The Sun. — 1842-04-19 (London, England)

CONDUCT OF THE PRISONER IN THE BOWSTREET CELL. On Sunday night, shortly after the prisoner was placed in one of the cells at the station in Bow-street, he had a pint of coffee and three thick slices of bread and butter brought to him, at his own request,.which he ate and drank with an apparently keen appetite ; and during the night he talked a great deal with the constables who were oppointed to sit up with him. He is remarkably cool and indifferent in his behaviour, and professes utter innocence of any crime, although he admits that appearances are "rather black against him." The constables cautioned him against saying anything to them which he did not wish repeated ; but he continued to talk freely through the night, and even spoke in a light manner of having locked the police-constable Gardiner, and the two lads, in the stable at Putney, appearing to think the matter a remarkably good joke. lie admits that he was in company with Jane Good en the Sunday night, and that he took her with him to his master's stables, in Putney Park-lane; but says he knows nothing as to what became of her after that. He also told the constables that when he ran away from Putney Parklane, he came directly to London, 'and, on arriving opposite the Spotted Dog, in the Strand, took a cab, and proceeded to Whitechapel, and thence went to his wife's house; after which he pledged the articles which were found at the pawnbroker's, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields. About three o'clock yesterday mornint, he became rather heavy, and fell off to sleep. He remained sleeping until shortly after five, when he woke up and had breakfast—namely, a pint of coffee and bread and butter, as on the overnight. The greatest curiosity was manifested by the public to get a sight of the culprit, and previously to the hour of his examination, numbers of persons assembled opposite the station in Bowstreet, in hopes of getting a sight of him as he was taken thence over to the Court on the other side of the street. About half- past nine Inspector Busain arrived at the stationhouse in Bow-street, with the witnesses who were examined at tke inquest.  SUFFOCATION OF SEVEN VALUABLE lIORSES.-011 Friday evening, between ten and eleven o'clock, as a person was passing by the stabling of Mr. Goring, an extensive carcass and contracting butcher, at Staines, he observed smoke issuing through the crevices of thq shutters and doors. lie immediately gave an alarm of fir,:, and upon the doors being opened the whole of the interior was found to be so thickly tilled with dense smoke-, 'which proceeded from a heap of halfconsumed hay and 'straw in one corner, that it was some minutes before any one would venture in, from the fear of being suffocated. Water was soon procured, and the fire from the ignited and smouldering straw speedily quenched. The seven horses, however, which had been left for the night upwards of two hours before, were found lying in their stalls dead from suffocation. Every means were speedily resorted to in the hope of restoring them, but they wet e totally ineffectual. It is sup• posed that a spark must have fallen from the candle of the last person who was in the stable, and thus have caused the ignition of the straw, and the unfortunate loss to Mr. Goring. 13Russ ims, Amt. 16.---We are assurefl that the King will return to Brussels on the 2lst or 22d of this month. his Majesty, it is said, will go back to Paris, to be present on the Ist of Alay, at the anniversary of the fete of the King of the French. We have a melancholy piece of news to communicate to our readers. M. Van den hove, of Diest, Member of the Chamber of Representatives in the arrondissement of Louvain, drowned himself the day before yesterday in the Scheldt, near Antwerp. Ile had just gone on board tho British Queen steamer, intending to execute his fatal project, but soon renounced it. Ile had scarcely landed, when he embarked on board the steamer serving as a passage boat, went to the Tete de Flandre, and, on his return, threw himself into the river. It is said that he had lost large sums on 'Change, and that was the cause of his suicide. The Courrier Berge, however, says, " We do not believe that a small pecuniary loss could have induced him to put an end to his life, since he had but to speak a word to obtain millions from a friend, who is extremely rich." The General Steam Navigation ('rnt►ltany'r vessel the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Customhouse on Sunday, with the Dutch mail.