The Sun. — 1846-12-12 (London, England)

ROBBERIES AT THE CATTLE SHOW.—Thur3daynight information was received by the police of the following robberies at the cattle show:—On Wednesday, from the person of Mr. Thomas Henry Payne, a gentleman residing at Leicester, a pocket •book containing about 1501. in bills and bank notes; from the person of Mr. Robert Stewart, a farmer residing near Norwich, a purse containing fourteen sovereigns and some silver. On Thursday, from the person of Mr. William Rose, of Upton, a gold watch and seals, by a well-dressed man, who, after snatching the watch from Mr. Rue's waistcoat -pocket, escaped amongst the crowd; from the person of Mr. Water Leddens, of Langley, a gold union pin. The police wove unremitting in they exertions to keep suspected persons out; but, notwithstanding their vigilance, several of /the swell mob got in, and no doubt reaped a rich harvest from the well filled pockets of the wealthy gentlemen farmers. SINGULAR DELTlsiox.—The following remarkable instance of delusion is related in a letter from Nogentle- Rotrou (Eure-et-Loire):—" The widow of a wealthy farmer near this place had a daughter, for whom she had great affection, and who would easily have obtained a rich husband, for she is `very pretty and will have a good fortune, but she had fallen in love with a young man of the place, without fortune; and as she did not dare to avow her attachment to her mother, she gave way to melancholy. The mother, convinced that some secret grief was preying on her daughter's mind, endeavoured to ascertain the cause, and at length it _was avowed. Anxious for her daughter's recovery, the mother consented to the union, and the lovers were married. The young man went to reside with his motherin-law, made an excellent husband, and succeeded in obtaining the mother's good graces. This went on for several. months, when a fire occurred, and as it was supposed to be wilful, an investigation took place, which ended in the arrest of a young man of Ind character. The day after the arrest an acquaintance of the prisoner's called on the mayor, to reveal the following extraordinary secret, which had been confided to him:— The prisoner had, he mill, told him a. few days before his arrest that he had been offered 1,000 francs by the widow above spoken of if he would murder her son-inlaw. Ho had consented, on condition of the money being raid beforehand, but this she had refused, and therefore the affair was, for the momenf, broken cff. The widow was sent for by the mayor, ant interrogated. She confessed the truth of the charge, and when asked whether she had any reason to be dissatisfied with the conduct of her son-in. law, she said no, but that his good conduct and the happiness of her daughter were the effect of sorcery, and therefore she could not suffer him to exist. He possessed, she said, the secret of, preparing three powders, which enabled him to make all persons happy in spite of themselves. This, she said, had been revealed to.her by the cure of the parish. The cure being an enlightened man, the mayor did not think it necessary to put any question to him on the subject, but, regarding the woman as insane, advised the son-in-law to keep a ' trict 'watch over her actions."