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      THE THE LATE SIR B . PEEL . _^ : ( our thi our third page will be found an account aa deatte death , and also a memoir of this distinnied _staied _atateamarit i is _imjis impossible to exaggerate the feelings ¦ cofeuncofeund emotion with which the mournful lligencdigencei ' of the death of Sir Robert Peel ireceiv _< received on Wednesday in every circle of _nmetropnetropolis . At first a feeling of _incredu-\ was crwas created by the startling intelligence ; when when this had been removed beyond all bbt , thd > t , the next very natural desire was for t e ampe ample information than the suddenness " — — _^ _-= _——H = _^

      iie occne occurrence had hitherto admitted of . In _ivr to _ssr to satisfy this very natural anxiety , it „ pern , perhaps , suffice if we embody the leading ( dentsdents connected with the calamit y in the jjoinedjoined narrative , the materials for which r re beere been gathered from sources of _unqaesnable iable authenticity : — _HirlWir Robert Peel had called at Buckingham I lace alace and entered his name in her Majesty ' s i iting Iting boot only a few minutes before the ac-( ent enfc -Proceeding np Constitution-hill , he ci and arrived nearly opposite the gate

      lead-<; intoj into the Green-park , when he met Miss Ilia , olis , one of Lady Dover ' sdaughters , _onhorseick , ack , attended by a , groom . Sir Robert had _sircehrcely changed salutes with this young lady , : len hen his horse became slightly restive , swerved i waroVards the rails ofthe Green-park , and threw r Rr Robert sideways on his left shoulder i wo pro gentlemen who ' were close ho the spot i in fan forward and raised him , holding him ii ai a sitting posture ; Dr . Foucart was no tie third gentleman to render assistance _, lie sale saw the accident from a distance of 150

      _i _ardsards , and hastening forward reached the spot list tat as Sir Robert had been raised by the therther two gentlemen . ¦ Sir Robert , on being aiseaised , groaned very heavily , and in reply to ) r . _) r . Foucaifc' 8 questions , as to whether he was auchuch hurt , ieplied , ' Yes—very , much . " _JurDaringthe few moments which elapsed before i cav carriage was procured . Sir Robert became mcanconscious , in which state he remained until iftafter he had been assisted' into the carriage . Ee Se then slightly revived , and , again in reply _fcoloJrr . Foucart , said , "I feel better . " The sarcarriage was then ordered to drive slowly

      thrthrough the park to Whitehall-gardens , Sir RoRobert being supported by Dr . Foucart and _thtthe two genflemen who had first raised him frcfrom ihe ground . . . They had not proceeded manor © than thirty . yards when Sir James -C Clarke met the carriage ,, and , having heard of tt the accident , came np to see if lie cool J render _-aumy assistance . Br . _Foacari requested Sir J'James to accompany him in the carriage to T Whitehall , which Sir James consented to do . Tin afew minutes after he had entered the _car--c-xiage Sir Robert became much excited , and e endeavoured to raise himself np , which it was

      "tihonght necessary to prevent . He then again ' ' £ ' sank into a state of half-unconsciousness , in fi -which , he remained until his arrival in Whitej ialL-gardens . -On being lifted out of thecar--. -riage he revived , and walked , ' with assistance , - into the house On . entering the mansion , ' Sir Robert was met by Lady . Peel and the members of his family , who had been awaiting his arrival in painful anxiety after having received intelligence of the accident . Lady Peel ¦ was overwhelmed with emotion , and would nave flung herself into her _husband' _sarms had sot Sir James Clarke and the otber gentlemen in attendance removed her . The effect of the

      meeting upon Sir Robert was extremely painful , He swooned in the arms of Br . Foucart , and was placed npon a sofa in the nearest -apartment ( the dining room ) . From this room ; Sir Robert was never removed , and so extremely sensitive to pain did he speedily _^ be me , that it was only after considerable difficulty tbat he could be removed from the . _-Bofa . to a patent hydraulic bed which had been procured for his use . Sir James Clarke having consulted with Lady Peel , it was arranged to send at once for Sir Benjamin Brodie and Mr . Caesar Hawions . Br . Seymour and .-Mr . Hodgson , . the family physician and surgeon , were also sent for atthe same tame . Sir James Clarke and Dr . Foucart remained in attendance until Mr .

      Shaw ( Sir Benjamin Brodie a assistant ) came , when the former left . At length Sir Benjamin arrived , and a consultation took place between the six gentlemen whose names are above given . A formidable difficulty presented itself at the very outset ofthe case , from the distressing fact that Sir Robert ' s sufferings were so acute that he would not permit any minute examination of his injuries to be made by the medical men . The slightest touch in the vicinity of the injured parts gave him intense agony , and the only manner in

      which he could be treated under the circumstances was to assume that the comminuted fracture of the clavicle ( which was evident to _iie eye , on the clothes being removed ) was the only one , and tbat the ribs were uninjured . After the consultation it was determined to re-- < Iu . ce this fracture , but owing to the extreme . -Sensibility of the patient , the operation was . not completely performed , and , at the expiration of a few hours , the : sufferer entreated _; thathe might be released from the bandages , ¦ and they were accordingly taken off .

      Baring Saturday evening Sir Robert was permitted to see Lady Peel and the members of Ms family ; bat after this it was thought advisable to exclude all strangers from the apartment , for fear of producing any additional excitement . ' Sir Robert passed a restless night on Saturday , his extreme sensibility & touch increasing hourly , and his symptoms altogether becoming very alarming , which at first , -we believe , some of the medical gentlemen in attendance did not consider them to

      be . On Sunday evening , the pulse having increased from between eighty and ninety , at which it was ranged after the accident , to upwards of 100 , it was deemed necessary to take some blood , witir a view of reducing the inflammation . Twenty leeches were accordingly applied to the left shoulder by Dr . Foucart , and a large quantity of blood was obtained . There was no positive

      improvement in the condition of the patient from this operation , and he continued in a very precarious state throughout the whole bf Sunday and Monday . On Monday night the alarming symptoms were greatly increased . Abont seven o ' clock Sir Robert become delirious , and attempted to raise himself up in bed . In this state he continued during the greater part of the night , and at intervals he became so much exhausted that his medical attendants

      were several times of opinion that he could not survive through the night . In the paroxsyms ¦ of his sufferings Sir Robert ' sthonghtswere with his oldest and dearest friends , and the nameB -of Hardinge and Graham were frequently upon his lips . At four o ' clock on Taesday morning Sir Robert fell into a sound Bleep , in -which he continued trainterraptedly until -eight o ' clock . On awaking , his mind was < _juite composed , and his medical attendants Considered him to be much refreshed by the rest he had enjoyed . There was still , how-« _ter , cause fer intense anxiety . From the

      period of the accident np to this time ( nearly seventy hours ) Sir Robert had taken no other sustenance than a glass of champagne and the yolk of one egg beaten up , which ho was induced with _wme difficulty tq swallow . _Medicine had been administered , as a matter of course , but throughout the Bame lengthened period tiie system had remained perfectly inactive . The pulse had greatly increased on Tuesday , marking from 112 to 118 , and Decoming ' very weak . At noon on _Tuesday Sir Robert expressed himself to be a little easier . This relief , was , unhappily , of short duration . At two o ' clock far more

      dangerous symptoms than any which had yet been observed presented themselves . At this time Sit Robert began , to _fxeea && _stertorously , ' _Wd hji _Mnsesaffa" * _&&> d him , Eo ceased

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      to answer any of tbo questions addressedto him , and appeared to _besinkmginto aeoraktose state . Sir Benjan _^ m ' Brodie" wasagain sent for , and on his arrival agreed with Drv _Foneart , and the other medical gentlemen , that the case now assumed a most dangerous aspect . The pulse had become very weak , and marked 118 . From two o ' clock to six o ' clock the change for the worse was progressive , the pulse increasing to 130 , and

      becoming gradually weaker . Stimulants were administered , but had no apparent effect , and tbe stertorous breathing became more and more , . painful . The relatives were now informed that aU the relief medical science could afford was exhausted , and that no hope whatever existed of Sir Robert Peel ' s life being prolonged for twenty-four hours . The Bishop of Gibraltar ( the Rev . Dr . Tomlinson ) , avery old friend of Sir Robert ' s , was now sent for to administer the last offices ofthe church . On

      the arrival of the prelate it was intimated to Lady Peel and the members of the family , that they might now , without risk of increasing the dangerous condition of the patient , be admitted to the apartment in which he was lying . In a , few moments the whole family werefassembled in the presence of their beloved relative , whose' exhausted condition at this time scarcely enabled him to recognize their identity .

      It is not the province of the journalist to violate the sanctity of a scene like this , and therefore this portion of our narrative necessarily omits all matters of-detail . It is sufficient to say that the lamented sufferer revived sufficiently daring one period of the interview to identify the features of those beloved ones surrounding his couch—towards whom he . at length extended his faltering band , and , in an attitude , bespeaking the intensity of Lis feelings , whispered in a scarcely audible voice _—" GodbleBayou !" At the termination of this distressing scene Lord . Hardinge and Sir James Graham , who had been informed of the fatal result

      anticipated , were admitted to tbe presence of die patient , now rapidly sinking . Both gentlemen were painfully affected ; and well might Lord Hardinge remark , on leaving the room , that the contemplation of his beloved friend upon bis dying couch had more unnerved him than all the dangers hje had encountered on the plains of Moodkeeand _Sobrapni At nine o ' clock Sir Robert had become so

      exhausted as to be callous to all external impressions . ' The members of his family still remained near bim , with the exception of Lady Peel , whose painfully-excited feelings rendered it absolutely necessary to remove her from the apartment . The sufferer ' s strength was , however , so far exhausted that , although he gave occasional indications of being sensible of their presence , the power of utterance had altogether ceased , and it soon became evident that his end was rapidly approaching .

      Sir Robert ceased to exist at nine minutes after eleven o ' clock . Those present at his decease were , his three brothers , the Bean of "Worcester , Colonel Peel , Mr . and Mrs . Lawrence Peel , three of his sons , Mr . F . Peel , M . P ., Captain W . Peel , R . N ., and Mr . A . Peel ; his son-in-law , Lord Villiers ; Lord Hardinge , Sir J . Graham , ahd the medical gentlemen in attendance . Sensibility to pain bad ceased some time before death , and his last moments were not disturbed by any phyi _' cal suffering . After death an examination of the body waB made , when a most important fact " was , for the first time , discovered , viz ., that the fifth rib onthe leftside was fractured . This was

      the region where Sir Robert complained of suffering the greatest pain , and it was probably the seat ef the mortal injury , the broken rib pressing on the lung , and producing what is technically known as effusion and pulmonary engorgement . The family were consulted on the subject of a post mortem examination , but both Mr . Frederick Peel and Captain Peel objected to allow the remains to be disturbed in any way * . " the precise cause of death will therefore never be ascertained . An application fbr permission to take a cast of the face , from . au eminent sculptor , was also refused .

      - Lady Peel continued-throughout Tuesday in a state of complete prostration , and on Wednesday morning" her illness had so much increased that it was found necessary to call in Sir Benjamin Brodie . Several of the principal mercantile establishments in the City , and at tbe West End , manifested their high respect for tbe lamented deceased , and their regret , at his . premature demise , by closing their , windows—a proceeding almost universally adopted in the

      neighbourhood of Whitehall The flags of many vessels on the river , and also on many public buildings , were hoisted half-mast high , as a mark of respect to the memory ofthe deceased . —' _The'bod y was placed in a shell oh Wednesday evening , and the funeral will , it is expected , take p lace in the mausoleum of the family at Drayton , near Tamworth , in the early part ofthe ensuing week .

      The intelligence of the death of the hon . baronet has produced a feeling of general regret in all the provincial towns . On Friday evening the mortal remains of this distinguished statesman were removed ina plain hearse from Whitehall Gardens to the North Western railway-station , to be conveyed to his residence at Brayton Manor , in Staffordshire . The funeral will take place on Tuesday next . Lady Peel was more composed .

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      _Aubmi-vg Collision . —On Saturday last . intelligence was received at Gravesend ofa very serious collision having occurred iri the South-West Reach , a few miles this side ofthe Kbre Light , between the Neptune screw steamer , and a fine brig called tke Henry Alexander , for Hamburgh . The unfortunate disaster took place about eleven o'clock on the night of Thursday , the wind _blowing strong at the time from the E . S . E . The force with which they came in contact may be gathered from the fact that the brig foundered very shortly after she had been struct , the crew just having time to preserve themselves by getting on boardlhe fNeptune , wbich returned with tbem to tbis place . The steamer lost her bowsprit , cutwater , and other damage .

      Thb Koh-i-Noob Diamond . —This celebrated gem arrived in England on Saturday last on board her Majesty's steam sloop Medea , Commander Lockyer , which put into-Plymouth , and landed mails and passengers . The jewel was not landed at Ply mouth , but was forwarded on to Portsmouth in the Medea , in the charge ofthe officers entrusted with it from India—Colonel Mackeson and Captain Ramsey . It remains at Portsmouth until instructions from the Home Office are received by the officers in charge of it as to its removal . _Caufobkia . —The Daily Aha California , of the 13 th April , contains the following announcement —" Dr . Stout ' s Hospital—now successfully established for a year , and the oldest in San Francisco

      —offers every comfort to invalids at reduced terms a private room , twelve dollarg per day a private ward , eight dollars per day ; general ward ,. five dollars . These prices include all charges , except surgical operations , night watching , and baths . Washington-street , second block from Portsmouthsquare . This institution is rather a private residence for invalids than an hospital , and the proprietor feels tbat an inspection of its comforts and order will remove the popular prejudice against entering hospitals ' . " Thb _Gehmam fleet , lying at Stettin , is described as going to ruin from the failure of the funds for its support , in consequence of the uncertain position of the Central Government .

      . _Debbtnaks Abbey , so long the home of the _O'Cohnells , and the palace of the Liberator , whose name has conferred upon it a share of his own immortality is announced for sale—an act whicb , it seems , is prompted by some half-dozen creditors , and , curious enough , the name of the sheriff who is to effect the object is O'Connell 1 .. _*** Obstacle to Keys ahd Picklocks . —During " » e whole of last week the officers belonging to our _S _y P ?«> D , theCaatle , were unable to lock the g _* te leading to the Little . Roodee . On Friday last _»& $ &* - _"" _^ * 9 take off the lock , wbea , to thei * _ftuhw" _^ _&* i « a > _vered : that some bees had _•^ l _^ n , ? - » tbefint liae we ever he . srd of _uch a _aiagulK _circumstaaw .-. _CStfrter _Chronfoe _.

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      * _^ y _?* HALL _^ _S Assault _, -i Samuel _tottleueld was brought' up , charged ; witb committing a very dangerous assault _uwh Henry Gunning , under , the following circumstances :-Mary Gunning , wife of the unfortunate man ; was called , and stated that she lived at 25 , Philip-lanej and that on Saturday , about seven o ' clock iii the evening , she was sent for , as the prisoner had been ill-treating her nephew , Richard Rolfe Fowler , a boy about eleven years of age ; in Philip-lane . She told the prisoner it was a great sbatbe ti > beat a poor boy who had neither father nor- mother to Eref ect him , upon which prisoner , and ' tho woman e was living with as his wife , ran out . and called

      her all the most abusive names they could think of . Witness's father came out , on hearing such a volley of abuse levelled at his daughter , the consequence of which was that blows were exchanged between them , when witness ' s husband , Henry Gunning , came up , and asked prisoner the reason why he insulted his wife , whereupon prisoner's woman immediately pushed Gunning , andwhile he was _staging back prisoner ran up ' and struck him a violent blow in the mouth , and another at the back of the ear , which knocked him down , and his head coming in contact with the kerb caused a very dangerous concussion of the brain , which left bim _™« Witness , thinking her husband was killed by the blow , interfered , when the woman

      seized her by the hair of her head and held her while prisoner struck her several very severe blows on the face . She was rescued from the hands of the two wretches by one of the bystanders .- Gunning was pioked up and conveyed to his own house , and Dr . Simpson was sent for , and , on examining the head of the patient , he pronounced him to he in very great-danger , since which he '' has been getting worse and worse . —Richard Kolfe Fowler said he resided at 2 , _Bird-eourijfphilip-lane , and thaton Saturday evening , shortly'before seven o ' clock , he was skipping up the court , when the prisoner came out _; and caught hold of him by the breeches and neck ; and threw him with ' jrreat

      violence from the greengrocer ' s to the public-house over the way , a distance of about ten or- twelve feet ; Witness complained to his grandfather about prisoner's ill-usage , who immediately expostulated with prisoner upon his " rough treatment bf" a boy so young . Prigoner threw himself into a fighting attitude , and challenged the old man to fight . —Several witnesses corroborated' the above statement . —The woman -who lived with the prisoner appeared , and was ordered to be plab ' ed in the dock by the side of the prisoner .. The- surgeon ' s certificate was then put in ; which stated that the poor man ' s life waB despaired of . The prisoners were remanded . ' . _' : _¦ _-.- ...

      _Robbbbt of A : Bank _Kote . —Frederick Pullen was placed at the bar before Alderman _Finnis , charged with receiving a £ 50 bank note _/ the property of the Gloucestershire Banking Compafty , well knowing the same to ! have been _stolen ' . _^ Mr . James . Maurice ; Shipton , of _Pocrup-Hall , near Tewkesbury , and one : of the Directors of the Gloucestershire Banking . Company , stated that OU the 24 th of June he had occasion to go tb the station at Tewkesbury , having , in his pocket at the time a pocket-book containing a £ 50 bank note ' marked _*« B 111 , " thatbeing the . private mark of the Gloucestershire bank applied tb that particular note ; the pocket- book also contained a memorandum book , and several cards with the prosecutor ' s name

      and address __ on them . While at the station ho noticed a great many loiterers about , sauntering up and down , and directly after leaving he missed his pocket-book . . He immediately proceeded to the bank , and gave directions to the managing clerk tb write to Messrs Bush and Mullins , the solicitors tb the Gloucestershire Banking Company , to stop payment of the note at Messrs ; Jones Lloyd ' s bank . Witness identified the note produced as the ' same he bad lost in the country , and stated that he bad never seen the prisoner before . —Elizabeth Lipscombe said she was in the service of Mr . Devey , Cornhill , and that ' about one o ' clock on Friday , as she was coming down stairs , sbe saw theprieoner going- out Of the street door , in' company with

      another young man , since which time she had seen nothing of the prisoner ,- She could not describe the young man ' s appearance , as she only caught a glimpse of him as they were going out—Remanded for further evidence . : A Madman . —A youBg' man ,, aged 20 , very respectably dressed _^ but who refused-togive'his name , was charged with making use . of . seditions language at the Queen Tictoria public-house in King-street , Smithfield ; It was also mentioned iii the charge that he was supposed to be insane . — Police-constable Webb ,, ofthe detective force , said that from information he received be went to the Victoria public-house about two o'olock on Wednesday afternoon , in . the parlour of which he saw

      the prisoner , and asked whether be was the person who wished to see witness respecting a letter he then held in his hand . . Prisoner said he was , and , turning to the landlord , asked him if he could be accommodated with a private room ; _.. On being shown into a private room , prisoner said _toWifiJOSS " I suppose you know the contents of the letter , " and on . being answered in the affirmative , he asked witness if he was a determined Chartist . Being again answered in the ' , affirmative , he added ;; "I am a determined Chartist , and a physical force man . " He then asked witness if he would assist him to carry out a certain plan , and after explaining what it was , he said if witness did not do it he ( prisoner ) would ,, adding , "It can be easily

      done , and if you will . not do it I . am determined to get some one else . " He then againspokeof bis plaD , which is laid down in the letter produced : " 29 th June , 1850 . —Sir , —In , Kensington-gardens ofa Tuesday and Friday evening , about six o ' clock , nearly the whole ofthe aristocracy in town are congregated to hear the band play . A great num . ber . seat themselves under the trees near the band , but a . greater portion promenade upon the gravel walk . . They are so crowded :. together _thattbt dresses ofthe ladies , which are of the _lighest materials , touch one another . Therefore if we could set fire to one ofthe girl ' s dresses the flame-would immediately . extend over the whole . . The scheme is this ; Go to the Gardens some tery fine

      Tuesday or rnday . evening , andtake with you a piece of paper steeped in turpentine , a few matches , and some _oigarsi , Screw up one end ofthe paper in the form ofa cigar-light * light it with' a match , and after li g hting a cigar drop the blazing paper upon a _mushn ; dress , which it will : immediately ; set fire to . The girl would instantly rush into the crowd , and in the confusion all the people running together they would push the persons near the girl against her , ' and the ladieB' dresses being all in motion the flames would ; rapidly extend to a , great number . The people could not easily escape , as there are so many chairs , and stools about they would fall over them . Ton . could easily escape in the confusion , and it would be advisable to

      turn penny-a-liner , and report the matter to the newspapers as an accident , . for which fyou would get ; a goodi sum , and as it ; W 0 Uld allay any suspicion that might . otherwise arise , you would have the satisfaction ; of grilling'the greater portion off old Satan ' s representatives , besides saving him some trouble , by sending tbem to their final residence , half roasted . If youf could succeed in getting a li g ht dress fairly on fire success would be almost certain , as persona on fire , especially ladies , naturally rush to anybody near at hand . If you do not ' like this scheme I am acquainted with some others , one of which is to set the Opera-house on fire on a grand night ,. in such a manner as to cut off the retreat of the audience

      but this would , require three : or four persons . — Yours , & c , A . B . Addressedto * A determined Chartist . ' . " Witness then asked the prisoner if , the foregoing was in his handwriting , and was answered that it was ; and on being further questioned as . ; to whether he had . any more such letters . about him he produced the following : — " June 29 _ja 850 ;~ r Sir , —Are you a determined Chartist ?' :: Jf ; : so , and you would not mind risking your life in _assist ice : your party , I am acquainted with a scheme whereby you maydo so , by settling the greater portion of the aristocracy now in London . Although I donpt belong to your party , yet the aristocracy have so misbehaved , themselves to me that I should like to start 500 of them on their infernal journey .

      If you would not liko to undertake the business yourself can you inform me of a person who would ? I want a cool determined fellow who does not mind running some risk . —rYours , Ac , A . B . "—Prisoner : This is my writing—I admit it ; and the first letter is also my writing , —Witness further asked if he was determined to carry the plan into execution ; and he answered tbat he certainly was , and if witness did not choose to do it he would . go and get some Frenchmen who would do it .-, in no time , and added that he thought no more of , taking a man ' s life than ho did of spitting . _iWftnfess . then took him into custody , and ,-on prisoner ' s name being demanded at tho . police station , he said he would rather be hung at Newgate than say who he was . On searching him a piece of paper containing the following instructions was

      found in his pocket : — " Instructions to persons about to commit suicide . —( Note : Operatives with starving families cannot get relief , )—You may as well be hanged as drown yourself .. Break head of relieving officer . If none at hand practice on that of policeman . Attend at Belgrave-square or _Eatonsquare at twelve at noon ,-when a lady is passing from her mansion into her carriage , settle her with a crack ofa life preserver . If you killed a _duobess it would be . as good as a life _tosuranoa for your family . —( Note : Spitalfields weaver on 3 s . 6 d . per week . )—Fasten a cork on the head of a long bodkin—attend at -Regent-street , about three p . m ., and as a lady , is passing from her carriage into a silk mercer ' s , thrust the bodkin into her temple , and JOU Will kill her _insUnter . , . If you had _. tho luck to stick a countess you would do more for the distressed needlewoman thin all the societies and public speeches have _eier _*»»« Ton would

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      _^ m _^ b _^ hW _^^ _MM _^ o _^ _, . ihsariity / arid -if sb ;; iefcpmrftr _^ plyprovided'for'for , the _reSttf ; . _/^^^^ woman oh slop , wages . " )~ Attend at Tatfceraall's ' ahd sh qpt . thb first jockey ' y _^' see . _^ Note _^ fRuinedr by betting ' on ; horse" mihg . ) _- _^ Kifl _-someJ per _s'ririH'that olass who ' have'driven you to desperation .,. ' If , you are hanged _forjo . d . oiag ,. ; you , wil 2 fdepartfto ' thfl future _statOsBier . ' an d . _^ you had drowned yourself , ¦; , besides ' . 'being , of some use ; to society inyour death . r _^ Note ' :. All persons about to . commit _^ _suioideiJr-Aseoo ' n ' d piece of paper , found oh the prisdner _. fhad writtenbn it tho

      _following . — ' « _Sailonal Halij' _Hdlbbrn-rrMeetinig ' -house , bottom of Holborn-hill , up yard—Sons " of Fusseil —Bonher ' s-fields Cotta | es , near there — Chartist leaders French Republicans in . Iiohdon— Qy . Get one to conie over ' from Paris . " _^ - Robert Smith , residing at'Wo . 30 , Kin _' _g-street ; Smithfield , a commercial traveller , _said . he _. saw ' the prisonei v between one and "two o ' clock on Wednesday at a house where witness usually dihos ; Prisoner came in and called out , " . Is therejiny one here who is a Chartist ? '' Witness treated _the'hiatter lightly , and'jokingly said ihat he was a Chartist , upon which prisoner wanted tof speak ' privately with witness , ' who would ' have nothing to say to him unless he spoke aloud . Ttief prisoner then said that what he- contemplated . would be best known by the perusal of the two first , letters , which he handed to him . Witness treated him as a person a little deranged , and'left ' himfwith a friend of his .

      _His-feend took him to ' : the " Victoria , " and witness , afterwards thinking that it would be unsafe for such a person " , if deranged , to be at liberty , went and asked him for the first letter , which was given to him , ' and he then gave information tb the police . —The prisoner ; who , during the examination , was smiling at' everything that was said ' by tup witnesses , ' - when called on for bis _defencej _Haiided in _. the following paper . _•— July 3 , 1850 . —I . merely explained how an unlawful actmight be committed , biit did hot incite the person to commit it , and expressly _statedIshould not do it myself . This is no legal offence ; To save- trouble , 1 admit the papers are in my . handwriting , but decline to state who ram ; ' ' Should ; it ; be necessary to bear , any punishment t , a ' m _g ' uito ready to do so , even . ' to the sacrifice of my life ' upon political' principles . "Mr , Alderman Finnis decided on '' remanding him iii order to afford ! Webb : the officer time to learn more about hhBi

      This fellow was placed at the bar on Friday morning for -further examination . -Police constable Webb , ofthe detective force / stated that the / prisoner still refused togiye . his name , brfstate _^ who he Was . —The prisoner , who certainly does' not indicate' any appearance of insanity , ; : looked round the court with the . appareht'feeling that he was gaining notoriety , and complacently Smiled oh all around . — Alderman Finnis said . that no'intimation had been received from the Treasury as tothe disposal ofthe Erisdhe ' r , the whole facts connected with , his arrest aving been communicated to government , and he tberelbre ; should certainly -not take . iipo * himself the responsibility of discharging him . —The" pruoner hero burst out ' laug hin _^ .-iAlderhian _Fiania said ifc was hb labghihg matteh—The prisoner ; in a bold

      tone , said he never ' " ¦ meant it to be any laughing hiatter . —Alderman Finnis . we will wait to Bee what the government will do . before , we adiadieate , and remand'you . until Wedriesday . —Prisoner .: ' Very well .--T . he prisoner was then r ' eraoved from the bar and conveyed to the Compter . —The prisoner has the appearance of an attorney's clerk . ' MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — An ' _Usnatdsai Moth *!? . —Mary Lee , a dress-maker , living at No 5 , 'Sneyd's-gardens , . was 'brought before Mr . Bingham , at the suit ' of ; the pariah authorities of St . George , Hanovef-squarb , charged with haying neglected and cruelly - . ill-treated her child , aged three _rnonths . —Several persons gave evidence which _^ fulfy substantiated the ,, charge / and . lacy madeacommuiiicatiohthat appeared , to create a sensation on all who heard it ; He said that the

      prisoner's neighbours had told him that the prisoner had contrived to put away five or six children _before by the' same system of neglect and illtreatment . " Another week would no doubt hare | _nded the miseries of this last ' child had not some kind-hearted , people- 'interfered . . ' — Mr . Bingham thought the . _best way would be for the prisoner ahd ber husband to pay 3 s , a week to the parish , for the maintenance of the ehiW .- _^ -The prisoner , who evidently expected afdiffererit find of punishment , readily agreed to thi 8 _'i _* nd began to whine about having back _^ _er'Jid _^ l ; infant ; — Mr . Bingham thought the _lesson'slie'Bad' received would induce her to reform b _^ cohduct and her habits . She must undergo _afpirbbatibh' of two months before lie woiild listen to Ber application for the custody of

      herinfant . - "' ¦ ' " ' MARYLEBONE . —Two Gentlemen !—Two respectably-dressed persons ; who gave their names as Thomas Jones and'Johh Smith ( no doubt fictitious , ) the former of whom told the inspector on duty at the ; Btatiott-hou 8 e that he lived at 120 , Queen . street , and the latter that his residence w _» 8 at 34 _^ Bedford-; place _,-were brought before Mr . Bfbughtbn _; charged under- tbe following circumstances . "—The _defenl Mu \ s _^ _prpJti _oWc _^ UriWd ubnr tfief cRa ' _rge-sfieet as _teing " _. Gentlemen _. f _^ _ijankwater , 391 D , deposed that the 8 nmemoHiih ' g , <'' attw 6 ' b ' cl 6 ck , he heard a great' _rioise in Park-orescent , . Regent _' s-park , and , on proceeding to the Snot , hethere saw Jones very drunkj and creating a disturbance ; He was desired

      to go quietly on , but he refused to do so , and abused _" witness | n the most gross language imaginable ; he also struok him a violent blow , which knocked him down , and , while upon the ground , he ( Jones ) kioked him , and tried to bite him onthe arm . _Otlier constables . came up to his assistance , and his assailant was taken into ' custody , The defendant Smith was in Jones ' s company at the time , and his conduct would be _Bworn to by other witnesses . —Smith : Will you swear that this _gentlemanjMivJones , knocked ydii'down ?—Witness ; I have ' sworn it . —Jones : Then you have perjured _i-ourself , by . . —Mr . _Brbughtdn : I desire , sir , that you will behave yourself , with proper decorum ; recollect that you are now in a court of justice . — Pike , 255 D , said that when he : went up he saw Jones and the first witness _strue-a-lin ' fi'together on ¦

      the ground . Smith used-his utmost ehdeavoursto release Jones , and said he'd be if he wouldn ' t see him home ; he ( Smith ) was extremely violent . —Other evidence , was gone into , from which it appeared that Smith _exofeiraed to one of the officers . ' - D—your eyes , you shan't take my friend , " and , on findirig : thai he could not prevent the police from doing _so , jhe offered _^ them money to let him go with : Jones toihis house , which he said _wasin Queen Ann-street , Cavendish-square , Smith' had no doubt : been drinking , but ; he was not _driink ;—Jones , in answer to the obarge , admitted sthat he was the worse for ,- liquor , , and accused '> thV ; constabies of having treated him ; with _unnecessary harshness , and Smith , said . that he was < taken for . no other offence than that of wishing to get his friend home . —Jones waBfined 60 s ., ana Smith 40 s . The penalties werepaid .- . ; _.. ¦ ..- iff' , ¦ " - ¦

      I ASSADMING A TOLIi-CotI , BCTOR .--Captain PlllIiP Barnard , ; residing at 14 , Somere-place , Hyde-park , ' was charged with having violently assaulted Thomas _Stapfes 7 fa toll-colIectbr . _^ Complaittant deposed that on Tuesday afternoon ,-the defendant , whb was on horseback , passed by ; the Mornington-cresceht bar , _Hampstead-road , without . paying ( oil . He _foonr plainant ) walked after him _; and demanded lid ., but 'defendant , instead of paying , laughed at him / . upon which complainant finding that he could not get his money seized the horse ' s reins , when the defendant raised his stick , aiid withthe lower end of-it struck him several sharp blows over the head and shoulders ; lie also hit him with the butt end , and the number of blows he received in the whole was seven br eight .

      _-rrDefcndant- _^ Did you demand the toll of me before you laid hold of and stopped my horse . _—Complainant-rMost certainly I did , more than two or three times . —George _Jackson , !' coaohman to the Earl Compton , said , he saw complainant , who had gone efter defendant to speak to himj flogged by the latter ; the blows appeared to witness to have been given with considerable force . ~ Defendaht , on' being , asked what he had : to say , replied that he knew nothing about . any ¦ i bar being at the place alluded to until after . his horse was violently seized by complainant , who then for the first time demanded the toll .- When at ; the' station-house , to which he was'taken by a constable , complainant wished , to compromise . the' affair with him , - but he

      would , not agree to anything ofthe _sortj the only assault , he committed was that of striking complainant on the head . —Defendant called a witness who said that there was nothing like a gate at the spot to indicate that toll was expected ; all that was there _waiaeort of chain bar , not projecting into but ; at the side of the road . —Defendant was fined 40 s . which in addition to 1 J . for the toll due from him he immediately paid . BOW-STREET . —Damno Robbbbt in a Steam Boat . —A desperate looking fellow was charged with the folio wing robbery on board one of the halfpenny steam boats . The prosecutrix , a young Parisian , deposed that she was on board one ofthe halfpenny steam boats plying between London Bridge and Hungerford last Saturday afternoon , and whilst coming up the river she was robbed of her purse .

      ahe observed the prisoner sitting next to her , and also noticed that he . appeared to be uneasy about something , as he was continually moving ; from one side to another . When she got up he followed her , and as she was going off the boat she fancied sbe felt a hand in her pocket , but she did not think of looking at the moment .: Directly _afterwards a little boy came to her and told her that . the prisoner had robbed her ofa . _purae . Upon _lookingsne discovered she had lost her . purse , with aome silver in . it , _» nQ . constable coming up she gave the prisoner into his custody . Notwithstanding tbat several persons saw the robbery the prisoner denied ever being in the boat , and swore that tho purse was his own-property ; ho was ; however , fully committed . :. _TtiX LAW _CUABOB Of THROWING A WOMAN _, _yROM A iWindow . _—CoMMiiiAi , of tub Pmsokkr . —Daniel Donovan , the pugilist » who has beea ia _cwtody for

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      m lome ' considerable time , was brought up for final _ex _^ _lnati on charged with th rowing his . wife , Ann D 6 n 6 vflh , ; frbm a second-floor window , ' wiih > felphidus' intent to do her some g rievous . bodily harm , — Mr . ; j ; : Wobd how stated , io answer . to questions by the magistrate , that forthe first time since the injured wbmarihad been in _. the _. hbapital he could state from , general symptoms that she was out of danger , and ' , would be able to leave the ward in a few days . Any excitement , iii his opinion , would bring on a relapse , which might terminate . fatally . The witncsseswere , then all boiind . over ' . . ' to prosecute , and the prisoner was ' . fully committed to take his . trial at tha next session of the Central Criminal , Court on the charge of felony . '' .. ' . '

      WORSHIP-STREET . — Dbterminkd Acts of SKLF-BESTBUCilON . —Emma Constable ,. a young girl of delicate appearance , and scarcely exceeding 16 years of age , was charged before Mr . Arnold with jibe following repeated and . determined attempts at self-destruction , —Francis ,, a _^ _constable of the S , division , stated , that wbile ! on duty at Hackney at a late hour on the night pf . the 29 th of May Inst , he found the _prisoneiv wandering _! about in ' a very wretched and disconsolate condition , and , as she acknowledged that she was both homeless and destitute , he conveyed her to the station-house . Upon reaching there she was . placed in one of the cells , and remained perfectly quiet until about two o ' clock in the morning , when witness was hastily summoned

      by . the reserve officer on duty , who had , noticed something strange in her manner , and upon opening the cell door he found her sitting in one of the corners , tugging as hard as ' slie could at the . ends of a handkerchief , attached to two pieces of tape , which were secured so tightly round her heck as to leave no doubt of her intention to destroy herself . After cutting the ligatures . she slowly revived , awl-on asking her what she meant'by _suiJh an act , Shetold him . she wa 9 determined to put an end to lierself at tho first convenient opportunity . ' Oh that occasion ihe was brought to this court for attempted suicide , and remanded _byihe magistrates for a week , at the expiration of which she was liberated and received into a charitable institution in . the neighbourhood ,

      and he saw nothing more ofher until the / night of the 20 th of June , when he found her lyingunder one of the railway arches at Backn _^ y , ; and on rousing her up and _inquiring why shewas not iri the institu - tion , she replied that _she' _-had , been subjected to ill usage by . another of the inmates , and had run away in consequence . At that time she was again remanded for a week , when a gentleman named Tucker , attached , to the City Mission , attended and offered to procure her admission into another , institution . ' where she would be properly protected , but she refused to avail herself of the opportunity . —Bennett , ' 152 , N , stated , that Bhortly ' nfter the prisoner had been locked up on the last occasion referred to by . the officer . Francis , he

      heard a gurgling noise in the cell where she was confined , and upon opening the door found her , crouching down in , the back part ofthecell with her garters tied tightly round her throat . Sho had not at ' that time ' entirely , lost her senses , and struggled violently to prevent bis saving her life , but he succeeded with assistance in loosening the garters , and as soon as he had done ' so she told him sharply to leave her alone , as he had no right to interfere with her . During the remainder of the ' night he continued to visit the cell at intervals of every ten minutes , and upon going'there a few hours afterwards ho found her again lying at full length upon the floor , with her shawl wound tightly round her neck , completely black in the face , and evidently

      in the agonies of strangulation . —She was upon this occasion again remanded by the magistrate , that he might" havo an opportunity of considering what course to adopt to insure her safety , and was transferred _^ the House of Detention in tbe prison van , with private injunctions tb the van gaolers to watch her actions . This seemed scarcely necessary for the greater portionof . the distance , as the prisoner remained perfectly tranquil , but iipoh opening the wicket of her _conipwtment shortly before reaching the gaol the officer discovered her silently strangling herself with apiece of green riband taken off her bonnet , and which was tied so firmly round her throat that it was necessary , to . cut it with a knife . —Alderman , the gaoler of " the court , apprised the

      magistrate that since , the prisoner had been in his custody she had solemnly , declared to him that it was- her fixed determination to deprive herself of ' existence , and that all tho precautions they took to prevent her were perfectly useless , as she would fulfil her intention the very first opportunity that presented itself . . He had continHally kept a woman in the cell to watch her , but she obstinately refused to assign any reason for her extraordinary resolution . —A'second gentleman _belbnging . to the City Mission , who appeared to take great interest in the fateof the girl , and expressed his anxiety , to procure her admission into another asylum , was now in attendance , but themagistra ' te thought it advisable to take further time to determine what course he

      should pursue with a person who had manifested such ' a pertinacious determination to destroy herself , " and the prisoner , who _^ reiriained obdurately silent , was again remanded fbr a week , RUFFlANlY A ' _SSATOT _OTOK f A t F £ J ( AK . Tr . W .... E . Dbdd , a Chelsea" pensioner , was-charged' with assaulting Ann Dunn , a single woman , whb was so ' weak froni loss of blood as scarcely to be able to give her evidence . — , The ' complainant , whose head and faco exhibited severe marks of violence , said that she met the . prisoner , with whom she was slightly acqua'ihte ' d ; _' fhe previous evening , in Church-street ; Bettihal-green . He was intoxicated , and upon seeing her gave her ayiolont blow upon

      her face , which knocked her down , and made the blood . flow ; profusely . While on the ground he kicked her in the back , and then hammered her head upon the ' pavement . The prisoner had no provocationf from her . —Policeman Culver said that he took the prisoner into custody , and that , while the complainant was by his side , he struck her twice in-the mouth . Witness was ob liged to have the assistance of another constable , and it required eventually six , policemen to take him to the station-house . He was obliged to be strapped to a stretcher . —The prisoner admitted that he struck the complainant , but said that it Was with the open hand ;—The prisoner was fined £ 5 , or in default , t _» o months imprisonment . .

      SOUTHWARK . —Assault- on a _Poucb-constable . —William Hughes was charged with committing a violent assault on police-constable 39 M , while in the oxecution of his duty . —The officer stated that a little after twelve on Sunday night , he was on duty near St . George's Church , when he saw the prisoner go up to several females and grossly-insulc them . -He went up to him and told him that unless he desisted he should be compelled to take him into custody . No sooner had he done so than the prisoner turned round upon him and

      struck him a severe blow in the face , and attempted to kick him . He then took hold of him , for the purpose bf conveying him to the police station , when he struggled violently , and attempted to get away . —Several persons came forward , and stated tbat the prisoner was extremely violent , and tliat he used most disgusting language towards erery female he met , and that the officer acted with great forbearance towards him . —Mr . 'A'Beckettfined him 40 s . for the assault , ' and in default of pay ment committed him for one month .

      - LAMBETH .- _Bioamv and Charge of ' Attempting to _Poison—Henry Page , ; ' a master bricklayer , and Mary Clarke ,- were brought up for final _examinationon a charge of bigamy . During the inquiries of-the officer , he ascertained that both the prisoners were previously married , but that the former husbandandwife wero then living _^ As soon as the-female was sufficiently recovered he apprehended her , and both were remanded , for the depositions against them to he' taken . The female prisoner admitted in tbe presence of the constable , that she was married to a man named Clarke , and that he was' living . She also stated that Page administered "some drug to her in some drink in a coffee-house near Kewington church . Several witnesses having proved the marriages , the ' prisoners were fully committed for trial , and all the witnesses bound over to prosecute nt the next sessions .

      Forgery . _—Wrilianv Ed ward Eicke , lately a clerk in the accountant's office of the London and South-Western Railway Company , was brought before Mr . Elliott for final examination , charged 'with forging and stealing a debenture bond for £ 2 , 000 , the property of the railway ¦ company . The whole of the voluminous depositions were then read over tothe prisoner by Mr . Parry , the chief clerk , when Mr . Elliott asked him whether ho wished to say anything , ns he Stood fully committed to tako his trial at the ensuing Old Bailey sessions , for the forgery and ' larceny ;~ _Jlr . Games , who appeared for the prisoner ;* - declined stating anything . —The prisoner was accordinglyidonimitted , and all the witnesses bound over to prosecute .

      HAMMERSMITH . —Dabino Puts _Robbkbt . — J . C . Urquhart was charged with stealing a quantity of valuable plate from the residence of Mr . Henry f Gilbert , a gentleman of property , Oakley Cottage , High-road . Hammersmith . — Catherine Johnson stated that she was governess in Mr . Gilberfc ' _s family , and -between ten and eleven o ' clock on Sunday night , as she was proceeding from her own room towards the kitchen , she saw the prisoner standing at tho p late closet . On seeing her be asked her if Mr . Boddmgton lived there . She answered no , and demanded what he wanted there , on which he rushed out of the house . She , however , followed

      him down the garden towards the front gate , when he pulled out the soup ladle and struck , at her head ( witn . it , but she avoided the blow ,- aud it only struck her Blightly , and opened the gate and called for the assistance bf two young men who were standing opposite . The prisoner had by that time returned again up the garden and climbed over a wall eight feet high ; : After that she saw no more of him , —The prisoner was remaiided . * _^ THAMES . — Desperate _Assaui . asd Robbbbt . — Henry _Haseroaa , a registered co & l-whipper , Catherine Baseman , a bloated and dissipated looking woman , his wife , and Emma Bmith , a girl _^ of loose _ohwwtett wrr ' bwugfct , bafow Mr , lardtey

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      Charged with , feloniously , assaulting and robbing Mr . Charles Williams , a country gentleman , now residing at 37 , Jubilee ? place _, Stepney _.-r-Theprosecutor : appeared with his head and : face cut and bruised in a dreadful manner . His shirt and clothes wero toyn and covered with bloody his hands were severely lacerated ,. andhis eyes were , swollen and discoloured ; Jt appeared from his evidence that he had only been in London a few days , and that on Monday evening he was passing along John ' s-place , Stepney , near his own residence , _whenihemefc the female prisoners at tho door of the house , No . 10 , and they invited him into the house , and asked him to give tbem some porter . . When that was drunk Smith asked for some rum , and he gave her a :

      shilling to fetch some . This was repeated several times ,, until the : male prisoner came in , with his face begrimed : with coal dust , and M ¥ v Williams , was introduced to him as a country gentleman whom they had invited into their humble dwelling to give him a caution against the thieves and sharpers of London .- Soon . afterwards , and while talking to the women , who were constantly , hanging about him , he put his band _intohiswaistcoat pocket and missed hispurse , which cpni $£ ed . five sovereigns . He was sure . it was safe w _^ eplfle entered the house . His silver in another pocket remained untouched . The prosecutor < immediately jumped up from the chair and said , " You have robbed me , " upon which Smith attempted to leave tho room . Mr . Williams

      put his back against the door and prevented her . The man , Haseman , directly made a furious attack upon him , struck at him right and left with his fists , and declared that he should not leave the apartment alive unless he allowed Smith to leave the room . Mr . Williams was soon covered with Wood , which flowed copiously from his nose , mouth , and ears , but he , notwithstanding , _defended himself as well as he was able , and he was then set upon by the , female prisoners , who struck , bit , and scratched him in a most savage manner ; the otber prisoner all the while hitting and kicking him as hard as . he was able . After a desperate conflict the door was opened , and the parties all got into the hall of the house , where the struggle was renewed . The

      prosecutor was dragged into tjie . ynrd at the rear of tbo house , where an attempt was made to stranglehira . He clung to the male prisoner , who threw him down and kicked him , and the women set . upon Lim again and beat him . He called out " Murder ,: police , thieves ! " as loud as he was able , and at ; length , when he was nigh exhausted ,. Pye , a police .-constable , No . HI K , rushed into the house _justasMrs . Haseman was preparing , with a piece ; Of . wood-three feet iu length and as thick as a man ' B arm , to beat out the prosecutor's brains . Pye arrested : her arm , and saved the prosecutor from a blow which would most probably have killed him had it taken effect . Pye drove Haseman on one side and raised the prosecutor from the ground . He . was then covered

      with blood , and there was a frightful gash on his forehead . The prosecutor said he had been robbed of five sovereigns and ; . nearly murdered . While they were talking Pye ' saw Mrs . Haseman attempting to conceal the piece of wood in the garden . He took the male prisoner into custody , leaving Serjeant Smith , No . 29 K , in the house , who . began to search the front parlour for the purse and sovereigns which Mr . Williams had lost . While he was doing so , the prosecutor saw the . end of his green purse behind a shell on the top of a chest of drawers . He snatched it-up , and , the woman perceiving him him to do so , " said to Smith ,. '' Search him , he has ro doubt got . it about him . " Mr . Williams immediately said , " Yes , I have got it , " and handed it to the sergeant . It contained all the

      money the prosecutor had missed . — The . prisoners endeavoured to turn , the tables on the prosecutor by accusing him of most gross familiarities with the two women , which he solemnly denied . They denied all knowledge of the robbery , and said the purse was never in their possession . Haseman also said he caught the proBeoutor taking indecent liberties with his wife / and resented it by strikingathim , and was struck again . —Mr . Yardley asked the character of the house where the assault and robbery was committed f Smith said it was a brothel , where a sailor was robbed and nearly murdered a fortnight ago . —Mr . Yardley , after commenting upon the imprudence of Mr . Williams entering such an infamous place ; and joining such company as he bad done , committed the prisoners for trial . Trade _Combination and Assault . — Three akin

      dressers were charged with having violently as « saulted Robert Dickenson , a skin dresser . It appeared that there had been a " strike" amongst the skin dressers for an increase of wages , and because the complainant would not ioin the union , he was attacked by the prisoners , who severely maltreated him . —Mr . Combe asked how much they could earn a week ? Complainant : By piece work 25 s . —Mr . Combe : And how much do they want ?—Complainant : 30 s . and upwards , —Mr . Combe : Pray how much could you earn when the price ofa loaf was a shilling ?—Complainant : 25 s . And now that itis so cheap they want more wages . —Tho prisoners did not deny the charge , and they were fined 20 s . each , or fourteen days' imprisonment with hard' labour , in the Honse of Correction . — The complainant said the " usion" had a fund , by subscription , to pay such fines , Ac—Tbe prisoners were locked up .

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      _NON-MSMVERT . OF NEWSPAPERS AND LETTERS OS _Sukdat , —A deputation of the proprietors and their representatives of the principal London weekly newspapers , waited on the Marquis of Clanricarde , Postmaster-General , at his . residence , Carltonterrace , on Wednesday morning , in order to urge upon his lordship , and through bim upon the government , the necessity for the abrogation of tho recent post-office regulation , suspending the delivery of letters and newspapers on Sundays . Col . Thompson , M . P ., had also an interview with tho noble marquis for the same purpose . Mr . Serb ) addressed his lordship at some length , and

      explained the inconvenience which had arisen to tha public and the newspaper proprietors in consequence ofthe new regulation . He was followed by several other gentlemen , who brought forward a variety of facts and arguments tending to show the injury which had arisen to a variety of persona therefrom ,. and urging the government to use its influence to rescind it . His lordship , in reply , observed that his own sentiments on the subject were well known to the public It had not beea , the wish of the government to pass the regulation , , for every member of the government in the House i of Commons had voted against the recent alteration i atthe Post-office . He believed a motion now r

      stood for an early day in the House of Commons for r the house to reconsider its judgment , and be might t say , all Her Majesty ' s Ministers would be of opi- Lnion , though he was not in a position to "pledge bis is colleagues , that the original rule should be reverted d to . The deputation , alter Borne further observa- »• tions , thanked his lordship , and withdrew . Escape and Recapture of Convicts . — Woon- &• wicii , July 3 . —About eight o ' clock this morning lg two convicts , one named . Joseph _Hindmarah , aged att 23 years , and the other John Griffiths , aged 21 21 years , obtained possession of a short ladder , and ad got upon the top of the dockyard wall at . the west : _: sfc end , awf , having thrown back their coats and hats , - ts , droDDed into the lane , leading to Charlton-pier , sr _.

      They were immediately pursued by the police , but > ufc succeeded in eluding them , and all traces were lest est of tbem for some time , although express was sent ent to the . various police stations and beats in the the neighbourhood . About half-past four o ' clock p . m . . ia . the convict Hindmarsh was brought to . Woolwich r ich Dockyard by an inspector and sergeant , of the the police , his capture having been effect . ed . iii a singular ular manner . It appears the convicts , had ; made their heir way so far into the country , that ; . _theyireached tha tha farm of Clay pits , in tfie-parish . of Lee , by the _mjd-middle ofthe day , and while occupied in searching for * for a hiding place found the midday refreshment ont ol I three countrymen who , were , mowing . hay on tha thei farm . The convicts were not long in _consumingminj tho bread and cheese and drinking tho beer ,, but buli

      that did not satisfy them ,, and they commencatencat ; dressing themselves in the clothes and smookfrockfrocb i ofthe mowers . While thus engaged one of _, th _» f _. thu mowers approached to refresh his thirst with been been and seeing two men putting on the _clothesof hirof _hioi self and the other mowers , called them to . _hisashisass _si 6 tance to secure their property . The conviobnviott wouid not give up the property , and the three movB mom _ershad a regular fight with them , the convicts _ractswi siating them moat determinedly and actually _puttinfiuUin i large stones in their handkerchiefs , and laying _ _oing ,, G ! the mowers most unmercifully . Tho MOWemower being three to two , at last secured the convict Hintt Hini i marsh , and kept him until given into the custody _istodyn the police . The convict Griffith ' s , finding his a bis ai _sociate overpowered , made his escape into a cop a cop > near the farm , and a strong force has been plaoi _plaoii round it as a cordon to secure him should he & he , ii

      tempt to come out . Fire at thi Pavilion Theatre . —This morninnoriaiB between twelve and one o ' clock the neighbourhobourhoi was alarmed by tho cry of fire . It appears that fa that 11 store room on the second floor front of the tbeatS theatM containing the theatrical properties and ottid otll effects , had been set-on fire inthe following During mil ner t—As has been the custom for some years paears _pai when the procession returns from Fairlop Fairp Fair _. r , variety of fire-works are discharged from eitbm _eitlJ side of the road ; and this morning a number umber rockets were discharged froni the opposite sideite sidee tifrom

      the theatre . The BaTute was returned from _> , w place of amusement , when the parties opposite , ) _posite ,, order to give greater ' eclat to their _;« _aibition , _Mion , nited a great many rockets , which _" _^ _lilS ri ° _iS the perpendicular direction shot _tf _}^ 2 i _£ rtS and having entered the store-room of the theathe theaa _aetthesameinablaze . The police and neighboneighboa _wipceadodin preventing the flames from reaoha reaobh _totht _^ _Kfore fhey could be _Qono _. _^^ ered _atore-roomand aU it contained was severely eWWly ' m _slvsSStlemen , possessed of _sufflotent » ft _* mt _*™ and « _£%$£ _»> machinery _^ ZJ _^^ i _^ Liverpool with the intention _; of e » _bwkiiff "Ming » u cultivation of cotton at _flatal . - A Jk

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06071850/page/5/