The Sun.
London, England, 1804-10-24 00:00:00

might have saved het brother ail this' exposure.
Mr. Tliredder, husband to the last witness, was
sworn, and &posed, ghat a lock produced in Court
was the same which
,he hid taken last Saturday from
a &so/ which leads from Mr. Hansard's bed. room to
the staircase, and that it had neither key nor key.
bole. This circumstance was adduced to counter.
vail a parr of the testimony of the Prosecutrix, WhO
had said, that this door Was locked, and though it
had usually a'key, it bad none on that night, and as
it was fast she could not get out at it.
The Cu AIRMAN' WBOlOO led the evidence, and
the Jury immediately returned their 'Vertlitt—
• • Hansard was committed to Clerkenwell Gaol,
to be brought up on a future darts! receive the sen.
fence of the Court.

MARLBOROUGH-STREIT Oirtcr. --- Yesterday
Reg-it:aid Haywood, a notorious housebreaker, was
charged with a burglary in the house of Mr. Sims,
No. rr, Thayer.street, Manchester.squerei and
with dangerously wounding Robert Chant'', and
Mrs. Wilson, on Saturday night.
The evidence entered into was that of Mr. Wil.
son, Upholaterer, in the Strand, and ---- Stroud, 4
butcher, in Mary•le.lline.lane ; the latter was
passing •A hen he ,ailw a man knock dawn the Pri.
sorier, and Mrs. W. bleeding.—On his coming ttp,
the Prisoner drew an iron crow from his sleeve and'
ran °tr. An alarm of " stop thief,' was given ;
and at the instant, as lie was patting by the dour of
chantry'o situp (a gryeer',), Chantry same out,
when the Prisoner, without provt,cation, instantly
gave him a severe blow with the crow on the neck,
.and repeated this viOlenee by another desperate blow
on the heat', which leithim for draft; at this mo.,
ment a large mob was colleeted., and he was secured.
Another man, who was in corn ?any with the Pd.,
saner, was also followed dawn ilulstrode Mews,
which being no thoron4lifare, he stripped and ea.
claimed to the pal ulace, " bone him, he is.
gone over this wall," by which the villain escaped.
A Surgeon from Middlesex tioSpital at tended, and
gave no hope of tie life of chantry, whose skull
is dreadfully fraftuted, besides his head brink dread.'
fully lacerated by the first blow. Mrs. Wilson is
in a fair way of doing well, although her head is
also severely cut, and some of her teeth beaten nut.
The Prisoner was remanded a second' foe examine.
lion on Thursday'.

The Caledonian Canal is now fairly begun, and a
great number of men employed on the work ;the
Engineers liaye marked. out about seven mile, in
length in the oeighboterhood of Inverness, and the
same distance on the west coast, in the neighbour.
hood of Fort William. The work is to be given
off by measurement, and all who apply for, and are
willing to work on reasonable terms, ire employed.
, Two toads are also begun, from the line of the
Canal to the West Sea, and others are expeeied soon
to be undertaken. Tradesmen, masons, and .la.
bourers, will reap great benefit from the emplo.v.
,meet these • works will afford, during the erouing
winter,,as the rallies where they are situated are so
nearly on a level with the sea, that little interrup.
'tion will be experienced from frosts or snow. Small
fir or birch wood is furnished to the workmen, who,
in a very short time, conitrutt a number of huts on
a place that is sheltered, and convenient fore the
work they are employed on, The walls are made
with turf, anti covered with turf or heather; they
' have the appearance of small encampments, and from
the great quantity of digging to be done, in a short
time these accommodate ns will serve for a consi.
derable time, and may be made very comfortable. 4
By ineaos of the lochs, or deep inlets of the sea,
provisions other articles ate brougit from the
miens and soothern parts of Scotland, the north.
west of England, and the north of, Ireland, at very
reasonable priaes ; 'the farmers of the adjacent coon.
try bring down sheep, whieh.will afford a good sup-
ply of mutton. A butcher's shop, a bakehonse and
brewhonse, ,as well as a. comfortable inn, 'are imrne.
diately to be established on the %bore, of Lnchiel,
where the Canal will enter the, sea, Colonel Came.
ttox, of Lochier,h;tving generously given up a large ,
house for the purposes of an inn, Ste.-

At Llandovery, Fair, on Wednesday last, there
was a great show of cattier but few' were *old, and
those at ►educed prices.

that she sent for Mr'. Thredder, the Defendant's
sister-in-law, and compl:lined to her of his conduil ;
that Mrs. T. had spoken to the girl, and sent for
Mr. Hansard to the printing-office, and charged him
with the fad, but he said nothing in her hearing.
M. Cook said, he sent f.st Mr. Coulthurst, a
Surgeon, who ex.4tnined the girl's per,.,,,, and in the
presence of Mr. Hansard, advised the_ witness not
to ad rashly towards him (Mr. Hansard), but to try
and settle matters. Mr. Hansard did not dens, the
charge but asked what compensation he coald make?
The Witness said he c,,,stlci hear of n's compensa.
iton ; hit sole objett sintsld-he an appeal in public
justice, int, he would consul' her friends. Which
-,14r. Hansard replied, he might as well pnt a pistol
to his head and shoot him at unce.—These three
Witnesses underwent a lung' and ingenious MO.
examination by Mr. Coml., but never varied in a
tittle of evidence.

.Mr. Coulthutst, and a Mr. Cousins. two proles.
&lona' Gentle Men, proved they had examined the
girl, but found no marks of any particular violence.
Mr. CoNsT then sp..ke at some length to evi.
fence, and proceeded to call a
Mrs. Thredder, sister.in-law to the I:!o7fendant,
who fainted away on hercoming into Court, hut
soon revived, and tieing sworn, said she was sent fur
to her brother.in.law's house on the WI of June,
and that the girl told her, her master had pc:boort:
ed her to go to bed with him on the Saturday night,
and that she bad lain w ith him also on the Monday
night ; but being, CrUSl.tXritilbled both by Mr. Curt.
say and the. Cron,' She Could nut recoiled any
thing she herself had said to the girl previous to this
aliedged ticcl tratiim ; nor could she 'aec,urit why
she hod not said .a word of it to the girl's mother,
who had sent for her on purpose to speak to the girl,
or why she had uever saitl.a word of it before this
day, though ii it had been itatM befoie the Justice