The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-21 00:00:00

WOOLWICH.

William Mayhew, described as a gentleman living
at Brighton, TV. Johnson, alias Montroe, alias Jim the
Greek, a well known cracksman, and J. Flowers, the
keeper of a beer shop called the Folly, Barnsley-
street, Mile-end, were placed at the bar, before Mr.
Traill, the sitting magistrate, for final examination,
charged with having committed a burglary at the
Powerful Inn, Warwick-street, Woolwich, and J.
Burnton, a greengrocer in Albion-street, Woolwich,
was charged with aiding them in the commission of
the felony.
The evidence, which was very voluminous, went
to prove that on the 22d of last mouth, Burnton went
to a beer shop, kept by a man named Duffill, and,
after drinking a pint of beer, asked the landlord to
step out with him, as he wanted to speak with him.
Duffill did so, and when they got as far as Warwick.
street, Burnton said, " Would a thick one or two be
convenient this cold weather?" Duffill said " I do not
understand ;" when Burnton rejoined, " Can't you
tumble" (meaning understand) ? Duffill said no, and
Burnton added, "Do you know any one that has any
dust? Duffill said, "I know what you mean."
Burnton then went on to state that he had been con-
cerned in stealing 1701. from an innkeeper in the town
of the name of Covill, and offered to let Duffill go
shares in any job he could put the gang up to, and
pointed out a grocer's, named Oliver, whose house
they had fixed upon for a crack. They then parted,
but met on several subsequent occasions, at each of
which Burnton bound Duffill to secrecy. On the
Sunday following, Duffill called upon Mr. Covill,
who had been robbed, and also the grocer whom it
was proposed to rob, and they all went to the police,
who advised that Duffill should seem to give his con-
sent, and fix upon the Powerful Inn as the scene
of their depredations. On the next da,y Burnton
again called upon Dural, who told him what he
had been instructed, adding that it must bedone before
Friday. Burnton then asked him about several
others in the town, and if they were worth robbing.
They ultimately came to London, and went to
Flowers' beer-shop, where be was introduced to
Flowers and Montroe,who fixed upon the next day to
do the job, and said they should allow Duffil and
Burnton 101. a piece if 1001. was got, and arranged
to meet the next day at the Trafalgar, Woolwich,
which they did. The police were previously sta-
tioned at the Powerful, in such a position as to have
a view of the bed-room. Some were also at the
Trafalgar to identify the parties when they came.
At the hour appointed, Duffil went and met Flower,
Montroe, and the prisoner Mayhew, who was
to be one of the party. They then ar-
ranged that Duffil should go and get Mr.
Mould, the landlord of the Powerful, out for a
walk, and bring him past there, which was to be
the signal for them to go and commit the robbery.
This was done, but Duffill and Mould went back to
the Powerful, and having entered by the back way,
and found that Montroe was upstairs, a preconcerted
signal was given, and the police down stairs rushed
from their hiding place, and captured Mayhew and
Flowers, whilst the officers upstairs took Montroe,
just as he was entering the bed room with a skeleton
key. Upon the officers entering the colfeeroom,
where they took Flowers, they found he had thrown
a handkerchief containing a quantity of skeleton keys
into the fire. After some resistance the whole party
were locked up, and in Flowers' house, in London,
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The evidence being of a most conclusive nature,
the depositions were taken, and the prisoners fully
committed to take their trial at the next session of
the Central Criminal Court.

PORTERS, Vic., CUSTOMS.—A return has just been
printed of the number of porters and persons holding
subordinate situations in the department of the Customs,
in the receipt of not more than three shillings a•day,
and showing how many of them are pensioners in the
army or navy. In England, the number is, 1,890; of
whom 737 are in the Coast Guard, 20 connected with
the Quarantine Department, and 72 pensioners in the
army or navy. In Scotland, there are 415; of whom
121 are in the Coast Guard, and 17 are pensioners; and
in Ireland, 803; 369 of whom are in the Coast Guard, 16
are pensioners. Total, 3,108.
An Eagle was shot near Ramsgate last week.
The Kentis/s Observer says—" It belongs to the fishing
species. It measures seven feet across the wings, and is
a remarkably fine and powerful bird. On being shot,
Mr. Peake forced from its throat, which was very much
distended, nearly two pounds of large eels, and it is
supposed shit it had gorged itself so much that it was
careless of its safety, haviug been killed with a common
charge of No. 4 shot.