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dered, with a woman and child only seven years old. Similar massacres were common throughout the war. The word " Resbalosa" was invented by Rosas to convey to his infernal agents, the Masorqueros, a particular mode of dispatchina , their victims. It meant that they were to be tied' up naked, with their hands behind their backs, whilst the assassins cut their throats slowly with knives or a saw ; and this horrible torture was accompanied by a song made for the occa sion. The slightest trifles afforded a sufficient pretext for these monstrous cruelties, which partook rather of the amusements of cannibals than the known practices of wars or persecutions even in the most fanatical age. One man was shot in prison for wearing a fancy dress on his way to see his mistress ; another for having steered a Monte Videan barque ; in the month of Octo ber, 1842, the Masorqueros repaired every night to the city of Buenos Ayres from Rosas's ramp, or rather Gol gotha, called the " Santos Lugares," hard by the walls, to murder and pillage the inhabitants, no less than 400 of whom wore slaughtered in their houses by these ruf fians in three weeks. In actual war these horrors were all redoubled. The taking of Catamarca by Mariano Maza in 1842, when he made a pile of the heads of 600 of the inhabitant., beheaded in the market-place ; and the deeds without a name perpetrated by the Friar Aldao (another of Ro , a's officers), as Governor of Men doza. baffle all description, and exceed the atrocities of the French Reign of Terror itself. But this Argentine Reign of Terror has been going on for eight years—it is still going on with the same fury, or, if checked, is only checked by the want of victims in a country where the population has already been decimated by these mis creants. We have said enough—perhaps too much— though we have only opened at random the frightful record in which these acts are enrolled. They are still, we repeat it, going on ; they are at this instant inflict ing pangs of torture and of grief of which the natives of this Christian land cannot in the worst hours of their extremest misery form more than a vague conception. These horrors have engendered a frightful indifference to human life and to all the ties which render society' sacred and secure. The character of Rosas is that of the race to which he belongs, and he is prouder of his reso lution and address among the Gauchos than of the poli tical power he has acquired and exercised with such _ _ _ ruthless severity. It must be added, that the lives of even the best of his rivals have been equally disgraced by acts of unjustifiable treachery and violence, as, for instance, when General Lavall e shot the President Dor rego, after becoming his prisoner of war. But if there be in this man any quality above that of a merciless ty rant, and if his past acts have been governed by a sys tern of policy, and not by the mere sanguinary passions ascribed to him by his enemies, it is well even for him that an end should be put to these deplorable conflicts, and that the Governments of the Plata should be made to acknowledge, that where the mercantile interests of foreign states are sacrificed to incessant civil broils, those states must provide for the protection of the interests of their own subjects, and endeavour to restore that peace to the country which can alone render its internal go vernment respected and secure. ROWING MATCH.—The scullers' contest between Thomas Coombes, of Mil'bank, and Joseph Leach, of Lambeth, for 101. aside, came off on Tuesday. The former of these, the brother of Robert Comabes, the champion, is well known as a first-rate man. and has distinguished himself on many occasions. The latter has appeared but little before the public ; but his contest last summer with Clement Bartlett, induced his friends to consider him a likely customer for his opponent of Tuesday. The distance was from Westminster to Putney, and Coombes appeared to have the call in the betting circles. The race disappointed the expectations of those who had assembled to witness it. Coombes won the choice of station, and went to the Middlesex side, his adversary being at the next pier. Immediately after the start, and before their arrival at Lucas's-road, Leach gradually rowed away from his man, retained the lead, and won by -upwards of forty yards. Coombes, who had started well, appeared to have strained his left arm immediately after wards. His defeat may be :attributed to this, although it is of course difficult to say that he would have been successful had it been otherwise. Gouitif ENGINES. — Four of the largest locomotives ever constructed are to be built for the Sheffield and Manchester Railway. The cylinders are to be eighteen inches, the stroke two feet diameter, and all six coupleititahlweight of the engines alone, when loaded with fuel an water, is 24 tons. It is calculated that on a level they will draw separately from 1,000 to 2,000 tens.— Tyne Mercury. CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA. (From the Times.) The vast regions of Central South America are se parated from this country, and indeed from the whole of Europe, by such an extreme diversity of manners and of political condition that we have long ceased to pay them as much attention as our own commercial interests in that part of the globe would of themselves deserve. Yet if we are obliged to confess that European politicians have neglected the vast field which the emancipation of the southern Spanish colonies was supposed to have opened to liberty and civilization, it must at the same time be acknowledged that the rank native growth of the soil has choked the seeds we had hoped to plant there, and that if our attention is recalled to these parts of the New World, it is only by wars or revolutions, carried on by the most revolting means, and to the most unprofitable end. Meanwhile, however, the progress of the successive military rulers of these unhappy countries in all the enormities of crime and of mis government has been so rapid and so astounding, their persecutions have become so monstrous and sanguinary, not only against the scanty Indian po pulation of those wilds, or the turbulent rivals of their usurped authority, but against Europeans who may have fallen under their suspicions, or even sought to elude their violence, that it is high time fur more civilised nations to assert their rights, and to check a series of atrocities which, for cruelty and duration are literally unparalleled in the history of mankind. The Rio de la Plata is one of those great mstuaries of the American continent which seem destined by Providence to open as it were inland seas to commerce and naviga tion, whilst the vast extent of the rivers which unite their waters in the mighty stream form a system of in ternal communication throughout the continent from the Cordillera of the Andes to the sea. So great are the natural opportunities of the country, that, in spite of the insufficiency of the sparse and needy population, consi derable trading interests have risen up at Monte Video, oa the left, and at Buenos Ayres on the right, bank of the river, and a large population of English, French, and Italian traders are living under the Monte Videan Government, where they have taken refuge from the violence of the Government on the opposite shore ; but their operations are impeded, their persons are endangered, and the independent existence of the Banda Oriental is threatened, by the exterminating, though unsuccessful war carried on against it by Rosas and Oribe in the name of the Argen tine Republie. A recent event has shown the utter futility of extending to such States as these the laws and observances used amongst civilised nations; for one or two guns from the United States frigate Congress dissipated what was called the blockading squadron of the Argentine Republic in half an hour, and any well- I armed merchantman might have done the same. But we have reason to hope that a more imposing and effec tual intervention on the part of the principal Powers in terested in the trade of the River Plate will eventually take place. The Governments of Brazil and of England, acting in conjunction with that of France, are said to , contemplate measures which will at least secure the tran quillity and independence of the Banda Oriental, and impose terms more favourable to the security of trade on the Dictator of Buenos Ayres. The Government of Rio Janeiro has shown, in the proposals which it has recently made to England on this subject, a spirit of confidence and goodwill towards us which by no means verifies the sinister predictions of the Opposition as to Viscount d'Abrantes's mission. It is probable that the ar rival of Mr. Gore Ouseley, who has recently been ap pointed to succeed Mr. Mandeville as the Minister ac credited by Great Britain to the States of La Plata, will speedily remove the obstacles to trade on the river, es pecially when it is found that he is to be supported, if necessary, in the most effectual manner by England, Brazil, and France. The intervention of England in these questions is not attracted by the internal vices of the South American Governments, but by the necessity of protecting our own mercantile interests there ; but, we trust, that in proportion as these Governments are im pressed with the necessity of remaining at peace, and of respecting the rights of foreign nations, they will also learn that they cannot aspire to the countenance and amity of England, or of any European Power, unless they acknowledge the laws of humanity, and observe, even towards their rivals, some show of moderation and justice. We employ no figure of speech when we say, that we are at a loss for words to convey to our reader, any adequate conception of the barbarous acts im puted to the Argentine Government, that is, to Rosas, and his satellites Oribe, the Friar Aldao, and the club of the Masorqueros, a body of men ex pressly enrolled for the perpetration of the infest san guinary crimes. It is true that at no very distant period the natural talents of Rosas, his resolution, and his apparent devotion to the interests of his country, inspired some Englishmen of station and character with a sort of respect for his government, and of indulgence for his earlier excesses. But that time is long since past, if we are to believe an hundredth part of the frightful catalogue of atrocities which we have now before us in the pages of the Tablas de Sangre, or " Tables of Blood," and these facts, though published by his ene mies, are many of them attested by eye-witnesses, whose evidence we have reason to believe. Since Rosas raised himself to the supreme power in 1835, down to the close of the year 1843, it has been computed by Senor In darte, the author of these "Tables," that he, or his immediate followers, have put to death by poison four persons ; by cutting the throat, 3,765 ; by shooting, 1,393 ; by private assassination, 722 ; whilst in the murderous civil wars of the last ten years nearly 15,000 men have been slain, every battle being follewed by a butchery of prisoners, and 1,600 captives or wounded men have been put to death by the lance. One of the first acts of Rosas, on the Bth of July, 1636, was to cause 110 Indians, who had been brought down from the Pampas, to be put to death, and in order to strike terror into the population of Buenos Ayres, they were taken out in dozens, and shot before all the people. Four of their chiefs were brought to the bar racks, where they had their throats cut, along with two little children ! Every day brought with it some fresh atrocity in this calendar of bloodshed. We can only select one or two out of many hundred examples. The war and subsequent persecution of the party known as tbe " Unitarians," in opposition to Rosas, as the head of the Federalists, was conducted with unrelenting cruelty. " Death to the savage Unitarians" was his rallying cry and the test of allegiance to his person. A witness named Jose Ramos made oath, before 1:1 Commissioners assembled at Monte Video, that while he was with Rosa's army he saw many of the prisoners castrated before they had their throats cut, and that he knew an Englishman, whose name was William, who was mur THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORN SECONDARIES COURT. BATLEY V. JOLLEY. Mr. Lush appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Butt for the defendaßt. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, both of whom carry on the occupation of stable-keepers (the plaintiff in Torrington-mews, and the defendant in Polygon-mews, Paddington), to recover the sum of 161. 12s. Three horses were sold by the plaintiff to the defendant, between June and September, last year, which amounted to the sum for which the action was brought. The sale of two horses was proved in evidence, but no proof of the sale of the third was adduced ; but it would appear that it was seen in the defendant's stables, and used by him in his business, and afterwards sold by him. The defendant had pleaded a set-off, in the shape of a quantity of corn and hay sup plied by him to the plaintiff at various times, which amounted to 101., therefore, reducing the claim of the plaintiff to 61.125. Mr. Lusu, on the part of the plaintiff, admitted that the defendant had supplied articles to the amount claimed in his particulars of set-off, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-61. 12s. France, taken another lodging in town, the landlady of which had occasion to look for him, in order to make him account for some property which was miss ing when he took his departure. The prisoner said he was at a loss for a defence, in consequence of not being acquainted with the Eng lish language. Several tradesmen in the justice-room declared that he could speak the English and many other lan guages perfectly. The prisoner—l cannot express myself properly. But I know Mr. Benjamin, and I know Mr. Solo mons, and Mr. Levy, and they knew me a honest man. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, you shall have an op portunity of proving that you have been acting pro perly. I shall remand you till to-morrow. The prisoner—Well, but can't Igo home ? I must go home. The LORD MAYOR—No, you cannot have your liberty yet.—Remanded. A poor woman appeared before the Lord Mayor in the greatest distress of mind, to beg his Lordship's advice. She stated that her son, a little boy, aged 11 years, had on Monday last left his school, in Rope maker's-street, at half-past nine o'clock, with the al leged intention to call at home, No. 38, Galway street, Bath-street, City-road, and had never been seen or heard of since by any one who could give any information on the subject. His name was James John Wellsmer, and he was remarkably attached to the school business. The Loan MAYOR asked whether the applicant had given notice at the several police-stations ? The applicant replied that printed notices had been issued, and her husband had been all over the t.wn making inquiries. There was, she said, a singular occurrence a short time ago, which induced her to suspect that the child was entrapped. He had met a gentleman in the street, who offered him a shilling a day for picking horse-hair, and she called to make inquiry about the party, but nobody in the neigh bourhood knew anything abont any person such as she described. The LORD MAYOI said he bad no doubt of the readiness of the editors of the newspapers to render all the assistance they could to a family in such affliction. THE SUSPECTED MURDER AT SALT-HILL. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. SLOUGH", TUESDAY EVENING.—This mysterious affair still continues to excite the most intense in terest amongst all classes of persons for many miles around the vicinity in which the melancholy circum stance took place. Since the adjournment of the proceedings before the Coroner and jury, on Satur• day last, some very important evidence has been ob tained, which will tend, as I am informed, to throw considerable light upon the mysterious death of the unfortunate subject of the inquiry, which will be resumed, after two adjournments, before Mr. Charsley, the Coroner, at ten o'clock to-morrow morning. The following facts I hare obtained to-day, and from the respectability of the parties through whom I have derived the information, I am induced to for ward them for publication in full confidence of their strict correctness. It appears that the prisoner, John Tawell, soon after he left the house of the deceased, was seen to cross over the high road from off the footpath on to the opposite side, and walk close to the palings of the garden of Mr. Botham, in which was found, early the next morning, the ounce phial which has been previously alluded to and which cont a i ne d a very small portion of a white liquid having a slight odour of Prussic acid. The phial, the contents of which have been analysed, and the result will be given in evidence to-morrow, was without a label to indicate what it contained. The prisoner proceeded direct from Bath-place to the Slough (down) station on foot, where he arrived at a few minutes past seven o'clock. The half-past six o'clock train from Paddington had then then just arrived. He then got into Mr. Dyson's Windsor omnibus, and told the driver (who will be examined before the jury at the inquest to-morrow) that he wanted to be set down at Eton, and upon being asked at what part of Eton, he replied, " At the house where Sir John Herschell lived." " Why," said a gentle man who was sitting by his side, "th a t i s a t Sl oug h, sir, and not five minutes' walk from the s tati on ." " Aye, so it is friend," replied the prisoner, "but that s where I want to be set down." Upon the om nibus arriving at the late residence of Sir John Herschell, the prisoner got out, paid his fare, and was observed to knock, but very gently, at the door. The vehicle drove off, leaving him standing on the steps of the house. Within a very few minutes after wards the omnibus from Windsor to meet 7h. 42m. up train at Slough, came along the road. The pri soner hailed it, got inside, and rode back again to the station. The particulars of his departure from Slough to Paddington, and his subsequent apprehension at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, have already been made public. From inquiries since made at Sir John Herschell's late iesidencee, it has been ascertained that the gentle knock at the door, on the evening in question, was not heard by any of the inmates, and that none of them had ever seen a person at the door dressed in the garb of a Quaker. For the purpose of being enabled to trace the small phial and its contents (found, on the morning after the supposed murder, thrown over the palings into the gardens of Botham's Hotel) into the possession of the prisoner, full particulars of all the circumstances, together with a correct description of the accused, were forwarded to the Metropolitan Police Commis sioners, in Scotland-yard, in order that the necessary inquiries might be made at the shop of every chemist and druggist throughout the metropolitan districts. A letter was received from Col. Rowan this morning, stating that the required investigation would be made to-day, and that the results would be forwarded to Eton before the assembling of the Coroner's jury to morrow morning. I give the following correct description of the per son of the prisoner, which may, perhaps, by the pub licity which will be given to it in the columns of the public press, be the means of eliciting some informa tion, and thus forward the ends of pstice :—He is about five feet six inches in height, 61 years of age, with a small, narrow face, and light hair, rather in clining to a grey colour. He has no whiskers ; his person is rather thin. He has a trifling squint in his left eye, the pupil inclining towards his nose. He is attired in the garb of a Quaker, wearing abroad brimmed hat, black waistcoat, dark olive-coloured trousers, white cravat, and a loose great coat. He is somewhat quick and rapid in his manner, and ap pears to be a man of considerable intelligence. The unfortunate deceased was a servant in his fa mily during the lifetime of his first wife, to whom, I am informed, he was united in New South Wales. She died between five and six years ago, shortly after their return from Sydney to this country. The de ceased left his establishment enciente, and was never subsequently in service, but was ever afterwards sup ported by the prisoner. When the deceased fetched the bottle of stout from the Windmill Hotel, on the evening of the fatal oc currence, she borrowed a corkscrew of Mr. Botham's barmaid. Upon being requested to return the cork- ' screw and the bottle as soon as she had done with them, she replied, " You may depend upon my bringing them back in the morning." The prisoner, who was born in Norfolk, about three miles from the city of Norwich, has also friends and connexions at Northampton, a town he visited about three weeks ago. Mr. Ball, the superintendent of the Northampton police, has been instructed to cause the same inquiries to be instituted among s t th e che mists and druggists in that town as those which are to be made to-day amongst the same class of trades men in London by the metropolitan police. When Mrs. Tawell visited her husb an d i n cus t o d y , on the afternoon of Friday last, she brought with her from London a morning paper of that day, containing a report of the proceedings before th e C oroner an d jury of the day before. the prisoner read the whole of the evidence with great apparent comp osure . The daughter, residing with her parent at Berk hamstead, is not (as I have previou s ly s t a t e d, f rom information communicated to me in error) th e c hild of the prisoner by his first wife, b u t th e d aug ht er of his present w ife, by her for mer h us b an d , Ai r. Cuthbert. appears to be at the The prisoner, who is in daily expectation of receiv pinrgesernetmtiitmtaenecxestrefmroely shortmabroaodf cash. When his wife abroad, was with him on Friday evening last, he wished her to leave with him some money, b u t s h e h a d b u t a sovereign in her possession, and conseque n tly hi s re quest could not be complied with. H e h as s i nce re ceived a parcel containing a change of linen, from Berkhamstead, without the required pecuniary aid. The special messenger who was sent to that town on Friday, with a letter from the p r i soner t o hi s w if e , was to have been paid a sovereign f o r hi s t rou bl e , b u t he could not obtain it. The money has since been paid to him by the prlsoner's solicit or . The greatest precautions are taken by the Eton superintendent of police to insure the safe keeping of the prisoner. At night he is handcuffed and secured, by means of a chain, to the bed-post. He appears at all times to be fidgetty and ill at ease, and extrem e ly restless at night, obtaining but little sleep till towards the morning. On Sunday evening he read several chapters in the Bible, and prayed fervently for a con siderable time after he had retired to rest. From the inquiries he has made as to his mode of conveyance from Slough to Aylesbury, he appears to anticipate the result of the inquiry before the Coroner and jury, which it is expected will be brought to a close to-morrow. The result is looked forward to with the deepest interest. Mr. Tawell, although he ceased to be a member of the Society of Friends upon his conviction and trans portation, has nevertheless not only continued to wear the distinguishing garb of that body, but has regu larly attended religious and other meetings connected with the Society from which it was not in their power to exclude him, sometimes travelling considerable distances to be present on such occasions. On his first return from Sydney he discharged all his debts with the most punctilious regard to the claims of his creditors, and also presented a consider able sum of money to a person with whom he had previously been in partnership, in consideration of any loss which he might have sustained from his un fortunate connexion with him. After remaining in England for some time, he again returned to Sydney, where he added considerably to the wealth he had previously accumulated. In Berkhamstead and the ne i g hbourhood the pri soner has long been regarded as an exceedingly cha ritable man ; indeed, we have heard that his gifts in charity frequently amounted to 201. a week, and al though this is manifestly an exaggeration, he could not have enjoyed the good opinion of the po or which he did, had not his largesses been considerable. While in Sydney he made himself remarkable for his advocacy of the cause of t e mperance, „ and, at his own expense, on one occasion " started a cargo of rum into the sea, rather than allow it to be the means of demoralising the colonists. CARLISLE AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.—We are assured from all quarters that the works of this line are in a very advanced state, n otwithstanding the late un favourable weather. The ground has been broken in no less than thirty places, and there are already 3,000 men employed along the line. When the spring advances, and the workings are more fully opened out, it is computed that at least double that number will be employed. We are glad to learn that the Company have hitherto expe rienced very little difficulty in their transactions with the owners of the land traversed—indeed, we have not heard of more than one case that is likely to occupy the atten tion of a jury .—Carlisle Patriot. NORTH CURRY.—On Friday night, between the hours of twelve and one o'clock, an unoccupied cottage, in Moor-lane, was dis co vered to be on fire , and w as en tirely consumed. Th e fire apparently commenced at a corner of the that c h, and was no doubt the work of an incendiary. The po or ma n, of the name of Fudge, to whom the cottage bel on ged, had purchased it, and laid out the hard earnings of many years in making it com fortable, and intended almost immediately to occupy it, when some vile wretch, it is supposed out of spite, ruined his pm:pests fur ever.—Sontsrset awls Gairrag. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON and Mr. Justice EaLE.) POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—Robert Hodgson, a most re spectable looking man, aged 53, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing Is. 10d., the property of her Ma jesty's Postmaster-General. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Adol phus, appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. From the statement on the part of the prosecution, it appeared that the prisoner was a grocer at Walthamstow, and also the keeper of the post office there. In Decem ber last a letter was taken to his house, directed for an individual in Calcutta. The party taking the letter paid for it Is., and the prisoner, on seeing that the letter was not directed ria Southampton dis covered that he had made a mistake in the charge he had made, as the charge ought to have been Is. 10d. instead of Is. The party who took the letter to the office thought there was something wrong i❑ consequence of the small charge that had been made. An investigation took place, and Mr. Scultborpe, one of the Directors of the General Post-office, accompanied by an officer connected with the Post-office, went down to the house of the prisoner, asked if he had not received a letter addressed to Calcutta, to which the prisoner replied that he had, but that he bed forgotten to send it in consequence of his having asked too little postage, and had placed it in a drawer till he had sent for the extra postage. The officer searched the house and found the letter iu the drawer, in which many of the prisoner's letters were. On the letter being discovered, the prisoner said he had placed it there for safety, and had forgotten to dispatch it with the other letters. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and a vast number of witnesses, among whom were many clergymen, who had known the prisoner for upwards of thirty years,: gave him a most excellent cha racter. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up, and The jury found the prisoner Guilty, with a strong re commendation to mercy. The prisoner was then sentenced to be imprisoned for one year, without hard labour. _ Jeln Green, 36, and Anne Green, his daughter, aged 9, were indicted for feloniously making counterfeit coin. In a second count the prisoners were charged with felo niously colouring counterfeit coin to resemble silver. Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bodkin appeared on behalf of the anthorities of the Mint. The circumstances under which the charge was made against the prisoners were these :—Sergeant Brennan, of the G division of police, in consequence of information he received, went to the apartment occupied by the male prisoner and his family, and as he was about to enter, the little girl came out and clung to him, at the same time calling out, " Father ! father !" The sergeant dis engaged himself from her and ran up stairs, when he was met by the man, who rushed upon him and struck him, at the same time saying, " Sergeant Brennan, you —, you have not got me yet, you —;" and a severe strug gle took place, but eventually another constable came to his assistance, and the man was secured. During the struggle the little girl made herself very active in at tempting to convey away counterfeit coin, and the con stables took a considerable quantity away from her. The officers eventually found sixty-one counterfeit half crowns, and forty counterfeit shillings, the whole of which turned out to be made of some soft white metal, coated with silver by the electrotype procas. In the prisoner's room there were also found his electro-gal vanic batteries and a number of bottles and vessels con taining liquids for the purposes of the plating process. The man, in his defence, asserted that the articles found in his room had been placed there for the purpose of entrapping him, and that he was innocent. The jury found the male prisoner Guilty, and Acquitted the little girl. The prisoner begged for mercy on account of his having a wife and a young family. Mr. Justice PATTESON told the prisoner that he should have thought of his family before he committed the offence; it was one of a very serious character, and but a few years ago would have subjected him to capital punishment, and that sentence had been carried out in a great many cases. The Court, therefore, felt called upon to pass a severe sentence, which was, that the prisoner be transported for fifteen years. Benjamin Lambourne, 44, was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 150/., being two forged indorsements, with intent to defraud the Directors of the Commercial and General Insurance Company and Loan Society. Mr. BALLANTINE conducted the prosecution. The facts of the case have been recently very fully reported. and it will therefore be unnecessary to repeat them.—The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was recommended to mercy by the pro secutors, and the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned for two years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A man, whose name appeared upon the prisoners' list as Sinops Kent, was brought before the Lord Mayor, upon self-accusation, of a very serious offence. Mr. Bush, of the firm of Bush and Mallows, solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for protectio a against forgeries and frauds, attended for the prosecution. The prisoner, who was undefended, seemed to be in a state of extreme dejection. Robert Starling, policeman No. 157 of the A divi sion of Metropolitan Police, stated that a t twelve o'clock on Tuesday night, at Charing-cross, the pri soner, after looking at him for a moment, :said, " I can hear it no longer ; you must take me in charge." Witness asked him upon what grounds, to which he replied, " For sending a threatening letter t( ) Messrs. Prescott and Grote, the bankers." The pris oner then put into his hands a seal, with which he said he had impressed the wax on the letter he had sela t to the bankers. Witness took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner likewise said, upon being taken into custody, that it was to save other parties he had done it. The LORD MAYOR—Do you wish to ask this wit ness anything, or to say anything? The prisoner— Nothing. Mr. Bush stated that the following extr: iordinary letter had been received by a gentlen.an in the esta blishment of Messrs. Prescott and Co. The put-mark was 8 at night, 6th January, 1845 : " 6th Dec smber. " Messrs.,—A plan has been arranged for the pur pose of firing your bank, and which you cannot. prevent, however strict you may keep watch, unless you consent to pay the party 1001. within one month, na melt', 501 immediately, which you must inclose in a letter directed to Mr. John Wright, and send without fail to-morrow morning, by twelve o'clock, to the Angel Inn, Islington, to be left there until called for. Unless this is complied with, woe betide you. It will be foilly of your at tempting to discover the parties, for if you do so you will be plac ing your lives at stake. Avert the fate which now hangs over you. I say, be warned, and comply with. the de • mands now made.—Yours, &c., " SINOPS E ENT. BOW-STREET. Joliu Sullivan was charged by George Copeland with an attempt to rob him of his watch, under the following circumstances:— At about three o'clock this morning complainant was leaving a public-house in Holborn, the sign of which he did not know, when several men, of whom the prisoner was one, surrounded him, and, under the pretence that he was not sober, and that they wished to assist him, took him by the arms and led him on. He tried to get away, but the prisoner struck him in the face, and he was obliged to submit. After some observations from the Magistrate, the complainant said, "I felt them trying my pockets. I saw the prisoner putting his hand to my waistcoat pockets; but I was afraid to resist, as I knew I could not defend myself against so many; but as soon as I saw a police man I seized the prisoner by the collar, and held him till the policeman came up, when I gave him in charge." Policeman F 152 said that about three o'clock this morning he met the complainant and several men, of whom prisoner was one, in Holborn. When be first saw them, prisoner was walking beside complainant, and the others behind him. He saw complainant seize the prisoner by the collar. Complainant gave the prisoner in charge, but as he was going to bring the man to the station-house complainant asked hiss (witness) to let the man go. He did so, and persuaded prisoner to go a different way from that which complainant took. Com plainant not knowing his way, witness went with him, and he saw prisoner following and watching them. Upon this, complainant fearing that they should attack him again, gave prisoner in charge. Prisoner was at the time very drunk, and made such violent resistance that he had to be handcuffed, and it required three men to take him to the station-house. Mr. TWYPORD said that the attempt to rob com plainant was not proved, that he might have intended a robbery, but that it was not proved against him. It ap peared, however, that the man had been drunk and dis orderly, and for that he should fine him 10s., the felony not being proved, he must be supposed to be inLecent. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Bird and John Williams, very respectably-dressed young men, were charged with attempting to pi c k pockets under the following circumstances:— William Horaford, one of the constables belonging to the Mendicity Society, stated that abut twenty minutes• past six o'clock last evening: he saw the prisoners in company with another young man in St. James's-street, following a gentleman, and suspecting their object, he watched them into Pall-mall, where the prisoner Wil liams, covered by the others, attempted to pick the pocket of the gentleman they had followed from St. James's-street. He, however, at the instant turned into one of the club-houses, and Williams did not succeed in extracting anything. They then went on together through several streets, and at length, at the corner of Glasshouse-street and Regent street, Williams made another attempt, and witness distinctly saw him lift the gentleman's coat pocket up, and attempt to take out the contents, but he failed in doing so. Wit ness then seized both the prisoners. The third man in stantly ran off and escaped. Williams also broke away, but was pursued and overtaken in Swallow-street. On searching him a sovereign and some silver were found in his pockets. At the station-house he refused to give his name or address. A solicitor appeared on the part of Bird, who stated that he was residing at No. 4, High-street, Whitechapel. Williams said he was living at Greenwich; they were perfect strangers to each other. Mr. MALTBY asked if they were known to the police? Sergeant Emery, of the C division, said he believed they came from the east end of the town. They were remanded, to allow time for making inqui ries about them. SOUTHWARK. Two women of the town were charged under the fol lowing circumstances It appeared that a few weeks since Mr. Shepherd, landlord of the Surrey Coal-hole was severely bitten in the hand by a prostitute who was making a disturbance in his house. The wound became so inflamed that it was at one time feared it would be necessary to amputate the hand. The woman escaped at the time, and the two de fendants entering his house last evening, and thinking one of them was the party who so seriously injured him, he merely looked at them, when they commenced an at tack on him, and he was compelled to give them into custody.—They were committed for seven days, and a fellow named Taylor, their bully, was fined 51. for as saulting the policemen in taking them into custody. LAMBETH. William Brown, an experienced " mud lark" along the river side, was charged with stealing a quantity of coals from the wharf of Mr. Fenton. The prisoner is a very old hand, and having already been several times convicted, was committed tor trial. William Draper was charged with fraudulently ob taining three cart loads of pantiles, value 1/. 12s. 6d., from Mr. Bist, a lime merchant of the Surrey Canal wharf. The prisoner came with a written order front a Mr. Hobbs, a customer of the prosecutor, and stated that Mr. Hobbs was building some houses at Southamp • ton-street, Camberwell ; he afterwards disposed of the tiles considerably under their value to a person in South warkbridge-road. The prosecutor stated that he believed the prisoner was set in motion by a person c,f the name of Thompson, who wrote the order, and that they were acting in concert. Mr. HENRY said in that case it would be better to have Thompson apprehended, when they might be in dicted for a conspiracy. The prisoner in his defence said that he was employed by Thompson, whose name be thought was Hobbs, who desired him to say that the tiles were to go to Cam berwell. Mr. HENRY wished to know if Mr. Birt thought that the prisoner really believed Thompson's name was Hobbs ? —The prosecutor replied that he was of opinion that the prisoner knew that he was uttering a falsehood. Mr. Birt said that Thompson put him in motion, and Thompson sold the tiles. Thompson was a well-known bad character. Mr. HENRY said the person who bought the tiles must be brought to the Court, and give up the titles. Thomp son should be apprehended, and the prisoner discharged, in order that be might give evidence against Thompson. " Messrs. Prescott and Grote." Mr. Bush also produced the seal which the prisoner had given up, upon which was engraven a, coat of arms. It was a very remarkable seal. FATAL ACCIDENT ON TILE DOVER RAILWAY.—On Mr. George Taylor, principal clerk in tho banking Tuesday night, at eight, an Payne, iuquest was held in Guy's house of Messrs. Prescott and Grote, stat ed that he - had received the letter read by Mr. Bush s.t half-past thello s bodyi ta I , of fedelaptuetya c u o u r r o t r i i e in r, the before Mr. aged 5 nine o'clock on the morni ng o f Tuesd a y, by the first service of the London and Dover Railway g Company. post, and he had put a mark upon it, and delivered it Thomas Slater, of Ashford, an engine-driver on the to the partners. London and Dover Railway, said that on Christmas-day, Mr. Bush said there was an Act framed to meet about five o'clock, he was at the New-cross station, going the particular sort of offence of which the prisoner out with a train, when he gave the usual whistle, and stood accused, and he had been directed by the bankers then looked round to see that the carriages were all to bring the case before his Lordship, to be treated right. Whilst doing so he saw something fall, about according to law. It was, he added, the firm inten- three yards from the end of the platform. He re tion of the Committee of Bankers to prosecute in versed his eng ,ine and put down the break, and on going back foi I nd it to be the deceased, who was lying every instance in which a threatening l e tt er was re- on the slope. Witness, having procured another ceived which was written for the purpose of extort ing money. It would be necessary, in order that op- ' d • • guard 'proceeded on to Ashford, and the deceased was removed by an engine and carriage to Guy's portunities might be afforded for ascertaining some- Hospital. Tli e signal had been given for him to go on. thing about the prisoner's state of mind, that the case William Wadley a porter at the New-cross station, de should be remanded. pose d to bringing the deceased to the hospital. On Previously to the appearance of Mr. Bush, who had their way he , told witness he was endeavouring to seat been but just informed of the apprehension of the himself on the carriage, when he missed his hold and prisoner, Kent was put to the bar, and fell, one or two of the carriages passing over his arm, which was mu ich shattered. Mr. Andrew Davies. house The LORD MAYOR showed a desire to know some surgeon, said deceased was brought in on Christmas-day thing about a person who had acted in so strange a suffering free; i a severe compound comminuted fracture manner, and asked him where he resided ? The pri- of the right a rm. His arm was amputated a few hours soner—l have no fixed residence. after his ads/ ission, by Mr. Calloway. lie died on Tues law ? The LORD MAY OR —Are y ou connec t e d w ith th e day morniss from irritation and exhaustion consequent The prisoner —I have copied for a lawyer, but on the inirer .y. The deceased's brother, who a ppeared lam not o ne . deeply aifeci Led, said he had no complaint to make sonA T e h r e Nbve s e u flol li r g de e r o he n sisse o nt f lex t m h t e an C , omwiio examination, a pter st is to examine the pri- against any one. Verdict—" Accidental death." An inti mation As made to the coroner that the company Samuel 'Visit, and appeared to i b ecl e a his G n er a m m a e:o w b a e s sr bury the deceased, and also make provision for the R idow. charged with robbery. William Lubbock, th e owner of a public-house, skeleton th w 1 1 1.1( iX DISCOYERT.—Some time ago a human earthnearoChairtonn, the au - him Sus stated that, three weeks ago, the prisoner a lied tx: pin him n for a lodging, and wish e d t o occupy a front room thoritieaol7 m fuend murder in f t ' commune s t o b o e e had been committed, Witness, after consulting hi s w if e on the subject f. length s, persc ei who, in instituted an inquiry. At 1814, was a grenadier in the Bth th accommodating the gentleman w ith their bed-room - Ilion c.f the . National Guards, and continued to be so gave it up to him. In a drawer i n th e room was d ' till very lately , came forward, and, having viewed the ' posited a silk dress, which cost 2/. 55., an d that dresse precise spot 8.1 which the skeleton was discovered, de disappeared on th e day the prisoner left the lodgingmade upon him a, t the attack of the Allies upon Paris, but to go, as he pretended, t o F rance . It was f ound upon w - hom h e mho Weed with his musket, and buried where, inquiry that the prisoner h a d, inst e ad o f re p a i r i ng to he f e l l. - NG, JANUARY 9, 1845. DISCOVERY OF A SUPPOSED MURDERER. During the last fortnight an extraordinary degree of excitement has prevailed throughout the extreme western and north-western portions of the county of Middlesex, in consequence of its having become known that some information relative to the perpetrator of a murder committed under very mysterious circumstances about eight years since had been received by the local magistrates, who have ever since been actively engagedin furthering the ends of justice, and entering into a searching investigation into the matter. The scene of the crime is situate in the rural and re tired parish of Ruislip, about four miles north of the town of Uxbridge, the actual spot being a wood called " Young 'Wood," which abuts on a crossroad leading from Uxbridge to the town of Rickmanswortb, in Hertfordshire, and about midway between those towns, which with another wood adjoining it, called " Mad Bessy," consists of about 130 acres, the whole of which is covered by a thick underwood about five feet high, through which there are no paths, with the exception of blind paths or hares' tracks, and which is altogether a place well adapted for the perpetration of any atrocious crime without the chance of immediate detection. The object fee which the murder was committed was at the time considered to have been revenge, the unfortunate youth, who was only fifteen years of age, having shortly before given evidence against a party of poachers, who were on that evidence convicted, and by whom, both at the inquest and at the examinations before the local magistrates, threats of vengeance were directed against him. King's Arms Inn, Uxbridge, to consider how the pri soner could be brought to Uxbridge for examination, and it was determined to address the following letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department:— "Uxbridge, llec. 30, 1844. " Sir,—We are instructed by her Majesty's justices of the peace acting for the Uxbridge division, and who sat in petty sessions here to-day, to enclose for your perusal a copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Chesterton, the Governor of the House of Coireetion at Coldbath-fields, to Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., one of the justices, and to acquaint you that, in consequence of that letter, Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., and Thomas Disgnall, Esq., Uxbridge magistrates, attended at the House of Correc tion on Saturday last, to make inquiry into the circum stances, when George Sibley, one of the prisoners, in the presence of Charles Lismb, the other prisoner, de posed to on oath, and signed the statement, of which a copy is also enclosed. " John Brill, a lad of about 15 years of age, was mur dered in Ruislip Woods in February, 1837. The coroner's jury, at the inquest, returned a verdict of ' Wilful Murder against some person or persons un known.' Several circumstances attending the murder stated by George Sibley in his deposition are corrobo rated by other testimony. Charles Lamb was always suspected of being the murderer, and was apprehended and taken before the magistrates at the time, but the circumstantial evidence against him not being deemed quite sufficient to authorise his committal for trial, he was discharged. " Charles Lamb has since the murder been tried for sheepstealing and acquitted. He was shortly after wards tried at the Old Bailey, and convicted of felony, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. After having been imprisoned on board the hulks at Ports mouth about four years, he received her Majesty's pardon, and returned to the neighbourhood of ltuislip. He was lately summarily convicted of poaching, and committed in October last to the House of Correction for six months. George Sibley was convicted for a like offence, and was committed t , the same for a like term. The name of the murdered youth was John Brill, and the circumstances, as they appeared in evidence, were as follows :—John Brill was the son of a labouring man, living in the village of Ruislip, and was in the employ of Mr. C. Churchill, an extensive farmer in that parish. On the morning of Thursday, the 16th of February, 1837, Brill left his father's house about a quarter past six o'clock, and proceeded to work on a farm of his master's, who about ten o'clock set him to fill up some gaps in the hedge of " Young Wood," and directed that, after he had finished doing so, he should then watch some poles which had been cut in the wood. Not returning to the farm in the evening, as was his custom, a search was in consequence instituted with lanterns in the wood, but no trace of him could be discovered. On Friday morn ing, the 17th, Mr. Churchill's men were sent out in vari ous directions, but they all returned without any intelli gence respecting the unfortunate lad. On the Satur day the search was again renewed, but with no better success ; and on Sunday morning a large body of vil lagers joined in the search, when, about noon, the ill fated youth was discovered by a man named James La vender (the father of one of the men who it was alleged had threatened his life), in a hollow in a remote part of the wood, where he was lying on his back quite dead. His clothes were in disorder, and his face was covered with dirt, as if he had been rolled in the de cayed leaves with which the spot was covered. On examining the body the mark of a severe blow was discovered under the right ear, which was considerably swollen, and from which a quantity of blood had issued. About six yards behind him the bill-hook which he had been using was found, and on a hedge, just above him, was his cap, which had apparently been caught by the furze as he fell. There were also marks on the leaves for five or six yards, as if he had staggered as he fell. On lifting him up—although every joint of his body was stiff and rigid—his neck was found to be remarkably lax, and indicated every appearance of having been broken. The body was then conveyed to the Six Bells public house, about 500 yards from the entrance of the wood, where, on the following Wednesday, an inquest was held on the body by Mr. T. Stirling, the late coroner for the western division of Middlesex, when, after a lengthened investigation, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." Early on the Monday morning following the finding of the body, in consequence of information communi cated to Mr. Thomas Dagnall, a county magistrate, re siding at Cowley, warrants were issued for the appre hension of Charles Lamb, Thomas Lavender, and James Bray, junior, labourers in the village, on suspicion of having been concerned in the murder, who were immedi ately taken into custody by Murray, the active police-constable of Uxbridge, and other officers. The examinations before the magistrates at Uxbridge occu pied two days, during which the town wets crowded by persons from all the neighbouring parts, anxious to hear the evidence, which was, however, not considered con clusive against them, and after the termination of the inquest they were discharged from custody by Sir Wil Liam S. Wiseman, Bart., and Mr. Dagnall, both of whom were in attendance at the Six Bells to watch the inquiry. After the prisoners were discharged and their hand- Tile " STATUE OF WILLIANI 1 V."---Tile cntime cuffs removed, Bray begged a favour of the magistrates, moration of the erection and in...tiger-110,n of tt, e .tat m of which was, that he might be permitted to see the body the " Sailor King." which has just bee t , e ,,,,, p 1„ b y of the murdered youth, saying it would give him plea sure, as he had suffered a good deal through hi m . M o s t Mr. Samuel Nixoe, and is now pieced On a pedestal at the termination of Kale W illiani-stie et, at the p oi nt probably he demanded this test by way o f imp ress i ng which faces London °ridge, was celebrae d on Tuesoay the bystanders with a notion of his innocence, th ere evening at the Adelaide avers. at the f oot o f t h e being a superstition among the uneducated classes that T the blood of the murdered person will burst out if the bridge, where, at six o'clock, a very numerous and re murdererspectable assemblage of the influential gen t l emen o f t h e approaches the body. The request was granted. wards of Bridge and Candlewick sat tiown to an excel- All the three prisoners were taken into the room in which the body was lying, and after looking at it for lent dinner, provided by Mr. Sottlew, the prop r i e t or o f the house. The cheir was filled by :sir Chapman Mar some minutes they merely asserted their innocence and retired. shall, who was supported on the right hand by 6ir George From that time, notwithstanding every possible exer- Carroll ( these two gentlemen being the a ld ermen u t t h e tion has been used by the local authorities to trace the respective wards), and on his left by M r . S amue l Ni xon . T actual murderer, the matter has remained in abeyance The musical arrangements were und er t h e di rect i on o f until the present time without even any reward being Mr. Talberan, who w as assisted b y M es - aes. Spor l e, Genge. and Smith. Mr. Oakey p res id e d at the pianof, /rte. offered in the case. The intense interest excited ut the time of the murder has, however, been revived, by the The healths of her Majesty, of the Queen Dowager, receipt, on the day before Christmas-day, by Sir W. of Prince Albert, and of th y, rest of the Royal Family Wiseman, Bart., of the following letter : were drunk with the usual honours, after which the "House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, Navy and Army, the Memory of William IV., the Dec. 23, 1844. Healths of Sir G. Carroll, of Sir C. Marshall, and of " Sir,—A voluntary declaration has this day been Mr. Nixon, were drunk with every demonstration of good feeling. The three last-mentioned gentlemen ac• made to me by a prisoner named George Sibley, the younger, who was committed to this prison by you on knowledged the honour done them in the usual manner, the 14th of October last, to the effect that Charles Lamb, and were cheered by the company. A v ar i e ty o f o ther also a prisoner, committed by you on the 14th October toasts were also proposed and drunk. The erection of last, had told him (Sibley) that about a fortnight before this statue is an era in the progress of good taste in the their committal, one afternoon, between four and five City. It was originally intended only to erect a sort of o'clock, when on their road from Rickmansworth to obelisk on the spot which it now occupies, in order to Harefield, a few years since he (Lamb) had killed a break the length of the crossing from the one foot-pave lad, named John Brill, in Mr. Churchill's wood at ment to the other, and afford foot-passengers a refuge from the rapid and almost continuous succession of car heßuislip ; that he struck the lad with a stick, and when riages, of various sorts, by which the streets at this lay upon the ground he took the lad's cap and hung angle are filled. Fortunately a better genius than is al it on a tree, to make it appear that he had fallen out of ways resent at councs presided, and the result the tree ; and that he left the lad's billhook and glove the ere p ction of one Cit y of the il most ornamental statues i is n lying near the body. Sibley says, that Charles Lamb the metropolis. The statue does great credit to Mr. S. had warned him, that if he said anything about it, it Nixon, who is already known favourably to the public by should be the worse for him. Sibley made the same the beautiful illustrations of the four seasons with which communication to the chief warder yesterday, asking him, if he gave the information, whether he should get the Goldsmiths' Hall is ornamented, an d by other works his liberty. This is a suspicious circumstance ; but I of art in different p ar t s o f L on d on and the country. have thought it desirable to put you, as one of the local This statue of King William IV. is in a pure and vigo magistrates, in possession of what has bean stated to me. rous state of art—it is felicitously correct as a portrait, You may send any person whom you may think fit to f both as to features, perso n , an d c h aracter —i t i s digni fied without stiffness, and easy without coarseness. It sift the matter. is of granite, colossal in its dimensions (the figure of the " I shall inform the visiting justices at their next K meeting also of this communication, in order that they King and th e p e d es t a l on w hi c h i t stan d s b e i ng upwar d s may take any steps which they may deem advisable. of 40 feet in height). The monarch is neither idolised " I sent for Charles Lamb this forenoon into my office, into a demi go d, nor vu l gar i se d i nto t h e representat i on and, without informing him of the charge against him, of a boatswain. It is altogether an excellent specimen simply asked him if he had ever known John Brill. I of the advance of sculpture in this country, and an orna watched his countenanee, but could not discover the ment to the locality it occupies. The Chairman, during slightest emotion on the mention of the name. Lamb the course of the evening, stated that her Majesty the said, he had been apprehended on the charge of mur- Queen Dowager would, from what had been communi dering Brill, but added, "Thank God, I am clear of eated to him, take an opportunity of viewing this testi that.' I must add, from my observation of Sibley, Ido menial to her decea s ed husb an d, a nd th at hi s R o y a l not attach much credit to his statement ; still, however, Highness Prince Albert and the Duke of Wellington had I consider it my duty to make it known to you, with a expressed their intention of inspecting the labours of the view to some investigation.—l have the honour to be, artist. A statue of Queen Adelaide on the Surrey side Sir, your most obe.lient servant, of the bridge would be no inappropriate companion to "G. L. CHESTERTON, Governor. this of his late Majesty, and would be both an ornament " To Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., Hillingdon." and a work of utility to the inhabitants of Southwark, Immediately on the receipt of that letter Sir W. Wise- and to those who traverse the streets in the neighbour man communicated the fact to the other magistrates of hood of the bridge. the Uxbridge division, and it was eventually determined DARING ROBBERY.—EarIy on Monday evening, that Sir W. Wiseman and Mr. Dagnall should proceed during the absence of the family, the house of Mr. on the following Saturday to the House of Correction for Turner, one of the Q ueen ' s mar eh a lm e n, i n Graham the purpose of taking the deposition of Sibley in the street, Pimlico, wets entered into, and property consist presence of Charles Lamb. Accordingly, on December ing of plate, jewellery, wearing apparel, and other things the 28th, both magistrates visited the House of Correc- was stolen therefrom. It appears that the thieves tion, and having sworn Sibley in the presence of Lamb, effects dan entrance at the parlour-window, and having took the following deposition : lighted a candle, lost uo time in ransacking the whole " Middlesex to Wit.—The examination of George house. Doors, boxes, and dr a w ers , were b ro k en open, rt in lewd) Sibley, late of the parish of Harefield, in the county of and thei contents evinced that no in ter experienc ou ed han a ds st had been hich e eke aged Middlesex, labourer, and now a prisoner in the House of in the work. It is said, that some valuable articles were Correction, Coldbath-fields, in the said county, taken on stolen from the apartments of one of the lodgers, who is oath before Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., and T. Dagnall, holding a respectable situation in the royal household Esq., two of her Majesty's justices of the peace in and but who is at present, unfortunately at Winds r. No for the said county, this 28th day of December, 1844: clue has yet been obtained which nu g ht l e ad to the ap prehension of the offenders. suspicion, however. is quainted with Charles Lamb, now also a prisoner in the entertained that a woman who had in the course of the House of Correction, rather better than a twelvemonth. day applied for a petition to obtain relief from the Pim- That about three months ago he and Charles Lamb rico Philanthropic Society—of which Mr. Turner is a having been convicted of poaching, and being ordered to member, and who was afterwards seen at a short dis be sent to prison for it, were at hide and seek to- wive from the house, was concerned in the robb e ry. A ober. That about a fortnight before Charles Lamb report is also in circulation, that a gang of n o torio us i was taken to prison, Lamb and the witness were burg burglars is living in the neighbourhood ; and, from se coming from Rickmansworth to Harefield between four venal attempts which have been made to plunder, the and five o'clock in the afternoon in the lane there ; police cannot be too active end vigilant in their exertions we was talking about getting into mischief and trouble, to prevent a repetiton of these offences. and stating that it was easier to get into trouble than it DEATI OF A FEMALE FROM ALLEGED VIOLENCE.— was to get out, for Charles Lamb said, ' I'd sooner be On Tuesday Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Star and taken for murder than come to prison."Murder?' I Garter, Great Peter-street, Westminster, on the body of said to him, ' what murder? Upon which Lamb said, Mary Cotton, aged thirty, who coh a bit e d w ith I s a ac ' I was in Churchill's Wood getting a bundle of wood, Harmon, at No. 22, in the above street, who died under when a boy named John Brill came up to me, and I the following circumstances :—Witnesses living in rooms knocked him down. I stood a few minutes, and took his cap and hung it up on a stem, and laid his glove and next to that of deceased, said that on S a t ur d a y n i g ht they billhook by the side of him, as if he had tumbled out of saw her alive and w e ll, an d th a t at a b ou t t wo o ' c l oc k a tree, and,' he says, 'nobody else knows on it but you, next (Sunday) m orn i ng , t h e y h ear d H armon come h ome and if you tell anybody I'll kill you.' Lamb said the intoxicated. O n enter i ng h e accuse d d ecease d o f tardi boy was walking round the wood. ness in opening th e s t reet d oor f or hi m , an d sa id t o h er , " Witness had heard of the murder some years ago, " 1 . 11 give it you for keeping me waiting." They then and that Lamb had been had up for it. Witness also heard what th e y t erme d a " so bbi ng an d w h eez i ng " said to Lamb, when he mentioned the murder, ' What noise, as if ma d e b y a person t ry i ng b u t una bl e --murder Charley ?' to which Lamb said, ' Yes.' to cry out, and shortly afterwards they heard the " Witness says he has always been on good terms with sound of a hea v y f a ll upon t h e floor, which was suc- Lamb ever since he has known him. seeded by the com i ng out o f H armon on th e l an di ng o f " Witness says, that his reason for making this state- the stairs aski ng f or succour , as some thi ng , h e sa id , was the matter with d ecease d. Th e w it nesses , Eli za Dun merit is because he has had such queer dreams, and could not sleep on account of his knowledge of the ham and Mary Carman, went into the room and found deceased lyi ng on t h e fl oor on h er s id e , w i t h h er h ea d murder. Witness says, on being asked by Lamb whether he partly und e r th e b e d, h er h a i r di s h eve ll e d, an d h er night could look him in the face, and say that he told him dress disordered. One eye was closed, and froth was such a thing, ' that you certainly did,' and he has told oozing from her mouth. The woman Durham was in nothing but the truth, and that it is true as that he the act of lifti ng t h e d ecease d u p, w h en s h e g roaned stands here. feebly and di e d. M r . H an l e y, surgeon , o f th e Horse " Witness says, that he voluntarily makes this state.. ferry-road, said he was called by Harmon to see de ment, and that no person has held out any promise or ceased, and:that he found her on the floor quiteidead,:with favour to him to do so. no exterior marks of injury on the body. Their absence, " Witness first made the statement to Mr. Hoare, the however, was no proof that violence had not been used. chief warder of the House of Correction, having told Harmon had given him two different versions of the the wardsman he wished me to see Mr. Hoare. Mr. affair. The Coroner and jury said that, under these Hoare came and said, ' What's the matter?' Witness doubtful circumstances, the inquiry must be adjourned said, `Charles Lamb told me of a murder.' for a day, in order that it might be ascertained by a post "Witness is 25 years of age last August. mortsmexaminationlwhether volenco had been used or not. "The mark of Sid GEORGE SIBLEY." UNWHOLESOME MEAT.---At the Maidstone Quarter Charles Lamb, who treated the matter with stoical in- Sessions, on Saturday last, a pork butcher was tried for difference, on the deposition being completed, said,' All having five hundred weight of unwholesome beef, &c., the statement made by George Sibley is untrue." intended for the purpose of making sausages. The jury On the Monday after taking the above deposition, a returned a verdict of guilty, and the Chairm an , as a meeting of the trustees was held in petty ses s i ons at t h e caution to other tradesmen, sentenced the prisoner to nine calendar months' hard labour in Maidstone gaol. " The Magistrates consider, that in consequence of George Sibley's statement, the matter of the murder re quires further investigation, but submit the whole for your consideration. If you should concur with them, they beg to know whether 3on will issue an order for Charles Lamb being brought down here, that the evidence of the witnesses be taken before them, and that George Sibley may also be brought down to give his evidence. The term of Lamb's and Sibley's impri sonment will not expire until about three months hence. " If you should approve of the course submitted for your consideration, will you instruct the magistrates what line of conduct they ought to pursue on the occasion ?—We have the honour to be your most obe dient servants, " RICHES AND WOODBRIDGE. " Clerks to the Magistrates." To that application to Sir James Graham, Bart., the following answer has been received := _ " Whitehall, Dec. 31, 1844. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st instant, and its enclosures, and to inform you, that he is not able to make any order for removing the pri soners George Sibley and Charles Lamb from gaol, and taking them 'before the magistrate at Uxbridge for exa mination. There is no objection to the magistrates taking their examination in the prison, and this appears to Sir James Graham the proper course to be adopted. " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " S. M. PIIILLIPPS. ..... " Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge, Clerks too the Magistrates, Uxbridge." The above answer from the Horne-office has greatly disappointed the Uxbridge magistrates, as it compels them to put the county to great expense for the convey ance of the numerous witnesses, who are all residing in the neighbourhood of Uxbridge, when the transmitting of the two prisoners to Uxbridge would have been at tended with little cost. On Saturday last a muster of the witnesses examined at the time, both before the magistrates and at the in quest, took place before the magistrates at Uxbridge, the front of the King's Arms Inn being crowded witu persons waiting the result. Their statements, however, were only taken down to see how tar they recolleeteo the facts, and the decision of the Bench as to the course it will eventually pursue in conducting the inquiry hat, nut yet been made known. On Monday, being the day on which the petty sessions is held, the Magistrates' room and the road outside tle• inn were again crowded, in the expectation that is putlie examination on the mauter would tak e place. EXT.ENSIVE ROBBERY at STOKE' On Monday morning last, soon after seven o'clock, a rumour was generally circulated that a robbery. of serious exte n t h a d b een comm itt e d a t th e shop of Mr. R. Lindley, bookseller and sub-distributor of stamps. The indications of a robbery were first discovered by Mr. Lindley's female servant, who, 011 coming down stairs, perceived that the staple which re ceives the bolt of the lock on the inner door of the shop had been wrenched off and her attention was alb drawn to a quantity of papers which were scattered about the floor of the parlour. She instantly called Mr. Lindley, who got up in haste, and, after ex• arnining the state of the shop, communicated with the police. Inspector Armstrong (in the absence of Major Macknight, who was at Stafford), and subsequently Major Macknight himself, inspected the premises. The grid under the front shop window had been removed, and the case ment in the cellar window beneath the grid opened , , for viihich purpose a p ane oppos i te t h e h an dl e had been taken out, as wtll as another pane opposit e the bolt below. The wood had been chiselled away from the door-post of the door on the cellar stairs, and the bolt pushed back. The NI staple of the shop inner door vitas also torn off, ell' the alarm-bell behind the front door had shared the same fate, and was lying on the counter, the door itself being unfastened, so that it would appear the thief or thieves had made their exit that way to the street. The shop-drawers had the appearance of having been rummaged, and a quantity of paper fled been abstracted from a table-drawer in the parlor' , and thrown in confusion about the floor. In the course of the day a placard was issued, gi lt ' ing particulars of the property missing., from which it app:lared that rumour had not exaggerated the amount. It is stated to have consisted of near 700/. in moos' and 115/. worth of plate and jewellery. The descrir tion of cash is, Half Bank of England notes to to e amount of 651.; and a quantity of gold and silver coin and Bank of England notes—gold, 1201. ; silve r ' about V. 10-.; and Bank of England notes to th e amount of 500/."—making a total of more than 68 7 , 1 ' The following is a li s t o f p l a t e an d jewellery :—"1 case containing 17 val ua bl e go ld we ddi ng rings, sin" 30 gentlemen's f anc y ditt o , b estu dd e d w i th diamonds six steel chains, three German silver ditto, 24 Ger man silver guards 10 large ditto, f our solid gold ditto, six gilt ditto, 12 silver ditt o ; 13 silk cord purses, t wo s il ver k n i ves, splendi d j et necklace, with broo c h an d b o ttl e ; two jet neck' chains, pair of bracelets, five dozen shawl pins, four dozen pair of coat links, t wo s il ver cora l s; two dozen silver penholders, splendid dessert case with silver knife, fork, and spoon ; lady's companion, containing a silver thimble and scissors, with case, &c.; 18 so' ver thimbles, two silver butter knives, three fruit ditto, three silver pickle forks, three silver caddy shells ; a most valuable assortment of silver pencil cases, desk sea l s , t oo th p i c k s, sc i ssors and sheaths, vinegaretts, watch-hooks, keys, buckles, stud s ' tops and bottoms of p urses , h an d p i ns, c h a i ns , en', small pins ; gold brooches, and a great variety ' 3 ' bosom ditto ; gold cuff breguet chains and sea ls ' studs, lockets, pins, microscope, eye-glasses, a nd quantity of knives, &c.," the whole valued at 11 51 ' cost price. The cash-box containing the money, we under' stand, had been left overnight in a compartment on, the inner side of the sh o p coun t er; t h e p l ate an' jewellery in a show-glass on the counter, where the,: were usually kept, and which had been wrenchen open. . . _ Notwithstanding the most active efforts of the Po' lice, no clue has yet been discovered to the perpet tor or perpetrators of thi s serious ro bb ery : thong o the cash-box was found the same morning-00Y' we are sorry to say, near some trees which skirt the carriage road from Stoke to Fenton Manor Hous e ' the residence of P. B. I3roade, Esq., to wh om it g_ , ' taken, and by him restored to Mr. Lindley. The lock of the box had been ` orced.—North Staffordshir e Mercury. M.A tKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY•) CORN EXCHANGE We had rather a large supply of English Wheat 0, sale. The fine.t qualitiei were i n f a i r i nqu i ry , at g°, 23 clay's qu-turions, but all other kinds wen.. a dull sv h es 1101.1 t rs r.F tree Foreign Whear wi re again firm, and Or previous Figures in every i ns t ance . Th u s uPPI of Barley was good, while the demund ruled inactive late ratas. In Mnit. Oats. Beans, and resat very lit" - was doing, yet prices were supported. ARRIVALS Wheat. I Earley. Oats, Flag / English 5,100 qrs. 8 , 3 30 qrs. 1,470 qrs. 1,72° Irish.. - 10,7 i ••"". F0reign........., 1.100 Malt, 3.:180 qrs. wirrrEcziaraz. The supplies of Meat were only moderate, yet the de ; mand ruled heavy, at barely previous rates. Beef, ' f r° ,7l 28 6d to 3s 6 , 1 • Mutton, 2,8 d to 3s 8d ; V e al, 39 to 4" 4d o and Pork. 2s 8d to 3s 10d p er 81b a by 4 ' 4 carcase. COAL MARXET. 1.41i 0 Prices per to n a t th e c l ose o f t h e mar k et ; -13u....• 'est Hartley, 20s ; Carr's Hartley, 20s ; Charlotte Main, 21s ; Hasting's iartleN , 20s ; Holywell 21s ; Hedley's Hartley, 17s ; Old Pontop, 19s 6d; Itedheugh, 19s ; Taylor's West Hartley, 20s • fownly. I9s 6d ; Wyl am , 20 s 9 d ; W . E., Bell and Brown, 2 „ 4 " 1 : W. E., Cl ar k an d C o ., 208 •,W. E., Cl enne ll, 209 °" W. E., Gosforth, 22s ; W. E , Heaton, 21 s 9 ; Hilda, 21s 6d; W. E., Hotsp ur , 2is 6d ; W. E.. Killin g" worth, 21s 6d ; W. E., Wharncliffe, 21s 9d ; Eden M 57, 22s ; W. E., Belmont, 22 s 6d ; W. E , Braddyll's Hett°l., 24s ; W. E., Hatt on , 22 s ; E., Haswell, 243 ; Hetton, 24s ; Hytton, 228 ; Lambton, 24s ; Morrlsv 2ls 6d; Shotton, 24s ; St e wart' s , 24s ; Whit we ll, 225 61; ; Caradoc, 23s 6d ; Cassop, 23s 6d ; Hartlep oo l, 2399,11; Heselden, 21s 6d ; Heugh Hall, 22 s 6d ; K e ll oe, 2 3 5 9 1. South Hartlepool, 20 s ; S out h K e ll oe, 23s 6d ; Ade l a ia tit `' 23s 6d ; Bitchburn, 22 s ; G or d on, 20s 9d ; SeYl33° Tees, 23s ; T ees , 23 s 6 d ; W est Hetton, 21s ; CoaPe Hartley, 20s 6d ; Garaaut Stone, 26s ; Len iss 3fiertb3,' 21s 6d ; Moreton's Milford Stone, 26s ; Townhill 19s 6d ; We'ch Channel, 35 5 ; W es t H art l ey , N e therlc" 20s ; st Hartley, 19s. 6d.—Ships arrived, 52. SHOCKING CASE OF DRUNKENNESS.—On Thursc l/i ff t afternoon a lad, named David Paull, was f oun d lying e j a state of insensibility upon the quay at Bristol, calls, f rom by drinking, by means of a s tr aw , b ran d y fro B°n , 1 1,8 casks which were being dischar g ed f rom a ship. A ø boy was in a critical state he w as t a k en t o t h e infirtefl';,: where, by the use of the stoma c h p ump an d other n3o6`:;:. and after some time had elapsed, has life was placed °- of danger.—Bristol Journal. O S [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A N I MMEDIATE R EMED - I A DISEASED STOMA C H BY HOLLOWA Y ' S PILLS.---vre.: TRAORDINAIZY CURE.—Mrs. Lydia, stay-stitcher, 0 ,1 siding in Harrison-street, Gray' s I nn -l ane, H o lb o rn, Pj, been subject for two years to swimming!: in the 11° , $ o f dimness of sight, constant sickn ess , an d derangemevto, the stomach, with a want o f a pp e ti te , toget h er with I tty health and loss of flesh. Half her time she coulL s , no work. She had been to almost every '0 pital in London, but th e y cou ld d o h e r /3 0 good. Notwithstanding this, she was restored o f three weeks to the highest state of health by the u 9 , ° o f Holloway's Pills.—Sold ( a l so Holkway's OintiveDtre Professor Holloway's EstablishmeEt , 244, Strand (ww b v advice may be had gratis), and by almo s t a ll r e s p , et° vendors of medicine throughout the ei‘ilised world._se, RTES. On the 3d inst., at Co B nv I. amore, the Countess of Mate of twin daughters. , On the 2d inst., at Cromart v , th e l a d y o f C apta in 0 Graham, late of the Hanoverian Grenadier Guards daughter. at On the sth inst., the lady of Charles Powis, Ego (if Majesty's Customs, of a son. tec yr On the 6th inst., the lady of Charles Barr, Esq., of of a son. sfArl` On the 6th inst., Mrs. William Hodge, of Great borough-street, of a son. ego* On the 6th inst., at Regent-square, Mrs. Henry FA" , of a daughter. On the 7th in s t., a t Manchester -street, Manchester-04`tfIr* the lady of H. S. Russell, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. jo lt On the Ist inst., at th e p ar i s h c h urc h of Lancaster, ppei Hatton, Esq., surgeon, of Oxford -street, Manchester. r°ol6 o third daughter of the late E. M. Burton, Esq., -of Pill . '" Lancashire. n jogi On the 2d inst., at the parish church, Bulteagh, 14° , t er ° derry, John C ros bi e, E sq., to Marianne, eldest daug' Marcus M`Causland, Esq., Fruit-hill, Londonderry- On the 4th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Al e xander p 4.? grave, Esq., to Mary, daughter of George Hodgkinson' of York-terrace, Regent's -park. DIED. t hell ti On the 3d i ns t., a t T orquay, C at h er i ne, relict o f " Rev. Charl es Ch es t er , R ector o f Ayott, St. Peter's, i've ,. 0. ",l'l On the 3d i ns t., M ar th a , th e w if e o f J ohn Parker, '— , Cloudesley-terrace December, . a f e t e On the 30th of at Brighton, Lady Ni r ih 33 ,..„4bi,...: of the late Sir R. Wilmot, Bart., of Chaddesden, Der'v o f 7' 1 4 On the 2d inst., Francis Sophia. second daughte` a - g ed a Henry and Lady Fletcher, of Ashley-park, Surrey , - 7/ Or years, and on the 4th inst., Emily, eldest daughte r same, aged 5 years. 1199 orf On the 2d of November la s t, a t Toromungalu--.' ; 6 ,0 o General M. Riddell, commandi ng th e S ou th ern Pi l. ' the Madras Army. c On the 31st ult., James S. Fl ower, E sq., l a t e chief °l6 er of the Maidstone East Indiaman, aged 32. Dir i ", On the 2d inst., at Lansdown-crescent, Cheltenhs o3 i3job u r M. Hume, daugter of the late J. Hume, D.D., Lor d of Sarum. gr' O On the 3d inst., at Pelham -crescent, Brornpton' Newman, of the Haymarket. 4 il lig On the 4th inst., in th e P rec i ncts, Canterbury', N e l 0,5 O and on the sth inst., Archdale Todd, the infant twin .e. the Rev. George W a ll ace. 0' On the 4th inst., a t E ton C o ll ege, Susan, t h e third 4 sug Iv or of the late John Slingsby, Esq., of Windsor. On the 4th inst., Harriet, the wife of Mr. Thorns t Tollington-pa r k, H ornsey-road. •P J 3" ' On the sth inst., at Torquay, Maria, the wife of Li- Esq., of Donnington, Berks. S o ld On the sth inst., at Upper Harley-street, Thorns° t , worth Hunt, Es q ., age d 83. garga re On the sth inst, at Larnbourne Cottage, Essex, itre' relict of the late Rev. M. Lewis, aged 68. ore' t o& On the 6th inst., in Seymour-street, Euston-srl d 00 iu . yea for 1 , ,, Mary Fisher, relict of 11 , Ir. C. Fisher, late Bromley, Ken t. On the 6th inst., Feodore, youngest daughter e_f ar tr ~,, Mullett, Esq„ late of Guildford-street, Russell -s g' ---- o f --- 1 Landon: Printed and Published by MURD G y 0 71 s o . ~t , No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tke Sun Officeb : o3tl Strand.i n the Precinct of the Savoy, in t he Middlesex ! Tburodoy, January 9, 1841 ,