er: I do.

Mr. White: Were you hid behind a chair?

Prisoner: No. But the tables and other furniture concealed me.

Mr. White: Then you could hear all Her Majesty said?

Prisoner: Oh, yes! and her Ministers too.

The prisoner's answers to the questions of the magistrate were given
in the most shrewd manner possible, and he evidently appeared to be a
lad of some education, but nothing further could be elicited from
him.

Mr. White said it was a most singular affair, and that it should be
strictly inquired into. For the present, he should remand the
prisoner until Wednesday next. The magistrate also told Cox that, as
he should be sitting there every day, he should be glad to receive
any information upon the subject.

The letters found upon the prisoner were directed to be sent to the
Palace, under seal of the Office, the prisoner having broken them
open.

The case excited great interest, and, in the first instance, was sent to
Bow Street; but Sir Frederick Roe being out of town, it was ordered to be
heard at this office.

_The Times_, 20 Dec.--Yesterday, the lad found in Buckingham Palace,
who had given his name as Edward Cotton, and described himself as the
son of a respectable tradesman living in the town of Hertford, was
brought before Messrs. White and Gregorie for final examination. It
will be recollected that he had purloined, amongst other articles,
two letters, which were immediately sealed up, and sent back to the
Palace. The prisoner turns out to be the son of an industrious
tailor, named Jones, residing in York Street, Westminster; and, it
appears, had frequently expressed his intention to enter the Palace,
under any circumstances. He had often stated that he wished to see
the grand staircase, in order to take a sketch of it, and had often
expressed his determination to see the Queen, and to hear her
sentiments when Her Majesty and her Ministers were assembled in
Council.

Frederick Blume now deposed that he was valet to the Hon. Mr. Murray,
and that a sword, a quantity of linen and other articles, had been
stolen from that gentleman's apartments in the Palace.

Mr. White: When were they stolen?

Witness: I can't recollect.

Mr. White: Was it a week, a month, or three or four months ago?

Witness: I cannot say.

Mr. White: Where was your