The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-19 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE

BRIGHTON.
A burglary was committed on Thursday night, or Fri-
day morning, on the premises of Mr. Morganti, jeweller,
50, Grand-parade, and property to a large amount car-
ried off. It seems that Mr. Morganti retired to rest on
Thursday night soon after eleven o'clock, leaving every-
thing safe. He sleeps himself at the top of the house ;
the floor immediately above the shop is used as an office
by Mr. King, solicitor ; and the floor above that is let to
lodgers, who state that they heard no noise during the
night. On Friday morning, however, on the servant
corning down at half-past six o'clock, she found the
shop in a state of great confusion—the glass cases open,
the glass-sash in the front window drawn aside, the
shutters of the room behind the shop undone and two
panes of glass broken. Here, it was apparent, the
thieves had effected an entrance ; and indeed no very
formidable obstacle was opplsed to them. They had to
get over a wall (facing into Circus-street) about seven
feet in height ; the shutters were only fastened by an
ordinary bolt, and this being forced, and the glass
broken, the window of the back parlour was opened.
There was a door separating the parlour from the shop.;
but it was left open. The thieves must have taken their
time ; for they literally stripped the shop of its most
valuable contents, taking them from their cases, which
they left behind, and sweeping th?m from the rods on
which they hung. Watches, rings, and chains were
their principal aim. Seven gold watches were carried
off—the only remaining one escaping by being covered
over by some other articles, also several silver watches,
four gold chains, a gold box and several silver ones, 3
silver guard-chains, 18 gold pencil cases, five diamond
and ruby rings, and about 100 lady's and gentlemen's
gold rings, with stones, about 36 gentlemen's pins, 8 gold
lockets, 5 gold brooches, 6 gold cord guard-chains, a
diamond earring, silver spoons and forks, and a variety
of other articles of value, which the owner estimates
altogether at upwards of 500/. Many articles of value,
as cameos, gold brooches, &c., were left behind ; the
object of the thieves evidently being to get as much
booty within as small a compass as possible. They left
by the same way they entered, leaving the back-door
unfastened. At half-past two, the policeman on duty in
Circus•street states that he tried this door, and that it
was fastened ; he was again on that beat at half-past
five, and saw nothing to exeitiethhtihsesruoThiceiroyn.anOn
offitcheer
police being made acquainted
asptc%ed by an early trwainto London robbery,
as yet
no traces have been found of the offenders.—Brighton

A YOUNG DISTILLER.-011 Saturday a little boy,
known by the name of " Billy," whose chin scarcely
touched the upper part of the dock, was brought before
Mr. Rushton, charged with having been found in at-
tendance upon an illicit still, at work, in Marybone.
Mr. Walker, an officer of the Customs, said that " Billy"
was an acquaintance of his, of pretty considerable stand-
ing, for that he had met the young. gentleman in almost
every house he entered, where illicit distillation was
being carried on. He bad always taken the principals
into custody, and allowed " Billy," on account of his
extreme youth and apparent innocence, to go at large.
but that day he had found him the sole tenant of the
house in which the still was. He had, moreover, seen
him attending sedulously to the illicit occupation of
keeping the still at full work. Mr. Rushton ordered thil
lad to be remanded, observing that he was manifestly
aninstrument in the hands of the other parties.—Gore's
Llverpool Advertiser.
TUE NOTT MONUMENT.—Government has offered
sufficient metal for a statue in bronze of the late gallant
General Nott, in Carmarthen, but it is doubtful if the
Committee can avail themselves of it, on account of the
great expense of the casting. Colonel Trevor still seems
to think that Llangunnor Hill, facing the town, is the
proper place for the site ; but to look anything et that
distance, it should be a column of considerable height,
and of imposing appearance and the amouut collected
precludes, it is found, anything of that sort.—Camirion.