The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-12-29 00:00:00

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Op flat' twday eight week a room used as a warehouse at the fee.
torrof Messrs. Thackeray and Russell, eotton.spinners, Pollard-
Meet, MandiesteT, was broken open by means of a crow-her, and
about 180Itss. of reeled twist, chiefly I ifrs and 120's, stolen theteout.
On the Wednesday following, a person named Hawkshead, who
pecifesaes to be a commission agent, offered a sample of yarn to a
man named Miller, in the same line, and asked if he could get n
customer for it, and, through Miller and another young man named
Pickering, the yarn was eventually offered as 74's, to Mr. Kay, of
Watling-etreet, at 2s. lid. per lb. Mr. Kay asked to Intik at a
sample bundle, when instead of being 74's, he found it to be
double 110's, and worth about es. a lb. instead of 2s. Od. Ile very
properly gave information of the circumstance at the police-office,
where intelligence of the robbery had previously been received ; in
consemienee of which Hawkshead was apprehended on Thursday
evening, and the greater part of the yarn was seized at Messrs. Shaw
and Driver's, makers-up, Back King•etreet, where it hid been
sent to be tied up in paper. The account which Hawkshead gave
of it was, that it had been intrusted to him to dispose of by a per.
son named 11'ray, who was a licensed hawker, and who said he had
shout three hundred bundles more, which he expected to
arrive shortly. flawkshead was lodged in the New Bailey, and
brought up for examination on Friday, but remanded for further
evidence until the following day, when he was again put to
the bar ; but the Magistrate thinking that there was not sum.
cient evidence to show that he knew the yarn to be stolen, or-
dered him to be discharged. He had scarcely gone from the
bar when a man was put up 011 a charge of having been found
concealed in a cellar, on Vie premises of Messrs. ILockett and
Leaks, St. Mary's Date, under circumstances which we shall by
and by describe. This man no sooner made his appearance than
some of the witnesses who had attended on the charge against Haw It
head, and who had staid in Court after his discharge, went to Mr.
Lavender, and informed him that the prisoner at the bar was the
very man from whom Haul:ahead said he received the yarn, and
whom they had seen in company with hint several time^. Hawks.
head was therefore immediately sent for agaio, and directly identi.
lied the man as William Wray, who had employed him to sell the
yarn. Wray was consequently remanded until Monday, when he
was brought up, and being satisfactorily identified by the makers.
up, whom he had employed to paper up the bundles of yarn, be
was committed for trial at the Sessions, for the robbery.
The following are the circumstances under which he was appre.
heeded in Messrs. Lockett and Leake's cellar :—A short time ago,
those gentlemen had in their employ. a porter named ltPtiinnie,
whom they discharged on some suspicion of dishonesty. On Fri.
day evening, about half-past eight o'clock, Mr. Leake's maid see-
vent went down into the cellar to draw some beer, and on her re-
turn, left the door, which is close to the passage leading from the
street, standing open. In a few minutes afterwards she returned,
and was a good deal surprised to see a man going into the cellar,
but who, on seeing her, turned about and made off. She imme.
diately went to one of the young men in the shop, and asked him
if any one had come through the shop for any purpose. The young
man replied in the negative ; on which she informed him of what
she had seen. The young mats then went to the cellar dour, and
there found the discharged porter M•Oinnis, who appeared to be
coming from the cellar. The young man asked him what he wanted,
and 111•DIntils repli,d, that he came with the intention of seeing
Mr. Lockett, and begging to be reinstated in his situation. The'
young man ordered him to be off about his business ; on which the
other departed rather hastily. The sen ant who had discovered the
nien, however, not feeling quite satisfied, proposed that the
cellars should be searched ; and she and another servant went
down at airs for that purpose. After looking about for a shoe:
time, they found lying concealed behind some packing boxes a
man, who, on seeing that they had discovered him, started up.
and endeavoured to rush past them up stairs ; but they called
out to the young man in the shop, who immediately turned the
key in the cellar door, and shut them all up together. Some watch-
men who were passing at the time were then called in. and the
man was secured without resistance. On making further search
in the cellar, an instantaneous light-box, and • small pointed saw,
adapted for• cutting panels nut of doors, were found, which no
doubt the prisoner had dropped, when aware that he was disco.
vered. From this circumstance, no doubt can exist that a plan wee
laid to rob Messrs. Lockett and Leake's shop and warehouse.
The discharged porter, knowing the situation of the premise', and
the habits of the family, had wetched for an opportunity of intro-
ducing his confederates into the cellar ; and if. they had not forte-
nately been discovered by the servant, they would in all probability
have obtained VI extremely valuable booty. We are sorry to state
that APOinnis has hitherto eluded pursuit.—Afancheatcr Alcichry.

A burglary was committed or. Monday night in the
dwelling.houre of E. A. Floffay, Esq., of No. 17, Smith.street.
Chelsea. It appeared that the family were all oat. and during
their temporary absence, the robbers obtained admission from the
street door by the means of picklock keys ; they then ransacked the
entire of the apartments of every valuable article, consisting or sil-
ver table. dessert, and tea peons, a &racy ditto, sugar lungs. a
silver mug. trinkets. &c. The depredators also carried off a
dozen silk handkerchiefs, alt marked with Mr. Hefty's initials,
3n d a purse containing about 31. in gold, silver. &c. Ancriber
burglary was also conunittetl in the house of Mr. Lithe, Cole Cot-
tage, Fulham. where the robbers succeeded in entering the pre-
mises, aad stole gold awl silver, besides other articles of property.
to the amount of about 701. and escaped with their plunder.