The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

count of the robbery and a description of the person
reached York, the tram had passed, and the information
was forwarded to Normington, in advance of the train.
The station-master at Normington sent instantly for a
police officer, and in the meantime the train had arriVedi
on the officer hearing the description read over he at once
remarked that a man answering the description was
standing on the platform, where he had just passed llia3;
The station-master gave orders to apprehend him, pd
when the officer walked up and seized him by the arm, an;
asked him to walk into the station, he refused, and
considerable force was necessary to get bin] there.
He then refused to ba se:ached, but that was $1
length effected in spite of the resistance he offered,
and the sum of 2031. Bs. found upon him, which Oa-
sisted of two 51. notes, 1921. in gold, and 2115. in silver.
He was then brought back to York by the next train,
and information was transmitted by telegraph to Ga
tes
head that he had been apprehended. The telegraph Was,
put to work about seven o'clock, and at nine, two h°,,gra
afterwards, intelligence was received that the man urt;
been apprehended a hundred and ten miles distant. yr;
the intelligence of Bourne having been apprehendr
reaching Gateshead, Mr. Inspector Little proceeded of
the next train to York, and returned with his prisoner
at halb -peffast one o'clock the following day. ne per
taken ore Mr. Alderman Dunn, and transferred to the
county, when the particulars were laid before Dix OP
Dixon, Esq., and the prisoner was remanded. Bourne,
it seems, is twenty-two years of age, and belongs to
chester, where his wife and family are residing--IVew-
castle Journal.

MARKE T
NEWS.—(YESTERDAV
means large. AU kinds moved
CORN EXCIV3II°Z.
The arrivals of Engl.-h %'b eat have been tolerably gCn't
this week, yet the show of sampleset here to-day was by o''
lay's quotations. The best qualities of foreign iVbest If!".
4eld at full prices, but all other denriPtious met a slow if.
'limy. Most kinds of Barley. except the finest malting, Nett
off steadily at about :doil;
4 dull sale but not cheaper. The Malt trade was doing l!,
..
t bout stationary prices. There was a fair trade doe,
Oats, at the late improvement in value. Beans slid
le rir.
vere quite as dear, but Flour commanded very Title
rentiou.
ARRIVALS.
120 qrs. 150 qrs. "v
I ......
300 I
_........--
Barley. Oats !IV:0
3,520

Wheat.
1,070 qrs.

Envlish • • • •
Irish. • • ......
F, a•eign .. • • • •

1,860

970
4ait, 2,630 ers. •
WHITZOKAPEL. ofrer
Fair average supplies of eLch kind ot meat were o
to-day, yet the demand was steady at very NI! ILA
Beer, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8a; lUd to
5s 4d to 6s 4d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d ; and Pork' 30
53 per Blbs. by the carcase.

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Tits BISHOP OF LONDON'S C°Ndring CO
Tuesday morning the Lord Bishop of Lo
his annual course of confirmations,
Westminster. Prayers were read by teeboiry
i rite wag sloe.
son, M.A. the Rector ; after which the . ihe Bight .
nistered to upwards of 1,900 candid
at at Islington, ; _
Prelate will proceed with his annual docent, in the cou r .
places a .1
Marylebone, Walworth, and the Me
of the current week. : state
that
, ar
AERONAUTICS.—Letters from Pisa
made twenty-.0._.
Italian aeronaut Orlandi, who bas already
__ted thri.7
successful ascents with his balloon, has construe;
~,, 0 to
at. S t..11J.,a0.n
jt easn
i' s e hul
k'
-.for :
id ,:'
secure and give direction to his apparatus. 1'12.5.
quite a new machine, composed of different engin ,Dv
IDETENTION OF THE PENINSULAR MAIL.! oir
day. a notice was issued at the General Post -office, St•fds.
tin's-le-Grand, that the Peninsular mail of the 27th so'iob
tamed, and that letters, &c. would be in time this 1n0r23
the 28th inst.
AAA
Owing to the present state of the money 111- d go
Fthreanrkatfoesr,t,
negotiations in the foreign exchanges were not effecte;ped
toiv3eor.of 'Therefi ollanwd,asHnaomablutergraht,ioannidn
currently as usual, and in many instances bills retn°;eir
tiler higher.
The •
Right Hon. Joseph Planter made his willed
December last, leavm his entire his wife, t
g property to
~.,4 he
has recommended that his papers should be destroYrip' eel
that his wife should &It consult with her son, Ad 000°
Oom,and further obtain the opinion of his esteemed ry 0
Sir Woodbine Parish, as to what it might be necfsgoasrpell
wwihthichthweer: to,
preserve; but where positive directions are left on the roetir
themselves he has requested that they may be most Po
ally executed. • sued ii
No YOUNG NUNS.—The King of Bavaria Is! ,or
decree on the 26th ult. prohibiting women from talcinl'teir4
nastic vows before they have attained their tbirtr of a
year. The ceremony is to take place in the presen2°,,ter
commissary, not a churchman, who has the right o,t_Tiiiiit
rogating the person about to take the vows, and if °P
.....,
tit to put a stop to the whole proceedings.
RTllO'. lk
DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN FARRINGDON"-- driviiig
On Saturday a youth named Williams, while thr°:°l
suddenly carrier's cart along Farringdon-street, was _ ‘wprz
forward upon the road, and before the horse could en
the wheel had pa-sed over both his legs. He Wreaoies
ingly taken to St. Bartholomew's, where he now
a very dangerous condition. n 3,f00/
0
THE ELGIN Man.—At a jury court, °--n.uiity 'fey
week, John Lawrence, butcher in Elgin! Pled.„-wee: to
charge of rioting, on the 26th January lAA a'„„„coitieß'
tenced by Sheriff Cameron, after a suitable num"
Aver
sixty clap,' imprisonment. —lnverness Courier. crdri•— of
[ADVERTISEMENT.)—A CURE OF Alava' 0011Betrell
OF LONG STANDING BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.--"TeSOre thlin, -10 • 1
Temple-street, Bristol, had the liver complaint "; -"ns 00', re-
years ; be was in Bath Hospital several months. but swangt,, bat
weaker state than when he went in. Afterwards s'wejtut.;;;Dlin
cowed the best attention of the medical men at tt°„ri, to I use of
derived no benefit. Being unable to do sufficient ^n",4 the perfed
he returned to his friends at Bristol, and conune- filln - n. -
a WO t, Holloway's Pill:, whili in three m. nths restores
° blisilmen
health. He is now working constantly at his trade I;sta
-,old by all Druggists, and at Professor HolicavrAY - -----
244, Strand, London.

'-*-----the 2d nit., at
11 gal
Army,
theof 42
2odni. nst . , in C Meerut,l
emEinfit htr'esirw3l al: wife
1:r 87.7. ..hi r:::::::
oOrnl
On the 23d inst ,in Suarez-lace, Re ar-r
of Isa Moses, Es.q., ot a son. gen,S, erw_ in: of lilt
Tiny, On theof a 2s4otnh, i Ham.
IV'
the
still-born.nstat Eastbourne-terrace,

Brown. 1451"_

B r tint the 24th
sienxs,t
of a son
11-vl.oalfneld.en A mzql.),leotftO'
On the 24th just
of, t'n Paradise-street, Birrninff"l—'
, the wife of Thorns' .
son.
On the 24th inst.,' aatsSonca. !Trott, Yorkshire, the 'vire 0f
G.
rheld, tbs
On the 25th inst., in Abbey-road.` Regent lid/
of Wilmot Buxton, Esq., of a daughter. 's-park,

ARRlED.wgsietelr
On the 27th inst., at St. Alphege, Greenwich, by the
J. K. Gold ney, chaplain of Green wich Hospital, HenrY is-Ata
Wilson, of the Inner Temple Esq., barrister-at-law, to , 1,,T;
Foostieirt,hoen2l)6-tdhauigrishtt.e,raotfstth.e;liaatrye C,sa, ptain John Fi1ni15071.4
Esq., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, to Mriss.lll.lnlgatrZent 114-I°-"' °I
_.../......
the same place.

DIED. eto
On the 22d inst., at Shibden Hall, near HalifaX, c
_mre,
George Mackay Sutherland, of Aberarder, Inverneaa-P'-
North Britain. J Elliott
On the 23d inst., in Park-road, Regent's-park, .P.
Esq., aged 61. 1301
On the 24th inst., in Cloudesley-square, Colonel G. •
Bengal Native Infantry, aged 61. po Chili
On the 25th inst., at Bath, Arthur Henr on
y, the ,
of Colonel Maclean, 18th Dragoons.

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London: Printed and Published by PifintDO YOUNG. * .
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strand, P:intn '
, at The Sun Office No. 112. Strand, In t_2lol4:' ASO
of the Savoy, in tho County of llddletion, ThUrg."
29, 1547.

MORE POISONINGS IN ESSEX.
Essex,
On Tuesday, at the Witham petty sessions,
held at the White Hart, before a full bench of oasis.
trates, Emma Elizabeth Hume was brought up for find
texamination,twistthevt hae
certain
vie wchoapfrogci
seaoctlios
iwtnoigt
her
ehrihavingshdo es
ah
tahoattempted
ina
st townie,
uos cifti Face:
features of this case resembled that for which Catheri,nans
Foster suffered ut Bury, the greatest anXie;Cnbey
evinced to hear the proceedings, the room in whic„u ,he
took place being crowded by the inhabitants. ve ;ed
taoccugisveed
evidence, their
ctehdeiart
athpepebaarra,otreclantdhethheusband
great diel;
.rity between their ages created much astonishment ; !as
being in her 24th year, while her husband, vibe,
dressed in the garb of a labourer and seemeo he r
cessively weak, is old enough to be her grandfc;-e.'
being fast verging upon his 70th year. From the erleiti
deuce of the old man and several witnesses, it
marriedaPPen
ht
hhuastbsatahnmedyeh eubdseeei
been suffering
itsthhi
teirtvielrielilmnagg. e of Tollesbury, a
ast ia
sonte of the prosecutor and his wife end family residing in
ad
pthlaaitnttheanadceiots 'Jo.. "".h
severely For some
from
ill
accused seemed to flag attending on hale' ha,lheels
appear, from his eonstant.
frequently had words, and twice or Wre
heard to tell him, " Mind you are noto found deadsbe before•
long." In the course of Monday, the sth inst.,
tered him some broth which she had mpde in s and
re-
He tasted it, and finding the flavour rather strc°s- the
fused to take it. She took it down stairs, anv the
wife of his son, Sarah Hume, saw her eirPtd Der'
broth out of the basin, and on wiping it roue per-
broth to
ceived a white sediment at the bottom. Previnuased
this, however, it should be ebserved, that the 113 e"
had remarked to her husband that she had been PeOn
suaded to pisen him, but had not done it as Yet..., the
Wednesday, the 7th inst., the wife of the son, :9;pl, sba
prisoner making two pills of flour and water, c'"-pen to
said she was going to take that night. She els: 51,-
put them in a small box. On the following nig.-fi she
wished to give her husband two large pills, wbwictrier
said were good for the liver complaint, as Tow Warier
had told her so. The husband declined to take "-.0%
and she observed that it was no use bur it.
medicine for him, as he would not 010_44
She replaced the pills in the box, and the next Oros;
she again presented them to him and beggee° tool
he would swallow them. He still refused, and 313,, were
angry words in trying to persuade him. The Pih‘, oleo
subsequently delivered by her to the son, who Wll'ooo
into the hands of the police on the prisoner being.ied
the
into custody. The man Warner, previously allan,
deposed that he never recommended any pills cir.lie
accused as being good for the liver complaint ~,e ser-
Phillips, an operative and analytical chemist in ''jod.
vice of Mr. Dawson, a surgeon in the neighT7c,s rof
said that, in connexion with Mr. Cooper, a Pr°eted the
chemistry in the Blackfriars road, he had sobr-„stigtr
pills to an analysis. He had found them to coach-was
of lead to the extent of 26 grains. Sugar of lee' b
poison, and a dose of 26 grains might produce deat •i„ra
Mr. Dawson used to prescribe for the prosecutor..st
had beard her say when she came to the surgery, that
she hoped that would be the last medicine she W°,lz,A
hare to fetch for her husband, for that if he were de
she would be a happy woman. The chairman,to
duly cautioning her, asked her if she had anytbiot
say? She answered, that she was in the workbotw
with her husband when the pills were sent home; thcg •
postman brought them, and left them at some Pil"';il
whete they were taken away. The chairman told
that it was the duty of the bench to commit her or
at the ensuing assizes. She seemed little affected
announcement. On leaving she wisbed to sPetedak
bthh
ryoei
aru
tlshee,
to her husband, but the police int fered sod Preven
her. In the course of the eveningershe
was conveyed to