The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-14 00:00:00

teacup ; but it was subsequently ascertained that she bad
swallowed the contents of the cup. Proper antidotes
were administered, but she died on Sunday evening.
The Jury, to the surprise of every one, returned a verdict
Of " Felo de se."

ROBBERY AT GREENWICH HOS-

PITAL.

On Saturday a Special Session was held at Greenwich,
for the purpose of hearing evidence against a woman named
Ingram, who was apprehended on suspicion of being con-
cerned in an extensive robbery at Greenwich Hospital, of
copper, lead, and pewter articles, to the value of between
4001. and 5001.
W. Sibell, labourer in trust to the Hospital, stated that
on Monday, about three o'clock, he saw three plumbers
and a labourer leave their work (they were employed in the
Infirmary stripping the roof), and perceiving that they
looked bulky he followed them, and saw them go into the
house of the prisoner. After waiting some short time the
labourer (Williams) came out, and he asked him if he lived
there ? He said he did not, but his uncle did, and that he
was a boat-builder. He (witness) then opened the door,
and the other three came out. One of them, named Mar-
riott, had some money in his hand, which he appeared to
be counting. He did not say anything to them, but went
in and saw Mrs. Ingram, and asked her to allow him to
look inside, but she refused, and put her back against an
inner door. She said her husband was not at home, and
asked what his business was ? He told her to let him see
what was inside, and, unless she did so by fair means, he
would take others. After some further parley she allowed
him to go in, when he found six pieces of sheet copper
lying on the floor, weighing 1051 b. Having asked prisoner
how she came by it, she replied that those men who had
just gone out brought it in. He then sent for the clerk of
the works. There was copper where those men were at
work, a large quantity, and similar to that produced. He
could not say that he had missed any ; there was so much of
it that he could not tell if any was gone.
William Thomas, an inspector of the R division of po-
lice, deposed, that he went to the prisoner's house in
Thames-street, Greenwich, to make a search. On enter-
ing the parlour, he found, among other property, about six
reams of. paper, which appeared to have been made for
some official purpose. He also found a book, which con-
tained several entries of sums of money paid and lent to a
man named Beale, a messenger in the -Hospital. In a cart-
shed, which was vaulted, he discovered 3 tons 3 cwt. of
lead, and 1 ton 111 cwt. of sheet copper, rolled up, which
seemed to correspond with, that taken from the roof of the
Hospital. In a front room, there were several glaziers'
frames and panes of glass, merely to allay suspicion of what
was going on, as Ingram pretended to follow the trade of a
glazier. On making a more minute search, witness found
a trap-door in this room, and on opening it, ascertained that
it led to a very extensive vault, in which was deposited
25 cwt. of lead in pigs, marked with the letter " S ;" also 1
ton 17i cwt, of solder, run down into bars. In the back part
of the premises, there were 4 cwt. of short piping and
pieces of sheet lead.
Policeman Wild stated that he found in a room up stairs
some cakes of cocoa, marked with the broad arrow, and in
the vault under the workshop, two copper flaunches made
by Messrs. Braithwaite.
Beale, the messenger, was here sent for, and placed at
the bar with the woman, when he acknowledged that .some
articles of apparel, with the hospital mark, belonged to him,
although he had previously declared he knew nothing of

Ingram.
Mr. John Livingstone Jay, under-secretary to Green-
wich Hospital, deposed that the paper produced was similar
to that used officially in the Secretary's and Governor's
offices. The man Beale was the messenger in the Gover-
nor's office, and was the only person who had access to the
paper. Several other articles, and among them thirty valu-
able brewing cocks and copper ladles, &c., were produced
by various police constables, and identified as having been
carried off from the hospital.
Mr. Braithwaite, the engineer, deposed to the copper
bends and Haunches having been stolen about two years
since from the Hospital.
On behalf of the female it was urged that she was not
answerable for the actions of her husband, who, it appears,
has, with the three labourers employed at the Hospital,
absconded.

The Magistrate said that that would be for a Jury to
decide, and remanded both prisoners till Thursday.
The following is a description of this receptacle for sto-
len property. The house is a corner one, and at the back,
in Bishop's place, is a door, leading to what a casual obser-
ver would imagine to be a stable or cart-shed ; the door
has merely a handle, so that it is impossible for a stranger
to open it from without ; near the ground, however, is a
brass button, and upon pressing it down, the door imme-
diately flies open and closes again. This shed has a vault
underneath, about sixteen feet by fourteen, and about five
feet in depth. In an adjoining room is a shelving trap; in
order that the heavy metal might not make any noise in
letting it down. The bottom of the cart-shed is covered
with about a foot and a half of earth, and beneath that the
vault is roofed over with
,planks five inches thick. In the
room adjoining is a large nicking copper which was found
to be nearly full of pewter, and in a concealed trap were
likewise discovered moulds for running pigs of lead, besides
ladles and moulds for running bars, with all the neces-
sary apparatus for the most extensive "fence." Under-
neath the front-shop is a vault of about the same dimen-
sions as that under the cart-shed ; and to be brief, the
whole house is undermined, and there are traps in the pas-
sage, and in nearly every room in it. What is most sur-
prisiog is that Ingram has only tenanted the house three
weeks, and has built the workshops and shed in the pecu-
liar manner described in that short space of time, with-
out the knowledge of his landlord, of whom he has ob-
tained a lease.
Since the woman Ingram's first examination, the Magis-
trates have inspected the premises, and declared that they
never say a place more completely fitted up for the recep-
tion of wholesale plunder.
A crowd of persons is constantly round the house, and
two police constables have been in possession ever since•
the discovery was made.

CHARACTER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.-
Arthur, Duke of Wellington, had better look to consequences.
His Grace is as well acquainted with the feeling of this coun-
try as he is with that of the Japanese or Chinese. He pre-
pares to meet it by coercive law and policy : but what is that
law worth which is universally odious to a mighty nati3n ?
And what sort of Legislature will pass such laws? A mi-
nority in the House of Commons ! A minority of the peo-
ple's representatives pass laws, in the teeth of the majority,
to put down the whole people ! Heavens ! what madness
But oppressive and revolting laws must be enforced by vio-
lence ; there is no other method. It is not then the people's
Bill, but the people's butchery. That is to be our prospect,
is it? If so, may the hand of every free Englishman perish
from his body, if he do not himself, and his children, and
country, light upon the head of the murderer. We know
full well what intrigues are going forward. Why should the
Wellington and Lyndhurst faction be suffered to interfere
between the King and his present (Lords Grey and Brougham
are [not] his present) Ministers? Is this common delicacy?
Is it good faith ? The crisis is not one for suppressions or
perversions of fact. The people have a right to know all.
There is a lady of very high rank who must be taught a sa-
lutary, though it may be a painful lesson. She may be bold
as as Amazon; she may be troublesome, importunate, or over-
bearing ; but her present course is one from which can follow
nought but final wretchedness. Why has she so eagerly,
within these few hours, bid her gossips " not despair ?"—Why
such haste to tell them " all will be well ; the King will do
without the Whigs." Yes, madam, but England will not.—
Times of Former Days.

About twelve years ago, a cottager who lives on
Coningsby Moor, of the name of Anthony Cox, had a son
named Abraham, who enlisted into the army and was sent to
the Indies. For several years he kept up a correspondence
with his friends, but after an absence of six or seven years he
ceased to write, or, if he wrote, the letters never came to hand,
and it was thought he was dead. About four years since, a
man was committed to Spilsby House of Correction, and there
being two persons from Coningsby in the prison at that time,
they challenged him for the said Abraham Cox, and told him
that if his parents were aware of his situation they would re-
lieve him. He denied all knowledge of them, or of Anthony
Cox; but they sent over to Coningsby, and the man was
claimed as their son by both Anthony Cox and his wife. On
his being released, they took him home, and clothed him : he
has ever since lived with them as their son, and has got mar-
ried. About a month since, however, to the surprise of .his
father and mother, the real Anthony Cox came home ; upon
which their adopted son took himself off, leaving a wife and a
family (who have no idea whence he came or what are his
connections), and has not since been heard of.—Lincoln
Mercury.
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LORD EXMOUTH'S EARLY DARlNG.—Active
beyond his companions, Mr. Pellew did the ship's duty with a
smartness which none of them could equal ; and as every one
takes pleasure where lie excels, he had soon become a thorough
seaman. At the same time the buoyancy of youth and a natu-
rally playful disposition, led him continally into feats of more
than common daring. In the spring of 1775, General Bur-
goyne took his passage to America in the Blonde, and when
he came alongside, the yards were manned to receive him.
Looking up, he was surprised to see a midshipman on the yard-
arm standing on his head. Captain Pownoll, who was at his
side, soon quieted his apprehensions, by assuring him that it
was only one of the usual frolics of young Pellew, and that the
General might make himself quite at ease for his safety, for
that if he should fall, he would only go under the ship's bot-
tom, and come up on the other side. What on this occasion
was probably spoken but in jest, was afterwards more than rea-
lized ; for he actually sprung from the fore-yard of the Blonde,
while she was going fast through the water, and saved a man
who had fallen overboard. Captain Pownoll reproached him
for his rashness, but he shed tears when lie spoke of it to the
officers, and declared that Pellew was a noble fellow.—From
Osler's Life of Lord Exmouth.