The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

the prisoner went into the shop with a letter with no addres:
in it, and said he had been sent by Mr. Hodson, a gentler;
living opposite, to request that Mr. Spring's clerk would wod
the address ; his wife had just Jain in, and his sister was di:v.
and between both he was in a perfect agony of
The shopman said he would write the address, and way'
so when the prisoner, who had his back to the window, one
one of his hands, secreted several books on his person, sto;7l
the larger ones between his coat and his back. The prisoner
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very nearly succeeded, as it was then twilight, but Mr. MO,
came into the shop, and discovering the robbery, called'
policeman and gave the prisoner into custody.—Committed.

MURDER OF JOHN ARDELL.
INQUEST ON THE BODY.
On Monday we gave an account of the murder of the
unfortunate servant of Mr. Walker, of Bodeen. 'ILI'
place of the murder is about a quarter of a mile from
the scene of the Finnoe massacre. There was only on.
witness examined at the inquest, the widow of the d?;
ceased. The resident magistrate, T. Brereton, Esq., '3l'
not consider it necessary to examine any more; and the
foreman of the jury, Bowen P. Cashel, Esq., Said that.
it would not be safe to submit any witness to.the ordel'
of a public examination. He would feel it- his duty
examine witnesses, were; ho on an inquest in any other
county but Tipperary. Before the arrival of the CO'
roner, there was not even one man or boy to be seen
about the house of the deceased ; there were a fel
women sitting with the corpse. The Coroner had to
bring his jury principally from Borrisokane, a distance,
of nearly two miles. There were in attendance—Edw:ru
Waller and John F. Waller, Esqrs., the sons of the late
lamented Thomas Walter, Esq.; Thomas George Stone)",
Esq., brother-in-law to these gentlemen ; Thomas
Brereton, Esq.. H.M. ; P. Carroll, Esq., County 10
Spector; and, amongst others, Mr. Marshall, the eminelo
Limerick auctioneer, who had been in the locality, enter-
ing into arrangements for the purpose of selling off the,
furniture and moveables at Finnoe House. _

The jury being sworn by James Carroll, Esq., Coro-
ner, the widow of the murdered man deposed that her
husband, the deceased John Ardell, was in the employ
of Richard Joseph Falkiner, Esq., as ploughman and
care-taker of the horses ; that on the 26th day of Dr
ember he was ploughing in the morning and taking core
of the horses in the evening. He came home to bis
dinner at the usual hour, and left the house about cne
o'clock. He did not afterwards return until seven
o'clock, when he was brought into her house murdered.
He was brought in on a door between two men. Ile
was at the time wounded, and unable to speak. He stir
vived about two hours and died. I heard his cry a short
time before he was brought to the house. It was about
four or five minutes. I saw where he was murdered.
went out when I heard bim cry, and found him lying
forty or fifty yards from his own house. It is about hal
a mile from this where the late Mr. Waller was wor,
dered. My husband did not speak to me at all.
found him lying upon his back and unable to speala
He was immediately after removed into the house
There is no doubt in my mind but he was waylaid by.
some persons.
Mr. Brereton here said, that if the widow's elideros
was sufficient to answer the purposes of the inquest, he
would not offer any other witnesses for examination.
Mr. R. Cashel (foreman of the jury)—l did nqt like
to itAc the question, if he had a dispute with any person.
If I was upon an inquest in any other county, I would
do it, but it would not be safe for any person here to put
the question. I would rather leave it for private exa-
mination.
Mr. Brereton, R.M.—I would rather not send any
more evidence.
• J. J. Stoney, Esq., M.D., proved that he examined
the body of the deceased John Ardell, and that he found
a number of fractures on the left side of the head, and gi
depression of the fractured particles of the bone, causing
a lacerated wound of the brain, and which had been in',
flicted by some heavy blunt instrument, and which was
the cause of his death.

Mr. Cashel—Our verdict is, " That this is a barbarous
and brutal murder by some persons unknown."
A Juror—l think the wounds were inflicted by a pistol
or gun. _ _

Mr. Cashel—l never witnessed anything more savage•
I did not think they would beat a dog in such a way.
Mr. J. F. Waller—lt is but in heathen countries that
they beat dogs in that manner, and only in Christitul
countries that they beat men so brutally.

THE RECENT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL White,
man who tell from the building at Messrs. Brancker's,
and was so much injured, though a fearful spectacle, ie.
not dead • he 'labours under concussion of the brain,
injury of the spine, and many other disasters,
yet his medical at;endants at the Northern Hose
pital entertain hopes of his recovery.. Cassidy,
who was in the lorry when White tell, is perfectly
sensible, and is able to converse with the medical officers
of the hospital. His recovery is almost a matter of
certainty. Jones is fearfully burnt ; he is wrapped up
in clothes, and looks like a mummy. Michael Ennissey,
who was carried home to his friends, dreadfully burnt,
has been conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where he
lies in a very precarious state. No doubt exists as to the
fate of poor Woods ; that he is under the ruins is unhap-
pily too true. The opinion of the surgeon at the Northern
Hospital is, that all his patients will recover, notwith-
standing their present state ; so that Woods, it is hoped,
will be the only victim.
A. B. C.....-ANECDOTE OF THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.
—Whilst under the process t f learning her A B C, the
Princess evinced no usual degree of curiosity to ascer-
tain the utility of being so tormented. " What good
this—what good this ?" was her frequent inquiry ; and
when satisfied " that mamma could know all that was
contained in the g..nt bunk on the table because shoe'
knew her letters, whilst the little daughter could not
• the little lady replied, " I learn, too—l learn, too—very
quick 1" and, it is added, she so quickened her pace in
learning and articulation, as soon to become mistress of
the alphabet.—From Frazer's Magazine.
EARL GREY.—We are glad to learn that letters,
were received in Stanhope-street yesterday, which state
that Lord Grey had enjoyed sleep during several hours
of the night for some nights past. The Noble Lord had
also suffered less pain lately, and his pulse and appetite
were quite good. There is still, however. danger, and
considerable cause for the anxiety of his friends. The
great age of his Lordship (eighty years in March next)
of course renders him less able to combat successfully
with the attack.

SUDDEN DEATH OF AN ARTlST.—Yesterday fore-
noon an inquest was taken before Mr. Wakley, M.P., av
the Lord Wellington, University-street, Tottenham-
court-road, on view of the body of Mr. Thomas Gibson,
aged thirty-two, an artist of some celebrity, residing. at
Carlisle, whose death took place under the following
melancholy circumstances:—lt appeared from the evi-
dence, that about a month since, the deceased, who was
a married man, with a family, arrived in town, for the
purpose of executing two paintings for a nobleman who
had sent for him, on the finishing of which be purposed
returning home. He took apartments at No. 32, in the
above-named street, where he continued to reside in
perfect health up to the time of his decease. On the
night of Friday last, about half-past twelve o'clock, the
landlady of the house hearing the sound of low moans,
interspersed with ejaculatory cries of " Murder," pro-
ceeding- from deceased's bed-room, hastened thither, and
on entering found deceased lying on the bed in his
clothes, in a state of insensibility. Mr. E. Garland,
surgeon, said that he was sent for to attend the de-
ceased, whom he found insensible, and apparently
labouring under an attack of apoplexy. He bled him in
the arm and jugular vein, taking away from him, alto-
gether, twenty-eight ounces of blood, but without any
visible effect, and he died in less than two hours. He
had, with Dr. Taylor, since made a post mortem exami-
nation of the body of deceased, and ascertained that the
immediate cause of death was extravasation of blood on
the brain. Verdict—" Natural death."

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BIRMINGHAM AND
GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—On the arrival at Bromsgrolo
station of the d,iwn train from Birmingham, about thirty'
minutes past five o'clock on Wednesday evening, a bat,
jacket, and bundle of sticks were found lying on the
buffer bar of the engine. This leading to the suspicion
that sonic accident had happened on the line, the pilot
engine was instantly dispatched to ascertain the particu-
lars ; and between Barnt Green (near the residence of
Mr. Mauglian), and Crofton Hall (the residence of Mr.
Penn), the both of a labouring man was found lying be-
tween the rails quite dead. The body was warm, and it
appeared the train had not passed over him, but it is
supposed that the buffer bar of the engine struck hint
in the back, and that his hat, jacket, and sticks were
jerked at the same incipient upon the buffer bar, and
there remained until the engine arrived at the station as
before, mentioned. At the point, or nearly so, where the
accident took place, the up-train pissed the down-train,
and it is thought that that threw the poor fellow off his
guard. The body was conveyed to the Malt Shovel,
Vigo, and there lies, awaiting the Coroner's inquest,
which will be held by Mr. Docker, at three o'clock this
afternoon. The poor man, whose name is Berm, was
about fifty-five years of age, and in the employ of Mr.
Lamb, one of the contractors of the line. There was no
crossing within a mile of the spot where the accident
happened. It was about forty-five minutes from the
time of the accident until the holy was found.— Worces-
ter Herald.

MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—MAIDSTONE.—A small
detachment of ten men of the 7th Dragoon Guards is at
this depot, under orders to join the head-quarters of that
regiment at the Cape of Good Hope. The officers who
will accompany the draft are Cornets Gore and Bum-
bray, of the 7th. It is stated that the depot of the 16th
Lancers, which was transferred from Canterbury to
Maidstone in September last, will, at an early period, be
removed from the last place to Brampton Barracks. The
reason assigned for this change is, that the depot at
Maidstone is insufficient for accommodation of the num-
ber of men at present there, in addition to the large
number of recruits required to reinforce the 3d Light
Dragoons and 9th Lancers in the East.
CITY POLICE.—NEW REGULATION B.—The follow-
ing official " pass order" has been forwarded to the
various police stations in the City, and came into opera-
tion yesterday, viz. :—One undetected robbery having
taken place in the section of any sergeant during the
year 1843, the said sergeant to be removed to another
division.—No sergeant to continue to act as sergeant
in whose section two undetected robberies shall have
occurred during the year 1843.—N0 sergeant to be
allowed to act as assistant inspector upon whose sec-
tion one undetected rubbery shall have occurred.—The
men are exhorted to adhere strictly to their book of
instructions, and either or any of them discovered
talking to females, or going into public-houses, 8c5.,
whilst on duty, will be suspended, or forthwith dis-
charged.—The inspectors, sergeants, and men to reside
within the section of their division.—The latter has pro-
duced great dissatisfaction among the inspectors and
sergeants, many of whom occupy houses and reside at
some distance from their division.
TILE IRON TRADE.—We are very glad to hear that
a second furnace was blown in at Trimsaran, Carmar-
thenshire, on Tuesday last. We understand that the
iron that. is made is of the best quality, being manufac-
tured with anthracite coal. Welshman. •.•••••,.