Broadside entitled 'Wonderful Escape & Apprehension of Dan O'Connell'

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WONDERFUL ESCAPE   &    APPREHENSION
                  

OF

DAN O' CONNELL.

FROM HIS PLACE OF CONFINEMENT ON MONDAY
LAST, AND WHO so AGITATED THE MINDS OF THE
PEOPLE, BY HIS FEROCIOUS CONDUCT THAT A VIG-
OROUS PURSUIT WAS MADE AFTER HIM. AND IN A
FEW HOURS HE WAS APPREHENDED. AND SAFELY
LODGED IN DURANCE VILE.

A few weeks since a paragraph went the round of the London and
Provincial   Newspapers, respecting the escape of a Lion   and   Tiger
from Wombell's Menagerie whilst travelling in   Northambtonshire.
The whole story   has since   turned   out to be a fabrication; but   on
Monday morning last, one of the Lions belonging to that collection
actnally   escaped just before   day-break, in the village of Bowes, in
Yorkshire.    It appears from information received from the spot, that
the collection was on its way to Ripin fair, and had halted at Bowes
for the night ; but a number of boys had gathered round the caravan
and had during   the evening   made a small hole   in one corner of it.
for the purpose of getting a gratuitous peep at the King of the forest.
it is supposed, by the Keeper, that this small apartment was some what
enlarged after   himself and others connected with the Menagerie had
retired;   but no suspicion   was   created, or   alarm thougot   of, till a
ternfic roar resounded through the village.   A joiner named Harris-
on   was first aroused, and   having opened his window saw the Lion,
who is a decsendant or the   renowned Wallace, and named   ' Daniel
O'Connell.' taking most majestic strides   towards a   flock    of geese
which, after selecting one for his own picking he most   unceremoniuosly devoured.
The village was now in one general state of alarm; the
windows were thrown open and scores might be seen   surveying the
movements of the great ', AGITATOR" and disturber of their re?
pose.    At lenght   wm. Lennox. the   keeper, accompanied by George
Briden har e- keeper to the caravans, and several other servants be-
onging to the Menagerie, sallied forth   in pursuit; and just as the
powerful animal was   leaving the   town   eastward.   they succeeded   in
puruing his course    to a   back lane.      Lennox,   with   only   a whip in
his hand,   seized Dan by the tail;   and at   the imminent danger of his
life, kept him    at   bay   till   the other individnals   came up,   and with
properatus,   secured   him. After this was done, five   hours elapsed
before this was done.   whon he was placed   in ins proper quaiters.    It
was impossible to drag him, even   with   strong   ropes, owing to    the
force with which be fixed   his   claws in the ground ; boards were at
brought,   and   thus he   was ultimately    drawn to   the    caravan. No
further mischief beyond   scartering the geese occurred.

The Reader wil perceive   by this, that it is not Daniel O'Connell
Esq.   M P but a Lion called   by that name.

R-printed from a copy?the lmprint bearing Wm Carse, Glasgow
This day, ( Monday,   16th   June,   1834) the   Lord Justice Clerk
and Lords Com mssioners of Justiciary, met at the usual   hour and
disposed of the following cases.-

Alexander Young a good looking young man, was first placed at
the bar charged with having broken open the stable of Mr Stobbo,
Branton. in the county of Haddiagton, on the 2lst March last,
atnd with having stolen therefrom mare, and a saddle ; also with
stealing a number of sacks, and a quantity of corn from a barn, the
property of the said Mr Stobbo.

The pannel pleaded guilty to the charge of theft, and the Solicitor
General having passed   from   the charge   of   housebreaking. he   was
sentenced to 7 years transportation.    Previous to sentence being pro-
nounced, the advocate   for the pannel stated to the   Court,   that   his
client when   first   incarceraced, although at the   age of manhood, did
not know the alphabet, by his unreinitting atrention to the instruct-
ions of the   Jailor's son   he could now read   the sacred Scriptures.
The poor fellow wept incessently during the trial.

Robert and William Barrie, carters from Haddington, were called
on a charge of assault and were outlawed for non appearance, their
bail bond forfeited and their goods, gear and effects confiscated to
the Crown.                                                       FORBES, EDIN.

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