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The Times, 1824-08-31T00:00:00

blAiTSlG9-HousiE..Johnntes Pepel, a leltsio: of King Pepel, the sovereign or' the rilver Bonnlp, in Afia andl Of the Circunajacent territories, applied to the LonD MAYORl, through the sneduem of' a Lieutenant of his Alijesty's ship Drivcr, to conipel the perform. aucee of a contrac;'. The Lieutenant stated, that about two years ago, he Captured a Spaishveselon he oat o Aficafiledwit saves. Thetraffic, indtin fom hedeportbi codiionofnealy250 poor Africans, who erestoed aay n dzerain hedffeentcompartmnen ts of the' slae sip,ppare tobecariedottwih lss emrse than ever. Every wheron oar thre wreeidecesf te moxtatrocious criselty. 'khp capture ofth shiip was hailed withi -creams of jay. The Africans were brought inoSiearra LUane by the Driver, and krhat is rather extra. ordlinary the slave-ship upon arriving in this. country, wais purchmsed by Sir ~'Villiaisa Curtis, andc is the %ery Yachit in which the worthy Alderman hais been retrieveing his health in other countries, and uponi whiich at conslderablesuns of iniuney has been expeniled for the purpose of renderinig it worthy of the use to wvhich it has, been lately applied. Pe.. 1pci, to whoisn the restofrthe slaves acknowvledged subordlination, agreed with the captain of a Britishi ship at Sierra Ljeonle, called the .Sarals, to cooine to England, uipon the prom-ise of the captain eithier to pro- cure for himn an educeation and a knowledIge of British mnechanical operations, whichi might render him an useful memnber of hiis Royal cousin's Government, or to have himn conveyed back to his native couihtrv. lie acted as cook on board the Vessel during thze voyage, but the miomnent thie shipj reached this port,the captain turned him ofF, and refused to perform. any patt of thle contract he had entered into. Fortunately, the Driver was in dock at the time, anti Pe )el, wvissi coutld not easily forget the servics he had received fronm the crew, presentedl Iiimself to the lieutenant, andI represented Iiis case and condition. This gentleman wvithl the greatfest hiumanity supplied the uinfortunate Pepel withi money and procured a lodging for him, and beivntathLr lyrwudnefrfort teprotelion of this poor stranger, whio hiad been torn from thlose who were dear to Ihim, detailed the circiumstantccs,' withiout, however, pledging himself to the fidelity of f he narrative. The LonflDAIAYO FL imminediately sent for the Captain of the Soar/i, to accouint for thie condluct described. Thie Captain said in ltis v'indicistios. that Pepel was a lazy, idle fellow, who could not be prevailedI upon to give any assistance to the cre,, ,of whom. lie was one a1ccoriting to the stipulation. Ile denied th e had promised to do aniy thiing for thec A-frican, whoste inle- grity, notwvithstanding his birth, thecre was very good reason to dloubt ; and lie calledi his mnate to prove thait Pepe]. was idle, saucy, ant4 dlishonest. TJhe Arcn whose knowletige oaf our language is confined to a few ords whih, however, arc perfectly intelligible, here saidt h mate--"Yo le. Alate.-.I never saw a more worthless fellow, or a inore saucy one. Pepel...Yoii lie. 'I'lic LornD M1AYOR tOld theC Captainl that nothingi could be more cruel than to desert a poor ignoraiaiclhelpless foreigner in suich a plac, as London,wltere there waLs no isntitutionl that made any pro-. vision for hiim. It wa-s also ait act of very gross injustice to this country to0 thlrov nition parishes, whichi had multitutles of their own poor to sutpport, the poor of'other nationis. 'rite Caiptain said he liad not turned away Pepel, and thlat lie woud procure a passage for himi in aniother vessel, liez could nut t ihuiik o continun suchi a person) in the shlip, on account of his dis. honesty. l'epel.-You lie. 'I ieC LORD MAYA(R.-fow have you ascer-tainied that he isq dis. lionest ? Thie Captain said, thiat when Pepel wenlt away lie left behiind hitni santie 01' hii clothies. In the nighit, liowever, lie Teturnedi, got clown whiere they were lying, and would have stolen them., in Order that lie miighit lhave a claimi for their valor, had lie not been initerrupted. Pripel.-'sou lie. TIhe L011i) MVAYORt.-Did any of' the crew see himi do what yout mnention ? 'l'he Capttain.-No ; but we dlo not believe the thief' couild be any othier; and he has (tic very, highest degree of cunt,ing and sagacity. TI'ie Lieutenant of the Dfiver saiul he was cotiviticed the impura. tioti of' thieft was a caluiny;ai cle a person in whose house Pepe-l lodgied, to peove that he tad never been ouit in the niight, and that lie lida acted withi a great dleal of' propriety. ThioKe Facts were tn,st positively stated ; antl it wyas comiplainied that thie Captaini de- tainedI Pepel's clothes. The LonD MIAYOR obsierved, that it was cruel to chiarge the uiti fortunate matn witlitlief't. It wats obvious that he htadnot beeni treat. od whitl anv extraordiniary kiiidness; but there was no grouind to sup- Poe hat lie had retaliated withi an attempt to conmuit a robbery. The Csptain said, thait Pepel wvas a beggar, at any rate, itotwitli- standing ti'ie blood of K~ings flutwed in lilt veins. Pepel.-You lie. Y'ou see, miy Lord," added thle Captain, " that hie cannot be civil, even in youir presence: lie gives us 'all the lie upon all occa. stuns's The Loan) MAXA'o by ito meanis thought that Pepel used the word For any oilier reason' iliati because. it was one of the shortest mnodes of giving a positive contradiction, and was in pretty general use amnongst seamen. The total wanit of knowledIge of our langunage was surely as ifficient excusse lor the use of'a termn which often found its way into thec highest cotmpaniy. Tue justice of this observaition was ptroved imminediately after. It wats dented that Pipe] was a beggar. The Loan, MAYOR told rtei Captain that a passqage must 1be iun mnediately procured for the African to his own country. His 1lord- ship, addrceasing Plepel, then said, " Y'ou miust go on board the shlip which the Capttain will prockire for y-ou. Take care that you (lo not beg, or dlo any other- impiroper thiig ; and you mosut niot be uncivil." Peptel,-Y'ou lie. tw.,v imtpossible not to l-augh at this. verification of the Lord MVayom 'a remarkc. Ilis Lordshipt regretted that the poor A fricati had b)tt too mitich occasion to make use of' the offenisive wortl, wvith the l'ull imphort of whichl it was mianifest lie wms niot acquainted. 'rugE rATF FIRE: IN TUIV CITYr.Kitineisley,thie beadle of the parsh f Adgae, tatd t th Losi Ayont that the want of water upo th ocason f'thelat fre n tsecity, caused two hiouses to be rets era were boititoti.Tueinhhtitntswer no al crying outE agasit,, the Wate Copanes,whoe grss nd ata nclect was daily producing inclcuabl michif'.Hadthee nt bena large pool of water in rtec premisesof the workhoutse, that buidn couldi not have been saved. That water was the only waterta could lie had for a great length of time. In fact, flonie was procured, with that exception, until the houses were completely destroyed. rThe LORD MAYOZ saul it was surprisiing, after the innumnerable accidents whichi had taken place front lire, and the f'requent expis. suare of the nieglect, or the worse titan neglect, of the WVater Coin. punier, that the live, atid properties of the public were still so miuchi diaregarded by those whio contracted fobr thie supply. lie. did not kntow what course to pursue for the correction of suchi an cvii, whicht, ho regretted to say, exposure Aid not stem at all cal - itttlated to reniedv. But, perhials, the fear of comprtition mighit effect that which; humanity couldi not accomnplishi. Indeed, the wanit of water liad excited, at this periodl of universal speculation, a spirit whiceh was likely to interfere whiti the Water Compiianies, which, liavingobtainiedtlteir different contracts, were qiiite at ease a% to the mianner and extent of the supply. Heihad,thttietherday, been requtestedi to saniction a new, coniipasny, proposed to be formed for the express purpose of' supplyingr an titimnense quanitity of woater in the event of fire ; and those whio titadle tie proposition would, perhiaps, mieet withi encouiragemient whichi wouldi he likely to do great injury to ttite large estahmli%hmenrts inow so negligent. Ii is Lordsh ip aving ascertained thiat the New River Company were the conitractors Lo supply the city of' ondon wvitht water, observed, that there were very crtum grounl frhtkighaacopetition, advantageous to the public, woultd take place. Gi11r .1nIAT aL..-Mic/ut,41 Callsjg7tan, Mary Callahs/an lia wif'e, and Jo/itt S't'ij/I, whose ease had been remianded from Friday, that 'lie ioli,itor for the AMunt mighlt attend, were brouglht up) yesterday before the sitting maigistrate, M1r. Aldernian J. J. SArriT. The charge against thcm, anld whicht there was sufficient evidence to esta. blish, was that of repeatedly offering a had hialf-crown. Otto Rear. don hlildsearched them for a consliderable timie, seen Caliaglian KGo into seyeral sliops, ar-.I had hiiinseifgonein af'tervwardit, and ascertalrAx eii thiat at eacit of thiem he had offered a hailf-crown, which had becim reftised as bad. The last place he hiad followed them to was a public house in Chancery-lane. He shortly after saw Turnpenny andI l1cr. bert, city-officers, told thiens whiat hie had obscrved,rasd they in conse- quence rcook the three prisoners iitro custody. No couniterfeit coin was found upon either of thens, with the exception ol tilte one bad _Itaf cro..... .tich the nasa Callaglian liad in his poesesin i'thr.Pouvgts,, wo attensheti on the parc of the AMint, thiought ibis caste was not sufficiently strong to senxd to a juiry. There was no actual utterance, anti only one coutiterfeit lecre of inoney found oni Mlr. Alderinan Sacir titoiiglht that thtere was s-rong evidence ofa guilty knowledige, and suifficient, in his jutigment, to warrant comal- rsitting thieni for trial, anti he was about to commit thlem ; but on enteritig more ntintitely ititwothe evidence t'ot that purpost, it ap- peared that titough the prisohers had be6iti dlen up i n the tityi no Ott of th pace atwhih he aillift'crown had been tendered waswitin he livlimts,ant coseqenly no offence committed wittit tie jridicionof'th maistate lSr. Alderman Smith, isowvor didnotsuffr tat crcustace to alter Ilisa letermitiation as t ele pisonrs,butsentthe incustody to ithe Bow'-street ollce,furthemagstate thre o at s they might think proper. BOW.S'i'UET....Xesterday Air. Bucll, a respectable tradesnia-n residing at Cjhelsea, ancti who also holds a situation lit the Twiopenity Post-office, appeared before the sittintg magistrate,Sir R. BritrriE, uttid asked if aiiy rediress or assistance could be afkorded hisi under thec following distressing circumstances Mlr. Bull statced that lie had a son, a fine lad, wlio in a fewd(ays would have beeti eighit years old, and dn SInday aftet' dinner, tihe boy retiucsted lev'og tt h ark to see the boys belongitng to the Duke of York's Military School parade or walk there. hlie refused at first, but afterwards a servant of his (Mr. Bull's), a youingman, 20 years of age, appealed to him, anti promised to go withl and fake care of thie boy, and he then con- rentLed that he sliould go. The servan t, liowever, instead of taking' his sn tothe ark,wentdiretly out oer Battersea-bridlge to the fiels, nd fte reainng tereforsom tite,gotto the river-side, v/lire te nd apliants so, wth en o twlveothers, got in~to a whicry.The hadnorbee may miute intheboat, when a six. oard ctte aproahedat ailsped; nd ltough called to by persita__wo saw tat an ccidentvr's iato,,'dabA. f,. I tne cutter did nor alter her steerage, the coxswain kept hli course, and, as was anticipated, came pluim,p against the wherry, capsiied her, and threw the whole of' tle juvenile crew into the water. Proittpt assistance was rendered by sevcral who witnessed the occurrence, and tile majority were saved but applicant's son, and a lad of about 15 years of age,were drowned. .At this part of the unfortunate fa. thiet's narrative, liis feelings overpowered him-lie leaned against the table atid the tears streamed from his eye,m1 The mnoment the wlherry was upset, the cutter's crew were ioudly hailed to assist in saving the poor boys, but the inhuman fellows on board her paid no more atteiitien to this than they had done to the first call, but rowedt away with all their strength. Sir R. BiruNrE.-Are the boclies yet found ? Mlr. B3all.-No, Sir ; the), have been diligently searched for, but asKer witho;ut success. Y chdfrbu ir R. iawsx.r:._It is a niost lamentable business, and I pity you, MIr. Bull, with all myheart and soul; but Ifear I can afford voiuno redress. T'he case is altogether out of my jurisdiction, uihless you kew the ellows in the cutter, and tlten, perhaps, I rmiglht do some- thing. As it is, you must await the finding of the bodies, anrI pro- duee whatever evidetice you may be able to collect before the Coro- Silr. Bull._.Does the law providle no punishsment for thltconduct of my scoundrel of a servant, Sir Richard ? Sir I. Ilarseg.._.No, indeed. Ir. Bull.-.Punishing blisi, or the cutter's crew, I am aware would not restore tmy poorchild to me; bitt it might deter others from similar conduct, anti save tb teelings of other parents from such a dreadful ehock as mine experienced yesterday. - The wiorthy Mlagistrate repeated, that lip coqld gtve no assistance at resenit; buat fie, in a low tone, aelvIsted Air. B-ail aq to thle course he had better adopt with a view to thte fartherance ofijustice. MtARLDAOVoGHs-STrETc.-A few days ago, tile 1-Ion. Captain Greville, accompanried by some friends, aprplied' to Air. ROE, thle m ,i8trate,for his advice and assitaunce inrecovering a horse, whichI helad been deprived of iinder the followirng ircumstances Capai rville suld, that having a valuable bomse to dispose of he Sent it for that nurpose to the Horse Baczaar, in Portman.street, where it stood for gome days bn sale, and various offers were made to tpurchase it, but none coRning usp to the exact price, below which he determnined not to sell it, namely, 60 guineas. A perscon of the name ofCtemnentsosi, whio had prevanasly offered 601. for the horse, bint wa,t refused, called at Captain Grev-ille's house, aind said thaut as he had taken a fancy, to the htorse, he would give the 60 guinieas with- out furthier trouble; and representing himself as a gentlenian of for-. tune, dtrew a check for the amouint Upon Coutts'si Bank, which he gave Captain (ireville, and thie horse wa!: delivered to himi. Soon after which Captain Grevifle perceived, for the- frat limie, that thie check wvas dated. forward some days, and consequently there was nio use in presenting it for payment until the day of its date arrived, but Captaini Greville senit it to Miessrs. Cou i's to inquir-e the probability of its being ultimately hionouredl. As the Captain himself keepsa kis account at Coutts's, they did not hesi!ate to tell hinm that he had been "dconea outofliishuarse." The next day a letter vars received by, Captain Gireville, from Clement- son, stating, that there was soniic mistatke with respect to the check lie hiad drawn, and enclosing his own note for the aimount, request- ing at the same time that the check miight be retuirned. Captain Grevil'ie unthinkingly returned thie check, and kept thie note, whiichi he hail .dnce, leamot was not w7orthi a fartking more than the check. ffe hail talcen every pains'to trace out CFeme:ntson or his hiorse, and at length discovered that it stoodl at somie livery-stables, in Barlow-. mnews, and there hie leariedl that the hiorse belonged to Mvr. Ed wards, jun.,aof' No. 42, Coaduit--street. He called upion M',r. Edwards, who acknowledged that diie hiorste belonged to blin ; that he had pur. chased it, but wouild give nio further 5atisfaction. Captain Grevilie, suspecting that thec hor-st might be removed from Barlow-iuiews hefore lie ecouif adopt aiiy Tmeasures to recover it, placed a mian ts watchi and isi a few mninutes after the man wlito knew- tile hiorse 'hail takeni bis station, lie sawv a -ladl ride the horse out, whiomi lie followed ovem' Watcrloo-bridyec, slid theire coining lip with hivi insisted oni tatking the horsze, as it was the propertv of' hiis master. Japtain Oreville. Just at this moment, Ur, rode,M. d wards, who claimied thtZhor.se as his, anld CaptainiGreeville'ss erat re linquished him-. Upon these grounds, Captain (iYreville asked iflhe could1have awarrantora stummons against Clemnen sun and Ed. warids, forlhestuspected they were in collusion, as- he understoodi thywere wvell1 acqiuainted. Mr ov sid, that ne feared Captain Greville had put it out of'a Iniagitat iplower to assist himn, liaving. tiarted withi the chieck, and, teaa note or bill of exchange in lieu, of' it. Ile couldt not, there I fore, istsue any warrant, but he would graint a summolns for bot~i Etwrds anid Clenientatsn to attend; anid if no othctr gotod resultedI the circuinstances wouldii most likely becomie public, and t,e of benc' ' fit to others. Captaini Greville snid, it wras with ttiis view atlone he should be glRd tbo have the stummonses.c Accordingly, sumimoases were dire tai to be served by thte prolper officer uponi the parties ; but Cicurnirsomi was not to be fouid . andI like the Dean and Chapter of' Dublin, wuas reported toj lui4e -' es;- caped from the facoe of tle eaLrth, and nu whiere to hr hound." TIej summtons was, however, served oni Edwards ; asid on thie tlslv al - pointed for hiis appearance, a friend of hisi attended, and assur 'd the magistrate that M1r. Edwards would hiave conic fvrward, but i was oblige to go inito the country on urgenit businecss but if tie na.- gistrate wvouhd name any othter dav, h6e would certuiily, attend. 1Mr. I ROE accordingly aLppointed Mo1nday. and expressed a- hope that Alt. Edwards would not givelhim occasion to pUrSUe any other mTeasuires; t'or disobey,ing liia summnon,. Mlonday arrived, andI Captain Grevilk'- and lils frieiide liau'ing I atteiided, anniounced to Mlr. Ror- that he slioulI l hesaved a 'l further trouble, as the whole of lila mioney -had been paid. to hiii, (by a-hoon dii tl ot atppear) since lie was last at the office. The salutary effect oif the dread of" publication sometimes causes justice to be clone in, c-a'se which the law cannot exactly reach. QtrxEIN-SuItYAtE.-Yest erday a genitleman named Brett, residing at Ratnelagli.ilouse, on the bank'of 'the Thames, applied tin the sit-1 ting magistrates, D. NV. (inErooatE andi E. IIIAtKr_%vs-n sqs for a warrant to apprehieind a person undter the VagraintAc' et.r,. Milr. Brett stated thtat a gre-It numnber of perions assembled every moning near his house to bathe in thle river, andi whien they- came ot, th ey ran atbout hisi grounds in a state of nutliry : this was prac.. tised w,iliout regard to any l'enaldes wvho miight be wvithin sighst; and thie nuisance was rendleredt much greater by the lhorridi expresgio-'a wvhilcmthey uttered, and which were plainllyvheard in his llrawing.room.. Alrs. Brett and two of his servants wer'e wailkiag in the gatrden on Suinday, when thiey were grossly annoyed by a numbar of' per-sons conducjting thiemselIVes in this mnanner. M1r. Brett added, that he hiad got the adldress of'onie of'the persons, and hoped that the Magis- trate wouild grant a warrant in order thiat Ilie mighIt, by, punishing one person, deter othiers 1'coin a repetition of ihe offenlice. The Magistrates, on ref'erring to ttime new V'agrant Act, said tlher couldl afiZhrd Mlr. Brett iio redress ; for it dlid not appear [hiat thes'e persons intenthled to expose their persoiis fur the purpose of insulting teinales. They were aware that it was it great nuisance, timid [SeCOIUl mended Mfr. Brett to indict any, one person aCt'the Sslsioris. Mlr. Brett observed, that [lie trouble and expense of' such a pro- ceeding wouild be very great. Alr. AlAStKLAND.-Then, when you find tthem baithing, thirow their clothes into the water, and that will prevent their conmisg, u_ain. Air. B3rett said, that about a fortniight agoa boy was drowadl ,near hlis hiouse, anti on Sutiday,, a boat containing fourteeti persons was upset, andl two of themd rowiied. Alr. 11AUKC.AND.-1f YOU Wait a little longer, they will all be mirownedl, and you will no longer be troutbled with them. However, we are sorry wye cannot assist you.-Mr. Brett then left thie office. An 01(1 fellow,. nearly 71), named Rdward Ste-venmsn, was brought tIP biy tile Mlerdicity Society's officers, charged withi obtaining Mr. odki, th Socetys Seretay, satedtha the1 prisoner had, bee prctiingfrads ponthepubicby leaving peitions at the houss o th noblit an genry t tei,ts-end o1' the town tar m ear pat. Tey ad fequntlyhadoccasion to take hiim into ?in,.m~n,t-, ut nuwiLbrandug tat, he still carried on hiis:old One oh' the offEcers hiere produced about 50 petitions which hail been left withi subiscribers, to tt,m is;.;tay, anti avHislim titme persons, had sent to the Society's office for inqluiry to be made inito the statements containedt therein : inquirie were made, anti in every case the stare. ments were false. Txhe~ prisoner telated in thieni tales of great mir,fortune : at one time hiis horse and cart had horn seized end sold for rent; at another, he was fined 40da. for wheceling i. barrow on the pmavemnent; at a thiirtd, lie was dangerously ill, and all Iiis goods pawned or sold ; indeed, every atrtifice was evidently used to linpuae on charitable persons. On in- q1uiry into these circum-stances, it has been fountd that the pri- soner bore a bad character in his neighbourlhood, anul thiat so [ar from- being in want, lie hadl two horses atid five f'at pigs. Attached to thsepelitions were the names of a great nunmber oh' persons of dlis. I Incto; among whiicli were the following :-ller Royal fHighnes teDchiess of Giscesler, the Duchess of Beauh'ort, Do)wager, Countess of .3tarfritbr, Bluroness Best Lathes C. Bruce Campbell, l'ertlh, Langhiam, Aboyne, Euston, PaIilie, and Die ClIieff'ord ; lion. Misses Fox and Kinnaird ; lion. Mr. Bathurs- ; Airs. General Buller. All rhe above individuals hadt their inames, withi the sutos of money they subscribed. Geore'e Jaekson, one of thie Society's officers, state-d that the pri.. soner left otise of' these petitions withi M1r. But,, a solicitor, in Clia. pci-street, Westmrinster, soliciting precuniary aid. Al r. Butt sent thec lietition to the Society authi knowing the prisoner to be ai n it piostor, witnjess went to Mlr. Butt's house to awvait [ilie pris?ner's arrival. When he came, A-hr. Buitt gave hiniii id., and t wttiewcs's, took hiim into custody. 'rTe Magistrate said he hiad no doubt but the p)tiOOlner had been defraudinig [oa very great extent, and commnitted liiiii to one imuonulfe, h.ard labour, the loingest period allowed by the niew act tor the fiirst UlTNIOceA. -etedvituformatiots wtas received at thsofc of an extensive buirglary and' robbery hav ing been comnmittdi h country house of Thiomas Br'n~rdram, Esq., at Lee, in Keton[i 11th inist., in the absence of t. it gentlenian, who was staynatll towni residence. TIhe roibbers, it appeared, had entec'ed tetimis by climbing over a high wall at tfic rear of the house, and rcee across the bacek yard, bore a hole with a eetitre-bit in the panel of-' the, door suifficienitly, large to admnit three fingersi of a [nan's handi. which was introduced on the occasion for the purrPose of'pulling back tite iiiside bolt ; this was the only fastening to the door. After hiaving gained access to the interior, they a~scended a fligt"It of stairs, and passed through tliree different roonms on the first flour,I before they c-amie to that fromn which. the property wws stoilen. lIn this om,i appears, there was a deslt, wjhici, contained thle undermerntion.ed property :-A tortoise-shiell anuff-box, with a Ro-. miazilAMosaic land scape, anid sqtiare ntarrow chasedI g i:d borther, in a Morocco case; a golti stiuff-box, chiased, fluted on the sides, and mnounted out time top withi a Scoteli stone, set as a Medallion - also,I in a red muorocco case, tawo seenL-boxes, Roman cotmpostsio, Mo-, saic; the one a little dog, the othier taco cupids, an ithe top; a .niuia hot, agoil eal wth rabc itaactrson it, about 301. in Bank of nglhidfltes beide s~neothr rticles. Thiis desk was com- plesly ifld o it cotdmts;and alhouh it was fastened with onie ram, whio attentled at the office, requete tha warat igtb ISstUed for the apprehenxion of an individual agains hmh a very strong simipicions. These isuspicions were also strengthened by Clarke, the officerz Who bad minutely exam-ined the premnises, amid who concurred in this opinion tliat the robbery must have bern commnitted by solne pt-rson or petsons W~ell acquainted with the cx- tertial regutlations of the houste. The butler's pantry, close to which that individuatl slept, although open, iAnti containing all tlie family plate4 appeared not to have been approached by ithe rolybers. TIwd imieni; named Wfildisug and Walceling, belongiiig to a v-ery, desperate gang of housebYreakers, who infest Wialworth andt the stir.. roundixg neighibourhood, -,eee broight before R. J. CicAMRagit, 'Esq., chiarged on stispicion with bredking elpen the hiou8e of Ailr. Croushia, a grocer, in East-lane. Ws.ahwort . Mir. Crousha stated, that he' went to bed on Sunday night soon after 11 o'clock, after having secured the locks and bolts of lila pre- mises. However, ttpon rising the next mnorning, and goingdown, stairs inito his shop. hie saw it in a state of complete disorder ; tile teap-ca- Iiisiers liavig been pulledi down fromn their places, lay on the floor of the shop, entirely emnptied of their contents. Several loaves of sutgar, whidh had been exhibited in the shop windows, were also gone, together with two " dummies" . v. mock sugar-loaves. On further examination, he disteosered that thie 'desk had been broken open, whIch at the time, he'said, fortunately only cofltained three papers of pence and halfpence, made up in brown paper, and tied with cord. It was subsequently ascertained that tie burgltirm entered the house by the first floor window, to which they ascended by meais of a ladder fronm a building close by. Snow, the constable of Newington, stated, that from thie numner- ous robberics andother depredations committed by an organized gang of thieves in time neighbourhood, he rose at three o'clock on Sumnday inorning, and went in search of suspicious characters. In cross. ing a street a short distatice from Mr. Crousha's house, he perceived Wildman, whem lie well knew as a very desperate fellow, with his hat pulled over his face. He went up to him, and asked the cause of his being out so early. Wildman replied, a Oh. hIr. Snow, I have only been 'alushiHg,'atthe Halfway liouse,in the Kent-road, and I am aow going home." "But," said Snow, " what is thatyou have in your poe'ket that bulges so much ?"-"It's only the money I got the night before for a pappy that I sold at Bermondscy." Snow scarched his pockets, and pulled out 0s. worth of penny and half- Ipeny pieces (now produced), atid took the prisonsr to the watch. house. Subsequently, witness heard that a robbery had been con. mitted in the house of Mr. Crousha, who had been robbea of a quantity of niouey tied up in lsper.. Snow added, that he appre. I hended the otber prisoner in conumequce of his having been seen ir |a short time previous to the robbery. lr ra,ht1 on exas og the paper of halfpeiace, identified it a' a part of the propeerty that had been stolen from his shop. Two other feflows, named ThMeUel and Pumrdy, belonging to thi 'WOlhe g?7M,r, svere nr,> * mt ;n t6e act of rezm=DOitring a wiaov ladv s bOIJCC at P'eckham, thc saine night. The finlr priso'ers ivere reirahded, in order to bave the atted. niwe of otlher individuiis wIo 114ve been robbed. Nfftg t