Star.
London, England, 1828-11-22 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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• 'VOW-STREET.
FIRADADDIART AND DARING RuseLeay.-sA burglary was TM
mined on the morning of Thursday, in the house of Thomas War.
norm). Esq. Grove 4,:ottage, West Moehey, Surrey, under veal
ate aordlottry circumstances.
A gang of burglars got over a wall into the garden of %Ir. Js ffs
who resides in a house adjoining Grove Cottage, and there took a
ladder and a quantity of cord, lift in an outhouse by the g.trilener,
and then scaled the wall of Mr. Warrington's garden, ralard ghe
ladder to a window on the first floor, opening to a passage leati.ng
to the chamber of Mr. and Mrs. Warrington. Mr. Watrinoon
was asleep in bed—but his lady was sitting up writing. It was them
about two o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Warrington heard the
noise, and awoke her husband, who jumped out of bed and sclacd
a pistol, and clicked it, and at the same moment the door of
their b.d.raom was burst open, and four men entered. Mr. Wars
ritigton instantly fired, but washout effect. One of ate robbeis
Presented a pistol at Mr. Warrington, and pulled, bet it nsi•sed
fire. Be re cocked, and again pulled the triage,. het the pistol
merely flishesi in the pan, or murder might have ensued. The
tobbers then seized Mr. IraTrington, and with part of the cord
tied his bands behind hint and lashed his legs together at the mule,
They served Mrs. Warrington in the sante manner. and also two
female serviette, *hum they also bound hand and We, and each
thief took out of the prisoners in care', and carried them down
to a vault uedeitseath the house, in which wine and coals are kept.
'linty deposited them titer., and fastened the dour of the vault at st
another door at the top of the step leading to it, with some e
of the curd before mentioned.
The unfortunate persons remained In that dreadful situation,half
expiring with cold and terror (they were all in their night dresses)
fur more than two hours, when one of the maid servants, by great
exertion, and at the expose of much suffering, contrived to extri-
cate her hands from the cord fastening, and very soon liberated her
comp-niuns- Ey their joint teatime they succeeded in forcing
the two doors, and they found the house bad been completely ran-
sacked, and every thing of value that could he removed was taken
away. An alarm was given to the neighbour., and Cooke, the
active constable of Kingston, was snit for, and it was disco-
vered that the thieves had also broken open the coach house and
stables, and taken out Mr. Warrington. phaeton, to which they
had harnessed the only horse then in the stable, and drove off in the
direction of Walton. Cooke traced them to Walton-bridge, where
he learned that they had branched off ha another direction, and he
fullosved them, in a circuitous route, as far as between Kensington
and Knightsbridge, where he found the horse and phaeton on the
road, the horse grazing, and several persons standing by, wondering
where it could have come from. The thieves took away about zol.
in motley, and a quantity of plate and jewellery.
Four men, strangers in the village, were in oar or two of the
public houses over night, making Inquiries about the neighbouring
gentlemen's houses and their inmates. There is one very singular
circumstance connected with the transaction, namely, that two halls
of the size used by Mr.Warrington in loading his pistol were found
sin the S.or of his chamber ; but they were nut at all !learned, not
were any perforations or marks visible on the wall of the room.
Air. Warrington bad only a day or two before received a considers.'
able suns of money for rents and dividends.
Information was given at this office of the burglary, and Ellis,
a principal officer, was iointediateiy sent down to West Moulsey,
while bishop commenced a vigilant inquiry in town.