The Sun.
London, England, 1819-10-20 00:00:00

M ANSION-HOUSE.

ATTEMPT TO Itoß MR. FoX'S EIOUS I!.—Three
men, one of whom was the coachman of .:Ir. Fr;!;,
of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, .were yesteros,y ex-
amined, two of them upon the charge of It.,ing-
committed a burglary and felony in the house of
Mr. Fox, and the coachman on that of basing aid-
ed and 4t,sived in the felony and hurglary.
Severd publicans oldie neighbourhood Mated,
that they remembered having seen the coachman
frequently in their houses, but none of t?tem•cnuld
swear that either of the other prisoners accom-
panied him ; one was of opinion that he had seen
till the prisonets in company.
Mr. Fox deposed, that lie had received informa-
tion from a person that it was in the contempla-
ion of a gang to break into and rob his house.
Ile consequently applied for assistance to meet
the occasion.

William Sellers, assistant watch-house-keeper,
of St. Mary-le-Bone, deposed, that on the 27th
of September he received information from a man
mimed lierhert, that it was the intention of some
persons to break into and tob the house of Mr.
Fox, and that the thing was to be done through
the instrumentality of the coachman. The in-
telligence stated that Tuesday night was the night
appointed, and the witness immediately commu-
nicated to Mr. Fox what he had heard. The plan
was, that one of the gang should be introduced to
the hay-loft by the coachman, on the day the
family were to go to Peckham, and that at d I at
night, he should torn out from his hiding place,
and adroit at the coach-house door the accom-
plices, who were to enter the house either at the
kitchen or parlour window.
WilFant lierbert, of Pancras-road deposed, that
lie was of no particular trade, hut was acquainted
with the prisoners, and another person, who had
all laid a plan to rob Mr. Fox's house. The
coachman, he said, had proposed the robbery, and
expressed a wish for the presence of a spirited
fellow who was already in trouble, arid whose ab-
sence had for some time delayed the enterprise.
Several appointments were made tool kept at va-
rious public-houses upon the subject, and upon
one of those occasions an individnal of the
gang said it would be necessary to muzzle
the servant maids, upon which the coachmati
immediately declared that the gills should be
murdered before any detection should take place.
After the plan had been sufficiently matured
it was proposed, that the witness should hide iu
the stable, in order to let in the others, and that
Ire should have the direction of the proceeding.
The witness at first refused to play so prominent
a part, and another night passed away without the
in tel.ded attempt. Next day, however, the wit-
ness agreed to take his station in the hay-loft, and
all sa.as arranged for tire robbery. The witness was
conducted by the coachman to the spot of conceal-
Melo , nod covered over wi It hay. Before eleven
o'clock, he beau! the voices of two females,
silos passed under the loft, and fastened the
stable and coach-house doors. One of them, in leis
hearing, alluded to an expected robbery in the
house, and said, after the doors bad been fastened,
that perhaps one of Hinge engaged might be laying
under the hay. She spoke of this as if she was
a care that del.ign had been made to counteract
the object of the robbers. Soon after 'gibe girls
had gone hack to the house, the witness issued
tiom his jilted of cooceialment and admired two
of the prisoners and another mall. The coach-
roan was absent with the family. Those who had
entered got along the leads, and upon getting into
the yard tried the kitchen window, but that be-
ing fastened, they placed a ladder against the par-
lour window, which was 14 feet flour the ground,
and one of them mounted and opened the win-
dow, after which he put half his body into the
room. The robber then retired, and said to a
cotorade—" Light the darky ;" a dark-lan:ern
was instantly lighted and banded to the man on
r he ladder, and upon holding it inside the window
some one within struck at him ; he cried out and
opped down. The gang then ran out, and the A

witness amongst then►, for he did not know the
Officers of Police.
Clara Frazer, one of Mr. Fox's servant maids,
deposed that she passed through the stable after
10 o'clock on the night of the burglary, accom-
panied by the other servant girl, Elizabeth Situ-
ter. They fastened the coach-house door; wit-
ness had heard that Mr. Wilson had brought in
some men to protect the house, which it was ex-
pected would be attacked by robbers. Her fellow
servant said " Good night—pleasant dreams ;"
and one said to the other that the hay was rather
high, and verimaps one of the men was there; her
reason for saying so was, that Mr. Wilson had
declared as much. Witness had Hot known at the
time that the kitchen window was fastened; it
was not to fasten it.

• •The Lor.D MAYOR—Did you see any thing
partic:dar in the conduct of the coachman at any
time ?

The witness said, she observed in the morning
something very extraordinary in his behaviour,
He appeared exceedingly agitated, and complain-
ed of illness in his inside. She said, she hoped
nothing was the matter with his heart, and that
if that was well it did not matter about any thing
else. He replied, he did not know but it was his
hedet, and went in and out frequently during the
mottling. Witness soon after went into her mis-
tress's hed-rooni, and was surprised at being fol-
lowed by the coachman, who seemed very rest•
less ; she told him her master would be angry if
he saw him in the bed-room. The coachman
then left the room, but followed witness to her
own room, and asked her if she intended to sleep
there, and whether she and the other girl slept
well ? The answer to the last questing was in
the negative; upon which the coachman said—
" The best way is take laudanntn, that will make
yon sleep." He then asked her, whether they
would go to bed early that night ? She said,
" after ten ;" and he advised that they should go
to bed at ten. The coachman was not at all in
the habit of going into the bed-rooms. The wit-
ness did not see at any time either of the other
prisoners.

Elizabeth Stutter confirmed the account of the
conversation in the stable.—The prisoners w•er•e
fully committed for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Dr. Paris charged ht. Footman with an assault
and riot, under the following circumstances.—
The prosecutor was at the London Tavern on
Monday, and he desired his carriage to be in
readiness at eight o'clock in the evening, at which
helm. 'he defendant was not to be found, and Dr.
Paris was driven borne without hitst, 11e, how•
ever, found his way home between 11 and 12
o'clock, in a drunken state. The prosecutor de-
',sired him to go to bed, which he refused to do,
and made a blow at his master in the hall. He
then ‘'erit below, bidding every one defiance; and
it took four w'atchnien an hour to get hint out of
the house, as be artned4himself with a poker and
kept them oritetime at bay. The defendant was
ordered to fiiNd bail.