The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION.

There are at present.in the custody of the Hull
police three youths, who have been apprehended
on a charge of committing a burglary by breaking
open the offices of the Electric and International
Telegraph Company in Lowgate, Hull, and stealing
a sum of money. A youth concerned in this rob-
bery is yet at large. One of the three in custody
has just made a most extraordinary confession,
When taken to prison by Detective Jones, be
stated, in the presence of his mother and the officer,
that he and the other boys broke into the premises
of Messrs. Young and Pool, ironmongers, Waltham'
street, Hull, a few evenings ago. He held the
light while the rest of the boys were engaged In
trying to break open the iron safe. They used
oyster-knives and crowbars, but, failing in opening
it, it was suggested that they should use a
With this instrument they worked on the safe for,
more than an hour, but the hardness of the mete'
baffled all their attempts, They therefore abse:
doned the sate, which contained about £lOO, an',
began to examine the premises for the purpose 01
carrying off anything which they might be forty'
nate enough to meet with. In the cupboard the/
found some bottles of wine, with which the/
refreshed themselves, and they then went le°,
the shop, from which they took a number e`
large knives, spoons, forks, and other artiele°'
and with this booty they decamped. 41,°1:
wards they went into a jeweller'a
and asked if the spoons were silver, and the:
were informed that they were merely electro-platec:
After having been in this shop they formed a Pit;
of robbing it, one of them being deputed to uul.,
observation as to the best mode of carrying out th:
design. As the stolen spoons were of little value tb°l,
determined to bury them, and a hole was act,
ingly dug in the yard of the North Eastern PAO
way Company, Paragon-street, but as one of rei
prisoners resided near that place he did Ilet;e6o
comfortable about their remaining there, av,i,nt
they were afterwards taken up and reburied sw-6
a mile and a half on the Humber bank. Befere,
opportunity offered of robbing the jeweller's e".:1;
the lads determined to rob the offices of the Blectr-a
Telegraph Company, where one of them had bees
employed. They arranged that when the rebb_de
had been committed they should engage a dogerei
and drive to some place in the country where t,hrbe
might hide until the affair had been forgotten.,
robbery was perpetrated, and about 110 taken 0,
It was agreed to leave the town on Sunday efldif
ing last, and for this purpose a dog-cart was u:off
engaged. It was decided that they should se' sir
at an early hour, and two of the lads missed tiist
trip by lying in bed too long. The two left bel/100,
agreed to take a cab, and before starting they clef
spired to take possession of the cab between Bea rod'
and Driffield. They were to mount the bol‘.oo
seizing the cabman, his throat was to be cut• the
body they were to dispose of by throwing it ie°ooa
roadside ditch. The cab and horse they deter °of
to sell when they arrived at Driffield, and °file
with the proceeds. It appears that the youthebei
took the dog-cart managed to break it before "ttie
reached Driffield, and they left it in a field elloto
roadside. On Monday morning they took the boa
into the stable at the inn where they had put a° cell
went to a horse dealer, to whom they offered ° for
the animal, which of its class was a valuable eee'oed,
i 5. The dealer's suspicions were at once Olio,
and he handed them over to the police autheribol
who conveyed them to Hull. The youths wh°
the
engaged the cab, and had conspired to rourdert of
cabman, got the cab, but just at the ma to
starting one of them became afraid, and he oldoo4
cabman what he and his companion had deterle, the
to do. The lad who was to have perpetrae°, to
deed then jumped out of the opposite door oi.oir
cab and took to his heels. He was soon &Wote/
tured by Detective Jones. The names of the
herd
boys in custody are J. W. Wrigglesworth, 13 re
Lord, and J. J. Reynolds. They have beellierol
mended to gaol until the evidence in the se
00
cases against them has been made complete• or
prisoners are said to have been led to this o°,o
dinary course of crime by reading the lives of Ytir
Turpin and other such characters, and they 116 a, 10
termined to become burglars, highwaymen, and'
crown all, murderers. Their career, howevers
been cut short, fortunately for them.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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COLCHESTER—DEc. 5. ot
There was a moderate supply of wheat at our many.
day, and the demand was good. No change in prl
Wheat, white. 44s 50s Beans,Mazagen••
red
.11
40s 44s middle & 1310—":33's
Barley
Oats

GLOUCESTER—DEC. 5.
There was a fair show of English wheat ~t°.l. r
64Oitoi
which the currencies of last week were firtalY
Foreign wheat held for an advance of is on the ariA
last week. Oats, barley, beaus, and peas Were
unaltered in value.

CHELMSFORD—DEC. 4. tifeb,o9o
At this corn exchange to-day there was an inavy, rr,ot
ness done. The prices of lase week were bafterlekelp,
tained. Barley also dull, and prices is per qualj'A 060
for interior sorts. Beans and peas a very limiti" 9
and prices unchanged. go 9
Wheat, old white 30s 47s Peas,Partridge- ''3Bo 0!
new 44s 48s White • ........ "590 9,0
old red 34a 40s Boiling ......... 530 /,
new 38s 42s Dun ............ ~.0
Barley ..27s 36s Ditto new ..... 'OO
Chevalier .......28s 39s Beans, Tick, old •',,9 4CO
Grinding 22s 31s nevt.'3,s3 /0
Malt...
Chevalier ... 64s 69s nevi' '3O
Oats 20s 28s Mazagan ......

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—DEC. 6. at
We had large supplies of all descriptions or en
market to-day, which sold freely at the Curreu
weeks Oats.
Wheat. Barley os Od
First....34s Od I 25s 6d 1 6d
Second ..37s Od 27s °d 198 Oct
Third....4os Od 308 Od

COAL MABN-r*".,
* al7Oet* ad
Prieea of Coal per Ton at the d e ni
alone of 0
s. d.
Buddle'sWest Hartley 16 0 West Hartley ...... * i 6
i
Byass's Bebside West
s West Wails flci• , 0
Hartley
Davison'. .. .16 0
Cowpen Hartley
Tunstall . ..... •• •
..,!,
le
~F
Holywell 17 6 Gosforth ........ ••
Ships at market, 7 ; sold, 7.
Hart-16 0 Hatton ........ .....::„01,
,i 6

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MILITARY BALLOONING.--Mr. 1"
Virp°l°
will ascend from the Royal Arsenal at ° (1)-
for experimental military purposes. On the 01 l 0.00"
ber it will be inflated with 75,000 cubic feet of gor;s'
Arsenal, and General Sir Richard Dacres of tteteoll.,o
authorities will be present. The troops in gs'o 0519
i
marched some wiles over the country r0adt39,0„,/
give the aeronaut and the scientific committee"toir
company him an opportunity of reconnoitring/
ments.

Births. ,110,`
fit,
iu.,lat Suttons, La" , fcb
DUNDIS.—On the 3d inst., at Carron Hall, f ' 001
the wife of J. Dundee, Esq., of a son. $
„ jo.,_
f I
MURIEL.—On the 3d inst., at Wickham ra, o
s A tuhTeaW.
8011. dic
ifrOonf W.
Gsth. Musrtie' Esq., of a 8011. sooll'
eho
SITAINEIL—On the 4th inst., at Hatehlands, eon
wife of Arthur Holme Sumner, f a 8-- ' pd'
tier, Esq., o 0,,t,
Marriages. 'O, iiri
es or 1,1
BRIGHT--POWELL.—On the 3d inst., t St. e" ' a JO dei,loo
berland, John Henry, eldest son of Dr. ori
late of Cambridge-square, London, to 011: tst"'' ail)!
daughter of Charles Powell, F. f .Abeti'" I'
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—sq., 0
mouthshire. inst., t?rV
BUCHANAN—HUTCHINSON.—On the 3d *-q,401,
Stephen's, Dublin, D. W. R. Buchan°,:pla,ool,
son of Andrew Buchanan, Esq., of Greeifelf AC
shire, N. 8., to the Lady .Kathrine Alicia_ prer
son, daughter of the late and sister of Ow
of Donoughmore. Olt°
TV
Deaths. , 11,
fionief - a
ALLEN.—On the 3d inst, at New Mills, 00
1 Al (t 4
Mr. James on®
aged 60. 00d, - ' 00;
Airscouctu.—On the 2d inst., at Nally UP
Esq , Admiral of the Red. CaP 4
ComBE.-s-On the sth inst., at Cheltenhaah
.e IP
Combe, late Madras N. 1., aged 78. t fool '
~00d
DUMMETT.—On the sth inst., at Loligle° ' of /4
Dunonett, Esq., aged 82.•0P' fOd'
111AB:rm.—Oa the 4th inst., at Tunbridge- 01
Martin, Bart. dlf all, 001
MAGENIS,—On the 4th inst., at Ilarr°l,ed pi. _ I'IP
shire, Richard Wm. Magenis, BNCI., ab., JAPiev
RUTTER,---011 the 6th inst., at hackney'
Rutter, Esq., aged 39.

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IdiddleNCX.,..:Tues4ay, December 8, 1863.