The Sun.
London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

THE. ATTEMPTED
.MURDER .0F,—.....
SUPERINTENDENT HILL. . . -N
WEsTON. SUPER-MARE, SATURDAY, Nov. 27.—The ')
Magistrates brought the examination of the man Thos.
Cann, for robbery, with intent to murder the Surer-
intendent of Police, to a close yesterday evening.
Th facts deposed to were as follow, and will be
see to differ in many respects from the statement of
the case originally put foeth. Cann, who was a
journeyman smith, had some time ago been suspected - '
of stealing an iron pot from a sale room, and having
forined an opinion in his mind that the superintendent
had originated the accusation (which the latter de-
nieS), had long owed him a grudge. The officer was • -,
lira called in, on the night in question, to eject the
pril3oner and another man from a house where they :.:
had been quarrelling. After this he had occasion to
inthrfere with the sar.ie parties several times, in con- .
sequence of their making disturbance in different parts '
of the town. He last saw Cann at the bottom of Gas-- . -
strbet, when observing he was about to return for the .:
pufrpose of renewing a quarrel, he ordered him to go
holm.. and pointing towards home, said, "that is your
wity." He made no attempt to strike him with his
staff, as incorrectly ;stated, and had scarcely spoken •
the words, when Cann drew a clasped knife, and
r4hing upon him in a very savage manner, stabbed . '
hi kh twice in the breast, near to the heart, after
Odell he ran away. 'The superintendent was picked •
inin a bleeding state and carried into the Plough
, when some surgeons were called in and his
unds dressed. One of the witnesses examined was •
police constable, belonging to the Railway Com-
.ny, and he stated that at about the time of the of- ..
ce he saw the prisoner run. away and hide himself •
a field. He afterwards heard some one any he had
bbed a man, and believed he had killed himself,
'd if he had not he would do so ; but as heceuld not '
r it was the prisoner, his evidence was not admitted.
nn was fully committed to Shepton Mallet Gaol
'eke his trial for the capital offence:

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}RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
! LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 27.
rinOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lance-
r°, and Cheshire 31/. Shares, (late C. and B.) 171,4--
burgh and Glasgow, 47—Great Western, Quarters,.
.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late M. 8., and B.) 8 dis.—
tto, Fifths, 14 dis.—London and North-Western, 154
tto, Fifths, 10 %p.—London and North-Western, Wenches-,
, and Birmingham, 60—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
re, Quarters, No. 1 Iguaranteed 7% per cent. till 1853),
p.—Ditto, Eighths, 314 dis.—Ditto, Prefercnce. %P.—
dland, 110—Ditte, 40/. Shares, 4'2 c.—Ditto, Halves,
dis.—Newcastle and Carlitile, 10014—North British,
irds, 3s. 9d. p- —Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire,
eference (guaranteed 8 per cent.), 365. 3d. pr.—s4lllk"
stern and Dover, New, No. I (issued at 18 dis.), 41% dia.--
tto, No. 4 (issued as One-third Shares, at 6 2-3ds dis.),.
35.• 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, (N. and 13.),
ln. 2, 214 p.—York and North Midland, 1.53.
', MANCHESTER, Nov. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting",
km, and Boston, 115.16—801t0n, Clitheroe, &C., (A), 4
is 72,
.—Eastern Counties, 16k—East Lancashire, New, '7B
O.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, tto,
Fifths, 3.16 n. dis.--D
xteenths, 614—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle June-
n,i 2 1-16 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham,
Quarters
8), 41/2 p.—Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, Pre-
i'ence, 3-16 p.— Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln/shire), 5 die.
-North British, Extension, 1-16 p.—Ditto, T 411 hirds, .
orth Staffordshire, 5-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, •
o. 4,21 i, dis.—Yerk, Newcastle, and Berwick, Extension,
o. 2,13 i p.
BIRMINGHAM., NOVEMBER 27.
STOCK EECHANGE.—The sales are—Birmingham, W°lver.
tmpton, and Stour Valley, 31s. 3d. dis. —North Stafford-
lire, Bs. 9d. dis.—Shrophire Union, 2/.65. 3d. dis.—Eastern
ounties, 16%.