The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-18 00:00:00

UNION.HALL.

On Saturday a man named Donovan was brougit
before Mr. HONE, charged with committing a mor'
brutal assault on Stephen Barnes the preceding
afternoon.

11:. Flow said, that he should call upon till
aggressor to find sureties to answer the charge 61
the Sessions.
Robert Reynolds, who,dt‘scribed himself a watch'
maker, residing in- tte New-cut, Lambeth, ifo
brought up foretimination, on a charge of defraud
,ing several individuals of their watches.
The prisoner, it appeared, took up his quarters in
the New-cut, and having placed a few old watch°

in his window, rare out that he repaired watches °I
a cheaper rate than any other main in the same line
in London ; he also issued cards of a similar
dency, and by these means in a very short time oh'
tained several customers. Soma of the individual°
who had left watches with him to mend, called st
the time they were desired, but " the ;nester" w°6
always from home, and therefore they failed in
getting back their property. This continued for
some length of time, until an officer was procured?
and the prisoner, oat being taken into custody, de;
livered up the duplicates of a great number o'.
watches, all of which he had pledged the moment
he had them to repair.
There were ten individuals in attendance frern
trhoin the prisoner had watches, but instead of re'
pairing them, he carried them off to the par'.
brokers and raised money upon them there.
Mr. CHAMBERS, on referring to the Act applicable
to the offence, found that the prisoner had not Oil.
rendered himself liable to imprisonment, but also to
the punishment of flogging. The Magistrate per; •
ceiving that some of the watches were taken in si,
Mr. Tarrant's shop in the New•eut in an unfinisben'
state, from the defendant, remarked that the pawn"
broker had also rendered himself amenable to the
law for lending money on articles in the *tele
some of those produced then appeared. The punish'
meet in such cases, if rigorously enforced, eras
heavy penalty, the non-payment of which subjected
the pawnbroker to flagellation.
Mr. Tarrant's shopman said that pawnbroker°
finishedasktaert es
watchmakers;
ypekr7ws
the
odmeret
were in the habit of taking in watches in an are
edyankt
nteowb
et to
and very naturally supposed them to have belonge
to himself.

Mr. Ch AMBERS condemned the practice of pets:
brokers in lending money on watches in the slot'
described. In this case money had been lent 00
the movements of some watches without the case!:
and also on the rases alone, by which it was OV,,
enough for pawnbrokers to know—that is, if', E. 134
wished to know—property of this kind often fell Jotto
the hands of thieves, who separated the pat! 31/
order to render it the more difficult to prove WOW!'
The shopman hoped the magistrate would no/,
compel his employer to deliver the watches Op.!!
the owners without the principal and interest bemio

paid. -
Mr. CHAMBERS said that he should decide
order the property taken in under such eircull
stances to be delivered up to the owners withoti
paying.
It haring been stated that there were several oth4
cases against the prisoner, he was remanded antl
Tuesday.

DBSTRUCTIVEFIREIN RATIIISONE-PLACI'
—About half-past twelve on Friday night a deatruetki
fire broke out in the house of Mr. Wmn, linen-draper, fi
No. 31, Rathbone-place, adjoining the Percy Hotel.
flames were first discovered at the lower part of the brier;
a:id such was the fury with which they raged, that the
mates were obliged to jump Ifrom the windows in thtr
night-clothes, in doing which we regret to say that fl{
p•rsons (females) were so seriously injured as to root
it necessity to convey them to the Middlesex Hos
The wines of these females are—Mrs. WILD, the wife,-
the proprietor of the house ; two young ladies, sisto-h;
named ADIMTT ; and the servant-girl of Mr. WILD.
boy was also injured, but not in so serious a manner. '"l4,
elderly gentleman, named FLICKER, had a very narr°ll,
',cape ; he is aged and infirm, and was rescued 0,,
great difficulty. The Percy Hotel was at one time on 66.0.
but the flames were extinguished. By half-pal 4
the flames were so far subdued as to leave no, fear
their extending farther. Yesterday evening Mrs,;lo- •
was considered in a very dangerous state, and faint bOPI
are entertained of her recovery. Mr. WILD escaped 11,10, •
only a sprained ancle and a few slight bruises. The
females, named ABBOTT, assisted Mrs. WILD in the
ness. The eldest was last night perfectly insensible, het
received a concussion of the brain, and the other has PI
arm broken and collar-bone fractured. The servant4l%.‘
(JANIE Monty) is so far recovered that she has left vA
hospital and gone home to her parents. Mr. WILD TA
give no account as to the origin.of the fire. He was ;$Ol
last up in the house, and retired to his bed-chamber, ehlil`
twelve o'clock. Half an hour afterwards he was &lasts •
by a policeman, when he found the lower part of r'd
house in flames, and, finding there was no other meartoo,
escape, himself and Mrs. WILD jumped out of the wind(
The young females hastened down stairs with only they;
on, but, finding the passage in flames, i •
returned up stairs, and jumped out of the first-floor 0.1,10"
dow. If the policeman had not discovered the fire
whole of the inmates must have perOhed. The stock
.0`!•
furniture are insured in the Melina and British Fit
offices.

TRAVI
12-inch soul
t2-ditto, pat(
. .. . _.-- ;4-ditto, goo
BIRTHS. 14-ditto, pat(
,v °sti-inch inu
On the 15th inst. in South-street, Park-lane, IA oravelling
111:1:4:1:°dittt,ktttb,°.1.elptit
vie.
Kiiintine, of a son.
On the 12th inst. at Paris, the lady of J. P. Hod
reys, of a daughter.
i f . ditto ilia
On the 11th hot. at Ham-lodge, Surrey, the lady o'
G. Gardiner, El. of a sm. Itli'-tctitigatici
MARRIED. double wr
bf iodr,.essng ca
On the 16th inst. at Christ Church, Marylebone, 11°,0, >a-ditto rt
Hutton, Esq. of Herne Hill, to Catherine Olivia Rich . 11:k trave
niece to Mrs. Snell, of Gloucester-place, New-road.
~,o, hoot lock
On the 16th inst. at Hampstead, G. S. Evans, rO, itditto
A. M. of North-end-house, Hampstead, to Harriett, yo'3, ' oittG real
4°l'llilea.-4,
gest daughter of the late Thomas Strother, Esq. of Pic Itt4ent IoCI
lane, Leeds. t C o,,gitto, d
On the 13th inst. at Kingston, near Portses, ISIt, i ,-"if all(' dr
ro lit""er.t loci
Baker, of Wandsworth, Surrey, to Mary Ann, el' 0 . ttrong Out
daughter of the lake Rev., D. Dusautny, of Buriton, 11a° ec),..ng Pouc
DIED. ~.....e, itistrr
eli 4,7,,ranted,
On the 15th hot. Matilda, wife of the Re,q J. 111itok dorms, Russia
Rector of St. Nit:holas Cole Abbey, London. 1,!rI
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,fer
Oa the 16th inst. at her residence, Kensington-selia • tu\''arraent!eT,
in her 76th year, J.me, widow of the late Majqr J° ih,",g Pouch
h'rurrients
Sarnuel Torriano. t "QUI
On the 14th inst. at her house in Montagu-square, °lle *llk " '
. 11, ; pewti
an illness of eight days, Lady Leigh. •( 0 41's, rule
On the 15th inst. at Camberwell, Sarah Jane, Wl'e
• 11 44 ete
W. Sims, Esq., of Leeds.
14,,5(1' ' Albums LS
On the 16th inst. in his Slat year, John Heath,
4:l,:,;:usrid`r,
n , S
of Queen-square. t; rltter
On the 15th inst. at Vauxhall, Susan, wife of Mr. I,er n• I
Dimes, aged 54.
e/ te '' flats ru'
On the 13th ir.st. the Rev. C. Atkinson, for SS ''k 'the._
most
ininister of the congregational church at Tacket-btv Ali 0
Ipwich. A tliti rde
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l'itucrco AND Peut.tsizED er AfT/RDO YOUNG,
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