The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-02 00:00:00

UNION-HALL.

Thomas Smith was charged with robbing Mr. E,,st,
the architect in Corporation-row, Clerkenwell, of money
to 'a great amount. The facts or the case are shortly
these :—A few months back the prosecutor was thrown
from his horse, and the injuries he received caused his
life to be despaired of for some time. The prisoner
was his confidential clerk, but he took advantage of his
master's illness, and so grossly misconducted himself
that Mr. East discharged him on his recovery. Since
then he has bean going round to the tenants of Mr.
East, from whom he has received rent as the agent of
the prosecutor. This coming to the knowledge of the
prosecutor, he consulted with Inspector Penny, of the
G division, who, after great exertion, traced the pri-
soner, and apprehended him in bed in the middle of
the night. He was remanded, as it is impossible for
Mr. East for the present to ascertain the extent of
his loss.

HATTON-GARDEN.
'Jolla Mason was brought before Mr. Maltby, charged
with breaking into the premises of two iron-merchants
and brass-founders in the vicinity of Bankside, South-
wark, and stealing a variety of property. •
On the preceding night a private watchman on duty
at Bankside, on passing the premises of Messrs. Winter
and Rich, the engineers, heard a noise within resem-
bling hammering. Having listened for some time, he
suspected that thieves were breaking open the desks, and
.he accordingly made an alarm, and the policemen hav-
ingcome 11P, they got into the yard arid discovered the
prponer concealed in a truck. On examining the pre-
mises, they discovered that the counting-house door had
been broken open, and the desks forced, from which
several articles were, taken, and amongst them a pecu-
liarly constructed lance. An attempt had been likewise
made to bread open an iron chest, and no doubt it would
have been accomplished had not the discovery taken
place at the time it did. When the prisoner was sub-
secluelltly searched the lance alluded to was found is his
possession, and other property obtained from the count-
ing-house, tog-ether with a box of phosphorus matcher,
skeleton keys, &c.
. &c., forced open, and completely Mr. Benbow, an engineer, residing in the Bear-gar-
dens, Bankside, stated that on Sunday night last his
counting-house was broken into, and the desks, cup-
boards,vvh:ch he usually wore himself ransacked of
their contents. In the list of articles stolen were a
.brass mortar, a case of mathematical instruments, an
ivory tablet, a bunch of keys and a pair of gloves,
bur.glary was committed Mr.. Benbow received the fol.
.extraordinary .etter which, he had no doubt,
was written by the person 'who committed the robbery.
It ran thus : A few days after thei

" Sir, I am very
much obli,ed to you for the little
breaking assistance, which the breaking eP"
Herbert, on 'Power-hill, }'our counting
house afforded tie on Sunday night last. The bomb or
mortar, which I took on that occasion, I sold to Mr.
Bs., on the Monday following. lam sorry for the un-
necessary dantage done to your premises in the course of
my attempt to rob yon, hut'l could not find any money
more successful. I left the
during
my search, and I did not like to forca or bred.:
for the abominably low sum of
open the sates. lam sorry. after all that I Wil3 LIGt
private
watchman at your
private door asleep while I. went and broke into your
caunting-house."

Mr. Benbow stated that en the receipt of the above
epistle, he went to Mr. Herbnt, on Tower-hill, and and
there ascertained that the martar had been said to him
on the -day following, that on which. it was stolen, and
that a woman brought it there for that purpose. Mr.
licnbow also identiged a case of instruments, and an
ivory tablet, the foriner ot which bad been pawned by
the prisoner, and the latter article was found !n the
possesi,ion of the priscner when he was taken into cus-
tody.--The prisoner, in his defence, said that he tact