The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-04-01 00:00:00

POLICE.

BQW•STREIT —A gang or gangs of thieves have
generally mingled with the crowd acconmanying Mr.
Whitbread from Brentford to London. and the Fairlop
Fair boat, engaged in that gentleman's interest, and
their conduct has been very daring and outrageous in
committing their depredations. Thursday evening
bring their last opportunity for similar plunder, their
conduct was more daring and outrageous than on the
former evenings.
Mr. John Campbell, of Chapel-street, May-fair, was
passing through Piccadilly on his way home, at the time
the procession was entering from lirentford, when he
met the crowd and was attacked. A man snatched at
Ma watch, which was done with so much violence, that
the ribbon broke. There were two gold seals attached
to it, with whirl, the robber ;mole off. Mr. Campbell
coiled out "Stop thief!" when the villain was pursued,
taken, anal brought to the 0f71,-e. lie underwent an
examination, and was committad for another examine-
tion. He said his name was George FitzgeroM.
In Pall-mall the gang acted in a body. The Cheva-
tier Ruspini was standing on the ,reps of his house to
see the procession pass, accompanied liv the Rev. 3lr.
I Lee, oar of the King's Chaplains, and several other
gentlemen, when they were all attacked, carried away
from their standing by being surrounded by the robbers,
and forced opposite the King's Palace. The Chevalier
; was robbed of a gobl chair, round his neck to which his
eye-glass Ming. The Itrc, Hentleman nags robbed of
I a gold watch, gobl chain and seal., also his hat ; the
! whole of the gentlemen were extremely ill-treated, Mr.
Lee in particular; he, however, courageously attached
the matt who robbed hint, who was menetl by the gang.
bid he could% eil to knock two of the villains down; be
did not Pie without receiving several severe bruises.
Oue of the other crtitletnen who was .!amling ow the
steps was rubbed of his gold seals, which were violently
tern from his chain.

111 REI.ArtIE4.

Yesterday two men well known to the rnliee as burg-
lars, named Fielder and Mockir:(s4, weer brought be-
fore Mr. BAKER, charged on sosivicien of being con-
cerned iu several burglaries in the neighbourhood of
Hampstead and other places.
Several houses hire lately been broken into in tie
vicinity of Hamra:earl, and the northern road; and, fr •nt
some arena:stances that ratite to the kllftWki!ai• of the
officers, the prisoner* were suspected of bring concern-
ed, and were appreletnilc:l at their Lodgings in Pyr-
street, Westuthistrr. In Mackintosh's apartment tiro
bludgeons, a new hit, evidently not belonging to him,
a earpenter's centre-11;i. anti a phosporns-Imix :end
matches wen- found. l'be centre-hit, uu brut NW"
to the Ittilt-s rot in !lir lint, re of one of the homes
broken into, WWI it t xac,ly. Nothing re-
markable was form! :area the other pri,oner, nor were
the grounds of suspicion against !din the offi-
cers intimated, they had such int.:lrma:ion against him
and the other as to irate little Jonbt of more than tune

case being brought home to thew.
They protested a total ignorance of the of with
which they were charged.
Retnancied for further examination.

RAU RODIBEIT DT TWO WATtIiWEV.

Towx HALL, SOI:TIIWARK.—Thursday afternoon two
i occasional patroles of the parish of St. Olate, named
Dent Plant and T. ',arils, were brought before Sir
JOIIN EASIER, on a diarise of robbing a poor widow,
stained Mary Saville. resisting at No. t 4, North-street,
Walwortb, of 3S/. in Bank-notes, uoder the following
most atrocious circumstances:—
On Friday, the 24th instant, the prosecatrix had been
to a friend's house, in the aseigl.l,ostrhood of 'rotary-
street, where she was prevailed on to drink some raw
spirits, which had such an effect on her, thnt on her re-
turn home, else fell down in the street quite insensible,
and unable to proceed farther. At this moment, tieorge
Welfare, one of the constables attending the Justice-
room, happened to he passing, and seeing the woman's'
helpless condition, it ght it would hi a charity to take
her to the Compter for protection; but being unable to
convey her thither alone, he called to his aid the pri-
soners, whom he knew as watchmen of St. °lave's, anti
by whose assietanre lie was enabled to convey her to
the C.-simpler. Nest morning site was brought before
the Alderman, who reprimanded and discharged her,
with directions to give each of the prisoners a shilling
fur their trossitle for taking care of her. The prisoners,
however, finding that she was a poor ignorant woman,
and had 'dente of money, still pretended that she was
in their custody, anal that her fate entirely depended on
their discretion ; they made her treat then, at various
public-houses, and at one at Newimrton-causeway, she
tendered a It note to pay for a pint of ale; but the land-
lady suspected it was a forgery, and refu.rd to give
change. The prisoner, Lathy, theft toils sip the note,
put it in his own pocket, anal pail for the ale. The
proseentrix said else hail occasion to go home, and both
the prisoners accompanied her, and causes' more liquor
to be sent for, of which they persuaded the complain-
ant's mother to drink largely. Prosecutrix then bor-
rowed some silver of her mother, and went out to buy t
pair of bouts, having ',rev' sly deposited seven I!. notes
in a china dish in the cupboard. Plant accompanied
her, leaving his companion in the horse; but instead of
buying the boots, he persuaded her to lay out the money
on a bottle of wine, which they drank together. Whilst
they were gone, the old woman, overcome by the effects
of the liquor, !sad fallen asleep, and the prisoner, Lathy,
then took the notes from the cupboard, and broke open
the lurk of a box in the adjoining room, front which be
took 311/. more, and decamped. On the return of the
prusecutrix, she misses! the notes out of the cupboard,
and found Larby had absconded • she told the prisoner
Plant of her loss, but he proisi;tiod not to nniterstand
her meaning, and she then taxed him wills being a party
concerned. This made him very indignant, and he got
up to go away, and on her attempting to pieveut him,
he knooked her down, broke the table and the crockery-
wore, and made his escape. Next morning (Sunday),
be came back again with six of the notes, which he said
had been taken by his partner for safety ; to:t iu the in-
terim the prusecutrix had given information of the rob-
bery to Welfare. However, she took the notes, and in
the evening Welfare went to their lodgings in. Town-
send-street, w here he saw Lathy, who, un lime I.reseutiag
himself, threw a small paper parcel into the fire. Wel-
fare had no doubt it was part of the property, an.!, it its
great presence of mild, he threw a kettle of water, which
stood at hand, on the fire, and quenched it. A despe-
rate scuffle ensued, but the officer at length succeeded in
obtaining possession of the paper, which he funneto
contain a I/. note, and also in handcuffing the two de-
fitments, whom he took to the Compter. The note, on
being shewn to the prosecutris, was identified by her as
one of those she had lost.

Sir J. EANEa said, that during the whole of his long
experience as a Magistrate, he did not recollect any case
so aggravated in its nature as the present. The inha-
bitants could not regret the loss of two such guardians
of their lives and property ; and public justice demanded
that they should be made examples of. The Worthy
Alderman then transmitted them to Union flail, the of-
fence being committed in the county of Surrey ; from
o'hence they were both fully committed.
LIMSETH•STRZET.-774u1/148 SkTellifin was charged
by Mr. John Man, who keeps a circulating library, 17,
Conemercial-road; with rohbiag him.
Mary Schoop, mother-in-law to Mr. Man, deposed,
that albout ten unlock the preceding morning site went