The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-06 00:00:00

Ira' We are authorised to state, that since the
MEDICAL. BOARD has been established at Char-
lotte-House, Great Charlotte-street, opposite the
Rev. Rowland Hill's
.Clrapel, and Woodstock-
!.4treet, adjoining New Bowl-street, upwards of
Thirty Thousand Patien,s of both Sexes have been
restored to perfect health, many of whwn had
fingered for years under the iaost painful and ob-
stinate diseases, were pronounced incurable by
respectable practitioners, and several discharged
from Hospitals.—Such are the- effects resulting
from c,,tnbined talents !—Messrs COOPER and
Co. of Medics! and Suigical celebrity, after forty
years experience in this metropolis, are consulted
daily at both houses until nine at night, and the
pohr have advice
_gratis, on Tuesday, Thursday,
and Sunday mornings, until Twelve o'Clock.—
Patients at a distance, descdhing their case, im-
mediately attended to.—All lettet's to be directed
to Charlotte-House, Klacktriats'-rt►ad, but none
:ore answered witich do not coot/anis consulting
lee.

MURDER AT EPSOM._

An extraordinary sensation of interest has been
experienced by the inhabitants of Epsom since
saliday last, the period when the murder upon
Ely Cox, the gamekeeper of James Teissier, Esti
was committed, acid the hnstle and confusion in
the toivu have exceeded, if possible, what took
place at Greenwich on the nitirler of Mr. Bird
and his housekeeper. The apprehension of four
persons resident in or near Epsom, who are al-
lied to itti y of the inhabitants, Hod known to all,
attached an interest to every step of the proceed-
ings, which appeared co he felt by every resident
in the place, and caused a general anxiety in the
minds of all descriptions of persons.

On Tuesday. at two o'clock in the afternoon, the
following Magistrates, Jas. Trotter, John Whit-
more, Joseph Grinstead, and Richard Bolton-,
Esqrs. assembled at the Coffee-house, Epsom, the
doors of which were literally blockaded by the
mob, when Thomas Arnold, James Arnold, John
Bridges, and Thomas Unborn, in custody of May
and Hall, the officers; and IVilliain
game-
keeper to Lord Arden, were brought before theui
undergo an examination on suspicion of being
concerned in. the murder of Ely Cox.
_ .

John May stated, that he had been induced to apprehend
the prisoners, with the assistance of his colleagues, for,.the
following reasons:—lnformation had been given hire that all
of them obtained a living partly by poaching; Thomas Arnold
usually resided with his mother at Banstead, about two miles
from Epsom, and was a notorious poacher; be had been heard
to say on 'Thursday or Friday last, that wages for work were
very low, and he could get more by catching hates; on Sa-
turday, the night before the murder, he did .tint sleep at
home, nor could it be discovered that he slept at Epsom,
although he was seen there about six o'clock on Sunday
morning; the murder was committed at fi,e o'clock on the
Sunday morning: he described himself as having been very
drunk on the Saturday night; whereas, upon inquiry, it
was found that he left Epsom about ten o'clock at night, per-
fectly sober. Another circumstance which caused bins to be
regarded as an object of suspicion was, that he was in pos-
session of a dog of a peculiar description, and a few days
previous to the murder, Cox had said to a fellow servant that
he had seen such a dog on his toaster's manor, and threatened
to shoot it. James Arnold was the constant associate of his
brother; the prisoner, John Bridges, absconded, when
in-
formed that the officers were in pursuit of him. T. Osborn
was taken into custody 111 consequence of having been seen at
six o'clock in the morning of Sunday, at his cottage door,
which is about 50 yards from the spot where the body was
found, as if he had just come in from a walk. On search
being made in his cottage, a loaded guts was found, and a
great number of wild rabbit-skins. The bloody knife found
near the place where the murder was committed very much
resembled one which Osborn had been seen to use its his busi-
ness as a gardener, but which he could not now produce. Two
Cruises, with the appearance of having been recently in-
flicted, were discovered on his forehead.

John Halliday; a shoemaker, residing at Epsom, sworn.—
Knows the prisoner, Thomas Arnold ; -he has been in the
habit of frequently coating to his house; was their on Sa-
turday last, and went away at 8 in the evening perfectly sober;
did not see him again until Sunday morning at 6 o'clock ; he
then said that he had not been home all night, but slept on
an oat stack on the Skirts of the town.

Thomas Arnold, oil being required to give some account of
himself front Saturday night to Sunday at 6 o'clock ill the
morning, when he /vas seen at Epsom, stated, that he left the
house of the last witness about 8 o'clock, and at that time in-
tended to go home to his mother's house at Banstead to sleep:
but afterwards meeting with some acquaintance, he drank
until he was intoxicated, and then went on a stack of oats
and slept there all night; did not know what time it was
when be awoke, but the SUI) was very high ; he went imme-
diately into Epsom to Halliday's house, and he then found it
was 6 o'clock, and afterwards went to his brother's residence
to breakfast ; the stack of oats is about a quarter of a mile
front the spot where the murder was committed; never made
use of the words about hares attributed to him by May ; has
been employed as a reaper by Mr. Hall, of Epsom, fur same
time past.

May, the officer, further stated, that he had searched tre
house of Arnold's mutber, but fOusid nothing that could lm--
plicate the prisoner's in the offence with which they were
charged. Since the apprehension of James, he had ascer-
tained that tie slept at Baisstead on Saturday night, and did
not leave his mother's cottage till late on Sunday.
Win. Tanner, a labourer, deposed, that he lodged at the
boost of Osborn's father, and on Sunday, between six and
seven in the murning.saw the prisoner Osborn in the garden;
Osborn's cottage is about 40 yards from Crockenham-corner ;
cannot tell at what time be left home on Sunday.
Saunders is servant to Mr. Nut-they, for whow the prisoner
Osborn works ; has seen him use a knife somewhat resem-
bling the bloody knife found at Crockenham-curner, but eau.
not say positively that the knife is the same; within a sew
days he has been in the habit of listig a garden-knife, and on
Monday saw hini cut strawberries with a case-knife; has ob-
served the bruises on Osborn's forehead they were nut
there on Friday or Saturday; he cause to work as usual on
Monday, but thought there was a sort of shyness about huu ;
he seemed to avoid witness.

Mr. W. Butcher, cutler, at Epsom, remembers selling a
knife similar to the garden-keine used by Osbora, but has nu
recollection of the clasp-le:tile found near the deceased.
Mary Hoare, sister-in-law to the prisoner ()shorn. thought
she had seen a knife resembling the bloody clasp-knife to the
prisaag's posseision, hut could Hot say that the knife pro-
duced was the same. The bruises on his forehead she never
observed till within a few days.
The prisoner Osborn then stated that he could answer every
thing that had been alleged iu evidence against him in the
most satisfactory manner. He slept at home on Saturday
night, and was aroused in the morning, as was also his wife,
by the rewire of a gun or pistol, about 5 o'clock. The c.rcuni-
stance of the I•eaort was nut much noticed either by himself or
his wife, !sting in theshabit of hearing many guns fired off by
pre-sons shouting. When he was observed at the dour of his
cottage at ii o'clock he had just come down stairs,aod had never
lett tric cottage. Thegun fouud in his house was the pi operty of
a gentleman of the neighbourhood (M r.Doretey) at,. was at pre-
seut from home, and who had placed a large quantity of linen
under his care during his absence,and had lent him the gun to
protect the property if occasion required. As to the bruises on
his forehead, they were occasioned by a fall from an apple-
tree in his own garden; he was a illing to strip and show his
person, and if the bruises were occasioned by a scuttle or fight,
there would assuredly be some marks of violence found upon
him' besides the bruises allude d to. He then stripped, and
was examined by Mr. Mayde, the surgeon, who stated, that
no marks were apparent on his body that indicated he had
been eugaged in a scuttle; the marks on the forehead he
thought had, from their appearance, been occasioned as de-
scribed by the prisoner.
Bridges stated that he was absent from Epsom only a few
hours; he had no idea that he was susplicted of the murder,
but thought the. Magistrates wanted to punish him fur having
got drunk on Smithey.
The prisoner Thomas Arnold was required' by the Magis-
trates to state where he slept on Friday night, but refused to
answer the question, stating that wherever he might have
slept on Friday could not in any way he connected with the
inquiry about the murder : he was willing to give an account
of himself from Saturday night till Sunday night, and beyond
that be did not conceive he had a right to be questioned.
The examination lamed five hours., when the
Magistrates, after a long and deliberate consider-
edioo,.disch4rged all the prisoners.
The Magistrates commended the zeal and acti-
vity of the officers, and strongly urged a couti•
nuance of their exertions, stating at the same
time that it was the determination of all the Ma-
gistrates and Gentry of .the country to spare u