The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-22 00:00:00

SPANISH REPUGEE'I.

On Saturday the Lord Mayor and a
from the Committee for dispensing the bs.riziii-
contributions of the public for the relief of the
Spanish and Italian Refugees, waited upon the Earl
of Aberdeen, in consequence of the recent arrival
of several Spanish emigrants in this country. It
appears that between forty and fifty of those unfor-
tunate men have lately come to London, having
been compelled to leave Spain, arid making their
election of England as a refuge, instead of France
or America, to either of which countries the Spanish
Government would not have objected to send them.
A Committee had been held on Thursday at Guild-
hall, for the purpose of taking the applications of the
new corners into consideration. They reached Lon-
don pennyless, arid gave the disagreeable intelli-
gence that upwards of 300 more might be expected.
The Committee did not feel any hesitation in de-
termining not to apply any of the funds raised for
the specific object of relieving the old and numerous
claimants to any incidental emergency, arid of course
those who applied were informed that they had no-
thing to expect. The unfortunate men were, how-
ever, supplied with what satisfied their immediate
wants by some of the members. We understand,
that the Chief Magistrate, with that prompt hu-
manity for which lie has been distinguished since the
commencement of his public life, represented to the
Earl of Aberdeen the deplorable condition of these
poor strangers, and urged the necessity of contriving
some expedient by which they might be saved from
starvation, and at the same time disposed of in such
a manner as to throw no additional expense upon the
Government. To this we understand the Earl of
Aberdeen replied, that his Majesty's Government
bad taken the question into their most serious con-
sideration, and that it was deemed inexpedient to
augment the public burdens by making alditional
allowances to the emigrants. As the laws of this
country stood, there was no alternative, if they re-
mained here, but parochial relief; but he believed
that an arrangement would soon take place, by
which the country would be relieved from the pres-
sure of this heavy tax. Government were now
paying to the emigrants about 18,0001. a year—a
sum which bad no reference to the charitable con-
tributions which had been received ; but there was
every reason to believe that King Ferdinand would,
in compliance with the request and remonstrance of
Government, grant an amnesty in favour of all the
emigrants in this country, with the exception of
about thirty, who were considered inveterately hos-
tile to the state of things in Spain.—Sunday Paper

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ROBBERY AT THE WAGGON AND

HORSES, MANCHESTER.

In our last we mentioned an extensive rob-
bery which had been effected at the house of
Mr. Lowe, the sign of the Waggon and Horses,
in the Pork Shambles, and that a person
named Farrady had been taken up on sus-
picion of being one of the robbers. We are
happy to say that these suspicions have, upon
investigation, proved entirely unfounded, and
that the right parties have been apprehended
and committed to the Sessions. In consequence
of information received by the police, on Satur-
day last, Jefferson, the officer, and Mrs. Lowe,
went off to Liverpool, where the thieves it -was
supposed had taken refuge. On arriving in that
town they found that the police had already
one man in custody of the name of Jonas Lan-
cashire, and whom Mrs. Lowe immediately
identified as one of the party who had been
at her house on the night of the robbery.
Lancashire was given in charge by the land-
lord of the house where he put up, who sus-
pected from the quantity of cash of which he
was in possession, that he had been concerned
in some robbery in the neighbourhood. Three
other men, well known to the police of Man-
chester, were likewise apprehended in Liverpool,
two of whom Mrs. Lowe recognized as being of
the party up stairs the night the robbery was
committed. Their names were William Roden,
a letter-press printer ; William Plant, and Wil-
liam Eastwood. Plant was taken coming to
inquire after Lancashire at the Bridewell, and
Roden, in the Court, during his examination
before the Magistrates. Eastwood was appre-
hended in the town, but in consequence of Jef-
ferson being doubtful as to his being one of the
thieves, was di3charged ; Mrs. Lowe, however,
still insisting that he was in company with the
rest on the Thursday evening, he was again
taken, and the whole of the suspected thieves
brought to Manchester, for examination at the
New Bailey. On Thursday last they were
brought up before Mr. Foster, when the fbllow-
ing chain of evidence was disclosed. On the
Saturday before the robbery, Lancashire and
Davenport called at the Waggon and Horses,
and were accommodated with a room up stairs.
From the situation of the room in which they
sat, they had a good view of Mr. Lowe's bed-
room, where he generally kept his cash. On the
Thursday following Roden and Lancashire went
into the house together, about five o'clock
in the afternoon. Mrs. Lowe furnished them
with ale in the news-room, on which occa-
sion she noticed, particularly, a beautiful
brooch in Lancashire's breast, and a brilliant
ring on his finger. The prisoners then said they
expected a third person to meet them, and de-
sired to be accommodated with a room up stairs.
They, however, went away shortly afterwards ;
and about eight o'clock Lancashire returned, ac-
companied by Eastwood. Roden followed a
few minutes afterwards. On this occasion they
were shewn to the parlour up stairs, which com-
mands a view of Mr. Lowe's bed-room. The
chamber-maid usually sat in the lobby into which
these doors opened, and the difficulty with the
thieves must have been to accomplish their ob-
ject without exciting her suspicions. The mo-
ment taken, however, for effecting the robbery,
was when she was called down stairs to make
out the bill of an inmate who was leaving.
During the time she was in the bar for this pur-
pose, which was not more than ten minutes,
Roden was observed, by Mrs. Lowe, to come
down stairs and walk to the front door, and then
return, stamping heavily as he re-ascended into
the room. This was, doubtless, done to drown
any noise which his companions might acci-
dentally make in effecting the robbery. In the
course of a few minutes afterwards, the three
came down together, and left the house. On
the same evening, Lancashire went to a coach
stand, and hired a coach to take him to War-
rington, on his way to Liverpool, where he was
followed, on the following day, by the remainder
of his companions. The cash stolen amounts in
gold and silver to upwards of 3001., and was
lodged in an old-fashioned chest of drawers and
writing-desk. This had been forced open by a
jemmy, as there were evident marks of violence
both on the exterior and in the lock. The only
evidence against Plant was his being a known
associate of Roden and Lancashire, and his
being found at Liverpool with them ; and Da-
venport was only seen with Lancashire on his
first visit. On Eastwood was found upwards of
thirty sovereigns. At the examination on
Thursday, Mrs. Lowe swore positively to the
persons of Roden, Lancashire, and Eastwood,
On Lancashire were found the ring and brooch
answering to the description given by Mrs.
Lowe.L illoden declared he had not been in the