The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

UEEN-SQ UA RE.

John Crosby, a strange-looking, middle-aged man,
described as a pensioner from the 4th Regiment of
Foot, was brought before Mr. Bond, charged with
haring endeavoured to force his way into the Royal
Mews, and with having made use of threatening lan-
guage towards her Majesty.
On the first witness being called, prisoner, who
looked wildly round him, made some incoherent ob-
servations, and on being requested to keep quiet,
exclaimed, " I shall not hold my tongue ; I should
not if her Majesty herself was present; am I striking
anybody ?"
Police-constable George Bartlett said, that at about
one that day he saw the defendant engaged with the
soldier who was on duty at the Royal Mews, and
heard him say that he wanted to see her Majesty,
and declare, with an oath, that he would see her.

Defendant (with much vehemence)—" And I will
too."

Witness continued his statement—Defendant then
said that he had come there on purpose to see the
Queen, and nobody should prevent him. A gentle-
man then came up and desired witness to take the
man into custody, and assisted him in doing so. De-
fendant frequently exclaimed on his way to the sta-
tion-house, " I will see the Queen, and I'll Queen
her when I do see her."

Mr. BOND—Judging from his conduct and expres-
sions, is it your opinion that he is of sound mind ?
Witness—l should say that he had the appearance of
being of unsound mind.
G. Rudder, a private of the Ist battalion of Cold..
stream Guards, said he was on duty at the Royal
Mews at one o'clock that day. Defendant came up,
and asked him which was the entrance to the Palace,
and witness, thinking by his excited manner and ap.•
pearance that there was something wrong, directed
him down towards Chelsea. Defendant said that was
not the way, and made an attempt to open the gate.
Witness pulled him away by the collar, and put him
into the road, but he returned again, and said he
wanted to see her Majesty, and would have admittance
to the Palace. A gentleman yho was passing imme-
diately requested witness tdinceep tight hold of the
prisoner while he fetched a police-constable, and the
gentleman then assisted the officer in conveying the
defendant to the station.

Rees Davis, a tradesman residing next door to the
Royal Mews, stated that he sent a boy for the police
on observing defendant's determined manner. De-
fendant inquired whether the Queen came out that
way, alluding to the side entrance to the Palace.
Wm. Cornish, a police-constable of the B division,
stated that he was on duty at the station when defend-
ant was brought in. Defendant said he wanted to
see the Queen, and she should not be Queen long
after he got a sight of her. He added that he had as
much right to be King as she had to be Queen.
Mr. BOND asked what had been found upon the
defendant ? Cornish produced his papers, which
showed that he had a pension of sixpence per day,
and the following certificate :
" John Crosby has been for some time confined in
the lunatic ward in the workhouse for deranged intel-
lect.—N. M'Pherson, Captain, Staff Officer. Man-
chester, April 6th."
The police-constable, Bartlett, informed the magis-
trate that the prisoner had been very violent that
morning at Chelsea Hospital, and had broken several
windows.

Mr. BOND asked the accused what he had to say ?
Defendant gave a wild look around him, and said,
"What have I done? I only went to see the Queen."
Mr. BOND said there could be no doubt of the de-
fendant's insanity, and directed that he should be
taken to the workhouse and placed under restraint.
Mr. Barefoot, an inspector of the B division, sub-
mitted that it would be better to remand the de-
fendant until Monday, and give the parish officers
notice to attend, when they could receive charge of
the man at the hands of the Magistrate. He (the in-
spector) was apprehensive that if the accused got a
little quiter by the morning he might insist upon
being discharged from the workhouse, and might
thus, in his dangerous state, be at large.
Mr. BOND said, that the authorities at the work-
house must be desired to detain him, and he would
then be passed in due form to Hanwell Lunatic
Asylum.

REPORTING FOR TTIE LONDON

PAPERS.

We have often been struck with the amount of un-
scrupulous exaggeration, assertion, and perversion of
the truth, displayed in the reports which appear in
some of the London papers of meetings held in this
town and neighbourhood, when we have had the means,
from personal observation, or otherwise, of detecting
this species of dishonesty. Though we have now seen
so many instances of this sort of reporting that we have
ceased to be astonished at it, we think it right occa-
sionally to expose it, that at all events the public both
here and elsewhere may be on their guard as to this
species of deception. We had the curiosity to look
at the reports of the " Ten Hours' Bill" meeting on
Wednesday evening, given in the Morning Post and
the Times of yesterday, and we will give a few spe-
cimens from each of that sort of misrepresentation
which, we fear, is becoming habitual to the reporters
or correspondents of these journals. The Post com-
mences thus :

" Last night one of the largest, and decidedly the
most important meeting ever held in this town, was
convened at the Corn Exchange, &c. * * * The
room, which is the largest in the town, was filled al-
most to suffocation, and the principal doors had to be
closed ; many thousands went away who could not
obtain admission. By this time there could not have
been fewer than 4,000 persons present. On this occa-
sion the platform had been enlarged, and made capable
of holding upwards of 300 people, and it, like the body
of the room, was densely crowded. * * * Amongst
the gentlemen on the platform we noticed several mer-
chants and manufacturers, many clergymen of the
Church of England, and some of the Roman Catholic
priests, as well as several Dissenting preachers. This
may be said to have been one of the largest and most re-
spectable meetings ever held in Manchester. * *
The following letter from the Dean of Manchester to
the Chairman of the Short Time Committee was read."
And then comes the Dean's letter At length. Whe-
ther the meeting was one of the largest ever held in
Manchester, is decided by the simple fact that it was
held in a room. We have seen meetings of at least
20,000 persons, and the courage of the reporter is
only screwed up to 4,000 in this instance. But is the
room the largest in Manchester ? Its area is,
according to th. 3 statement of its proprietors,
" nearly 600 square yards ;" that of the Car-
penters' Hall is 665, the Wellington room 700,
and the Free Trade Hall 1,750 square yards.
As we have seen all these rooms "crammed," of
course the Corn Exchange is neither " the largest
room," nor could any assemblage in it be "one of
the largest meetings ever held"—in a room—in Man-
chester. But were there 4,000 persons present ? Where
could they be stowed in something short of 600 square
yards of floor ? We doubt if ever this room held 3,000
persons ; we should estimate the numbers present on
Thursday night at between 2,000 and 2,500. The plat-
form certainly could not hold 200 people, and not more
than 150 were upon it. We deny that there were
"many clergymen of the Church of England " on the
platform ; we deny that there were " several Dissent-
ing preachers." As to the Dean's letter paraded at full
length in the Post as read, every one at the meeting
knows that Mr Wray said he would not read it, as
it was so long; and it was not read. Here we might
stop; but we may just add, that the same misrepre-
sentation runs through the whole report. Certainly,
if there had been "a knot of some half-dozen Leaguers"
in the room, they would not have marked their presence
by "clamouring for Mr. Oastler." Here we must leave
the Post and its reporter. The Times is a little more
modest in its estimate of the numbers present, which ,

it states at " between 3,000 and 4,000;" being on,ni,d,
1,0.00 to 2,000 more than really'were'present:
Vice -Dean having handed his, written speech to tu;
reporter for the Times, it has been duly intersperse
°
with " cheers," some, of course, in the wrong Placi_e,.'
and others existing °lily in the imagination of DI"
liberal distributor of these marks of popular ap;r°va,.
The same remarks will apply with still more for;
to the speech of Mr. Walter, the proprietor oftu
Tiinc,v, which is interlarded with cheers, which certai.ny.
never were given, but instead of them such unecl°l;
cal marks of disapprobation, as to draw from h;
Oastler the strongest expressions of regret, and to/
most. earnest appeals to hear Mr. Walter. N°ll%,
this appears in the Times, but in two or thre.e
stances we are told there were " cheers and Jote_.,
ruption." We need not pursue our examination fur,
ther, than to add, that Mr. Mitchell's charge of ler
hood on the part of Mr. Ferrand, in reference to 8
John Brooks, and Mr. Ferrand's characteristic Wu..
of dealing with it, are suppressed.--Maucheg!'
Guardian.

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FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS.
BRUSSELS, APRIL 17.—The average price of wbellt
last week was 17f. 39c., and that of Rye la
there'
per hectolitre. The import and export duties, a
fore, remained as they have been for several wee
past. gi The
A letter from Antwerp, of the 15th, ear long
numerous ships that arrived yesterday, froni_Lee,
voyages, gave our port a very animated apPee37,rie
Among them were three from the Havannallt,.oo
from Monte Video, one from Buenos Ayres, one if
Rio de Janeiro, one from New Orleaps, tw° -1°

New Orleans, and one from Savannah.
In consequence of the ordinance of the
Government against speculation in railways, the i5l;
ject of a railway, in competition with the /then
railway, has been abandoned. ro
" The Provincial Board of the iron railvvai 'tbo
jected between Cologne and Creveld, informs
public, through the medium of the Cologne Gaze, of
that, in consequence of the notice of the Sin
Finance, Finance, dated the 11th of this month, the conditt
on which it has received subscriptions to this railrej
have become ineffectual, and it has, therefore, rent()
to declare those subscriptions null and void, an 0,
release the subscribers from their engagellie:iii
But," adds the Committee, " We do not rell°
the hope of seeing the importance of an undelw,"
recognised, and we leave subscribers the optinriltbr
taking part till the 10th of May in the expenses ei rt•
preliminary works by the payment of sums,.tll,e ty
eeipts from which will entitle them to take part "Iloces'
deliberations and the resolutions which will be nee
sary when the authorisation shall have been obtain to
It seems that their Majesties will not returnivill
Lacken so soon as was expected, and that they
not leave England till the 23d of this month. , ot-0,
The Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leieitol
her son, will come to Ostend in the same steamer

brings their Majesties.
The fine weather which we have had for soltlrtittibel
past has quite effaced the traces of the inundate or
which the country suffered so severely, and wotle
counts from all quarters speak in the most fav°l/f the
manner of the forward state of the labours ° .
farmers.
1 atY
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 18.—Their Majesties -11 sr
Royal Family are still here. The King :Of, ;08
dience every day, and the Princess, as well "-estliet
Prince of Orange, take advantage of fine v`: 00
to visit different institutions, and make excurst°
/ .
the environs. Or
Yesterday between twelve and one o'clock,
„idiso
rible fire suddenly broke out in the English 04500
of Kerckhoff and Co., near the palace. There w"eigir
reason to fear that the fire would extend to the Pool
homing buildings ; however, it was most fortu°
lel
confined to the magazine, which is wholly destilvoir
The magistrates of Amsterdam have orders 031%
neral collection to be made for the relief of tildOcigi
ferers by the fire at Alsmeer. From on ; fir
statement of the loss occasioned by this fire °boa&
that the whole amounts to 167,701 florins, ;ft osii
ings, furniture, merchandise, &c., which were
insured to the amount of 56,140 florins. m lill
The statement of the amount sub Scribed '",„tilr
voluntary loan by the several provinces is nets_v,frlNA-A
lished. The province of North Holland stt,suL ort
about 54,000,000, South Holland 27,000tuvla °)
the other provinces the remainder of the des !f
117,000,000, which, with the 10,000,000 et tot"
tot"
the King to his first subscription, made uP t"-
of 127,000,000 florins that was required. .d../
THE HAGUE, APRIL 18.—TheHandelsblad sag 01
"We learn that measures are preparing
earn'
offices of the Department of Finance to be color
into execution, by way of refusal, if Belgint° 001
adopt the proposal to lay on colonial produce cleft
from the Netherlands a heavier duty than is COe
on the same articles imported directly from the
tries, which produce them." ea ite4
This article has induced the following notice Pr'
the Journal de. Bruxelles :—" This threat il l bog
serious. We have already said, and we sbgiittil
occasion to prove, that Belgium is perfectly at 00
to introduce a commercial system adopted by se re'
all nations, and that Holland will in no casell„ C,
prisals. May the Chambers and the Bele,.'
vernment be fully sensible of these truths."
der tilogi
The Journal de Bruxelles seems to NW° girt
article to the Handelsblad as a threat on the pos:1:1
the Government. This is an error. We it,„ll:° well
tively that it did not emanate from anyl"‘,ll,rlair,
department. The Government of the I%Tew-ver 1°,,"
never threatens, but it is watchful, and whateisteir
Journal de Bruxelles may say, it will not besiffecte",4'
act in case the interest of Holland should heljaigy
Is it necessary to add, that with respect to v" WI
we have abundant means of making reprisals %Ole,
our neighbours forgotten how large a prol)°,"i II"
Belgian produce exported comes to HollantlAahtr
need quote only one article, namely, that of
six per cent. on all the calicoes.,
iuniret a.
THE LAYS OF TILE LAST GREAT SCOTTISIIIT-ne11",,,r ,
—We understand that Mr. Templeton gives 1115.-a VI.
tertainmeat 4, Tile Lays of the last Great Scoloofeh,
strel, Sir Walter Scott," on Friday next, at the
si jiign.
square rooms, under the patronage of his 11°...,1.0d! deli,
ness Prince Albert. The proceeds of the eire"34(lo.
tertainments are to be handed over to the Scott Oh%
ment Committee, Mr. Templeton adopting tloso! 0
priate mode of testifying his admiration and I;_e Itotop
the memory of Sir Walter Scott. We fear tee" 0
the last opportunity which the admirers of -1- ooli_nf 0
will have of hearing him during the present Lerner
we understand his numerous provincial e°67ooil) 0
will completely engross his time during the red tiro
of the spring and summer. He has just return, pao
very successful professional visit to LiverP°° $O.
neighbourhood.
App'lloo
FREDERICK THE GREAT; HIS COURT 0 04f0
EDITED BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, ESQ.--TO 10.04.10
readers, and 'especially to such of them os.aieritOvi,dif
been disappointed of procuring the highly the shoe
work, lately ushered before the public by,, 0007,41,
guished author of " The Pleasures of Hope' cthe °..tioi
memoirs of the Life and Times of Frederic forw-op
it will be, we doubt not, a welcome piece of ii!ust t-
it
that a new and much cheaper edition bus Ili folg for
from the press, comprised in a couple of soisani i°oo',
This is certainly a work which rivals almost -AO
language in the deep and varied interest of its%bitgobg
and especially in the rich picture which it. ~e 0 fibilg
the mind and person, of the opinions and actel'ille' Pfto.l
splendid achievements and pacific labours, tpotri‘?„,ille
and manners, not excepting the foibles and ec`-jaat'
of the most renowned Sovereign, and most
man of the age in which he lived.
BIRTHS. Ay filew' ti
On the 17th inst., in Essex-street, the 10-, ° J.- .
Simon, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a son. the ite11..4
On the 18th inst., at Bristol, the lady 0-f p- '
Woodwar, 19th inst., of a son. h‘
On the at Clapham, the lady of Ric--
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dell, Esq., of Cornhill, of a daughter. be
log 00
MARRIED. zi Vack esP
On the sth inst., at Gretna, L. Stanhope - • iste - ,0
Esq., to Caroline Sarah, fourth daughter of the fild
Fredrick White, of her Majesty's Packet Service p
Service, le, hot'
On the 17th inst., at Long Crendon, Buck i dad
Lovegrove, of Blackwall, to Arabella, youngeiLckikvilliA,'
the late J. Reynolds, Esq., of Nottley'AbbeY,P Bev, -pr,.
On the 18th inst., at Plumstead Church, toe. to Co"
Hornby, of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, Lancashr, 084 r
third daughter of Captain Phipps Hornby, R' • eci
troller-General of the Coast Guard.
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f. the 18th ionfs
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Military Pensioners, to Emma L'ouisa, youngest P •
Sir W. H. Pearson, of Hanover-square. er-scillitel;YV
On the 19th inst., at St. George's, Han°, R.
Collier, Esq., to Isabella, eldest daughter of l' •
Eaton-place. neo64
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slm6tihth,inEsstq.,. at KpinigEstilon. -hill, the Wiqe Of
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On the 16th inst., at Arkesden Vicarage, Bse--1' ;ter of
youngest son of the Rev. T. S. Griffenhoofe• d jelig
the
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etvh.eprri.thAiinnsstli.,e at Cambridge, Agnes, sec° ~, gf,',
HaOn3hlftsreuwkrl.erialti.),h, inst.,. at Elizabeth-street,
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Ta6lor, of Lloyd's Coffee. Ho°uuse°,gnagee-dglri. raptsiii ~,
taehbg,editnh7setso.ldest member of her lifejew 0
at B 1
n the 17th inst., Mrs. Sarah Wills '4eils,„'' al
P.,,i'l ott,
late Samuel Wells, Earl , Paymaster of the lot l'Ocis AP',
n.t he 17th inst., at King's Langley, Herto,lll°l 1
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Esq., aged 90. ed7•'ot
On the 10th inst., at Boulogne, R. Lowe, Esq' bet/tell
w.o.liltdlricidlg4et,lkiNnsgaetdA6Blb. ion-grove, Islingt°ll' op
es,Dtl;lll/3
On the 13th inst., 1-I.l.amb, Esq., of Ryton 1,.../°,,11 of
On the 16th inst., Henry Ric:1111-'14 Wood,- l'3.t.'Dlr'
-sclulP'
On the 16th;i2ansgsqte.d,
aa4gtseC.da9r2b.ur.ton-street, Fitzrof hie,
jjoaOlminnesi3the 16th inst., at Arthingworth, N"t118111t°° ife' '
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On the 16th inst., at Preston Deanery, .o'.'9.rthilll'agPeaelgtBe. '
Roo,(;bileirttthi,i3e-eolii9;hiejisnitlsstst.:.,,n of Langham Christie, LsitorY l',
vn the 19th inst., at Blackheath, the Hon. ,13 AbraP"Ock
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