The National Register.
London, England, 1822-01-21 00:00:00

POLICE.

MANSION-HOUSE.

SINGULAR CARR OF ROBRERY.—William Watson
was charged by Mr. Miller, of Lower Thameq-street,
upon suspicion of having committed a robbery on Thins-
day night, under circumstances of rather an extraordinary
nature. _

Mr. Miller's evidence was to the following effect :
lie has a cut glass and earthen warehouse iu Thames-
street, but does riot reside there. On Thursday he found
that thieves had been on the premises, and he supposed
th it on the previous evenittit some one of them had ind-
deli himself behind the packages, and remained till all
was quiet, for the purpose of giving admission to Isis as-
sociates. The thieves, however, dui not get much, but
white they were in the house they enjoyed themselves.—
They lighted a lire, anti paid a visit to the wine-cellar,
from which they took three bottles of wine, and three
bottles of perry, which it seems they drank warm with
sugar ; anti Mr. Miller received a very polite note from
one of them, acknowledging she obligation they were
under to bun for the excellent beverage his cellar had
supplied.
Upon examining other parts of the premises Mr.
Muller found that his iron chest had been forced open.—
The instrument (a large chisel) with which the feat was
performed, was lying on the premis s, and a dark Un-
thorn. The petty cash drawers of the iron chest Ity open
empty, but when lie left the warehouse there was a sum
perhaps not exceeding 91. The bills and papers were not
t iken away. Some silver cruet tops were taken, but the
cruets were left behind.
The letter, which was written in a good hand, began
with the word " and stated that they (the
writer and his friend') had called ; regretted that there
was 1.0 " Wassel in toe lob;' (money to the chest) but
exprassed the highest opinioti of the wine; begged par-
don for dis,tirbout the papers, and expressed how happy
those who drank it would be to visit toe premises upon a
future occasion. TII rre was a postscript, slitting that all
iron chest would be of no utility where the visitors might
uuuk proper to go. Upon examining the letter, Mr.
Miller was of opinion that Watson, who had lived as
servant in the concern, and cm ttttt hied some disho:iest
acts, for which he had been lately imprisoiled, was the
writer. Wheo the prisoner was apprehended and charged
with the offence, he suddenly horned rotund to the ser-
vant of iNtr. Millar's Mother, and charged him with
having been concerned in the robbery. %Vat ►he view
of having the matter as clear as possible, Mr. Miller
caused the servant to attend the justice-room, anti he
confronted by Watson, although convinced that there
had beets no intercourse whateter between the prisoner
and the servant, and that the latter was a person of
integrity.
The servant declared in the most solemn manner, that
lie knew nothing of die robbery, and that to the best of
his knowledge he had never seen the prisoner since he
had seen him tried at tin) Old Bailey, ulna the morning
after the robbery.
The prisoner was remanded for some days.
HATTGN GARDEN

(hi Friday, two livens d victuallers residing at Hamp-
stead, appeared to answer infOrinations brought aeanist
them by the officers of the excise, tor selling ale and
spirituous liquors without an excise license.
It appeared that the defendants had allowed the
time prescribed for renewing their excise licenses to
elapse upwards of three months, without paying the
necessary lees, and taking them up, by which negligence
they subjected themselves to a penalty of fifty-pounds
each. •

The magistrates mitigated the penalty to the hiwest
sum prescribed by act of parliament, namely, four pounds
each, and costs, which the defendants paid and were
dtscharged, on renewing their licenses.
ARLBOROUStei I STREET.

Martha 13ette1,:y, servant to Mr. Atwell, oldie Edge-
ware roil, was charged with robbing her master ut I in'.
conta.ned in a box.

Mr. Atwell went out on Sunday se'unight, and on his
rvtiii II he foetal two doors kroken open, and a chest con-
taining the money, in a 3111311 box, front which it had
been taken. The prisoner, wit° was kit in care of the
house, with a young child, said she had taken a walk,
and the robbery was then comm tted.
She was suspected and taken into custody, and by the
tiAilauce of some officers helompog to this CSlablishment
she was traced to have carried the box, containing, the
treasure, to the holden Cross, Charing-cross, on the
Sunday afternoon, and at her request the cle:k wiote
direction on it to her sister, and it was sent off. This
led to an additional clue, alid the prisoner still denied
any knowledge of the robbery, until the box was ex-
hibited before her, when sbe gave a piercitse shriek.—
Finding the prisoner was in CUStOdy, the bort was re-
turned to the owner by some of her frie..ds, with 6ul. in
it. The prisoner was remanded.

Another instance of the unhappy mistakes which
aritte from the Similar appearance of oxalic acid to Epsout
salts, occurred on Tuesday night, the I6th inst., but hap-
pily without those effects which it has so often been our
painful duty to record :—The coachman of Mrs. Mount,
of Forest Farm, W inkfield, on retiring to bed, had mixed
%vhat lie thought a dose of salts, to be t ken in the night,
lie awoke attain three o'clock, and swallowed the
draught. From the acute pain be immediately ex-
perienced, he became convinced of his mistake, and
recollected that he had half an cunce of oxalic acid in
his possession, which he had taken. With great pre.
settee of 'Mud, lie immediately got up, and saddling a
horse, role at hill speed to Windsor, a instance of four
note s. Ile was Gunman. in obtaining assistance without
delay, Ito it Mr. Chapm : who, by the most judicious
treatment, succeeded in saving him Iro.n the ordinary
effects of this dreadful poison. Mr. Chapman prescribed
talented magnesia, and haelog succeeded in producing
copious %miming, afterwatils took 'l4 ounces of 1.410 d
from his affrighted patient, %rho is now WO.