The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-23 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

Thomas Lovell, John White, Clara Fisher, and
Eliza Redding, were charged with having been con-
cerned in a burglary committed the over night in the
house of Mr. William Skeffington, bookseller, No.
192, Piccadilly, and with stealing a cash-box contain-
ing 691. in notes and gold.
It appeared that about six o'clock that morning
police-constable Brown, F 142, and police-constable
urd, A 85, saw the two female prisoners proceeding
together in the direction of Waterloo-bridge, and,
knowing they were the associates of bid characters,
one of the constables went up to them and asked Red-
ding what she had concealed beneath her shawl. The
prisoner at first refused to allow the constable to see,
but the constable lifted up her arm and took from
under it a cash-box, which apparently had recently
been forced open. Suspecting that a robbery had been
committed, theother prisoner, Fisher, was stopped, and
as they were on their way to the Bow-street station-
house the constables saw Fisher take some-
thing from her bosom wrapped- in a pocket-
handkerchief, and make a movement as if
about to throw it over the bridge. The con
suable took the handkerchief, and on examining its
contents found 11 sovereigns. In the same prisoner's
possession were some letters, which were believed to
have been written by the prisoner Lovell. Shortly
after the apprehension of the two female prisoners in-
formation was sent round to the various station-
houses that a burglary had been committed a few
hours ago in the house of Mr. Skeffington, 192,
Piccadilly, and a cash-box containing 691. in notes
and gold stolen therefrom. The cash-box taken from
Redding was shown to Mr. Skeffington, and imme-
diately identified. Suspicion at once fell on the pri-
soner Lovell, who was occasionally employed in the
house by Mr. Skeffington, and who had been in-
trusted to fasten up the shop the previous night. The
police went to Loveli's lodgings in Peter-street, but
he was not then at home. Police-sergeant West, F 7,
went to the woman Redding's lodgings in Lincoln-
court, and, seeing the prisoner White, who was ac-
quainted with her,. about to enter one of the houses,
he followed, and insisted on searching him. The
constable found nothing in his pockets, but on making
him take off his shoes eleven sovereigns were disco-
vered. The constable then took him into custody, on
suspicion of having been concerned with the others
in the burglary.
Mr. Sketfington proved that the cash-box was safe
in his desk the overnight. The prisoner fastened up
the place, or rather pretended to fasten it up, and it
was presumed he merely shut the street-door, and
then returned to the shop and bolted himself in.
About five o'clock in the morning the witness was
alarmed by the police ringing at his bell, and stating
that the street-door Has open. Oa going into the
shop, witness found a desk broken °per, anti the cash-
bex gone. One of the constables found a small chisel,
which had apparently been used to break the desk open
with. Witness suspected the prisoner Lovell, and
gave information of the circumstance to the police.
Shortly after the police had gone after Lovell, and
had found him from home, Lovell came to the shop to
aslc tlye object of the inquiry after hire. lie was then
given into custody.
One of the constables stated that the chisel now
produced had been seen in the possession- of the
pree)ner.
Lovell declared his innocence of the charge, and

his ignorance of anything relating to the chisel.
As for the letters found in the girl Fisher's Po-
session, he could not have written them, as he was Un-
able to write.
Fisher had nothing to say, and Redding assertsd
that some person had given her the cash-box to cavil
and had promised her a trifle fir her trouble.
White said the money in his shoes was his own
property.
They were all remanded.
Mr. Skeflington, with the view of tracing the note',
or of causing them to be stopped if offered to be
passed, stated that they consisted of two 10!. end tse-
veral 51. note.:, marked for the most part in his °*—
handwriting with the names of C. Paine, Esq•L J° h'
J. S., Esq., or J. Southwell, Esq., n.
essrs.
htb
and Sharpe, N. H. Clifton, jisq., and the Rev
Dickson.
It was fortunate the police met with the girls s$
the precise moment they did ; fur, had they been
moment or two later, the box would, no doubt, bly
lien thrown over the bridge.

~'_~ARYLEBONE.
TILE LATE CJNEEfiSION OF A MURDER OF
THE COAST GUARD MANY YEARS AGO.- Vesteri-J
John Lane was brought up from the House of De:
tention and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughte';
for re-examination, on the charge preferred age'Dl
him, upon his own conf,ssion, with having been aci
plicated, with a number of smugglers,lB years se ht a"
l
an affray at Eastbourne with the coast guard, vg"'
one of that body was killed.
It will be remembered that on the 15th instant the
prisoner gave himself up at the Portland polices 1;
tion-house, when he voluntarily stated that berii,
employed by the smugglers to assist in keeping ks
the coast guard while they (the former) were Orli;
ink; away casks of spirits • he was questioned by 1: 0
magistrate as to why he had not made the con follo
before, to which he replied that in 1842 he went
o
Wighton, in the expectation of seeing Lie`
tenant 11411, who belonged to the coast esba
when the murder was committed, and
could then have found him he should have told btoi r
all about it ; he was remanded, and InsPe.c,„e
Chambers, of the S division, was directed to inst"-d,
inquiries as to the prisoner's habits and state of Oleo
as also to elicit such other particulars as might
upon the matter in question ; he (prisoner)
a very low and desponding state during the illgtll-'0
and the impression upon most of those in court if

that his intellects were impaired. lock'
Yesterday, upon his being brought from the - •
.11s0
up room in the yard, and placed in the dock 11: ,ted
chell, the gaoler, his appearance, generally, lnuef,-bio
much more fully than before that he was not '-
right mind.
Two gentlemen from her Majesty's Cuetollls' 11/13id•
another gentleman, a missionary, to whom the P •
soner ws known, were in .
Manya questions were put to theattendance prisoner in rels6:
to the affair, and his answers were of a very/,4
and incoherent nature; in short, he had no di6;ibe
recollection of anything which he had stated e;
station, or when first he was charged at the ceuhr."oo .
The missionary above alluded to said he had ,`'n sof
the prisoner nearly four years. Ile mentioned be•
particulars with respect to his (prisoner's) reece;„:lo ,
haviour, and in his (witness's)• opinion the poor- •
was not sane.
vaegl- 'stilt!.
This opinion was concurred in by the Of
rom
'Oter
and gentl f the Customs, the
whomthe put theemen bench in possession of the fact° i:lletbeo,
nexion with the coast guard, man being shot Jeveti
affray, and said that one inan only had eveldtgoea
taken up on suspicion of guilt, and he was disci"' der
11
without trial, as no one could identify him• oion
all the circumstances they, after some coovets cost
with Mr. Broughton, felt that it was not such flee of
as could be followed up with the slightest chanciest
a conviction, and that, therefore, it would be Us
for them to prosecute. sea
The MAGISTRATE discharged the prisoner Dr
gave him up to the care of his wife, a resPecloar
dressed woman, carrying on the business of gl
dress in Portland-town.
WORSHIP-STREET. clicOt
John Williams, a diminutive Lascar Men bat
of most repulsive aspect, was placed at thedeoo6
before Mr. Hammill, charged with an onTeoberi
attack upon a young lady, named Catherine i'entipl;
fourteen years;,of age, the daughter of a D 155 Hole
minister, residing in Welbeck-street, Cave•
squqre. ; net tl
Mr. HAmstiLL said he should order the Pr-theeo-
be brought Up again in a week that the atteeu—i.
an interpreter might be procured.
CLE RKEN IV ELL. gisse.
It was so arranged by Mr. Combo that the r at-
R—, the orphan daughters of a medioal of"; th!e
.
tached to the 14th Dragoons, should appears'yibicP
court for the purpose of receiving the donatioae ofta'
had been forwarded by benevolent persons whe
_1
pathised with them and their distressing case.,Acer c'
Having received an intimation from an mu, thei
the court that their attendance was requireuloLer
arrived about eleven o'clock, and had a private lebiei
view with Mr. Combo, and Mr. Mallet, the, into
clerk ; and they were subsequently introduce'
the public court, when , ha eilt
•
Mr. COMBE addressed them as follows :—.--L --t-Iyar,
Tilted into your case. I find, so long ago agni,,ecnee
1840, you wrote a letter to a noble lady, wade‘.K
soliciting charity. A friend of that JOY ;:0 bt
quiries,•and has placed in my hands his roP_rat ';:ii:ro
is to the following effect:—You then life" ofeVe
6, Palace-yard, Pimlico ; you afterwards reln_od
No. 7, •Arbour•terrace, Commercial-road i.assfota,
No. 15, Gloucester-terrace, Commercial-road._,isise_.
you had been there some time your landlo.rov'w
,r 1
to get rid of you, but you refused to go. 1.7.0 ro
ejected by process of law, which cost the that :r)
101. , The Duchess Was therefore advised
i "have (
were not proper objects of her bounty. -bich .i
fused parish relief; and another asylumvi 001.14
been offered to you. Under these ciretonsif; b$ ~,
must decline further interference in your behee',a.,
0`;
as I have received altogether for you 651-_,3s'od Yoe
account of which I have closely examined' boll lot
have already received 24/., I shall not I,Tfitoo ?to
balance of 411. 3:-,. 6d. from you. ge• "":,-Spplf)
also received some money, which you 1111).Y L
_013.1
him for. t ate On frJe"
One of the sisters was in so excited a 01 s be :fof
could scarcely stand. The 41/. 3e. 6J. 'clod '
to her sister, and she expressed her gra-- ,
soffi
what had been done for them. se i,90
Mr. COMBE said he did not want there to to,
thing after what he bad said ; and they 'ell r • 01,eit
with painful feelings. iy
' t° ~41i,:i
Our reporter saw the ladies subsequent ,—ast • p
leaving, when one of the sisters seemed stiloe I co
tracted in consequence of the ordeal Whife the 4
gone through, They did not deny that litlist 00
1840 their father was in bad health, atition the
exhausted their means, when an aP1011;000 or
made to the Duchess of Buccleuch; bat tr befo !'Ljell
only application they had made fa- rolls' the,' bill
after their father's death, up to the tiflopoo oti
made
.their :personal application to the ~ the) re,
Mr. Norton, and since their father's dent the cb i
oto
iyuff2red great privations. They denied fiver 'piPg,
made against them, and courted P' spy Aeo
impartial investigation to negatived opt
tVol
that might be alleged against them, air' od tr 016
their determination to enter into a tlll', flit Fill
explanation in order to set themselves rig ‘,Ol,
' fai"Lbe
public. . r, cos 1,
Mr. COMBF, in reference to the ..-.11. 0 1 JP,
for whom subscriptions had been so' e, elyeci „Jo
father bore a respectable character, and fie., *046(119
per week. Some portion of the fauali OA
enough to assist, being from 23 to 25, °io et 0 g'
years of age. Two of the boys had heel., b
for stealing fruit, and the girls were, in
stopping out late at nights. The rig" \ sate
and Mr. Twinning had relieved them, , d we! ,
Mr. Mallett said no more than 81. .111/ Or
4. d
scribed for them. gerviee
Mr. Coatur said the case was not so de . #
13.- to
at first appeared to be. • 0 father' O r
Mr. Mallett suggested that, as the ed
good character, the 8/. should be deliver
him.
Mr. COMBE assented to this.

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On the 17th inst., at South-place, IP'
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of James Baber, Esq., of - too
On the 17th inst., at Connaught-terrace, P" ' .
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of On daughter. „AO 00
On the 19th inst., at Eh t CheEte'
ury-street, , 1101'
w.fe of Henry Charls Scott, Esq ,of a son. i par 0
On the 19th inst.,
at Old-ark county 0' Thal°
lady of Henry Spencer, Esq., of a son. Charles! /
On the 20th inst., at Brampton, the wife of v'•
Esq., of Chancery-lane, of a daughter.
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m,inster, Somerset, to Emily, daughter of Ge°l.ge Ser
M.A., of
11,8,1, of Oxford. ?
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On the 16th inst., at Hathersage Churcll,-biolc0; 0,
John Clarke, M.A., vii of the Rev. /4-• nhe
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Enniskillen, Irel ml, to M tilda, d_ aughter of
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DIED 0 ito'' oe,
On the 13th inst., at Brook-green"house, ,
Mrs. Ann Gray, aged 86. t-seare Cs'
On the 16th inst., at Park-street, DoW 0
104'7 ilif
Mary Grosvenor, aged 72. port- o 0
On tha 17th inst., at Beaumont-street, 'isreelattopt
Hannah, relict of the late Captain F. 'r•To',ol-1° 06
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Glengarry Light Infantry, many years
Montreal, Canada. Pig ,01
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cvr„ddiug.t_ver'f.di
On the Ith in at Llanover, Mrs. ,' ---f Llinvi fY-
-onthe 19 1 i inst.
Ilall, aged 79. Bunseo,,,c ;) IP-
relict of the late Jacob George Brvant,CsgEh;ggei:-;l6;°,r:
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