The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-12 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.7('i'I-ii DAY.)

Two eoalheavi rs, rained Clewes and Wilkinson, in the
employment of Mr. Lee, of Regent's-whart,
were charged with stealing a great quantity of coal com-
mitted to their charge to be delivered to cusioniirs. 'fho
case gone into egAinst them HOW was that of stealing
hull a ton out of two tons of coals consigned to Mr.
Giles,of Wych-street, baker, and a man named Deg; was
cher d with receiving the tame.
The prisoners were sent out with four tons to deliver,
half of which were for Mr. Giles; having delivered the
other half of the quantity taken out, they placed the
empty sacks in such a manner in the waggon as to con-
ceal the exact number of full sacks remaining, and left
out half a ton of these to be taken up again after the
delivery of the deficient quantity at Mr. Giles's, where,
as their calls were frequent, they were not very narrowly
watched. They were afterwards observed by the police
delivering thr, abstracted quantity (half a ton) at the
house of Delft. They were subsequently taken into
custody, as also was Delff, who was round in the beer.
shop of a person named Hinton, in Parker-street, Drury-
lane.

Mr. Black, inspector of the F division, said that he
had observed Clewes before delivering at the beer-shop
in Parker-street coals, which he had reason to believe
were the property of Mr. Lee, or some of his customers,
and he had no doubt that the prisoners had been carry-
ing on the system to a great extent.
Hinton, the keeper of the beer-shop in Parker-street,
came forward and said that he had known the prisoner
Clewes some years, and had bought coals from him
without any suspicion, and produced the receipt of Clewes
for the money. He also called forward a Mr. Richards,
a builder, who had been a purchaser from Cleaves, end
produced his receipt for payment.
Mr. HENRY directed that the receipts should be left
with Mr. Lee, and that the police should use all dili-
gence to trace the doings of the prisoners, Clewes and
Wilkinson, whom ho rt mandrel to Saturday next.
A gentleman, who stated himself to be a coach lace
manufacturer, and the employer of Delft for many years,
gave him a high character for integrity, and Mr. HENRY
consented to take two housekeepers' bail fur his ap-
pearance.

SALE OF THE ALBUMS OF THE VERSAILLES GAL-
LERY, &c.—Yesterday the sale of the interesting albums
of the Versailles Gallery, and an extremely choice col-
lecion of line engravings, the productions of Raphael
Morghen, Foster, Desnoyers, tlnderlini, Muller, Strange,
Fosehi, &c., took place at Messri. Southgate and Bar-
rett's wtll-known book and print auctiou•rooms, Fleet-
street. TEe sale was attended by a very numerous and
respectable company, several distinguished gentlemen
who are large uurchusers of tho %Awl:a or the old
masters, being present. Of the many lots deserving
of notice, we will only alude to the following:—Lot
109. The Aimee Francais, fine proofs before levers, was
knocked don u after sharp competidon for 5,11. The
Go:dale de Florence, or the same description as the pre.
vious lot, was sold for 28/. and the Muses Royal
was bought for 251. 'That well known, though extremely
scarce work, " Lys.,n's Magna 'Britannia," was sold for
191. atter a long contest between the bidders. Des_
foyer's Vierge culled La belle Jardiniere, after Raphael,
fetched 7/. 155., and the Vierge d'Albe, by the same
master, brought :ix guineas. The Vierge au Di.nataire
was knocked down for seven guineas. The well•known
engraving of Foster of the Three Graces was, after a
long bidoit g by numerous ge 'derma, bought for 10/.
Various other prints fetched equally good prices, and at
the Goadtpion uf the ate, 'mirky Ng had btu :Wind.