The Sun. — 1841-10-30 (London, England)

MARLBOROUG H- STREET.  On Mr. Hardwick taking his seat on the Bench, Baker, the superintendent of the C division, attended, and reported that the apprehension of Afr. Gundry, who, it will be recollected, has been so often brought to this office, had been effi.cted on Thursday night. Two assault warrants, granted at this office, against Mr. Gundry, have been outstanding for the last three months, and the officers holding them could not succeed in capturing:him although they made use of various stratagems. On Thursday evening, at seven o'clock, two police constables were despatched from the station-house, in Vine-street, to take him into custody, if possible ; and, after-watching about the premises until nearly twelve o'clock, they came to the determination of entering his apartments at all risks. Having gained admission to the house, they cautiously proceeded to a passage adjoining Mr. Gnndry's bed room, and, by means of a window looking from the former into the latter, th©y were in the act of gaining admission, when they, were overheard by Mr. Gundry, who, seizing a pair of pistols and a sword, threw up the window, and got out of it in his shirt on to the leads of an adjoining building, and from theiace by a ladder on to the top of a water-closet, on which he stood brandishing the sword, threatening to put a bullet through any one of them that dared to follow him. At the same instant he discharged one of the pistols at the constables. Ho then ascended on to the roof of the next hoUse, over two others, and when he found he could get no further he sat down 'on the parapet which overlooked a large skylight of a tailor's work- room, through which he must have fallen had he overbalanced himself, the height being about sixty feet. The constables undeterred followed him, and succeeded in securing him, and conveying him back into his bed-room, he alarming the neighbourhood whilst they were forcing him over the roofs of the houses, by screaming out " Thieves, murder, fire," &c. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, Mr. C. Phillips appeared as his counsel, at the instance of his relatives.  The parties at whose complaints the warrants against Mr. Gundry had been obtained, were in attendance, but these cases were not gone into, his examination being proceeded with on the charge of shooting at the police constables.  Police Sergeants Wall and Driscoll underwent a long cross-examination by Mr. Phillips, with a view to show that there was no proof that the pistol fired off by the accused was loaded with bullet or shot. Mr. HARDWICK desired that the fellow pistol, which was also found in the possession of the accused, should be examined. Mr. Clements, the chief usher of the Court, accordingly did so, and found it to be loaded, and on drawing the charge, it consisted of rather more than the usual quantity of powder and a leaden bullet. Mr. HARDWICK said that the premises should be strictly examined, to ascertain if there was the mark of a bullet having struck any part of them ; and to allow time for so doing; he should remand- the accused for further examination on Thursday.next.  _ .._ Yesterday afternoon a very numerous meeting of the prisoners confined in the Queen's Bench Prison, was held in the common hall, for the purpose of considering the effects of the laws as regard confinement for debt. Several persons having addressed the meeting deprecating the operation of the present law, so far as concerned those willing but not able to pay, and expressing a wish that when real dishonesty was manifested, the parties ought to be subjected .to criminal proceedings, a series of resolutions were adopted, embodying the sentiments of the speakers, and a committee appointed to draw up a petition to Parliament on the sulticct. T.,