The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

BRENTFORD.

DARING ROBBERY BY ♦ CAIMAN.—On Saturday,
Charles Barrett, a cabman, living at 14, Gray's-street,
Oxford-street, was charged before the ma2istrates with
having committed the following daring rubbery.
It appeared that at an early hour that morning the
prisoner was hired at Notting-hill by Joseph Groves, a
carrier, living at Beaconsfield, to take him to Ealing.
Upon getting into the cab, Groves, who was quite sober,
told the prisoner that he was very tired, and should
sleep in the cab till he got to his journey's end. Shortly
before five o'clock, a policeman on the Uxbridge road,
near Ealing, saw the prisoner pull up his cab into a re•
tired part of the road, and get off the box. He went up
to see what the cab had stopped for, when the prisoner
came from the door on the other side, and upon seeing
the policeman, asked him in a hurried manner the dis-
tance to Ealing, and then drove off. Upon arriving at the
Coach and Horses, Ealing, Groves was awakened by the
ostler, and upon his taking out his purse to pay the
cabman 45., he missed his purse, containing four sove
reigns, two half sovereigrs, and seventeen shillings.
The cabman was immediately charged with the robbery,
and his cab was searched by the ostler. After a con-
siderable time spent in ransacking the interior of the
cab, the money was at length found, some behind the
padding of the back cushion, and some under the mat.
The purse was afterwards found by Groves, thrust into
his own waistcoat pocket, under his smookfrock.
The prisoner was fully committed to Newgate for
trial.

COMMITTAL of a (4 UACK DOCTOR

FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

HULL, FRIDAY NIGHT.—An inquiry, which, from its
remarkable character, has created considerable atten-
tion in this part of the provinces, was, after two adjourn-
ments, brought to a termination to-day, in the commit-
tal of a quack doctor on a charge of poisoning a female.
Three years ago, the deceased, Mrs. Francis Ripling-
ham Cox, the wife of a tobacco merchant in this town,
had what is termed a fungus tumour appear on the wrist
of the left arm. She applied to several medical gentle-
men, who pronounced it to be incurable, and that even
tually the arm would have to be amputed, the only mode
of saving her life. Various remedies sere applied to
delay the operation as long as possible, which was fixed
to take place as last week, and she was undergoing a
course of medicine for that purpose, when a man of the
name of Cotton; who professed to cure diseases of all de-
scriptions was introdeced to her notice. Cotton exan ined
the tumour, and deluded the unfortunate female to
place herself under his treatment. He informed her
that he would not only save her arm, but would, in
a few weeks, make a perfect cure ; that he would
give her no pain, and all the disadvantage she would ex-
perience would be tickling heat in the tumour. He then
took out from a packet a red powder, which he rubbed
over the tumour, and parts of the arm that were inflamed.
This took place on the 21st of last month. Soon after
the powder had been applied one of the family surgeons
came by accident to see her, and hearing of the applica-
tion, he endeavoured to persuade her to wash it off.
This she resolutely refused to do, and in a day or two
she was seized with violent vomiting and purging ; ex-
cruciating pains ensued in various parts of the body, and,
notwithstanding the most skilful treatment of various
surgeons, she gradually sunk, and expired on Tin•sday
last. A post modem examination was ordered by the
Coroner, and the opinion given was, that 11( r death had
been occasioned by the absorption into the system of the
irritating powder, applied by Cotton to the. tumour, the
powder they believed being composed entirely of arsenic
particles of which had been discovered in the post modem
examination.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict
of" Manslaughter" against Cotton, who was fully com-
mitted on the Coroner's warrant to take his trial at the
ensuing assizes.

TRANSFER OF LICENCES IN THE

CITY.
At the general quarter sessions held yesterday at the
Guildhall, before the Recorder and Aldermen Wilson
and Kelly, the following transfers of licences within the
City were granted :

Tower Ward.—Sun and Anchor, St. Dunstan-bill,
Lower Thames-street, from George Nicholls to George
Bland.

Castle Baynard Ward.—Acorn, Upper Thames-street,
from Euphemia Goodwin to Douglas Robertson.
Bishopgate Ward Without.—Ben Jonson, Hounds-
ditch, Henry Miller to Thomas Piercy ; Paul Pindar,
Bishopsgate-street Without, William Harm, assignee of
Robert Francis Barber, to James Bryant.
Aldgate Ward.—lrope, Jewry-street, Aldgate-street,
James Thomas Podmore to George Augustus Page ;
Grapes, Fenchurch-street, Thomas Hawkins to Charles
Ro

Farringd
Coach and HTohrosmes7wßaotbere!•ita_nEel?
Fleet-street,
Fleet—, "1 Wif.t.....uL—White Swan Salisbury-court,
ha
Kennet to Thomas George.
Aldersgate Ward.—Fountain, Foster-lane, Alders-
gate. Laurence Will2ht to Elizabeth Matts.
°l" Langb ~
Ward.—lpswich Arms, Cullum-street,
Fan-, ,1
—durch-street, John Cooper to Gearge Linford
India House Tavern, Leadenhall-street, Samuel H.
Lindley to William Gray.
rortso4en Ward.—Blue Boar, Sparrow-corner, Mi-
nories, Robert Crane to David Kermer.
Coleman-street Ward.--White Swan, Coleman-street,
John Came to John Morgan ; Dolphin, Coleman-street,
Mary Whiting to William Youngman Duckland.