The Sun.
London, England, 1824-04-24 00:00:00

ROBBING A COAL-WHARF.

Boxv-STREET.—,-This day lfrm. Meyncll, one of the fire-
men belonging to the Imperial Insurance-office, was put to the
Bar, charged with robbing the coal-wharf of Mr. Lumly, of
Hungerford, of a quantity of coals, this morning, at a quarter
to four o'clock. The depredations committed uy.on the
merchants is incredible,
,and the case having been sworn t."
by several witnesses, the prisoner was committed fur the ha-
czny, and the parties bound saver to prosecute. The pri:
soner strongly protested his innocence, and called a witnrss to
prove that he found a piece produced; but the Ma.giytrate
informed him that that must rest with a Jury, for th: systZm
must be put down.

BALLOON ASCENT.—On TuesdayaFternoo I, at
twenty-five minutes before five o'clock, Mr. Green, the aero-
naut, made a grand ascent from Halifax, amidst an assembled
concourse of spectators. The balloon was in sight 20 minutes,
.and descended safely with its cargo at 10 minutes past 6 o'clock,
within a short distance of Hornby Castle, the seat of his GrarO
the Duke of Leeds, distant from Halifax 63. miles, travelling
80 miles in the space of 45 minutes ; at one period its altitutic
being two miles from the earth. • Colonel Pullen, of Craii.l
Hall, Kindly, entertained the aeronaut in the most hospitaele
wanner, after which Mr. Green set off post to Halifax, where .
his arrival was hailed by the inhabitants.
A MOST DIsTitrsSING ACCIDENT.--As a gentle-
man named Patten, who had lately retired from his preessional
duties, was driving his 'lady towards his residence en Cghoan-
hill last Wednesday, in attempting to pass Brown's Taua:on
waggon, between the twelfth and thirteenth mile-stone on
Hounslow Heath, on the near side, with a view, it is presumed,
to avoid the dust, but finding there was'notsufficient roorri.
backed, and attempted to proceed on the oir-side; 1.. doing
whiCh, by some accident, the gig became entangled With :+e
chain braces of the waggon, and unfortunately overturned the
gy over tier head, causza•
was precipitated under
the
g instant
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gentleman
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relate,wheele
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plarslssai
passing
thrown underneath the
waggon, but fortunately escaped from persor aliajury but his
state of mind may be more easily conceived than do,cribed-, to
behold his wife a lifeless corpse. The remains of the lady were
conveyed to the Waggon and Horses public-hcuse, Iledibrif„-
, about a mile further on. The waggoner is detained, in cor.Se-
quence of some. alleged negligence, until the result Of the
loner's inquest is known, which will sit this day.
SHOCKING IVIURDERS IN FRANcc..—A horriblp
crime has been committed iii the Commune of is ante Wrne).'
On the night between the 6th and 7th of April, 1.1;
tax-gatherer, 71 years of age, was returning to his horne,:and
had nearly arrived at his door, when he v,.ai assassinated by
the blows of a bludgeon from - two personi. The murderers
possessed themselves of what gold the old .man had, and also
the keys of his secretaire and strong box. At eleven o'clock
they knocked at the house of the . deceased ; his_ wife asked
who was there, and recognizing the voice which anSwered -
her, she opened the door. They. entered, and •inimetliat&y-
struck her se4eral blows on the head. She cried out f_r.
succour, -and while in the act of doing so, they strangled
her and carried her to an adjoining pad, into which 'they.
threw her. There remained in the house two Utile rirls, otw
between three and four years old, the other soven. The elder
escaped, but the other, Which Was god-daughter to one of the as-
sassins, was strangled and thrown into the pond beside its mother.
The wretches robbed the.house of six or seven thousand francs.
The girl who had escaped having given the alarm, the authe_
rities sent proper persOns in search of the presumed authors of
the crime. The notoriousltadignet, who was the goc'dathe: of
a thend
the murdered infant, was taken and conducted to the. l'refec-
ture of Police. Another individual named Avignon, who %Vazi
cousin-german to the unfortunate victim 'of his villainy, ho.;_,
teotreat;rrstroefs,
• been taken in his dwelling at Dance. Half of the money stolen._
17th
from M. Hoye was-fora:den the person of M. Patlignet. These
the
trips
given
up to the disposal of the Proslircur de •
mtiVuordpeerrr,
ainladawreerperaesclmrd-eciiii togl
accordingly
ec
conducted
instant, a child, the son of a man named .Itocti
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—On Monday, the
getting up on a high bank, on the lands of Sars
fieldcourt, perceived a labourer, whom his father
was in the habit of employing, engaged in
a Jamb. The little boy said he would tell his
father, Wien immediately the wretch turned
from the lamb he had been engaged with, said lip
would take care no tales should be told, and
seizing upon the boy, cut his throt, su,:a, how-
ever, not to divide the windpipe. The child is
in much danger, but still lives.—(Cork ..I.eker-
tiser.)