The Sun.
London, England, 1816-11-01 00:00:00

THE MILLISIt AND HIS MEN.

At the Northumberland Sessions, held
at Atn-
wick the 17th instant, Wit/ia»t (lager
chicken, Eduard-Brati, -and. Robert Sisterson, four
men, late in the employ of Mr. CaAwronp, milli r,
near Mirth °Side!di, were faund guilty of stealing
flour, the property of their master. It appeared
that these men had been many years in the cm-
Ployment nt Mr. Crawford. Willis for thirteen.
Mr. CraWfOrd fervently thought the flour.WaS
;tot of that quality, or consitined of, the qiiiinthy
which the wheat ought to prodUce. About April
last another min was eifgaged to work in the
mill : he had not been long there before he ob-
served the prisoners carry away flour, and on their
discovering he bad found out their tricks, they
'endeavoured to prevail 'woo him to do the same
himself; at the same time observing;, that he need
have no fear Of being found out if he kept a close
tongue : they then sheaved him the mintier in
which they conveyed the flinir out of the mill,
stitch was
.t hits CraWford allitwed hi§ men
a certain tpiantity of coals, which they cart lel in
a bag, within which coal bag they contrived to
put an inner hag, which they filled frill of flour,
and carried away with, the coals, to their respec-
tive ironies ;, and the conduct of thesenven'at last
became so notorious, that the neighbours' used to
observe, when any of then). passerl'With their coal
bags, " there goes the white crow in the black
er.ow." However, this new man withstood the
temptation of his fellow-servants; and acquainted
bis master with what he haul seen ; who very pro-
perly commenced the above prosecution. The
Court sentenced them to be confined to hard la-
bour in the Howie of Correction, at' Morpeth, for
twelve months. The Chairman (THoMas CYAN-
)iEL, Esq.) on passing sentence, strongly snimat.'
'erie on the conduct of servant in purloining
that property which it was tiseir.boutteen duly to
protect ; and he trusted, that the example utak
of those men would operate as: a warning to
Others.,,),

CURIOUS IiVitOLARY AND .13POERY..--* A :Gen.
()email oldtlist name of BURT, residing with his
(Allay hotElist india-row, Poplar, being on a visit
to-a-trietlir in the King's-road tor a I,iw days, re-
ceived qtilligence that in his absence his house
bad beell;ibrolten into and robbed, and that a boy,
who wasokOeof the depredating party, bad been
taken by the watchmen in the act of arming over
the garden•wall from the. house. Mr. B. imme-
diately returned home, and when arrived there
Pliny: his house completely gutted. The plun-
derers had not only completely eleared dietitian,
but had regaled themselves by drinking„several
dozens of wines and even carried otf the trunk of
a servant girl who was with her mistress, with all
her wardrobe exetpl,wliat she had along With her.
So entirely did they consider themselves at their
ease, they had amused themselves with,smokiug
and reading„ for-on the only table they left behind
them, they had deposited several, pipes, newspa-
pers, and the glasses which they had used in drink-
ing-tbc wine.
BURGL A RI ES .-09 Wednesday night 'the house
of Mr. Mimic, Old Nicholas-street, Bethnal-
green, was hurglarionsly entered by thieves, Who
stole It large quantity of wearing apparel, with
0)46 they got clear ofF.—The same .night the
house of Mr. Wm. Ladgrore, a broker, in Moor-
herds, was broken into, and a barometer, souse
carpets, and other property, to a large amount,
,
Stolen. —Monday night the dwelling-house of
William Corey, biker, Colt-lane,Aietimal-green,
was entered by thieves, who succeeded in carry-
ing oil a great:A.oBlloy of wearing apparel, candles
of different: sizes, and a bushel of breatl ready
baked for the morning customers, anti it is-very
singular, although persons were up in the house
at the time, that riot the -.ls;_noise..was heard,:
and that the thieves got off quietly with their
plunder.