The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-07 00:00:00

ATTEMPT ♦T MURDER,

MONDAY AFTERNOON.—To-day, at twelve o'clock at
noon, a man of the name of Woodward, a joiner, resid-
ing at \Yellow in the north of this county (Nottingham-
shire), was brought in the custody of the police to the
county gaol, charged with having attempted to murder
a female, of the name of Hind, a widow, with whom he
had been cohabiting. `Yellow is a village about ten
miles from Worksop, and the same distance from the
towns of Newark and Southwell, and it appears that for
s length of time past the prisoner has been separate from
his wife, and has resided with his unfortunate victim.
The horrible deed was evidently a premeditated act,
from the circumstance of his taking with him, on going
to bed on Monday night last, a knife, which he placed
under his pillow. At half-past six o'clock in the
morning the man and woman quarrelled, when the
wretch took the knife and inflicted upon the poor woman
a dreadful wound in her throat, which extended several
Inches from right to left. She instantly jumped out of
•betl, and ran down stairs screaming" Murder," the blood
:at the same time flowing profusely from the wound.
`i•he wretch ran away half undressed, and without any
stockings on his legs. The villagers being alarmed, a
s.urgron was sent for, who sewed up the wound, and a
pursuit of the murderer ensued, but for some time with-
out success. On Friday morning, however, he was dis-
covered crawling from under a hay-stack, in his own
parish, almost famished. He was immediately appre-
hended, and conveyed before the Rev. E. Dawkins, a
magistrate of the county. The woman being alive, but
without hope of recovery, the man has been committed
to the county gaol for further examination. To elude
detection by his footsteps being traced, it has since been
found that the artful villain had walked backwards into
the stack yard, so that the marks of his feet upon the
soft soil did not betray his hiding place. Since his
apprehension, he has admitted that he went into Willow
Wood, and lay there a day and a night, with a view of
attacking a farmer, whom he knew to be in the habit of
passing through it, and his intention was to rob and
murder him; the farmer, however, having heard of the
attempt to murder, and knowing that Woodward was a
bad character, having fears lest he should meet in the
wood, actually went a long way round, instead of going
through the wood, and thereby, no doubt, saved himself
from a brutal attack.

APPREHENSION OF SUSPECTED BURGLARS AT
WooLwicii.—During the past week, various acts of burglary
have taken place at Woolwich, and hitherto the police have
been unable to obtain any clue to the thieves. Sunday
evening, between six and seven o'clock, police-constable
Gladwin, as active officer of the R division, on duty in plain
clothes, observed two suspicious looking men near the shop
of Mr. Dixon, a furniture broker, in POWi3- street. The better
to observe their movements, and without being himself per-
ceived, Gladwin concealed himself behind the pillar of a
shop door opposite, and observed the prisoners trying to force
the door. The prisoners, however, had a fellow with them
who acted as " touter" or scout, and this man, on observing
the constable, gave an alarm, and the thieves immediately
desisted from their attempts on the house. Gladwin, how-
ever, perceiving that it was useless to watch the thieves
fnrther, immediately darted from his hiding place, and seizing
two of them by the collar, took them into custody. The
third ran off. Gladwin having lodged his prisoners safely in
the station-house, proceeded in search of the third, whom he
succeeded in capturing. The prisoners gave the names of
Tapner, Reed, and Mumford. On their persons were found
a number of skeleton keys of various sizes, calculated to pick ,
any of the common locks. A small crowbar was also found
upon one of them. There is great reason to believe they
form part of a gang which has carried on very extensive de-
predations in that neighbourhood.
WIGTOW ri SHIRE POLITICS.--A correspondent in
Wigtownshire says, "An active canvass has been carried on
in this county by Mr. Robert Stewart, eldest son of Stair
Stewart, Beg., of Glasserton, for the representation of the
shire' on the Conservative interest. This has induced our
present Member, Cap'. Dalrymple, to issue an address to his
constituents, in which he declares for the t• tal and imme-
diate repeal of the corn laws. He has also been making per-
sonal calls. As Sir Robert Peel's return to power will, in all
probability, lengthen the existence of the present Parliament,
this premature canvassing will doubtless cease. We hear
that it is the intention of Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., of Loch-
naw, to oppose Sir John M‘Taggart, M.P., at the next elec-
tion for the Wig:own district of burghs; but we do not
know whether the rumour by correct or not.—Dumfries
Courier.

IMPROVEMENTS AT ROSENEATIL—Sir James J. R.
Mackenzie had this year laid down 30,000 yards of drains
with stones, and the number is daily increasing. The new
garden, which is in an excellent situation, and has a good
exposure, together with the pleasure-grounds, which are
tastefully laid out, will, when completed, make Roseneath
one of the most delightful seats in the north.—/nresiness
C.,urier.
THE FULHAM WATERMEN.-0n Monday the Bishop
of London gave his annual dinner to the waternten of Ful-
haw. At one o'clock in the afternoon they sat down to a
repast of good old English fare, consisting of roast and boiled
beef, mutton, and plum-pudding, together with a plentiful
supply of excellent ale. The entertainment was set out in the
hall of the Bishop's residence at Fulham, and his Lordship
honoured his guests by saying " grace." The custom is said
t> have originatel front a former Bishop's son having been
saved from drowning on this day.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—THREE LIVES LOST.
is with much regret we state that of two market-boats
which left Falmouth on Saturday afternoon last, on their re-
turn to Porthalla, St. Keverne, one of them unfortunately
went down in a squall, and the three men in it were
drowned. The accident happened in Falmouth Bay, no great
distance from Bendennis. The deceased were named Sampson
Ilill, and William and John Tripcony, brothers. Hill was
about to be married. John Tripcony was unmarried, but his
brother has left a widow and two children to bewail his lo,s.
When the boat missed its companion, it was immediately put
about, but nothing of the lost boat could be seen but a loose
spar or two. Two women were in the boat which weathered
the squall, who became so alarmed that they were landed at
Crab Quay, on Pendinnis, and they walked home. This me-
lancholy accident has cast a gloom over the neighbourhood
in which the deceased resided, where they were greatly re
spected. Efforts have been made to raise the boat and find
the bodies, but hitherto without success.—Falmouth Packet. -
RAILWAYS AND CoasTEas.—The South Western
Railway was for the first time made use of yesterday for the
conveyance of an entire ship's cargo from Southampton to
London. It consisted of the first portion of a freight of 1,100
boxes of oranges, brought by the Eleanor, from Fayal, and
consigned to Messrs. Keeling and Hunt, in Monument-yard,
By this means not only has the fruit been obtained in a state
more suitable to the market, but a great saving in the outlay
of conveyance has been effected; and having discharged her
cargo, the Eleanor will return for a fresh freight on Friday,
instead of being detained for a fortnight or three weeks, as
would have been the case had she come round to the port of
London. It has been estimated that the expenses of nearly
601. are incurred on the voyage to and from Southampton
and London for a vessel of 100 tons burthen, which may be
avoided by discharging her cargo at the former port. By
the contract the cases will be delivered at one charge from
Southampton and the terminus at Vauxhall to Monument-
yard, and altogether the saving by this mode of conveyance
will average less by thirty shillings per ton than the general
charge of London freight. The majority of vessels bringing
fruit to the London market arrive at seasons the most de-
structive to shipping, and the records of Lloyd's show no
less than 1,375 casualties to have occurred in the navigation
between the Isle of Wight and the river Thames in the
seven years from 1837 to 1843, of which 499 lost anchors and
cables, 560 got aground but were recovered, 260 were en-
tirely wrecked, the crews and passengers being saved, whilst
56 vessels were totally lost with all or several of the crews
and passengers.

BURGLARIES AT WlNDBoa.—Between Saturday
night and early on Sunday morning, three houses were
broken into in the town of Windsor, and various property
carried away by the burglars from each. There is very little
doubt, front the back premises of the e being contiguous,
divided only by brick walls, that tffe-three robberies were
committed by the same parties, who were evidently well ac-
quainted with the localities. The house of Mr. Alderman
Tebbott, in Sheet--street, which was entered by forcing open
the shutters of the kitchen window, was plundered of a
variety of articles, consisting of silver table, salt, and tea-
spoons, silver tops from off dinner castors, gold and silver
moneys, &c. There is no doubt if the thieves had not been
disturbed by Mrs. Tebbott, who, hearing a noise in the house,
get up and opened the window to call the police, a vast quan-
tity of valuable articles of plate which was in the drawing-
ro&n weuld have been carried off: The house of Mrs. Seeker,
a widow lady, resit:ling in Park-street, was plundered of a
watch and other property- ; and also the house of i%liss Ilaines,
of Sheet-street, adjoining Mr. Tebbott's. The robberies are
sueeoeed to have been committed by Windsor thieves.
UHF. RECENT FLEE AND Loss OF TAFF. AT PAD-
DiNG, roN.—On Monday, at a late hour Mr. Wakley,
l,el an inquest at the Lord Ilill, North-wharf-road, near
t terininni of the Great Western Railway, on the bodies of
Jolla Wain, bricklayer's carter, aged 24 years, and Mary
Ana, his wife, aged 21, who unhappily perished in the recent
calamitous tire in Cambridge-place, Junction-read, Pad -
4ington. It appears that deceased was carter to Messrs.
chas. Bell
had
brickmakers, South-wharf, Paddington.
The jury having been duly sworn, proceeded* to view the
bodies, which lay at the bone-house adjoining Paddington
Church, situated on the green in the Harrow-road. They
preeented a sad spectacle, the extremities beiag consumed,
and the whole of toe tissue of their frame being materially
injured by the action of the fire. Upon the return of
the cry, the first witness called was Mrs. Eliza-
beth Pryer, laundrywoman, 23, Cambridge-place, Grand
du:lesion-road, who deposed that she went to bed shortly
after eleven o'clock, on the night of Friday last, and that
at that hour she left a few lucifers upon the top of the
save, and a quantity of clothes in the room. Soon after one
o'eloek she was alarmed by cries of " Fire," and instantly she
get out of bed and called as loud as she was able to the other
p .mons on the premises. She thou ht this hail the effect of
arousing them, and, upon inquiry, was considered all were
out of the building,w telt, in a short time was on fire from
the bottom to the to ,
several neighboursto She screamed out, and this brought
ter aid, and through them the furniture
and effects in the lower part of the premises were removed to
paces of safety. It was some time after the fire was at its
height that witness ascertained
any Of her lodgers were
!turned to death. Three of the
enfiremen belonging to the
London Fire engine Fwattaigiashpmpeartedhaving deposed to the
finding of the bodies,
nnanto have fallen from one
inmeoeusly declared their
of the upper floors, the jury
opinion that no further evidence was
quently, a verdict of "Accidental death ~ewasuariy.-, and, conse-
CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,—A. CirCUMSettaulle:l•
very
suspicious-looking. at first, bug which afterwards turned out
a
most curious afftur, happe.ted in a very respectable inn t
p,i•tft ou Saturday night. The landlord, on entering one aof
the rotme,
heard a noise j.receeding from the chimney, and
oil examining to diecover the cause, staggered back, as if
the legs of a man dangling over
then terstruck, °beet ving
the grate, in which, however, there was no tire. Recovering
fret his astonishment, he rushed Mrward, and, seizing the
lege desperately pulled at them until he brought down the
Caput of a very respectable-looking personage, only he was
ivered with soot. The intruder not giving a very good
account of himself, was handed over to the police, as sus •
peeled of having iatended to rob, and was on Monday
brought to the bar for trial. The surprise of the Court may
he imagined, as well as that of the landlord, when one of
h's female servants appeared, and intimated that the prisoner
was her lawartti
tied only a fully-married husband—they having been mar-
visit from Dundee, nflvieapre he vious—who had come to pay her_ a
husband was irnmediarell was
at
located. The
present
and arm with his sprighti btniased, and left the Court arm
tterhalf.—Edinburgh Advertiser.
The Marquis
nobility and gentry connectl'4ll'l,l7, and the leading
have unanimously come forward'atoit; th. county of Chester,
the refuge ofjuvenile offenders, witiimvide an inatitntion for
Lion. This praiseworthy object bi toabrew to their reforma-
tributions of the aristecracy, and moenottliinthed bY the con-
subscribers, so that the prospective estaip-t'-, a'', annual
maintained in its efficiency. •ioulaent auv

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 6.
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE PRATT AND ROME.

These bankrupts, who carried on business as builders,
at Addison-road and Notting-bill, came up to pass their
last examination.

Mr. LEE now applied, on behalf of the petitioning
creditor, in respect of the proof, it having been doubted
at the last meeting whether it had been admitted. Mr.
Lee now said that he had ascertained that the proof was
signed by the registrar and official assignee, but not by
the Commissioner ; and one of the bills of exchange was
missing, which had, it appeared, in the confusion of so
many cases, been handed over to some person in Court,
and had travelled about for some time till it again reached
his (Mr. Lee's) hands, some time after.

Mr. Graham, the official assignee, sari that he had no
doubt of the petitioning creditor having been sworn
as he went through the list.
Mr. LEE suggested that the petitioning creditor should
be sworn to the fact.

Mr. Lincoln was then sworn. He said he verily be-
lieved that he was, but was not confident.
The proof was admitted.

The bankrupts were not prepared with their accounts,
and excused, on the ground that there had been a fire
on their premises, which had burnt some of the books,
and, therefore, they had to obtain accounts from dif-
ferent persons.

Mr. LEE said that bankrupts could not compel the de-
livery of accounts by creditors, but that the Court would,
if necessary, call upon them to be examined.
The Learned COMMISSIONER directed that-the accounts
should be made up by the accountant from the statements
of the bankrui t, to be filed within a fortnight, the exami-
nation being adjourned for one month.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
OLD COURT.
(Before the RECORDER.)
BANK NOTE ROBBERY.— Charles Bowen and George
Lake, described in the calendar as waiters, on the open-
ing of the Court this morning, were placed at the
bar on the charge of stealing 15 bank notes of the
value of 1504 tho property of the Rev. William Price
Lewis; also John Dancock, likewise described as a waiter,
and George Bates, a jeweller, charged with feloniously
receiving the same, well knowing them to have been
stolen.

Messrs. Bodkin and Ballantine appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Wilde for the prisoner Lake, and Mr.
Payne for Bates.
Mr. BODKIN stated the case to the jury, the facts of
which are given in the evidence of the following witnesses
called by the Learned Gentleman.
The Rev. Win. Price Lewis, a clergyman in Wales,
with several clerks of the banking-house of Messrs.
Glynn and Co., proved that the former, the prosecutor,
on the 28th of November last, cashed a cheque at the
banking-house named, for 1501. On Mr. Lewis return
ing to his apartments in the Trafalgar Hotel, Charing-
cross, he locked the notes in his portmanteau, and went
out. On his return at night he discovered on examina-
tion that his money had been abstracted.
Talbot, the head waiter at the hotel, was next exa-
mined, and said that after the robbery the prisoner Lake
informed him (the witness) that he had been concerned
in the robbery, to which he had been instigated by the
prisoner Bowen, who, after the robbery, had gone to a
person of the name of Woods, a waiter at the Adelaide
Hotel, so as to induce Woods to get a friend of his to
cash the notes. Bowen afterwards told Lake that Snow
(one of the accomplices) had ran off with the whole of
the money, upon which Lake said that he now saw he
had been brought into trouble, and would have nothing
fcr it, and that he was determined to expose the whole
matter. Lake aecordingly told witness all the circum-
stances connected with the robbery, and that it was
effected by a false key.
Newman, the laundry boy, and several other servant
attached to the hotel, were called and examined, in cor-
roboration of the evidence of the first witness.
Abraham
.Lyon, a Jew, deposed that Dancock and
Bates came into his father's clothes-shop, in Union-
street, Borough, and bought each a coat, for which
Bates tendered a 10/. note. The note produced was the
one paid, on which Bates signed his name as James
Smith, John-street, Strand, and which was afterwards
endorsed by his father's name.
Frederick Steven, the barman of a public-house, de-
posed as to Bates changing a 5Z note late on the same
evening ; Dancock was present with him at the time ;
and they had some drink together.
Charles A. Taffey deposed as to changing another
10/. note on the evening of the 29th, at witness's chop,
21, Union-street, Borough. Bates and Dancock were
present, and the former received the change. He signer!
his named on the note William Smith.

John Goldey, waiter at the Sheridan Knowles Tavern,
Brydges-street, said that on the evening of the 30th
Dancock changed a 51 note, on which he Wrote " Mel-
lish and Co., silk dyers, St. Luke's." Bates was drinking
along with Dancock at the time.
William Neets, publican, 109, Drury-lane, deposed
that he received the 51. note from the previous witness
on the next morning. The note produced was the one
he received.

John Stevens, a publican, was examined as to chang-
ing another note to Dancock early in September. He
identified the note produced as the one.
Several other witnesses were called to prove the chang-
ing of several others of the notes, and to identify those
produced in Court, as well as Dancock and Bates as the
changers of them.

The RECORDER, having gone minutely and carefully
through the whole of the evidence, left the case in the
hands of the jury, who almost immediately returned a
verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners.
Mr. BODKIN said he was instructed by the prosecutor
to recommend the prisoner Lake to the merciful consi-
deration of the Court, on the ground that he believed he
had been led into the commission of the offence by the
prisoner Bowen.
The jury expressed a desire also to recommend Lake
to mercy on the same ground.
The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said that the
prisoners had been convicted of a most serious and ag-
gravated offence, and although he was at all times most
anxious to pay attention to any recommendation that
came from a jury, yet upon this occasion he felt that his
duty to the public would compel him, to a certain
extent, to overlook that recommendation in the case of
the prisoner Lake. The offence was one of a very ag-
gravated character. A robbery to a very large amount
had been committed in a public hotel, for which the pro-
prietor was not only civilly responsible, but which
was calculated also to do him serious injury, by
the alarm and terror which the circumstance of such a
robbery being committed would very naturally create in
the minds of the public, and particularly those who were
in the habit of frequenting his establishment. He trusted
that, as the guilty parties in the present instance had
been very properly prosecuted to conviction, such a re-
sult would not follow; but still he was bound to look at
all the circumstances of the case, and as the object of
punishment was to deter others from the commission of

it similar crime, he must take care to pass a sentence
Calculated to have such effect. It might be very true
that Lake had been induced by Bowen to commit the
offence, but it was also clear, that after having been for
a considerable time in the service of a kind and indul-
gent master, that he had very readily entered into a plan
to commit a robbery to a very large amount upon one of
the guests in his house. Under all the circumstances be
felt compelled to order the prisoner Bowen to be trans-
ported for fifteen years, Lake for ten years, and Dancock
and Bates for fourteen years. •
THE ALLEGED MURDER ON BOARD THE TORY.—The
following is the form on which the charges against
Captain Johnston appear on the calendar :—George
Johnston, 34, mariner, charged with the wilful murder
William Rambert upon the high seas, within the
jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England ; also for the
wilful murder of Thomas Rason upon the high seas, &c.;
also for the wilful murder of William Mars upon the
high seas, &c. In addition to these charges of murder,
there are also twelve indictments against the prisoner
for cutting and wounding with intent to murder, which
is likewise a capital offence. It is generally understood,
that on account of the state of health of the prisoner,
and for other reasons, that the trial will not come on at
the present sitting of the Court, but that it wy be post-
poned to the FeLruary sessions.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
FOX and Hemel!, who were souse days ago remanded
upon a charge of having conspired with others to obtain
goody by means of false referees, were brought up for
re-examination before the Lord Mayor yesterday. Mr.
Humphreys attended for the prisoners.
Mr. Archer, a traveller for the firm of Capps and Co.,
I detailed at greater length the statements made by him
nt Friday last relative to the goods obtained from the
firm
by the prisoners, who gave references as to their
respectability which proved to be completely deceptious.
Upon his cross-ex-ami
witness said that the nation by Mr. Humphreys, the
prisoners who passed as partners,
had paid 111. upon account, and had given a bill for the
rest, which amounted to 201.
When the LORD MAYOR desired to see the bill and
invoice, the witness in vain searched his pockets for
them. He could not find either, though he tried his
coat, waistcoat, and trousers' pockets for them, but
luckily one was found in one part of the room, and the
other trodden under foot in another part. The bill was
drawn by the firm, accepted by the prisoner James Fox,
and indorsed by a person named Broad, the referee of
the prisoners. The concoctors all ran away before the
bid became duce The place in which the prisoners car-
ried on, or rather pretended to carry on bibiness, was
Walthamstow, where a shop had been apparently, but
not really, opened by them for general trade. The
landlord, who did not receive his rent for the premises,
Wes present, and couid probably let the Court see a little
more of the matter.
Humphreys—Then you have received 11/. out
of the 301.? Witness—Certainly we have.
Mr. Humphreys—Than it appears that you have got
the 11/. in cash on thisdealing? Witness—Yes.
upon which you may
Mr. Humphreys—Andsuey?l.
you
uvpe
please?
?a_.(biLl la
(Laughter.)
Witness—Certainly • buth all the parties ran for 20!.,
mistake made as to the day aft all. There has been a
They never opened 'the
oalfeexatatmhienaptriiosonn,
prisoner,.
Alfred great
many people would be hereya
employment of Mr.
Alfred Prince, a person tl
Tower, the proprietor of a boot andel:lll°y warehouse on
Holborn-hill, stated that Fox called atoethe
the 14th of November, and asked whether he could
credit upon good security. The house agreed to
him credit for 151. if he would pay 51. down; and li:ovxe
referred them to a Jew, and brought them a bill
accepted by a Mr. Nash for 10/. Witness heard such
a character of the parties from the Jew's mother, that
the firm gave credit for goods from time to time to the
amount of 41/. Fox paid 51. down, and subsequently
paid two or three 51. notes, and had goods each time
upon the faith of the reference. The bill accepted by
Nash was not yet due, and there was another bill in the

I hands of the firm, accepted by the Jew and drawn by
Fox, for 10/, which likewise was not due. The parties
were traced to York-street, Kingsland-road, but they
left that address, and their abode could not since be
fout.d. The firm to which witness belonged always sent
the goods to a house opposite to Shoreditch Church,
where he used to see Fox, who said that he had taken a
house at Walthamstow, and was going to enter into
business there. If, as would probably be the case, the
two bills were not taken up, the debt due from the prisoners
to the firm would be 401. Several of the goods supplied
to Fox were afterwards found at the houses of pawn-
brokers to whom they had been pledged.
John Walker, Wood-street, Walthamstow, cabinet-
maker, stated that Fox and Hannell went down to
Walthamstow in the beginning of November, took a
house and shop of a Mr. Pridgeon, in Bridge-street
there, and applied to witness to fit up the shop. He did
fit it up, and made the charge to Mr. Fox, for he did not
know the name of the other prisoner until he saw it in
the newspapers. Mr. Fox acted as master, and said the
I other was his brother-in-law, and would pay everything
and everybody, Two bales of goods arrived while wit-
ness was fitting up the place. They consisted of trousers
and handkerchiefs, and other things of the kind, and
witness believed that he might have got the amount of
his bill, which was 11. 16s. 2d., in these goods if he
pleased, but he thought it unfair to take the goods from
new beginners. The shop was never opened at all.
Sometimes the shutters were down, but then the door
was shut, and it was useless to knock ; and sometimes
the door was open, bat then the shutters, or most of them,
were up. Witness saw goods removed from the
premises. About a fortnight after he fitted up the shop
he saw Hannell in the street with a handkerchief full of
i shoes. About a month after they disappeared.
Charles Geary, of Bridge-street, Southwark, corn-
dealer, stated that, three months ago, he was in the
employment of Mrs. Bennet, pastry-cook and confec-
tioner. Fox came about that time and ordered a quan-
tity of flour, Scotch barley, and split peas, which it was
sa
tgrreeeet,d
H shouldackne
3b..er paido
Hackney-road.
d . for
Witnessai daily aat
appliedNo foror 2t
h 3
o Char Charles-
street, samount-
on Saturday night, and on Monday, which was appointed
for the discharge of the debt, Fox, who went in the
name of Ellis, and was entered in the books in that
name, was gone. There was nobody at the address,
neither was there anything. The shop was in the
general line, and Hamel! served behind the counter.
The pawnbrokers were then called. They produced
several of the articles supplied by the witnesses to Fox
and flannel'.

One of the pawnbrokers exhibited a pair of boots,
which he said Hannell had pledged, and which were
identified by Prince.
Hannell—Yes, tis true I pledged them (to the pawn-
broker), and you gave me a bad half-crown amongst the
money.—(A. laugh.)
The policeman who apprehended Hannell said that,
upon searching the prisoner, he certainly found a bad
half-crown in his pocket.
Hannell—And that man gave it to me, I swear.
Mr. Humphrey (to llannell)—You cannot possibly do
yourself any good by such observations.
Mr. Thomas Pridgeon, grocer, Walthamstow, stated
that Fox took the house in that village from him as a
weekly tenant on the 16th of October, and agreed to
pay five shillings a week for it. He remained there
about ten weeks, and departed without giving notice.
Witness had received five weeks' rent. Hannell was
generally in the shop. Witness knew that several per-
sons called to purchase goods, but they could not get
in. In fact, in the day nobody was to be seen there
at all.

The LORD MAYOR said he should remand the prisoners
till Wednesday week.
The prisoners requested to be informed whether his
Lordship would take bail ?
The LORD MAYOR—Not less than two good securities
to the amount of 250/. each, in each case, and the pri-
soners themselves in 5001. cad).
Mary Barrett, the wife of a man who bore for some
years a very good character in the City police force, was
charged with having plundered a wine•merchant, over
whose premises she and her husband resided, of a quan-
tity of wine.

Ir. Barker, wine-merchant, of Bishopsgate-without,
stated that t'4e prisoner and her husband rented a
house over I%.is cellars. Having a suspicion that he was
being plundered, he went, accmpanied by a friend, to
the hose., and expressed his suspicions to both. They
denied that they knew anything about any robbery, but
subsequently the wife admitted that she had stolen all
the bottles in a case of Madeira, which was Worth, at
trade price, the sum of 211, with the exception of one
bottle, and that she had effected an entrance into the
cellar by taking up the boards of a closet in the floor
above. Four bottles of wine were found concealed in
the house, and there were found six empty bottles, which
she confessed had been emptied on the Sunday night
previous. She declared that her husband knew nothing
about the robbery.
The LORD MAYOR said the prisoner had ruined her
husband as well us herself, for he had been dismissed
from the force, and she must be committed for trial.

The wretched woman, who appeared to suffer deeply,
and had an infant in her arms, was then committed for

Arthur Webb was committed for trial upon the charge
of having, in receiving change of a sovereign, substituted
a medal of no worth for a half-sovereign, by which
manoeuvre he robbed William Wilkins, a green-grocer.
The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would
oblige by acknowledging the receipt of 101. from
Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead-park, and 101. from
X. Y.