The Sun.
London, England, 1807-11-16 00:00:00

• POLICE:

MAIti.,A(MoUGII:6III,ECT.—..irii!LIM 'Hanson, ap..
Prenke to. Mesrs: Nlayar' and Co: Silk-mercers and
Drapers, Mortimer-street,• was chargd- With rob-•
biug his masters of divers articles of silk, cotton,
aticl.a person of the-natne ofSmit4, *with receiving
the same; knowing them to be stolen.

it appeared, that; for (beset; or S Months back,AMr..
Mayor ,has missed whole 'pieces of calico,' cottons,
and Silks, and never- could find out what became of
them. The depredatitins gill etintinuing to a. very
alarMing extent, it resolved that all the partners;
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shop-ten, and apprentices, should be brought to
this Otliee, and interrogated. Han Son having more
money always than was thought necessary, suspi-
elan tell on him ; and being charged With it,: he.
confessed the theft, and. that he geld the goods to
Smith; and also another piece to One Aberdeen, a
broker, who Is in custody, but not 'in a situation to
be examined. in consequence of his 'confession, a
search-warrant was obtained, and the Prisoner's
(Sinith's) shop was searched, and several rolls of
brown holland) calicos, and sarsenets, were found,
which Mr. Mayor add another of the partners, and
also a foreman in their employment, identified.' The
-sarsenets and calicos were cut into pieces of a yard
each, the better to prevent detedion.'
Smith, in his detente, denied his having any
knoWledge of Hanson, and suppdsed him to be a
shopkeeper from his dress, -as he often bought rem-
nants from masters.

'Mete was a Piece of cotton of a. very fine qua,
which. was - solely for the use ot. his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, which Hanson eon-
lessdd having ,told. "to Smith, lint Which the other
denied:

Hanson stated, that he used to cut the articles hi
pieces, as they were prodn4cLl, before he Miele('
them for sale, he always received for the articles
upon an average a shilling a yard, and he supposed
that he has received to the amount of 401. from
Smith, which Mr, Mayor computed to be from 1.501.
to 2001. loss to the firm, as Hanson .confessed 'he
had been >carrying on his depredationS -ter. the
space of three-quarters of a, year,. and that Smith
must have known he ,was an apprentice, ad'he in-'
formed him from whence he came.

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A Solicitor attended on the pant of Santlf, 'and
offered to put in ; but the worthy Magistrate;
Mr. hiams,ideclared lie could not admit him to
bail, as he conceived the charge was proved against
bitn.

The Prisoners were remanded for a second esatul-
nation.
Sarah Srnitl was dined by's Mrs. Hinckstott,
of Carnaby.street, with..stealing:several artickci4 of
wearing .apparel, her •property, and a gold brooch,
set with pearls. It appeared that Smith li've'd With
Mrs. Hinckston as a servant, and without giving
her mistresknetice, had sent her ,box away, po3
intended to have left her. On Friday
things wereintssed,—and the Prisoner was searched.
In her pocket , was found a child's gown. Mrs.
Hinch ton beintinfornied where the Prisoner's box.
was, \procured a, constable,.and had it searched,
when the articles prodoced were found in it, which
Mrs. Elitick.ston identified.
Tlit: Prisoner was committed for'trial.
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Mts. RoatatTs.---This Lady, whose name is fami-
liar to thy; Public, by -the examination of 4', W. Ro-;
berts, who was charged at this ()ince' with .conspir
ing with'her and S►'own, to defraud trades-people of
their property, was broitght up and adthitted to bail,
She was accompanied by her wet-nurse, with an
iafanrai her breast.

Thomas Houseman, a boy only fifteen years of
age, has beets committed to Lincoln Gaol, charged
,1))1 the. Coroner's Inquest, on view of ti,e
Threadgold, then lying dead at Grantliani,
with feloniously.killing him on the sth of November
inst. A qtnerrel amongst the boys at Gntothatn nn
'that evening, about their bonfires; led to,.,the unt'or-
tunate atftir. Threadgold having struck the Prisoner
with a stick over the`hand, the Prisoner immediately
threW a halt brief, at him, which hitting him on. the
tetnple, occasioned his death: . ,
Utoisum. FAta. or SNOW.—The storm which
caused Such damage along the 'coast, Tnesday-and
Wednesday, has been most severely felt in Cheshire,
NorAt Wales, Perbyshire, Lancashire,: and other
northern e:otanties.' The storms Of, snow which.ac-
companied the hurricane' were incessant, both day
night;and and in warneraus places, on ThOrsday,
lay on the ground to the depth of four feet,. a cir
CLIMiIatICC very- uncommon at this early, period.
The Carlisle Mail was obliged to have additional
horses:; and, 'notwithstanding, , Was. nearly an hour
'more than its appointed tame, in going' from Chor-
lett to Bolton ; and the post. Macclesfield to
• •
Button did not arrive in time for the letters to be
forwarded to Carlisle.. The Chester Mail of Tiles-,
clay night, our reaching St. Asaph, was obliged to
• take SIX horses'. to go up Rhualt Hill, where the snow • ,
was so deep as to by even with the ' horses' chests,,
and the couch .was three hours in getting half way
up. There were four passengers inside, and it being.
found impossible to proceed,. they were , obliged 'to
procure some addittonal horses tram a farm-house
•;6 -draw the coach back to St.
,Asaph. Between
Ashbourn and, Macclesfield the. snow was nearly.
three feet deep. The: hurricane was so violent on
Tuesday night that the Manehester Mail was several
times nearly overturned,. and was obliged to haVe
six horses all the' way. Froth Braxton to Maceles»
field the rider WO obliged to proceed through snow
tip to the horses' girths. The York-igail,-whieh
reached Manchester at halt 'past two on Wodnes-,
chiy.: had been obstru6tcd three tortes by waggons'
• Windt. had ,been overturned in the road. • -