The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-13 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Jane Remington, was placed at the bar in accordance
with remand charged with stealing a portemonie, a gold
watch and chain, and some silver money, the property
of Peter D'Espersack, a French gentleman.
It appeared that the prisoner at the bar met the prose-
cutor in Great Marlborough-street last Monday as be
was leaving the police-court. At her request he took her
to a house, where they had some refreshment, and even-
tually he accompanied her to her lodgings. After re-
maining there some time he wa.s prepared to leave, and
then he discovered that his portemonaie and gold watch
and chain had been stolen by the prisoner. She had
left the house, but he followed her into the street, and told
a policeman that he had been robbed. The policeman,
it appeared, happened to see the woman run from the
house, which was in Great Wild-street, and enter another
one immediately opposite, and the prosecutor following
her, crying, " Watch, watch." He (the policeman)
entered the house and found the prisuntr sitting ou the
third-floor stairs, with the watch and chain iu her posses_
sion. The portemonnaie, in which were some papers of
great value, could not be found on the day it was lost,
and the case was remanded in order to afford the police
time to recover it. The constable and prosecutor attended
this morning but the purse had not been found.
Tile depositions having been read over to the prose.
cuter, through an interpreter, the prisoner was fully
committed for trial.

A young man applied at this plice-court this morn-
ing for a summons against a shoemaker in the neigh-
bourhood who had defaced a half-crown, his property.
It appealed that the young man entered the shop to
purchase a pair of shoes, and tendered in payment two
half-crowns and a shilling, but the man who kept the
shop said one of the half-crowns was bad, and proceeded
to hammer it up. He had since taken the half-crown
to a silversmith, who stated it was a genuine one.

The magistrate refused the summons as the coin wa■
not defaced, it bei❑g only bent, and with a little care it
could be straightened.

FIRE AND Loss OF LlFE—(This day.)— This morning,
at an early bout-, a fire occurred at a pawnbroker's,
Dockhead, by which four persons have lost their jives.
Olio of the firemen was also very badly injured. The
bodies await a coroner's inquest.
REraIEVE.—The s3ntence of death passed upon
Joseph Richards at the last Brecsn Assizes, for murder,
will be commuted to transportation for life.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR, Fox, PROVOST OF QUEEN'S
COLLEGE, OEFORD.—We regret to announce the death
of the Rev. Dr. Fox, Provost of Queen's College, Ox-
ford, who expired at the provost's lodgings, on Saturday
morning last, at about three o'clock, in the 81st year of
his age. The election of a new provost, we understand,
must take place within 10 days, and is vested in the
fellows on the old foundation. The funeral will take
place on Friday next.
LOWESTOFT.—AmoIag the fashionable visitors who
have been and are now staying at this delightful seaport
town are—the Archbishop of Armagh, Duchess of Graf-
ton, Hon. -- and Lady Phipps, Sir Charles Napier,
Lady Henrietta Harvey, Sir Morton Peto, Bart., and
family, Sir Minto Farquhar and family, Sir E. Nrigent,
Miss Molcsworth, Rev. Dr. Whewell, Prof. Sedgwick,
Col. Ottey, Col. Linton avid family, Col. Manning and
family, Lieut -Col. Bedingfield, Capt. Heath, Capt.
W:gram, &c., &C.
SHOEBLACKS.—On Thursday the boys of the three
" shoebiack brigades" went to Richmond Park, accom-
panied by a large number of friends. The bright uni-
forms of the " Red," the " Blue," and the " Yellow"
Societies caused many a good-humoured smile from the
people in the Strand, as the 120 little fellows marched
along with a band, and banners gaily painted with
emblems appropriate to their humble but industrious
Calling;
SUDDEN DEATH —A very remarkable instance of
sudden death happened on Saturday
sington. Mr. Hoof, who'reaided at Madeley-house,
owned property in the neighbourhood, v 7
morning at IC 7:
, . attacked with a fit of apoplexy, and expiredeffect upon
a .sand the
' I shook of the distressirg event had such an
his wife as to cause her death almost immediatelyafter-
wards. Mr. and Mrs. Hoof are said to have appeared
on
red
in their usual good health when they retired to re,
the proyious eyonisg.