The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-07 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday Samuel Walker and John Wilkinson
Were charged with having endeavoured to break into
the house of Mr. George Read, a tradesman re-
siding in the Commercial-road.
The prisoners are of that class which are, in the
slang vocabulary, called " swell cracksmen," and
were dressed in a style which could scarcely have
been expected in burglars.

Mr. Read stated, that in the morning, at about
half-past four o'clock, his son came to his bed-room,
and alarmed him, saying that lie heard a noise in the
adjoining house, which he believed to have been oc-
casioned by thieves trying to force their way into his
premises. He immediately got up, and having
placed a watchman at the front and rear, hastened
to ascertain what was the matter. On going into
the next house, which was uninhabited, he found
the prisoner Walker lying on the•stairs endeavouring
to secrete himself, and he gave him into custody.
After doing so, he looked over the building, and dis-
covered that an aperture three inches wide had been
made to the depth of 10 inches in the party-wall of
13 inches, which separated it from his house. The
other prisoner, Wilkinson, was caught while en-
deavouring to make his escape.
Mr. Miller, the chief•oficer, said that being in-
formed of the attempt, he had'exlmined the premises,
and found underneath the bricks which had been
removed a long canvass bag, which was placed there
no doubt to prevent any noise being made while
the burglars were at their work, and also to con-
, vey away such property as they might be able to
abstract.

Stamford, the night constable, produced a dark
lantern, a jemmy, a ripping-chisel, a phosphorus-box,
and watches, which he found on the person of the
prisoner Walker, on his being brought to the watch-
house.

A watchman proved the apprehension of Wilkin-
son, and added, that after he was taken to the watch-
house, he laid claim to a hat, which he had drop-
ped, in endeavouring to escape, and which was found
in the adjoining garden.
The Magistrate asked whether any property had
been stolen from the house in which the prisoners
were discovered.

Mr. Read replied no : in fact there was nothing
for them to take.

The prisoners, when called on for their defence,
declined entering upon any, and were consequently
committed to take their trial.

The second gang, after these prisoners were re-
moved to the lock-up room, Thomas Saunders and
Eduard Swift, were charged with a burglary and
robbery in the house of Mr. Lark, a tobacconist, in
the Whitechapel-road.
It appeared that several attempts having been
lately made to rob Mr. Lark's premises, the inmates
were constantly on the watch to discover the
offenders. On Sunday night Mr. Archer being
from home, he left his brother, together with a per-
son named Archer, in care of the premises, and
they, suspecting that another effort would be made
in his absence, concealed themselves in the kitchen
to find out the thieves. They had not been long
there, when the prisoners entered the house by
means of skeleton-keys, and just as they had got in.
Swift called out to the other prisoner, " It's all
right, bolt the door." On hearing this they rushed
from their hiding-place, and seized Swift in the par-
lour, on whose person a bundle of halfpence, the
wrapper of which was identified by the prosecutor,
together with some skeleton keys, *ere discovered.
His companion, Saunders, made his escape through
the front-door, but being pursued by Archer was se-
cured, and placed in the watch-house. -In his flight
Ise dropped several house-breaking implements,
among which was a new crow-bar constructed on a
rather novel principle.
The prisoners offered no defence, and were com-
mitted to Newgate.

FATAL RIOT AT MANOR-HAMILTON.-
.
We have learned that a dreadful riot took place on Wednes-
day last, at Manor-Ilamilton, in which Orangemen and
Catholics were the combatants. It is stated that four per-
sons were killed, and several others wounded. The parti-
culars of this melancholy affair have not yet reached us.—
Dublin Morning Register.

The following anecdote, illustrative of paren-
tal affection in the feathered tribe, is deserving of notice:—
A boy in Dunfermline having robbed the nest of an ox-eye
of its young, carried them. home to the house of his friends
in Woodhead-street, and lodged them in a cage. They
had not been long there, when the people were surprised
by the appearance of two birds fluttering round the house,
apparently anxious to get in. The window was opened
and the cage placed on the outside, when the parent birds
immediately approached and seemed delighted with the
sight of their offspring. They have since continued, at
shot t intervals, to visit them with supplies of worms.—
Caledonian Mercury.
THE NIGHTINGALE.—About ten weeks
since, JosEnt ROBERT WILSIIERE, of Huntingdon, suc-
ceeded in capturing a nightingale, which was brought to
take its food in the usual way, and soon became a fine
songster. A few days since, oberving some feathers off
the neck of the bird, on examining it, they found a rusty
pin had protruded about au inch ; this must have been
swallowed with the bait when taken, and what appears
almost incredible, it did not occasion the songster any
perceptible inconvenience. The pin was extracted, and
the bird is still doing well.--Macclesfield Courier.