The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-26 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Joseph -P-endal, a savage-
looking fellow, was charged with stabbing with intent
to murder Joseph Dowling, P. watchman in Red Lion-
square.
Who lives in Fox-court, Gray's Inn-
The prosecutor,
lane, was conveced from the hospital to the court on
that morning. His chest was bandaged. He deposed
that about Itiree months ago he was conveying a drunken
man, to 4:ne station-house, when the prisoner came and
t 00"... the purse out of the drunken man's pocket. Wit-
ness gave information of the affair to the police, and the
prisoner was thereupon apprehended. Since then the
prisoner repeatedly declared he would be revenged upon
him, and that he would knock the breath out of his
body. On Monday morning last, between five and six
o'clock, witness went into the Red Lion publichouse, at
the corner of Red Lion-street, Holborn. The prisoner,
who was there, immediately attacked him, threw him
against the door, and threatened to strangle him. He
attempted doing so by twisting his neckcloth, until wit-
ness became quite black in the face, but some persons
who were at the bar dragged him away. The prisoner
seized him again, and a scuffle ensued, in which the pri-
soner took out a large pocket-knife. Witness, in ward-
ing off a blow, received a cut on his thumb, which bled
at the time, but he did not feel any other wound at the
moment. On arriving at his home he found that his
clothes had been quite cut through, and that his under-
garments were saturated with blood, which flowed from
a stab in the middle of the chest. A surgeon was sent
for, the wound was dressed, and he was removed to the
hospital.
The barman at the public-house confirmed to a great
extent the prosecutor's testimony, and swore that he had
heard the prisoner utter threats of a deadly nature
against the prosecutor. The parties were sober at the
time of the occurrence.

Police-constable 179 G produced the garments worn
by the prosecutor at the time he was stabbed. They
were quite stained with blood. There was a large hole
through them, just over the wound. Arrested the pri-
soner at his own residence, about an hour after the
occurrence. He did not deny the charge.
The surgeon of the hospital gave evidence as to the
nature of the wound. Had it been the eighth of an inch
deeper it would have proved fatal. The knife found on
the prisoner would have produced such a wound.
Nesbitt, the court-keeper, recognised the prisoner as a
returned transport and a man of very bad character.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial to Newgate.

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CIIARING-CROSS HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday morning
production
a sermon, on behalf of this invaluable institution was
preached at St. Paul's Church, Covent-garden, by the
venerable H. E. Manning, M.A., Archdeacon of Chiches-
ter. It appears that in the course of the last year 9,518
indigent sick persons were admitted on the books for re-
lief, at a cost of 2,4311. 15s. 24d. ; of these, 1,056 were
in-patients, and 8,462 were out-patients (many of whom
were visited at their own homes, and the greater part
were restored to the blessings of health and to their
occupations for the support of their families). These,
with the cases reported in former annual statements,
make a total of 102,776 sick and needy individuals who
have partaken of the benefits of the Institution, from
its commencement, in 1818, to the 31st December, 1844.
After a very energetic appeal on behalf of the peculiar
claims which this useful charity has upon the feelings of
the wealthy and benevolent, the sum collected amounted
to 40/.105., and an additional annual subscription of five
guineas from a benevolent supporter of the Hospital.
A. Vienna journal of the 15th inst. says :—" The
exhibition of the progress of the useful arts in Austria was opened
this day. Our Society of Industry has invited the exhibitors to a
grand supper in the Hall of the Redoubt. The Court has already
visited the exhibition. The report of the operations of our Savings
Bank during 1844 is extremely satisfactory, particularly as it shows
an increasing system of economy among the lower orders of society."