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London, England, 1818-02-05 00:00:00

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I.ARGE SEIZURE.
Tdieemilay risevent, the notorious receive., residing in the
illismsefee, was brought np, toitther with J. soil A. Cooper,
father and moo, J. Far. 11Pnry Ewa, 77mvins Raillon,
Charles Papilliett,J'alin Saville, nod Jason Walton, charged
spore She subjoined evidence :
Williams Mecham, one of the City thlEctra,iletwisint, Ilrit
is miser' of certain illtorruation, Iw, accimipatticil by
others, proceeded with a search warrant to the house of
Yissceet. Cho entering the premises, he round due latter
whh the two Coopers and Rnstd, CUlplOyed in cnttinf up a
barge quantity of sacking. The premises acre searrheit, and
property to She asnount of at trait :lON. found muenster' in
various parts. This consisted rbiea, or crape*. linens, ‘llll.r
powder, guns, Sc,, triage,' drags of swims, sorts, quirk,iil-
ver, watches, brooches, &c. Sec. While the officrrs remained
its the house, the Primmer Smith came in with a loaf of
sugar cooceakd wistlrrneath his great coal. The other
rebuses., also caret in at ditereut periods, and were appre-
headed.

Janes, another officer, Mated, that he went in Vinfent's
house, and offered to purchase a quantity of while lead.—
He was told by Vincent that be had not sufficient in the
house, bet would proewre the Necessary quantity by the Nl-
lowiNg morning. The price demanded fin the lead was
little wore than half its value. The property found on the
premises nearly filled three hackney roaches!
Some joys of oil, which w. re forted in the Muse, Ineethrr
with two casks of lead, were identified by Mr. Clevely, a men=
chart at LiNsehnoae, who statrd it to be part of an immense
qoasstity of property, of whirls he had been defrauded by a
ma mow in custody foe that uffeuce at the Shadwell
Ogee. _ .

The Prissiners,on being called epos, arentinted in various
ways for being at Vincent's house. The story sold by
Raines, Fox, and the younger Cooper, appearing to the
Lord Mayer to be tolerably satisfactory, they were die.
cha►gd. The remainder were ordered to be rewarded for a
further essmieatws.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.
Maass MUM, • youth of seventeen, was charged ninon
his own confession with plundering his employer, Mr. W.
Barret I, a jeweller, in St. Martiles-le.Grand, of an immense
quantity of gold and silver plate, and other articles ofjewel-
lery of great valise. Andrew Oarff (a youneer boy) and
Joke Mohr, alias Rice, were charged as being partieeps
erinhis is the robbery.
They were remanded, mad ordered to be kept separate.

BANKRUPTS EFFECTS.
Yesterday a bug investigation took place before Mr.
Hicks, respecting • bankrupt's effects, during which the
fulluwiug important cireunestaisces cam: out iu evidence :
••A bout the month or July, 1815, Mr. Monies Hughes,
lineu.draper, of Red Liou-strect, Helbews, gave infer-
motion at the above office, that his house heel been
broken open, and rubbed of his disk, containing cash
and Dank notes to the immune of 800 ; this bring .oeh
a *trio** and large amount, Lavender, the officer, was
dispatched to examine the premises, with a view to trace the
robber or robbers, if possible. After the officer had cumin.
ed the premises, be was of ',pinkie that they lead nut been
broke, into at all; and ou searching the premises closely,
be discovered the desk, broken in pieces, no doubt fur the
purpose of tieing beret, but the party had been disturbed,
and pieers of it were toned in the garrets, cellars, &c.
In a few days after the immense robbery was said to have
taken place, Mr. Thomas Hughes become • bankrupt, and
upon his examination before the Compoissiouers he stated,
that his ruin and bankruptcy had keen occasioned by the
robbery • however, there being strong suspicions that no rob-
bery hestates place, and that he had concealed Isis property
for the purpose of eefe *lading his creditor's, be underwent
several keg and ate id' examinations before the Commis-
sioner*, at which Cuoiseel were employed, and although
nothing could be proved satisfactorily to directly camisole
him, the Commissioners committed him to Neweste as a

frauduleut bankrupt, the suspicion against him being very
strong, and he remained in Newmite for teu mouths upon
that chirp, when no further evidence being adduced against
him, be was discharged.
At the time of his examination before the Commissioners,
it was ascertained that his shopnian had left London about
the time of the baakreptcy ; and it being No/peeled that be
had taken the contested property with him, Lavender, the
tiffieer, was employed to trace him oat, and he pursued him
to Bridport, but nothing of a suspicions nature as to the
concealed property was found upon biol.
Mr. James Aldred, one of the assignees to the bankruptcy,
had paid the bankrupt a sum of money on the teaming of
the day in the night of which he said his house hail been rob-
bed; and he said the mamey which Mr. Aldred had paid him
was part of that stoke. Mr. Aldred was, therefore, enabled
to give a fall description of the Bank notes he had paid him,
and which was accordingly done at the Bank, fur the pur-
pose of being stopped when presented fur payment.
The bankrupt, in his examination before the Commis-
shun rs, admitted that it was his constant practice to keep
his cash and notes in a tin cash-box, and to take it np stairs
every night to his bed-room, suit could nut account fur
leaving it ilium stairs in his desk us the night wheu the rub-
bery was said to have taken place.
Nothing more respecting the business was heard of till
Tuesday morning, when a ten ponnd Bank note which had
been paid by Mr. James Aldred to the bankrupt, on the day
of the supposed robbery, was paid iglu the Bank, and in-
formation having been given to slop it, the person preseut-
iwg it fur payment was interrogated by the Bank clerk how he
became possessed of it, and who be was; he replied his name
was Davis, and belonged to the banking. home of Roberts,
sad Curtis (we understand he is porter at that house), snit
that hr had received the mote from David Evens, who lived
iu the Kent-road, and that he did Not bring it from the
Banking-house to which be belonged. He at the same time
paid into the Bank live 11. soles, owe of which proved to be
■ forgery. It was then understood that the said David Evans
had received the 101. note from the bankrupt or his brother
and it being understood that David Evans had lived as shim-
man with Jobs Hughes, a lusew.dreprr in St. Julia-street, the
brother of the bankrupt, who gave his brother an asylum in
his bowels en his being rebelled from Newcate, the connec-
tion was of a very auspicious nature, suit on application
being misdeal the office, suet the whole of the cireumstances
being kid before Mr. Biroie, he issued his warrant against
David Evans, upon which be was apprehended and brought
to the oiler, where be oisiterwent an examination before
Mr. Hicks, whew the *hole circumstances were stated by a

protessiossal grutlemas.
Lhavis, the porter al Robin s mad Curtiss, gave his testi-
mony as to his possession of the lut note, which was ex-
tremely evasive and contradictory. He appeared very much
agitated while giving bis secentit. lie stated that hr called
upon David Evan*, and asked Lim for some uld Bank notes,
without being abk to swig's a reason, why 1w did so, except
that he waisted to get half sovereigns fur them, which could
only be had fur motes of • certain date. He explained what
the Bank Clerk said respecting David Evans it statement, that
he received the 10/. note from Sir. Hughes, by saying that
David Williams ball lived alluviums a ith Hr. Hughes.
The accused David Evans gave of his possession of the
note was, that he carries on business for I self, in York-
place, in the Kent-road, where he took the note, iu the
month of November last, of a man he never saw before or
since, for the purchase of a piece of cloth, which came to
upwards of 51. He said he thought the 10/. note was a hail
owe, bet being • good customer, he risked it. lle assigned
as a reason for thinking it bad, that it was in a very sagged
state, and tasked ails being a bite paper, the colour was so
changed 'that it was more like what.' brown paper ; this
was supposed to have arise,, front its haring 'wen buried.—
Ille geld he carried the note ist his poekrt in that ragged state
several days, when it would start el, Lang together, and 0411
pasted it uu a thick piece of paptc, and wrote ins the hack
of it, but which was nut to 1w made out. lie stated that
the disligssred state in which the note appeared, was occa-
sioned by his carrying it in his pocket fur about a week
'store he put it hates his cash-hos.
David Evans, sod Dams, the pater, were marital to be
detained, and a warrant was issued againat Thomas Hughes,
who uu being brought to the other rue another 'swains-
tn'. Mr. High ealkd us Wm to give no ace 11111 l t of the
trauraction, which be did as follows —He said he was a