... On Monday uuight an attempt was made by-an insane man to gain admittance into the interior of Buckingham Palace. About nine o'clock the sentry on duty in that part of the garden immediately beneath the terrace of the north wing of the palace heard a rustling ?? shrubs, and, upon Looking around, saw a man emerge from them, and immediately prepare to ascend the steps of the terrace. The sentry ...

... I 'THE GENTLEMfANLY' MURDER. In the last number of THE OPErnATIVE we gave the particulars of a street-broil, in which a poor man named Crowl met with his death from a paving-stone thrown at him byaperson describedasagentleman, whom the police refused toa tke into custody though requested to do so. The inquest on the body was concluded on Thurs- day, when Inspector Campbell, of the E ...

... This week the distressing and melancholy duty is im- posed upon us, of laying before oar readers the particu. lars of one of the most cold-blooded and diabolical mur- ders which it ever fell to the lot of a public journalist to record. The unfortunate victim, Michael Donohoe, was a gangs.man, or sub-contractor, and was employed under Messrs. Mullins and MI'Mahon, on the North Union Railway ...

... The Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, was occupied on Wednesday and Thursday last, in the trial of Tucker v. Peter Yore, Thomas Flood, Michael Bradley, Mary Meeban, and Ann Coonev. The former for alluring and marrying the daughter of the late Colonel Tucker, and the other prisoners for conspiring and assisting. Mr. Smith, Queen's counsel, stated the case. He said the act upon which the ...

... I The first report of the commissioners appointed to in- quire as to the best means of establishing au efficient constabulary force in the counties of -ngland and Wales, lias just been laid on the table of the ?? of Commons. It is very elaborate and minute, inquiring apparently with gteat care into the whole subject. We have, not at present either time to examine the details, or slpace to ...

... ?? 1MANSION.H1USE. ; THES MASQUERAoE NUISANCE-MUntiErtous ASSAUT.T ON TrE POLICE.-Henry Marks was charged with having conitnitled a most atrocious assault on the police at a dress-ball and masquerade, at Howard's cofFee-house, Duke's-place, Aldgate. Eveson, 281 city police, said, rthat a quarter before three o'clock on Wednesday morn- ing last he was on duty in Duke's-plaee, when Mrs. Ben- . ...

... CORONERS INQUESTS. hil On Alonday evening a coroner's inquest was held be- thl fore Mr. Osbaldiston, the coroner for Hertfordshire, at the cu Leviathan, Watford, on the body of James Payne, a in labourer, employed on the wvorks of the London avid Bir- fi mioghlas railway. who novas crushed to death on Saturday th morning, under the ?? appeared ca that the deceased, with several other labourers ...

... DEATII Or AN AGED WOMIAN Impi'iSONED FOR DEEr.-Art inquest was held in Horshami gaol on Satur- day morning last, on the body of Jane Dabbs, aged 76 years, a prisoner for debt, who had been in confinemnent upwards of tell years. AMrs. Tugwell, matron of the prison, stated that the deceased bad laboured under a ditficulty of breathing, and had been in a bad state of health during the whole time ...

... :4 ,,- -, BRUTAL' MURDER OF A GAMEKEEPER AT COBHAM, IN SURREY. il. .'1ilil 21-~ 1)i'a ._: F' On Monday a jury was empanelled before M. Carter, at the Down Farm, Cobham upon the estate of H Combe, Esq for the purpose of investigating the circumstances under which Thomas Phipps, a gamekeeper belonging to til tffig~erit~lenit erima liy his death. i de oed, that be iwa a ganmekeeper in ...

... ' -CONFE9stoOF A'O-AIMUR DE-E' Thomas Taylor, recently ejecuted at Hertford, for mur- der, on the night previous to his execution tiade the fol- lowing confession in the presence ot the Chaplain and the Governor of Hertford Gaol:-- He said that Fletcher, Sams, Roach and himself went to the Cold Bath public-house, and had a-pint of beer. They found Bennett there. Roach asked Bennett if he would ...

... I I Mr. Browne, (he landlord ?? public-liouse, in Church-street, Greenwich was charged with having en- tertained drunken and dissolute persons on Sunday morn- ing last, at nearly eleven o'clock. Inspector Phipps deposed that about five minutes before eleven on Sunday morning he found nine men and four prostitutes all at the bar. They were drinking and pay- ing money, and three of the men were ...

... I , On Satarday the thirteen prisoners arrested in Ship, Yard were placed at the bar of Bow-street office, before Sir F. Rae,'R. -G. :Minshull, Esq., and S. Twyford, Esq. the magistrates, charged with baving been found in the possession of various banuers bearing seditious and trea- sonable inscriptions, and one of them was also charged with having attempted to stab Inspector Penny, of the G ...