The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-01 00:00:00

TIORBERY ON THE MIMES.

Filthy, net. 30. Joseph Simmons lA'inter, getijintin Alen, antl
Taller. were intik:tea for stedlingon the 18th of July, fro%
out of a hoy itt t:le R fiver Thones. ten biles of silk and two cases of
vidue, alai. and George fLuris and Robert Cooper
were for receiving the :tame, knowing it to have been tvolen.
Joseph Knox and Thomas joy were air, la:tit:red accessariei bef.l4
the fact.

!dr. Ceatee Y. at loading Corn-el, detailed the circumstances.
of this extraordinary robbery, as they were proved by three of the
accomplices, Brown, Ballroom and Fenwicke, and confirmed by
other Witnesses. The silk which was stolen was shipped at Gibraltar
in May last, and arrived in this country in the mend; of bane.—
Hampton, one of the witnesses, was ,meter of .1 boy ; awl W inter,
the ptioner, was also master of another boy. The vessel which ay.
rived with the sill: and feathers, lay at Sanci,;:yte, anl Bamoton waa
ed to go with his toy to fetch the silts f.fatbers, to bring
I them 11 the Custoins at London. Ile, knowing what a valutib'w:
carg.' he w:.:* ab..ut. to receive, entered into a conspiracy with the se..
,real p.isoners, and others not in evis:otly, to rob his own vessel
With this view it was agreed, that Winter, vvho Was toaster of
another hov, should follow B unpton's, and that Barnron would
anchor his hoy off Dagonham Bleach, and in the night the former of
them were to come on board and fasten down the hatches, and carry
off the cargo into Winter's boy ; while others were to be stationed on
shore to get it (II by land. It was also :weed, that if the wind and
tide were sir fair that Bampton could not stay at Dagenham Breach
without incturing the suspicion of the of!icer Who was on board,
that he was then. to run his hay a-ground as it by mischance, end he
would then be obligcd tir.wait until the e..xt tide before he could get
her otf. • The scheme being settkl, Pompton. pursuant to the di-
rections of his emplii)ers, went to San.ket: to fetch the silk and
tiniheri to bring them to the Custom louse, having cwt board
linetable, a Cwitoin Ilonie Officer. Winter, as had been agreed,
cl:,se after Bainpton with hie hay. It, however, so bar.
pelted, that the wind and tide wsre to fair thr reaching the Custom
Unuw, that Batiapton sent Knox, iii, mate, on board Winter's hoy,
with the bey, to site that 1w tom tt it impossible to stay et Dag 31-
ham, and that the Otiker on bosrd tes boy was an cid Inheini.n,
and knew the river as well as he did himself: and therefore he south
rot run the vcs.iel a.giound, ae was, intended—hut that they might do
it at the Cuatom House Tier, a, he meant tf., anchor on the outside of,
it. raj; clewed some d si:ontent amen.< the parties, eTeciaily these
shore ; they cursed and swore at what they considered the
cowardice of Winter, het after sore further censultation it was agree.4t
that the fact should b: tkne on the :debt of the :th of July. And
on that night, Rust-dale the officer hearing a none on deck, came op
and ballowei out " is that you Tcm (meaning Winter) what a = yon
abut r' Some one answered they were re:nevrng the ve.nel to the
fonder D:;ck to be rely for the morning, and the otPc:r suppos g