The Sun. — 1846-06-24 (London, England)

DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR CHARLES PHILLIPS, KNT.—This veteran officer expired on the 20th instant, at his rest; deuce, Linwood Lyndhurst, New Forest, after an honourable au' distinguished career in the service of Its country of sixty-three Yer He entered the 44th Foot as ensign, June 24th, 1783, and his othe commissions were thus dated, lieutenant, August, 1793 ; eaPia•ii'" Sept. 2, 1795 ; major, Jan. 14, 1602; lieutenant-colonel, Feb. 17. 181.3; colonel, Jan. 1, 1612; major-general, June 4, 1814, and lieutenant-general, July 22, 1830. Sir Charles was present at the taking of St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe in 1794, and in /43'14 in 1801. He subsequently rendered some most important services Ire the defence of Sicily, for which he received the order of St. Jarnarius. He also held a medal for the Egyptian campaign, and for many years held the pest of deputy quartermaster-general. The. deceased married in 1830, Harriet, relict of the Rev. Richard Strode. of Newnham-park, Devon, and daughter of the late Sir Fredericle Rogers. Bart., of Blackford, in the same county. The Gold Oup. or Piece of Plate, which is to be 'run for on the 25th of June at the Newcastle races, is a piece of ernamental plate of the most beautiful design and admirable workinatr. ship. It is a group of figures, in solid silver, representing a well known and interesting incident in the life of Edward 1., in the Hell Land ; when, after having been wounded by a Saracen assassin, bite devoted Queen Eleanor, with her own mouth, extracted the polson. from his arm. The artist, in modelling the group, has selected the moment after the incident, and the expression of the figures is ex' ceedlugly beautiful: The plate is manufactured by Messrs. Lister a tern ay recollected Sol,. of Newcastle-on-Tyne, ailversinitha to the Queen... .. court The charitable dheoneorts received IL for the relie of Peter Kybert, h Yesterday, the magistrates of Clerkenwll PoliceRegent:lin(Ta'n_a.l.iethcraosueghhdaistress,,, attempted to drown himself in the himself and family being driven tdeserving. inquired into, and found to be very signed himself A. Z. ychoens t:art usrtdaatye s afternoon, thatallfoolretna! thunder storm- passed over papers of Saturday last • nately without• Carnage. Our correspondent at drowned whilst b mention nnathin;. timorous cases of persons thatW ciint are noticed in the At least thief deaths thus occasioned papers. The provincial ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION IN UT, r• tetween two and three o' evILES.--YeSter day afternoon. clock, great • t ailed in the neighbourhood of St. Giles, in co excitement pre" titan having been stabbed in Church-lane, by consequence of a you_Re known by the name of "Bustle Rev living a girl of the town. we° pears that Martin Welch, the father of th in that street. It ar tile habit of collecting rents, tie ,fb e unfortunate victim, Ives la house at which the occurrence &e,, for Mr. Mason, the owner of the habiting with the woman Bet, and Place- He had also been corepaired to the premises, under tide at the time already alluded to, h° due for rent, but thr the reale pretence of getting in some money having heard of the purpose of visiting tile prisoner. His W..," which is on the circumstance, at once proceeded to the ran":: second floor front, she burst open the door, when and being refused admittance' in bed. He immediately got' she saw the prisoner and her husband ensued between her and the • prisoner, who threatened to kill her,i Welch, a lad about t . protect his mother, eghteen, stepped forwar and the prisoner large table knife, and inflicted a dreadful caught hold of a nd in Ills breast. She then__ attempted to stab him iu the abdomen,wc". she struckhint but having missed her AIM on the left leg just above the shinbone, and ths caused a wound of about an inch and A. half in length, and an In'''',, deep. The screams of murder had by this time attra. ted the atter lion of Police-constable 123. who having secured the prisoner, the boy was conveyed to the Universty College I lospital, where he r*:, mains in a very precarious condition. 'the prisoder, who is a Youl.' roman about twenty-three years, was taken to the George-Wes' eelice-station. _,....