The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-08 00:00:00

11ATTON-GARDEN.

On 'Wednesday evening Thomas Amen, a boy, eleven
years of age, was brought before Mr. ROGERS, in the
custody of Richard Bayliss, charged -by Mrs. Mary Cum-
mings, a widow lady, residing at No. 2, King's•terrace,
Bagnigge Wells-road, with having stolen a gold watch,
value seventy guineas.

Mr. Daniel Cockburne, tobacconist and schoolmaster,
residing at No. 3, Guildford-place, -Clerkenwell, was also
placed at the bar, charged with having received the same,
knowing it to have been stolen, under the following extra-
ordinary circumstances
It appears that on • Wednesday morning last Mr. Jef-
fries, a gold-refiner, of Hatton-garden, attended at thisoffice,
and
gave information that on the preceding evening
a boy, about eleven years of age, called atlis house, and
Offered a patent gold repeater for sale to one of his ser-
vants fore eighteen pence. The boy quitted the place, and,
on hearing of the circumstance, and liaving no doubt that
'a robbery bad been committed, lie felt it to be his -duty to
give information at this office.
Bayliss examined the police report, and ascertained that
a gold watch had been stolen from the dwelling-house of
the prosecutrix, and he proceeded immediately to her resi-
dence, .wherehe was informed that a toy had been there
on a message, and shortly after he quitted the house the
watch was missing,. and on further inquiry he-ascertained
that his. name was Thomas Ansell, and he lived with his
mother at No. 24, Porter-street, Long-acre, to which place
he repaired and saw the boy, who was very agitated, and
confessed that he had stolen the watch, and had sold it to
Mr. Cockburne, tobacconist, of No. 3, Guildford-place,
Bagnigge 'Wells-road, for Is. 6d. Bayliss took him' into
custody, and then proceeded to the house"of the prisoner
Cockburne, whom he found at home; and on questioning
him he confeised having purchased the watch from Ansel!,
for Is. 6d. He took him into -custody, and on searching
him he found the watch in his fob.

Mrs. Cummings, being sworn, stated that she kneW the
prisoner Ansell's mother. On Tuesday morning last the
prisoner called at her house with a message, and, having no
suspicion ofhis dishonesty, she sent him up stairs to the draw-
ins,. room fora an article. He shortly afterwards returned
and sat in the parlour, when he appeared exceedingly agi-
tated, and said he was in a hurry to return home. Soon
afterwards she had reason to enter her chamber, which ad-
joins the drawing room, when she missed the watch, which
had previously. .Ing over the mantel place; but she then
had no suspicions of ,the.prisoner until the officer culled upon
her to make inquiries. His friends were respectable.
Mr. ROGERS inquired the value of the watch? Mrs.
Cummings—Seventy guineas ; it was a patent gold re-
peater, and had been left to her by her deceased Either.
The prisoner . Ansell said he heard the watch' ticking
when he went to the drawing-room, and took it' away 'and
sold it for is. Gil. to the prisoner Cadlibutne.

Mr. ROGERS asked Cockburne what he was ? Cock-
burne—l am a tobacconist, and I also keep a school' •
Mr.• ROGERS—What have you to say to the charge?
Cockburne—l do not deny having bought the watch. for
Is. 6d. of the boy, but I thought it was a Brummagem toy.
I have a wife and child (a girl), and I thought it would
serve .her to play with..
Mr. ROGERS—How can you stand there and tell me
such lies ? .The very weight and appearance of the watch
belies you. It was your duty to have stopped the boy and
given Shim into custody. Cockburne—l can assure your
Worship that I am telling the truth.
Mr. ROGERS—I really have not heard of so bad a case
ever since I have sat in the Chair of Justice, and I shall
not part with you easily? Prisoner—l can procure bail,
your Worship ; lam .respectable. My father has been in
the Post,office thirty-seven years.
Mr. RocEits—l am afraid that you Will be in some office
before we have done with 'you. I can tell you, if I receive
bail at all, it must be very heavy bail.
Prisoner—l can procure bail. to any amount. He said
that the servant told him a boy was in the shop, and wanted
to sell the watch for Is. 6d., and he bought it without look-
ing at the inside, and he assured Mr. Rogers that it was
his impression that it was a mere toy. •
Mrs. Cummings said that there was a guard, and ,sealat-
tached to the watch.

Bayliss proved having found the watch in the prisoner
COckburne s possession. He did not hesitate when he was
questioned as to purchasing the watch.

Mi.. ROGERS told the p-rosecutrix that the recovery of
the watch was entirely owing to the intelligence and ac-
tivity of Bayliss the officer; who could not be too highly
praised or rewarded, and he remanded both the prisoners,
who were, in the eourse, of the evening, taken to prison by
Waddington, the gaoler.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER SIR JOHN GIBBON,. BART., THE
MAGISTRATE.—Francis Morgan, a waggener, was vester-
day brought before Mr. LAING, in the custody of Daniel
Coddle, 121 H, and Joseph Clements, a constable of the E
division, charged with having been concerned in peachinff on
the estate of Sir John Gibbon, Bart:, of • Staines, and'at-
tempting to murder him.
Mr. Gibbon, son of Sir John Gibbon, attended the exa-
mination. It appeared that about five years ago a gang of
poachers entered the park of the prosecutor at Staines in
the course of the , night, when a desperate affray ensued
between them and the gamekeepers, and Sir John GibT)on,
On being awoke from his sleep, dressed himself and ltal-
tened to their assistance, when he seized upon one of their
assailants, on which the prisoner made a moss despera:tct-
blow at his head with the butt end of a gun, which, how-
ever, missed him, and the gun was shattered to pieces through.
the violence of the blow. The prisoner then made an, r,t-
tempt to shoot him, but it missed fire, and Coddle, who was
at' that time in the service of Sir John, and had been for
Some time engaged in the conflict, gave him a violent blow
with a bludgeon which stunned him. Ultimately several of
thu poachers were apprehended, but the prisoner and others
escaped. -ThOse in custody; together with others who
were known, were indicted, found guilty, and sentenced
to transportation, but the prisoner had ever since eluded
the vigilance of the police until Wednesday last, when Cod-
dle and Clements received information that he was em-
ployed as a WindSer waggoner, and was in the habit of
stopping at • Hermes' waggon.-:office, in Eirringdon-street,
where they awaited his arrival, and took him into custody.
Mr. LAING inquired whether the prisoner could b(
identified

Coddle replied that he knew him well, and he eon]
swear that. he was the same man that made the blow at S
John Gibbon, and fired at him. .

The prisoner denied the charge, saying that he bad bec
taken for another person, and that Coddle was wrong.

Mr. LAING ordered that information should he imrn
diately for Warded to Sir John Gibbon, at Staines, of
prisoner's apprehension, which Mr. Gibbon said should

attended to, and the prisoner was remanded.
Mr. Harmes, of Farringdon-street, shortly afterwa.
came to the office, and, being introduced to < Mr. I,Ar.
he stated that he knew, the. prisoner for the last. six years
the driver of a Windsor waggoq, and he could prove t
he was not the guilty party. .
Mr. LAING—He has been sworn to, and indicted
seVeral other persons, for a most outrageous attack u
a gentleman, whose life was almost sacrificed, and 11
remanded.

Mr. Harntes said that he knew the person whom
wanted—it was 'Aaron Morgan, the prisoner's brother,
had ever since the transaction took place kept Cut. o
Ivay, to evade justice.

A gentleman of the . name , of Haggard, hold
leading situation in the Bullion Office at the Bai
England, has committed to Press, and sent forth t
public, " Some .Remarks on the English Coinage," in •
under cover of discussing chemically the best mater'
the alloy of gold coin, and commercially the proper a
of seignorage upon either of the two more precious 1.
he gives his feeble aid to the nostrum of an altera
the standard of value from a gold to a silver un'
the consideration of this momentous question, Mr
bard's suggestions will, doubtless: receive all the at
they merit .; but, lest it should be imagined, from • -
tion he occupies in a great public establishment, tl
countenance is given by the Bank to schemes so p,
involving such hazardous experiments as are advo
his " Remarks," it is clue alike to the public and
Company to state, as we are able to do upon author
not only has the publication in question received i.
ragement froM the 'heads of that establishment,
no communication of the intentions of the aut
reached them, until the results of his lucubrations
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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1836.

'We this day present our readers with some rich
Ey'ecimens of the consistent bearing of that most con-
sistent of journals, the Times, towards the Coryphwus
of the Tory party, Sir ROBERT PEEL. For these
dainty morceaus, which will be found elsewhere, we
are indebted to a Morning Contetnporary. They con-
sist of the most vulgar and unmeasured abuse of the
Right Hon. Baronet, who is denied talent—denied
principle—denied. prudential conduct and ordinary
knowledge—dwaied, in short, every thing but that
which it is discreditable to a Statesman to possess.
Not one solitary virtue can the Times—of course, we
are speaking of the Times of some four or five years
back--discover in this most incompetent Tory. Both
morally and politically speaking, he is h3yond hope of
redemption. His " candour " is a farce ; his " li-
b,;rality" is a lie ; he "is a specimen of the
7mcrest common-place naturß ;" a " peddling- in-
interloper ;" a mean political sycophant, who " can
crouch, or twist, or turn his back on himself more
skilfully than ally other Tory leader." What is he now
in the estimation of our high-minded Contemporary?
The pride, the boast, the ornament of the party whom
he honours by his support—the Corinthian capital of
Toryism—nay, the very key-scone of the fabric, which,
removed or displaced, it would infallibly tumble to
pieces.
,Not a sewierice escapes his lips, but deserves
to be engraved :AA adamant. As for his high, unsullied
sense of ho:ilour—his lofty superiority to all ignoble
motives— -never does the Tithes allude to this feature
in the, Right Hon. Baronet's character,- hut it falls
into the most elaborate extacies of admiration. There he
iS, juoth our Cotemporary, with the Tamworth Mani-
ies'to in his hand—that unequalled document, which " will
throUcrh time and be coeval with eternity." Mark
"him well, Tories! 'Take strictest heed to all he says;
imitate closely all he does; if he votes, do you vote
too ; if he abstains from a division, do you abstain
from it too ; have no opinions—no feelings of your
own ; but surrender up judgment.:.—prejudice—and
reflection into the keeping of your immaculate chief-
tain I If you do not act in this way, you are lost.
It was your daring to think for yourselves last session
that has reduced you to your present deplorable con-
dition. For God's sake, then, be wiser in future ; and
either see with the eyes—hear with the ears—and speak
with the voice of Sir R. PEEL, or else consent to be
for ever extinct as a party. Such are the exhortations
which the ',limo for some days past has been (pi-