The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-20 00:00:00

POLICE INTELMGENCE.

L A ?of BETIUST REET.—THE GREENWICH GANG
OF BU GL.A4S.—In consequence of some private informa-
tion received at this office of a man being concerned in
several of the late extensive and daring robberies in the
vicinity of Deptford and Greenwich, a warrant was granted
and intrusted into the hands of three active officers, Foster,
Freeman, and Partridge, who accordingly proceeded to the
hoUse of Isaac Davies, of- No. 9, John-street, Holy-
well-mount, at nine o'clock yesterday morning: they
found Davies and his wife in bed, and commenced a strict
search, when they discovered a great number of skeleton keys
and other housebreaking implements, the whole of which were
conyeyed to this office, together with Davies and his wife.
The housebreaking implements were all spread OR the table
before Sir DANIEL WILLI/V.ls, the Sitting Magistrate, who de-
clared that, during the 30 years he had been a Magistrate, he
never saw such a large collection before-, There were upwards of
150 skeleton keys, from• the size of a large street door lock to
the smallest tea-caddie lock indeed we should suppose there
is scarcely a door or drawer in the kingdom but may be opened
by at least one of them : there were also several crow-bars of
various sizes, a mask, phosphorus-box, dark lantern, several
candles to fit it, a vice, &c. When the prisoners were placed
at the bar, Sir DANIEL interrogated-the maleprisoner as to his
being married to the woman : he said he was married five yews
ago by a Jewish priest, privately.
Partridge the officer stated his suspicions: .that Davies was
concerned in the robberies at Greenwich and Deptford.
Sir DANIEL to Davies.—How came you in possession of
these keys and the other articles ?—No answer was returned.
Sir DANCE L.—What trade are you?—No- answer.
Sir DANIEL.—How do you get your living ?—By buying
old clothes sometimes. . _

Sir.DAN it long since you were in that line?—No
great while.
Sir DANIEL.-I consider it of great importance that you
should be detained in custody, as I believe that you belong to a
most desperate gang. Were you ever at Greenwich P—Never
in my lite.
Sir DANIEL, to the woman.—Do you know any thing of
these articles ?—Nothing whatever.
Davies—Sue knows nothing of them. I put them in a
drawer where my wife could not see them.
Sir DANIEL.—How did you get them ?—No answer.
Sir DANrcL, after asking the officers to what day they would
' wish the prisoners to be remanded, in order to obtain further
information, remanded them for a week, and advised the woman
to get a certificate of her being legally married, as it might
prove of service to her.
On the prisoner Davies was found a gold watch, capp'd and
jewelled, maker's name John Beckford, London, No. 121.
Esther Myers, John Myers, and Thomas Lea were brought
up by Skilling and his party of Bow•street patrol, charged as
follows

It appeared that on Wednesday evening Skilling's party met
the female prisoner in Whitechapel, carrying under her wittol
several brass locks; upon being interrogated as to the manner o:
her becoming possessed of them, she stated that she had been a
housekeeper for eight years, and the locks, were from her own
house.. The officers did not believe her story,' and took her to the
watch-house: on their way back they were told of t*o suspicious
looking persons being in a public-house in Whitechapel, near
where they took the woman. They proceeded there, and took
the two male prisoners into custody, one of whom proved t,)
be the woman's husband. When Lea was taken, he threw
down four skeleton keys, which the officers picked up.
The prisoners were remanded until next Tuesday.
CASE OF BIGAMT.—Mary Antic Wooden, who had been
remanded upon a former occasion, was brought up, charged by
her first husband with bigamy.
Two or three witnesses who had been present at both mar-
riages proved the charge.
The prisoner had a beautiful infant in her arms, and appear-
' ed to be deeply agitated. She had been put d from her first
husband under particular circumstances, and she thought the
deed of separation equal to a divorce. It was, she said, to save
her baby (the child of her second husband before she had mar-
ried him) from being called a bastard, that she maYried agair.l
Sir R. BIRNIE said it was a hard case, but regretted that it
was not in his power to serve her.
When the parties were bound over to prosecute, the wretched
woman, with frantic wildness, flung het infant into the arms of.
the officer, dropped convulsively upon her knees, and eagerly
implored the blessings of the God of Mercy upon the head of
the Magistrate, if he would save her and her baby from ruin.
Sir Richard covered his face with his hands; the officers, men
familiar with daily scenes of misery,' turned their heads aside.
One of ;hem, after a short visitation of feeling, raised her, and
she fainted in his arms. In that state she was taken out of the
office.

After a short interval, Sir RlCnano Bin Nig, at the request
of one of the parties, and taking into consideration the preca-
rious state of her health, accepted of bail.

THE MARKETS.

_ CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 20.
The fresh arrivals of Grain since Monday are only moderate ;
Wheat of fine quality finds buyers on the same terms as last
quoted ; other kinds are dull ; Barley continues to go off'
heavily; Beans fully support the last prices ; Peas sell freely
at Monday's prices ; the Oat trade is dull.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 20. '
There were a great number of Oxen at market this morning,
and those of prime quality obtained a high price, but the in-
ferior -sorts remain as per our last quotation In Sheep the
market was also well supplied, and the prices as per last Monday.
The Hay-market remains in price as per our last.
(To sink the Offal, per stone of 81b.)
Beef . 2s 6d to 3s 8d Veal
I
Mutton 2s 4d to 3s Od Pork 2s 4d to 3s 10d
Lamb Os Od to Os (hi.
CATTLE AT MARKET. _ _

Beasts v 1,100 Sheep and Lambs
Calves

HAY AND STRAW, PER LOAD.
Hay £3 Os to £4 Os Clover £3 lOs to £4 TA
Straw £1 8s to £1 16s;

110 PS —We are informed that the Duty of the Kingdom on
New Hops is £203,000, of which that of the Worcester and
Hereford Mutations is £23,500.—The following is the total
amount of the New and Old Duties for 1822 :
Kent
- - - £198,463 10 2
Sussex - - - 84.891 0 2
40
Worcester '• - - • ,-
,904 17 10
Farnham - - 18,042 17 4

1342,302 5 6

A Meeting was held, on Saturday last at Here-
ford, on account of the High Sheriff having re-
fused to call a County Meeting relative to the
state of Agricultural Distress, when it was agree('
forthwith, and most respectably signed, to peti-
tion the Lord Lieutenant-of the County, request-
ing that, in consequence of the High Sheriff
having refused their petition, his Lordship would
be pleased to call a County Meeting on the same
:subject.
The snow was so deep in some pads of Scot-
land last week as materially to retai d the pro-
gress of the mail and other coaches. '
On Wednesday last the town and neighbour-
hood of Leeds were visited by a fog more dense
than it has been witnessed in that. part of the
country for many years. At mid-day the houses
at one side of the street were almost invisible at
the other. Several persons felt into the canal,
having lost their way ; 'and the guard of the
Kendal Union Coach, on its return to Leeds in
the evening, was obliged to quit his seat at Kirk-
stall-bridge, and lead the horses, from the fear of
either doing or suffering mischief.
EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF STARLINGS.—Not
long since a most extraordinary flight of Starlings
was seen at Lydiard-park, near Wotten-Bassett,
the seat of Lord BOLINGURORE : they rose like
a thick' impervious cloud, and with a noise
resembling the turbulent roaring of the sea ; in
their ascent they came in contact with a pheasint
which had just risen, and with the shock killed
the bird ; when in the air it was supposed they
extended over nearly fifty acres of land. They
were fired at by Mr. Mum Aries, solicitor, of
Wotton-Bassett, who at one shot killed 150 of
them !—(Cheltenhant Chroncle.)

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

EXTRACTS FROM THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS,

December 20, 18'22.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
No menace, or according to the more fashion-
able term, Ultimatum, has been addressed to
Spain ; nor indeed can any paper of that kind be
sent there, supported, as was originally intended,
by the sanction of Russia and Austria, till further
advises have been received from Verona, owing
to the question of peace or war between France
and Spain now wearinf, a completely different
aspect from what it did when M. de Montmo-
rency
_left the banks of the Adige. We have
substantial grounds for believing that the powers
and instructions brought from thence to Paris by
the Russian and Austrian Ministers, in conse-
quence of their being warlike, and in unison with
the noted declaration that has served as a basis for
such extensive speculations both in Paris and
London, were not adequate to the new circum-
stances which have arisen through the negocia-
tions in the French capital. We again repeat,
the tone of the French is lowered ; they have
been made sensible of the danger of rushing head-
long into a war that would disturb the tranquil-
lity of all Europe, and we make no doubt, ere
this, that the assurances our Government has re-
ceived on this head, as well as the explanations
regarding the deliberations at Verona, are of the
most satisfactory kind.