The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-07 00:00:00

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103% • East India.; and 3,565 'Foreign. The advance already. •
621 z, noticed, viz., ld to 3d per lb, wxs fully supported up to the
991/4 • close. Privately all kinds of Wool are held for more money,
371/2 but the business doing is very limited. Last week's imports
11531 , into London were 812 bales from Moreton Bay; 103, from
Calais; 501 from Bombay; 53 from Seville; 8 from Ham"'
burgh; 24 front Antwerp; 1:518. from Portland Bay; 473
front Swan River ; 3,005 from Port Philip; 4 from Leghorn;
438, from Gibraltar; 412 from Port Beaufoit; 953 from
Launceston; and 738 from Sydney.
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EXTENSIVE BILL FORGERIES.
CAPTURE AND CONFESSION.
SHEFFIELD,
"FRIDAY.
The police authorities of this town have in custody
an accomplished and hitherto highly iuccressful bill forger
and swindler, who was captured on Wednesday, and has
since made a confession of no fewer than seven extensive
forgeries. His name is Ernest Grape', and it has been se-
' certuined that he is au extensive manufacturer of Vita
ta,rcha. wares at Birmieghirm. His. arrest was brought
about, is the followire; reanner:—Oa Wednesday after'
notes he went to the warehouse of Messrs. Thomas Bilto
aed Cu., on Sheatld•moor, and stated that he wanted to
purchase : owe eepteedve table cutlery. He stated in
conversation that the goods were intended for the Bishop
)suiscurg, and that he was purchasing for Messrs. J.
C. Fleck- and Co., of that place. He selected goods to the ,
amount of 751. lea, less an allowance of 2i peer cent. for' ~
him,,elf, and got the invoice made oat to Messrs. Flack.
He they presented in pad na,nt a draft for 177/. 3s. Bd.
on Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, of Leaden,
dated May 22, 1852, and purporting to be drawn by
the Manchester and Liverpool Bank at Stafford. Rode'
mended the balance iu gold, refieeng a letter of credit
London on a plea that he was going immediately to
France. This circumstance excited suspicion. Mr. G.
Barber (of the firm of Messrs. Ellin and Co.) said ho
would send the draft to the bank to be cashed. He in,: •
dorsed it accordingly, and the stranger countersigned to
‘• A. W. &molt." The instrument was presented jai•
mediately afterwards to the cashier at the Sheffield
Banking Company, with a request that he would pass it
to Messrs. Eilin's credit and give the bearer 100 L it!
cash. The cashier did not like the appearance of the
draft, so he referred-to Mr. Wild, the sub-manager, taw
it was submitted to Messrs. J. H. Berner, the manger.
They ell agreed that it had a suspicious appearance, and
so thought Messrs. Parkin and Bacon, the engravers, 10
whom Air. Barber submitted it for scrutiny. The inserke
ger thereupon procured the aid of two police officer*:
who went forthwith to Messrs. Ellin's esteblisle•
meet, where the payer was waiting, and had some core
veraation with him, which ultimately induced him to gil?,
the individual into custody. The bank manager Wl'
proceeded to the establishment of Messrs. Josh. Rode":
end bons, upon whom he knew a forged dratt had been
palmed last autumn, Mr. Robert Newbold, a partner ID
the firm, after hearing from Mr. Barber what 11;
transpired, accompanied him to the police-office, so
recognised the rnaa in
.custody as the very VI;
son who in September last paid him a forged bardter,
draft for 1981. 113. ,in payment for SOL 18s. 9
worth of cutlery, giving as a reference Mesri:
Zwelchenbart and Co., merchants, Liverpool. The
draft, it appears, purported to be drawn on the C°_,
ventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, in farrr.•
of J. J. Elder, and by the lattet specially endorse;
to R. A. Lambert, the name by which the prisoner thee.
passed. He got the balance in cash, and a few ting:t„
afterwards the draft was discovered to be a forgery.
complete was the deception thellkit discovery was 01
made till the instrument reached the' banking-house 0 -
Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., who found it out becsrq?.•
they had not received any aleiee of it.
The prisoner, finding himself completely caught, rtinl
a full confession of his guilt, and avowed his eenneXt;
with five or six other torgeries. Lie has since Wei
very communicative, and has explained with Ire6o
minuteness the modes operandi which he has foalio:d..
very successful in deceiving both commercial men tw
bankers. These revelations are likely to prove ageos
value in the de:rction of futcre forgeries.
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The prisoner was brought up before the mayor this
day, on the two charges named above, and further
cused (on his own confession) of another fraud of sPt
same nature. Oe Saturday last he purchased gooto
the amount of 90/., of Messrs. Bleomer and Co., rte
merchants, Vt, estbronavvich, tendering in payme°l.4i
draft for 187/. 73. 31, purporting- to be drawn by rh
blanchester and Liverpool Bank. The WestbronisrinA. ,
bank cashed the dratt, endorsed by the prisoner,
W. Simont," and he received the change against the litss
chase. This forged draft, singularly enough, P" e
through three barks, and reached Messrs. Smith, Par)
S°°);
and bmitbs', without having been detected.
evidence having been-taken, the case was remanded .e.
Wednesday next.

EXTRAORDINARY .ESCAPE.
Perhaps few more extraordinary escapes from
awful death have ever been recorded than the
—On Saturday last two men v, how mimes are Jom;
and Thomas Liddiard, were engaged deepeeig; •
well situated at the hack of some cottages belonging
a Mr. Stacey, of Slaugh. They had been at Work:
morning, and left for dinner at 1 o'clock, retail:eel
a'. 2. In a few minutes Lddiard was drawn in
to the top of the well through a man-hole whir-11 'oi
been cut in the crown. Scarcely had he arrived, theit.
when the earth gave way, falling on hie " -
lees companion, completely bur; leg him' 00
number of fellow-workmen wt re immediately
the spot, and commenced clearing the earth awaliflor
nitftohhoreertpebhueetrdhpsyneoneseoehfnaoitthtaiaelssiu3 fftienrge,r.
a. n
dLhi daddiasic
whenteon of
f btrhi ofckwork, fe
ltlh e
jaw elars
.07 The
task of disinterring the poor man Waine beev"""eielitea°--,
dardceeslycenbedeeeddl-EnbiDl
doubly difficult, few indeed expecting, when eem,,P,,.ced
to find him alive. A gaspipe was introduced and :nme
down the well to afford a passage for air. After
labour it was found that the position of the sufferer Zen
nearly perpendicular, affording the opportunity, why.
his head should no released, of administeriogstimuleewA
Up to six o'clock in the evening little bad been effected
to give any strong hope of on ultimate rescue, ell't
i; was foreseen that the labour of excavating Mile,.
be continued for hours to come, and through the
night. Pipes wore laid from the gas main to the mat'
of the well, and the labourers commenced excavating
by the light thus afforded at the side of the well, and
some yards from its mouth. By extraordinary exertiOnS
the upper portion of Waine's body was released bron.e
olslmocakllodnoSseusla ini"eredtheduringnies
cal gentlemen of the town who were in attendanceodfaybrulanodryniwnge'reanaddmstimulants in
the
*l'hiscr
of all were happily crowned with.
h • dreaded
time the sufferer was seen emerging from
the whole time. At half-past four
sou'cocloesesk, twheiteenxearttitohnast
prison, walking up the ladder with a firm step and a
bath
aswwss itireadiness at
ethheeewriourlkehoouunste7:.nhither A
the Varemoved, and is •
recovering speedily, after a fearful incarceration of
fifteen hours and a half at a depth from the surface or
the earth of nearly 22 feet.
'rin
patient
Too much praise einnot be .
given to those by whose exertions the life of a feller'
creature has been ultimately saved,

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.
Traffic—Week ending Jane 5, 1852* ... £12,013 15 a
Traffic —Week ending June 7, 8
... 11,028 18
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 205,904 18 8
Total of the half-year, to this date, ... 207,070 4
Total number of PassengeremWeek ending
June 5, 1852 ... 94,694
Passengers ... —• £9,577 6 8
Goods 2,436 8 7

Total £12,013 15 3,,
Total miles open, 1852, 1731 ; ditto, 1851, 173*.
Whitsuntide.
London Terminus, June 7, 1852.

DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY AND THE COETSD,
FOR WINDSOre CASTLE FOR ASCOT RACES. THIS Dilly
—The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied tt'cTi;
(Lady in Waiting), the Maids of Honour in Waiting,
Galway, Lord in Waiting, Major General Buckley,
illustrious children, and attended by the Marcioness of
Lord
Equerri
the
to the , Colonel Bouverie
Hon. Colonel Charles Grey, Equerry 3 to the • Prince, left
Buckingham Palace this afternoon, escorted by an officers
, Equerry to the Prince, and
party of the 13th Light Dragoons, for the Great Western
Railway terminus at Paddington, whence they proceeded bill
special train to Windsor. Her Majesty was received et
terminus by an officer's guard of honour of the Scots Fas""''
Guards, and proceeded to the Castle the royal earriagT.A. ji "
The Queen will give sumptuous banquets in St. Gearge's-b
to
after returning from the course to-morrow and Thursday
her illustrious and distinguished visitors, and return to LW,
don on Saturday.
We are glad to hear that Mr. W. H. Bond, the •
former Secretary of the Cornwall Railway Company, aIIe
the present Secretary of the Reform Club, is about to resod
his old engagement on the Cornish line. With Mr. nett
are associated all the earliest and most zealous efforts for
carrying a railway through Cornwall, and it will afford 1114
versal satisfaction to find that now the work is again
proceeded with he is again to be associated with it.—
mouth Journal.
THE THAMES TUNNEL.—A pro.
ocz Is on.• Ip vot tO
complete the approaches to the Thames Tunnel on both elf;
of the river. This will not only materially improve T.
value of the property itself, but it will also largely benefity:
ha
districts in its immediate vicinity. It will likewise relied
LOndon-bridge of a considerable extent of the loaded vehicles
which row pass over it; for it appears by statistics that have
lately been prepared with great care, that a very large tripac
is gonstantly going on between the Surrey side of the river
and Wapping, Limehouse, Poplar, &c., all of which has noi!
to be conveyed an unnecessary circuit of nearly six miles;
Another effect of the opening of this communication will d
to give to Southwark and its outlying districts a short and
ea access to and from the East and West India Dock Eall.
way terminus, and thence to the whole net-work of railivaP
north of the Thames.

INDISPOSITION OF LADY PARKE.—We are sorry to
hear of the serious indisposition of Lady Parke, wife of PR•
Baron Parke.
We are sorry to be informed that Mr. Heald, ALF,
has been very seriously ill for the last fortnight. He is now
somewhat better, but will not be able to attend the House

again for some time.
FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT .—A fatal boat accident
happened off Marsden Rocks, on the coast of Durham, on
Thursday at noon. Between ten and eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, a coble, containing the wife of Mr. Wood 3, of
Leeds, a female friend;Mrs. Woods' two children, and a
servant maid, left the watering place of Tynemouth in a
coble pulled by John Robson and Robert Bert, two haven
boatmen. They proposed making a trip to Marsden Rock,
and when they were within a mile of that place was ove.
taken by a thunderstorm ; the boatmen put in towards the
shore, but while near a point called Velvet beds, they threw
the boat athwart the sea which %eau making, and upset be'.
The whole party were thrown into the water, and we ate
curry to state that before assistance could reach them the
two children and the old boatman, Robson, were drown;-g.
Their bodies were picked up on Thursday eveninh
women and the other old man were taken on to arsder.e.
where every attention was paid them, and, though amen
exhausted when ;brought on shore, recovered towardo oven" ,
iz& awl Are quite out of dagger. • . -