The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-13 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

Thomas Twyman, alias Smith, a smartly dressed
young man, who was formerly employed as footman in
the family of Thomas Archimedes Russell, Esq., of
Cheshunt-park, Ilerts' was charged before Mr.
Broughton with having broken into the dwalling-house
of that gentleman, and stolen a cash-box, containing
254 sovereigns, 1501. in bank notes, together with
other property; and Sarah Parker, a woman of the
town, was charged with being accessory to the robbery.
The prosecutor stated that the robbery was com-
mitted on Wednesday, the 7th inst., and the discovery
of it took place between six and seven o'clock on the
same evening. He had sat down to dinner with his
family, when a female domestic entered the room, and
informed him that she suspected that thieves were in
the house, the windows of his dressing-room and
library being wide open. He immediately proceeded
up stairs, and, on examining his dressing-room, he dis-
covered that a drawer had been broken open, and that
his cash-box, containing the above-mentioned sum had
ransacked,
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down upon a flower bed which was nine feet below
it. The impression of a man's foot was discovered
in the mould underneath the window, and there was
also the mark of a knee, from which it appeared that
he had fallen down in making the descent. The male
prisoner was formerly, in his service, hut lie dis-
charged him about seven months ago, and suspecting
that he was a party, to the robbery,
he caused hand-
bills to be circulated, giving a description of his per-
son, and offering a reward for his apprehension.
Mr. BROUGHTON asked the prosecutor how long
the prisoner had been in his service and what was the
cause of his discharge.
The prosecutor said that the prisoner was two
years in his situation, and performed its duties in a
most satisfactory manner, but suspicions were at
length entertained of his integrity, which led to his
discharge.
Police Constable Gurling, G 94, stated that between
3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday morning he was on duty
in the City road, when he was accosted by the male
prisoner, who told him that he had just been robbed at
a house of ill-fame, situate No. 23, Windsor-place.
On asking him how much money he had lost, the pri-
soner said that the amount was from 1001. to 1501.,
and that he suspected it was stolen by one of the
women with whom he had spent the evening at the
Haymarket Theatre. The prisoner added that he was
a gentleman, and that the money was part of his for-
tune, of which he had lately come into possession.
Witness then proceeded to the house with the prisoner'
and Police Constable Stannard, and on being ad.
mitted by the landlady he found the female
prisoner and two other women inside, each of
whom denied all knowledge of the robbery. He
searched the house without finding any of the
money, and the prisoner began to manifest extreme
reluctance to proceed any further in the matter. Wit-
ness, however, took all the women into custody, and
conveyed them with the prisoner to the station-house,
and on his way thither the prisoner said he had been
a gentleman's servant, arid had saved the money out
of his wages. The prisoner was searched when he
reached the station-house, and three packets of money
were found upon him, • •
consisting of one 10/. and two
Si. notes, and 106 sovereigns. On making the dis-
covery, a reference was made to the " occurrence
book," containing a record of the robberies that had
lately been committed, and it was discovered that the
description of the man suspected of the Cheshunt rob-
beiy exactly corresponded with the appearance of the
prisoner. The prisoner, however, stoutly denied the
robbery, but on being again asked where he got the

WESTERN EYE DISPENSARY, ST. GILEs.—We
understand that David Dundas, Esq., M.P., has ge-
nerously contributed five pounds to this excellent
dispensary through the medium of Hugh Houston,
Esq., one of the surgeons, and the founder of the
institution.

The Earl and Countess of Eglinton, on the occa-
sion of the anniversary of the birth of their infant son,
Lord Montgomerie. had several coursing matches for
the amusement of their family tenantry. The Noble
Earl and Countess have a large party visiting them.
The Earl's tenants on the Auchans barony celebrated
the birthday of the heir of their respected and liberal
landlord with great rejoicing.
On Saturday last a convict, named Gomare, who
had been condemned to death for having stabbed one
of the officers of the bagne, at Toulon, was executed
in presence of the rest of the prisoners. At an early
hour, a strong body of artillery was posted in the
court where the scaffold was erected, with the pieces
charged with grape. A little before eight, all the
convicts were marched out, and placed in order at
each side of the gullotine. Shortly after the prisoner
appeared, attended by the almoner of the bagne, who
had passed the night by his bedside. Gomare had, it
is said, expressed. repentance for his crime, and
wished to say so to the rest of the convicts. He was
dissuaded, however, from addressing them at length,
and he only uttered the words, " Comrades, friends,
farewell!" the next minute he ceased to exist. Go-
mare was only twenty-one years of age. He entered
the army at eighteen, and shortly after, at Avignon,
he took offence at something his captain had said, and
attacked him with a sabre. The blow missed the in-
tended point, but the officer's ear was cut off. For
this Gomare was sentenced to death, but the punish-
ment was commuted to hard labour for life.

THE DEAD ALIVE.—Mr. Hill, of Olatrim, whose
murder was circumstantially recorded in a late num-
ber of the Limerick Reporter, has written 'to the
editor of the Nenagh Guardian, to say that he is still
alive and well. Mr. Hill complains of the trouble and
expense his relatives have been put to by the report in
question, some of them having come from distant
parts of Ireland for the purpose of burying him. "On
the day (continues Mr. Hill) the Reporter says I waa
shot, I, with 60,000 of my fellow-countrymen, at-
tended the great meeting at Dunkerrin, to hear the
Rev. Mr. Nolan eloquently and emphatically ex.
hort us to pay obedience to the laws, and to aid in
suppressing illegal societies. Now, Sir, I hope that
you will contradict the vile report of my death, for if
I was shot at and wounded on the day in question, I
could not be at the Dunkerrin meeting; and if I was
dead I couldn't write this letter."

THE EDINBURGH POLlCE.—Captain Stuart, late
Superintendent of the city of Edinburgh police,
having been appointed Governor of the Penitentiary
at Perth, the above situation necessarily becomes va-
cant. The Captain Superintendency of the Edinburgh
police is considered to be worth 5001. per annum ; and,
as may be naturally supposed, there were a great
number of applications for the appointment, the gift
of which entirely rests with the Lord Provost and
Sheriff of Edinburgh. - The latter made a special
application to the Commissioners of the Metropolitan
Police to name some efficient officer belonging to their
force who they considered would be able to perform
the duties of the office satisfactorily ; and the result
was an application from Mr. Haining, an inspector
of the A division, for the appointment. The Lord
Provost and Sheriff considered the qualifications of
Mr. Haining superior to those of the other candidates,
and a few days since he was elected to the office.

IRISH LINEN TRADE WITH FRANCE.—The French
linen manufacturers have again been forced to enter
the Irish markets for their supply of yarns, despite
the enormous import duties, which it had been sup-
posed would amount to a prohibition :—Belfast, Dec.
2.—We have experienced an improved demand for linen
yarns during the present week. The French are again
obliged to come to market, notwithstanding their high
protective duties, as we learn considerable shipments
are now being made to the French ports, which must
have a favourable effect on the trade generally. Some
yarns are going forward which will have an ad va-
lorem duty of 50 or 60 percent. imposed on them. No
change in prices, but rather firmer at the rates pre.
viously quoted. Linen yarns-30 lea, ss. 3d. to
8040 lea,lea, 55.45. to ss. ss. 6d. ; 35 lea, ss. to 55.3 d.; 40 lea, 4s. 9d. to 55.;
45 to 70 lea, 4s. 7W. to 4s. 9d. ; 75 lea, 4s. to ss. ;
I\37dort:ernwi. yhairgn. s— 2 5
4s. 9d. ; 30 lea, 45. 6d. ; 35 lea, 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d.;
lea, 4s. 6d. to
We understand that Major-General Pollock, whose
recent gallant achievements in India have attracted
so much admiration, and Sir F. Pollock, her Majesty's
Attorney-General, are both brothers of J. H. Pollock,
Esq., one of the registrars of the Court of
Bankruptcy
in this city.—Bristol Mercury.
DEATH OF THE HON. HENRY BUTLER.—We have
to record the death of the above Hon. Gentleman,
who expired on Tuesday last, at York, from gout
in the stomach. The deceased was second sur-
viving son of Edward, late Viscount Mountgar-
ret, by Lady Henrietta, second daughter of the
first Earl of Carrick, and was born February 16,
1773. He married September 3; 1811, Miss Anne
Harrison, youngest daughter and co-heir of Mr. John
Harrison, by whom he leaves issue a son and three
daughters. The Hon. Gentleman was brother and
heir presumptive of the Earl of Kilkenny, and of the
Hon. Pierce Butler, M.P. for the county Kilkenny.
LOUTII.—SALE OF A WIFE PREVENTED.—WC are
sorry to Neve to record that another of those disgrace-
ful ebullitions of public depravity, the sale of a wife in
the public market (happily prevented from being
effected by the vigilance of the police), occurred on
the 30th ult. The offending parties, followed by a
vast crowd, were brought before S. Trought, Esq.,
who investigated the affair. The Magistrate said it
was intolerable to witness a wife dragged into the
market for sale like a brute beast, and it was the de-
termination of the Magistrates to put an end to a
system which subjected the happiness of the domestic
circle to the libidinous propensities of every designing
knave who chose to interrupt it. The parties had
had a narrow escape, as, had the sale been effected, he
would certainly have fully committed them to the
quarter sessions to take their trial for so gross an out-
rage ; as it was, he would bind the parties in 51. each
to keep the peace in future. On their liberation,
they were chased round the church by the mob, and
it was not until the protection of the police had been
obtained, that they were enabled to effect a safe re-
treat to their proper homes.—Starnford Mercury,

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MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.
STATIONS with their Distances from Manchester _

MANCHESTER, Oldham Junction 5, Mills Hil
Rochdale 11, Littleborough 14, Todmorden 20
Hebden Bridge 24, Luddenden Foot 26, Sows
Elland 31, Brighouse 31, Cooper Bridge 36
Horbury 44, Wakefield 48, Normanton 51, Li

116, Blue Pits
I, Eastwood 21,
erby Bridge 28
, Dewsbury 41,
EEDS 60.