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Leader (1850-1860), 11th January 1851, Edition Town of 1, Page 32, Untitled Article

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      la « t week . Their names are Morgan , Hdlyer , Carter , Hamilton , and John and JameB Smith . The prisoners , who are described as mostly of ferocious and repulsive aspect , were brought up for examination at Tunbridge-Wells , on Monday , but were remanded till Saturday ( this day ) . The butler immediately recognized Morgan as the man who knocked him down with the butt-end of the horse pistol , and Carter as the one who kept guard over him while the other burglars ransacked the house . The latter was also recognized as having worked at Uckfield some time since in the emploj-ment of a tradesman .

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      Much alarm and excitement has been created among the nobility and gentry resident in the vicinity of Kensington from the numerous and extensive robberies committed there of late . The premises , 28 , Lower Phillimore-place , Kensington , have been entered , and silver plate , value £ 100 , a large quantity of jewellery of the most costly description , gold watches , and about £ 17 in money carried off . The house No . 1 , Scarsdale-place , was also entered , and a large quantity of valuable jewellery abstracted ; and , notwithstanding the exertions of the police , no clue has been obtained as to the

      perpetrators . A man named Henry Harwood was caught in the house of a lady named Charratt , residing at No . 24 , Soho-square , on Saturday morning , about two o ' clock . The lady , who was an invalid and very timid , had requested the coachman to sleep in the middle drawingroom , where a considerable quantity of plate was usually kept . About two o ' clock that morning he was awakened by a noise , and on looking out he saw the front drawing , room door , which usually stood open , pulled to . Being surprised at this he sat up in bed , and in a minute or two afterwards he saw the door leading to the landing

      opened by a strange man . He got out of bed and seized the intruder . A struggle ensued , and the man made his way to the window in the front drawing-room and jumped out on the portico . The coachman followed and seized the man again , calling loudly for the police . The man got from his grasp and tumbled off the portico head foremost on the pavement . The police constable , who had been attracted by the noise , then came up just in time to secure the burglar . The coachman had his shirt torn to pieces in the struggle . Harwood was brought before the magistrate , at Marlboroughstreet Policeoffice , on Saturday , and fully committed for trial .

      Two men , armed with pistols and crowbars , broke mto the house of Mr . Thos . Sheldon , at Wyaston , Derby , on Sunday night . They were resisted , and used their firearms at the inmates , whom they treated with much violence . They shot a pointer dog and stole £ 3 10 s . and a silver watch . The same men , it is supposed , went to Mr . William Dakins , at Shirley , whose house they also burglariously entered , discharging their pistols off repeatedly to the great terror of the family , who took refuge in one of the upper apartments . The fellows remained some time on the premises , consuming cake and wine . They were , however , disappointed in their search for money , only succeeding in getting hold of about , 30 s . After leaving the house they broke into the stable , and took a valuable horse , which the fellows , who are described as of gentlemanly appearance , mounted and rode oft .

      During the night of Wednesday week , the mansionhouseof the Honourable Itobcrt Curzon , at Hagley , near Huge-ley , was entered by burglars , and a quantity of plate stolen . The shop of Messrs . Clark and Morris , silversmiths , Church-street , Liverpool , was broken into between Saturday night and Monday morning . The burglars broke their way into the premises through the wall of an adjoining cellar . It is estimated that gold watches and of £ 600 stolenand diamond

      chains to the value were , brooches valued at £ 300 . Besides these , a variety of studs , bracelets , brooches , and other articles were carried off . Altogether , the loss is estimated by the firm at £ 1800 . The thieves appear to have been disturbed , for they left behind a case of valuable diamond rings , and several other articles , small iii bulk , which were conspicuously placed . Their object appears to have been to take only those things which were portable , and might be readily concealed about the person .

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      A DKN OF THIEVES . Some timo since a lad was apprehended on suspicion of stealing Home bread , and when he returned home to his parents , from interrogations put to him by his mother , it turned out that he had become connected with a gang , numbering about twenty or twenty-two , known to each other as " The Twenty Thieves , " who obtained a living by prowling about the New cut , VVatorloo-road , and the terminus of the railway , and stealing whatever they could lay their handa upon . On one ooeatuon they had cooked u leg of mutton in their cave , which wan under one of the arches of the railway , and so dWlinult to

      get to get . to it that they were forced to oruwl through a small hole in the brickwork . When once thi ; re , they were perfectly free from observntion ; and , from the precautions bin compunioiiH had taken , it was InripoKHlble that their hiding-place could ev < r bo found out . Indeed , ho could not find it himself unless he wero tiiken to it by nome of the- others . The mother , on finding the wort of company her child hud fallen into , immediately repaired to the Tower-Htreet police-station , and inlormed the inspector of what her . ion had i Haled to her . That oflloer immediately gave ordern for n search to be made , with a view of ascertaining whether thoro whh any truth in the lad ' s Mtfitmneiit , mid , if there win , to adopt nieasuiOH to apprehend hh many of the gang as might be found .

      Accordingly , abuit . two o ' olook on Hunday morning , two police otlicers act out on their voyn «« of discovery . They examined nil tliu arches in ( iranbyntroet , but without finding uny trace of either iho thieve * or their nave About half-pant threw , o ' clock , however , whilst examining the archcH nearest the vacant piece of ground in

      the York-road , they perceived the marks of footsteps , which appeared to lead to a small hole , more like what would be occasioned by the water draining than the entrance to any sort of habitation . On looking through this aperture they discovered five ragged boys , some of whom had pipes in their mouths smoking , while others were talking and laughing , and all seemed as if they were perfectly secure from discovery in their hiding-pUce . The moment one of the officers threw the light of his bull ' s-eye upon the group they all started upon their feet , but the arch being enclosed on all sides they had no opportunity of escape , and were secured without difficulty , and removed to the police-station . The cave , which had a portable fire-place in it , was most ingeniously fitted up , having a cooking apparatus and nearlv everything necessary for domestic use . A place

      to keep the victuals in was sunk in the ground ana secured from dirt by a lid similar to the iron prating over the area coal vaults usual in public streets . By fastening boards and canvass up to the cave they succeeded in keeping out the weather , whilst a quantity of straw served the gang for a bed . How it was possible for any one to live in the place seems incredible , for neither of the officers were able to stand upright nv the cave , and to enter it they were obliged to force their way backwards , the opening being too small to admit of their going in in the regular way . The ages of the parties did not exceed fifteen or sixteen years . They were all brought up for examination at Southwark Police-office , on Monday , when it appeared that they were well known the outn

      to the police . Bent , the detective ofheer of » - Western Railway , said that a number of their companions were convicted some time ago for a similar offence , and that it cost the company £ 75 to repair the arch which they damaged by taking up their quarters in it . Thej were all committed to prison , one of them for six weeks , another for four weeks , and the other three for three weeks .

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      A ( iANO OK COIN HUH . The shopkeepers of Glungow have lately been much annoyed by the immense number of bube penny-pieces t . hnt have got into circulation . The usurious coins , which arc formed of a composition of brant ) , lend , and a smull portion of copper , are no well executed that , but for the weight , and a nlight tinge of hraHuiiiCHH about them , they tire exceedingly difllcult to detect . It was Htrongly Huspcctttd that an extensive manufacture of them wan carried on Homew ' herej about ( jlungow , but , up till hint Sitturduy , the poliee were foiled in all their

      at-U'liiptti to discover the locality . On Saturday afternoon u policemun observed two boyf * in King-Hired , Calton , who Mceined very anxiouH to hIiuii observation . He remarked also th ; it one of them carried Nuincthing in a handkerchief , which he endeavoured to conceal . When they saw thnt ho wan following them they ran off , flinging down the humikerohicf , which wan found to contain a quantity of apm ioun ooin . One of the boys wnn approhoiided , and the , other wan traced to tho very huuuc where the ooineru wore at work . On tho police dmnunding admittance , tho parties inoido uajd they would be thu death of any one who would daro to enter . After trying

      in vain to persuade them to open the door , th » 'jpoiice broke it open , but found the inmates fully prepared tot them , one with an axe , another with a heavy hammer , and a third with a poker ; and the females of the party , of whom there were two . also wielding deadl y weapons . No sooner had one of the constables entered the apart , ment than a stroke was aimed at him with the axe , which took partial effect on his forehead , and might have inflicted mortal injury , but that the descending blow was to some extent intercepted by a second officer , who observed the danger in time . Another of the police wa « also struck with the hammer ; and the resistance might have been effectual , had not the constables , drawing their trim t&at

      heavy batons , used them sucn vigour the coiners were soon overpowered , though not before several of them had been severel y punished . On the house being searched , there was found a considerable number of spurious penny-pieces , apparently fresh out of the mould ; but the gang had improved the brief interval during which the police were kept outside , by destroying , as well as they could , the mould , flies , and metal employed in the nefarious process . Enough , however , remains , irrespective of the coin * themselves , to prove clearly the nature of the operation in which the inmate * had been engaged when discovered . The whole of the prisoners implicated belong to Belfast , from which , not many weeks since , one of the females arrived .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The Queen and Prince Albert have taken their customary early morning walks this week , and the Royal children have taken walking and pony exetefce in the slopes and Windsor-park , but no event of extraordinary importance has been chronicled by the Court Circular . The royal dinner party at the Castle on Tuesday evening included the DucbesB of Kent , the Puke of Cambridge , the Duchess of Sutherland , and Lady C . Leveson Gower , Lord and Lady John Russell , Lady Fanny Howard , Baroness de Speth , the Right Honourable the Speaker and Mrs . Shaw Lefevre , and Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey . The Waterford Mail says it is informed that her Majesty will visit the Lakes of Killarney about the month of June next . We suspect this to be a mere pleasing suggestion of a possibility , rather than a report founded on fact .

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      On Wednesday next Lord John Russell gives the first Cabinet dinner this season at his residence in Cheshamplace . | Although upwards of three weeks has to elapse before the assembling of Parliament , the Ministerial leader in the House of Lords has , thus early , forwarded his circular , earnestly requesting the attendance , at the opening of the session , of the Irish Peers who support the policy of the present Government . The hopes recently entertained of the Duke of Newcastle ' s recovery have been suddenly changed into the most serious apprehensions for his safety . The latest account represents him in the most precarious state , and , in all human probability , incapable of surviving many days . The family surgeon gives no hopes whatever of the noble duke ' s recovery .

      Lord Dunraven , who has represented the county of Glamorgan in Parliament for the last thirteen years , has addressed the electors , announcing that he has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds . He had made up his mind to retire some time ago , but deferred making his intention public , " in order to spare all parties the annoyance of a long-protracted canvass . " The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress have taken up their residence at the Mansion-house . His lordship commenced the new year by receiving a family P arty at dinner on New Year ' s Day , and has issued cards of invitation for a dinner to be given to the Aldermen and their ladies on the 31 st of January , and for an evening party on the same day . The usual household dinner will be held , according to ancient custom , on Plough Monday , and his lordship will entertain the directors of the Monarch Assurance Office , of which his lordship is chairman , on Tuesday , the 2 lst instant .

      Intelligence was received at Birmingham , on Thursday afternoon , that an accident of a very alarming character had occurred to Sir llobert Peel . It seems that the honourable- . baronet was out hunting on Wednesday in the neighbourhood of Faaeley ; the horse stumbled , threw his rider , and fell on him in such a way as to seriously injure Sir Robert '* head . He was taken up HenselesH , and on Thursday morning waa in a very precarious state . Mr . George Drummond , tho banker , of Charing-crosn , attended divine sorvice on Sunday at Belgrave Chapel , and received tho sacrament , apparently in good health . Immediately on his return home , ho was seized with sudden illness , and died before medioal attendance could be procured . 1 'Yom a post-mortem examination of tho body it appears that he died of dincane of the heart .

      The Queen has granted pensions on the Civil List of £ 100 r .-year to Mrs . Uelzoni , the aged widow of the celebrated traveller , and to Mr . Poole , the author of I ' anl l ' ry , and of tu-vcrul contributions to periodical literature . The lutter i » , we regret to hear , u great sufferer from bodily infirmities . M . Koyer denied that he ha * taken Gore bonne ( iho residence , of the lute Lady IJlesninKton ) " in anticipation of making an hotel of the house , and opening the grounds in tho stylo of Cromorne . " It is true , novertheless , that ho linn taken the prcmucti , for he dates hid letter from " Gore Houho , " and says it will he my duty to devote this fHtahliNiimrnt entirely for the display of the guntionoinio art , where I am now making preparations to accommodate thousands of person * daily at my " Symposium of all NiitinnH . "

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      AooouutB from Madrid of the 3 rd instant state that the Duko of Valencia , accompanied by all his colleague * ,

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      MAKING TROUSERS AT THREEPENCE A PAIR . Two poor needlewomen applied to Mr . Yardley , at the Thames-street Police-office , on Monday , under the following circumstances : —One of them named Williams stated that on Monday week she took home some trousers which she had made up for an outfitter in the Commercial-road . The shopman complained of the manner in which they were done , and said she must take them back . Shortly afterwards he however said they would do , and asked her if she could make unbound trousers at 3 d . a pair , to which she replied , " Oh , no , that would be starvation , " on which he again said the trousers she had broxight would not do . She asked him to pay her the Is . 4 d ., and

      offered to alter them . He then , after conversing with another young man in the shop , gave her a ticket , which she thought was for the money , and 6 he accordingly handed it to the pay clerk , who said , " Why , your money is stopped for not doing your work properly . " She called again on Tuesday and asked for the money for making the trousers , but the man told her she must stand back . When the other people left she again civilly asked for her money , when she was told to wait , which she did until two o ' clock , and was then informed that it was too late , and she must come again on Thursday , as her work had been given out to alter . She said that she could not waste her time by calling on Thursday , and not having received her money , she wished to know from the

      magistrate what course she should pursue . Mr . Yardley observed that there were more than sufficient complaints made respecting that firm , and directed M'Cready , a summoning officer , to look to the matter . The next case was that of a woman , who stated that on Saturday week she received four coats to make up , which were to be returned to , the same outfitters on the ensuing Tuesday . When returned it was found that one of them was of a different pattern to the others , whereupon the outfitter told her that she must take it to pieces . She replied , that if taken to pieces It would be quite unsaleable ; but , if permitted , she would work the price out , and

      al | ow it to be stopped weekly , and in tho interim endeavour to sell it herself . He told her that if she came next day he would see what was to be done . She did so , when he put a ticket on the coat , and on her asking for more work that she might pay for it , he refused to comply unless ahe brought him 7 » - 6 ' Mr . Yardloy directed M'Cready to enquire into . this case also . On Tuesday M'Cready reported that the firm would neither give him the articles nor pay the money , alleging that the work was not properly executed . Mr . Yardley regretted that he could not render tho poor applicants any further assistance than ordering them 5 s . each to prosecute thoir claimu at the County Court .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 11, 1851, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1865/page/8/