Extensive Robbery At Ches...
The Times, 1824-09-22T00:00:00

I From a (Gorrcsponde:L1 s1 tl5Itirnz rolulery Wvks cortnttea 0n Thursday flight last, at the office of thc extensive coac" sstabi ishla int the FeI.thers Inn Chester; and the mode in wvhiicl it wats accomIplished is at prcsent so mysteriously conccaled, as to excitc ant extraor(linarv ceasation in] that city as well as in Liverpool. It appears that the w'watChmakers of Liverpool and hiii neighbourhood are in the wveckly practice of forwarding wntch-cases to Che-ter, as well in goldt as in silver, to ,Mr. WValker, the King's Assay laster thce,c for thic purpose of being sibmitted tc the usual tcst foc ascertaining their legal standard valiuC. The cases are regularly locked utp in twvo or tflree boxes, as tlhe qu:nttitinnay require, and are sent by the mail on the TrhuIldar, I ant retuirneil by the memc conveyauce ott the following dav. C)n Thuitday last, t-vo boxes, one ot themn containiug about !)0 pairs of goltl cases, atili nearly d,uhic tihat numb;r ef *ilver cases, weetc tent to Chester, reccived by Mr. Waiiker, aisayed. antircturnied to Mrs. Tomlinson's office. iaoit righlt o'clock at night, for lie Purpose of' being sent cffto liverpool. at five o'locik next morning, by thc mail. Scvcr..l S!-ses hasvingon prerviou's o:ccasinns been suistained Illv Ai rs. Toullinson, slic placed ti- p -rter, tvioini she consi(lereil to bie a trust-wortiy prsTon, to sleep int llIoffice. lin Ihis are the , xtcs werc deliv, red; hat e.rly tn thc morninqj tisey scvre missed, nd)(I nro tidings havc yet been heard of them. 'Ihlic account lie gives ot' li transactioi is, that in the course of the niiglht, a strangc itianl knocked at the office-dloor, and ilrygicl perniission to be allo ced to remain there till 'rn ing ; t0at hle let hint in, a(t Which tile tilie boes wecre in the room, and opened tile door flr hi!i in tlic inorning ; aid soon after he liad deptricrl, thic hiss saI iliscovered. This improbable story obtained litilecredeltce, and thCr potter(iftiglics) was on l,Ii- day lodged in gaol. llis holitisc wassearhehd tihe same dav, witen a numnber ofa thircs, flel his ireptrty, incluiing keys ofalinost every size and description, were ilici there, lidnt none of the property missing was discovered. Oti Fridayaintl Saturday, mes8engers scre sent in every directioni rountld t-c cnitntry, to Liverpool, Manchiester. Sh'ets'sti ry ,Bir i iig h ai i, &c.; but at presen t nothing ias transpirc(e tserCrowaNlighto thisnott scriotsloss. Blurgess, tl,e police-officer ci:tiester, and Miller and Laveniler, thlc officers of Liverpool and 111ancliester, are on the qmui *ice, atnid( grett lhopes are entettained that thCi. cndcarvotirs will he successful. There is little question but that several persons are I-;tatiLs to the felonY. On Satuirday morn- ing a man arrivesl at P'arlk-g.atc, wiih a bundle, anparentlv ini agret huirry lie inq(uir^-l fur a boat, which lie obtained, anti was conveyed oirsn thence to Hlilbrec Island, iLt thc u1o1itit of thc l)cc, near Hlo - lake, and fromil thlence to Li-erpolil, a dcangerous passage of abio't 20 niiles, where lie was latidedl. The officer of Chcste-r was speetily after him, by the siame rotitc. anud traceul hini to Liverpool, where it is omipecled ihe perseveraice of Atilicr will lead to hiis detection. it is feared, however, thiat the property lias changed owners, andi has, ere this, been transfcrred to the titlting pot. EXTE.YSI FE iJ?ORfRRI' AT CHESTER.