The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

BOW-BTRERT.

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ROBBERY IN LW HOTEL —A runeetably.dreemel man,
mid 63, who gave the name of Williali Grover, bat who
refried to give his eddr• ss or occupation was chergad with
Malice( two table plated spoons and • silver salt spoon from
the coffee room of the British Hotel, Cockspur-streer,
J Dobson, waiter, said on Saturday evening I sat,shortly after
6 o'clocs, the prisoner entered the coffee-room. He remained
' about a mien e, and then left the room. Witness met him at
the door, and the prisoner asked him if Captain Wilkinson
was stopping there. Witness told him be was not, and the
prisoner, after thanking him, quitted the hotel. Witness
went into the coffee room, and immediately missed from one
of the tables two plated spoons. Witness ran after the
priiroacr, and desired him to return. He would tell him, what
for when they got to the hotel. The prisoner raid, " Oh,
my God, here they are; pray, forgive me." He then pro.
deiced the miming spoons, and witness took him back to
the hotel.
W. Tee, the bisd.waiter, maid, on being informed of the
robbery, he went into the ir.ff.e-room and missed, besides
the table siioone, a silver tall spoon, which he chanted the
prisoner with stealing, sad he immediately replied, " It is of
no ; here it is." He then handed the spoon to the con-
stable.
The primer made no answer to the charge, and
Mr. Hail fully committed him for trial.

ROBBERY DT ♦ &BRYANT.— W. Neta,,N, aged 30, a
Liotosaa, was charged with stealing some wine, the property
of his master, Mr. H. Peacock, buristerat-law, of No. 69,
Gordon• quart.
The prosecn•or said that since the prisoner entered his
sorra* (*Web was some time hick, he had missed a number
of bouts, of wine from his cellar, which was locked by
one of Chubb's patent locks, the key being kept is
his bureau. He .uspected that some person had
the means of opening his bureau, although that was fas-
tened by a patriot lock. He marked several bottles of
wine, and yesterday morning placed the key in his bu•eao.
In Use seining he found that the key had been rewired.
Ile west to his cellar and missed one of the mark. d
batiks. The prisoner. when accused of the ry,
at first denied all knowledge of it, but afterwards admitted
!hat be poisseasied a key w►ic► opened the bureau. Oa going
into the pantry the bottle which had contained the wine
was foetid empty.
Mr. Hall vmenitted the prisoner for trial.

DARING ESCAPE of THREE HIGHWAY
ROBBERS MOM CAB.LISLZ GAOL.

Between three and four o'clock on the morning of
fla,urda)l. Thompson, W. Mounasy, and T. Pianick, three
men who, slung mite soother man named William Graham,
were committed about sir weeks ago to take their trial for
highway rubbery and attempted murder, made their escape
from Carlisle gaol by a well phased stratagem. Three of
these fellows It.ve been presimuly convicted more than
once. . . .

The circumstance attending their escape are briefly as
follow:—Seer since their committal to gaol Graham has
been subject to epileptic 11.0, consequently the surgeon
ordered treat he should sleep in a cell wi•h two other pri
suns, whose duty it was to take charge of him during
these attacks. Ile was at first separated trent his fellow
offenders, but sia" the unions, which were held last week,
there were no other untried prisoners remaining, with the
exception of one, therefore the governor, who ,is prevented
by law from pla Mg convicted prisoners along with those
who have not yet been tried, had no alternative but to rlseit
floe of his own party with his, in contemn with the on
tried prisoner already alluded to. On Saturday morning
ibis man objected to remain any longer in the same cell as
the two highway robber., consequently the governor placed
another of their companions with them, thus making a
party of three. Owing to an uproar shortly after 2on Satur-
day morning, the night watchman (Joho James) went to
the governor's bedroom window, sod stated that there was
great shouting and knocking in ward No. 4, and that he
thought Graham had taken another fit. The governor
therefore gave him the keys and a light to go into the gal
lery and ascertain the fact; he accordingly went to the
due of the cell in which the three robbers were confined,
looked through the key hole, and, seeing the other two
;innate' holding Graham, ioquirsd, "Is anything smile i"
Oue of the piny replied, "lot God's sake mike haste and
open the door, the fellow is dying." Knowing that Gra
ham was subject to fits, he incautiously opened the door, and
introduced his light (though against his instructions, which
were, under any circumstances to enter a cell by him-
self.) No s toner had he opened the door than he was seised
by the throat by Graham (the dying man), thrown upon
his back, and the keys forcibly taken from him. lie made
every resistance, but all was of no avail ; moreover, Moan.
sey civilly said to him, "If you don't be quiet d—d sharply,
it will be wove for you." The three robbers then lett the
cell, having locked the watchman up in it, who still shouted,
but weld not be heard from the governor's bedroom. They
then liberated their companioa, Pinata, who was looked up
in another cell; and the four immediately proceeded
to plan means fur effecting their escape. They first
got a plank, whirl they flied upon the spikes
of Dome railings, which bonier the south wall of
the prison ; they next earned off a short ladder,
used by the night watchman fur lighting the lamps. This
they placed upon the plank, bat as their machinery was still
detective, they secured a long towel, which proved very
useful. The towel was handed to Graham, who (being the
tallest men), mounted first, and with difficulty got upon the
wall. The other prisoners, whited by Graham with the
'towel, wore then polled up ins by one, till the whole four
were upon the wall. Their next busbies, was to descend.
They accordingly drew up the ladder, and let it down on
the opposite side of the wad ; the towel was again brought
into requisition by Graham, who let the ether three down
till they reached to the top of the ladder, which
they dem:ended with ',operative ease. When Mounasy
reached the ground, he threw down the ladder and shouted
to Graham (for whoa they all appeared to entertain a great
dislike), " Stith there, you';okyhirk." The three men then
made off as quicaly as pouible slug the Caledonian Rail
way, and, according to Graham's statement, ran in the
direction of Kennels's. Graham, not being able to help
himself either in one way or another, act upon the wall for
at least an hour, when he called a watchman, telling him
that all the prisoners were escaping, and that he believed
they had murdered the night watchman. The governor was
instantly aroused. He ran out, all naked, and saw Graham
upon the lull. Several watchmen now entered, and Graham
was then brought down by a ladder and secured.
Every possible means have been resorted to tor the ee-cap-
tune of the escaped prisoners. Police officers and other
parties were iostantly despatched in all directions, but up to
10 o'clock on Saturday evening no intelligence of their re-
capture had been received. 201. reward ho been offered for
their apprehension.

Tar NEW Moiety ORDERS now issuing from the
General Poet-office contain an important alteration which
has been made in the printed rules. Hitherto it has been
neeemary that a money order should be presented for pay-
ment before the espirstion of t co calendar months from the
data of issue, to prevent its becoming • lapsed order; but
with respect to the new money orders, it is necessary that
they should be paid before the second calendar month, or
they become lapsed. If, therefore, one of the new orders
should be presented just before the second calendar month
has expired, and through any error on the part of the Pict-
°lnce cub cannot be obtained until the second month has
expired, Ike order becomes • lapsed one, although It has
hewn presented within the given time. In the new money
alias th• re is a similar alteration of the rides respectieg the '
twelvemonth's grace allowed to the holders of money orders
before all claim on the Post-oftwe for the MOMS of such
orders maws.
ANOTHER MuRDREOVE STREET ASSAULT AND
Aniturrity ROBSlBlT.—Yesterday moaning, about •
quarter past one o'clock, IN Mr. T. C. Wisp was proceeding
homeward dow n Manor place, Wal w.irth- road, eairy ing with
bin the proceeds of the day's business at his shop, in
Lambeth-narals, he wee suddenly united with a blow on
the back of the head from some blunt instrument. Mr.
Wins and his son, about 12 years of age, by whom he was
accompanied, raised eery of " Murder," sod the Wows were
repeated. The seentans ran away instead of followieg up
violent* by robbery, but was met by a policeman, attracted
by the cries, who took him iota onstoily. No weapon was
found ea him, but a gnu. perch& whip stock was picked up
at daylight. loaded with four ounces of metal. At seven last
evening Mr. WW was considered In a dew _roles state, the
lieth of his hes& having bout sews!]ll'olll44.l.