The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-17 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS PA 'O

BOW-STREET.
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~.SSAULT ON MR. FRENCH BY THE SONS or, ;-„a
COBBETT.—This morning William Cobbett, Jun' li"of
his two brothers, attended to answer the ehorge.;..,
Mr. French, the barrister, who had obtained aiv 'r
sault warrant against them.
• Mr. French said he wished to make a few obserc:
tions previous to going into the charge of as ult-,lr
It had been reported in the public paper e
R. Bit nie had said that it must have beet! Krilro.
gross provocation which could have produced S°vdir
lent an assault. He ' v ished to deny that 7
Richard had said that. It was too unlike a AVat
trate ; and he wished al,o that nothing but st,
bare assault should be reported. lie therefOre
mitted to the Magistrate that if a proiocatioa 77,
pleaded as a justification of the assault, he shoo'
be permitted to reply to the insinuation. Lt
Sir R. BIRNIE—Really, Mr. French, that is 17
the %% ay in which I am usually treated.
Mr. French—Bat I understand it is planned t.,llat
such a defence shall be made, and I request th4tll°.l
thing but the assault may be published.
Sir R. BIRNIE-011, I know nothing about 01:A
It is impossible for me to know what may COnie'9
in this case.
Mr. French—Well then, your Worship,
passing along Piccadilly in the afternoon of tai
nesday last, when I met Mr. Wm. Cobbett. :17
defendant passed me; he looked very ferocioas!Y?
me. After he had passed he returned and 5:
" Mr. French I wish to ask you a question or Ofc6r
I replied, " I shall be very happy, Sir, to sow'
any questions you may wish to ask," at the sam
time trying to look as sternly as he did. He thehlis
asked me what time I should be at home, a 5."".
would rather ask me the questions in my'ownhotoe'
I made some reply, after which he said, -"
meet me at Barn Elmes then ?" I replied,
would if his father was there, but that at preset
must decline it. I then told him that I was 0,47
to Hammersmith to a meeting there, at seven
by appointment. He thserved, " Oh, at sever;
o'clock," and left me. At six o'clock, I Was -Valk"
ing down Silver-street, Kensington Gravel Pic,
nd a could see no person before me. Hid not believe
that there was any other person in the. Street. ogle°
Mr. W. Cobbett rushed from behind a wagigg
where he and his brothers had been locking
had a most fearful bludgeon. A bludgeon in **to
cases is generally represented as being as ,thielt*oo
one's arm, this was not, but that Ihave-nottettitsros
in stating, that it was as thick as my wrist' iab'
struck the on the forehead, the ribp, and the 1;1
and if I had not had a book in MY g
with which I parried one blow, I believe the b 14,0
would have dispatched me. I have the mark
my forehead. My thigh has been in great pain sii!9'
and
complainantlwa
was nearly
wentchok oedu with
stathate thatblo%v
he ha
inthetdr
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deuce to produce against them, that he would frit.4%
it clear that he had behaved virtuously, arid tt-
affair would tend to their eternal disgrace and to i
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glory all over England. hoc
Mr. W. Cobbett did not deny the assault,
said that his brothers had not participated hi it'.
they had, it would have served Mr. French propel'
from the heinousness of the provocation, of wM
he did not state the particulars. o
Sir R. BIRNIE bound over the defendattta'
answer the charge at the sessions.

MURDER AND SUICIDE.

The neighbourhood of Blackfriars-road Was t 7
morning thrown into a state of the greatest c"r,f
sternation by a report that Mrs. Sadler,_wifr, -
Mr. John Sadler, landlord of the Hat and Feathers,
Great Surrey-street (within a few doors of Christ
Church), had murdered her child, an infant aboot.'
four months old, and afterwards cut her own thr°°(l.
On inquiry the report, to its full extent, was foil'
to be a melancholy truth. It appears that the tilsvi
fortunate woman got up this morning at her 115u-
hour of rising, and proceeded about her busilles;
apparently in good spirits ; about eight o'clock bs a
told her husband that she would go up stairs Oa
dress the baby : this excited no suspicions tt
pot
her regular practice. A long time elapsed, and
making her appearance, Mr. Sadler desired the se
r'
villa to ascertain the cause : she accordingly Prtlid.
seeded up stairs, and was surprised to find the chik,
bad been taken from the bed-room, but she coil'
not discover where either that or her mistress wa"
She commenced a search, and found the door do°
of the attics fastened on the inside: she etiow
municated this to Mr. Sadler, who imme-
diately ran up stairs, and forced
open, when a most dreadful spectacle
itself to his agonized feelings. On the floor laid, hid
infant child weltering in its blood, with the nea f
part 0,5
nearly severed from its body. In another
the room a short distance from it lay the life,le,o,-
corpse of its unfortunate mother, with her throat W:
rally cut from ear to ear. In such a determined (011
tier had she committed the dreadful act, that de3t
in both cases must have been almost instantaneeu!'
Mrs. S. these last few weeks has shown at times,c°,ll;
siderable depression of spirits, supposed to ariseir°'
the dullness of business, but never at any time be;
trayed any symptoms of insanity. Mr. James°rile
surgeon in the neighbourhood, ryas immediatehfe
called in, but medical assistance was useless,
vital spark was extinct. To describe the distre'sei,
feelings of Mr. Sadler would be impossible, he
ate
in a state bordering on distraction. The unforttloe,
woman is about forty years of age, and had be
married to Mr% Sadler about four years, don' t
which time they have always lived on the 111°90
happy and affectionate terms. There is aas
other child, three years old, to whom, as Well st
the victim of this ill-fated woman, she was ro°11,„
passionately attached, and only yesterday was sva
tug out with them, watching them with all a mothecre
presente.ds
solicitude, and it was remarked she appeared ole
than usually cheerful. The greatest commissero;
tion is evinced in the neighbourhood, Mrs. Sadie,
being much respected, and always considered 9
kind hearted and humane woman. The house
immediately closed and great crowds were er
lected round it during the whole morning. An "Jr'
quest will be held on the bodies this evening or tc"
morrow.

The Duke of ORLEANS, soon after his rf:
cent arrival in England, accompanied by his eldest sou 41"
Duke de CH ARTRES, paid a visit to the house at,Twiccel::
Liam, which looks upon the Thames, and where his r4et:e
and his family resided previous to the restoration f t't
Bonita()Ns. On the Duke's leaving the apartment' 3
Twickenham, he is said to have shed tears.
ful
Lord GRENVILLE remains at his delight- ,
seat at Dropmore, in literary leisure, although not in g
health. His amiable lady superintends the delightful gar,
dens and grounds, which abound with the most delieiclu,
fruits and flowers. The tasteful and picturesque di'treitil
tion of these gardens has long been the admiration •
our eminent horticulturists and florists.
The Earl of GLENGALL, it is Said, will lie,
returned the Representative of one of the Irish Peerag
te.
without opposition, in the room of the Earl of BLEsilvro"
The Duke of BEDFORD has not yet take!'
possession of his new mansion in Belgrave-square. 14e:e
ci
at present residing at his cottage, near his friend L°

Hou,mcr's licuse, at Kensington.
We are happy to inform the public that the
new line of road from Penhale to Truro is now compleed°
and that the Regulator coach went over it on Wednesdsol..
evening, amidst the acclamations of a great number
people. The same coach also passed ever a part of the '
line of road between Truro and Falmouth, across the el
f.°
camptnent and bridges at CLracra and to Perran-whaf.7
Falmouth Packet.
We have authority for stating, that Mr.
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LISTON has written to Mr. KEAN, offering him the Sum
700/. in exchange for the exercise of his talents for 00
a.outh, at the Surrey Theatre... Norning