The Sun.
London, England, 1820-04-04 00:00:00

JUVENILE DE,TREDATIONS.

The house of Colonel Willvams, of Truro, was
entered early on Sunday morning last, and a va-
luable writing-desk stolen therritrom, containing
931. in notes of the Miners' Batik, A gold snuff-
which had beets pteseiited to hint by the
Officers of the Cornwall Militia, several gold seals,
valuable rings, and papers.—On Monday two
lads, shabbily di essed, were apprehended, on sits-
pieioti, in Stonehonse, by Day, the constable.—
On one of them was foetid 251 in noes of the
Miners' Bank, with a gold suotl-hox, several et
the rings, &c. -belonging to Colooel l~'tilya nos,
and on the oilier, some of the valuable articles
already tlescribed, and 471. in notes of the Miners'
Bank were also found under a bed its the room
where they were. On being taken before Dr.
flemmett, and committed on suspicion of robbery,
after giving several incou3istent statements, the
elder prisoner sent for Mr. Yeo, one of the coo-
stables, and gave the following account
said his name is John Peowarileo, that ha is 21
years of age ; that his companion, who is 16 years
of age, is called Thomas 'Kent, but that he has
also gone by the *tame of Smith. They resided
at Storehouse, and some weeks since set out on a
marrooling expedition throng!' Cornwall, in com-
pany with another boy called Henry Williams, aged.
14 years. After visiting most of the towns of that
county with vat ions success, they came to Fal-
mouth on the 24th tilt, and that night made an
attempt to break into a shop there, in which they
did not su-cceed.. They arrived within about a
quarter of a mile of 'nitro on Saturday night last,
and-took up their quarters in an outhotoe, where
they slept until about four o'clock, whets they
entered the town. In passing through, they obi-
served that part of the sash, of the window of the
parlour of Colonel Willyams's house Was raised.
One of them raised the sash higher, and push-
ing the shutter, entered the room and carried
off the desk, which appeared the only portable
article in sight, and which lay on a table. Pro-
warden says it was the younger boy, Williams,
that entered the room ; whilst Kent and Williams
say this was done by their elder associate —On
gaining possession of the -booty, they wrapped it
in a great coat belonging to Kent, and made to-
wards the fields, where, under a hedge, they
forced open the desk. On discovering the valise
of the contents, they pot up the papers carefully,
lest by being scattered they should lead to a pre-
mature discovery of the desk, and taking the notes,
rings, seals, &c. made off, .and entering an out-
house on the road, they lay hid under the straw
the whole of Sunday, in order to avoid pursuit ;
here it was that they chewed some leaves that the
younger boy had torn out of a memorandum-
book they found in the desk, and which were
afterwards discovered. At night they quitted
their hiding-place, and taking two horses from a
field, they.put on them halters they found where
they lay, and rode towards Botimin.—Findiog
the younger boy was unable to ride, and impeded
their speed, they gave hint eight shillings and a
gold ring, bidding him make the best of his nay
home. Tbey abandoned the horses near Bodinio,
walked to Lost withiel, and thence to Liskeard,
where they ordered a post-chaise at the King's
Arms, saying that they were sailors on their way
to Plymouth. To the post-boy they gave an
ivory-box and a valuable ring to drive fast. The
fellow accompanied the thieves to this town, and
went with them to purchase a great coat and a
hat each ; he afterwards accompanied thens to a
public-house, where they drank together. The
younger hely was secured on Tuesday evening,
and the ring which he bad given to the driver of
the Lord Exmouth Coach to take him from Bost-
min to Torpoint was recovered, as were the box
and ring given by the other to the Liskeard dri-
ver. They hail spent nearly 201. of the money,
having been at a brothel the night before they
were secured. The desk was discovered by some
children in a field about half a mile from Truro ;
is was the great coat of Kent, which they threw
away that it might not impede their speed. The
whole party underwent an examination on Thurs-
day, at the Town-hall, Truro, and were•commit-
ted for trial at the ensuing Assizes.--(Plymouth
and Duch Telegraph, April 1.)

FOOT—RACK.—RAINtsR, the celebrated pedes-
trian, undertook for a wager of fifty guineas to
run ten miles within the hour, on the Loudon-
road, opposite the Star, Chatham-bill, on Wed-
nesday last, halt a mile out and back again ; when
after running nine miles in fifty-seven minutes he
gave in, having only three minutes to run the last
mile.

Official notice has hen given that his Mitotts-rY
will subscribe 100 guineas, to be run for ht the
following places, at the ensuing races :--Newmar-
ket, Salisbury, Ipswich, GnilittOrd, Nottingliatn,
Winchester, Lincoln, York, Lewes, Canterbury,
Lichfield, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Doncaqtei,
ectlli4le., elseluts:ord, Warwick, anj Ascot Head).