The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-31 00:00:00

QPEEN-SQUARE.

The person who styled himself the non, Henry
Turner Harring,lon, who was committed by Mr.
MAttatove horn this office for stealing four gold
rings, Sze., from the apartments pf 4 Aliss Louisa
Gough, in Sovereign-street, Edgeware,roaq, has
been discovered to be the same person who some
months ago was brought to this ogee, charged by
a Miss Vilrnot, who occupied apartments in a
street leading into the Edgevare-read, with stealing
a valuable snuff-box out of her room. On that oc-
casion he gave his name Mr. Samuel Lyons, and
was given in charge by the prosecutrix, who is a
frequenter of the saloons, as she was leaving the
English Opera-house. 4 long examination took
place before Mr. GREGoilis, when the prisoner

pleaded In hie defence that Miss Wilmot had a va-
luable flute of his in her possession, and on giving
up the property the prosecutrix declined further pro-
ceedings, and he was discharged. The names of
Lyons and Harrington are both assumed.
UNION-HALL

Yesterday two individuals, who gave their name,
George Frederick Seymour and Thomas Junk, were
brought isp in custody from the county gaol, vi here
they had been incarcerated since the preceding
morning, charged on the oath of Robert Hedger,
Esq., Chairman of the Surrey Quarter Session, on
suspicion of having committed felony.
The peculiarity of the circumstances attending
the case attracted a crowd of persons to the office, and
besides Mr. SWABIA', who presided on the occasion,
there were also present Mr. CHAMBERS, Mr. HONE,
and Mr. PUCKLES. The prisoners, on their appre-
hension, which took place on Monday night, were
conveyed to the watch-house at Clapham, and from
thence on the following morning to the residence of
Mr. Puckles, close to the spot ; and that gentleman
on hearing an outline of the circumstances detailed
against the accused, committed them for re-exami-
nation to the gaol, from whence they were brought
up to this office yesterday morning and placed at
the bar. They are both tall and rather fine-looking
men, particularly the one who described his name
to be Seymour. Both were wrapped in blue cloth
roquelaures, which concealed their dress underneath.
Mr. Harmer attended on the part of the accused,
and previous to ttie examination of any witnesses
complained of the hardship inflicted on his clients,
who were both highly respectable men, in being
placed in ench a situation, on such a charge, for
which their was not the slightest grounds. He ad-
mitted that his clients had acted with a great deal of
folly on Monday night, but their intention was no
more to commit robbery than it was his ; they had
merely gone to Stockwell on the night in question
for the purpose of an amour, and securing the flight
of a young lady, who had been smitten with one of
them.

Mr. Hedger was then sworn, and he deposed, that
on his return home to Stockwell from Kingston,
where he attended as one of the grand jury at the
assizes, on Monday evening, about half-past six
o'clock, he was informed by a watchman, who stood
near his gate, that two suspicious-looking persons
had been for some time lurking about the place,
adding, that he believed their intention was either to
waylay him, or to break into his premises. Upon
this information, Mr. Hedger desired the watchman
to point cut the suspected parties ; and the words
hail been scarcely uttered, when two tall men came
along together up a new road at the aide of Ir.
Hedger's garden, and through which there is no
thoroughfare. The men weie both wrapped up in
cloaks, and appeared desirous of concealing them-
selves from observation, and walked with quick and
hurried steps into the Clapham-road, on gaining
which they separated. The moment Mr. Hedger
found their intention was to elude notice, he run
forward and seized the individual who represented
his name to be Seymour, while the watchman se-
cured the ether person, named Junk, and they were
forthwith conveyed to the watch•house at Clapham,
where, on searching the latter individual, a curiously
constructed portable ladder, together with a loaded
pistol, were found concealed underneath his cloak.
On the person of the other were found 37 sove-
reigns, besides several letters, many of them written
in a female hand, directed to " Mr. Seymour," and
couched in the language of a lady deeply enamoured
with the person to whom they were addressed.—
Upon both the accused were found watches.—
In answer to the interrogatories put to them
the next morning, when taken before Mr. Puckles,
the Magistrate, they gave such a confused
account of themselves, and appeared so ex•
tremely anxious to conceal either their real names or ,

the motives that induced them to be lurking about
Mr. Hedger's premises under such circumstances,
that left that gentleman no other alternative than
that which he adopted—namely, making oath that
he believed, from the facts of a loaded pistol and a
bidder being found in their possession, together with
a large sum of money, they either had committed
felony, or intended to make the attempt on the
night in question. Mr. Hedger then stated a fact
which he considered still strengthened the suspi-
cions entertained against the accused. A day or two
before the circumstances just explained had taken
place, he received an anonymous letter, stating that
bit house was to be broken into and robbed at a
cettain hour on Monday night, and describing the
persons and dress of the two men who were to effect
the burglary. Mr. Hedger remarked that he never
placed much confidence in anonymous communica-
tions ; but, in order to guard against the worst, as
he waq about to leave town for Kingston, he re-
quested his brother-in-law to remain at his house

until his return, and to prepare himself with fire-
arms in the event of any attempt being made to
enter the premises. At the ♦ery time mentioned in

the letter alluded to, the accused made their appear-
ance close to his house, and the description given
of the dress exactly corresponded with that in which
they notv appeared.
Mr. SWABEY here perused the letter alluded to,
which stated that one of the two men who were en-
gaged in the affair would appear in the dress of a

Mr. Hedger—Let the person who says his name
s Junk throw aside his cloak, and then will be seen
the dress he wears.

The individual named immediately unhooked the
clasp of his cloak, and on pulling it off appeared in
a sailor's blue jacket and trousers.
Mr. Harmer did not mean to palliate the conduct
of either of the young men on the occasion ; but in
the possession of one of them were found letters
which would explain the whole business, and satis-
factotily demonstrate tbat the intention on the night
in question was to facilitate the escape of a lady,
who corresponded with Mr. Seymour, and who had
written a letter to that gentleman, describing that
she was then on a visit at Mr. Hedger's house, along
with her mother, and imploring him to avail himself
of the golden opportunity that then presented itself
of an elopement together. Mr. Harmer said that it
would be perceived by the lady's letter to Mr. Sey-
mour, that she had instructed him in the best mode
of accomplishing her escape from the house where
she was on a visit, beseeching him, above all things,
to bring a ladder with him in order to scale the
garden wall, and also to have a glass-coach in readi-
ness to whip her off and elude pursuit. The letter
then went on to state, that Mr. Hedger had slipped
down, owing to the ftoit, and injured his leg, from
which accident he was suffering under lameness, and
that would render it (very luckily for them) more
difficult for that gentleman to join in the pursuit that
was likely to commence after her sudden departure
came to be Ithown,

Mr. SwABEY having expressed a wish to hear
what account the gentleman, left in the care of Mr.
Hedger's house during his absence gave of the
affair, the witness very shortly stated, that being
apprized of the anonymous communication alluded
to, he armed himself with a brace of loaded pistols,
and waited very patiently until the hour arrived, at
which it was represented the thieves were to make
the attempt on the house. While on the watch, he
observed two men pass in front of the house,
muffled up in cloaks. They stopped for a short pe-
riod at the gate leading up to the front court, and
then turned round the coiner, and went down the
road 11 the side of the house, and remained there
some time. Witness was concealed from their view,
end after having eine them pass along the Farden
wall, he afterwards observed them reconnoitr►ng
about the place, and when they separated they kept
up a kind of signal, by answering each other's
whistle. From their conduct altogether, he believed
them to have an evil design on the house; and had
be seen either of them place the ladder against mr.
Hedger's garden wall, arid attempt to get over it,
he would most assuredly have fired at them. He
did not, however, see them make the attempt, and
while they were lurking about, Mr. Hedger pat er-