The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-12 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

DEISPERATE ATTEMPT TO ROE A 110:798..—Three
young men. all of Whom are known to the Police
in a particular w,►y, were brought up on suspicion
of having conspired and attempted to rob the
house of Mr. Fox, dentist, of Bti►ige-street,
Blaektriars.

The following circumstances hare transpired,
but for want of the necessary confirmation, ren-
ders it necessary that
,the names of the parties
accused skould not yet be mentioned :—At ti.
Litter ti( of September, Mr. tVontner, the City
:I+latsbal, ordered three City Officers to watch in
the house of Mr. Fox, in the night, it being ex-
pected that robbers would attack and attempt to
plunder it. Driokwater, Forrester the younger,
and Dare, went to the house on the night ap-
pointed, but all was quiet. They were soon as-
sured that the business was postponed to the next
night, and that four able fellows, who would feel
'ito hesitation ;n committing murder, were then to
commence operations. The officers procured the
assistance of another officer, named Brown, who
is expert in the trse of weapons of defence, and
lot-Ai their stations in a room at the back part of
the house, to which there was a large window,
of about 44 feet front the ground. They remained
in their places a few hours before a footstep was
beard. At II o'clock, a creeping noise was beard
by them, and a man was seen descending from the
leads over the stables into the yard, and unbolt-
ing the stable-door. lie did not remain long in
the stable, and on his return was seen to place a
ladder against the wall. Three others followed
over the leads, and upon dropping into the yard,
advanced towards the kiichen window, which was
bolted, and which they tried to open with consi-
derable violence, but ineffectually. They then
placed the ladder to the window of the room iu
which the officers were stationed, and, after a
short deliberation, one of them Hsceuded, and
gently raised the window. The officers suppres-
sed their Inlet), sad the robber put one toot

within tile room and bent in his body. He then
(I,e .V hack a little, and the officers observed u few
sparks arise from something in his hand. He
~gam obtruded his body half way into the room,
and suddenly darted the gleams of a dark lantern
round it. Tl of the officers were at some dis-
tance from the window, and Brown stood close
to it< with a euths in his hand. The robber
glanced round upon them all, and exclaiming,
"Oh Lord!" dropped into the yard. Brown
made a desperate cut at the intruder, but he
missed him, and strut k the ladder. The compa-
nions in tn,e enterprise all rushed through the
stable-door, and escaped through the yard and the
coach-hotise into the street. The officers could
not recognize any of them, for the night was
dark, and the escapelwas effected in the twink-
ling of au eye. It was in !he power of Brown to
have put to death the robber who clinited the
ladder, hot he thought proper to hold bark, in
• expeciation that all the robbers would enter. A
person, who said he was an accomplice in the
projected robbery, gave infottnation which in-
volves the coachmau of Mr. Fox. and two des-
pet ate characters.
From the account given of the transaction it
appears, iha' heee thoeths before the time the
attack was made, it had been determined by this
formidable gang to rob Mr. Fox's house. The
a,:liTioWledeed aCeotilpliCe was the person selected
,Ithnit the rest, am! was for that purpose placed
h~ Ice Coachin.n in the hay-loft, 'hider a glom-
:sty of hay, Aitti ThrectiollS not to wove unlit he
heard the dotneoles hr,ltilis the doors. The gang
i!a,l felt some hysital ion at tuAing the entrance
witheml o,e ns,kvozitiee of ho was
!oohed tip ; hot the suggesti4o) of postponement
was overrolef!. As soon as the stable•door Lad
been taste.n d. the int, mint slippcd do,en from
the hay-lott. and brio:: siinpl!rd wit, a key which
oval orsde fi.•111 impression in wax, let in his
r‘in, adcs. li had lie said, previously agreed
upon, that if there appe-red ny chance of de-
tectiln the servant mai,is c,noin he murdered...—
There was an iron ehe,t w it h contained a great
0. al of ntopery, in a rosin near .hat in which
he officer, were vationed, Hi•d tools hail been
pr,,ctited tor that ii t' a rYClit Of the failure in
the experiment to ti,:loek it. Th, moment the
office's were 0b,,,-.-rvect by the climber or the
I idder, the s gang ran off in the greatest
consrernation.

The LORD MAYOR Ordered that all the wit-
nesses enily in the week to give
evidence. The pi isooers were remanded.

IL FON4;ARDEN.

POIsONOUS BTZEAD.—Yesterdsy John Rolf, a
bAet, Saffron-hill, appear-
pe,o-ed to a *mullions on Pill information, charged
with .sclllng •brcAd adni•eraNd with alum and
other poisonous ingredients, contr,lry to toe Sta•
tute. Bnclor-ilattendcd Or' prosecution,
and Mt. IV illiams for the defendant. Tin. case
excited much interest, and the Office in conseis
queue leas very crowded.
Et!rozer Wittier deposed, that he teas in the
employ of Mr. Applehy, an ironfounitcr, who paid
him ss, a-day to buy bread at bakers, for the
purpose of layiig informations, On Saturday,
the 2d inst. he purchased a threepenny lor.f at the
defendant's shop, on which he wrote his name,
aod went and (4elivered it to Mr. White, chymist
and druggist, at No. 3, lii: hop's court, Ay!es-
bory-street, Clerkenwell, for the purpose of be-
ing analysed, and has not seen tt.e loaf since.
Mr. John Peter White deposed, th.at Le is an
apothecary and chvmist, and resides at No. 3,
Bishop's-court, Aylesbury•street. 011 the Vinst.
he received the loaf then produced from the last
witness; he analysed it on the principles laid
down by Sir Humphrey Davy, and the most ex-
perienced chymists, and had no hesitation in say-
ing) that it was strongly impregnated veiTh alum
and sulphuric acid, or oil of vitriol, Here the
evidence for the prosecution eosed.
Mr. Williams, for the d..fendant, insisted, that
the case was not made out, whereas the informa-
tion was defective, as it did not set forth that the
ingredients were knowingly and wilfully mixed in
the bread, as in penal 3 atutes the intention con-
stituted the offence. Here much argument took
place between Mr. Bocknell and Mr. Williams;
on hearing both sides at some length, the Ma-
gistrates held the objection to be fatal to the in.
tortnatiOn, and reluctantly dismissed the charge.
The Magistrates then reprobated the conduct
the defendant in the severest terms, and informed
him, that though the charge was satisfactorily
proved, on the clearest evidence, yet they were
bound to discharge
.the information, throuAli an
infonnality in the filling of it Up, was it not, for
which, they would, have convicted him in the lull
penalty of twenty pound 3 ;, but as it was a pity he
should go unponished, they (with the advice of
Mr. Alley, who was present) aUvised Mr. Buckuell
to indict him for the offence.