The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-15 00:00:00

ALLEGED JEWEL ROBBERIES.

A :tatement of extensive robberies, under most m,,-
• teriou; circumstances, having been committed at the
houses of the Portuguese Ambassador, Col. Barron, and
Mr. Townsend, Nos. 55; -56, and 57, Baker-stree,
Portman-square, having appeared in. several of the
pape:s of Saturday, we have, ou is Triry into the cir-
cums:ances, ascertained that the report- is rather exag-
gerated, the property supposed to have been
stolen being of comparatively trivial value. All
that has been taken from the residence of the
Portuguese Ambassador are the following articles :—A
bunch of gold seals, a gold pencil- case, a gold
having a light-green stone crest, a v mulberry
tree, with the order of Christ, a gold and turquoise
hoop ring, a gold and cornelian - seal, having the
initials " C. P. M.," above a mulberry tree, and a
common seal, on a dark purple glasi hoop, with th e
following motto—" Who the devil ian this be for ?"
From the house of Colonel Barron was taken—
three silver covers belongin7 to it tea caddy, one
gold snake ring, four or 6;e gold' seals, one of
them having on it a bird cage, and'lhother a French
motto; a cut glass smelling bottle, with a
patent top ; a gold thimble, and three sovereigns, and
a half ditto. The property taken from the house of
Mr. Townsend, is, if' possible, of still less value,
being only four silver tea-spoons,. crest a griffin ;
two silver thimbles, two cruet tops, two Opera
glasses, a carved figure of a Magdalen, with a
glass shade over it, and twenty-five shillings in silver.
No light has as yet been throxn on the circumstances
under which the property has been removed, but it is
believed that none of the thieves termed " family men"
have been concerned in the robberies.—Observer.

EXECUTION of BUCKIN-HAIVI JOE,
THE MURDERER OF MR. MAY.

The 117estern Times gives a long account of the execu-
tion of this culprit, which appears to have created a great
sensation in Devonshire. Oliver died with grezt firmness,
and while on the scaffold declared that he alone was guilty,
and that his companion was innocent. The Western Times
•
says :

When the prisoner was waiting to he pinioned the last
thing he did before his arms were bound was to pull out of
his pocket a red handkerchief, which he held in his right hand,
and continued to do so or. the platform till the drop fell. As
soon as he arrived outside we have heard that several women
of the same class in life as the witness Harris, having
the appearance of thieves' associates, watched him
with great anxiety, and on seeing that he held
the red handkerchief, one of them exclaimed, at the
same time, striking her hands together, " True to the
last! by G— he dies game !" We have been informed
that the red handkerchief is the game-flag, and that when a
thief dies with this in his hand, it is a signal that he has
made no confession. that will implicate any one but him-
self. It is said that some spy who can safely appear is
always deputed to attend the execution, in order to see
whether the game-flag has been displayed, and that the felon
has made his exit with this symbolic renewal of his oath of
fidelity to the secrets and crimes of his associates. It has
been remarked also that when he turned round to confess