The Sun.
London, England, 1831-02-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE•

11011'-STREET.
The extensive robbery, committed on the night of Sr;
turday last, at the auction-rooms of Messrs. Machia, Die
benhani, and Storr, of King-street, Covent.garden, be
re,
been already reported in The Sun, and it now only
mains to state the circumstances under which the offenct.
was committed, which have transpired owing to the coin;
fessinn of a lad in the employment of the prosecutors, WI
whose means the robbery was effected.
name
is Richard Flanagan, had so far gained the confidence °,
,
uars
Messrs. Machin' and Co., that he was placed
assn
This lad, who is only 19 years of age, and whoe
iD
on the property in the sale-rooms; and on the night
question he slept in one of the rooms, and, duringe
t"
whole time that the thieves were on the prern
a gas-light was burning, which hungise
over the bed where the lad slept. This fact, writ
others of a still more suspicious nature, induced
la-
Thomas, the superintendent of police, to believe that F.
the rob
f,
nagan must have had a guilty knowledge of
bary, and he pia as 'd upon Mr. Machin the necessitY
taking him at once into custody ; but Mr. Machin felt 0
confident of his innocence that he refused his assent. froT
traospire,
circumstances, however, which subsequently
the lad was closely questioned by Mr. Thomas, and
dener, an officer of this establishment ; the result of whlc.
was, t .at he made a full confession of his participation la
the robbery, and disclosed the names of his accomplice';
one of whom is now in custody. The substance of t:ha:
c mfession was, we understand, taken down in wr,ib,?'
and we have • reason to believe that the facts disclosed
follow stated, that in the course of last SaturdaY9
man named John White, who formerly lived as rile'. a
the service of the prosecutors, came to him and prop!ishct
the robbery, suggesting that in the course of that nig 0
he should open the front door, and admit bad
men named Spragg and Kearsley, of whom he a
some previous knowledge, having met them at to
public-house in White Hart-yard. As an induce Met
his compliance, White told him that he should receive ha..
immediatq
the amount of the " swag;" aid baying agreed to thil,r,
rangement, he got out of bed at about twelve "
o'cloc"i;e
Saturday night, and, on a previous signal being 061; ,o
cautiously unbarred the outer door, and admitted the "
men already named, and took them round the sale-rooms,
pointing out the desks in which the money and ,jesvellil
were deposited. Having rifled these desks, Which t3l;ed'
wrenched open by means of a screw-driver, one of the
fellows put on a new body coat, and over that an c°,," d
exit, while the other helped himself also to a new 7:11
a pair of boots, leaving his old ones behind him. 1",i0
then forced open a cupboard, from which they t° °,/c the
gold and silver watches, and 48 watches from behinui ry
counter ; the whole of which, together with the jecve',:'„,
and a quantity of plate, they "stowed away" in their pa the
and hats, and after remaining upwards of two hen" on 311
premises, they went away. White remained outsidea
this time, ready to give notice in case they should be le
turbed. He (Flanagan) then went to bed, leaving te..
' door open, and when the robbery was discovered, he ?r,e
tended to be fast asleep. He had seen White once 'lePrty
the robbery, who told him that they had sold the Pr°l%ed
for 621. He declared, that although he was Pc°llllsir
half the amount of the booty, all he received 'X° 4ed
pence. Having made this discovery, the lad e%Pre:;lie
great contrition for his crime, and while in custody a` of
station he was seized with fits, the effect of his state
mind.
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Search was immediately made after Spragg,
Kearsley, the latter of whom was taken into custooYt
together with Flanagan underwent an examination jal),
vate at this office, and were remanded until Tuesday to
The other parties have, we understand, been traccuo
or
Brighton, to which place Gardener has proceeded t°
prebend them. 5001'
The whole amount of the property stolen exceed°

EXTRAORDINARY OX.-The OX belOnb'to
to his Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, shown 55 e5l.
stock at the late cattle show of the Derbyshire -Agri-os
tural Society, at Bakewell, has now attained the enorlit° it
weight of 170 stone, of 141 b. to the stone ; it is 5 'll
f
extraordinary animal, and is allowed, by the first jade;
cattle, to he the finest beast ever seen in this country
toe!:
fatness and symmetry of shape ; it was bought as le3l;:frief
in May, 1829, by Mr. SWAFFIELD, of Chatsworth, '3.0,1
to his Grace, by whom it has since been fed on l'iYbe 100
grass only, till within the last eight weeks. It will
years old in May next.
The manufacture of beet-root sugar in 1-131• I,
has advanced so far that it presents itself
tricacy and imposing developement of old establish°o,
carried on with considerable capital and expen'iveHtifill
chinery. At Coulonne, near Calais, there is a beas„-.ell-
steam-engine working the rasping machine, and a opo-,
connected system of boilers and condensing and,e,,r la'
rating vessels, all heated by steam.—Quarterly
of Agriculture, No. 12. .
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THE ENCHANTED SHIP.—Mr. COO
last New Novel " The Water V itch," has more of u:,)
The
in its composition even than the " Red Rover• gr•
captain and crew of the smuggler, profess to be tl'eciale,
vants of the Sea Green Lady, who, from time to
~les,
changes the colour of her mantle, and delivers beriaviitch'
from her cabalistic book. Thus is the " Water, oare'
fulled for supernatural power. But whether si'e o,.di-
this reputation to her marvellous speed, to her e%ter'leave
nary escapes, or to the skill of her commander, "'

leg

our readers to conjecture.
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AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.—AI'I3°„-roo:
ll
ludicrous nature took place at Gainsborougk on ~,1
last. A person of the name of JOHN Moses, lanw-rf
the Nelson Inn at that place, married a person °Tiii bl
name of Miss KIRK, about fourteen years ago, au
whom he has had issue of six children ; be had oil,: le
the business of a publican at Gainsborough for ti`ey
three years, with every state of prosperity, and lurtiallr I
the bosom of his family, till, behold, that state °
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terrupted tranquillity was broke into by the arrival 000
of the Gainsborough coaches, when a first wifeie be
Wales, with a son of twenty-one years of age, n'34lroi'
appearance. The woman and son had named rbet.l",,..
ness to a person at Lincoln, about an hour be'°e 00(
starting of the coach, and he immediately took l'°"1,00rl
gig to apprize the husband of what would in a feWetc(Ooef
take place; he immediately, on receipt of the ,„
intelligence, took his departure, and has not beer! fl°
-
since. Some doubts are entertained as to the liteloti 1/'7f
husband, as he was heard to say he should certrocine'o
come food for the fishes in the Trent.—CorresP° 1
the Lincoln Times. °
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THE ASHTON TURN-OUT.—The tLit
may be considered as virtually at an end ;
having almost entirely returned to work at t"„ 0,0
offered by the masters. This may in a great tnelj° e
attributed to the parish relief having been withbe- of
all connected with the factory hands, from the tioade,V;
masters opening the midi last Thursday week, ire
ing all to work who chose. The practice has Pm 00110
during the turn-out, for such poor people as e°,° ;.iii the
accommodated in the workhouse, to go regui3.v,lo '
btl
tittles a day to their meals there; and for some s
average amount thus expended in food was upward' feed
'lite,
pounds a day ! This is a fact well ascertained.
be noticed, as opening wider the book of horn° teall°,,;ll
and showing the influence of property, and the dirria"od
with which men cling to it, that the (two) l3idge
most eager to return to their employ (at StilYl:irij Obit),
Hurst), were men who, front their earnings,
sufficient to build a few cottages, added to which, ry all`ce
ners generally were much disgusted with the pit„,lllCrthe
ance from the union ; no one having,
went of the turn-out, received more in one wee, ntls 1100
miserable sum of 4s. 2d. In Stalybridge the "'..,oooethe
not been so backward ; those of all the largefireot
is the
having consented to return to their ernploP-0, all it,„o,
masters' prices, the masters engaging to give thespeetl,,it,„
advantage the employment admits of respectinga ttotiopil
and the town is resuming its wonted bustle an oterloo
The arrangement appears to be hailed by both n.tioi to
operatives with feelings of the greatest satisfac'hil3ritYere
d 11
Stalybridge presents
a scene of festivity an ,
which it has for some time back been a strangle be to
is little doubt that next week all the mills Wil
work.—Manchester Mercury.
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BIRTHS. 04'
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On the P2th inst. the lady of Noel Norton Carter'
Charlotte-street, Portland-place, of a son. CoOPef'
On the 16th inst. at Finehley, Mrs. J• 10
daughter. 4011:01,
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since the too
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On the 1 ith inst. at Devcmshire-place, r.) „val 5 j, pl
Hammett, late of the East India Company's f!" tom le -,
On the 14th inst. at Highbury-place, Isl:l4.o,rtoe3ropfcol
Esq.. in his 80th year.
On the 16th inst. in Upper Montagu-stree ,;'sore c
viip
F. W. Saunders, Esq. of Lincoln's-inn, after 10 ,
tracted illness. sirs cl.
Wlof /3
MOr.nAth,er.l6Ftohrditeirs,t.aagtedAtnc.ton-green, 11f
.riddslcosue:
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On the 17th inst. in Doughty-street, Nv •
den, in his (38th year.

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