The Sun.
London, England, 1820-09-25 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.

An extra ordinary occurrence took place yes-
terday evening, in the Church of St. Sepulchre,
Snow-hill. About a quarter past seven o'clock,
a respectable looking man, who was seated in one
of the pews in the centre of the Church, stood up
suddenly, and vociferated some incoherent ex-
pressions, and pulling from his side pockets a pair
of loaded pistols, he brandished them ,about in
each hand, when a Gentleman in the next pew
attempted to wrest the pistols. The Clergyman
came down from the pulpit, he being the most
conspicuous person, and most likely to, attract
the notice of the maniac, for such we must sup-
pose him to be ; he kept every person at a dis-
tance, and turning round, looked up to the organ
gallery, each side of which was, crowded with
charity children, and levelling the pistol he held
in his right hand, lie Ad it into the 'gallery. A
scream of horror was instantly echoed from all
parts of the hurch, and great confusion pre-
vailed. He was fortunately secured before he
had time to fire the second pistol, which was
wrested from him, and found to' be heavily load-
ed. The maniai, was conveyed to the watch-
house, in Cow-cross. Several of the children
were trampled on and dreadfully hurt. The fol-
lowing is the copy of a printed paper which he
threw about after be fired the pistol :
THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION

Svolten of by DANIEL, the Prophet, that he shall stand lo the
holy Place, is THE ORGAN.
It is the Image of the Kint4doni of Antichtiit
THE MUSIC.
BA B Y L

The
0 N
A,FAsr.
I• II * 111 IV *V • VI • VII VIII
b b b b b

The Rev. Clergyman, and several other per-
sons, questioned the unfortunate man as to the
interpretation of those Mysterious figures, as also
the motives which could drive him to the com-
mission of such a violent act; but his answer was
in a foreign tongue, unknown- to all present :
however, he soon after addressed them in very
good. French,- and explained, that the figures
below the letters were-intended to represent the
different. notes on the organ, and that the word
formed by the letters above was the true con-
struction which the Holy Prophet had put on
those notes. -For thoSe reasons he had a parti-
cular aversion to all organs, and, as it was his
wish to enlighten the world upon the subject, he
had prepared about 600 handbills in the English
language, ,which he had distributed whenever an
opportunity pi.sented itself ; but much difficulty
was thrown in the way of his charitable' kaki-

tions, owing to his ignorance of the language of
this country. However, as he could not address
the people in their own tongue, he had provided
himself with a pistol, by firing which, he thought,
he should be able to command attention. The
officer conveyed him to the,Coropter, where he
gave his name David Kruskline, and also the ad-
dress of a British officer residing at the Bell Inn,
Holborn. This Gentleman was immediately ap-
plied to, and his account of the prisoner was,
that his father was a merchant at Konigsberg, in
Prussia, and that the prisoner had been dem to
him, but had ran away, being at that time gene-
rally believed to be insane. It is not known
N; Nether the pistol contained a ball ; but a gun-
maker who examined it, expressed his conviction
that it did ; 4owever, it was , not found. We
understand that the prisoner has Jived during the
last three months on nothing but raw cabbage
and jellies, and has behaved in an otherwise ec-
centric manner.

ELOPEMENT.-Last week a young lady, about
16 years of age, of large fortune and highly.re-
spectable connexions, eloped from her friends iii
the neighbourhood of Plymouth. Her admirer,
it is said, is on the verge of 40. The lady's
friends have gone in pursuit, but .have received
no tidings of the fugitives.