The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-29 00:00:00

BURGLARS.

The daring robbers who attacked the house of Mr. R.
Hine, a Quaker gentleman at Hockley, near Macclesfield,
have all been apprehended, and on Saturday were brought
before the county magistrates at Macclesfield for exami-
nation. The leader of the gang, Jonathan Bradley, was
taken in Congleton, at the shop of Mr. Drakeford, watch-
maker, to whom he offered Mr. Richard Edmund Hine's
gold watch very shortly after that gentleman had re-
ceived a placard from the police, describing the rob-
bery. Mr. Drakeford at once gave this man in charge,
and the county police in the course of the following
day discavered and apprehended his accomplices; The
names of these men are Jacob Dean, James Middle-
ton, Joseph Middleton, and Thomas Ridgeway. Hav-
ing been placed et the bar of the police court, the
first witness called was Mr. Richard Hine, sen., who
described the attack on his house on the morning cf
the 16th instant by men who, when he opened his front
bedroom window, demanded the money and other valu-
ables in the house, presenting a pistol at him as he re-
monstrated. He afterwards saw thorn at the back of
the house break open the back door, and his daughter
having been down stairs and told him one of the
panels of an inner door had been burst out, he advised his
son to give the robbers his watch if they would consent
to go away. At the close of his examination he was
asked if he could identify any of the prisoners, and they
were ordered to put on their caps. With this order
Bradley complied very unwillingly, and though his be-
haviour was bold and impudent in court he partly turned
from the witness and averted his face. After looking
steadily at them for some time, Mr. Hine said he could
not speak with certainty to any of them, though he
thought the voice of one of them (Bradley, whom he had
before known) was familiar to him. They either wore
black masks or had their faces blacked.

Mr. R. E. Hine, jun., next repeated the account of the
attack. He said, finding they were likely soon to suc-
ceed in forcing the second door, he again presented him-
self at the back window, and was received with oaths by
the leader of the party, who presented his pistol with
an oath, and again demanded his money, threatening to
take his life. lie asked this man if he would go
away if he gave him his gold watch, and ho promised
that they should; but no sooner had he dropped the
watch into one of their hats than the leader ordered
two of the party to renew the attempt to force
the door, telling one of them with an oath he
would run a knife into him if he was long about it.
Witness demanded what further they wanted, and the
leader said they must yet have his money. Reminding
them of their broken promises, he dropped six to ten
shillings into their hats. They then retired, the leader
observing that they might think themselves "d—d well
off." The prisoner Jonathan Bradley, to the best of his
belief, was the leader, who twice threatened to stab his
men if they did ❑ot " do their duty;" and the two Mid-
dletons were the men who broke open the back door.
He had a better opportunity of observing them than the
others, because they both held their hats up under the
window for the watch, and also for the money, and their
faces were then turned upwards close tinder the window.
The other prisoners he believed also to be of the party.
Mr. SwA.Nwicx, the chairman of the bench, asked
the prisoners if they wished to put any questions to the
witness?

James Iliddlaton—l rfish he had told a little more
truth.

Bradley—You said I threatened to run a knife into
you if you did not give me your watch. How was Ito
do that, if you were at the bedroom window?
James Middleton—l with to ask if me and my brother
wore the parties breaking open the door?
.Mr. R. E. Hine—To the best of my belief you were.
The prisoner—To the best of your belief ! Are you
sure ?
Joseph Middleton—Had I anything in riq hand
when I was breaking open the door ?
Mr. Hine—You and your brother were together, and
one of you had a crowbar.
Joseph Middleton—He said, gentlemen, we both of us
had something in our hands.
MAGISTRATE—No, I think not.
Both the Middletons (vehemently)—Yes, he did !
Sarah Baddeley, a young woman who had lived with
the prisoner Dean, stated that the other four prisoners
wore all at his house all the afternoon and evening up
to ten o'clock, tho day before the robbery. She believed
they were away two hours, and returned about twelve;
but they had no clock in the house by which she could
tell the time. The prisoners, when they returned,
stopped at their house all night.
Bradley. placed his eyes sternly on this witness when
she was giving her evidence, as if to intimidate her.
Several Owl. witnesses were examined, one of whom
spoke to !eeing Bradley and Joseph Middleton together
at a public-house at Alderley, the morning after the rob-
bery, when Bradley took from his waistcoat pocket a
watch like that produced, to tell his companion the time.
The prisoners were all committed for trial at the as-
sizes; but there are other charges against Bradley—one
of them being a charge of robbing a master silk-throwster
of his watch in the public road; and another, a chEl.rge of
stealiao, from a farm-house on the morning after the bur-
glary above described.

INVALIDED SEAMEN AND MARINES.
Admiralty, July 10, 18-1
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, taking
into consideration the inconvenience end expense to
which the invalid seamen and marines of the fleet are
subject, iu consequence of their being obliged to proceed
from the outporta to London, for the purposeofb„io,..,
examined with reference to their claims to pension.; have-
directed that the following regulations on this sub;
for the future observed, the same to take effect on and
be
nd
after the Ist of August next;-
1. When a seaman or marine, serving on board of
1103' of her Majesty's ships, is found upon survey to
l'ii° no h longer fit for her Majesty's service, he
entitled to it,
invalided for injuries, to be provided, if
When ' with the usual hurt certificate.
him . Invalided for disease, the captain is to direct
t° be furnished with a, sealed document (s'agned
by the surgeon ()containingand countersigned by the captain),
of the brief abstract of his case, showing the na-
turenot; and whether
disease, whether caused by the service or
wise. This docum the man was of sober habits, or other-
to the officers, by whomeiit is to be presented by the invalid
land, in order that Ul he will be examined in Eng-
land,
particulars of his cltsn:aY be in full poaession of the
2. Seamen or marines
tinder the above .bo are claimants for pensions
circumstanceswor will be examined at the
Royal Hospital at Gosport Plymouth, or at the dock-
yards of Woolwich or Chatham, as may
first be most conve-
nient to them, on the
Wednesdays in
each month at ten A.M., on which drys
only invalids are
to present themselves for such exarn-Ys
polutatir°Tlymontla will
3. The surveying officers at Goa
consist of the superintendent of the rohospital,
assiated by
the senior medical officer of the same, and at Woolwich
or Chatham of the superintendent of the dock
the senior medical officer of the M e inarin a yari with
rmar,,,- a In
the event of the superintendent being absent on duty, or
other cause, the senior of her Majesty's ships and v easels
present is to be directed to perform the superinteMbent's
duty.
4. Seamen who are sent home in merchant vessels,
and who arrive at any ports in the United Kingdom
other than those above mentioned, may be surveyed at
Gosport, Plymouth, Woolwich, or Chatham, or in Lon-
don (at Somerset House), if more convenient to them.
The days for surveys at Somerset Houle are the first
and third Thursdays in each month. Marino.; sent
home from abroad must join their head-quarters, and
they will be afterwards examined in the same rcw_in.er as
seamen.
5. Seamen who may be serving in any of her Majesty's
ships and
of . who ese claimant, for pensions, on the ground
their having completed 21
years' service, are to apply