The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-29 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

CHARGE OF ANNOYING A TRADESMAN.—This day
Henrietta Wyld, a young woman of small stature, was
charged before Mr. Lang with annoying Mr. Philip
Silcock, a tobacconist, carrying on an extensive business
in the EdgcwarE-road.

Mr. Herring, who was engaged for the complainant,
said that his client was compelled to bring the present
charge before his Worship in order to prevent the re-
peated annoyances of the prisoner. For some months
past she came to his house, by her conduct and language
collected a crowd before his shop, which was a great
obstruction to his business. All this arose out of a false
charge which had been made against the complainant
by the prisoner, who alleged that he was the father of
the child to which she gave birth about seven years ago.
He, complainant, foolishly allowed her money to keep
away, but she would not do so.

The complainant deposed to various times as alleged
by his solicitor when she came to his house. On the 7th
of September last he was compelled to take out a sum-
mons against the prisoner, since which time she has not
been heard of till Saturday, when she came to his house.
She then assaulted him, and said that she would think
no more of shooting him than she would a dog.
Policeman 190, D Division, stated that he was called to
take the prisoner into custody. She observed that if a
policeman was given twopenny worth of gin and half an
ounce of tobacco he would do anything. She was very
violent, and resisted him. He was obliged to take her
in his arms and carry her.

The prisoner was fined 20g., or in default 14 days, for
the assau t on the complainant, and 10s., or 7 days, for
assaulting the police constable.

The prisoner asked what she was to do with her child,
which was starving ? For the last seven years she had
been allowed money by the complainant.
Mr. Long said that he had nothing to do with that
matter.

ASSAULTING THE PORTER OF MARYLEBONE WORK-
HOUSE.--Thomas Riley, a ragged urchin about 17 years
•f age,- was charged with the following assault upon
Green, porter at the Northumberland gate of the Mary-
leboue Workhouse.

The complainant said that about half-past 6 o'clock
on Saturday evening, be was at the door of the work-
house when he observed the prisoner on the road. He
saw complainant, upon which he flung a stone at him,
which nearly knocked off his hat. The prisoner seeing
that it had not taken effect upon his person, threw an-
other stone, which came within a short distance of his
eye.
Mr. Tubbs, overseer of the parish, stated that the pri-
soner only on Friday last came out of prison, where he
had been six months, for stealing clothes, the property
of the guardians. On that day he applied for relief,
which he had, and was again supplied with clothing,
with a ticket to go to the stone-yard. He, however,
left, and upon getting into the street took off his work.
house suit. which he left in the street. He was taken
on the charge of robbing the clothes to the station-
house, but the inspector refused to take the soharge when
he came in the evening.
He way fined 405., or, in default, a month's imprison-
ment.

REPRESENTATION OF WELLS.—Mr. Serjeant Kinglake
has ! soome a candidate for the seat vacant by the death
of Mr. Tudway, and on Saturday issued the following
address to the erectors :—"The melancholy death of
y( ur late member having caused a vacancy in the repre-
sentation of your city I venture again to offer myself
candidate to supply it. I cannot address you without
expressing my deep sympathy in the distress which this
sad event must have awakened among you. The prin-
ciples which would influence and control my conduct as
your representative in Parliament are not unknown to
you. lam from conviction a supporter of that liberal
policy which has of late years been successfully directed
to the advantage and general welfare of all classes, and
thereby secured that confidence which ought to exist
between those in authority and the people at large. I
feel that at this important crisis there is one subject on
which there ought to be an explicit understanding be-
tween a candidate and those whose suffrages he &elicits.
I allude to the present war. That war is a just and
righteous one. It is a mighty straggle between the
principle of aggressive despotism and the principle of
free, humane, and enlightened civilisation. I trust as it
has commenced in justice so it will be carried on with
vigour and untiring energy, and that no temporising
policy will be allowed to interrupt its progress until a
result be obtained which shall insure a durable, satisfac-
tory, and honourable peace, and justify the vast sacrifices
which have been made in this great cause by the Allied
nations of Europe."
FALLING IN OF A RAILWAY TONNEL.—Nearly the
whole of the traffic on the mails line of the Great
Northern Railway between Peterborough and Grantham
was suspended from Thursday evening to last (Sunday)
night in consequence of the falling in of a considerable
portion of Stoke tunnel a few miles south of Grantham.
It appears that one of the plate-layers, whose duty it is
to pass through the tunnel every night and morning in
order to examine its condition, observed on Thursday
night that some bricks and earth had fallen in. Notice
of the oceurrence was promptly sent by telegraph to the
officials at Peterborough, but, although the message was
received there at six o'clock, the mixed express, which
leaves London at 5 p.m., was allowed to proceed on the
main line from Peterborough towards the north. When,
however, it arrived at Stoke tunnel it was found that
other portions hal fallen in, so that the train could net
be permitted to pass through, and it had therefore to
return to Peterborough, to be forwarded thence by the
Loop or Lincolnshire branch of the Great Northern lino,
which falls into the main line at Retford. A staff of
workmen were sent into the tunnel as soon as possible,
and, as only the down line was blocked, the goods'
traffic both ways was carried through the tunnel during
the night on the up-line of rails, the trains moving at a
slow rate through the defective parts of the bore.
During Friday, Saturday, and yesterday all the traffic
between Grantham and Peterborough was carried round
by the detour of the "Loop," which is about 200 miles
longer than the main route, and of course all the trains
were proportionately delayed, the fast expresses being
retarded about half an hour. The traffic between
Peterborough and the damaged tunnel has been carried
on by a special service. The Great Northern Com-
pany are fortunate in having the Lincolnshire branch to
fall back upon in emergencies like the present, as but
for that extra line their goods traffic, at least, must
have been conveyed by another company in this in-
s'ance. The line has been blocked once before by a
landslip, which occurred at the cutting near Stoke
tunnel, and once by a heavy snowdrift in the same
place.