The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

PATAL OCCURRENCE'S ON THE RIVER.

(THIS DAY.,

Shortly before the start for the tuiversity boat-
men this morning, when the river was crowded with craft
of all descriptions. an accident, attended with a fatal result,
occurred just below Hammersmith-bridge.
Three youths were rowing a wherry, when, through their
unskilful management. they ran foal of a heavy barge,
and the wherry immediately filled and went down.
Two of the youths were saved, bat the third, a very fine
boy, named Benjamin Wheeler. between 12 and 13 years of
age, the woof respectable parents residing in Chester-street,
Lambeth, was carried away with the tide and sank.

About the eame time a °boatman, mimed Eooch Smith.
belonging to Kingston.oo-Thames, was in the act of stepping
from a coble on to the gunwale of • west country b.rgr,
lying off Battersea, when his foot slipping, he fell into the
water. An oar was thrown to him to keep himself up, to
which he held for • minute or two and then let go, as if
paralysed, immediately sank, and was carried away by the
tide.

THE BURGLARY AND ROBBERY AT A BULLION
DEALER'S IN THE CITY.

The great robbery of 3,0001. in notes, gold, and
jewellery, which is reported to have taken plane at the shop
of Mr. Themes M'Keowu, bullion dealeraod mousy changer,
in Feochurch-street, in the course of Monday night and
Tuesday, has excited considerable attention among the bank-
ing
and mercantile establishments ill this busy section of the
City. The circumstances altogether are very remarkable-;
and although the police have been actively engaged in the
matter, they have not succeeded in eliciting any fact which
might aerial them in clearing up the mystery at-
tached to the affair. The shop is on the south
ride of the street, • few doors from Phi-
pot-lase, and, being • money coatiger's, • large
amount of foreign money was exhibited is bowls in the win.
dow ; as also rolls of foreign bank notes, and watches and
other articles of jewellery. The doorway of the shop was
in the aide passage, leading to • suite of offiixe on the upper
floors, occupied by respectable firma. Mr. M•lieown u.a.
°aged the business, and had two assistants. At the close of
the day the money and notes and other valuable property
were pat into • large iron safe at the hack of the shop, w hen
it was locked up, Mr. 3Plieown having charge of the keys.
The shop door was fastened with patent locks, sad there
were two hole* in the shutters to enable the police on duty
is the street to survey the interior daring the night, the gas
being left lighted. On the evening of the night of the rob-
bery the place was left as usual, and the policeman looked
through into the shop several times in the course of
the night, and saw nothing to excite his attention. On the
shop being opened on the following morning, it is SLOW
that there,were no indications of the place having been for-
cibly entered ; but on the safe being unlocked, the whole of
the valuable contents, reported to be worth 3,0001., were
found to be miming. Immediate information was given to
the police, and several of the most oleoresin:ad officeis at
once atteodwl. and a minute OZABlillatioll of the premises
was made. No marks of violence to indicate how the shop
had been broken into could be traced, and it would seem
that the shop-door hail been opened is the ordinary way.
Several of the most eminent locksmiths were called in to
examine the safe cud the locks, with • view of siker-
, taining the manner in which they had been operated upon.
It was evident that the safe had sot been subjected
to any rough treatment. However the safe had been opened
and the treasure was gone. More remarkable, io order to
enter the shop. and to reach the money, DOORS four or five
patent locks hail also to be opened. In • short time the
police were furnished with • list and description of the
valuable property missing, which comprised sis watches,
several diamond pins, bracelets, rings, gold chains, brooches.
diamond crosses rod caning; a qoantity of plate, and
other jewellery, foreigu bank isotes, and • large quantity of
foreign gold coinage, eagles, Austrian sovereigns, Napoleon;
doubloons, Spanish 3 dollars, old guineas, Spanish ducats,
and several bowls of foreign silver. A reward of 2tint. has
been offered for the apprehension of the thief or thieve.,
sad the metropolis is placarded with large bills to that
effect. Unfortunately this is the second time within •
abort petted that Mr. 11-Keow has suffered from a similar
robbery.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

SATTROAT. MARCH I. 8 LK.