The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-08 00:00:00

MOST SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR.

About five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
four men went into the spirit cellar of a respect'
able publican in Briggate-street, Glasgow, and,
after being shewn into a room, one of then
called for half-a-mutchkin of good whiskey, which
the landlady supplied. In a short time two of
the men went out, making some trifling excuse/
and stating that they would be back in a moment'
A third then attempted the same trick, but the
landlady, getting suspicious with regard to the'
settlement of the reckoning, got betwixt the fel'
low and the door, demanding payment. While
endeavouring to procure the money, she oh.
served the man had something under his coati
and on inquiring what it was, he said it was ne"
thing belonging to her. At this period a bnr
ther-in-law of the landlady's entered the shop,
and succeeded in forcing the fellow into thie
room he had just left, where they were astonisho
to find one of the number lying on the floor in !.
state of insensibility, stripped of every article o',
dress, save his shirt. The prisoner, on beiog
questioned as to what had become of the mans
clothes, replied, " Oh, his brother, Broggan, hag
them." The coat, trowsers, vest, &c., were
afterwards found concealed about the person of
.
the miscreant whom they had caught, and who
was conveyed to the police office, along with the
.
individual who had been robbed. When the
prisoner was brought before the Sitting Magis".
trate, on Wednesday, he stated that his name
was Barnard Docherty, that he was born in fre-
land, but had resided in this country for a won'
ber of years; and on being questioned with re'.
gard to Broggaa, the prisoner said he (Brug'
gam) was a shoe-maker, but he could not asY'
whether he had ever been in Edinburgh. The
first witness examined was Andrew Naismit"'
tailor, the person who had suffered by the
nous conduct of these dangerous ruffians. Ile
stated that the panel and the two fellows 20-:
luded to above, had made up acquaintance wit',',
him in the street, and had invited him into they
public-house ; that he had never seen any 01.
them before, and from the small quantity °A
liquor he had partaken of in their company, ar
the stupifying effects immediately produced, P"
had no doubt whatever that some deleterious ditlg
had been mixed with the whiskey he had drank, as
he had been very ill during the night. There vval
nothing poisonous found on the prisoner, but 1
was not likely there should, as in all probabilitl
the two persons who took care to make off Icel.
the most knowing and the most guilty, and that
they had (as the narcotic used is technically
called) " the doctor" in their pocket. The de'.
linquent was, in the mean time, sentenced to 6`'.
days' confinement in Bridewell for the Ott
This transaction assumes a very serious asPec.
indeed, if the Broggan mentioned above, as 15
alleged, be in verity the same individual who olsf
lately so mixed up with the detestable namea,,,°
Burke and Hare in their monstrous crimes. "tei
hope this affair will be sifted to the bottom, an
that Broggan will be sharply looked after'
although he has sscaped for the presente''
Scotsman.

Their Graces the LORD-LIEUTENANT 01/4
the Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND have caused upv312,7,-,
of 500 cards to be issued for a splendid dejeune a
fourchette, to be given at the Pheanix Park on the 10/
instant, in commemoration of his Majesty's Birth-d3YI
Tents will be fixed in the lawn, opposite the Vice-1141
Lodge.

LOUTH CLUB DINNER.—At this dinner'
which was held on Monday, at Magrath's Hotel (A 1
ANDER DAWSON, Esq., M.P., in the Chair), Mr. Skoll,,a
and Mr. MONTESQUIRU BELLEW entered at length
the subject of their respective claims on the notice of he
County Electors. Some smart sparring took place he