The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.--Johra Cox was charged before Sir
JOHN NIL/LING, Bart., yesterday, on suspicion of being
concerned in an extensive robbery upon the premises Of
Messrs Perrot and. Co., ealenderers and cotton-spinners, in
Tenter-street, Moorfields. •
The case was proved by Tearos watchman of Cripple-
gate, who seeing several young men lurking about White•-
street, Moorfields, at half-past four o'clock on Sunday
morning, communicated to the next watchman, his sus-
picions that some house in the neighbourhood had been or
was about to be broken into, and desired him to stop and
examine every one he should meet carrying bundles. This
watchman mentioned that he had just seen four suspicious
men in Grub-street, 'who, upon observing him, separated,
and went different ways. While the watchmen were talk-
ing the prisoner came in view, and hearing Tear say he
thought he was one of the gang, turned suddenly upon his
heel and retreated, pursued by the guardians of the night,
until he was stopped in Finsbury-square by Gaydon, one
of the city night patrol. During the chase he threw away
a piece of cotton print, which was identified by Mr.
Perrot, as a part of the stolen property.
Sir JonN l'Enatzio committed the prisoner for trial,
observing, that he did not perceive how he could, by that
course, in any way impede Mr. Perrot in his research
after the other thieves.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.--Yesterday Samuel
Solomons, a Jew salesman, residing in White Lion-street,
Seven-Dials, and Thomas Samuel White, the latter in
custody as a principal, in the robbery committed some time
ago at the Travellers' Club-house in Pali-mall, when seven,
silver candlesticks were stolen, and the former charged with,
receiving the said candlesticks, knowing them to be stolen,,
were brought before F. A. Roe, Esq., the sitting Magistrate,
for final examination.

Mr. Sewell, a refiner, in Barbican, identified the prisoner;
Solomons as the person who sold him the candlesticks pro-*
duced on the very morning of the robbery; and both'
prisoners were committed for trial.
HATTON-GARDEN.—Mr. Vickery, a solicitor, re-
siding in New Boswell-court, Lincoln's-inn, applied to the
Magistrates of this office yesterday, for a warrant against a
Mr. George ilfullen, an appraiser, of North-place, Gray's-
inn-lane, for obtaining money, under false pretences, fro►n
a gentleman named Jones, resident in the neighbourhood of
Gray's-inn-lane:

Mr. LAING was not aware that the Magistrates had any,
power to grant a warrant under the circumstances. Mr.
Jones might, however, prefer an indictment against the
person complained of at the Quarter Sessions, which woule4
be holden on the following day (this day.)
Mr. Jones and his solicitor then left the office, with the
Intention of, we believe, adopting the suggestion of the
Magistrate..
UNION-MALL.—A few nights ago the residence of a
gentlenian, named Wilcox, at Camberwell, was attempted
to be broken into, but the thieves being disturbed in the
course of their operations, escaped, leaving sundry im-
plements behind them. Since the above attempt, Mr.
Wilcox's family has been kept in continual alarm, owing
to the extraordinary artifices of one of the female servants,
named Anne Burt, who was brought up to this office yes.;
terday by her master, in order to account for her singular
conduct.

Mr. Wilcox informed the Magistrate, that a night or two
after his holm had been attempted to be broken into, the
girl above-named brought him an anonymous letter, and
said she had picked it up in the area, which letter contained
threats of destruction to the whole of the inmates. lie,
however, did not pay much regard to the commv,:ication,
and in the course of the night the family were aw..ke by
the ringing of. bells all over the house. Anne Bert, in
particular, expressed the utmost slaves, and declared, that
she had been informed it was the inter .ion of two men to
break into the house and murder every person they found
within. On examining the premises, however, nothing was
discovered to lead to the belief that robbers had attempted
to enter, and the circumstance of the bell ringing was
ascribed to the frolics of some drunken men. The follow-
ing day, the same girl put..into the hands of her master
another letter, containing the most deadly threats against
the family, in consequence of the disappointment the writer
experienced in his attempts to get into the house ; this letter
she also described as having been thrown into the area by
one of the party that intended to do the mischief. Mr.
Wilcox, placing considerable reliance on the integrity and
good character:of the girl, believed her account, and in
consequence had two of the Bow-street patrol watching for
the last few nights in his house, in the expectation of hay=
ing a visit from the persons who used such threats. No
noise or disturbance was beard until Sunday night,
shout seven o'clock, at which time only Mrs. Wilcox and
the servant, Ann Burt, were at home; at that hour a loud
knocking was heard at a door at the rear of the house,
which continuing, the girl ran up to her mistress, and,
having armed herseltwith one of the pistols left behind by
the patrol; she proceeded. down stairs,. and immediately af-
terwards the report of the. pistol was heard. As soon as
the discharge took place the girl 'ran_ back to her mistress,
saying that she had shot one of the robbers, for she plainly
heard one of them explain to his.compiution, " Ob, Am, I
am shot through the body ;" antl she also described that
there were marks of blood outside the hack door. Soon
after the above occurrence the patrol arrived, and the par-
ticulars having been stated to them, they discovered that it
was all a hoax played off by the servant, and that she had
actually cut her thumb, for the purpose of inducing a he-
lief that she had shed the blood of a housebreaker: When
before the Magistrate she made a fall confession that she
was the author of the anonymOus epistles as well as the
contriver of the different methods by which the repose of
the family was disturbed. On questioning her, however,
as to the reason of such conduct, she refused to make any
reply, and the investigation concluded by the Magistrate
advising Mr. Wilcox to get rid of a girl who tad caused so
much terror and uneasiness in his family.
Mr. Wilcox, in the course of the investigation, said that
he was convinced the defendant was in league with the
thieves who attempted his house in the first instance, but
failing, she had recourse to the above stratagems in order
to terrify and alarm the family. lie therefore paid her
wages, and discharged her from his service.

The hero of the following story is a 1-lottentot
of the Agter Sneewberg. I have forgotten his name, hut
he was alive two years ago, when the story was related to
me at Cradock, in that neighbourhood. TJsis man was
out hunting, and perceiving an antelope feeding among
some bushes, he approached in a creeping posture, and had
rested his gun over an ant-hill to take a steady aim, when,
observing that the creature's attention was suddenly and
peculiarly excited by some object near him, he looked up
and perceived with horror that en enormous lion was at
that instant creeping forward and ready to spring upon
himself. Before he could change his posture, and direct
his aim upon this antagonist, the savage beast bounded for-
ward, seized him with his talons, and crushed his left hand,
as he endeavoiwal to guard him off tv,:th it, between his
monstrous jaws. In this extremity, the Hottentot had the
presence of mind to turn the muzzle of the gun, which be
still held in his right hand, into the lion's mouth, and then
drawing the trigger, shot him dead through the brain. He
lost his hand, but happily escaped without further injury.
Thompson's Adventures in South Africa.
CONDUCT OF FRIEND, THE MURDERER.—
The fortitude of the prisoner did not forsake him when the
awful sentence was pronounced, but we pereeived a motion
of his lips, indicating the utterance of words, which we
hope was a prayer to the Deity, responsive to that he had
just beard, from the Judge, for, mercy to his soul. Since
his comtuitment he has exhibited, the deepest penitence ;
and till within a few minutes of his being placed at the bar
he had determined to plead guilty, but complied with the
m a
suggestion of the hune Governor of Alm gaol that he was
entitled to
a full investigation of the circumstances on which
he was charged.. ;It is difficult to account for, the motive
which induced him to commit so revolting and dreadful
Crime; and this difficulty he himself. feels in its fullest ex-
tent. He says his first temptation to isturder Miss Glass
arose in his mind about a month ago, but he endeavoured
to suppress it, and hoped he had succeeeded ; on the night
of Monday last, however, when lie beard that the deceased
were going to 'wet Mrs. Glas,, the idea again presented
itself with irresistible force, and he immediately set out to
accomplish his design. Still, he says, he had no intention
of injuring the boy, until the unfortunate youth, by cou-
rageously attacking him with a stick, irritated his mind,
excited as it, was by the dreadful impulse under which he
had acted. Being asked, after his trial, if Miss Glass had
ever offended him, he said she had not; that nothing but
her constant refusal to his many entreaties to become his
wife could have prompted him to lay violent hands upon
her; that he had no cause for jealousy, no other person
yheyreaarssibmeilhaar;offli:ed• ;
having,We un daesnftaart:
that
tknew during evetrhelnamdane
'and-that he never entertained a design against her'chastity.
with Mrs. Glmse, he has borne an unexceptionable character
for honesty, sobriety, and respectable demeanour ; nay
more, he was strictly moral. Indeed, his countenance
exhibited not the slightest trait of that ferbcity which we
have not unfre seen to lower on the countenance of
a murderer, even at the soien hour of trial. On Wed..
nearly 2001., to his brothers and ssters, six in number,__
Exeter night he assigned over hisproperty, amounting to
i
Exeter Gazette.

LENT ASSIZES.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—LAUNCESTON, Anus,

CROWN SIDE.
James Eddy was indicted for robbing the wife of
Cock, on the highway, of two half-Crowns and two shillit tts
From the evidence of Mrs. Cock, it appeared that as
o:
was riding to market, in February last, about six o'ci
in the evening, the prisoner overtook her, and they enter
into conversation. They had not proceeded far on
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road, when he suddenly seized her, and forced her from 1 910°'
horse, and having, after a violent struggle, got her on )
ground, he treated her with wanton barbarity, and kne
upon her with his full weight, so as to deprive her of al -,
means of resistance.- While she was in this situation, to
robbed her of all the silver she had, and then left her.
The identity of the prisoner was proved by several persons,
The prisoner, by his defence, confirmed the testimony of
°
Mrs. Cock as to his being with her on the night in ques—
tion. He said, that he overtook her on the road, and after
being with her a short time, he made a proposal of a certain
nature to which she assented"; that shortly after she fancied
she heard some one coming towards them, and it was not
till then that she had objected to any thing that had passed
between them.—The Jury found the prisoner Guilty.
Mr. Justice PARK considered the offence much heightened
by the Mine of defence the prisoner had chosen to adopt.
Every one who had heard it, must be satisfied that it was
untrue, and his Lordship sincerely hoped that it would not
be the means of making unhappiness between the prose-
cutrix and her husband, for it was quite apparent she bad
done all in her power to resist his brutal force. His Lord-
ship advised the, prisoner seriously to repent of his pot
crimes, and in passing sentence of death, admonished hid
against.entertaining any hopes of mercy in this world.
The prosecutrix during the time she was under examina-
tion was carried 'out of Court twice to save her from faint-
ing, so severely is she still suffering ,front the brutality of
the prisoner's attack.

LONDON MARKETS.
PRICE OF BREAD.
The highest price of Bread in the Netroclolis is 9Yid, for the
41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from Yid. to 23id.
that price.

• PRICE OF SEEDS.—ApriI 2.
New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) 725. 745. fine 755. SU'
Old Ditto Ditto 32s. 445. tine 50s. tf3b•

New Foreign Ditto.
Old Ditto Ditto
New White Clever.

Old bitiO-

New Trefoil

40s. 150 s. fine Ms. fi4i-
28s. 40s. fine 425. 455.
565. 625. fine 60s. 9Ss•

315. 465. fine 505. 5Si•

-4. -
295. 365. fine 37a. Sts•

Old Ditto
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PRICE 01, OIL.
Rape Oil, brown --. 3•2/. Os. Refined 6
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Linseed Oil 26 --
Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand . l5 15
Rape Cake, per ton --

WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.—March 31.
Hay*. 755:. Od. to I Lis. 11d. t Clover,- 945. (XL. to 1355. u".

Straw.

itis. Oct. to 42i. Oct.

PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)—April2.
Kent Pockets 4/. 105. 5!. N. to N. Os .
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Sussex Ditto 41. Os. Ws, to Sl, ed•
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Os..
ttoo
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Essex
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PRICE OF POTATOES.—ApriI 2.
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