The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-08-31 00:00:00

UNION HALL.

Yesterday information was ininiieditthis office of an extensive
burglary and robbery, having been committed to the eountry-house
of Thomas Brandram, Esq. at Lee, in Kent, on the 28th instant,
in the absence of that gentleman, who was staying at his town resi-
dence. The robbers, it appeared, bad entered the premises hy
climbing over a high wall at the rear of the house, and proceeded
across the hack-yanl, bored a hole with a centre-bit in the panel of
the door sufficiently large to Ault three fingers of • man's hand,
which was introduced on the occasion, for die purpose of pulling
back the inside bolt ; this was the only fastening to the door. After
having gained semis to the interior, they ascended a flight of stairs,
and passed through three-different rooms on the first floor, LAE;
they came to that from which the property was stolen. lull&
room it appears. there was a desk, which contained the under.
mentioned property :—A tortnike.shell snuff-box, with a Rom=
Mosiac landscape, and a lemma narrow chased gold border, in a.,
Morocca case; a gold snuff-bag, chased, fluted on both sidt. and,
and mounted on the top wild a depots awns, set as a tnedalliegeg,
also, in a red Morocco cow two. seent-boxes, Roman composite.,
' Mosaic • the one a little 'fog. the other tr..° Cupids, en the Up I a I
musical bog, a gold seal, with Arabie characters on it ; about SW.
in Bank of England notes, besides some other articles. This desk
was cormaetely rifled of its contents, and although it was fastened
with one of Bronah's patent locks, yet the lock, on inspection, well
found not to have received the slightest injury in the opening....
From this, aid other circumstances connected with the robbery,
Mr. Erandram, who attended at the office, requested that a we-
' rant might be issued for the apprehension of an individuut, against
whom he had very strung suspicions. These suspicions were also
strengthened by Clarke, the officer, who had minutely examined
the premben, and who concurred in the opinion that the rob.
btey must hsce been committal by some person or person* well
treptairted with the internal regulations of the house. The butler's
pantry, close to which the intlividtiel slept, although open, and ear
wining all the family plate, type:lntl not to have been approached
by the robbers.
Two men, named Ififiling and irokdittg, belonging to a very
desperate gang of hossebreakers, who infest IVO-worth and the
aurruunding neighbourhood, Vert brought before R.J. Cantatas,
Esq. charged on suspicion with breaking' open the house of Mr.
Crousha, a grocer, in East-lane, Walwonh.
Mr. Crousha stated, that he went to bed on Sunday night soon
after after havitm secured the locks and bolts of his
premises ; however, upon runng the next morning, and going down
stain into his slap, he saw it was in a state of complete disorder;
the tea-eannistere having been pulled down from their plates, lay
on the flour of the shop, entirely emptied of their contents. Seve-
ral losses of sugar, which had been exhibited in the shop windows,
were also gone, together with two " dummies," i.e. mock auger
loaves. Ott farther examination, he discovered that the desk had
been broken open, which at the time, he mid, form:tattle only
conteined three pares of reticence halfpence, made up in brown
palier, and tied with cord. It was subsequently ascertained that
the burglars entered the house by the first floor window, to which
they sseensled by memo of a ladder front 8 building close by,
snow, the constable of Sewington, stated, that from the rime-
rout robbvtiel and other depredations committed by an orgAnized

gang of thieves in the nrighboarbood, he rote at drive cosetock on
Sunday morning, and went in search of suspicious sharaetets. In
crossing a street a short distance from Mr. Crousha's house, he per-
ceived Wildman, whom lie well knew as a very desperate fellow,
with his hat pulled over his i'uce. He went up to him, and asked
the cause of his being out so early. Wildman replied, " Oh, Mr.
Snow, ! have on:/ been ' a Joshing,' at the Halfway-house, in the •
Rent-road, and lam now going home." But, said snow, what is it
that you have in your pocket that bulges so much l•—1,'••• only the
money I got the night before fur a puppy that I sold at ltermond-
sey. Snow searched his pockets, and pulled out ss. worth of penny
and halfpenny pieces (now produced), and took the prisoner to the
watch-house. Subsequently witness heard that a rel,licry had been
committed in the house of Air. Crousliu, who had been robbed of
a quantity of money tied up in a paper. Snow ambled, that he ap-
prehended the other prisoner in consequence of his having been
seen in 'Wildnum's company a short time previous to the robbery.
Mr. Crousha, on extunintng tbe paper of half.pence, identlEed it
an a part of the property that Wei been stolen from his shop.
Two other fellows, named Russel and Purdy, belonging to the
Mine gang, were apprehended in the act of reconnoitring a widow
lady's house at Peckham, the same night.
l'he four prisoners were remanded, m order to have tht attend-
ance of other individuals who have been robbed.

SI'OR7'ING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S DETTING-ROOM, AdOVIT 30.

The betting to-day has been very great, indeed greater than on
uny day within our recollection. Several of the gentlemen who
favour lirutandorf attended on Sunday, and succeeded in throwing
Swiss buck to li to I, and bringing the former forward toff to 1,
their exertions tending to make him first favourite, but ineffectually.
This alteration occasioned a strong. imager to-day of Swiss's
backers, who, with little tiifficulty, reinstated Swiss in the opinion
of the subscriben, and rose him to 9 to '2 at which odds he was
backed to WI enormous amount. Bratandori retrograded to 8w 1.
_ _

DONCASTER HT. trutm.
1) to 2 ngst Swiss (taken) 18 to 1 agst Jerry
8 to 1 agst Brutaa.dorf 22 to 1 agst Taranaki'
9 to 1 agst Osmond 22 to 1 agst Cadiz
12 to 1 agst Ilelenus 30 to 1 Agit 1: suity
12 to 1 agst Streatham 40 to 1 agst Blue Beard
14 to 1 agst Alcisidora 50 to 1 agst Cauteen
17 to 1 tigit Mustachio 59 to 1 agst Caccia riattl
18 to 1 agst Saab
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PIGEON iIHOOT !NM
TUE GREAT 111 Jri:H.—The pigeon shooting session closed
amongst the erark Clubs yesteulay morning, on the ferns on
Bagshot Heath, between nine members each, of the Ashton New
Hats, and M idgham Clubs, by subscription of 10 sovereigns each
the best to divide the 2701. It was a real sporting day, and 2 to 1 wee
the bct:ing against naming the winning Club. Some line blue
rock pigeons were procured fur the .poet, at 21 yards from the
trap, charge unlimited, at seven birds each. It was decided
as under l—
ASIITbIi KILLED._

Hawthorne 71
Newman 7
Foreman 7
Humphries 6
Fremantle 5
Jones a
Harwood 4
0 i:es 4
Mild:nay

■TM lIATS KILLED. 31IDGII8111 lIILLTD. 1
Nash 7 -Maul° 7
Gent 7 Phillips 6
Piers° 6 Duvall 6
Towson 6 Kent 6
N. Newman 6 Gordon 6
Nicholls 6 Groom 6
Wentworth 4 lloliens 4
Medley • VI uig $
lt. Young 2 :%.itish 3

4H
In shft-ting oft the ties, at three birds each, the Ashton rasa
and the New flats ' 45. fleas

killed Ni, - won the match ; . _— killing
stakes were pending on the match, and Masses. Hawthorne Nash,
and Alatde were matched by their respective Clubs, who shall kill
the most head of gam in Hampshire and Berkshire.
PRDESTRIANISM.-Irieutenant Fainnan undertook yester-
day, on the Kilburn road, to run ten miles within an hour. for
100 sovereigns. The ground was a measured two miles, and he
performed it as follows:—.
SUN. SEC.
First two
Second . - . -
Third . . . - 11 tlig
Fourth . . . . 12
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The match, it will be seen, was performed in shies esesalle
within the given time.
Partridge shooting commences on Wednesday nest. There ie a
general complaint of a scarcity of birds. It may not be smile bee
to mention that, by an Act passed in the late Session of Parlia-
ment, any person sporting without tint taking out a game certifi-
cate, will be charged a penalty of 201., independent of the regular
duty of 31. 13s. W.—Worcester Ileraid.

The conquering game at cricket was played on Teaterday sea-
night at High Wycombe, between the V. yeambe Club and that of
II ands°, and Eton, in which the 'Wycombe Club beat their oppo-
nents in a masterly style, in one innings, with `3 notches to spare.
There was much betting at commencing, 7 to 4 on Windsor and
Eton, but the Wycombe Gentlemen soon brought it 7 to 4in their
favour.

Skipper, the noted pedestrian, is now performing the very 'edit-
ens Lusk of GO miles a day, which be has engaged to keep up for
twenty-one days, Sundays excepted, on • measured piece of
ground, a qmater of • mile in sagest, in • field behind Vahat
Thomas's Church, near this city. He commenced on Tuesday
morning se•nnight, and has hitherto finished each day's work with
apparent ease. His pace is very steady, regularly completing his
quarter mile piece of ground in three minutes, and five miles within
the hour. On Monday and Tuesday, the weather being very tint,
he was visited by a great number of persons, and we trust his sub-'
scripton box, which 111 at the entrance of the field, wee the heavier
foe ire Fs echolder.