The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-15 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF THE SWANSEA• MAIL.
Charles Weller, the guard of the Swansea mail. was next tried on an
In tlerinent, charging hire with ►tealing a parcel of country bank notes,
the property of Messrs. Freeman mid Co. bankers, of Newport, iu the
c.•'tnty of Altromoutli.
The faces of the case, which have already been publicly detailed,
were shortly these :—On the '2d of October last, a pater, was made op
at the banking-1 ttttt se of Messrs. Foreman and Co. cumaitinig the 110IPS,
specified in the indictment, which w. re first directed to Messrs. D.loln
• r.nd Co. and afterwards enclosed in a box. which was directed to Mr.
Fothergill. at Mein!. fibers, in Lawrence Pountetes-lane, The parcel
•tas recei►ed as directed, but the notes were taken out. The thief re-
tt►eined undiscovered till the month of November last, when the pri-
, &later was apprehended, and while in conSnent. tit in the House of Cor-
-rection, he confessed that hr• had committed the robbery. and had
riven the notes to it old woman named ilickinast.at Totterduwn, neat
8.-iOOl, and afterwards brought iliem to London.
These !acts were tairly substantiated by evidence, and the prisoner
fend Guilty.
BURGLARY.
Joseph King was indicted for burelari••nsly breaking and enteriug
Vie dwelling-house of the Hoyt. Mat y Broderick, with intent to steal
The facts of this ease have already been before Itie public. The
prosecutris hr.. in Grosvenor place, and her house was entered on the
right of the 16 It of November. by the ;fret floor wirednws. The butler
being alarmed by a oit.e got up end loaded a pistol, after which he
went to the top of the stairs, wh••re lie saw the prisoner looking at the
clock, with a wax light in his hand, upon which he discharged his pis.
tot at his side. The prisoner tell. and the light went out Witness then
heard a noise like p • rsons going out at the street door The watchmen
then carte up, and traces ..f blood were found Irma the passage into
the street. The prisoner was afterwirds apprehended at Birmingham,
and be there confessed l►is

POLICE.

MANSION HOUSE.

EARLY DRPR AV I T Tradenham, a boy apparently not
more than ten years of ale, was yesterday charged before the Lord
Mayor by Mr. Grven, a country gentleman, with having robbed him
of two valuable gold seals. The prosecutor, it appeared, was in
•Leartlealiall market engaged in his bnsiaess, when he was repeatedly
interrupted by the prisoner hanging about amt shuttling against him.
At length, on putting his hand accidentally to his watch ribband,
tie discovered it was tut, and his Seals were gone : he,• at the 'trine
time, missed the boy, and immediately suspecting him, went into
the market in pinsuit of him. He soon discovered and seized him.
and'on searching his pockets, the two beals were found. A pair of
seissars were also discovered lying near his feet.—He was fully
cernniitted.
GUILDHALL

FORCER NOTFII.—ThOM44 Giles and Martin Brown were yester-
day bronicht up. charged on suspicion of bring concerned with Wit.
.ham Sumner. who, wa% examine.] on Friday. in littering a forged
note to the landlord or the Plough. in West Smithfield. It ap-
peared. that at the time of olierisil the notes there were.two men
in company. In consequenee of information since rferived. the two
prisoner-, files and Brown, were apprehended, and. Mr. Herbert now
;wore to them.—They were committed for ie.examitiation.

'Miss H. B was charged on 'risetalay at Hatton-Garden Office,
%Ph forging and titttring Bills of Exchange, one for 151. two for ltd.
each, and one for 181. drawn by herself on a Mr. P. and purporting
to he accepted by him, which she discounted with Mr. Greig,
baker in Hyde-strcet, Illoonisbnry, who, when the first became due.
applied to Mr. P. for payment. but lie declared he never accepted
t;trtn ;on which Mr. Greig took the lady into custody. Mr. P.
not atteuthine, the prisoner was remanded till the Tuesday following,
whet) the Othee was elowded in expectation of the lady being again
examined; but the Magistrates receiving a certificate from the
onrgeon of the Hnuse of Correction, where she is confined. stating
that she was so extremely ill, she could not be removed without
endangerine her life, the litrther examination of this interesting case
WP*poStponed.
DREADFUL Ftns.—Three houses, those of a tallow-chandler, a
tailor, and a grocer, adjoining Isiortlitunberleutl-house, Charing-Cross,
were destroyed by fire on Sunday morning last ' • to escape the flames,
broke out between one and two, an old Lady jumped from a
p.:ir ofstaits window, and was caught on a featherbed, a young
,n 1.71 ;,14n jompe,l fioiri a tirst floor, IRtt fortuiattely neither 'received
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