The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-14 00:00:00

On Sunday night last the mansion of Sir Henry
Meux, Bart., at Theobald,s-park, Hertfordshire, was burgla.
riously entered by some thieves, who had succeeded in forcing
the fastenings of one of the outer windows, and who carried
away property to a considerable amount. Among the pro-
perty stolen was 85!. in bank-notes, six sovereigns, and
a vast quantity of linen and wearing apparel. At an early
hour on Monday morning the circumstances of the rob-
bery was icommunicated to Watkins, an active officer belong-
ing to the mounted Bow-street patrol, stationed at Enfield,
who at once repaired to Theobald's-park, and after looking
over the premises proceeded along the London-road, and at
the nearest turnpike got a description of two men who had
passed towards town whom he strongly suspected of having
committed the robbery. He pursued his inquiries about
these men, and by great perseverance traced them to their re-
sidence in Middlesex street, Somers Town. One of them,
whose name is Joseph Henderson, resided at No. 10, and the
other, John Coleman, lives at No. 7, in the same street, and
on searching •their houses, Watkins.found nearly the whole
of the stolen property. They were at once handcuffed and
taken to Hertfordshire to be examined, preparatory to their
being committed for trial.

Yesterday a public meeting was held at Chelsea
for contributing to the relief of the distress in the Highlands
and Islands of Scotland. Several gentlemen addressed the
meeting, and a resolution was unanimously agreed to for en-
tering into a subscription, for the relief of the existing distress,
and a committee was appointed for carrying the object of the
meeting into effect. It was stated that 86,000 persons were
destitute of food, and that a subscription of 100,0001. would be
necessary for their effectual relief.

PLUCKING SHEEP.—This sounds strangely on
English ears in parts of Ireland ; however, the practice de-
signated by the term is but too familiar. *Says the Map
Constitution, " The practice of plucking and shearing sheep
has latterly become so very prevalent in this neighbourhood,
that unless some effectual check be placed upon it, the people
will be obliged either to abandon the keeping of sheep alto-
gether, or not suffer them to remain out at night, which would
be a great hardship. Scarcely a night passes that the wool is
not either plucked or shorn off sheep for miles about this
town. Oil Friday night last, between fifteen and twenty
sheep, the property of several individuals, were stripped of
their wool in the neighbourhood of Curnamorrow, within
two miles of this town. In fact, we could enumerate many
instances of this species of robbery and cruelty towards the
poor animals."

A melancholy and fatal catastrophe occurred at
Frankley, near Bradford, one niqht last week. Mrs. Deve-
rell, widow of the late Mr. John Deverell, has lived for many
yeara in almost total seclusion, scarcely admitting a servant
to intrude on the privacy of her apartment. About ten o'clock,
the domestics of the house perceived a small fire, which ap-
peared to proceed from her room ; but as the door was always
locked and bolted o❑ the inside, they had no means of obtain-
ing ingress but by a window. On entering, the unfortunate
recluse was discovered to be completely suffocated by the smoke
of a fire which had originated in the ignition of the bed furni-
ture ; and though the flames were speedily extinguished, the
poor sufferer bad brvatbed her last,