The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron Channell.)
George Ruston, shipowner, and James Bertie were in-
dicted, the former for unlawfully obtaining by false pre-
tences from the Universal Marine Insurance Company,
the sum of £BOO with intent to defraud, and the latter with
conspiracy for the same purpose.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
BURGLARY.

James Welch was found guilty of a burglary in the
dwelling .house of John Green, and stealing therefrom a
quantity of boots and shoes.
The Court sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal
servitude.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

NUMEROUS ROBBERIES BY A WM...KNOWN
Ellen Costello, a wretchedly clad woman, and who, from
her appearance, has evidently been much addicted to drink
described as a hawker, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt
with stealing three jugs and smashing a pane of glass, of
the value of i 5, at the shop of Mr. John Baptiste Romer,
china dealer, 302, Oxford-street; with stealing two fowls,
of the value of 95., from the shop of Mr. Hill, poulterer, 4,
Grosvenor-street ; and with stealing a tea kettle, of the
value of 35., from the shop of Mr. John Cutting, iron.,
monger, 27, Oxford-street.
Mr. Henry Hughes, assistant to Mr. Romer, said that
about a quarter to six the previous eN ening the prisoner
picked up two glasses from a tray at the shop door, and
asked the price. He told her, and as the price did not satisfy
her she put them down again, and while doing so he ob-
served the three jugs, which he knew to be Mr. Romer's
property, secreted under her shawl. He took them from
her, and teld her to go away, when she became very
abusive, and smashed a plate glass of about the value of
£5. On her being searched at the staticn two fowls, a tea-
kettle, aoraaraeat, soma plates, and Parsnip. were found in
her possession, the whole of which she said was her pro-
perty.
Mr. Ditchett, assistant to Mr. Cutting, proved that the
kettle was the property of Mr. Cutting, and he was able to
identify it by the shop mark on it.
Mr. George Hill, poulterer, of 4, Grosvenor-street, iden-
tified the two fowls as the property of his father.
Mr. Tyrwitt asked whether the owners of the plates and
the meat and parsnips were present.
M'Bean, 332 A, said they had not been able to find them.

Mr. Tyrwhitt--very much against the wish of the pri-
soner, who wished the matter settled at once—remanded the
prisoner for a week.
STREET OUTRAGE.—AIfred Rose, a young man who
said he was a hammerman, living at Southwark, was
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt as follows :
From the evidence of Frederick Allen, a tailor, living in
Queen-street, Haymarket, it appeared that at one this
morning he was passing through Sydhey-alley, Leicester-
square, when the prisoner and another roan came up to
him, and while the other grasped his throat, the prisoner
gave him a violent blow in the eye with his fist, and then
made a snatch at his steel watch chain which he broke. He
(prosecutor) was then dropped on the ground, the men ran
off, but he got up and called " murder " and "police," and
pursued the prisoner and caused him to be taken into
custody.
A constable said he saw the prisoner run from Sydney-
li into Leicester-street, and stopped him, when the pro-
secutor gave him in charge for the assault, having at the
time marks of a severe blow in the eye.
Prisoner said the prosecutor had made a mistake, and
said there was no reason why ho should have assaulted the
prosecutor.

Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case assumed a more serious
aspect than ho (prisoner) seemed to think, and he should
remand him for a week.

WESTMINSTER.
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT AT A TAVERN.—John Fitz-
gerald, an athletic young man, was charged with the fol-
lowing disgraceful conduct at a tavern :
Henry Major, barman to Mr. Pelgrim, proprietor of the
Sta, and Garter tavern, Sloane-street, Chelsea, stated that
at a little after four o'clock yesterday afternoon the defen
dant entered the house and created a disturbance by abus-
ing and quarrelling with some persons who were there.
The heal barman told him to go out, when he refused, and
struck him, and upon witness going to his assistance de-
fendant gave him a blow on the chest. After some diffi-
culty defendant was got outside, but before the door could
be closed upon him defendant seized witness with his teeth
and bit his hand, and if it had not been for the prompt and
timely assistance of the head barman, witness would have
been most seriously injured.
Mr. Arnold—Was he served in the house ?

Witness—We never serve him, drunkorsober ; orders
have been positively given to the barmen not to serve him,
in consequence of his general misconduct. Besides what I
have stated the defendant tore my jacket as you now see
it, and did damage to the amount of 10s.
Frederick Badcock, 239 A, proved that the defendant
was very violent.
Mr. Arnold asked whether anything was known of him.
Dennis, the gaol:, said that he had been repeatedly
charged with assault on different persons.
Defendant, who said he was drunk, offered no defence.
Mr. Arnold observed that there was no excuse for his
going to this house, creating a disturbance, and commit-
ting the assault with which he stood charged. His con-
duct had been altogether very bad, and in default of paying
the penalty of 50s. ho must be committed for a month to
the House of Correction.
Committed accordingly.

THE POPE AND THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.—The
correspondent of the Paris Presse at Rome says,
with rzgard to the confirmation of the Imperial Prince, that
the Papal Nuncio has been directed by the Pope to assure
the Emperor and Empress of the joy he would have " in
himself causing the I1)ly Spirit to descend upon the head
of the child destined by Providence to wear the finest crown
in the world." It is thought, however, that the great ago
of the Pope will not permit a visit to Paris.
DIABOLICAL OUTBAGE.—Yesterday information
was forwarded to the police that the authorities of
the Great Northern Railway had offered a reward of £5O
for the apprehension of some person or persons who had
placed several articles on the line between the Seven
Sisters-road and the Holloway-road stations, for the pur-
pose of upsetting the trains. It appears that on one of the
up-trains arriving at King's-cross station, the persons in
charge reported that, as they were coming slowly between
the two stations referred to they met with
some obstruction
on the line which bent their clearing iron. The telegraphic
i
wires were at once put nt) use, and on a porter proceeding
ut, the line, he found on the up-line a iece of wood and
er
l iron chairs, and on the down-line of railway a fire
several
rsaufilcient to cause obstruction to the passing trains and
ale; to throw them off the line.