The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Tee Ro 88888 AT Telt LONDON AND WINTNINA a -
SANK, ST. JAWEA'A•SQUAIIi..--i. Tyler and Ir. Cauly
were charged with having committed a robbery at the
branch establishment of the London and Westminster Dank,
St. James's-square.
The prisoner Tyler, who is a returned transport, referred
to elsewhere, refused to give his address ; and Canty stated
that he was a " gentleman," living at 66, Commercial-mad,
Lambeth.
Mr. Lewis, solicitor, of Ely-place, said he attended on
behalf of the directors of the London sad Westminster
Bank. The circumstances of the case were very brief, and
he should therefore pray for their commitment on the pre-
sent charge. The learned gentleman then described the
manner in which the robbertiwas committed and the means
adopted fee the apprehension of the prisoners, and then
called in evidence,
Inspector Lund, detective force, who gave evidence the
same in substance as that contained in the account given
elsewhere, produced the box and bag referred to. The
former a rather large-sized cash-box, and the latter an
ordinary blue hag.
&want Whisker corroborated the evidence of the pre-

till Friday heir.

THE GREAT FIRE AT LONDON-BRIDGE.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

This forenoon, at eleven o'oclock, Mr. William
Payne opened en inquiry at the Bridge-house Hotel,
Wellington-street, London-bridge, for the purpose of in-
vestigating the origin of the late conflagration in Montague-
Clow, Southwark. Mr. Alderman Humphery was present.
William Snooks, a surveyor, of Tooley-street, having
scribed the building, said he first heard of the fire at his
office, about four o'clock on Monday afternoon last. When
he reached Montague-close the eastern or A warehouse was
in flames, which were raging on the first and second floors.
The flames increased upwards, and part of the Bridge-
hones hotel had ignited. The adjoining warehouse, B,
subsequently caught fire from the flames of ware-
house A, no doubt caused by the high wind
which was raging at the time. The parapet between
the warehouses was about eighteen inches to twe feet. The
recent act of parliament required them to be three feet high,
but Alderman Humphery was about to have them made
six feet high. The Ire when witness left seemed confined
to the A and B warehouses, but, when he returned in half
an hour afterwards, witness heard a fresh alarm of fire at
the western end of the range of buildings. Flames were
then issuing from the windows on the north-west side of
warehouse D. Immediately afterwards flames were seen
coming from the north front windows. lie could not ac-
count for the cause of the fire.
E. Bimodal°, of No. 1, Vine-yard, Tooley-street, stated
that he was a wine porter. On Monday afternoon he wee
walking along Montague-close on his way home, when het
saw a man standing at the front of the western warehouse, ,
who was shouting out " Fire." A man named Eaton ran
to Tooley-street for the engines, and witness called for as- t
sistance. The warehouse A was then on fire, and the flames
wen spreading rapidly. Witness then went to assist Mr.
Waterman on the third floor of warehouse C.
Yr. T. H. Edge, a clerk to Messrs. Wilson and Kings-
' ford, said that at the time of the outbreak of the fire ho
was talking to a gentleman near the Tooley-strect archway,
' when he had his attention directed to a man running very
;art towards the church, and directly afterwards another
man ran in the direction of the Borough-market. Witness
• thought they had stolen something, for he was nut then
t aware of the fire. Witness then went into Montague-close,

when he saw dames 'stint at the staircase on the ground-
door. It wee then his opinion that the men he had seen
were mine thecae's's. Witness went into Mr. lament's
ware user ,abdtd. the Bridge-house Hotel, and then he could
see a fire through the open partition on the ground door. The
damn then reached the tint door, and then blazed up most
furiously. He could not give the cause of the tire, but he
certainly had seen a bad practice with the labouring men while
they were waiting for employment. Witness had seen them
knocking out the contents of their pipes on the window-
sills, and then it would full down the iron gratings. On
this occasion witness bad found the tire did not commence
in the cellars.
R. Welch, a warehouseman to Alderman Humphrey, was
being examined when the report left.

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ceding witness, and added, that when the prisoners were
searched at Scotland-yard, he found a written paper under
the scat on which Tyler was sitting, of whdch the follow-
ing is a copy :—" To inquire if any cash has been paid into
the brarlnsmnd Wectaumtor Bank by the Marytis of An-
i
te the ket- a
on appeared?' on ecardon
them, to be- known to each other. -
Vile
4 , the branch bank in St. Janmes-
sod who the premises, identified the box
contents, been placed in it purposely for
ng detection; to make the box weighty, as if
'ng gold. They were safe the night before the
robbery.
:Anis completed theme, and the prisoners were remanded
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