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SPORTING lI~`TEIILIGE~ CE, NEWMARKET FIRST 00TOBER MEETING, i.SI2. WEDNESDAY, SEPT.2O, Mr. Craven'S Tooley', beat Mr. Thornhill's Aquarius, Bst.. '7lb. each. T. Y. C. 500 gs: h. ft.—. 3 to iOn Tooley • Fifty Guineas, free for any hofse, exp. 4-yr. olds carrying 7st. . 4lb. 5-yr. olds, Bst. 51b., 6=3 , 1.. olds, Bst. 111 b. and aged,.9st. B. C. Ld G. 11. Cavendish's br. Florival, 6-yrs. • , 1 - Sir C. Bunbury's b. c. Rival, 4 yrs • • 7 to 4 on Rival. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, It M. Bst. 41b. each. D. of Grafton's Woeful •1 Mr. Craven's Tobley .2 Mr. Payne's Mountebank • 3 .• . . II to 8 on Woeful. One-third of a Snbscription of 25gs. each, for S-yr. old colts, list. 91b. and fillies, Bst. 61b. D. I. Dona fide the property of subscribers, D. of Grafton's b. f. Pope Joan - a . iflr. Andrew's ch. f. Calyba . . .. ' 2 Mr. Wilson's ch. f. Lady Sophia 3 1 4 Lowther's br, C. RO , :nante , 4 THE FRENCH EAGLES. The ceremony of depositing, i'. Whitehall 'Chapel, the Eagles and Colours heroically wrested from the French in Spain, took place yesterday morning. boon after nine o'clock, the Ist regt. of Guards, ./klio were to do the duty of the day, formed on the parade facing the Horse-guards, with their Tight resting on the wall of the Treasury. On their lett the 2d regiment formed, With side arms only, their left t v ertninating near the great gun. T!“. 3 , 1 iegiment, also with side-arms only, formed with the. Admiralty garden in their rear. On theirleft were stationed, with fixed bayonets,' thirty rank .and file of grenadiers of the ist re giment, _thirty of the 2d, and thirty of 3d regi ment, and nine serjeants, who were to carry he eagles am-,1 colours. The line was continued tolhe Horse Guards, and consisted of the horse and foot Artillery stationed inthe•metropolis ; with the.se veral recruiting parties belonging to the cavalry and infantry. In the rear of the first line, facing the "Horse Guards, were formed the two regiments of Life Guards, with their full bands, their left extending to the wall of Carlton-house. About half-p a st Dime, General Sir HAIlitY BURRARD ar rived, and .assuMed the 'command, when the bands belonging to the three regiments, in their full dress, took their stations, each 'in the centre of its regiment.- '• • Soon after ten o'clock, the 'Duchess of YORK arrived. Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES, in, two,carriages, soon followed, and were received bythe troops with presented arms, the different bands playing "God save the King,'" They then took their station' in the Levee-room of the Norse-guatds, which commands a 'view of the parade. The. ,Paitsicis REGENT, on a white. charger, came from. Carltou-HOuse at half-past ten, ac companied by the Duke 9f *YORK on foot, the Duke of KENT, Colonels 13LOOINIFIELD, CON 7 GREVE, and TORRY.NS, and several other Officers _ . . on horse-back. His Royal Highness, on reaching . the parade, was received' with the usual honours, • and took his station' in front. The - PRIN. E REGENT then proceeded to the right .of the line; accomparded by his Royal b ro thers, their 4ftides.de- C amp , &c. and passed down the whole, the Duke of Yoiu.-; on foot at his right hand, and again re sumed Lis station. The usual ceremony of the pa rade commenced, the bands belongingto the second . and third regiments proceeding -to troop ,the colours., • This being gone through, the sub-divi &ions of grenadiers, stationed on the left of the line, were ordered to wheel op the right, and,.• Preceded by the band of the Ist Regiment, march e d round the square, and halted facing the Tilt-yard'. At this instant the bands of the Horse and foot regiments bjgan playing, and the Xagles, five in• number;'were brought out and given to the_ sei jeants, who marched' in the , rear of . the first sub-division. Three . stand ards, and one regimental col Our.,• were next brou g h t and given to the remaining serjeants, who march e d in the rear of the second sub-diVision. 11 e band of the first regiment began the ' ' Grena dier's March," and proceeded round the square. On teaching the station ofthePRINCEREGENT&RoyaI va:uily, the Eagles and Colours were lowered amid the aeclatnations ofthousands of spectators. The _thre e su b-di v i s i o n s t h en h a l te d ; . and advanced their arms, and 'in ordinary' time <paraded round. On rea c hi ng th e co l ours o f t h e fi rst regiment, the ,I°, ll ole of' the trophies were lower ed to the, ground. alley again passed the .Roy'al.Family, the Eagles an d Colours. being drc plied, and marched throu g h , th e Horse Guards to Whitehall Chapel. Ihe re !l' 'tinder of the infant r y were or d ere d t o w h ee l on elicit l e f t b ac k war d s, and, i n open order, passed ; rile PRINCE REGENT to the Chapel, with the ex ntion of the guard for the day. The Life Guards jawed in the samenianner, and occupied their ot .',ginal grotind. The PRINCE REGENT, Dukes to - I oat( and KENT, &e. proceeded to Whitehall bear Divine Service. . . sk :the concourse of peopl e assembled'on the °em ir 4 Was immen s e, an d th e s p ec t ac l e a l toget h er _, 4 s of th e tnos t gratifying description. It was im f'lsible to view, without feelings of exultation, , • ot Pse trophies which bore Witness to the prowess. tle sritish soldiers, and which were won from no te 3 Pieable eneiny, but froth troops whOse military er e stands so high in Europe. The Eagles of ' . ,,e 5 in number; 'two of them taken at the battle o t Calatnanca, were very.. much mutilated ; two % t , e rs, taken at Madrid, were in. a more perfect 4, 4( 7 ; and the, fiftli, we unde i rstand, was found l o 'e channel of' a stream, near . Ciudad. Rodrigo, 3 ,` , ° .whi c h it was thrown when the rear of MAs tav A's arm its; closely pursued by the British 1 t. ` 11r 7,. on retreat from Portugal. Four of the ail .4 es are numbered 13, 22, 39, 51. there - .1 4 8 ,were also four standards ; bnt they were vi c : l eh a tattered state, that there was not _a de ,,,,a„7 leiter legible..,The garrison flag of Badajoz vpi :, like a si eve , an d gr e a t p ar t o f. it qu it e re d ", 1 1- h ulnan blood. 1 1 41 ` a ' I ,'alf past eleven the procession moved to the s pec ri amid the acclamations of many-thousand f o , v . at °rs ; the PRINCE REGENT continued. 'in r ovie tnear half an hour, and the troops passed in spe d order. The Life Guards gave some fine b At ai h en i s , of the rapidity of their evolutions. "qui, a( L past two, the QUEEN, PRINCESSES,. ,qzl,z-e3S CHARLOTTE of WALRS, the PRINCE RE tip, g and Ihkes of YORK and KENT, came again I to n the Parade. All the Cabinet Ministers in , • .... Were present. . ..., . -,e, Potirct. LIVER PIRACY. • ' TITA.MES POLICE -OFFiCE.--"jt was stated hi Ju ly last, that a most daring robbery bad been com mitted on the river Thames, by a gang of villains, who,ln the course of the night, took a barge from its moorings at the Custom-housequay, and though Custom-house'bfficers ere on board, they robbed the vessel •of a large quantity of ,Valencia silk, and Some boxes of ostrich .feathers. The matter has now been &ought to light by the persevering ex ertions of the proprietors of the silk, who have at length *livered into :the hands of justice several of the villains concerned in the iniquitous trans.: action. First and. last, it appears that 17 persons have been IMplicatecr in the robbery ; but only 7 persons have hitherto been committed for trial : and with regard to their nefat ions transactions, the following . particulars have transpired :--- A gang of fellows consisting of Joseph Winter (1), William Henry Winter '(2), George Brown (3), William Armstrong (4), William Allen (5), Ralph Fenwick (6), the first five watermen, the last a ship chandler, at Greenwich, associate for the purpose of plundering propeity on the river, and,. after various other depredations, they get intelli gence of a quantity of silk and 'ostrich feathers be ing arrived at Stangate-creek, and there put trn. der quarantine (out of the brig Velocity, Captain Blyth, from Gibraltar) . This was about the middle of June ; and they immediately take their sures to. gain information by what hoy these goods are to be sent up from the creek. They learn that The Sist4rs, James Bampton (7,) master (owned by Tlit3, Hotchon), is appointed for that purpose ; and they find out Bampton, who had previously been concerned with theth in some jobs of this nature,. and without any difficulty perstrade him to become one in their plan. He, in his turn communicates the business to Joseph Knox (s) , his mates and only, assistant on board the 'boy; who appears also to have given his consent irnmedi- The plan arranged was, that Joseph Winter and his five' associates should go down ,to the neighbourhood of Sheerness, in a barge sailed by Winter, in what is called shares, for his mas ter; Mr. Mason, of Greenhithe, and wait for the coming out of: the creek of Bampton's boy with thegoodS. They were to.follow this boy up the river; and, according to circumstances, Bampton was either to run her on shore, or bring-to at' a place called DagenhaM-breach, a little below Woolwich, •when the other party were to board him ; and after fastening him (Knox) and .the two Custom-house officers belOw, they were to take the goods out, or, in other wOrds, to• corn • corn mit the robbery: They,had previously arranged with. Robert Cooper (9), a publican in - Rateliffe: highway, and Charles Ingram (10), of Chadwell,' in', Essex; that . .they (the two last m... l \itioned) should be waiting with a covered waggon at Da..- genhani-breach, to take the goods when 'landed, and convey them to a place of safety: • Banipton accOrdingly'leaves the creek, with the silk ~4c. on board, on Saturday morning, the 4th of July ; and Whiter and his party, as concerted, follow him in their barge ; 'hut Bampton neither ran his vessel on shore, nor stopped, as agreed upon, at Dagenham breach. - appears to have taken fright ; and alleges; as his reason for not sticking to the original plan, that one or the CO', tom-House officers be bad on board was so well acquainted with the river, that, if the boy had been either run ashore 'or brought-to, he - Would .have known there - was roguery in the business, and h e' (Banapton) would have been expOsed to trouble. Bampton, however, finding himself unable to execute the original design, sent, ou their ti ay the river, liis partner Knox on board Winter's vessel, to say, that he durst not stop ; but that he should bring up at the Custom-house-rOad for the night, and they .might do it there. Winter's party, however, did not 'relish: this plan ; they were afraid of the police-boats'; and the matter &opt there for the time. W. H. Winter, Win, Alen; and Joseph 'Knox, do.not appear to have had any. thing to do in the business after this. R. Fenwick also quitted the party on their return up the river ;' but onlear ing of the subsequent robbery, he again sought them out, and assisted in the sale and conveyance of the goods, &c. Banipton, althoug,b not after wards-an active agent, yemained in the secret; and kept purposely out of the way on the.night of the robbery. :• - • _ Afar the hoy was moored at the Custoth 7 house-road, Joseph Winter, BrOelvn; and strong, continued to make their observations'; 'and thinking the business could • still be done, they determined on carrying it into ex6cution on* the night of Tuesday, the 7th of July.; but their party being now diminished by the absence of W. .11. Winter, Kiidx; - and. Inenwick, they plied, through Arinstro.g, to an acquaintance' of his, one key ,(11), Ihy-merchant,, in Artillery-, lane, Bishopsgate-stteet, who agreed to join them, and 'alio to bring two- more with men who feared nothing ; and accordingly the whole party, viz. Winter, Brown, -Armstrong, Ivey, Ben Caddick (12), William Taylor (IS), and __Benjamin . Allan' (14), (the latter .enlisted by BrOwn), met at nine o'clock ontuesday evenihg,. , at .the sign of the Three Tuns; in Thames -street,' where they finally concerted their plan; and car - • ried itinto effect the same night, by three of the party (Brown, Caddick, and Tayloi) going on board of the hoy ; and moving her . off from the, quay at which she lay, alongside of Winter's barge, at what is called the road, where she had been brought for the purpose the night before, and where they found the rest of their patty ready for . During this time they do not appear to have met with any interruptiop, except from -one'of the Custom-fionse Officers, who when they first 'came on board, looked up from below; and asked,'" Is that you, Jem ?" (meaning Bampton). Caddick, who it was previously agreed upon should per sOnate Bampton, answered " The Officer then asked where they were going with the vessel; and Caddick answered, " They were going to haul off to the road, as the goods were to go into the ton don Dock, and they must be ready the next tide ;" adding " so do you go below, and turn into my bed, ._out of the way;" 'which the officer appears to have done. _ When , they got the hoy alongside Marge; they fastened the satile dow where the two officers were, broke open < the hatches, and took 6U - ten lietti of Valencia raw silk, and four trunks of .ostrich feathers, .put them into Winter's barge, and immediately proceeded up the rives to Baker Dock; a place below BlackfriarS bridge, on the Surrey side, and-there land athem A person of the name of Norman (1:5) . [by_ whotn• he was engaged does not yet appear] had ; previously hired of one Isaac Wentworth, a butcher, a stable in Woolpack-yard, Woolpack-ailey;. Gravel-lane ; and Norman was waiting at Baker's Dock with a cart, and conveyed (at twice) the goods to this stable,, assisted chiefly. by Caddie& and Benjamin Allan. . . Shortly after the alarm had been given of the Sisters boy havingbeen robbed, Charles Sayers ) a water man in the employ of Lucas and Co. informed his employers of his suspicions ._against Brown and Winter, he (Sayers), haVing been tampered with by the former, previously to their- excursion down the river on this business, to be one - of the party, he refused ;_ and from having heard the same two - persons, after their return., •damn ing, &&. Bampten, for having deceived .them, swearing at the same time, ." they would still haVe it." This led .to the apprehension of Brown and Winter, Who stoutly denied all knowledge of the transaction ; but it .having been judged pru , dent : to question Bampton also, (never before suspected), he let cut.the whole of the. particulars of the original conspiracy to rob his vessel, as above detailed ; in consequence of which, W. 1-1. Winter, Wm. Allen, and Josepb Knox were also apprehended. FeriWick. and Armstrong had both absconded, and could not he found. Information had likewise been given in the meanwhile by Wentworth, the. butcher, of im'pro per doings going . on, .as he thought, from his stable, and of his having taken the,name and I.urp bet of a cart employed taaonvey away goods from thence, in consequence of which the Union Hall oMcers searched the stable, and found aboat,loo pounds of silk and a quantity of ostrich feathers. Norman, who had hired .the stable, was looked for, ' but was not forthcoming. Sprigs, (16), the owner of the cart, was taken into custodY, but nothing could be got from him, except that he had been-hired by a person, a stranger to him, to do a 'job ; that his cart had been loaded, without his assistance, and that ,lie conveyed a number of bags. containing, "as he was told," and as he supposed," clothes, to the top of Water-lane, Fleet-street, where they were put into another . cart, by the person who accompanied him, and who, -after giving him haelf-a 7 crown, drove off, he did not know where. Sprigs, with the .other six mentioned to• be apprehended, remained in cus tody from about the middle of July, to Saturday, the 22d of August, during which time they under went several: examinations, but,nothing transpir ing which could fix them with.actual felony, the Magistrates judged it ptoper to- discharge the whole of them. - On the same day that the parties were dis charged (Aug. 22) from the Thanies POlice Office, information reached the Consignees of the ,silk, that a quantity of raw Valencia silk was woiking at the mills of Mr. Theophilits Perceval, at Bru- t6n, in Sornersetshire, ,and as no other silk. of the same description had ,been imported for many Months, two persons were immediately' sent down to Bruton, and there learned from Mr: perceval, that about 600 pounds of Valencia silk had been sent to him to be thrown, by Mr. Thomas Green, Worship-square, London, against whoin a war rant was immediately takea out ; but he being at that time at Coventry,-it was with some difficulty got from his people, that be had purchased the silk of persons of the firm of Stevens and Gibbs, Cumberland-street. They were waited on, and after considerable hesitation and threats,.acknow 'edged they had bought it, under the impression of its being smuggled, of Robert. Cooper, Ratcliffe highway, shewing at the same time his receipt for part of the Money paid him. Cooper was t;lken into custody the same evening, and confronted with .Gibbs , but steadily denied haying. ever had any dealings with liim whatsoever. He, however, within a day or two .thereafter, sent for Mr. Harriott, the Magistrate, and disclosed the whole circumstances of the robbery, and, the parties to it, bffering at same time .to produce five hundred weight more of. the Silk; provided be were admitted to bail, which was refused. The. offenders were.then again sought for,•and George Brown, who was •the first taken, very . eagerly let ou(the truth. of the story. Fenwick also spOke. Within a short time Winter, Allan, Ivey, Bampton, Kndx, Sprigs,. and. Taylor, were taken, and. now remain in custody. Norman, Caddick, Ingram, and Armstrong, have not been found, but rewards have been offered for their apprehension of - 401. each man. Cooper stead 7 fastly refused to' give up the silk still under his controul, unless admitted to bail, or to he King'S eYidence ; but finding no conditions would be litened to, he has at. produced it, by sending his wile with an officer down to Horndon on-the4fill, in Esiex, where 5161 b. of it were ttelivered up V, - a perscin of the name of Thomp- Son (17.) The whole .quantity of. silk contained in the ten bales,. was-about 1 600 lb. and there has been recovered at Bruton 630.1 b, ; in the stable, &c. 1201 b.; at Horudon 51616.; together 12661 b.; leaving about ::.1001h. still AO account for, which cooper 'says Caddick rind Norman dis posed of for their own private accounts. Cooper, the receiver, Winter,, Allan, Knox, Ivey, Taylor, and' Sprigs, have been fully com mitted for trial, and sent to Newgate ; BrOwn, Fenwick,. and Bampton, have been adMitted as evidenpe, for the Crown. FURTHERS PARTICULARS. itiappeared,- by the evidence of a Mr. Ferrol, that the younger Harris had, not Many days 'after the robbeq, Whited upon him, and offered - a quantity of silk for sale, at 265. per lb. leaving.'a sample ; adding, that he had a considerable quan tity to 'dispose of.. Mr. F. then directed him to r. Mr. Paten, a silk dealer, who agreed' to become a purchaser. There was some delay in sending the silk after it had been ordered, but at. length the silk was sent to . Mr. Paten, containing in bags 19014. by an old woman: Mr. G. H. it appeared, had particularly requested the , witness to keep the matter an entire secret from every. body, and, as the witness conceived, he particularly wished him neither to mullion his own or his brother's name. alteing riityWiSe *Cni'iriected With the at the same time, he said, he had the silk of a per sou of great respectability, but whose name, fdr priv ve. reasons, he was anxious to conceal. Niv nen the prisdners had withdrawn, an estaz mination took plaCedpon the charge, which' in OA course of the evidence had transpired against G. Harris. This person had been summoned at an evidence; and regularly attended the Court; his brother likewise attended die Court in the character, of an Attorney for the prisoners. , . , The . 1141,4. 7 , ,i5trate left it to the Gentlemen for the prosecution whether they chose to lodge an i illation against him, to which they answerc.-d the affirmative., Mr. Harris, ; the eider, and a - Mr. Bellis rose on behalf of the accused, and hoped the . Magis trate, as weld as. the Gentlenien for the proseca ti:)n, would withdraw sue.,h notice. Mr. H. pro:- tested that his brother wasentirelY : innocent as to any participation of the guiit of tbe : prisoners. Harris was ordered to be detained, to be brough; cep forfarther examination.. We subjoin an abstract of the most material testimony of one of the party, 'admitted as.iiing's evidence :-- George Brown, a *aterman, (sworn.) -" the beginning of June, Wiliio.m Armstrong, a lighterman, told me, there were some valuable goods expected to arrive in Stangate Creel; that be,should.have inf9rmation when 'they were deli- Nering, from the master of a hoy, about stealing them on their:way from the creek to London. agreed to-be . .concerned.. The prisonerJ. S. Win ter agreed to assist; they. next spoke to Ralph Fenwick, who promised to join theni.wben called upon. , . - ..As soon as the,barge got char-geol . the goods, it was determined to go down, seize' upon, and plunder - it. It was agreed that Brampton. would kills know when he went to 'the creek for those valuable goods, and we.were to wait ‘ and follow him for the purpose, of stealing them. " On Thursday, the 25th of June, Bampton came to my house ; and told me be was going down of chance, with .ten bales of silk and four boxes of feathers, and ha would let us know when he started, so that we night get ready. On Friday I met Armstrong, Winter, Fenwick, and W. Allen, at . the White Horse, in the iorough.— Armstiong and Winter said they had seen Bamp ton, and arranged with him when .to go down; and it Was agreed upon that Winter and Arm strong should go,to Greenhithe, where Winter's barge lay, an(111., Fenwick, W. Allen, and my self to' get to- Gravesend, and Fenwick, was to -speak to Incrram about receiving in the ,barge the property.' They: Were to follow, and keep the Sis ters in sight.. Ivy, Craddock, ,and Taylor w-:.re • also of the - party. (After' concerting these mea sure's, he proceeds)---they went to the 'Newcastle Arms, .and drank each a. glass of gin. ,We then separated our parties in Thames-street—Winter, 'Allep, and Ai - last:A.)llg, went, towards the. Tower; Myself, Allen, and Taylor went down to the Cus tom-house-passage, and got on. the quay, from which we stepped on board the boy, and began to cast off. Winter came on board, and assisted. I cast off the head-rope,to run up the boy to the tier; as_ she was a-going, one of the officers looked up and said, Is that you, Jun- Craddock?' He an sweyed Yes. He then asked, Where are -gun going with the Vessel ?; Craddock answered, ! . We.are going to the road, and in the morning to the Tiock ; so you go beio'v and turn in to my bed out. of the way.' It - was agreed on, in case any of .officers spoke to us, Craddock was to _personate Bampton. The officer returning below, the scuttle was lacked over, and secured. We then sheered up the• Hoy alongside Winter's barge.— The locks were then broke open, and the hatches taken off. The good‘; were taken out of the hold; we worked the barge to, BaketC,s Dock, near Black friars ; ; Craddock went -to fetch .the carts ; ano ther man came with him afte i r the second load was housed, whom I knew to be Nor Man. It was then about day-light.;- a watchman was sweeping the causeway;. we gave him money . to .hold -his tongue, The next Thursday. the parties wet at the Royal Oak, Vauxhall. Ivey, who. undertook to. dispose of the goods, said, there- had been so much stir about them be. could not get rid of them, but if they were .housed some time, and the bustle blown .over, he could. Craddick.and then.said, we knew . a man, named Cooper, Who_ would put ready. money into their hands. Ivey theh said they 'might ,do so. Cooper agreed to give 20s. a lb.- for the silk, and agreed to take from 12 to 14 hundred weight ; he said he did not care if it were twice :as much, he would pay us as be took it ; Cooper knew of the robbery,*and ad vised us to keep snug; there was an appointment to meet Cooper, Craddick, and Norman,, next morning, at an old iron shop-in Golden-lane, to see the silk weighed ; we' were desired by Crad dick to ask for him by the nattie of Jackson as I and Winter were going up the BcirOugh;ive were taken into custody by. the -officers; GOff - and Hutchins. Mr. Harris, the Attorney, came to' me in Clerkenwell Prison, :11)(1 said nothing could hurt us if we kept our-own counsel ; he also - said lie had an order from Cooper to let us have what money we wanted. Mr. Harris's brother first gave me 201. e'en 141. and afterwards 81. Harris hiinself.gave me 2L at the Thames Police, the dry we were discharged. . Two or three-day& alter 'we were discharged, we met at the Sir William Wl.l - Camberwell Road. Cooper said the whole amount he would have to pay would be 900/.4 we said this was not half, enough. He paid us at diarent times, 3001. and 2001. On the Monda:t. 'following he was to pay the Balance of the 9001. when .he was taken into custody by Mr. Gutty. City Wit.---WooD, it seems, has split froth WAlT.nmArri the latter, it is said, resolves to try his own strength,: alleging that lumber will not keep him afloat. A prodigious number of Performers are engaged for Drury-lane Theatre, and according to account there are " more cats than will catch mice." The Drury-lane Committee, it "is said, have made their decision on the Address for the opening of the Theatre. It has been very properly sug gested, that to chew their impartiality, and that they have not beam unconsciously biassed by the influence of a name, they should not open. the paper, containing the author's signature ; till after the Address has actually been spoken.'