ROBBERY AT THE DUKE Or ST. ALBANS'.—Three men, named Oaks,
Plummer, and Kilsby, were charged at Union Hall on Thursday, the two first as principals, and the last as accessory, in a burglary committed at the Duke of St. Albans'. The robbery took place on the 13th at his Grace's Villa at Highgate: the parties broke into the house by the conservatory ; they carried off a French clock, value forty guineas, and two cut crystal vases, valued at six guineas each. The articles were found in possession of a pawnbroker at Brentford on 'Wednesday; they had been pledged for 61. by Kilsby, who is a man of some property, and a general dealer. He im- mediately stated that he had bought them of Oaks on the recommendation Of Plummer, to whom he had given thirty shillings for informing him of the bargain ; he had given, 51, for the let. Ile Subsequently pointed out Plummer and Oaks, who passed by the name of Langston, to the officer. Plummer declared he had acted only as agent, and Oaks told the old story of the property having been left with him by a young man. It is always a young man in such cases. The parties were remanded. When Kilsby was informed of the Magistrate's intention to remand him, he be- trayed such symptoms of extreme agitation, that he was ordered to be stripped of any weapons of offence he might have about him, and to be watched. His story was confirmed by the men who were charged along with him.
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