The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1841-04-21
THIRD APPEARANCE OF THE BOY
ZONES AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE

hill fields prison on Tuesday, the I'd OF
March. his term Of imprisonment as
.ropue and ~vagabond" having explred.-
His father was then sent for, and Jones
was given into his charge, with strict ai-
rections that he should take every possible
care Of him. and watch his actions; at the
same time the offer to send the boy abroad
was renewed (anL we understand 1t was
offered in the 6rst instance snme weeks
since.) The boys father and mother, al
though they did not object TO the offer,
asked for week or two in order to get
him ready, which of course was granted
although they were uPbraided for not let
ting him go without delay.
On Monday he was at home during the
dav, bu, about eli hit o'clock he was miss.
ed, and nothing more heard of him unit,
Yesterday morning, when his father anu
mother were summoned to appear at Bow
street. The lads father says, although
his son has often been the cause OF unea-
sincss 10 him, he never knew hln guilty
OF. any dishonest action, but that MS curl
osily. on many occasions, has been re.
mark able; and the urchin himself sui
persists in declaring that his only OBJECT
in going to the Palace, was TO hear the
conversation of. her Majesty and Prince
Albert, in order to write book, whlch'
he saws, must be read with great interest.
He has from his infancy been fond OF read
mo. His father asked him several times
how he had obtained admission. The on
" reply he was ever able to obtain was
.Oh, hy the door or window" lmmeal-
atcIy after the boy was discovered IN Inc
Palace, three months since. two extra po'
licemen were appointed, whose duty 1t u.s.
on alternate nights, to watch all the stair-
case approaches and interior of the build
ing; and in consequence of this arrange
mcnt. Jones was SO soon discovered-it IS
supposed shortly after he had effected his
entrance.
1t appears from what we have heard,
that shortly after one o'clock in the morn
Ing, the sergeant Of police on duty in the
Palace imagined, as he was g"Ing along
the grand hall, that he saw some one
peeping through the g lass doors, when
turned out to be the case; for on approach
ing, Jones ran against him; und, of course,
was Immediately secured, and at once
sent IF in custody. II was afterwards
discovered that the boy had previously
visited her Majesty's larder, as, at the
time he was discovered, he was feasting
himself with cold meat and potatoes,
which he had conveyed up stairs in a
white handker'f. When asked how he OBJ
tained an enterauce, his reply was the same
, way as before, and that he could. at any
time he pleased, obtain an entrance into
the Palace.
Jones was conveyed 10 the Home Office
| and underwent long examination. The
boy was committed to the House OF Cor
reclion. Tulhill street. as u rogue and
T TVagaboLd, for three G,ontlis.
Jones says he had no felonious inten-
ton; tha, some one had told him if he
got into the Palace and could hear the
men and women talk, he might write
hook and make his fortune. He says he
was in room where there was corunet
and many Jewels. which he handled; that
he sat upon the throne in the throne
room, and read books in the library, which
books he can name, and point cut the
places where they are placed on the
shelves. He says, also, that in one of the
rooms two men came in one morning 10
light the fre-that one began TO whistle,
and the other said, "Jack, you know that
is against the rules" 10 which he replied,
"There are many more rules than that
broken In this house."
THE CASE OF Mcleod.
We chronicle as remarkable circum-
stance, the fact that one paper in London
has taken a reasonable and common sense
view Of the Mcleod disappearing that
it has come properly and in order before
the judicial tribunals, and must there be
disposrd of in the first place; while its
disposition there, one way or the other,
interposes no obstacle To such final action
as may be con<nnant with national Justice,
national equity and national honor. The
London Spectator says:-
Every thing seems to conspire to ag.
gravate ilI.leeIing and to neulralize better
dispositions. What is Lord Palmerston
doing! Rumor says that he has sent out
peremptory demands for McLeod's dis
charge, and orders for ships of the line TO
back those demands on the American
coast. To what end has that been done!
on what ground? in what fashion? Has
Lord Palmerston consulted the law off,
GERS of the Crown, and made quite sure
that the United States can be called upon|