The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-23 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a Mrs. Richardson, the mother of five
ctohiladprpcityi, craotrne before
relieffron.llr.
llthSewprAuniiEsl;
of Newington.
She stated that her husband, who was a commercial
traveller, was killed about two years ago in Scot-
land, by the upsetting of a mail-coach. Since the
fatal event she and the family have been in great
distress, as they were solely dependent upon him for
their support. The poor woman here produced a
pocket-book, crammed with duplit.ateN of articles
that she had pledged; and the lust thing she took

out of her lodging was thcir only bed., awl -they vi-cre
now obliged to eieup on a straw . mattress, with
scanty clothes to cover them, this serefe weal her.
Her eldeet daughter was 1; Trar,t of age, and :dm-
trorked from.fire o'clock in the stitiruit”; until night
at night stitching stays, and all she got 1,1%' Gil. a
day for her labour.
The Magistrates gave the poor widow tempat-tny
relief, awl 'he Was directed to attend to-Incrrtw-
(thhi day) before the officers of the parish, iu order
that soma arrangement might be cutarcd into, either
in sending her and all her family to Yol.l:s)ire, her
natire place, or allowing them a sufficient relief Irhile
they remained in Newington..

ROBBERY AT THE TOWN-HALL, VILE-

END OLD TOWN.

A robbery and burglary, in its extent and liare
hood unparalleled of late years, when the nwrib(,
of individuals on the premises (no less than ZiOk)) at
the time of its perpetration is considered, was yes
terday morning committed at the Tove;t-hell and
workhouse of te hamlet of Mile-end Old Tovrn,
the Mile-end-road.
Between fire and six o'clock on the above morn-
ing, some burglars penetrated one of the outer shut-
ters of the hall-door window, by means 'of ce:ntre-
bits, and removed a portion of the timber
Having accomplished this, they at once hastei4i to
the Committee-room, where the cash for relieving
the external poor was usually kept, with the ex-
pectation of securing it ; but in this they were dis-
appointed, it having been removed on the previous
night to Miss Mudge's, the mistress's, ieom. From
the Committee-room they proceeded to Miss
Mudge's bed-chamber, in going to which they had
to pass six several doors leading to the rooms where
the servants of the institution slept ; but, to guard
against any interruption from them, they took the
precaution of fasteningthem in, for which, th,e bolts
being on the outside of the doors, ei'ery facility` was
afforded. While engaged in this part of their ope-
rations, they were frequently threatened by the in-
mates, but of this they were regardless. After•this
they, by main force, burst in the bed-roorn door of
the mistress. On entering the apartment, they
hastened to Miss Mudge's bed-side, and puttiig a
dark lantern close to her face, asked where was the
gold ? She answered that there was none in' the
house. They than, with dreadful imprecutionc, one
of them swearing that he would blow her brains out
if she even murmured, demanded her keys; thud
were given to them by a young girl who lay in , the
same apartment, by Miss Mudge's desire ; and, aster
remaining for some time, they perceived us tea-board
on which was piled 1251. in silver, which was pm-
sided for the payment of the poor, and this they
poured into a sack; and having secured a draft on.
Barclay's bank for 71. ISs. 9d., and a policy of in-
surance in the Sun Fire-office, they departed with
their spoil, leaving the lantern behind them, and
lighting themselves down with a rushlight. Forty
pounds reward is offered for their discovery. •

NQUEST ON MR. EAGLESTONE, THE

KEEPER OF GREENWICH PARK.

Yesterday forenoon, at twelve, Mr. CA tITTAR.
and a highly respectable Jury assembled in the Com-
puting Room, at the Royal Observatory, in Green-
wich-park, to investigate the circumstances con-
nected with the melancholy death of Mr. John
Eaglestone, the late park-keeper.
Henry Eaglestone sworn—The deCeased was 'my
brother, and was 35 years of age; he was park-
keeper, and had the care of all the deer. A little
before nine o'clock on Thursday morning, he asked
me for his powder-horn, which I gave him, and he
primed his rifle gun, and went out for the purpose
of killing a doe for the Princess. I followed him
with a knife to cut the deer's throat, when, on
reaching the garden-gate adjoining the orchard, he
told me to put the knife into my pocket, and return
and get my breakfast, which I did, and my brotl:er
proceeded into the garden. I had not been in *the
cottage above two minutes, before I heard the re-
port of a gun, when I instantly ran out with a knife,
thinking he had shot the doe, when on passing tl,e
privy in the garden, I saw some smoke coming out
from the roof and door, which was ajar. I opened
it quite, when I saw the deceased sitting on the
seat, with his head blown off nearly, and the gun
between his legs, arid the place deltiged with blood.
I instantly alarmed my sisters, and ran. for surgical
assistance.

The Foreman—Are you aware or any circum-
stance that preyed on his mind ? Witness—Yes,
Sir, he had of late neglected his duty very much,
and he was fearful of meeting Mr. Buck, the Frin-
ccsa's steward.

One of the jurors knew of his own knowledge
hat the unfortunate deceased had been for some

time previous to his death very absent in his mind.
A warrant had been sent to him to kill some deer
for the Royal table at Windsor, and he kept it in
his pocket many days without attending to the order.
John Garlick, the carpenter of the Royal Obser-
vatory, spoke to the unsound state of the deceased's
mind, which in his opinion was chiefly brought on
by drinking.
Tha Jury returned a verdict, " That the deceased
shot himself, being at the time in a state of tempo-
rary derangement."