The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.

This siornirs, says a second edition of yesterday's
Lit-tryout Alttuic, one of the most extensive and extra
ordinary robberies that has been perpetrated in this town f
somas time, was discovered on the premises of Messrs. Cask
"add/orris, sileeranithe, Church-st., at the {tonere( Tarlton-
street The circumstance having become known the greatest
incitement was occasioned, and the shop of Messrs. Clark
sad Morris was sumunded dunes the whole of the morning
by pastas aniline to learn the past:undue of the robbery,
which was stated to be very extensive, amounting to thou.
wads of posods. The fasts of the case, so far as we have been
able to collect them, are thew :
Items. Clark and Morris Mired their shop about eight
o'clock on Saturday night. Everything was, to all appear-
ance, made secure, and every precaution having been bikes
to ensure robin, as far as bars and bolts could do so, the
partners left the earn of business to enjoy the adnatsgis
of a day of rest, in the fullest confidence that their property
was safe. This mooning, shortly atter eight c'cleck, the
shop was opened by Mr. Clark, who was astonished to Sod
the stock la the utmost confusion. A quantity of morocco
and roan jewellery cages were strewn upon the door, and
everything appeared to have been ransacked or disarranged.
It was et wee *silent that a burglary had been commute),
bet it wee some time before en estimate of the extent could
be strived at. The shop of Meagre. Clark and Morrie Is
somewhat conspicuous, and has "double frontage, is Church-
street sad Tazieton, street. The firm also occupy a cellar,
wh.cti is entered by • trap-door, from the beck pert of the
shop. This door was found open, and en iron plate and
for security spinet toe gelation wall of the neat seller bad
been partially beat down so as to admit the body of a man,
the brickwork behind having been removed to • merespead-
lag tenor. The adjoining collar, it appears, is used for
storing coals by Mr. Joao', the lithographer, who occupies
glees in TA:l*ton street. Thom offices, which are pan of a
range, sad ass only hisaatod, aro immediately at the back
of Messrs. Clack and Monis's establishment, and the
entrance to Mr. Jones's cellar is at the end of • ground floor
passage, at the side of the stairs. The wall of the passage
which adjoiaa Metes. Clark and Morris's shop is pro geed
by iron bars; but, strange to say, the entrance to the cellar
had been completely overlooked. The lock of the door to
Mr. Jones's cellar appean to have been picked, and sleo
that of the door communicating with the street, The
harglan then removed the bricks of the partition wall
alluded to, beat down the iron plate, and thus gained weft
to the 814.
As we ban stated, the shop was in the greatest confusion.
The show Isles had been opened, and seals, watch keg,
brooches, chains, studs, rings, lie. were strewn about la
great confusion. The morocco and roan cease to which we
hare ramrod had all been emptied of valuable ardoles of
jewellery, sad upwards of thirty gold bracelets and neck-
Imes, tweaty-four valuable brooches, and fifteen sets of etude
were missed from them. It is estimated that gold watches
and chains to the value of 6001. were stolen, and diamond
brioches valued at 3001, which were only received
last week, having bees ordered by • esstomer' were .40
missing. Besides these • variety of studs, Wageless,
brooches, and ether articles were owned off. Al:egsther,
the Ices is estimated by the tiros at 1,6001. The thieves
sneer to have been disturbed, for they left behind a CM* of
valeable diamond rim, sad several other articles small in
bulk, which were coospicuouslv placed. Their object ap-
pears to have been to take only those things which were
portabl., and might be readily concealed about the person.
Many coujectures have been hounded as to the precise
way in which the robbery was perpetrated. Some toisk
that the thieves must have been concealed is Mr. Jones's
Oder on Saturday night ; whilst others are of opinion that
the burglars did sot commence their operations till Sunday.
We are informed that four or tire suspicions charamen were
aeon lettering is the vicinity on &today evening. As yet
the thieves have not been apprehended, bet we have meson
beksvo that they will soon be in the heads of the poll*.

A WORD FOR MR. BRlNlTT.—Whatever we may
say 'bow. the eeadeket of Mr. Bt. Baraabas Bennett. there Is,
at aay rate, no doabt that he is adorns to tha display of one
Toy peat vittua—resigaatioa.—Psonch.