ROBBERIC.—Jewels of nearly GOO/. in value were carried off, on
Mon- day afternoon, from the house of General Grant, 22, Portman Square. The property was safe at two o'clock of the day. No violence was done to any of the locks, except that of the box in which the jewels were kept. BURGLARY.—Tke premises of Machin and Debenham, the auctioneers, of King Street, Covent Garden, were entered early on Sunday morning, and a large spiantitY of plate, jewellery, gold and silver watches, carried off. A young lad belonging to the company sleeps in the salesroom; but he heard no thieves, nor did the police-man on the beat observe any thing extraordinary. Some complaint is made of the gas company's ex- tinguishing their lamps at too early an hour ; which seems to ask investi- gation. They ought not to be extinguished until sunrise, or until at least the twilight is bright enough to see by. MAKING TIIEbISELVES COMFORTABLE.—The dwelling-house of Mr. Britcher, a pastry-cook, in .Tothill Street, Westminster, was robbed on Sunday morning, of a quantity of plate and jewellery, and about 01. in copper money. The thieves drank a bottle of wine, and eat some cold meat and a quantity of pastry ; and then left the house by the street-door.
Summa.—An "unfortunate girl," as those miserables denominate themselves, put a period to her life on Monday night, by swallowing a quantity of arsenic in beer. Every assistance was afforded to her, but, partly from the obstinacy with which she refused relief, and partly from the amount of the dose, it was ineffectual. She swallowed the poison in a public-house in Bow Street, at six in the evening, and died at St. Bartholomew's about twelve. The unhappy girl was not twenty years of age, and had been on the town only a few months.
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