to effect an entrance to
found in the cesspool of the house. A coroner's inquest
the premises. It appears that the thieves well knew the
was held on the child.- A surgeon wbo hail been called
habits of the i.,,5, and that ss Pdi St.
in to examine the young woman, could not give an opinion Nap, church, was seldom -ho Mime mucharr befy , oreatten nine.ng On
as to whether she had been delivereel or had miscerried.
this occasion it eo happened she did not go to church, but
Her mother• attended before the coroner, and stated that
her daughter had never been in the family-way, and coming hastily home elmut eight o'clock, saw a light in
the front room, and applying her eye to the keyhole, saw
there brine. no satisfactory evidence to connect the
young woman with the Seely found, an open verdict
Still, the case was ef so suepicioue a cite-
a fellow roaming about the passage in search of plunder.
was returne
With greet presence of mind, Miss Parry hastened
d.
racier that the respectable parishioners determined on
quietly over to an opposite neighbour,
prosecuting the inquiry. The cesspool was searched, quickly spreading, betbre the thieves hand the alarmad any suspicion
and no evidence of miscarriage found therein. The
of their danger, they were pounced upon by the back-
young woman underwent a second medical examination way, and the spoil found upon their persons.
by the same surgeon who had examined her before, and Being had before the magistrates on Monday they
who now inclined to the opinion that she had
weakened had been re-
were fully committed to the assizes. As they were
gularly confined. The unhappy girl herse
caught on the premises, there is little doubt of their con-
by her situation, and doubtless agitated by grief shame
are viction, and as they have each gone through a similar
and remorse, became alarmingly ill, and we
told ,
ordeal once before, there are strong hopes that their re-
closed her miserable life on Wednesday week, in a state turn to Cheltenham will he guarded against for one
of delirium, calling fur " her poor boy." She is now seven years at least.—Cheltenham Examiner.
" where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary THE LIVERPOOL PRESS AND THE BIRKENHEAD
are at rest." We regret to be obliged to add, that the FESTIVAL.—The past week has been a busy one with
reputed father of the child, and, we fear we must say, the Liverpool press. Never, within our recollection, has
the destroyer of this unfortunate girl, is a married man any great event in this part of the country set so many
editors, reporters, and compositors in motion, or caused
living in Maidstone. This melancholy affair has cast a
s deep gloom over our usually peaceful and happy hamlet, so many columns of matter to be piled upon each other,
and it is to be hoped that it will serve as a warning in as the Birkenhead Festival. Our Cheshire neigh-
otherai places against reckless and immoral indulgence in
hours have unquestionably no cause to compl
as s, as
these first acts of thoughtless indiscretion, which involve correspondents often do, of want of notice, or ome
consequences so terrible as those we have been called
egotistical
speakers are in the habit of saying, that all their
upon to relate.—Maidstone Gazette.
elegant specimens of rhetoric were either burked or cur-
FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday
Higgs held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the space was devoted to the festival, and the consequence was,
body of William Ricketts, aged thirty five, carman in the that for half-a•crown this week and last, a man might
72 service of Messrs. I'aprell and Holland, upholsterers to Purchase
columns o f the Mail, interspersed with platecolumns of the Mercury, and a map; ;2
s ; 42
peered from the evidence of the two fellow-servants o
her Majesty, in Marylebone-street, St. James's. It ap-
f I columns of Gore's Advertiser; about 51 columns of the
Standard, and a plan; 60 oolurens of the Chronicle ; and
deceased that they were retiring from Windsor Castle on
63 columns of the Courier; with a lithographic view—
laden with furniture. The night was wet
night of Tuesday, the loth inst., with a waggon
making, in all, the enormous number of 460 columns!
t, and boisterous,
enough, we should think, to gratit the greatest
Y
and the two witnesses took shelter on the waggon be-
newspep er gourmand that ever live d for any one
neath the tarpauling, and when they were between
, BrentfOrd and Hounslow they felt that the wheels had week of his mortal career. Then, look at the walls
passed over some obstruction, and instantly heard de- of the town! walls literally covered with newspaper
ceased cry out,'" For God's sake come down, I sin run placards, of all sizes and shapes from the double double-
. over." They descended from the waggon and found de- crown to fooleeap quarto, and printed in types varying
ceased in the act of rising fro the road and standing on from 50-line pica antique down to great primer.
Such a week for bill-stickers ! Never, in the hottest
his left leg, the right one being useless and bleeding. ,
!period of a eoittested election, had the lords of the
They wished to take him to the first surgeon's, but he .., I))rush and paste such a glorious harvest-time I A
refised to go, preferring the. hospital. to which they cum-
strenger entering the town towards the end of last
,eyed him. He was slightly ititoxieitted, and they tSought : weA,
and casting hie eyea along the walls and the
that his sitting on the shafts and iallio g off cause:? fife . L414,..0 lida oi the houee S, might. well be pardetued for
accident. Mr. 0. Curdy, house surgeon, said deoeirs..4
agieieg that business was at a stand, and that all the
wa
small bones of the right foot which s admitted with extensive laceration an
recch-n-d fracture of ! im
instant community had betaken themselves to their houses to ohed
amputation of the toes n p.ad about tin konhead and its decks—its banquets, its
eceseary. Mortification ensiled s i ball-, t pnwes,,ion, and its fireworks, 4 sl4 the same were
two days afterwards, accempartied by delirium. tr.m,n,y, .
~ ,
in a " full, true, and particular" manner in
et ortn,
which continued until he expired on Tuesday Ipst. Ver- , , the oewspepers I And verily, be would not have been
diet—" Accidental death." t
fur ~,rung, for, we believe, the newspapers never 'had
A curious and somewhat amueing incident, Oceurre(i c iloineeee sales. and, of course, if they had buyers
in the Strand during the raising of dm r„yal pnwessi,:n. Prey must have had readers. In' short, Thu press has
It is usual on all such public occasions to have many of ' immortalised Birkenhead to auell an extent that it must
the police stati..med in different parts of the streets ! eow n Ito e, heed '1 l'neee than ever.—Liverponl courier,
dressed in eof..tir(d eb.tin_4, ;e; order the noire effectually CAp.roftE OF THE DOVER MURDERERS IN SPUM-
E° keep an eye upon thieves and pickyocket,. one oi' 111-:tY Wooos.--Our readers ore Revere that a reward of
these men had illeeevered c common inc'f 41 he "'''e "f '-,/, has hen offered by Government for the apprehen-
pinking the poek.q of a student of Kiug's C.dlege, old sttni j;f the men charged with the murder of a pollee-
fook him into custodv.. At the sionn moment, ns some mart at Dtiver. Misch iliterest was excited in the neigh-
of thy constablas who asere !seeping the tine were about ' botirbooti ore Thursday, by a report that two: of them,
te penette unite him. tnistal(ing their brother officer in stele! and William Clarke, had been captured in the
the coloured clothes for a friend of die thief's who wished woods at Stockbury tallies, Fibout four miles from M
. .
to re,eoe hint, they began 'o belabour him widi their ; stwle, The report, on inquiry, turned out to be true,
staves ; and it. was runt until after be had received several ; 'The, roilowing are the aarticulars :—On Tuesday last,
very s,,vere bliss on the head t succeeded
that he in mak- Mrs. Deacon, the eldest sister of the prisoners, went to
' ini them believe that he was what he represented him- ! the shop of Mr. Worster, a wholesale toy-dealer in
self. The thief wan however, us' cured. ' -L.,nd,)n, and being asked by Mrs. Woreter if she had
Ole of the mest beautiful lunar 131-Ptiolnella We • heard of her brothers, she repled "0, yes, and lam
remember to hive ever witoessed was visible here ! gi,ing to meet them (training the time and place) to
i
(Brighten) oil S:iturday evening, between tune and rent give them some money and a change of clothes." Mrs.
o'cleck. The day had been dull awl clondy, but the Worster, 011 her husbands return, lammed him of what
evening was brieht, and the sky n'arly cl,tnikss. had passed, and he decided on following the woman Dea-
About oine o'eloek, a light fleecy cloud passed over the : con to the place she had mune.d; for which purpose, having
.surface of the moon, whieh slots immeilietely serrottreled obtained the assistance of another dealer, named Sharp,
by a halo of great brilliancy. Next tile moon came a • lie proceeded on Thursday morning, in a four-wheeled
large ring of pale lie lit, becoming, at the distance of carriage to Stockbury valley, on the road leading
four or five diameters of the moon, yellow, This wrs from Maidstone to Sittingbourne. About a mile before
enclosed by concentric circles of all the prismatic ' reaching the Squirrels public-house, they saw the
colours, quite as brilliant as in the solar raitilr,w. The woman Deacon with two men behind a hedge. On this
breadth, however, was much greater, each eelour occur they stopped their vehicle, and jumped over a stile.
pying more breadth than that of an entire rainbow, and They were observed by the two men, who ran off to-
the outer purple belt being still wider. This beautiful ' wards the wood ; but being overtaken, surrendered
appearance lasted about three minutes, during the pas- : without any resistance, and were taken into custody.
sage of the cloud; and several times afterwards, as other The men state that they have been living in the woody
similar clouds crossed the moon's disc, the phenomenon since the occurrence, hut strongly deny any participal.
that bell
was repeated. We Our3PIVP4B4W it a second and a third ' titan in the murder. They further state,
time ;the second time exhibiting less brilliancy, but the quite tired of this mode of life, they had determineeVon
third time, about ten o'clock, precisely RS we saw it at giving themselves up to the police at Dover next -Week.
first. The diameter of the halo appeared to be about . John was well disguised, being dressed iti a good
'§ dreiris,' but
:ite left Dover.
ten degrees. —Brighten Gazette.
suit of black. William was in a labours
Caterto4e--4 lady nnlliPF herself Mrs. Crump, allich ;stored from that worn when
who with her son has been residing here some time, has they deny having heard anything of their brother
decamped, leaving her expenses undefrayed. The lady Thomas since he left them on the 9th of September I
is of middling stature, rather. pretty, very near-sighted, and both of them appeared eNtremoy harassed and
and *ears spectacles. The son is not so tall, and has trembled vfolentlY. TN) prisciners were-taken to Dover, peculiar dark piercing eyes. He generally lons a very and after heing ekamtned before the magistrates on Fri-
dark shaggy kind of coat, very long in the back, and no day morning, were fully committed to Maidstone gaol.—
buttons.—BriAtoa Gazette. - I Maidstone Journal,

The prisoner was committed in &fault of payment.

EXTENSIVE FIRES.

FIRE AT A PRINTING-OFFlCE.—Shortly before nine
yesterday morning a very alarming and extensive fire
broke out in the store-room of Mr. Lewis, letter press
and copper-plate printer, Finch-lane, Cornhill. The
utmost exertions were used to stay the progress of the
fire, while messengers were dispatched for the engines.
Several of the London establishment, with a good party
of firemen, were in almost immediate attendance, but the
fire was not extinguished until a considerable quantity
of the stock was destroyed. Mr. Lewis is, fOrtunately,
insured in the Royal Exchange Fire-office.
FIRE IN DRURY LANE.--Gbnsidlerable excitement
prevailed amongst the inhabitants of this locality in con-
sAtience of the cliserery of fire in the lower part of
the house of Mr. Mitchell, baker, Wych-street, Drury-
lane. In this, as in the previous instance, there was no kek
of assistance, and the engines quickly arrived from the
Farringdon street and Chandos-street stations, but behire
the fire could be arrested in its progress the shop and
its contents were completely destroyed. Mr. Mitchell is
not insured.

DIED. A
,fatt.
Oct. 24, at Lucknam, Wilts, Andrew Christian 136(19t0 e
Oct. 24, at Waltham-cross, Harman Dyson, Esq.,
_'ark- lane, aged 82.
wife of
()et. 2.5, at the Cottage,- Romford, Essex, Jemims,
John Turner, Esq. e,
Oct. 25, at Greenwich, Grace, the wife of Charles WYK°
E Oct..,
25. of Garthmeilie. •Rsilet''
at Brooklands, Great Oakley, Essex, John
Esq., M.D.
liter c't
Oct. 25, Frances Dorothea Sparrow, youngest clang
Mr. T. Sparrow, of New North-street, Red Lion-square.
Oct. 26, Mr. Collier, River-terrace, Islington. L.George
Oct. 26, at Ludlow, Catherine, eldest daughter 01
Henry Brown, Esq., of Marine-square, Brighton.
„‘,. Job°
Oct. 26, at Elm-tree Cottage, Sidcup, Kent,
.I'''''
Kendrick Turner.,
Oct. 26, at Winchester, Elizabeth, wife of John sing'
of Southampton.
ag 0"
Oct. 27, at Charles-street, Northampton-square, fir' 1
Over,
Oct. 2ed 77.
the ate
7, at St. David's, Exeter, Elizabeth, relict 0.,
Josias Gard, Esq., aged 88.
ar
Oct. 27, Thomas Ifosegood, Esq., surgeon, Bla—^kill
street, Southwark.
Oct. 27, at Coventry, Georgiana Maria, the wife '4'l' 13.
Twist, Esq. 00
Oct. 27, the Hon. Arthur Annesley, eldest son of Vises Valentia. Ito
Oct. 27, at Upton, Essex, Anne, relict of the late Jebill
Wackerbarth, Esq.
Oct. 28, Mr. S. J. Daniel, of Richard-street, Islingljd;ol4
Oct. a, in I3ryanstone-street, Frances, the wife o,
Ti,ftart, Sr
Inspector-General of Army Hospitals.„. Fislier'
Oct. 28, Mary Ann Timbrell, the daughter of
- fd
Esq., Montague-place, Clapham-road, aged 10. „0-roa
On the 27th inst., at Myrtle Cottage, Welling,
'
Bow-road, Elizabeth, relict of the late!Mr. H. 313:Wr._......------'

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