The Forest of Dean Examiner : — 1875-09-03 (Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England)

SCHEME TO STEAL TEE JEWELS AT WINDSOR CASTLE.  The south-eastern division of the Bucks police, are it present investigating a very extraordinary matter. &bout the 9th of this month, in order to permit some building operations upon the promises of Mr. Goodman, the boat-builder, near Windsor bridge, the waters of the Thames were drawn off, lowering the river by several feet. While the stream was thus lower than usual a man who was walking near a back cut adjacent to Cuckoo weir, which is about half-a-mile from Windsor bridge, and on the Bucks side of the river, observed a piece of string fasten to the lower branoh of abush ' overhanging the water course. His curiosity was excited, and seeing something attached to the string he pulled it up, and found that it was a gentleman's japanned dressing-caso. Turning the small key he opened the ease, and found it contained a large number of keys and other things. He at ono, placed the case in the hands of the police, and Mr. Superintendent Dunham, upon examining its contents, found that in all there were 23 keys, the larger ones having been fastened on a bunch at the top of the ease. Upon one side of the flat smooth surface of the handle of two of he medium-sized keys are the words "Equerries Stables. 100 Steps," and on the other side the word "Porter." The 23 keys vary in size from such as would open gates!, poster., and room doors, to mall ones lilting the jewel cases in the Royal apartments ef the Castle. Besides this extraordinary collection of keys there were on the easee pieces of wax bearing impressions of he key wards, two bottles of gold liquid for smearing the keys in order to ascertain the shape of the locks, a box of vest., and two large canvas money bags, stroh as are used by beakers. One apparently from the marks had contained gold, and the other silver. It Is the belief of the police authorities that the dressingrase and its contents were intended to aid some person or persons in effecting an entrance from the 'Hundred Steps" to the private apartments of the palace occupied by her Majesty and the Royal family, and to sweep off the pricelese jewellery. Whoever designed this daring scheme has Is,n frustrated in a most sinwular way. Those who placed the ease and keys on the stream, till some dark night a favourable opportunity might arise for the grand Orntp, fastened the string to a branch of the bash, whieh, when the waters of the Thames are at their ordinary summer level, was about a foot below the surface of the little stream, and thus well concealed. They had not calculated upon the sudden drawing off of the water—an unusual circumstance- -which revealed the hiding place of the dupli• eats keys.  Royal  Mr. J. F. Dickson, of the Ceylon Civil Service, has in the press, for the "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society,' an edition of the" PAtimokkha," or Confession Service of the Buddhist priests. Mr. Dickson is the first European who was ever present at one of these services, and in his preface he gives a full amount of the proceedings. SUICIPP Or A Forions.—The Glitegrow polies have received a telegram stating that Benjamin Potter, who was apprehended at Jersey on a charge of forgery, has committed suicide in one of the cells of the gaol. His forgeries are said to amount to XlO,