The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-23 00:00:00

THE FOG ON THURSDAY.

ROBBERIES.—On the above night about eight o'clock,
a young man named Cowper was crossing from the Al-
fred's Head, Newington-causeway, to the Elephant and
Castle, with a torch in his hand. When a short distance
from the kerb, he was pounced upon by two men from
behind ; one of them took the torch from him, and put
out the flame, while the other knocked him down, and
rifled him of a silver watch and four shillings, with
which they made clear off; and the fog was so dense
that it was impossible to ascertain which way they made
their escape. On the same evening a cart, in which
were two men, drove up to the pathway in front of a
cheesemonger's shop in the Walworth-road (nearly op-
posite the King's Head), where there were several firkins
of butter standing outside the door. One of them got
out of the cart and seized up a firkin of butter, which he
placed in the cart and jumped in after it. The fog was
so dense at the time that the cart was out of sight be-
fore any alarm was raised. Of course the fellows made
their escape with the butter. Shortly after five o'clock
the same evening, one of the clearing clerks of Jones
Loyd and Company's bank, was crossing from the
Poultry to the Mansion-house, on his way to the clear-
ing house, when he felt a heavy tug at his pocket be-
hind, in which he carried his case, containing bank
notes and cheques amounting to upwards of 10,0001. He
immediately turned round and perceived a fellow endea-
vouring to break the chain which was attached to the
book, one end of which was round his waist. The fel-
low ran down Walbrook, and made his escape in the fog,
which was very thick at the time. A large teadealer's
shop, opposite Kennington Church, was broken open on
the same night, and property worth NU was stolen
therefrom.

ACCIDENTS.—The following accidents occurred, one of
which terminated fatally. Shortly after seven o'clock,
an old lady named Watkins, whilst crossing Kennington-
common, missed her footing and fell into a deep ditch,
near the vitriol works. Her screams brought several
persons to her assistance, who with considerable difficulty
succeeded,in rescuing her from her perilous situation.—
A second accident occurred on Blackheath, to a young
man who was coming to town. It appears that he, by
some means, lost his road, and fell into a deep hole called
" The Devil's Dyke." He was released and conveyed to
a surgeon's, and from thence to the hospital, he having
received several contusions about the body, of a very
serious nature.—A lad employed on one of the fishing-
boats moored off Wandsworth, fell overboard and was
drowned. The body has not been found.—Another ac-
cident took place in the Old Kent-road, which was
almost attended with the loss of human life. An om-
nibus came in collision with a town cart with powerful
violence. The driver of the latter vehicle was thrown
off his seat, and, on being raised from the ground, he had
received a severe injury of the skull. He was conveyed
to the hospital, where he was placed in the accident
ward, and promptly attended to. He is in a very pre-
carious state.

THE RlVER.—Owing to the dense fogs which have
prevailed on the river during part of Wednesday night
and on Thursday and yesterday, most of the steamers
from the continent have either been considerably behind
their usual time, or have been detained in various parts
of the river, and prevented from reaching their destina-
tions. The Antwerpen steam ship, which was due at
the St. Katharine Steam Wharf on Thursday morning,
from Antwerp, got as far as Blackwell, having run from
Antwerp to that place, notwithstanding the weather, in
the remarkably short space of nineteen hours; but it
was found quite impracticable to venture with safety any
further up the river, owing to the fog which prevailed at
the time, and the vessel did not arrive at the wharf
until yesterday morning, when her passengers were
landed, and released with all possible dispatch. The
Batavier Datch steam ship from Rotterdam was more
fortunate, having arrived at the wharf on Wednesday
afternoon before the fog had set in. She had a large
cargo of Dutch produce, including upwards of 50 head of
horned cattle on board, which were landed immediately,
and cleared for the London markets. Several steam
ships which were overdue had not arrived at their va-
rious destinations yesterday evening, and it is feared
that we shall hear of collisions having taken place. The
fog appears to have been very general, having extended
down the whole length of the river and out to sea.

THE YARMOUTH MURDER.
APPREHENSION OF THE SUPPOSED MUR.

DERER.

Mr. J. :B.,Bales, the Sergeant-at-Mace at Yarmouth,
having received directions from the Mayor of Yar-
mouth, arrived in Norwich on Thursday, accom-
panied by an assistant, with a warrant for the appre-
hension of a person named Frederic Boatright, sus-
pected to be either a principal or an accomplice in
the above horrible transaction. It appears there was
a very strong suspicion prevailing in Yarmouth in con-
sequence of Boatright's dissipated habits and previous
character, that he was in some way connected with
this horrible tragedy. From information Bales re-
ceived, he proceeded immediately to the vicinity of
St. Lawrence, and met the man of whom he was
in quest coming out of the Lord Howe public-house,
at the top of St. Lawrence steps. On being in-
terrogated as to his name, and what he had been
doing with himself for the last three or four days,
he replied that his name was Nicholls, and that
he could not say where he had been since Sunday
night, except that he had not been in a bed. Mr.
Bales then told him that he would be obliged to
take him into custody on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the murder of Mrs. Candler, at Yarmouth,
on last Monday night. The prisoner on receiving
this intimation appeared much agitated, and changed
colour. He was immediately conveyed to the station-
house and given into the custody of Mr. Yarington,
where ho remained until a few minutes before seven
o'clock, when he was conveyed privately to Yarmouth
by the seven o'clock train to undergo an examination be-
fore the magistrates of the borough. The prisoner, who
has returned from sea within the last eighteen months,
is a man of between twenty-three and twenty four years
of age, and was considered a very bad character.—
Norwich Mercury.

DEATH or THE HON. GENERAL FREDERICK ST.
JOHN.—We have to record the demise of this venerable
general officer, who expired at Chailey on Tuesday last,
somewhat suddenly, for the Hon. and Gallant Gentleman
was taken unwell about four hours before he expired.
The deceased was second son of Frederick, second Vis-
count Bolingbroke, and brother of the late Viscount,
and consequently uncle to the present peer. He was
born Dec. 20, 1765, and was three times married—
namely, first, the Bth December, 1788, to Lady Mary
Kerr, third daughter of William, fifth Marquis of
Lothian,`who died in childbed, Feb. 6, 1791 ; secondly,
April 6, 1793, the Hon. Arabella Craven, third daughter
of William, sixth Lord Craven, who died June 9, 1819 ;
and, thirdly, Nov. 14, 1821, Caroline Elizabeth, youngest
daughter of the late Mr. J. Parsons. The deceased
General had families by each marriage. The Hon.
General entered the army in August, 1779, and with the
single exception of Sir George Nugent, Bart., was the
senior General in the army, his commission being dated
as far back as June, 1814. In 1798 the Hon. and Gal-
lant deceased, then Colonel St. John, served throughout
the rebellion in Ireland. He served with distinction in
India, under Lord Lake, and in the two campaigns
against the Mahrattas, being second in command ; was
engaged in seven sieges, and two general actions, besides
engagements of minor importance. His commissions
were dated as follows :—Ensign, August 31, 1799 ;
Lieutenant, Feb. 7, 1780 ; Captain, Dec. 12, 1780 ;
Major, April 8, 1783 ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Feb. 23,
1791 ; Colonel, August 21, 1795 ; Major-General, June
18, 1798 ; Lieutenant-General, Oct. 30, 1805 ; and
General, June 4, 1814.