The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-21 00:00:00

EVENING,

down, and having filled a tea-cup And a china tea-put
with water, they left the room.
Up to this Pitne the inmates (Miss Morris and a
servant man) had not heard an) thing of the robbers.
The three men then proceeded up stairs, and two of
them entered Miss Morris's bed-room, when she
awoke, and discovered the men at her bedside with
their faces either blackened or ccvered with crape, and
one of them with a large bludgeon in one hand, and
a lighted candle in the other. The other fellow
rushed upon her before she could scream, threw a
sheet over her face, pressed dawn on her chest, and
threatened to murder her if Abe made any noise, or
in any way resisted. In the room was a table, having
on it a piece of furniture with three drawers in it.
The middle one had a square front, while the others
had semicircular fronts attached. The outer drawers
they succeeded in taking out, and these they left
on the table, having taken out what they found
of value. However, the other drawer was locked,
and suspecting it to contain valuables, in which
conjecture they were right, determined upon
carrying the whole away, which it will be seen
they did. In these drawers were eight crown
pieces, a purse and a sovereign in it. In the square
one, which was locked, was about 121. in gold, three
61. Bank of England notes, and other bank notes to
the amount of about 601. While the men were ran-
sacking this room, the screams of Miss Morris aroused
the servant man, who had up to that time continued
to sleep in peaceful security. The door of the bed-
room of this man opened into the same passage or
landing as that of his mistress. On hearing the noise
he jumped out of bed with the intention of finding
out the cause of the noise, He had proceeded as far
as the bed-room door, which he opened, when he was
met by a tall man, standing about six feet high,
dressed in a dark coat, and haring on his head a
" Jim Crow" hat. As he attempted to go out the
fellow bid him hold! adding, "d- your b-
eyes, if you make any resistance I will blow your
b- brains out," at the same time presenting a gun
at him. This so completely frightened the man that
he was unable to make any alarm. This fellow (the
burglar) had his face blackened, and had previously
cried out to the other thieves, on hearing Miss Morris
scream, to " murder the b- old -." The
thieves having secured their booty, prepared to leave.
Two of them went down stairs together, and the one
which had appeared more determined than the others,
and was armed with a gun, followed his comrades.
They went into the back-kitchen, from which they
took a ham of bacon, and having cut a flitch through
the middle, they carried it away with the other
booty. They subsequently opened the back-kitchen
door, through which they retreated. Having gone
a sh.rt distance from the premises they returned,
evidently for the purpose of further intimidating
the inmates. They proceeded to the front of the
house, and having consulted for a very short time,
they discharged the gun at the window, through
which they had entered, and by doing so shattered
the window glass and frame to pieces, besides knock-
ing the ceiling off the top of the room, a proof that
the gun must have been heavily loaded. The ser-
vant man then followed them for some distance, and
went and gave information to the persons living in
the neighbourhood, and among others to the house of
Mr. Lewis, the parish constable, who immediately
got up. One man of the name of Thomas Powell,
on being informed of the robbery, refused to come
down stairs and assist in the pursuit which was about
to be made after the thieves.

Mr. Heaford, a respectable farmer, residing in the
neighbourhood, on being informed of the robbery, im-
mediately saddled his horse and rode with speed to
Hereford, first calling at the house of Mr, Morris, of
Sheckenhill, a brother of the lady who had been
robbed. Mr. Heaford called upon Superintendents
Gregory, of the Hereford county constabulary, and
Adams, of the city police ; and they, in company with
Sergeant Griffiths, were on the spot some time before
day had dawned. Previous to leaving Western Beg-
gard, Mr. Heaford took the precaution to dispatch a
messenger to Ledbury for Superintendent Shead, and
Gregory, on receiving information, dispatched another
messenger to Superintendent Marshall, of Bromyard.
A search was immediately commenced by the po-
lice-officers. While Messrs. Adore and Gregory were
examining the premises, Sergeant Griffith, who had
gone out into the orchard adjoining the turnpike.road,
and was searching the ditches, discovered the box
which the thieves bad taken from the house. The
middle drawer, which had resisted the attempts of
the burglars to open it while they were in the bed-
room, appeared to have been forced open with the
same instrument that had been used at the parlour
door. He took it to the house, and upon ex-
amination it was found that all the things had
not been taken out, but that the burglars had, no
doubt cunningly, left behind whatever they conceived
might be readily identified. There still remained in
it a number of bank cheques, a quantity of important
acknowledgments of money paid, a 51. Bank of Eng-
land note, and other valuable papers.
The police continued to work about the lanes and
fields for miles around the premises. It was late on
Sunday evening before the police gave up their pur-
suit, when Marshall and Shead proposed to scour the
lanes and bye-roads on their way home.
Mr. Adams and other members of the City police
force, on arriving in Hereford, searched the various
lodging-houses, in the hope 'of dropping upon the
burglars, but with as little success as before.
Miss Morris has offered a reward of 201. for the
apprehension and conviction of the offenders.
LATEST PARTICULARS.—Since the above was writ-
ten the police have been unremitting in their endea-
vours, and circumstances have transpired which war
rant us in believing they will ultimately lead to the
capture of the robbers. At present it would be pre•
mature, and perhaps injudicious, to hazard an opi.
nion ; but a pursuit has commenced, and we trust the
object of it will not turn out to be a phantom.—
Hereford Journal.

KOSSUT H
(From the Derbyshire Courier.)
The extraordinary sensation which the appearance
of this gentleman on British soil has created, has sur-
prised both his enemies and friends. Much, doubt-
less, is to be attributed to the marked ability which
M. Kossuth has displayed in his very eloquent and
talented addresses. To bear a Hungarian statesman
and soldier haranguing an English audience in their
own language is something ; but to find that he can
do perspicuity and elegance through a
so with
lengthened discourse, and that what is said is
distinguished not only by glowing and fervent ex-
pressions of patriotism, but by that busi-
ness-like common sense which the English
are apt to imagine is almost exclusively their own
particular national attribute, is sufficient to account
for much of the enthusiasm of approval with which M.
Kossuth's appearances before the British public have
This, we say, may account for
t for all. The English people were
p
give a man whom they regard as the
representativepmbreueecnha;eredcto butn
eivedo.
of Hungarian nationality a cor-
dial and hearty welcome. The English have
not been cold or uninterested observers of the
attempts which have, for long years, been making
by the Hungarians to improve their social and politi.
cal condition. The demonstrations of popular feel.
ing at Southampton, London, and Birmingham prove
that such is the case. But were it at all matter cf
doubt that great masses of the English population
do take a warm interest in the welfare of Hun-

gary, the reception of M. Kossuth at Manchester
would decide the point. ."The enthusiasm," says the
reporter of the Times, " was unmistakeable. From
the station to the Victoria Arch, about three quarters
of a mile, the whole population of Manchester was
really in the course of the route, and it is no exagge-
ration to say that there were 200,000 people present.
All the shop shutters were up, and it was stated
by many that there were more people in the
street than on the occasion of the Queen's
visit." The Free Trade Hall was crowded in

he evening to present the address to M.
Kossuth, "as it never was even in the
paltniest days of the League." Now we ask, with
M. Kossuth, "Is this an accident ? Is this
fashion ? Is this personal ?" It is not. The plain
fact is this. The English people think the Austrian
Government too bad. The English people think the
Russian interference with Hungary too bad also. We
cannot, of course, enter into full details of the mal-
administration of iustrian affairs. In an excellent
letter which we give in this week's Courier, headed
Kossuth, Austria, and Hungary, which emanates
from a perfectly trustworthy and independent source,
and carries internal evidence of its being the produc-
tion of one well versed in Austrian and Hungarian
politics, and to which we refer our readers, we are told
that the present "system of arbitrary heavy taxation,
at variance with all the solemnly sworn engagements"
made by the house of Hapsburgb, " is most annoying
and irritating to every class, and to all the different
races of which the kingdom of Hungary is com-
posed." Here is a perfectly English grievance
—arbitrary taxation—the very thing which was
one of the chief causes of our own revolution.
And how true the accusation is every one who has
paid the least attention to Austrain doings well
knows. Again, " the hopes of the aristocracy of
being able to exercise salutary control over the Go-
vernment by the constitutional means of refusing to
pay taxes unless voted lawfully by the D iet, are
crushed with an iron hand by military power —that
is, by the assistance of 190,000 Russian soldiers. We
say nothing of Austrian spies, Austrian dungeons,
the absurd, childish, and ridiculous system of inter-
ference with the liberty of the press and the liberty
of the subject, which makes Austria a bye-word
among the nations. All these things are
matters of common notoriety. But, indepen-
dently of all this, her treatment of Hungary
has been so unwarrantable, and the Russian aggres-
sion so unjustifiable that there is, and has long been, '
a strong and decided opinion on the subject in
England ; and M. Koosutlfo visit has.but furnished