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

lived from Kingston, and both the suspected per-
sons were secured in the manner already described.
The two watchmen deposed to a similar effect,
adding that their belief was that the accused persons
intended to " crack a crib" (break into a house) on
the night in question.
Mr. SIYABET then inquired of Mr. Hedger whe-
ther there was any young lady on a visit at his house
that was likely to have written such an epistle as
that he had just read ?
Mr. Hedger—There is no lady on a visit at my
house, neither has there been for some length of
time; there is no person at home except my wife
and my daughter, a little girl, and the servants.—
" These facts show," added Mr. Hedger, " that it
was not after a lady they came lurking about my
house."
Mr. SWABET asked Mr. Hedger, whether, after
having read the letter, which was produced by the
person who called himself Seymour, he was still im-
pressed with an opinion that the intention of the
parties was to enter his house ?
Mr. Hedger, with emphasis, declared that he
still believed that to hay. been their object, parti-
cularly as they had refused to give their real names
and address.
Mr. Seymour regretted such an erroneous opinion
had been formed of his and his friend's intention on
this occasion. The fact was, a lady, who described
herself to be possessed of considerable property, had
formed a❑ attachment for him, as her letters would
prove. In their epistolary correspondence she stated
her wish to elope with him on Monday, and having
expressed such a wish on her part, he procured the
ladder and other apparatus to aid and facilitate th•!
escape from Mr. Hedger's house, where she de-
scribed she was then on a visit. lie went there
accordingly at the time she mentioned, accompanied
by his friend, but on their arrival perceiving they
were observed by the watchman, they did not make
the attempt, otherwise it was their intention to
have placed the ladder against the wall, and to get
over into the garden, where they expected the lady
would be waiting in order to elope. He declared
that his account of the affair was true in every re-
spect, and trusted that after this explanation he
sad his friend would be exonerated from the impu-
tation of being there with intent to commit felony.
He added, that he was not aware that his friend had
a loaded pistol in► his possession until it was taken
from him at the watch-house.
The individual who described his name to be Junk
said, that he had accompanied his friend to assist in
the elopement, and that he had not only given orders
for the ladder they were to make use of on the occa-
sion, but he had also procured a coach for the flight
of the young lady after he had assisted in getting
her over the wall, and conveying her safely into the
arms of her intended husband. Mr. Junk then went
on to state that he had perused the letters written
by the young lady to his friend, all of which breathed
the most pure and devoted attachment. Most of
the epistles were dated from Mr. Hedger's residence,
where the writer represented she was then on a
visit. Out of pure compassion for both parties he
interested himself on the occasion, and previous to
his having accompanied his friend on Monday night,
he made inquiries all over Kennington,Stock well, and
Clapham, to ascertain something about the lady who
professed herself so enamoured of his friend ; he, how-
ever, could hear nothing, and believing the letters
to be the genuine effusions of a heart devoted to
love and constancy for his friend, on those conside-
rations he accompanied hint to the scene of action,
where they had not been long before they were
apprehended as robbers, and taken to the watch•
house.
Mr. SWABLY said, that it was a remarkable cit.
cumstance that the dresses of the accused should
have been so accurately described in the anonymous
letter.
Mr. Harmer then called a gentleman named Ro-
bins, who described himself to Lave been formerly
a silversmith. This gentleman stated that he knew
both the accused persons, who were highly respect-
able, and was convinced that they had gone to
Stockwell for the purpose they had mentioned. On
Monday morning he had given Mr. Seymour 401.
for a cheque which that gentleman:had drawn on his
banker at Shaftesbury, in Dorsetshire. He was
::ware that Mr. Seymour had been for some time
past carrying en an epistolatory correspondence with
some lady in the Clapham-road, and that it was
their intention to elope when an opportunity pre-
sented itself. In fact, said the witness, he spoke
to me about recommending a mantua-maker to make
dresses for his intended wife. As for Mr. Junk,
(said the witness,) I have known him since he was
nine years of age, and he now lives with his mother,
who is independent ; and he is a most respectable
young man I can declare. The accused were ac•
cordingly remanded.