The Sun.
London, England, 1805-06-28 00:00:00

POLICE

BOW consequence die ar,prehen-
sion of II 'hire gad the two noted cliaraiEters
who have been apprehended on 'suspicion of La dog
eenuni'oxi diWrs burglaries in the neighbourhood of
Blackheath, the.: Bow-street Officers hare been in-
defatigable in
.their exeKtions to discover their ac-
complices. They had strong suspicions that tle-sy
had lodgings for the .purpose pi-committing the rob-,
berica ; and'in consequence of. priviite intbi•mation,
they: traced their lodgings. to Blackheath on. Wed-
neday morning. On inquiry,: they found the per-
. sons whom the Prisoners lodged with, - had, on
Monday,' miegpeaedly remoVd, • witliout :ita 'being
knoWn where they were gone but, on meeting
with the man who-assisted them to move, they tree-
ed them out to another pah of BI ickhelith. Their
names are Webb : they tbund the wile at home,
-who said her husband was gone to town. The
Olticers pl•oceedett to search the houSe, when they
fbund several- articles .f plate, and a variety ;of
!goods, supp.psed to have been stolen, together. with
'several implements used in
,house-breaking. Learn-
ing' they . Were particularly intimate with a Man.
and his wife; of the name of aussell, Who .resided
'eery near, they,went to their house, and found a pis-
-101. and a quantity ofGunpowder,
.and 'several balls,
/a quantity of phosphorus and matches, and a'varietY
of iniplements used in house-breaking ; likewise a
quantity of bed-furi ilium, a sikbr sponn,,and a Va-
, :riety lit goodg, supposed to have' been stolen. Mrs.
'Russell, who was at .lionie, said, her husband was
working iti a ,briek4ield; but. refused to tell Where:
The Officers obServ.ing two boys leave the houSe in
great haste, .and run across some fields, 'they conclud-
ed it was fbr the purpose of telling him to get out of
Way, and Pniii of 'them, in consequence, ff
.quence, set o
witlyak,possible Speed atteithein ;-and just. as be
was cooing witli them; in a brick-field,.he oh-•
-.served Them-•talking, to .a -man, which confirmed him
44-141. suspicion. On the Officer coming up to him,
lie aeknowledged' his neine'Was Russell; when he
tOokhim into eustody,•'and waS piticeeditig to search
which he submitted to till the Officer was about
' to, take 'his wittert from .him;
ed, and knocked Mai /int the Of-.
fiver kept holt 6f him till all yfie3 were torn off,
and he was left ahnoSt ilakedrthree ofhiii-TelloW work-
men coming up at the time the 7 Oftieer muet-have
let him go, but a respeaable inhabitant arriving oft
the spot, threatened the three men, if [hey attempted
a rescue, he would cause them to- be prosecuted,,
as he knew them wall.. A butcher passing the' read
near the field, in his cart, offered
man to lend it,- for the-
purpose of conveying thein safe eusfoady, which,
accepted. In the.2afterntion the Officers stk.!
timed themselves at. a short distance from Webb's
house, expeaing return from -LonCfen, .lad
on seeing;,a-man
.4.lta'approaching to h'illostisel, they.
stopped him,..d mikt..4. if-his udrneWaS Webb, which'
he acknowledged, upon -iviii.Ch;lhey
Yesterday they underwent- an 'examination before''
Sir RlCBAfl FORD and Mr. Rorimsotl, :when they
were committed for further examination next igen,.
day, at which time. liqiih; and ..Egletan are to lie
brought up for re-eXamination.
Bel dO/1/// ria-ekirm4red, and fully com.
mitted: for trial, upon his eonfeSsion of felotrionfdy
stealing, in the dwelling-fioui# of J..F. Royle,
in'Orange..street, Bloomsbury, Bank.notes and cash
to the amount of upwards cif i 501, his. property.

'Several.tradesmen of Poele, Wimborne, &c. hive
recently been defrauded.by.a man who pretends to
have taken a farm. at Lytchet ; .is about 30 years
old,' 5 feet to ineholLigh, dark'eompleion, and
gays he is anativeof Somerset Shire. Oa the 24th tilt.
he called at the .house 0f...M.r.,J0hn Strange, collar-
maker, Wimborne, ordered a set of harness, and
toblcwith him a pair of stirrup straps and .a pair of
girths,.proniking to call and pay .for them in half an
hour, but which'he'fbigol to 'do. On Friday se'n--;
flight he s‘%lS at Poole, and obtained ft \chip from.
Mr;'.Tosepit Evans, 31C1,10; gi,liig.orders at the same
time for a' bridle and saddle.
.lie.Jlo:t (2:1.!ed(311
Harrison, a draper, and ordered ditfcrenvprticles to
the value of lip rd,.;, of 41. I Te',,ro ntiptied hit
and ~said he :should lac happy to clri‘e.th4 Miss ifs-
,in his gig to `uc t it ; hot filiding the Ladies. in
haste to heron sorinthwite a footing, he appoNd to
hare. concluded that they suspeCtcd him, as he did
= not eall for the goods. At another shop he orders d;
aOr of ISoot., but-did not obtinnthern. The mem-,
bets of the society of Ottalierg hav4 tx!en the
cular objeas' of his attack frOtu he net;, it is sup,
posed, that;.ifrebulred, he expiels: to esi p& punish-
ment by their declining to b‘vear againSOnm,

, .
On Monday se'nnight, JosophThirlwall, a boy of
Hull, about seven years cifd, having been on the top
of !Jessie Church, take g, bird's best, fell from a
beam it the top of the belfrey to the bottom of, it,.
by which his skull was. fraaut2‘..d, and he died in
about halt' an hour.