Burglary And Robbery.
The Times, 1824-01-09T00:00:00

A few iights since,. the great cotton.warehouse, No. 22, Btick. lersbury, ear Walbroo6s-was- broken bpen by some Versonsun- known, and robbed ofpro'erty to the value of from W,M00O. to 4,0001. The cir'cmsances attendant on this affair, under its preset cot' plexion, are not a little remarkable, and have excited vey general 'attention. tboutamoith irevious tothexrhbbry, Ima wrhsChb been.ernployed-in the csncern as occasional wreT 4}raXehOlis0. man, had een disbarged for inebriely, negltt oftLfiiitness, antl otbei imptopriedes of conduit; subseqiuent tothie dt?fissal o5' this man, gn anonymoun letter was addressed to. t 0 5irSpfietof4, obscurely hintinig at some plan'bby-wichln3uj1ry;;ss. meditated, eithtr agSainst themselves persana1y -or zgainsfflae estbblish- mnent, 1rrom the unintellgible style of this Ie,*er ,it was ufterly imnpo.ssible to drawv any direct inf'erenceeas.tto .its: immesdiate ii olt, or to- foisrr an fdea wrhat might bS.the pint hichlc the wtstifr bi'stet at in 50 loose a manner.: ' thritened' injury of' some gort was plainly held out; yet 5t I ouli seem, from the man- ner in which the infelligeDce was wmded that t FES given rather in the way of a friendly monition of iai dange, than as an idle or noischievons freak; but still the anohnmous correspondent did nat thihk proper to point at thpre-p e atiack intended heidd not state tifher time, place, or-manner,'nor yet dtdhe venture ts affotl tbe threatened victims of this iniendedmischief#nyrnode nif escape, or any further information whicl might enable them to stiect and frustrate the plot forIb ed against them. Tbis commutfication was, therefore, thrown a5de as unwortby of notice, and forgotten. Some la' i Ortothe robbery there had been a large arrival-ofBri:ift and foreign mrenufactrired goods, whici weme deliveredd i* at the warehouse at Bucklersbury, which completed the stock to iusuanally extebsiWe complement. On tte Saturday night subceouent r6 Christ. mas,all the doors and other entrances were secured in the cu&s=miiy manner, and the entire place and tle property therein wee lft in. a state of apparentlv perfect safc,ty;but on ic londay following 3 of the doors were found ope_n, andi an immense quantity of goods, wbich formed a part of the recent-arrival, was nligsing. The mag_ nitude of the robbery induces us totice the items pzrticularly, as it will Afbrd a more correct idea of thL-bulk of the pltider:-1349 bandeaus end turnovcrs; 280 silk and (b55tO sh3wls and scr&. 43 pices printed calico; 102 pieces book and mull -nuffn* 8plecg Jacconetrmuslin; 50 pieces imitation In4ia muslin (these were packed in a lIrge tin case, similar to an Indfa, 4tttan ble) 24 fRt- ced robes, various patterns. How it ouild be ptNcticableto c. offT sunch an immense quantity of goods, of sather a t. IkY detedption, duringrthe niglic, and in a poptLnks s eighbourhon,wit's1t~thecto;3t zance and concurrence of the sunoundietg watchmen,weaY litter y at a 1o55 tO imagine. The only liht that has been throwvion thU;$tranfe affair,asyetnis by theinformsation of a watchman who statc5th5tXU3C Sunday mnorning, when the robbery is sup oscA to h&ve ta;n pf^Ce, between- the hourc or 12 and I o'dock, hte raw a had iey..;aC standing at the corner of Backiersbury, nearest ii Walhrok; ti;e coachmani and the Wl'albrook watchman werc. then in conYterion, and ultimately went off to drink at an adjoihing public.house, in the company of a woirman who treated them. The proptrty wasnmissed onthe following morning; and it itberefore-asumed, thtwa?c. nman was lcred from his beat by this stratagem while the goodxwere beihgremovedtothecoacb. Aftera lapseofninedays,thepraprietor.s comne- forward with a public announcement of the robbery,-and offier a reward (501.) for the apprehension and conviction of the part,cs concerned. It would seem t'rom the wording of their bill thlia they had studioulxy avoided a disclosute oe their own names, no mentun being made elther of the-persons robbed or of the person by whlm this reward will be paid; but a reference iY matde merely " at the premises." Those gentlemen have, we doubt not, a very sufficient reason for this air of secrecv, thougb we canfiot-pretend to divine it. In regard to the anonywiouletter, out information is meily oral; we do not tierelore pledge oarselves for its-accuracy.. Tbeyrttis.in the authority, of the printed bills placarded iT the public offices. The whole affair is as yet involved i much. mytery ; BUJRGLARY AND. ROBBBRY.