The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-06 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

THE MURDERER DALMAIM 7:l4ugustus Dalmas, the sup-
posed murderer of Sarah M'Farlane, surrendered himself
to Sergeant Cummings at the Marylebone police station,
about 1 o'clock this morning. He was, however, for the
convenience of the numerous witnesses in the case, sent to
the Wandsworth station, to be examined before the magis-
trate there, without having at all appeared before Mr. Long
at this Court. It is supposed that an understanding had been
entered into to this effect, for at half-past six, A.M., Mr.
Bicknell, the superintendent of the V division, called, and in
consequence of the arrangements above alluded to, Mr.
Hughes, superintendent of the D's, sent the prisoner off in a
cab, at about five minutes before ten, safely secured by being
handcuffed to Sergeant Cummings. A constable, 203 D, also
went in the cab. A very considerable crowd had collected to
witness the departure of Dalmas. He appeared very pale
and haggard, and had evidently been unshaved for many
days. His dress, a bad suit of black, was wretchedly dirty,
as if the unfortunate man had not taken them off his person
since the period of the murder. His mental faculties ap-
peared completely blunted, and, excepting for the occasional
flashing of his eyes, a circumstance so apparent that many
of those present exclaimed, " God bless us how wild he
looks," he might be supposed to be dead to all that was
passing around him.

UNION-HALL.
Thomas Wise was charged before Mr. Cottingham with
furiously driving and endangering the lives of two persons,
one of whom, a boy, is now confined in the hospital, owing
to the serious nature of the injury he received.
It appeared that on the preceding evening the defendant,
with three other persons, in a gig, were observed driving
along Wellington-place at a very quick rate. When the de-
fendant, who was driving, arrived near the Waterloo-bridge,
he whipped the horse with the intention of evading the toll, and
when the gig passed through the gate it came into
violent collision with an omnibus and was shattered to pieces
throwing the defendant and the three other persons with
violence into the road. Two of the persons, a woman and a
boy, were most seriously injured, particularly the latter, who
was taken up in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to the
hospital, where he remains in a very precarious condition.
The woman, whose name is Ellis, was enabled to attend the
examination, although dreadfully cut about the face and
hands, and in giving her evidence, she said that shortly
before they came up to the bridge, she implored
the defendant not to drive so fast, but he disregarded her
entreaties and continued his speed, until they came in con-
tact with the omnibus, and were all thrown out.

The defendant said' that the horse took fright just before
he came to the toll-house, but this assertion was contradicted
by the toll collector, who said the defendant whipped the
horse to evade paying the toll.
Mr. CorrmitiAm said that the certificate from the hospi-
tal described the dangerous condition of the boy, and that if
death ensued the defendant would be answerable for it. The
Magistrate then said that he should remand the defendant
until Wednesday, and as bail was offered he would accept of
two sureties of 1001. each for his appearance on that day.
The prisoner's father, a wealthy cow-keeper at Chelsea,
having given the required sureties, the defendant was dis-
charged.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—One of the most awful fires
which it was ever our province to, record' took place
last Wednesday, at Stretham, near Ely. The destrue-
tion of property is enormous, and when we say that no
less than twenty-five houses, &c., have been razed to the
ground, including habitations of wealthy agriculturists
and humble labourers, the reader will imagine for him-
self the:extent of misery which must be the conse-
quence of this visitation. The fire originated in a
small hovel adjoining the blacksmith's shop of Mr.
John Westby. It is supposed that some sparks of hot
iron were the immediate cause of the catastrophe, but
this does not quite clearly appear. At any rate, about
one o'clock in the day the hovel was discovered to be
in flame ; and although assistance was at hand, and the
fire seemed at first but trifling, so dry were the materials
of which the hovel was composed that it was very soon
enveloped in flames, which communicated with Mr.
Westby's house on one side, and Mr. Wright's stack-
yard on the other. No sooner were Mr. Wright's ex-
tensive and well-stored premises seized upon by the fire,
than the utmost alarm for the safety of th-

.d.tety o. .ee village was
George Weston, a sergeant of the F division of police, entertained. Nor was this alarm unfounded, for the
who was charged during the past week with receiving flames spread with such frightful rapidity, on both sides
money from several brothel-keepers to forego prosecu- of the street, that in a little more than an hour from the
tions against them, was this day called up to receive time of their breaking out twenty-five occupations, ex-
sentence, Mr. Twyford having adjourned the case until tending over about fifteen acres of ground, were in a
to-day, in order that he might read over the depositions. blaze.—Cambridge Chronicle.
Mr. TWYFORD said he had read over the evidence in FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON WATERLOO BRIDGE
all the cases. He should confine himself in his judg- THROUGH EVADING THE Torn,.--...Shortly after twelve
ment to the case of Mrs. Orchin. It was with great o'clock last night, some sensation was created on the Surrey
hesitation and reluctance that he had forced himself to sidel of Waterloo-bridge, by a report that two persons had
come to a conclusion that the defendant was guilty of been killed by the furious driving of a gentleman who had
having received 10s. from the hands of Clements, on the evaded the toll on the Middlesex side. On making inquiry,
part of Mrs. Orchin, to save that person from a certain the; following were found to be the facts. It appeared that
prosecution. Coming to that conclusion, and believing aboUt twelve o'clock a chaise, containing three parties,
the evidence, of course he (Mr. Twyford) thought that Passed through the gate of the above bridge on the Middle-
it was a charge which rendered the defendant unfit to sex side, where the toll should have been paid, at a rapid
remain in the police force. He had the power either to rate. The collector, in attempting to stop the chaise, was
impose a fine of 101, or imprisonment. He thought he
knocked down, and seriously hurt ; but that was not the
worst; for in the reckless driving of one of the parties, the
could not do less than imprison him for a month.
Weston here interrupted the Magistrate, and asserted chaise came in contact with one of the Waterloo omnibuses
his innocence of the charge in a most solemn manner,
haneadrcilvatso tvirironeeeeddotlieorm waitlhad,garneadtovnioploeiniccee..coSncsrtaeabresl79eri
declaring that he had never received a halfpenny from coming to the spot, he found that the chaise was broken to
any one. atoms, and that the lad, whose name was Hollis, was suffer-
Mr. Twvrono said it was possible that he might be ing from serious injury. 'A female who was passing at the
deceived ; but from the evidence before him it was im- time was also hurt, but not seriously. The lad was con-
possible to come to any other conclusion than the one he veyed to the Tower-street station-house, when Mr. Wag-
had, and he should commit him for one month to the staff immediately attended, and pronounced the lad in great
House of Correction, danger. He ordered him to be conveyed to Guy's Hospital,
but little hopes were entertained ofhis recovery, The chaise
Weston begged that Mr. Twyford would impose a fine which is broken to atoms, remains at the Surrey side of the
upon him, as he had been on the sick list for the last bridge. The owner, who was drunk at the time, is in custody.
eight weeks.
At a special meeting of the Committee of the Li-
Mr. TWYFORD said he could not attend to this re re- censed Victuallers' Protection Society, held at the office,
sentation. He had only sentenced the defendant on one New Bridge-street, on Friday, the 3d instant, Mr. Edmonds
charge, when he might have gone on upon all three. in the chair, agreeably to the second resolution of the So-
The prisoner was then locked up in one of the cells ciety, the following gentlemen were unanimously elected to
behind the Court. After he had remained there for some fill up two vacancies in the Committee of Management:—
time,do
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him,
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Mr. Joseph, Taverner, of the Swan Tavern, Mansell-street,
Minories ; and Mr. C. W. Travers, of the Swan Inn, Park-
Court, TanwTd addressing road, New Peckham.
in consequence of his attention having been called to the LONDON AND SOUTH. WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Fri-
44th section of the Police Act, in which it is enacted, day, a special general meeting of this Company was:held
that any offence alleged to have been committed by any at the station, Nine Elms, Vauxhall, when the Bills now be-
police officer must be brought against him within six
calendar months to justify a police magistrate in taking
cognizance of it ;and as he found that it was more than p erinsg lig
fore Parliament, authorising the construction of branchai lines
and Epsom respectively, aud also
oft htheeßriail ewma yo wand other
from the London and South-western Rail.viriay, to S 1
that time, although he was satisfied of his guilt, he must wCooTkpsaant the makeaux hatitlll estxatteinonsionwe
re submitted in terms of
withdraw his judgment. He could not pay attention to the standing orders of the House of,Lords, and received the
the other cases, which were unsupported by corroborative unanimous assent of the meeting.
testimony, and he therefore ordered him to be dis- LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—Another
charged. class of carriages is about to be introduced on this line of
Weston left the Court evidently much rejoiced at this railway, superior in accommodation to the present second-
termination of the case. . . class carriages, but inferior to the first. The passengers in
On Friday a young man named Wm. Clarke, describing them will be sheltered from the weather. The carriages now
himself as a carpenter residing at Gravesend, was brought employed in carrying the second-class passengers will in
before Mr. Hall, charged with having in his possession a future be employed in carrying a third class of passengers at
quantity of valuable silver plate, of which he could give no lower fares.—Liverpool Times.
proper account. He was extremely we dressed, and re- EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL CURIOSITY.—The head
spectable in appearance. and horns of a most extraordinary and gigantic Durham
From the evidence it was elicited that the prisoner went ox, recently arrived at Windsor Castle for the inspec-
to the shop of Mr. Jones, pawnbroker, in Holborn, where, tion of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in the highest
after some converseSion with the shopman respecting the state of preservation, having been prepared, by a pecu-
purchase of plate, he produced from a bag two small sacra- . •
ment silver cups, and salvers, a number of spoons and forks, liar process, with the greatest care, so as to cause it to
with other articles of a similar description, worth, in the
mal when alive. The ox, which was bred E d I in
at ner ae,
resemble, in every respect, the head of the singular ani-
whole, a considerable sum, which he offered for sale ; but,
in consequence of his being an unfit person to all appearance Cumberland, stood 18 hands high, and its carcase, when
to have such property, he was given into custody. . slaughtered, weighed one ton, eleven hundred and
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he had been on twenty-eight pounds. The most extraordinary por-
a visit with his uncle, who held a situation as cook at Eton tion of this natural curiosity are the horns, which are
College, and on his return to Gravesend he received the pro- 50 inches in circumference (as large round as the body
perty in charge to give to his sister, in whose house he re- of a good-sized man) near their base, and four feet each
sided at the latter place. in length. The horns, from tip to tip, are exactly four
Mr. Ham, examined the property, upon which there were
was by no means satisfied with the prisoner's account, he ,
different initials and crests engraved, and then declaring he 1 h
feet across. The head and horns, when detached from
gave directions for hitsectaand till Monday next. the body of the beast at the time it was slaughtered
(then six years old) weighed 3601b5. The head, upon
In the course of the lava statement appeared in the Go- 1 its arrival at Windsor, was deposited in the apartment of
vernment Police Gazette of a burglary in the house of the , Majesty at the Queen's aviary, in the Home Park, under
Rev. Mr. Hodgson, of Corkham Dean, near
_Maidenhead ' the care of Mr. Walters the superintendent of that
and A description of exactly the same articles as were ' • ' found establishment, for the inspection o Prince Albert.
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