The Sun. — 1856-10-21 (London, England)

DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND  ROBBERY.  --Last night c9nsidorable sensation was created in Parliament-street at•d its neighbourhood by. a murderous attack on the assistant of Mr. Barry, the jeweller, of 53, in Parliament-street.  It appears that Mr. Berry does not attend personally to his business in Parliament-street, he having another establishment at Pimlico, which he conducts. The former shop is left to the care of an assistant, a most respectable man, residing in Hendon-street, Pimlico. His name a t the is house Cope, and in Parliament-Street it w r li a Ineans t -Street customaryufor hn to r until about t half-past en ;dn nine o'clock at night, when, to guard against robbery, he took away to Mr. Berry the more valuable conteuts of the shop. between him mystery. and ,he unfortunate first Lelaessting nigahtnlanbnouetntaerged uatrhtee s rohfeavnihnotpirarbleisfonlreentth-setrteineite of , assistant what remainstranspired that was obierved was the injured man being murder. ously assailed by the man referred to, with a heavy weapon. Two or three casual passers by saw the assault, and one of them, a milliner's porter, of the name of for the present in George Lerings, rushed to the door and gave the alarm. He states that the man was violently striking Cope on the head. The latter crouched down behind the counter, overcome by the repeated attacks of his assailant. The man then rushed from the shop, stooping to pick up, as is thought, a small parcel. He pushed by Lerings, ran up Cannon-row, across Bridge street, by the opposite court into Palace-yard, where he was seized by a policeman on duty, having on his way knocked down the page boy of Fendall's hotel, who attempted to obstruct him in his escape. He was at once taken to the police station in King-street. _ _  The unfortunate man Cope was in the meantime found to be desperately injured about the head, the blood from the wouuds having literally deluged the shop. He was insensible, and in that melancholy state was conveyed to the Westminstsr Hospital, where it was discovered by Mr. Legge, the house-surgeon, that his skull was dangerously fractured, and that he was in a most precarious state. _  in an impudent tone, that his name He is a well-dressed, slightly-built The prisoner, to the question of the Inspector on duty min, apparently about 34, and from his uiscourse seems to be an Irishman. A body of police were instantly despatched to endeavour to find the murderous weapon be had cast away in awtatsh jeohn station, Jenkins. said, his flight, but up to 11 o'clock their search bad proved futile. . .  On inquiry at the hospital at 11 o'clock last night Mr. Legge declined to allow any of the relatives of the unfortunate man Cope to see him. That gentleman also stated it was very doubtful if ho (Cope) could survive the severe injuries he had sustained on the head. Cope was then totally senseless, and beyond attention to the wounds all medical skill was of no avail until a partial return of ct n ciousness.  The drivers upon the New York and Erie Railroad struck in a body on the 4th, in consequence of the reideal of the directors to modify the rule making them raAponsible for running off at a switch where their train was to stop. Their places were filled promptly and the trains were runninv as usual. [A