Star. — 1830-10-22 (London, England)

MARLIOROUOH.STREET.--ATTEXPTED ROBBERY AT CHESTERFIELD HoUSIL--YeSterthiy two well-dressed young fellows, who gave their names, John Watkins and James Jordan, were brought from the police station of this district before F. A. Roe, Esq. the sit. ting Magistrate, on the following charge.  John Bishop, who had been an old soldier in the army, stated that he is employed by the Earl of Chesterfield as a private watchman to look about his Lordship's 'ptemises and gardens at Chesterfield House, Mayfair. Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday night, he though the heard a alight noire, and saw two heads raised above* bush in the garden ; he called out, and " challenged" the bush-rangers, but he received no answer ; he again on them to know whn they were, and what their business there was, and was proceeding to approach the bush behind which the enemy was concealed, when the latter rushed in upon him, and both men having closed with him, got him down. A desperate struggle now ensued between himself and the two men, the latter endeavouring to grapple him by the throat and cover his mouth ; and in their efforts to accomplish this they tore his cheeks and face severely wish their nails t however, be succeeded in calling out " Murder ! and the villains quitted him and got over the garden wall, but leaving behind them a dark lantern and some house. breaking implements, together with a hat and pair of shoes belonging to one of them.  Mr. Murray, a lic.enced victualler, residing almost opposite to the Earl of Chesterfield's gardens, said, that between twelve and one o'clock on the night mentioned, he was up stairs going to bed, and partly undressed, when he suddenly heard a cry of " Murder !" as if from the direction of Lord Chesterfield's gardens, and tinging up his window. sash, he saw two men, one of them without a hat, clambering over the wall from the gardens, and still heard the cry of " Murder" continued inside: he instantly ran down stairs, undressed as he was, and got into the street just time enough to seize the prisoner Watkins, who was running towards his house from the direction of the garden wall, and without a hat ; and after a severe struggle, in which the prisoner made great efforts to escape, he secured him until several police con. stables came up, who arrived promptly on the spot and took charge of him. Witness had not the least doubt but the man be secured was one of those he had previously seen from his window, climbing over the  A police constable, belonging to the division, letter C, heard a call of murder from the gardens, and ran instantly towards the direction from which it seemed to come; and as he approached the garden wall, he saw two men jump from it, and one of them, who was without a hat, ran towards Mr. Murray's house, and the other in the direction that he, the witness, was coming. Witness immediately grappled with the man who approached him, and speedily secured him, and that man was the prisoner Jordan ; the other prisoner, who was without a hat, Mr. blur. ray and some constables afterwards brought up in custody. Bishop, the watchman, said that Watkins, the prisoner, when taken in the street, was not only without a hat, but was also without shoes, and the hat and shoes found in the gardens exactly fitted him.  The police constable said that on searching the prisoner Watkins, several pieces of candle and a phosphorous box were found in his pockeL The prisoners, on being questioned by the Magistrate, denied that they were the persons who were seen to get over the gsrden-wall, or that they had any knowledge of each other, but both of them refused to give any, further account of themselves. The prisoners were then remanded until Thursday next.