The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-16 00:00:00

the curbstone that lie was in the greatest danger. After
driving this way about twenty yards the defendant took hold
of his horse by the reins, when a gentleman came up and
struck the defendant'srlea.ding horse off into the road, or he
must have been overturned. The defendant appeared to
him to act in the most deliberate manner, and whipped his
horses in order to prevent him from extricating himself.
John Evelyn Denison, Esq., M.P., of Charles-street,
Grosvenor-square, confirmed the above statement.
The defendant, in reply, said that he was obliged to keep
close to his own side to avoid the carriages passing the
other way, and he told the complainant that he would let
him pass in a few minutes.
The Magistrates fined the defendant 20s. and costs.
UNION-HALL.

Yesterday William Smith, one of the most expert cracks-
men in London, was charged with having been found on the
premises of Mr. Phillips, Blackfriars-road, that morning,
for the purpose of committing a burglary.
The complainant stated that about two o'clock that
morning, on hearing a noise at the rear of his premises, he
went to ascertain. the cause, and saw the prisoner in the act
of making his escape over the wall. A police constable,
who happened to be near the spot, secured the prisoner, and
in his possession a crowbar, phosphorus-box, and other im-
plements for housebreaking, were found.
Mr. Scott, a linen-draper in the same road, stated that
the same morning a valuable dog, which he kept at the rear
of his premises, as a safeguard to protect his warehouse,
was found poisoned and lying dead close to the place from
whence the prisoner attempted to make his escape.
Inspector Fagan, of the M division, recognised the pri-
soner, and stated . that he was one of the most expert
housebreakers in the kingdom ; that he had been trans-
ported at an early age for that offence ; and that he had
been for the last eight years on the town, committing bur-
glaries ; but, strange to say, ever since his return from
transportation he had never been detected in a situation
that would warrant the magistrates in committing him for
the capital offence, although he had been summarily con-
victed fourteen times. He has had several hairbreadth
escapes, Upon one occasion be was discovered by a lady
in Torrington-square, possessing an extraordinary share of
spirit for one of her sex, in the act of scaling the wall at
the rear of her premises. On seeing him mount the wall,
she caught up a flower-pot that stood on the sill of the win-
dow, and taking aim at him, struck him on the arm and
broke it, besides knocking him off an eminence at least
twenty-five feet from the ground. The prisoner was sub-
sequently concerned in the robberies with Coney in Bart-
lett's-buildings, and Cook in Carey-street, both of whom
were capitally convicted, and Coney was executed for the
offence. The prisoner went by a variety of names.
The prisoner was committed to the Quarter Sessions as
an incorrigible rogue and vagabond, where, in the event of
conviction, the court will have the power of sentencing him
to corporal punishment, besides a long term of imprison-
ment.

THAMES-POLICE.
THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES AT MESSRS. BALDWIN
AND CRADOCKS—Yesterday, Henry Frampton was brought
before Mr. COMBE for re-examination, charged with steal-
ing books and prints to the amount of 5001. and upwards,
the property of his late employers, Messrs. Baldwin and
Cradock, the booksellers in Paternoster-row ; and Walter
Gilchrist Wickers was charged with receiving the same,
knowing them to be stolen.
It appeared from the examination of several witnesses,
that Frampton had been in the employ of Messrs. Baldwin
and Co. for nine months up to May last, when he obtained
leave of absence for a fortnight, under pretence of visiting
his friends in Devonshire. At the end of that time he
wrote to his employers, requesting further leave of absence
and the loan of Si., which was granted. Soon afterwards it
was ascertained that he had never been out of London, and
he was in consequence dismissed from his situation. A few
days ago very great deficiencies were discovered in Messrs.
Baldwin's stock at their several warehouses in the City,
and inquiries were made, which terminated in suspicion
falling upon the prisoner, who it was ascertained had,
since his dismissal, exported books, and paid for his
passage in the ship Britomart, bound to Sydney,
which has been for some time detained in the Lon-
don Dock. He was shipped as clerk to Wickers,
who has property to the amount of 1,000/. on board,
and is also going out in the same ship. The pri-
soners have been known to each other for many years. On
Saturday, the sth inst., Evans, junior, and J. Fogg, sur-
veyors of the Thames-police, apprehended Frampton at the
George public-house, in the Commercial-road, and, on their
telling him the errand they had come upon, he said he sup-
posed it was not for any particular quantity, but for books
generally, and that trouble had brought him to justice.
The officers took him into the presence of Mr. Jackson,
clerk to the prosecutors, who said that, in justice to the
numerous young men in the house, he ought to disclose
every thing, and clear them from suspicion. Frampton re-
plied that he wished to tell every thing he knew, and, on
being questioned about some particular books, said they were
in a trunk at Wicker's house. Evans and Fogg proceeded
to the residence of Wickers in Stebon-terrace, and on
their asking him if he had got a box belonging to Frampton,
he referred them to one in his room, and said that it had
been brought there while he was out. On being questioned
by the police-officers, Wickers said that two cases of books
belonging to Frampton had been sent on board the .Brito-
mart, and that a quantity of books belonging to himself
and the doctor were mixed with them. The doctor, he
stated, had already gone out in another ship. He also re-
marked to the officers, that Frampton was the last man he
should have suspected, that he had engaged him as clerk solely
on account of the high opinion he entertained of him.
and that he had given money to him to purchase books for
exportation, because he was in the line, and could get them
cheap. After the apprehension of Frampton, the officers
found a box containing books and prints on the quay in
readiness for shipping, and in the vessel already entered for
exportation two cases of books on which the drawback had
beon allowed. These cases were entered by Wickers ; his
initials W. G. W. in a diamond were marked upon them ;
and the excise, at the desire of Fogg and Evans, delivered
them to him as owner. After they were opened, Wickers
said he could neither identify his own nor the doctor's books,
and that all were Frampton's property. He requested the
officers to take them away and examine them at the police
°fri,e, for he would have nothing to do with such a bad fel-
low as Frampton. Next day the officers considered the
conduct of Wickers so suspicious in first claiming part of
and afterwards repudiating the books that they took him
into custody. The books comprise the principal standard
works in elegant bindings, sheets, and boards, the publica-
tions of Messrs. Baldwin and Cradock. Mr. Jackson be-
lieved that all the books had been stolen from his em-
ployers' warehouses. It was also stated that Frampton
had had opportunities of bringing away books from his
employer's premises, and that he had exchanged a great
number of their publications for other works.
Evidence proving the above facts having been taken,
William Poole said he was a bookseller, and had been in
the employ of Messrs. Baldwin and Co. for twelve years.
He then proceeded to relate numerous transaction which
took place between him and Frampton, and to stealing sets
of the most valuable works, including thirteen volumes of
" Parliamentary Records." twenty-six parts of the " Ency-
clopaedia Metropolitana," two sets of Lingard's " History
of England," each containing fourteen volumes ; Paley's
works, Hooke's " Roman History," three sets of Rollin's
" Ancient History," each containing six volumes ; four sets
of Russell's " Modern Europe," four volumes octavo ; Ho-
garth's works, fifty prints, and other books and publica-
tions. He delivered them as he stole them, sometimes to
the prisoner, and sometimes he left them for him in the
warehouses to take away. The witness said that a great
portion of the books in the cases produced by the officers
were in the same state as when he delivered them to the
prisoner. Frampton gave him about half the trade sale
price, which is below the trade price for the books. He
took some paintings worth 7s. 6d. each in exchange for
some of the publications. He sold the " Annual Register"
from 1758 to 1819 to the prisoner for 8/., and in March
last he disposed of Rollin's " Ancient History," published
at 2/. 14s. a copy, for 15s. each ; other publications he dis-
posed of to Frampton in the same proportion.
Mr. COMBE, after a protracted examination, remanded
both the prisoners for re-examination on a future day.

SUSPENDED ANIMATION RESTORED.---011111-011-
day, while some boys were bathing in Linlithgow Loch, at a
part where the water deepens upwards of fifty feet in the space
of a yard or two, one of them, in attempting to swim, got into
deep water and went down. His companions immediately ran
off to give the alarm ; a considerable time elapsed before the
body was got out, when it appeared as if the vital spark had
fled, the body having been half an hour in the water. The
following
.means were used to restore animation :—Without
one moment the body was placed by some gentlemen on
a s iop
ng
bank, the head being nearly 18 inches higher than
losing
the feet, and in this position one of the gentlemen instantly
put one hand on the boy's mouth, having the other on
the abdomen, and applying his mouth to the nose, corn-
betwixt every blast, which came in great quanti-
menced blowing with all his might, allowing the water to
ties from both nose and mouth, being forced out by the injec-
ted air and a slight pressure on the abdomen with the other
hand ; this ope,ation being repeated for ten or fifteen minutes,
with continual rubbing of the legs, arms, abdomen and chest,
a draught of air appeared to be inhaled, and in a little time,
respiration slowly and feebly commenced; warm water and flan-
nels were now got and applied to the feet and body, which
appeared to cause excruciating pain, the muscles of the face
becoming much distorted, followed by the vomiting of consi-
derable quantities of water, writhing, and crying hysterically;
fully an hour and a half elapsed before the boy recovered the
the use of his eyes, which were fixed during the process of re-
suscitation. Great praise is due to the two men who, at the
risk of their lives, brought the body out of the water, all three
having gone down several times before reaching the shore.
The boy is recovering slowly.--Edinburgh Courant.