The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-10-26 00:00:00

A lILLOROUGH-STRLET.

Yesterday a n..vpettable, mittrunly-loolingw7niiiin, named Mary
Cuowr, was brought before Sir UEoucE IsuitaNT, upon the
charge of liming committed a robbery in the house of Mrs.
howled, in Flask-row Chelsea, and with afterwards setting fire
. to the house, un the evening inTuesday last. Being taken to prison
she admitted committing bath the offences.
The prisoner, in her defence, merely said, that she had been in-
duced to i.onfess through the promise of Mrs. Itheades to forgive
her. .

This Mn.a Rhoades strongly denied.
Shrum tlu:u renuunled till 'Thursday flex:.
MA - LA -BO N

latrunewT ROBBERT—Yesterday. Katu:ky, alias
Conaotty, and ;Villiers Jura's, alias Murphy, two well-known
thieves, were brought up tor examioation, on the following idierguu
of daraig robbery :
On sunday, the 17th instant, during a tremendous shower of
ruin, about hve o'clock in the afternoon, some hnuatbreakera entered

N • the mansion Ruben Napier Wort, Esq. 11, Portman-square, by
the pailour-window, having stepped from the area railings un to
the window-ledge, and carried oft a very valn.:ble painting of .In.
eient limns. A woman named Somers, who has the can of the
Image &trio. LL us of the teasily, bog) the thieves leave the
but when Ave raw/ran slams 11*-sipme
•

WSW IT awe 11•11-111110 g,
risible. Information of the circumstance Wall lodged rftt.he
offices, and Charles Head, jnii. of Bow-street, in searching a house
in Day's-buildings, in the settlements of St. Giles's, for sonic other
men who had committed a rubbery, burst open the doer of a roots
which was locked, and on entering found thc two prisoners sitting
by the tire. They appeared amazed at his visit, and believing he
came for them, asked fur what " they were wanted ?" 'lettere he
answered, a larce gilt frame, half concealed under the bed, at-
tracted his attention, and be demanded bow they became possessed
of it. They could give no satisfactory answer, and he hand-
cuffisl them, and they were committed from Hutton-garden fur re-
examination. In the interim, Iluckridge, of this office hearing
of the clreuttistance, went to the Clerkeurrell prison, and obliged
them to gibe up :heir sixes, which, en being compared with some
footmarks 0:I the chairs and sidebo..rd, were found exec:ly to cor-
;
r and on the pirture.frae being ;Mown Mrs. Sonfirs, she
aleseCeti in
l it to be the one stolen. However, no trace hos yet been
obtained of the painting. The frame also, on being rompared with
the marks on the wall, was found exactly to corn:spinal.
The prisoners said they knew nothing about tt, and had enly
gone to drink tea with sonic girls in the room.
They were fully committed to Newgate for trial.
Kanaley want:meet the party of burglats who plundered the house
of Mr. Donovan, of Oxford.stretd, of upwards of tIOOI in gash. He
lived iu the house, and admitted the rubbers. He was admitted
King's evidence, and two of the gang were capitally convicted oe
Ins mid other evidence, and executed.

William t'orm r, a boy twelve years of age, was also con:nil:tell
for attempting to pick the pocket of Mr. Ilarton, of Nottoo.a:reet.
Ile was detected 111 the very act. A silk banalkerehicf fotnoi
on him.