A mob of between three and four hundred attempted to
rescue some prisoners from the constables of the K division, in Shadwell, on 'Mon- day last ; and must have succeeded, but for the prompt assistance of Mr. Burford and Mr. Kitch, two inhabitants, and the timely arrival of a re- inforcement of Police from Arbour Square station ; where the Com- missioners have taken a number.of houses for the Police to be in readi- ness to check the frequent disturbances and violent daily outrages amongst the coal-whippers and other disorderly characters there. Richard Warman, a Policeman of the B division, was dismissed from' "the Force" on Saturday, for seducing a servant-girl Who lived at re - house in Belgrave Square, and for deserting his wife and children.
A prisoner in Newgate, a few days ago cheated a fellow-prisoner, by pretending to sell him 200/. in bank-notes, stolen property, for W. - The notes were nothing but waste paper. On Friday last week, a private in the Guards, whose child had died,' wishing to bury it as decently as possible, borrowed a pall from an un- dertaker; but on the funeral procession reaching St. John's Church- yard Westminster, the sexton refused them admission, without some' fees for the pall. The soldier had no money ; and at last he took the coffin on his shoulder, and carried it to the grave, which had been given- him by the Churchwardens, on account of his poverty, without fee. He deposited the coffin there, and filled the earth in himself. A number of people followed him ; but on their attempting to return, they found that the sexton had locked them all in the churchyard. A. most disgraceful scene followed, and cries of " shame " resounded from all quarters. Sorlie of the most agile clambered over the railings, while others remained in the churchyard nearly an hour. After the- relatives of the child had gone, the clergyman ordered the body to be- disinterred ; and he then performed the funeral rites over the child., The occurrence caused the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood.
On Sunday afternoon, a skiff, containing three men, two women, and
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a child, came in contact with a rope of a lighter, nearly opposite Waterloo Bridge, and was immediately filled with water. It was on the point of sinking, when three Thames Police officers observed it, and reached it in time to prevent any loss of life.
On Thursday morning, the horses of the Chichester coach took right, at Hyde Park Corner, and became unmanageable. After pro- ceeding at a hard gallop for some distance on the Fulham Road, the- reins broke. The horses galloped on furiously till they came in con- tact with the palings of a market-gardener's grounds on Walborn- Green, opposite the old Britannia Inn ; when the coach was thrown over. The coachman was dreadfully hurt, but still lives ; two of the passengers were taken to 'St. George's Hospital ; several had jumped off before the coach was overturned. Every one was seriously hurt, but no lives were lost.
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