Nov. 30,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



that with these keys the safe, &c. were violated. Some 

 force had been used on a tin box in which several valu- 

 able securities were kept ; but it appeared that the 

 thieves had made some mistake with regard to the 

 exact position of these documents, for they worked on 

 the wrong side, and were so far disappointed. They laid 

 hands upon enough, however, to console them for their 

 blunder, as appears from the enormous list of Bank 

 notes announced in a large handbill issued on Monday 

 night, and containing particulars of the stolen notes, 

 which amount altogether to 40,710/. Of these notes 

 there are 168 for 5/., 40 for 10/., 37 for 20/., 10 for 30/.. 

 12 for 40/,, 9 for 50/., 10 for 100/., 5 for 200/., 1 for 

 500/., 35 for 1000/. The hand-bill states that whoever 

 will give such information as will lead to the apprehen- 

 son of the guilty parties, and recovery of the property, 

 shall receive 3000/. reward, or a part proportionate to 

 the sum recovered. Sir James Graham has also advised 

 Her Majesty to grant a free pardon to any accomplice 

 who will give such information as will lead to the con- 

 viction of the robbers. The house of Rogers and Co. 

 is situated in Clement's-lane, rather a quiet tho- 

 roughfare, and, on Sundays especially, comparatively 

 deserted, the houses being chiefly let out as offices, 

 having nobody in them on Sunday but the male or 

 female housekeepers. This would so far afford facilities 

 for the unobserved approach of the thieves, a court 

 running also within two doors of the bank. One or two 

 members of the swell mob were on Sunday observed in 

 the neighbourhood of Lombard-street. The thieves 

 may pos=ibly have got away from one of the out-ports 

 for the Continent on Sunday evening, or early on Mon- 

 day morning ; but it would have been useless to ship 

 themselves, even if the opportunity offered, for any 

 other part, if the object were to pass the notes. The 

 house of Rogers and Co. has always done a good, 

 though rather a private business ; and the head of the 

 firm, now advanced in ag?, is well known as the author 

 of the «• Pleisuies of Memory." It is considered by 

 those about the banking-house that the robbery was 

 committed about mid-day on Sunday, and the reason- 

 able inference from that conjecture is, that the thieves 

 started by railroads to the several ports from which 

 steamers were speedily to sail to various parts of the 

 Continent. Messengers were sent off to France, Ger- 

 many, Belgium, and other places, the several telegraphs 

 were set to work, and the greatest exertions are being 

 made by Mr. Hobler, whose experience and activity 

 lead the members of the establishment to hope that 

 detection may soon follow. On the robbery having 

 been made known, the proper instructions were given 

 to the police, and Mr. Harvey, and an inspector, waited 

 on the firm to make inquiries, but the latter refused to 

 give the slightest information to the officers, and referred 



r C S t0 . £ H ° bler ' who bas 8ecured the ab,e services 

 of Daniel Forrester. Ko clue has yet been found to 



the discovery of the robbers, but it is believed that the 



parties, whoever they may be, as well as the property 



stolen, are still in the neighbourhood of London; 



opinion which is borne out by the 



has returned from Paris, and is 



with Forrester in following up their innuir 



E mug Sittings at the Centrat Crimi 



At 



the London Fire Brigade, it appears that no fewer than 

 800 fires hive occurred to the present year; but that they 

 have not been of so extensive a character as in former 

 years. The number of lives lost, however, is much 

 greater than the average. 



Camden Chapel, CamherwelL — Last week, after the 

 consecration of Camberwell Church, the Bishop of Win- 

 chester consecrated Camden Chapel, of which until 

 recently, the Rev. Henry Melvill was minister. A large 

 number of clergvmen were present, and every available 

 space in the building was occupied by the parishioners. 



Suicides. — On Monday morning a double suicide was 

 committed by two young persons in a respectable sphere 

 of life at Mile-End. The young man was the son of Mr. 

 Duckett, accountant, of Raven's-row, and the female, a 

 Miss Elizabeth Williams, 20 years of age, to whom he 

 had been paying his addresses for 9 years. They had 

 evidently been dead some hours, and on the contents of 

 the stomach being analysed, upwards of half an ounce of 

 pure Prussic-acid was extracted. It appears that the 

 young man purchased it at BattTey's, thechemi-t in Fore- 

 stree', having procured it by representing himself to 

 have been sent by a druggist who deals with the firm. 

 Rumour had gained circulation that the deceased joung 

 woman was pregnant, but it wa3 ascertained the report 

 was without foundation. The parties had been long at- 

 tached, but adverse circumstances having interfered t 

 prevent their marriage, it is supposed that despair 

 prompted them to this rash act. The young woman was 

 the daughter of a surgeon in Cannon-street road, and the 

 young man a clerk in his father's office. The Jury 

 at the inquest returned a verdict " That the deceased 

 persons died in consequence of having imbibed a certain 

 quantity of prussic acid, but how administered there 

 was not sufficient evidence before the Jury." — On Tues- 

 day an inquest wa3 held on thebody of Lieut. E. A. May, 

 aged 24, the son of Sir Stephen May, formerly Sovereign 

 of Belfast, and a connection of the Marq of Donegal. 

 The unfortunate young gentleman had only arrived in 



England on the 20th from Madras, and on Monday 



morning he was found dead in his bedroom, at 1", Duke- 

 street, St. James's, having cut his throat with a table- 

 knife. It was stated in evidence, that deceased had 

 shown symptoms of insanity during the voyage, and that 

 he had been dismissed the Madras army by the sentence 

 of a General Court- Martial, on account of a quarrel with 

 a brother officer. The jury returned a verdict of Tempo- 

 rary Insanity. 



Accidents. — On Saturday Lord Nugent met with a 

 serious accident, whilst riding from Twickenham to 

 town. His Lordship was cantering along the road, and 

 riding loose at the same time, when his horse fell, and 

 rolled completely over him. His Lordship, although 

 much shaken by his fall, remounted his horse and rode 

 on to town. Mr. Travers was then sent for, and at 

 once discovered that his Lordship had sustained some 

 internal injury, and had fractured three of his ribs. His 

 Lord-hip, however, is doing well, and it is expected that 



course of 



body the following day. It came out in 

 the evidence that a report had prevailed that "deceased 

 was enceinte, but it was proved, on medical testiraonv 

 that there was not the slightest foundation for this as 

 persion on the character of the unhappy y un» lady" 

 But to what cause the depression of spirits from which 

 she had been suffering was attributable there was no 

 evidence to show, and the Jury returned a verdict— 

 " That deceased drowned herself whilst in a state" cf 

 temporary insanity," at the same time expressing them- 

 selves satisfied that there was no foundation for the re- 

 port alluded to, but which, for the satisfaction of her 

 friends, the coroner had thought proper to investigate. 



Jersey — For some weeks past the case of Mr. Chas. 

 Cams Wilson, who has been imprisoned by the authori.' 

 ties of Jersey for some offence connected, we believe" 

 with contempt of court, has been prominently before the 

 English public. Application was lately made on his 



into, and decided upon. The writ wasgranted and addressed 

 to the gaoler. This functionary, instead of complying with 

 the writ, referred it to the Royal Court of Jersey, 

 and that Court, after hearing the Attorney-General upon 

 the subject, and after due deliberation, decided that the 

 gaoler l< should take no notice whatever of the said writ, 

 their opinionbeing thattheCourtof Queen's Benchhasnot 

 jurisdiction in Jersey, and that the writ of habeas cor- 



Parliament next session. It is generally admitted, 

 that if the judgment of the Royal Court of Jersey 

 be correct, it is in some points of view rather a serious 

 matter that there if a part of Her Majesty's dominions, 

 within a few hours' access from the English shore, 

 in which the writ of habeas corpus does not run. 



Loughton, — On Wednesday week, a gentleman named 

 Scott 1111114 himself from a tree in that part of Epping 

 Forest which is known by the name of Phillipson's War- 

 ren, High Beach; and this circumstance, together with 

 the discovery of the skeleton of an old man, named John 

 Harris, who was supposed to have been murdered near 

 the same spot, has created an unusual degree of excite- 

 ment in the neighbourhood. It appeared that on Wed- 

 nesday Mr. Scott had arrived from his residence in the 

 neighbourhood of Staines at the asylum of Dr. Allen. 

 About 3 o'clock, a man in the employment of Mr. Phil- 

 lipson, of the King's Oak Tavern, High Beach, having 

 occasion to go into a small thicket adjoining the rabbit- 

 warren, found the deceased gentleman suspended from 

 the forked branch of an oak by a white silk handkerchief. 

 He with much omptness cut him down, but he was 

 quite dt-ad. It was proved at the inquest that deceased 

 was subject to fits of inianity, and had expressed his 

 fear that he might lay violent hands u| on himself. Dr. 

 Marling, in consequc e, recommended him to go back 



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public, 



ies. 



Criminal Court. 



AC a committee of the Court of Aldermen on Saturday, 



8 ?tHn3 S r n r° f AId , erman Wood to abolish the evening 

 sittings of the Central Criminal Court for the trial of 



prisoners at the Old Ba.ley was taken into consideration; 

 Sli i 71\ un , anim <>U8ly resolved that the experiment 

 should be tried, commencing with the sittings in Decern- 



ml n w I COnsideration of the second part of Alder- 

 man \\ ood s proposition, for a third court for the greater 

 despatch of business and the accommodation of the 

 was reserved until the result of the experiment of 

 abolishing the evening sittings should be ascertained. 



Last India Company. -We copy the following para 

 graph from the Scotsman ;-" We have reason to believe 

 that the Cabinet is meditating a complete change in the 

 government of India, by introducing a measure next ses- 

 sion tantamount to the extinction of the political power 

 of the Court of Directors. The recent collision between 

 the Government and the Directory, in the recall of Lord 

 Ellenborough, may have quickened this bold policy; but 

 it is well known that the abolition of the commercial 

 monopoly of the East India Company was always in- 



i J c V V F / r ., »' --—»«-—*■"—»« — — r^v-" Liarlmg, in consequence, recommenced inm u> ^v u«.«. 



urhood of London ; an j-ne will suffer no ulterior inconvenience from the effects {{ , r Allen's Asylum where he had been a patient be- 

 ie fact that Mr. Hobler of his accident j fore, and keep himself 1 quiet there, and he would soon 



is now actively engaged Strike of the Barking 1 r - r.<Vrwr/i. — No fewer than rccover f rom tucu a feeling. The Coroner ex- 



60 fish ng smacks, belonging to Barking, in Essex, are 

 at this moment lying in the river, a little below Wool- 

 wich, their crews having brought them home from sea, 

 and struck work for increased wages and shorter voy- 

 ages. Their present rate of wages is—men ll«. a week, 

 and mates Ids. They want this to be advanced 2s. I 

 each caBe, and the time of absence to be limited to one 

 month. The majority of the own rs seem Inclined t 

 grant this, but others are averse to all concession. The 

 general opinion however is, that the owners must give 

 in, as this is the most profitable part of t l i<; year | •• all 

 hands " are in the strike, and the men of other places 

 are not suited to the particular kind of fishery in which 

 the inhabitants of Harking are engaged. It is certain 

 that, if the strike continues long, the loss to large owners 

 will be very great. Those who continue at sea will 

 tain high prices for such fish as they can bring to market, 

 though it is doubtful whether this advantage will be more 



than overbalanced by their participation in the general 

 loss. 



Mortality of the Metropolis.— -The following is the 

 number of deaths registered In the week ending Nov. 2 

 West I » i, 131? Northern, 159; Central, J l ■ 



Eastern, 212; Souther*, 267; Totil, 911. Weekly 

 average for the last five years, 916. 



IJrobfacfal Ncfos. 



Banbury. — On Friday this neighbourhood was 

 shocked by a report that Miss Jane Gulliver, daughter 

 of Mr. Thomas Gulliver, of Bloxham, and sister to Mrs. 

 Fisher, of Grimsbury-house, with whom she had been 



the produce of various ft\m^n~l?^"7? a"2T3' 2? y!,,g 80me time ' had drownPa herself. She was about 

 police that on search^^ ? 6 J«™ °/H*. -* H «» * long period been in indif- 



, t» • " ,UJCU wiieu we scare 



chant Princes' of Leadenhall-street will be deposed, if 



Mwnlion.^ 8tr ° ng en0Ugh t0 C8rry theif d ' ^' n int0 



Frauds upon Millers. 

 dealer 



since 



During the examination of a 



pressed his regret, that after what fell from the de- 

 ceased gentleman about his iutention to commit sui- 

 cide, he was not put under some restraint or sur- 

 veillance. Had such been done, his life might have been 

 spared ; and be considered that the conduct of Dr. Allen 

 was not altogether free from blame in the unfortunate 

 affair. The jury expressed a similar opinion, and re- 

 turned a verdict that deceased had committed the act or 

 suicide while labouring under temporary insanity. — ine 

 body of John Harris was found on Tuesday by a young 

 lad named Henry Bacon, who was strolling through an 

 unfrequented irt of the forest, near Loughton, and ais- 

 covered the body lying on the ground with a rope, mucn 

 decayed, round the neck. The body was a mere ske- 

 leton, all the flesh having been devoured or decayed awa>. 

 nother piece of rope, corresponding with that aroun 

 the neck of the skeleton, was seen suspended from a >to> 

 above the body, leading to the conclusion tha. deceaseu 

 had hung himself. He was last seen at the inn at High 

 Beach, where he changed a sovereign and spent a sn 

 ling only, but the remaining money was not found ^ upon 

 him. The jury, under these circumstances, though 

 best to return an open verdict, that he was 

 dead." but by what means there was .no evidence^ to show 



Nottingham.— Tin local papers observe that «»««"" 

 y ' av be surmised irom 



3 ■ . _ .„ flip 



r m marine stores at the police court a few daya 

 ' :i:TT^™^« { -iscellaneou, property. 



45 millers' and corn-factors' sacks, and an immense col- 

 lection of other property, sufficient to fill two wa«ons 

 a good portion of which hod been stolen. Mr rhitt,' 

 a mi^r at Word, Mr. M< Whinney, a miller at Cnfi 

 and Mr. Day, a salesman in Spitalnelds-market, swore 

 to a number of the sacks be.ng their proper* Tr, 

 wear and tear of his sacks cost one witness about 20/ 

 per year, but from this system of robbery he had to Ex- 

 pend trom 180/. to 200/. per year to replace those stolen 

 and another witness lost from 50/. to 60/. per year bv 

 the same means. The losses of the whole trade were 

 estimated at from 15,0C0/. to 20,000/. yearly in this 

 manner, and they had, therefore, formed themselves into 

 a s ety for their mutual prof 'ion. 





ferent health, and latterly her spirits had been so much 

 affected, that her m< cal attendant had sugges I the 

 propriety of her not being left alone. On the Friday 

 morning she had, with one of her sisters, walked into 

 Banbury, and soon b r their return, her body was 

 found in the stream of Grimstmry mill. It appe d 

 that she had taken off her pattens and pinned he othes 

 tightly round her, and then thrown he; self into the 

 stream, which was very rapid and swollen by the 

 profuse rains that bad fallen for some days. It 

 upposed that she must have been quickly 

 ■rried to the spot where she was found, w h 

 also about 10 or 50 yards from where she threw 

 herself in. Her pattens were found on the bank by a 

 man who was wandering by the river some time before 



course of one year. . .. v AT \ 



rorlsmouth.-The St. Vincent, WW" }%S£, 



of Hardwicke, arrived on Tuesday at Spithead froin^ 



experimental cruise 



on luesuay »*■ «|«— ■ — 



The St. Vincent beat her em 



petitors, the Q u en and Caledonia, in «J» e cr . ul ";T J£e 

 lasted 34 days. The squadron did not fall in w 

 Albion, il two or three days ^^^^fbia 



heavy 

 ■lv the 



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weather was fine. The t I, it is said, ha* fully P» 



inefficiency of Sir W. Symondss ship k# 



which has been beaten by long odds U F°" ** c Y ut the 

 The St. Viicent weathered upon the Albion, o 

 latter, carrying moie canvass, earned o B " J {he 

 The Albion parted company With the reav ^ 



uadron, and made for Lisbon on the f^ u -reck f 



Fires in London —From the rpmrd. in ™*.. • t «•» "»° "" wanuermg ny the river some time before the Edgar hive finally ceasca. anu «.»c u^- 



isonmm. from the records ,n possession of i the body was d overed. A nquest was held upon the i Success hulk were taken up on Friday. Tbe 



he submarine operations at Spithead on the wr ^ 

 the Edgar hive finally ceased, and the ^/''anchofg 6 



