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street Officer, and Dew, ale Queen-square office,
were ordered to take the coat belonging to Ili,
ship to the Secretary of State's (Ace. The ,
Secretary, Sir N. Conant, and a number cf Gc
men examined the coat, and the part v.'hich wa!
by the ball. About three o'clock the prisol-tr
conveyed in a hackney-coach to TA.X.-fields Pr:.
The pistol and bullet were produced before ete
gistrates. The prisoner is said not to be of
mind. He has several times been brougl.t by
rant to Queen-square, charged with riotous befiriceer
and assaults: the last time was on a
wounding a young man in the head r:4l-.,ziir
Who was a lodger in the same house where
eerier lodged at Pimlico, and-where, re nade,
be lodged- until yesterday. He
.was on that
dismissed on finding bail, he bung considered
$G be insane.

Davis is a native of Wales : his father was a•
tary Officer. He was himself for some Tears
Officer in the West Middlesex Militia, in why
attained the rank of Lieutenant, when he rolum,
to join the militia corps which offered its sea :.
the army of Lord Wellington in the rear 161.
consequence of thus volunteering, Davis was a•
tied to a Lieutenancy in the 62d Regiment, •pith
be served for some time in Canada. He Iva
placed upon half-pay, and hac not long rename,
Canada. Since his return this unfortunate m.
inflicted kwound upon hinsself which can lee
doubt of his insanity. We understand, indee:
Lord Palmerston declares his conviction that tl
is insane, and that such has been his impressio:
the tenour of his letters.
This declaration, we are assured, the Noble
made yesterday, soon after he received the
apes the name of the. assassin being made inn
him. Notwithstanding the Noble Lords opi
the mind of Davis, his Lordship had, it is said.
every disposition in his power to attend to :he
cations of Davis, who 'solicited. for a pensir,
therefore nothing else than insanity can act,
the attack which he has made upon this Nol
It is somewhat a singular coincidence, that
the first who laid hold of• Davis, after he
Lord Palmerston, was Colonel Bird, formed)
West Middlesex Militia, who appeared at on
cognize the unfortunate man.

Mascsoaotc.n-Searst.— Thomas Static:cad, Slot
and Ands Howl% were charged with forciag *heir
the passage of Richard Oldham, of Jchn-rereet, Flan
and there wounding Mr. Oldham in the head. The es
that the defendants had gone to the house after a Lad)
' copied the first floor, but who it seems had left. The
and one 'lbis lodgers came down stairs, tut thee were
with sticks aid ill-used.—The 31agittrite conake. d tk
so wanton and trisprovcked, that Se howl notice ci bed
be given, and the defendants were locked up.
ASSAULT 1:70X • CLEZGTItAY.--011 Sunday lest, ay
Dr. Rippon was on the poi..t of commerta..g 'Anne
the chapel in Carter's-lane, Tooley.nre,t, he was dist:
great noise, which proceeded from an assemblage of 1
Irishmen, who bad mct opposite the vestry-door twat
of witnessing a combat. between two of thin CO:112MTILI
doctor war into the street, placed himself between the
tants, and exhorted them to desist and peaceably mum
respective homes. One of them immediately seized )
collar and knocked him down. He recovered his lot
great difficulty, and was for a considerable time pad
and assaulted by the mob in a shameful manner. 11r.
beadle of St. Mayes, was sent for, and or his awl:7l,
ced the same sort of treatment, and it was not until the,
of Kinsey and Welfare, constables, was procured, tha:
could be suppressed. Two of the ringleaders, Dui::
and John Unseen, were secured. On the following
were taken before Sir John Eamer, at the ToWn4A
bearing the statement of Dr. Rippon, orderd them to fa
for their appearance at the Quarter-Sessions, which bike
they were committed to the Borough Compter.
ROBEERIES.—On Monday evening, as 31.
ley, of Staines, was returning home, near Be&
was accosted by three ruffians, dressed as sail'
dragged him from the road in a bratal in:
considerable distance into a field, where the
threw him down, and having pulled out
threatened his life if he presumed to say a
two of them held him down while the otht
him of a valuable silver watch and a 101.
bank note, after which one of them took of
jacket and exchanged it for Mr. Rockley's
Tuesday night 31r. Rawley, of lligler-sn
menon, passing along East Smithfield int
was met at the end of Nightingale-lane, in
dressed in the garb of sailors, who begged
'He gave them 2s. when the villains instant])
him down and robbed him of his watch, 51.
and about 12s. in silver.
Yesterday an Inquest was held 'at the Crown,
Christ-church, on the body of Mrs. Susan Rey:J.ds,
who came to her death in the following dreadful ra:
Daniel Reynolds, of Gan-street, said, that on
last he left home for a short time, leaving the deceased
his wife, sitting in a chair by the fire side, with a childl
of age. She was then very well. On witness's return ha
ten o'clock, on opening the door, Ise observed a mass
der the grate, and something like a bundle on the her
ing it was a bundle of clothes, be went to take it •
took a handful of tinder • he mad: a second *mewl
with both bands, and found it to be a mass cf tines
light, and was struck with horror when he behold
wife burned to death. He instantly ran tc a neighbour,
to his assistance. She was subject to En, and he was
that she fell asleep and pitched on the Ere. Inansott
tion, he was sorry to say the deceased was addicted
Verdict—Accidentally burned to death.

BIRTH.
Tuesday sight, Mn.s De Lisle, of Devotuhire-sql
MARRIED.
March St, the Rev. Joseph Douton, of Weathatel
Geottana, daughter of the late -- Wade, Dcl•
Thursday, at Talgarth Church, W. A. .Nl:.dock
for Roston, to Mrs. Roderick Grrynne, of Trap
Brecknockshire.

DIED.
Taeaday se'noight, at Exmouth, aged RS ram all
Moen, the Hey. It. Winton, ten. Ditsenting Mink.
April 3, at Brickhill Manor, Lady Olivia Na l.
comb, wife of P. Pouneefort Dancomb, Esq.
Saturday, at Wrotteiley. in Staffordshire, Geo:
of Sir Joist Wrottesley, Bart.

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