The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1842.

Portuguese 5 per Cents. E2 3.2}6 32x,
Neapoittaln
50
106— 103!; 106%

Rozkan III6W. ... __..% ...
ziALLWA 1..4i-IAtiES
R. Germain
Ver,atik., K. 1 .
L.B 2u3 ... 2, 5 ... 185 ... 119
8.,01cn 51;0 ...58^ ...55a ... 555
Orleans
Stia..lJurg to 8a1e....
_._ 2-i5 ... 2:5 ... 235 ... T. 35

Austrian, spa rent.— )Portuguese, 5 per cent.
Belgian, 5 pet rent — Ditto, New Ditto — ;
Brazilian Bonds . ...... ... Prussian, 5 per cent.., —
Buenos Ayres 6 per cost 23 'Russian, 5 per cent ll2l
Chilian, 6 per cent.— 'Ditto, Metallic ...... .
Colombian, 6 pet cent.. 7-- j Spanish, 5 per cent 23,i
Ditto, 1824.-- .... ..... -, )Ditto, Deferred....
Danish, 3 per cent — IFreneh, 5 per cent. —l. —c.
Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 33a. ;French, 3 percent —'. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 IDutch, 2i per cent. .. .
Peruvian, 1825, fi per et. Illitto, 5 per cent. .. . 101*
SHARES.
Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) .. . ... .. 44
Cheltenham and Great Western (72k paid) Isi
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ...
Ditto New Shares•(— paid)
Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...••• ... 55
Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 86
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 93i
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) 64Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
London and Brighton (50 paid) • 36
London and Blackwall (25 paid) ...... —
Ditto New Shares (—paid) ... ........ ... 10
London and Birmingham (90)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 37
Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid....
London and South Western
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3i
Midland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) lBi
North Midland Railway (100)
Ditto New Shares (40 paid) •.. 32
Paris and Rouen (16 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ....••
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)
• York and North Midland (50 paid) ... ...... 94
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.)
Amsterdam CF. 12 7i Gibraltar ... . 46
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 8 Genoa . 25 95
Antwerp .. 12 8 Milan
Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Venice ... 47
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per oz 120
Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 27
Frankfort on Maine... 1521 Bahia
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 364 Buenos Ayres
8er1in..... . 7 New York, 21 days sight 46i
Vienna, effec. 11. 3M. 955 Philadelphia 46
Trieste, ditto .. 956 PRICES OF MILLION, PER oz.
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons OO 0
Barcelona . 36 New Dollars 0 4 Cif
Seville

- MURDER OF A POLICEMAN.
MONEY and COMMERCIAL IirEWS !
CITY, Verney SEresenso. It appears that for the last three weeks a series of highway
robberies have been perpetrated on persons passing through,:
Business in the English funds has been confined to a
the fields in and near the Hornsey-wood-house by a footpad,
sale by the Bank broker, which depressed the,, price or
said to have been heavily- armed, and a description of whose l'
Consols to 921 928 for money, and 928 92'4 for the account.
Bank Stock, 167 168 ; India Stock, 2471 2436 ; Exchequer person a few days since was forwarded to the station-house of '
Bills, 37 39 premium. • the N division, Islington-green, since which period Superin-
-1 tendent Johnston has caused additional men to be placed near
Foreign securities were rather flat, and the price of Belgian
was rather lower bein 101 1026 Dutch Two and a Half
the spot mentioned. Shortly before four o'clock on Thursday
, g 1 ;
afternoon police-constable Charles Moss, 162 N, was on
per Cant:. were 53 53-1 ; the Five per Cents, 101 1016 ,
Danish, 801 S 1 ; and Brazilian, 67 68. duty near Hornsey-wood-house, when he observed a gen-
tleman going along the' path which leads from it towards
Railway Shares were a shade lower, although some Wen-
town, and a man following him in such a manner as led
sive business was done in them. London and Birmingham,
hint to suppose he intended to rob him, and who also
90 92; Great Western, 52 54 ; the Half Shares, 146 15 prem.
Birmingham and Gloucester, 52 54 ; South Western, 631 64; answered the description of the man suspected to have
Gosport, 633 64 • North Midland, 64 66; the New Shares, committed the previous robberies. He pursued him, and
on approaching within a few yards, the villain turned
313 321 ; South' Eastern and Dsver, 301 311 ; Eastern
round and fired a pistol at him the ball' lodging in constable
Counties, 94 10; Blackwall, 11 i 123; the New Shares, 9;
103 . alikl Brighton, 361 363. Moss's right arm. Moss called' loudly for help, and police-
constable Mallett, N 341, who was standing on a hill about a
The foreign Exchanges were not so favourable as on this
quarter of a mile from the spot, and a journeyman baker,
day week. Hambro' 13 13; Amsterdam, 12 41 12 43 ; Rot-
terdam, 12 41 ; Antwerp, 12 41 ; Frankfort 1518 151 i ; Paris named Charles Mott, in the employ of Mrs. Woodward, of
25.30,25.85 ; Vienna 9529 53 ; Trieste 9 531 9 546 ; Lis- Upper-street, Islington, but who resides at Hornsey, and who
bon, 533 ; and Cadiz 361 363. man Mott had got within a few yards of him when he drew was also near, joined in pursuit of the suspected robber. The
The bonds are quoted: Portuguese Five per Cents ,37 371;
the Three per Cents, 22 22/ ; Colombian, 26 ; Mexican 3,4 another pistol from his breast, and again fired, wounding his
,
ursuer g in t shoulder. ker
33 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 24 233 ; and the Three per
p
Cents., 23 231. of Ilornsefriy, whohtfully was inhe his chaise-cart. H
at theoward time,b and
Some further information has been bought to light upon saw the occurrence, give chase to the assassin, whom he kept
in sight along the main road in the direction of Ilighbury
the subject of the surreptitious issue of upwards of seven
Barn, on arriving near which he jumped over a ditch
millions sterling of the Three per Cent. Spanish Stocks, and
into some fields, in the direction of Highbury Cottage. Mr,
bad as the s'ater»ent may appear, it is greatly to be feared that
Howard followed him, and whilst doing so, observed the
worse remains yet to be unfolded. 'To those who may happen
murderer reloading his pistols. He mired to two gardeners
to be unacquainted welch the trickery of Spanish finance, these
in the employ of Mr. Wilson, the magistrate, who had joined
disclosures may appear exaggerated or doub ful, but to such as
in the pursuit, to be careful, for the man had loaded fire-arms.
may have had experience, painful and expensive perhaps, they
will be perfectly credible. The Madrid Gazette of the 26th He got into a lane which ran up to the house of a gentleman,
naieed Warren, and at the end of which there was no through-
ult.,reported a speech made in the Cortex on the 25th, by Don
fare, and in which he was mat by police•constable Timothy
Pedro Gil, in which in allusion to the contract with M. :-.'ala-
Daly, N 65, who was about to seize him, when the villain
mance laid before them, seventy millions of reals in coupons
drew from his breast the pistol he had reloaded, and bred at
had been given by the Government to th .t gentleman as part
Daly, who instantly fell on the ground lifeless, the ball having
of the guarantee for his advances. These coupons have,
penetrated his heart. Bysthis time Mr. Howard and his other
doubtless, been converted into stock by the several agents, and
pursuers came up, and the murderer was seized. He exclaimed,
the stock thus created found its way into this and other markets.
" I'm done, now I give myself up," and lie was then asked to
'1 he settling, it is to be lamented, will be a day long to be re-
give up his pistols, which he did. No police had come up by
membered by many who have purchased these documents.
this time, and the people assembled bound the assassin's hands
(From Tile Sun of Last Night.) with cords, and in that way conveyed him to the Islington
The English Market opened firmly, but the sale of nearly
station, Islington-green.
100,0001. stock by the Bank. broker, has since rendered it dull. On the arrival of the murderer at Islington station-house
The prices are—Consuls for Money, 921 92%, for the Ac-
—followed by several hundred people—he gave his name
count, 92% 921; Reduced Three per Cents, 911,12 918; as Thomas Cooper, No. 1, Rawstorne-street, Clerkenwell,
New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 1004 1003 ; ditto Re-
said he was 23 years of age, and a bricklayer by trade. He is
duced, 993 994 ; Bank Stock, 167 168; India Stock, 2473 2483 ; about five feet four inches high, and of fair complexion, but has
India Bonds, 21; and Exchequer Bills, 33 39 prem. very cadaverous sharp features. ' His attire was a blue coat
Foreign Securities are firm at the prices of yesterday—
very ragged, an old red valencia figured waistcoat, and fustian
Belgian, 102 103 ex. die. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
trousers.
53 533 ; the Five per Cents, 101 1013 ; Danish, 806 813 ;
Shortly after eight on Thursday night, Mr. Wilson, a county
and Brazilian, 67 68. Magistrate, near whose house the catastrophe took place,
The flatness in Railroad Shares is somewhat improved, and
visited the Islington station-house, to make inquiries into the
more business has been done. London and Birmingham, matter, the who eof which relating to the death of the mur-
-181 181% ; Thirds, 31, Great Western, 931 A ; New, 644 ;
dered man had been seen by some of his servants. The pH-
Fifth, , 103 ; Bristol and Exeter, 44 ; Cheltenham and Great
soner, who was handcuffed, and divested of everything which
Western, 161; Great North of England, 861 • North Midland,
would enable him to lay violent hands on himself, was then
65, the New Shares, 323 ; York and North ilidland, 933, 94 ;
brought out for the purpose of ' hearing the charge-sheet read
Paris and Rouen, 173 ; South Eastern and Dover, 313; the
over to him. On coming to that part which charged him with
Scrip, 13 ; and Eastern Counties, New, 51. 9s. 2d. the murder of Timothy Daley, he exclaimed, " What,. is he
Bonds are quoted—Colombian, 266 ; Mexican, 32 331;
dead ?" and his countenance became deadly pale. On being
Portuguese Three per Cents , 221; Spanish Five per Cents., asked by Inspector Thatcher if he wished to say anything, at
233; and the Three per Cents., 221. the same time cautioning him, if he did, it would be taken
Money continues plentiful ; two-and-a-half per cent. has,
down, Cooper, who appeared covered with perspiration, and
however, been paid to-day. whose previous fortitude seemed completely to have left him,
Accounts from Buenoi Ayres to the 12th of February have
replied, " No, I have nothing to say now."
been received. It appears that the Governor was determined It appears that the baker (Mott) and the deceased were in
to preserve peace with the surrounding nations as far as it was the saute lane together, and that when the prisoner found there
possible, and that he had received satisfactory communications was no thoroughfare, he drew the two pistols, and declared
from several of the neighbouring Republics. The receipts o!
" the first man►that attempted to molest him he would shoot."
the Treasury in January had been 39 silver and 3,076,784 A man in a cottage close by came out with a gun, and the
paper dollars, and the disbursements 2,957,266, of which
1,273,765 had been on account of the deferred debt, and the prisoner fired both the pistols simultaneously at the deceased
(Daley) and Mott, the baker.
balance in hand on the Ist February, was 112 silver and
1,860,812 paper dollars. 't he Treasury bills in circulation at
that time amounted to 4,385,000 dollars. Exchange on
England 3d.
Intelligence from the Mauritius to the 26th of January has
come to hand. The extreme cost of the production of sugar
over the price obtained, still occupied the attention of the
planters. Three remedies were proposed—the introduction
of more labourers, whereby the present high wages would be
reduced ; the abolition of the land-tax; and a remission of the
export duty.
In the month ending the 20th of January, 11,945 bags of
Sugar had been put up to public sale, of which 8,925 bags had
been sold ; middling and good brown at from 4.75 to 5.80 ;
middling to fine grey 4.76 to 7.23, and nsjddling and goad
yellow 5.45 to 6.85 per 1001bs.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET' MAY s.—There have been
about 3,000 bales sold in very dull market to-day. Except
400 Surats, at 3d. to 43d., and 120 Egyptians, 7d. to Bed., the
whole was American, 4d. to 6J.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, MAY s.—The market wa
very dull, and Eastern Counties and South Eastern were both
lower, the new Shares of the latter being, on leaving oft', at 33,
and the Debentures of the former Si. 6s. Bd. The other sales
were, Edinburgh and Glasgow, 55 ; London and Birrhingharn,
181 ; Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares, 393; and the Quar-
ters, 63.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY s.—We continue
quiet in Shares ; prices remain firm, and net much Stock offer-
ing. North Midland Halves, 321; Manchester and Birming-
ham, 29 to 293; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 541/2 to 55; South
Western, 63 to 64.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock .. 168 India Stock ..... ....... 2483
3 per Cent Red. 9ll i Ditto Bonds ........ --a 21 pre
3 per Cent Cons 923 Ditto Old Annuities ...
33 per Cent Red 993 ,Ditto New Annuities...
New 33 per Cent
New 5 per Cent.. — , Ditto 5001.... 39 pm
Long Annuities to expire ' Ditto 5ma11...... 36 pm
Jan. 1860 .... 121 Bank Stock for Acct ...1673
Oct. 1859. ........ 12 7-16 India Stock for Acct....
Jan. 1360. .... Consols for Acct 923
FOREIGN FUNDS.

EXAMINATION OF THE MURDERER.
CLERKENWELL.
Thomas Cooper, a bricklayer, apparently about 23 or 24
years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Greenwood.,
charged with the wilful murder of Timothy Daley, a police con-
stable of the N division. The Court was crowded, as was the
street outside.
On the prisoner being placed at the bar,
Mr. GREENWOOD said—Prisoner, what is your name?
Prisoner—Thomas Cooper*.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Where do you live? Prisoner—Raw-
stome-street, Clerkenwell.
Mr. GREENWOOD—What are you? Prisoner—A brick-
layer.
The prisoner spoke in a very low tone of voice, so as to be
almost inaudible. He is not at all an ill-looking man, but has
an expression of wildness in his countenance. He has very long,
flowing light hair, and light eyes. He appeared, when placed
in the dock, as though he was intoxicated, or in a state of half
stupefaction. By order of the Magistrate he was accommo-
dated with a chair.
John William Howard was the first witness called, and said,
I am a baker at Hornsey ; I was calling on my customers on
Thursday, at half-past 3, when I saw a man running across the
fields, and a policeman pursuing him. I was in my cart
at the time. 'They were running towards the Hornsey-
road. I was about 100 yards from them. When I
came into the Ilornsey-rdad, I stopped till one of the
persons came up, who was pursuing the prisoner. I
saw the prisoner running towards Highbury Cottage. The
person I saw told me that a person had shot a man, and had
escaped. I drove on towards Islington. I then saw the pri-
soner in a field about a quarter of a mile from me. He was
without a hat, and running in the direction from me. I got
out of my cart and pursued him, as I was afraid he would be
lost in the shrubs. When I got to within 200 yards of him I
saw him get over a fence; and I heard him ramming
something in his breast as though he was ramming a pistol. I
got over the fence, which had spikes at the top, as well as I
could, and kept calling out for asSistance. Several people came
up ; saw the prisoner present two pistols at me ; he had one in
each hand. Ile presented the pistols at the people round.
dont't think he pulled the trigger. I then went roue.-,' past
Highbury-barn and I saw the prisoner fire kt the police-
man. ;his was close to Highbury.barn. That was
a good distance from the fence ; it must have been about
a quarter of an hour after he was at the fence to the time he
shot the man. There was a number of people at the spot at
the time the prisoner shot the policeman. I saw the police..
man with a man named Mott, a baker, who made a rush at the
prisoner, and while he was doing se the prisoner fired at him,
and Mott was wounded in the shoulder. The policeman then
made a rush at the prisoner, and he was immediately shot by
the prisoner, and he fell. I was then about 50 yards from
them. I then saw the policeman lying on the ground. 1 saw
the prisoner seized and secured. His hands were tied. At
that time there were as many as a hundred people present. I
heard the prisoner say when he was seized, " Prn done for."
Mr. GREENWOOD—Prisoner, have you any legal adviser here?
Prisoner (in a very low tone of voice)—No, Sir.
Mr. GeezNwoon—Do you wish to ask any question of this
witness?
The prisoner replied " No, Sir," in a scarcely audible voice.
John William Young, the next witness, said—l live at
Hornsey Wood-house, lam a waiter there. The first I heard
of this transaction was from a boy who came into our house
and cried out for help, as he said a policeman had been shot.
I went out, andsl saw the policeman lying bleeding on the
ground. He pointed to the direction of the Hornsey-road, and
I saw a man running away across the fields. I and another
policeman went across the fields, and the first person I saw wts
Mr. Howard, the baker, in his cart. I said, have you secli a
person without a hat, running away ? and he said he had, We
followed in pursuit of the man. We came up to "Cooley-
gardens, and I saw the prisoner present the pistols. I saw
Daley, the deceased, and I called him to assist u 4, The prisoner
was then standing with a pistol in each hand. When we re-
turned there were several people around him, at a distance.
The prisoner said he would shoat again. I saw a baker make
a rush at the prisoner, and the polleenan followed him. The
prisoner immediately fired one pistol at the baker and the other
at the deceased, who fell to the ground. I ran off to a docter.
I had to go about 150 yards. The doctor was at home, and he
came to the place directly. The prisoner was seized, and I
went to the station-house with him. I saw him searched,
and one or two bullets were taken taken from him. He made
no statement in my presence.
Mr. GREENWOOD—Pray do you wish to ask this witness any
question?
The prisoner, leaning on the box, with his face in his hands,
replied faintly " No, Sir," •
Wm. Ilensom said—l Garnard's-mews, near to
Hornsey-wood. Yesterikri I "heard the report of a
pistol in the Hornety Wood. I went in that direction,
and I saw a hat anti pair of gloves lying on the ground. Before
that I heard a man cry out " lam murdered." I met the man
who said this,and he was staggering, he was a policeman. He
was holding his hand to his arm. The blood was running
through his hand. Another policeman came up, and he told
me to go to Hornsey Wood-house and get assistance. I did
so, and the last witness came with me and we went in pursuit.
A woman told us that a man had gone across the field. I was
not present when the policeman who was killed was shot. I
know no more than this.
The prisonor declined asking any question.
Stephen Turnbull said I was working at Mr. Paul's myrtle
gardens at Highbury. I saw the prisoner running across
College-road at the back of the garden. I saw him afterwards
welkin,* up and down a field with two pistols. I went round
up College-road, and I saw the prisoner standing in the road
against the paling. This was at Highbury Park South. A
number of people were round. Upwards of a hundred, I
should think. I heard Daly the deceased say, " I don't be-
lieve those pistols are loaded." .The prisoner replied, " I will
ire them at you." I saw.
.. Mott, the baker, make a rush
at the prisoner, and also the policeman Daly, and the prison'er
immediately fired both pistols i the left hand at Mott, and the ,
right at the policeman, When he fired he-looked at the baker,
and then looked at the policeman and fired again. Daly fell
dead. I laid hold of the prisoner, and he felt for something in
his pocket. I took a knife out of his trowsers pocket. ( The
knife was here produced : it was a butcher's knife, about ten
inches long.) When I got the knife, he said, " lam done ; you
have got all my weapons." I went with the prisoner to the
station-house, and I asked him going along how he could do
such a thing, and he replied that he would have served me the
same. I asked him if he was married, and he said he was not,
but he had a mother. I saw him searched, and saw the ball
taken from his pocket.
The prisoner, still leaning on his face on the bar, faintly said
he had no question to put.
Thomas Grover said he was coming past Highbury-barn
yesterday afternoon about five minutes past four, and saw
the prisoner standing with his back against the fence.
with a pistol in each hand. Several persons were round him.
I heard the prisoner say the pistols were loaded, and any one
who dared to attack him he would_ fire the contents at them.
Daly, the policeman, was there, and he said he did not believe
they were loaded, and the.priioner replied " they are loaded."
I then saw Charles Mott, a baker, make a rush at the prisoner,
and the prisoner fired the left hand pistol, and sown as he had
done that, Daly approached, and was immediately shot dead.
The last witness, Turnbull, seized the prisoner, and. I wrenched
one of the pistols, the left, from the hands of the prisoner.
( The pistols were here produced. They were a couple of
horse-pistols, with flint-locks. )
The prisoner declined asking any question.
James Wheeler said—l am waiter at Highbury Barn Tavern.
A man came in yesterday afternoon, and said a man had been
murdered. I went out, and I saw the prisoner against the
fence. What has been stated by the other witness is correct.
The prisoner appeared extremely faint, and his countenance
had changed to a ghastly hue.
Henry Haines Walton said—l am house-surgeon at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital. The man Mott was brought baba the
hospital last night about six o'clock, and afterwards the
wounded policeman. I examined the man Mott, and I found
him in a state of collapse. I found that a ball had passed
through the shoulder. l-k is very feeble and low, and it is
impossible to say what the probable result of the wound will
be. I examined the policeman who was wounded, and I found
the arm to be fractured. I can't say how long it will be before he
will be able to be produced. I think there is danger in the case
of Mott. I can say that the wound is a gun-shot wound with-
out looking at the ball. Ido not think there is any bone
injured in Mott. The ball passed through the muscle and
the skin.
George Beckley, police-ofnecr, 12 N division, said--I picked
up a bullet on the opposite side of the road to where the man
was shot. It was on the curb of the foot-path. It is now
precisely as I found it. It exactly corresponds with one found
on the prisoner. It fits the bore of both instals.

.
At the close of the proceedings of the House of Com-
mons on Thursday night, a new writ for Nottingham, in
place of Sir G. H. De Larpent, who has accepted the Chil-
tern Hundreds, was moved for, but the motion was got rid
of by the House being adjourned. There is no longer,
therefore, any doubt of the disgraceful compromise.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite,
left Buckingham Palace yesterday for Claremont Park,
where the Court is expected to remain nntil Monday
Twit. - Their. Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales
and the Princess Royal, were taken in one of the Royal
carriages and four.
P.anten OF MAnyi.EnoNE.--The poll for the election
of vestrymen and auditors for 1842 terminated yester-
day, when the Liberals had a majority of 848 over the
Tories—the numbers being, 1,320 for the Liberal candi-
dates, and 472 for their opponents.
That indefatigable opponent, of
Church-rates, Mr.
Childs, after great expense and no little anxiety, has
just gained another victory over his prosecutors, the
Churchwardens of St. MarV, Bungay. Mr. Childs had
been summoned before the justices for the non-payment
of 1839, when
shortly
39; when he
iiatof
toektrlNotvrbaejreedestiaoshillingsn suit
t l tot nstwheaad f
validitycoiouuuirnpecO:eed
of the
a rate,
that day the Con-
against him, which
judgment, when Mr.
Evans, the Judge, decided that the defendant was
ststorial Courtterminated
only
of o
perfectly justified in opposing the proceedings, that the
plaintiffs had thrown much obstruction
n Norwich the 3d instant. s t
gave ant.
and difficulty in
his way, that the defendant had corn, out of the case
with clean hands, and he must therefore declare the rate
months, and has
void, with costs to the defendant. This suit has been
, however,
—gaged in the suit, to
causedptrraTeledmti hnoegr defendant,
enftoehnwadna fornat ' andt
o twenty-sevenuosalnerse miles.
a poor man resist such
be-
comes of Sir Herbert Jenner s remark that these Courts
aorpeprneostsiez?ensiTvhe
for congra-
tulation—the Churchwardens, from the day they assailed
Mr. Childs, now nearly eight years, have never made a
move that has not damaged themselves.
,earendishoolnveccoaulltdse
INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUAL—We beg to call the
attention of the benevolently, disposed to the anniversary dinner
of that very excellent and unique charity, the only
one in which
the helpless infant is received when bereft of parental care. It
has been aptly enough remarked, that this is in reality the
nursery of charities ; and when we state that nearly two hun-
dred children are at this moment reared in it,-whose very exist-
ence might be justly doubted but for the kind offices of this
institution, and that infants six weeks old have been received
into it, we need. not say much more. The Stationers' Com-
pany deserve great praise for having afforded the use of their
spacious hall on this occasion, when his Grace the Duke of
Wellington presides. The small annual subscription renders
it a charity that almost all may aid, and the list of stewards in
another column of The Sun will show that men of influence
and rank have not been slow to take the lead.
Government has ordered . two large ships, the
Duchess of Argyle and the •LadY Gifford, to be chartered for
the Paisley unemployed weavers, to sail frorn Greenock for New
Zealand about the beginning of. Junel and Dr. Boyter, a
Government emigration agents is at preae4oVaisley,.organi-
ing the expedition. - I :
t/ .0,1.v_iy,7- Lary :.k.;

Edward Drewry, of 8, Park.terrace, Highbury, surgeon,
said I was called upon yesterday afternoon, about half-past
four, by a man who said that two men had been shot. In three
minutes afterwards I proceeded to the spot, and I found the
policeman dead. There was a slight muscular action about the
jaw, but there was no pulsation of the heart. I saw that the
man was dead, and I went to the other man and extracted the
ball from his ribs. The ball had passed from the shoulder-
blade to the ribs. I extracted the ball in a moment : it was un-
der the lower portion of the shoulder-blade. He was
immediately taken to the hospital. The pistol must have been
close upon him, as there is a quantity of powder driven into
the skin. I think there is a small bone running across the
shoulder blade broken. I have made a post mortem examina-
tion of the deceased policeman, who is now lying at Highbury
Tavern. The ball entered and fractured the seventh and
eighth rib, and then passed transversely through the stomach,
and out at the other side below the floating rib, which is frac-
tured. The ball did not enter the cavity of the chest, so that
it must have passed considerably below the heart.
The prisoner, who appeared to be growing weaker and
weaker, here fainted into the arms of the gaoler, and was taken
out of the Court immediately. Mr. Drewry ordered some brandy
to be administered to the prisoner, which order was promptly
attended to.

Soon after the prisoner's removal, Inspector Penny informed
the Bench that the prisoner declared he had taken poison, and
that he was evidently in a very dangerous state.
Mr. GREENWOOD requested Dr. Drewry, who yet remained
in Court, to hasten to his assistance. Meantime the people
who thronged the body of the Court were in a state of in-
describable excitement.

Dr. Drewry returned in a few minutes, and had a private
communication with the Magistrate. We heard it was to the
effect that he (Dr. Drewry) from the symptoms evinced by the
prisoner, believed that he had taken poison.
Inspector Penny announced that the prisoner was getting
worse every moment, and that he was at that moment throwing
up large quantities of blood.
Waddington, the gaoler, said the prisoner had told him he
had purchased, yesterday evening, two pennyworth of white
arsen►c and six pennyworth of laudanum.
One of the Police Inspectors subsequently informed us, that
in a few minutes he ceased vomiting, but was in a state of the
greatest debility. Afterwards he appeared somewhat better,
and took brandy and water, and some emetics.
From the extremely debilitated condition of the unfortunate
wretch, and the uncertainty whether or not he will recover the
effects of the poison, it was said, though not from the Bench,
that he would be remanded until Mor.day next.
When our Reporter left he was lying apparently insensible
on a bench in the gaoler's room.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT RACES.
WEDNESDAY.

The Lyneham Stakes of 5 sons, each, 2 ft. Heats, once round

and a distance.
Gen. Gilbert's Pulwaun, 4 yrs (Owner) 2 1 1
Sir W. Trelawny's Chartist, aged ... 0 0 2
Mr. Crofton's Muleteer, a yrs ' 1 2 dr
Mr. E. Bloxam nd. Great Western 0 0 dr
Handicap Plate of 50/. Mile heats.
Sir S. Spry's The Jewess, 5 yrs (J. Horsley) 1 1
Mr. Croiton's Muleteer, 5 yrs 2 2
Mr. Downe's Harmodious, 6 yrs
Mr. 11. Carlisle's Single Peoper, aged 0 0

The Hurdle Stake; of 15 sOvi... each, with 15 added, were
won, in two heats, by ,Jr. A. Vivian's The Bride (Owner),
beating Mr. Bray's Maid of the Vale, and two others.
CHESTER RACES.—TituitsDAY.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, &c.
Thrice round.

Mr. Orde's Bee's-wing, aged •• e. walked over
The Marquis of Westminster's Plate of 1001., added to a Han-

dicap of 20 sovs. each, h ft. Grosvenor Course.
Mr. Heseltine's The Shadow, 6 yrs, 9st 41b ...( Heseltine) 1
Lord Eglinton's Beflona, aged, Bst Mb 2

Mr. Raworth's Cattonian,4 yrs, 6st 12Ib
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord
Eglinton's The Young-'un, 5 yrs ; Mr. Buckley's Gilbert, 4
yrs ; Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, 4 yrs ; Sir R. Bulkeley's Cerito,
4 yrs ; Mr. Price's Croydon.
The Selling Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 200 added. Grosvenor

Course:

Mr. Price's Prince Albert, 5 yrs (Cartwright) 1
Mr. Mostyn's Peter the Great, 4 yrs
Mr. Dawson's The Biddy, 3 yrs
The following also started :—Mr. Griffith's Miss Eaton,
3 yrs ; Mr. Walter's Miss Winney, and Mr. Speed's Emperor,
4 yrs.
Free Handicap, of 20 SOTS. each, 10 ft, and 50 added. Heats

once round and a distance.

Mr.
Mr.
Mr.

Plummer's Alice Hawthorn, 4 yrs ....(Bumby) 1 1
Ferguson's Humming Bird, 5 yrs . ............... 0 2
Skerratt's Hudibras, 4 yrs
Thompson's Fenella, 5 yrs ... .. 0 dr
DERBY BETTING IN THE EVENING.

7 to 2 agst Attila (taken); 4 to 1 agst Frederica c. (taken);
8 to 1 agst Canadian (taken); 14 to 1 agst Auckland (taken);
20 to l agst The Lord of Holderness (taken); 22 to 1 agst
Jack (taken); 25 to 1 agst Ballinkeele ; 25 to 1 agst Tiptoe;
30 to 1 agst Chatham (taken freely); 40 to 1 agst Fireaway ;
1000 to 15 agst Combermere (taken); 1000 to 10 agst
Ghuznee (taken); 1000 to 10 agst Scaltecn.
EGLINGTON PARK RACES.—WEDNESDAY.

The Curraghmore Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added.

Two miles.

Lord Howth's The Augean, aged (Mr. Moore) -1
Mr. Knox nd Roderick Random, 6 yrs ....
Lord Eglinton rid The Gipsy, aged
The Winton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50
"
a half. tad. Mile and

Mr. Ramsay's Recorder, 6 yrs 0 . (Major Richardson) 1
Mr. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs " • 2
Sever.
The Two.years old St:: Yothers ran.
ices of 20 sovs. each. Half a mile.
Mr. Ramsay's buf':,),
Lord Eglintor.'
s Egidia
Inheritor, out of Lady Easby (Noble) I
2
Mr. AlP:cantier's lienbow
':.ardicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added. One mile.
Mr. Ramsay's Oswald, aged (Major Richardson) 1
Mr. Moore's Magic, 4 yrs
The Arndilly Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 50 added