The Sun. — 1844-05-10 (London, England)

MARYLEBONE. PEACE WARRANT.—Thomas Franks was brought upll by Hooker, the' officer, to answer the charge of havingi written And sent a threatening letter to the Rev. Clement Strong, causing him (complainant) to consider his life, in danger. .  Defendant was in. the service of complainant, by whom he was discharged, in consequence of his incapacity, from' an attack of delirium tremens, to perform the duties of his situation.' He was subsequently in the infirmary at the Kensington Union, where complainant had shown! him every kindneis, and had presented him with 4/., buti as-hehad not been able to get another engagement, hal had sent the letter in question,. in which he attributed his misfoitunes to the circumstance of the Rev. Gentle man having represented to applicants for his °lnvade that a fit of lunacy was the cause of his being dismissed Mr. LONG, having read the letter, held the defendant td bail, himself in -50/., and two sureties in 251. each, fort his keeping the peace for the next six months. Complainant said that, so fir from wishing to injurq defendant, he would do anything to serve him, and woul willingly give a preMium to any one who might think fi to employ him. . • ---- - •  TuArALant-seuanz.—This splendid ornament of the metropolis was thrown open to the public. on Thurs 4 day last, and the ceremony was attended by all the boy that could be got together on the spur of the women from the streets in the neighbourhood. A juvenile part, il instantly began to " christen'. the posts, by leaping over them ; and no square-keeper having been regularly, sworn in, the whole spot was a scene of alarm. ing anarchy, until K 12, with considerable presence or mind—although not on duty—invested himself with th 4 striped band for the wrist, and took his station on the top step, commanding a view of the ' flats of asphaltum' which spread themselves slantendicu lady down towards the cab-stand. 'Amongs i the other objects of interest at Trafalgar! square, we must notice particularly the two extensive washhand-basins, cut out into the shape of the shellS used for scolloping oysters, from a design in the posses! sion of the. Messrs. Lynn, of Fleet-street. These aqueous receptacles were the subjects of various nautical experiments, in honour, no doubt, of the great naval hero on the summit of the column ; and who, by-the-by, looks as if he contemplated suicide by jumping were from the top of it. Several paper boats we' launche on• the surface of the tawny fluid, and altogether a decidedly aquatic turn was given to the • day's proceedings, some of the boys sprinkling their cornpanions festively with the salubrious element. The only drawback to the general hilarity was occasioned by the non-removal of the wooden hoard from the base of the Nelson column. We understand that a difficulty as to the price of the iron railings is the cause of this unsightly continuance of the wood-work ; but it is confidently hoped that the ironmonger will see the matter in a proper light in the course of a few days, and put up those spikes, the absence of which, on Thursday, the assembled multitudes so much deplored.—Punch. ;  TWELVE POUNDS tOU AN