The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-08 00:00:00

'Mk: LATE COACH ROBBERY.
OXFORD, APRIL 6.—Richard Elliott, who de•
scribed himself as a cigar-merchant, residing in Bell-
street, Paddington, and who has been. in custody
since the night of Monthly, the 18th of last month, on
a charge of being concerned, with two others, not yet
in custody, in robbing the Defiance OxfOrd coach of

1,500 sovereigns, wss, fur the first time, publicly taa-
mined in the house of the Governor of the prison, by
Dr. Marsham and Captain Shepperd.
The prisoner, who is a share-visaged man, of rather
fair complexion, and about thirty years of age, was
smartly dressed, and is evidently a sharp and active
fellow.

Previous to the examination being entered on, Mt'•
Ballantine, who appeared for the prisoner, applied to
the Magistrate, and requested that some friends of

the accused, who had come from London, and who
were very anxious to hear the nature of the charge
against the prisoner, as they had been kept in the
dark about it, should be present. It was also but fair
to inform the Magistrates that he, Mr. Ballantine,
also intended calling some of those as witnesses to
speak to the character of the prisoner, to show who
and what he was.

Dr. MARSIIAM replied, that at present be did not
see the necessity of calling witnesses as to character,
as the que.,tion before the court was one of fact. He

refused the application: but said he had no objec
tion to the depositions taken at the former examina-
tions of the prisoner being react over, and it would be
then open to him, Mr. Ballantine, te make such ob-
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servations on the ease as he might think proper.
The deposition of Mr. Robert Hair, clerk in the ,
banking-house of Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand
(who was not' present), was the first read. It was to'
the effect that the witness, from instructions he had
received, on Monday, the 18th of last month, counted
out 1,500 sovereigns, and, after weighing them, put
them into a bag and delivered them to Robert Quint,
a porter employed in the bank.
The deposition of Robert Quint, the person alluded '
to by the last witness, was to the effect, that after re.
ceiving the sovereigns from Mr. Hair, he put thou
into a small box, which he deposited in a blue bag,
secured at the mouth with a string. He then got into
a cab, and drove to the Gloucester Coffee-house, Ox-
ford-street, to deliver it to Hobson, the driver of the
Defiance Oxford coach. When he arrived at the
Gloucester Coffee-house, the coach had not got up, but
after remaining a few minutes in the passage, it sr-
riie-d, when he delivered the bag to Hobson, and saw •
him put it into the front boot. The time he had to
wait for the coach was about five minutes, and all this
time the bag lay by his side in the passage.
Joseph Hobson, who was in attendance, was here
called, and being sworn, his deposition taken on the
29th of Alareh was read over to him. He deposed ,
that he was coachman of the Defiance Oxford c,,achs
which travels between that place and London. On
Monday, the 18th of last month, at about ten o'clock -
in the morning, he called at the banking-house of
Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand, and signed a receipt
for 1,5001. sovereigns. He subsequently returned to
the Belle Sauvage, on Ludgate-hill, and left there
with his coach at twelve o'clock, when he had one
lady on the front seat. He then proceeded to the ,
Bell and Crown, Holborn, where he took nIY(
another lady, who also got upon the front i
seat. He next drove to the Regent-circus, where
he took up a lad and a man, both of whom sat 00
the front with the two ladies. He then proceeded to
the Gloucester Coffee-house, where he saw Quint, the
porter at Messrs. Coutts's, who gave him a blue bog
and this he placed in the off side of the front Seilt
amongst other things, but put it near the bottonl.
lie then took up a man (who took the box seat),
who saw him place the line. in the boot. Thig
man was stout, about 5 feet 9 in. in height, and wore
an old-fashioned blue great coat, and had no luggage'
Before reaching Knightsbridge the man on the bos •
told him a person wanted to go with him, whell.
Elliott, the prisoner, came out of a gin-shop, B'°'
up on the dickey, and said he was gob* to BensoP;
At Hammersm;th he took up another man, who g°:
on the back part of the coach, and a woman, and 0:
Cranfordsbridge he took up another gentleman. At
Cranford•bridge he saw the bag in the boot fifer
' and he did not think that anything was taken out °)
the boot till he reached Benson. He changed hor_
first at Hounslow, next at Longford, then at Salt-bill
when a lady got down ; next at Ealy Bottom, then 11"
Henley Bottom, and next at Benson. Here •
Shrub, whom he had taken up at Cranford-bridsl.4,
and the prisoner Elliott, got off. The former had $
carpet bag, which was given to his boy, and wito.ee,
went into the Crown Inn, where he stopped to recelr,
the prisoner's fare. He gave him change for a sovereign'''.
and he pressed witness to have a glass of ale, which 0: ,
(witnee3) took. Before this a lady got out at Salt%
hill, and a passenger at Henley Bottom. When
reached. the Crown Inn, Benson, it was a quarter Po
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seven o'clock, and he on that occasion, as well as otW
places at which he had changed horses, left the
On arriving at the Old Bank, at Oxford, he look"
for the bag delivered to him by the porter of Moss°.
Coutts and Co., but could not find it. He then drol
to the Vine Inn, in the High-street, where the con
finally stopped, and then again looked for it, ou„
found it was gone. He then asked the passenger
who sat on the box with him and the others, if till
saw any person take it, and they all said they did 0L
In his cross-examination by Mr. Ballantine,
witness said that the man whom he describea'r
riding with him on the box, and who had obserir
him receive the box and put it in the boot, was eat
tered as a " gent." on the way-bill. He did
know what became of him, nor had he seen 4,1 t
since. He kne4 all the females that were with Pi
as passengers but one, and he believed they wet
respectable persons. At Benson he was away fry
his coach about five minutes, and was also off. his O:(",
at the five other places he had previously chaork;
horses at, as well as at Knightsbridge, when he took W.
prisoner up. He did not see the prisoner take
thing away from the coach at Benson.
Mr. Ballantine here remarked on the 'extreL
singularity of the witness giving a receipt ford
1,500 sovereigns at the banking-house•of the MO'
Coutts' two hours before he received them. ,__ ,
The other witnesses examined were is illiam
man, a servant in the employ of Mr. Shrub,
Carr, horsekeeper at the Crown Inn, Benson, ,
Carter, landlord of the same inn, and a female >kf ,
vent, named Pierce.
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The prisoner was then remanded till a future

et°
GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SIIIP.— -ow -ow • Ofto,
tide on Thursday night and Friday morning, at r
Cumberland basin gates, was to the height of frotap
36 feet, probably higher than any we shalt:. have De7iif
the autumnal equinox. It was by . the .tom:
Thursday that the Directors of .the. Gres&
Steam-ship Company' had hoped- to . haw
.04
the Great Britain down :the river. At a Isla,
ing of the board of Directors of the Dock Conirlw
on Monday last, art solution was pissed that ise° •
j
of the correspondence which had taken place betty' •
that Board and the Directors of the Great Wes or-
Steam-ship Company, respecting the removal of
Great Britain, be transmitted to the Board of 'T
with such explanations as may be deemed necessorto
elucidate the position of all parties. By this it w,i1140,
seen that nothing has yet been done to relieve the u-0A
Britain from her embarrassing situation.. The fltssitii
Mercury states that the 'William Milnes,_ in. po hi iig
through the smaller lock of Cumberland-basin, 'wig
upon the walls, and, the tide ebbing, her bottoto.,rgo
forced out, and the greater part of her valuable c'ot
was lost. This occurred in the *autumn of 1813. .
remained for some weeks,' wedged' in, . the spring 'lOO
successively flowing over, and it was thought she Ow10
have to be broken up; at length, however,.. she Nws' ft•
tricated, underwent very costly repairs, and was"
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moved to another port. -
T- D---- The di

tt 110$'

,lINER..OUT.- A Auer-out mum.
come
most passionate love for children. He must. so conlY4
himself that when his name shall be announced el of
child in the mansion shall set up a yell—a scram p 4
rapture—shall rush to him—pull hiscoa t-tails—cll
his back—twist their fingers in his hair—snec"
watch from his pocket ; and, whilst they rend his /1%04
Saxony—load his shoulders—uncurl his wig"; et"
threaten instant destructien to his repeater, the °lot,
out must Stifle the agony at his heart and his Petboj
and to. the feebly-expressed fears of the manull' coo
the " children are 'troublesome," the diner-out mutt big
into every corner of his face a look of the most set
delight, and with a very chuckle assure the 0404
parent that "the little rogues are charming!"---''
Meadows' Heads of the People.

• BIRTHS. tod6
On the 2d inst., Mrs. George P. Putnam, of Eustotroci '
of
On a son.
the 3d inst., at Goodrest Lodge, near Resdin.-
lady of Bulkley J. M. Praed, Esq., of a son. I #ll'
On the 4th inst., Mrs. T. P. Turner, Bedford-row, of
still-born. ,0
On the 4th inst., the wife of F. H. Dickinson, ftck'
Upper Harley-street, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
ttik
On the 10th of February, at the Cathedral, Cala- 0.11,
Udny, Esq., Civil Service, to Annie Lydia, second 011'
of Samuel Tomkins, Esq., of Lombard-itreet. .400.11 r„
On the 2d inst., at Southwick, Hants, 'William ‘'',loo'"
Raper, Esq., 111,8., to Mary, daughter of Charles Wiwi'
Esq., Controller of her Majesty's Customs, ltaxat___g___--de'

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DIED.
On the 29th ult., John Gould, Esq., solicitor,
street, Queen-square, aged 74. ..40
..ru"
On the 31st ult., at Gainford-place, Barnsbnss4,.
Islington, Mrs. P. Alan, widow of the late G. Altano4o
On the Ist inst., at Warminster, William "Ly.e '-'' , 0
Esq., aged 30. A tiS
• to 6.
N thumberlan. _ ..„
On the 3d inst., at Eglingham, or . owl,
Venerable Edward Thomas Iligge, Archdeacon of ',Jutted Ito
On the 3d inst., at Worthing, John Bradley. s(l''dAtie
On the 3d inst., Frances Margaret Davies, eldest
15. 0106
of Captain Chandler, 17th Lancers, aged ~,r. r
of Glouce4.6l.
On the 10th inst., Agnes, eldest child of Mr. 11' . ,ica
of Cheapside.
On the sth inst., Emily Susan, only daughtet of Cllst
Baker, Esq., of Endsleigh-street.

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Monday, April 8, 1844.: