The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-05 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY AT NOTTING HILL.

On Friday night, between *seen and eight o'clock,
the residence of Captain Faucit Turner, at No. 9, Royal-
crescent, Notting-hill, was entered, it is supposed, by three
expert London thieves, during the time the family were at
dinner, and jewellery to the amount of 1601. win stolen
from the bedroom of Mrs. Turner. From inquiries made
by the police and others, it appears that the thieves ob-
tained an entrance to an empty hones to let, No. 16,
in Royal-crescent, by menu of a picklock-key, which
we. afterwards found in the lock of the street-door, and
they then proceeded to the top of that house, sad, hiving got
lon to the parapet through the attic window, they milked
along the parapets of the houses until they came to the
attic window of Captain Turner's house. The window was
not fastened, and an easy entry into the premises was aeon
.fleeted. At this time the family were at dinner at the
bottom of the house, so that the thieves had the whole of
the upper part to themselves. Soon after Mrs. Turner
had finished dinner she went up stairs to her bedroom, end,
on reaching the second floor stain, she was very much
surprised and alarmed at seeing two men, who had no doubt
been interrupted in their business by hearing some person
coming upstairs, rush out of her bedroom on to the land-
ing, and make their way as fast as possible to the top
of the house. Mrs. Turner immediately ran down
stairs on beholding the two men and raised an
alarm. Before any person could follow the thieves
they had made their way out of the house by the attic
window, and so returned to the empty bum they had
first entered. Several constables of the T division
soon afterwards came up and they endeavoured to
trace the thieves, but without SWOON they managed to
get clear off. The thieves left behind them an iron
jemmy," a life preserver, and a hat. Shortly after the
robbery, a man without a hat stopped a boy selling sprees
in Williara.street, near the Potteries, end offered to give
half-a-crown for his cap. The boy readily consented to the
bargain, and handed the man his cap, and in intern re-
ceived the half-orown. The police an in search of the
thieve but, up to the present time, no else has been ob-
tained to their whereabouts.

A RUSE.—One morning Hance, the comic actor,
we. seized by, • couple of bailiffs, in an action for a debt of
201., u the Bishop of Ely was pulling by in his coach.
Quoth Joe to the bailiffs, " Gentlemen, here's my cousin,
the Bishop of Ely, going into his house ; let me but speak
to him, and he will pay the debt and charges." The bailiffs
thought they might venture that, as they were within three
or four yards of him. So up goes Joe to the coach, pulling
off his hat, and got close to it. The bishop ordered the
coach to stop, whilst Joe (close to hie ear) said softly, " My
lord, here ars two poor men, who have such ggrreeaat scruples or
conscience that I fear they'll hang ves." " Very
well," said the bishop. So calling to the two bailiffs, he
said, " You two men, come to me to-morrow morning, anal
I'll satisfy you." The men bowed, and went away. Joe,'
bugging himself with his fallacious desire, also went his
way. In the morning the bailiffs, eagesMag the debt and
charges, repaired to the bishop's; whey- being istrodnesic
" Well," said the bishop, what are yew sem* of ass
science 1" " Scruples!" said the bailiffs. "We ham as
scruples. We are bailiffs, my lord, whe yesterday arreelni
your cousin, Joe Haines, for .Ul. Your isiskivrosissille
satisfy us to-day, and we hope your lora* will Os is veil
as your word." The worthy bides% isMsig Mat Ms
honour and name would be ex If le Genass,
paid the debt and chart u.—D '
ANECDOTE OP LE BRUN.—Whille the 210tiega
of Brineillien was being led to execution, Charles Le Brun
signalled the executioner to stop the car, pretending that
an accident had happened to one of the wheels. The pr o
cession halted, and during that momentary pause the
painter, by a few strokes of his pe sell, hit off a striking
likeness of that celebrated crimes!, torch in hand with
her confessor by her side.—Lights and Shodosoi of Artist
Lift.