The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-28 00:00:00

SOUTHWARK.

On Tuesday Ann Barrett, a repulsive lroking• w man, was
brnuAt before Mr. Trail' for re-examination, charged with
r.,t) ini a Mr. William Boughton, of Alaidit.ne, of two sove-
reigns, under the following; circumstances :

The complainant stated that 11,r was a stranger in town, and
tat soon alter his arrival, on Thursday last, he met the pri•
goner in Farringdon-street, and that under the supposition that
she was a servant who had just left her situation, he consented
to take a walk with her. She escorted him over one of the
bridges, and as they were rambling along she made a full stop
at a lirieralraper'a window, which exhibited a rich di-play of
voods. Having entered the shop, she took a particular fancy.
to a shawl, and by this time she had so far ingratiatrai hersell
hit, the golvi er,raci, of complainant, that he ecosetit,,ii to be-
en7-ne a purchaser f tr her of the article she set her heart upon.
Subsequently to the purerrasa they proceedect to a coffee- house,
and having partaken of refreshment they retired to bed, having
passed as man and wife, complainant depositing his trousers,
containing five sovereigns, under the pillow, arid also taking
the precaution of securing the room door by locking it,
In the morning, however, when he awoke, he found his
trowers had been removed, arid on examination discovered
that two sovereigns had been taken. Surprised at the disco-
very, he accused the prisoner or having been rd his pockets, a
charge which she denied, remarking to him that it was probs•
hie some person had entr-rest the room ,when they were asleep,
d pnssessed thl!mselves of the money. He, however, said
th such a circumstatrte could not have taken place, as the
eto-rr was faind locked precisely as he had left it on their retir-
ing to bed. This tact made no impression on the prisoner,
who still avowed her innocence, and they lett the house to-
gether, and on his meting the first pol.caman he gave her into
custody. The poherman examined the prisoner's pockets, and
the room in which the parties had slept had also undergone a
search, hut th, money was not to be found, The complainant
akled that he was satisfied the prisoner had robbed him. al-
tho,rh .fre money was not found, and he said she had sufficient
0;410, tuniry of throwing away thedwo sovereign; as they woe
going !long after leaving C‘e 110114 P.

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Alr. TRAIL!, as the eomphin tot was so confiilent of the fact
of his having i een rubbed by the prisoner, a,ksd h-m whether
he wi-het to take the ease Ix fore a jury P
The complainant an,wered in the affirmative, and th• pri-
soner was acvotdingly commi'ted.

TPIr enoes.-11:irv, sting has been commenced in
this vicinity, and haymaking has progressed. On Sunday we
saw some hay bei;.g turned, which was ready for making a
month or five weeks ago, hail the weather permitted the opera-
tion. It is, of valise, really discoloured, and depriv. dof
sweetie.ss. Sunday. being a drying day, gave a spur to the
rsaper. and a great quantity of corn fell on Monday; but on
Tuesday, the fields were deluged with heavy rains—succeeded
yesterlay by sunshine and fine drying winds, which, if conti-
nued a few days, would wore of inestimable value. The
die :se its the potato crisp is increasing —Dever Chrimicle.
I) p; AT ti oF A FEMALE MISER.—OII Tu sday Mr.
Payne held an inquest at the Owen Glendower public-house,
Alder,gate-street, on the body of Jane Palliser Philpot, aged
severity. The deceased heel lived for a number of years in a
small back room in Edmund's-place, Alders,gate-street. and
from der mode of living the neighbours always supposed her to
be in _rent poverty. The deceased was last seen aline on Sa-
turday afternoon. Not being seen on Sunday or Monday
morning, the landlady went to her room-door and knocked re-
p ateilly, but wiiliout- receiving any an,wer. Eventually the
doer was burst open, and the deceased was found )ring in bed,
quite dead, and she had evidently been so some time. On
making an examination of the rem for the purpose of finding
some clue to her relatives, a discovery was made of a receipt
for bank stock to a large amount, together with a Bank of
England rode for 304 , which were concealed in a box pro-
vided with a false bottom. On making further search, arid on
examining an old wicker hand-basket, it was found to contain
several Bank of England notes of 10/. each, placed under a
false bottom most artfully contrived. There being no relatives
of the deceased terthcoming, the Coroner gave directions to the
ward beadle to take possession of the property, until such time
as the proper persons came forward to substantiate their claim
to it. The jury returned a verdict of Natural Death.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT TILE SURREY CANAL.—Tues-
day about noon, the following fatal accident occurred to a
man named John White, aged fifty-four, a carpenter in the
service of :11r. liateson, the builder, of Surrey Canal-bridge,
Old Kent roast. The deceased was engaged in unloading a
barge of a quantity of timber, and whilst walking ashore with
a heary load, he missed his footing and fell with a large plank
across his legs. Ile was picked up in an insensible state, and
conveyed to a neighbourng surgeon, who advised tat imme-
diate removal to St. Thomas's Hospital, whither he was taken
in a cab. His right leg was fractured in two places, several
ribs were beckon, and his face was also extensively lacerated.
Ile was promptly attended to by the house surgeon, but not-
with,tanding every attention he expired soon after his admis-
sion from the injuries he had sustained..
AN ARTFUL TRICK.—On fuesday morning, the
following artful trick was played off upon Mr. S. Colpoyds, a
boot-maker, in Seytneur.street, Somers-town, by a gentle-
manly-looking man, who requested to be served with a pair of
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in
suiting
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h andim, several
he trials,w o s
stampingA l
ie haete lastto
make them feel easier nn his foot, when a man rushed into the
shop and snatched the gentleman's hat from the chair where he
had placed it, and immediately made off. Mr. Colpoyds urged
the gentlea.an to immediate pursuit, he (Mr. Colpoyds) being
unable to leave the shop. He accordingly started in chase of
thc thief, and was quickly out of sight. Whether he caught
the man h=s not transpired; but lie has not returned to pay
Colpoyds for the boots. It is supposed that the taking off
the bat was merely a ruse" to enable him to run off with
them.

SITDDEN DEATH 5-,P CAPT. DOWLING —l7U' slay
afternoon Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the White Horse,
'St ffo ...row, on the body of Capt Joseph Dowling,
aged 54,
harraek-ronstrr of the Wellington Barracks, St. Jame -'s Park,
who was found dead. Ann Reed laid she was servant to the de-
ci..asrd, who resided at 2, Stafford.row. Her maser was in gOOl
health up to Saturday afternoon last, when he left home ab• ut
k quite well. She was not accustomed to sit up
for hint of a night, as the deceased had a latch key to let
himself in. On Sunday morning, about half-past so ven
&dock, on ci ming down stairs, she discovered her master in
the hal in a kneelir.g posture, and his head bent forward
between his knees, lifeless and black in the face. She irn-•
mediately gave an alarm, and a person frcdm Buckingham
Palace went for a surgeon. In a short, time Alessrs. Jones and
Woolger. surgeons, attended and opened a vein in his arm, hut
no .cloorl flowed. After some further evidence the jury re-
turned a verdict of .‘ Died from apoplexy.' The deceased,
whei hpci greatly disringu shed himself at Talavera and Water-
loo,was the brother of the Commissioner of Police at Liver-
pool,

riln POTATO CROP.--We have heard of sane
art ial defects in the potato crop in Rochford Hundred, arising
from mildew, but as no general complaint has reached ue, we
have reason to hope it is confintd to those parts where the
land is he y and not well drained. The crops in the vicinity
o- tliis ti,wii re never more prolific, or of better quality.—
Essex Herald.