The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-06 00:00:00

DARING BURGLARY NEAR FRIMLEY.

The following is a detailed account of the re-
markable burglary, • report of which appeared in the Ex-
press of Saturday:
This most determined robbery was effected on Thursday
morning last, at Downlands, the residence of the Mises
Fanthombe (maiden ladies). The night of Weelnea!sy and
tie following morning was peculiarly adopted for such a
deed. it blew a hurricane durir g this period, and the morn-
* modish in the ex,reme. It appears that there was only
on. man on the premises, a confidential servant, Thomas
Wood, who slept on the same floor with the ladies, and who
was furnished with a loaded gun and sword, but whose
doer was unlocked, that be might, in case of being wanted
by hie mistresses, be within all. It may be remarked tier
Lowlands Is • neat residence, about half a mt. from
Ogielleld, and situated on a parish road leading from
Mad to Riegle's Cross Gate; before it lay a green
kw., which abuts the rood, and at the back there to a
deep wood. From facts which have since been ascertained,
issgpearsthat at one o'clock seven fellows were seen at
se great distance from the house by some persons who
had bath to a party at the Reeks, which is at a distance ,1
el • quarter of • mile, the residence of R. S. Screatlield, "
q At three o'clock there fellows effected an entrance go
Me thwelands by breaking through • lattice window of
tie dairy, end from thence, by breaking another window, It
*.y got into the cellar, and by breaking a door that
tau bolted, at the end of the short peerage they
reached the kitchen. Hera there ars two doors, lead-
las to separate madman; the Pao to the maul room, go
the other to the ladies' bed chambers. It appears MI
that five men want ap to the former, and, before dt-
be was aroused, burst suddenly upon Wood, who Ili
leaped from bad and seized his gun, but before i,j•
he bad time to pres.nt it, be was knocked back go
upon the bed by • blow from the butt sad of a heavy ii
pistol, and the gun taken from him At the tine the IS
fellows rushed in, each bad • lighted candle with him arid id
a pistol. They were disguised and wore mrks ; three were I!,
white, as of calico, and fitted close to the head ; one had a
black mask, as of crape, and the fifth wore • red cotton gt
handkerchief over his face. All were without their hats. le
Upon coming into the roem, some of them exclaimed, e;
"There is the —," and they them threatened Lim with di
instant death if he did not remain quiet. At one time the 11
fire held their pistols to his person, and they threatened yi
him with oaths of the most dreadful nature. One of them

acted as captale, and be employed threat. to his followers SS
whenever they did not do as he requested. It is evident 10
they were not quite strangers, for they called the servant by it
his came, " Tom," and sue of the petty demanded of the oc
others that he should be quieted (tidied) for having a gun in is
his band at the time of coming in ; and upon this two held 23
guard over him, while the others went to • door at the le
other end of the room, stud while there consulted whether 23ti
they should kill him. Afterwards they burst in IP
the panels of this door, and entered a dr.seing-
room which led into Nisi Susan Farneombe's bed- so
room. Here n,y held over the lady, who was awake, If
the sword they had possessed themselves of from the man% et.
room, The lady scrermed, but was compelled by the Li
threats of the burglars to be quiet. When Wood heard his ;
mistrees scream, he isle bred the two fellow, who guarded uts
him to prevent their companions from injuring hir or his so
other ladies, and me of them west away for such purpose. let
They demanded money, and commenced rarsailsti.g the id
boxes, cupboards, &e., passing quickly from room to room, t
end guarding the different passions of the house. Although ;
the ladies were in considerable tenor dense the whole time 20
the fellows were in the house, still they were not so much St.
frightened ss might be expected; in fact they showed great 20
presence of mind, and offering no resistance they were nut iu- 1.11
jured. The burglars hr lelpossession *the house for two hours I;
wiihout being disturbed, and during that time they opened Ili
every desk, drawer, cupboard, and ransacked every place from et.
one end of the house to the other. In the man', room they Sr.
took nearly 201. fr .m his desk, his silver watch, and pos. 11
seised themselves of his keys, the gun, &c. After they bad „,
be. u some time in other puts of the house, one of the men TO'
returned to Wood's room, and told him to show him the let
plate, aeirieg him by the collar and draggiag him out of the SO
room. Beture, however, they reached the plate .Owen, some ex.
of the others had burst the drawer in which it was ken and 15
had got possession of it. It is supposed that only five men ti
entered the house, the other two remaining on guard out. Rt.
side. At live o'clock the burglars left the premises and went re
towards Mansfield. it was 'till very dark, and singularly *
enough Wood's brother.in-law met seven men coming 50
towards ltingle's Cross Gate, at 10 minutes put five o'clock n
the same morning, as he we. going to his work at Hunted, L
and subsequently the gun was found in the river near le 1
Mareefi,ld ten pad, and the skein of the sword we. pick, d to
up near bungle a Cross Gate, and one of the masks, the red 6
ens, was found between the house and the gate. The !ollow- SI
ing are the articies stolen : et.
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Ten dessert spoons, 12 table do , 6 salt do., 2 sauce ladles, N.,
I soup do., 1 gravy spoon, 1 Hob slice, I butter knife, 1 4,1
sugar tong., all silver, and sleeked " F." Two told 23
watches; maker's name, "Attwood," Lewes; 3 silver et.
watches, one of them made by " Matthews," tckfi Id ; 1
engraved in the snide, "T. Wood" (the owner's came), 2:
made by .• Craig ." 1 pearl tine, marked "J. Forte st.
comb';' 1 cot:Alien stone with "T. W." on it in large s
letters; 1 brooch in shape of a heart, engraved " Maria 50
Farncombt;" 1 diamond ring with purple stony
mixed; 1 ring with coal clan for hair, with 10 pearls 3,
round; 1 handsome gold lady's neckchain, round pattern, so'
with two small gold soli and one gold key attached ; one si'
of the seas had • nest—el/le en top of a shield, with
a serpent entwined in the shield; 1 plain gold chain with St
plain snap; 1 stews heavy silver guard, curb pattern; 1 151
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gold box ring with hair in it ; 1 silver pencil cue ; 1
musicel .Gulf box, the representation of the Island of Sr. a
Helena on the lid ; 6 silver tea spoons, nearly new ; '2 eel
eat spoons, not marked ; • silver WM, marked in
metre "F. ;" 1 plated skewer; I plated toastrack; 1 silver 131
mutant spoon, marked "F.;" 1 silver cruet top ; 1 purple 3'..;
sills
parse, with steal buds and rings, containing a number ;
of sovereigns and silver ; l 101. bank nate; 17 U. notes, all et so
the Lewes Oid Bank. The 1111. note was a new one, and to
supposed to be dated "Ist Nov., 1950;" about 201. he geld U
and some silver; '2 servants' morning jackets, one a tweed, 11
the other an alpaca ; 1 black cloth coat, 1 macintosh jacket t
1 silk umbrella, 1 short sword with buckhorn handle, 3 ro
hams, 2 home-made cheeses, a quantity of breed, wise
and porter, 1 watch .heirs (silver), and 1 black waterproof 10
coat. 10
The East Beaux Constabulary are fictively engaged is 2°
investigating the affair, Superintendent Flanagan being 0,,
specially employed in endeavouring to trace the authors of so
this daring crime. It is much to be feared that the et.
mode in which the Misses Funcombe arranged their p.- 211
cunisry matters may have contributed In no small degree Is
to incite the parties to the commission of the burglary. 1„7
It appears they received half yearly the dividends on ;4't
certain stock, and had thus almost constantly a considerable u'
sum in ready money in the house. As the night of the
burglary, however, was a very few days before that on 83
which these dividends are usually received, the amount
would have been much lea. than weal but for an unfortu- 31:
nate accident. Only • very few days previous, env of the 20
ladies had obtained a large sum at the Lewes Old Bank, of so
the notes of which it will be seen that a large proportion of 6
the plunder cutlets. Now, whether the burglars were 5
aware that this money had been received, or had mis. 50
calculated as to the receipt of the emu dividends by a few 12:
days, it certainly does appear ass though the scoundrels had iss
had information, more or less accurate, respecting en
either the one incident or the other. Extraordinary Si
as it may a, pear to men in business, the amount IS
of the dividend. was usually transmitted by the carriers, 10
and thus the practice of the Lichee may Cave become ;
known to a number of individuals, which very much so
strengthens the supposition that the burglary was effected
by parties acquainted with the babes of the Mimes Fun.
combe. It would, of course, be impossible to detail all that
occurred during the two hours that the parties were ia the
house, but, as might be expected, their conduct wes of the
most reckless description. When the servant, Wood, for
Moues, war staked for his key., he told them they were in
his trowstre. Without waling for them, however, one of the
fellow., in spite of Wood's repeated remonstrances, broke open
the desk, from which, as we have before stated, the 201. was
extracted. We need scarcely add, that according to the
modern practice of burglary, the follows feasted themselves
to their hearts' content, regaling themselves on everything
on which they could lay their bands.
A reward of M. has Nemo offered for the cons fiction of the
°Healers, but apart from this it is the bounden duty of
every right-thinking member of s ciety to do anything in his
power to bring the authors of this daring °stress to jostles.

The Judges, Queen's Counsel, &e.' will not assem-
We at the Lord Chancellor's residence on the first day of the
issuing (Hilary) term..
ESTENSITE IMPORTATION OF COTTON FROM INDIA.
—Mr. Fleming, eecretuy of the Manchester Commercial
A•sociatioa, oa Friday received advice that the Court cf
Direction of the Hon. East India Company have instructed
their spent at Liverpool to Lenard to him for disposal in Man-
che/tee 1,432 halo of cotton, ren lend from Bombay per the
' India, sad 278 bales sad half s bale, received per Mama, the
readmits of the Dbareru Be:gaunt, or Candeish collectoratee.
The Court requested et the tune time that separate re-
ports might be famished on the produce of sack eelleetorete.
01 the 831 whole and the 53 half bales from Dharwar, 6.4lbales
are from New Orleans cAton sad, 38 are of somewhat better
gustily than the above, and there is 1 bale of interior. 01
we 126 beet of Dim war native cotton, n bales were rather
Wale* to the lett, and eight bales were Broach eottoe. 01
the 197 helm, two half-boles, and one bundle of Balsams
cotton, 135 Wes were Salaam cotton from New Orleans
seed, and 23 balm of Balgaum native of one description, sad
41 bales native of another description. Of the 478 whole,
eight ball-bales, and one bundle from Candeish, there were
459 bales grown from indigenous wed, saw-ginned, and
leaned, and 28 balm from New Orleans teed, sow ginned
and clamed. Of the cargo pat Marion, from Candoieb, 212
bales were from indiums& seed, cleaned by the esw.gis, but
inferior to the last; 6.5 bailee were from New Orleanv seed,
saw-glazed sad cleaned; and one bele a little batter then
law-sianed sad elesned.—Manchester Courier.