The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-10 00:00:00

THE STTN, LONDON, SATITADAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1861.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN TILE STREETS.—George
Smith and John Murphey, two bulky lads, were charged
before Mr Knox with behaving in a disorderly manner in
Wardour-street, last night.
Fisher, 334 A, said that about 9 o'clock last night he
saw the two prisoners quite naked running in Wardour-
street, pursued by about 200 persons. Ho took both pri-
soners into custody.

Mr Knox inquired whether the prisoners were sober and
quite naked, and the constable said they were both sober
and only had a piece of rag round each of their loins.
Harry James Bristow, the gate porter at St. James's
Workhouse, said he was called the previous evening to the
gate and told the tramps were tearing up their clothes. He
went to the police-station to ask what he was to do, and
while there the prisoners were brought in.
Mr Knox inquired whether they had applied to be ad -
mitted.
Bristow could not say. He had admitted 26 persons to
the casual ward. Every evening a number of tramps were
in the habit of coming and lying outside the workhouse and
amusing themselves by singing indecent songs.
Mr Knox said it was absurd to suppose that two great
bulky fellows like the prisoners could be permitted to run
naked through the streets. He should order them to find
one bail each for £5 for a month.

THAMES.
DARING WATOR RonsnRIES or SAILORS.—A man
named Williams, with a female, about 20 years of age,
were brought before Mr Partridge, charged with robbing
a sailor, named Charles Astrop, of his watch and chain.
The prosecutor stated that he was in Ratcliff-highway
when he met the prisoners, who spoke to him, and who
asked him to give them something to drink. While he
was talking to them a soldier came up. After a short time
they went away together till they came to Now-court,
where he was pushed into a house by the female prisoner,
where they went into a room. He had not anything to
drink there, but somehow or other ho got overcome, and
fell to sleep. When he awoke he missed his watch and
chain and some money. The money he did not care for,
but ho was sorry for the loss of his watch and chain. He
made his escape from the house, and gave information to tt
police constable,

Policeman 'Walker, 488 K, said that he saw the prose-
cutor pushed into the house, and that in a few minutes after
he heard a disturbance in the house, When tho prosecu-
tor came out he stated that he had been robbed of his
watch and chain, and that he had also lost his waist•
coat,

The prosecutor here remarked that he had lost his waist-
coat before he got in the hou,e,
Kenney, 390 K, stated that while be was outside the
house, he heard the prisoners say, " We've got the watch."
Some female inside observed, " And we mean to stick to it,
too," The prisoners were apprehended,
In answer to the Magistrate,
The prosecutor stated that the soldier was in the room
when he was first there, but that he did not interfere.
The male prisoner swore that he would knock his (prose-
cutor's) b--- heal cff.

Air Partridge remarked that he should commit the pri.
soners for trial, and he directed that the constable should
re subreeakied.
The prisoners were committed.
The above is one of those meg which very frequenti

occur in this district, when sailors are taken into a room,
where they soon become drowsy, and then fall to sleep, and
while in that state they are robbed.