The Sun.
London, England, 1833-02-18 00:00:00

MANSION-HO USE.

On Saturday two men, named Wackett and Bur-
rows, were brought before the LORD MAYOR under
the following circumstances:—

Charles Rattray, warehouseman to George Kent
and Co., Falcon-square, left the extensive premiseq
of his employers on Sunday morning week at 4
o'clock, in safety. They were to have what is
called " a wedding" at 12 'o'clock on Saturday
night, and he went to the warehouse, which is 'in-
habited, at that hour with a friend. He opened the
back door for the nightmen•, and frequently-passed
through the various parts of the premises to see that
It was right. At half•past 3he turned the men ou►,
made all fast, and departed. On Monday morning,
at half-past 8 o'clock, when he went to the count-
ing-house, the cashier told him that the place had
been robbed. He found that the iron safe had been
broken open, and, that all the desks of the clerks
bad been wrenched, and plundered of money. Va-
rious things had been taken away by the-thieves
besides money, amongst which was a quantity of a
very valuable attiele, callid-bronze powder. A silver
snuff-box, which the thieves who had robbed the
prQmise,l on a former oecas'on left behind them, was
also stolen.

The LORD MAYOR—So, one burglary was not
sufficient to induce you to keep somebody on the
premises ? What can merchants expect if they ex-
pose themselves in this manner to plunder ?—Wit-
ness said that the warehouse had been entered
and robbed a few months ago, upon which occasion
the thieves, not b, ing able to wrench off the lock,
broke down part of the wall. Upon the present oc-
casion, however, the thieves opened one of the
doors with a picklock key, and burst open another.
. .

Daniel Forrester, the officer, went round the
moment he heard of the robbery, and examined the
premises of those who dealt in this bronze powder,
and he learned that one tradesman had purchased
some from the prisoner Burrows within a few days.
Witness found Burrows, who at once admitted that
he had sold the article for the prisoner Wackett, a
►old-beater. Witness then apprehended Wackett,
who witted that he had purchased the powder of a
man named Harris, from Birmingham.
Several papers of bronze powder, which had been
sold to a shopkeeper of the name of Bailey, were
produced, and the warehouseman of Messrs. Kent
suspected that they were part of the stolen property,
but could not swear to their identity.
Wackett had bought the article, which he be-
lieved to have been smuggled, from Harris. Every-
body knew that a great deal of bronze powder was
smuggled.
Mr. Bailey denied that it was smuggled.
The LORD MAYOR—Go on. You must find
this Harris.

Wackett—l can't find him.
The LORD MAYOR—Very well ; go on.
Wackest—l won't go on till I have a regular legal
adviser.

The LORD MAYOR—Oh, you won't! Well, you
can have no objection to tell where you was on that
morning ? Wackett-1 wasn't sitting in a drawing
room, I assure you.
The LORD MAYOR—I am convinced you were
not.—(Laughter.) There is no drawing-room on
their premises there.—(Laughter.)
Wacket'—The fact is, I can't tell where I was—
I don't recollect.
The LORD MAYOR—The transactions of a Sun-
day are easily recollected ; try agaist. Wsekett-1
won't say any more without a legal adviser.

The LORD MAYOR—You shall have fair play.
and may have any legal assistance you choose. I
shall remand you. lam determined to catch house-
breakers, by hook or by crook ; and I again charge
the police to make every prompt exertion to aid
my endeavours to protect the property of my fellow-
citizens.