The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-14 00:00:00

THAMES.

James Ilughes, described as a cooper, aged 48, and
Daniel Budd, 39, who both refused to give their ad-
dresses, were brought up in custody of Police-
sergeant Kelly, No. 2 11, on a charge of stealing five
sovereigns, the moneys of Mr. James ➢lettam, the
landlord of the China Ship public•house, in Littl•
Ilermitrge•strcet, Wapping, and also with burgla-
riously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of
Mr. Woolf Harris, clothier and outfitter, in Upper
East Smithfield, and stealing therefrom twelve sove-
reigns and other property to the amount of 501. and
upwards.

It appeared, from, the evidence, that the prisoners
had recently paid several visits to the China Ship,
and generally remained in the club-room on the firbt
fiJor, which is level with the bed-room, from which
place Mr. Mettem had more than once missed sove-

reigns and other property, but the prisoners, who
had the appearance of tradesmen or shopkeepers, were
never suspected until Wednesday afternoon, when
they again visited the club-room with another
man. They ordered refreshment, and for some time

afterwards one or other of them was continually
running clown stairs to the bar, to have their glasses
of spirits and water replenished, and on being asked
why they did not ring the bell, made an excuse they
did not like to give tht landlady or her ecrvants the
trouble of running up and down stairs, and they also
said they did not hear the bell ring. The tcmale
servant having occasion to go up-stairs to change her
dress, heard the bed-roasa door opmed, and saw Hug' ee
close to the club-room door, with a glass in his hand,
looking tow ards the bed-room. He imtneJiately ad-
vanced towards her, and said, " Go and fill that glass
again." She ran down stairs, to her mistress and
communicated what she had seen and beard to Mre.

Mettam, who, on ascending the stairs, met Hughes
The bed-roil]] door was °pep, and Budd was leave g
it. There was another man in the bedroom. She

immediately raised an alarm, and called out's Thieve P,l
thieves." The prisoners rushed down stairs, and
endeavoured to pass by her. Mrs. Mettam boldly
seized Budd, and forced him back. Her son and pot-
man almost immediately came to her assistance, and
they were soon joined by the landlord. In the con-
fusion one of the robbers made his escape ; and Budd,
after a desperate struggle, got away from Mrs. Met-
tam, rushed up-stairs, and jumped out of the window
into the street. Ile was again seized by Mr. Pannell,
a master butcher, and secured. Hughes made a violent
resistance, and was eventually overpowered by Mr.
Mettam and his son. While Budd was struggling,
he threw at his feet a large bunch of skeleton keys,
of the best description, capable of opening locks of any
description. Two picklock keys, a wax-candle, and
some lucifiers, were found in the club-rooom. Mr.

Mettam exami,:ed his bed-room, and discovered
that a desk had been forced open and five
sovereigns abstracted. No money was found on
either of the prisoner=, and it is supposed that their
confederate tool: the gold away with him. When the
prisoners were brought to the station hou,e Sergeant
Kelly said that Budd was fixed this time, on which
the prisoner said, " Yes, I know I am. It may be
your turn one of these days ; we are none of us in-.
fal ible—don't laugh at me." Sergeant Kelly pro-
ceeded to the China Ship with the bunch of skeleton
keys, and was enabled to open the bed room door
with one of them with the greatest ease. He also

opened the door of Mr. Harris's shop with another.

Mr. Elias Harris, son of Wo3lf Harris shut up his
shop on Friday evening last, at the commencement of
the Jewish Sabbath, and, upon returning an hour