The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-21 00:00:00

DREADFUL FIRE IN BUCKLERS

BURY, CITY.

(FURTHER PARTICULARS.
According to Mrs. Unwin's account, all the family were
in bed by half past eleven o'clock, and before Mrs. Unwin
retired to rest she went the round of the house, and all
appeared perfectly safe. She supposes it to have been
about two o'clock when she was alarmed of the fire by one
of the apprentices knocking at her bed-room door. She
inquired the cause of the disturbance, and he replied that
the house was on fire; and upon hearing that, both her hus-
band and herself left their beds, and commenced to dress
quickly. While so occupied, they heard the servant snor-
ing- On opening the room door the heat and smoke
b came insufferable ; the flames were rushing up from the
lower rooms. They tried several times to get to the door
of the room where the children slept, but all
attempts were fruitless, they then felt great sup-
pression
. of breathing, and feared they were fast
sinking. They regained their room, and closed the
door. They then made for the window, which they
opened, and called for help. Mrs. Unwin states that she
and her husband remained at the window about a quarter
of an hour, and did not see a soul, and they then gave
themselves up for lost. At length they heard the rattling
of the engines, but the smoke had become so suffocative
that Mr. Unwin could no longer sustain himself, and sunk
on the floor; she, however, raised him, and got him to the
window-settle ; and she thinks he would also have been
lost had not the wind risen at the time and dispersed the
smoke for the instant, and relieved him ; and it it was them
that they were rescued and hurried down the ladder. It
is rather a singular fact, that the discovery of the fire
is said to have been through a cat, which leaped
on to the bed of one of the apprentices and disturbed
his rest. He awoke and found his room filling with smoke.
He with another apprentice escaped through the trap-door.
The unfortunate William Coote was woke, and it was
thought by his fellow apprentices that he was following
them. Amongst the persons early on the spot was the
Lord Mayor, who was very active, and offered every assist-
ance in his power, and remained till the fire Was got under.
The exertions of the firemen and the police cannot be too
highly praised. The greater part of the property is insured
in the Plocenix Fire-office; the loss is said to exceed 600/.
Up to a late hour last evening crowds, of persons were
assembled near the scene of devastation, which is strictly
guarded by the police.
THE INQUEST ON THE BODIES.

At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon an inquest was held on
the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers, when a verdict of
Accidental Death was returned.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT
(YESTERDAY.)

NEW COURT.

Two girls of the town, named Spright and Crewe, were
indicted for having stolen seven sovereigns, the property of
a man named Moran, who had taken the prisoners into a
public-house and treated them to liquor, which made all
three drunk, and, on returning to his senses, he found that
he had lost his money. The prizoners were discovered in
the neighbourhood of Somers Town, with a bundle of
clothes, and 21. 10i. in money. Their account was, that
they had found a bag with eight sovereigns in it. The
prosecutor, however, swore positively to their identity, and
they were found guilty.
The COURT said it was necessary to make art example
of such cases which had lately become very common, and
the prisoners were sentenced to seven ycars'transportation.
One of the girls, who had pretended, during her trial,
such extreme exhaustion that she was accommodated with
a chair, suddenly started up in complete health, and ex-
claimed, in a contemptuous tone, " Thank 'you."
SINGULAR CASE.—An Italian, whose name our Eng-
lish ears were utterly unable to catch, was indicted for
stealing several pair of silk stockings and a morning gown,
with some books, the property of the Count Salvatori
de Nuovo.
Mr. C. Phillips and Mr. Thomas were for the prose-
cution ; Mr. Psyne for the defence,
Mr. C. PHILLIPS stated the case, which was shortly

this—that the prosecutor having had occasion to go to the
prisoner's lodgings to search for a letter which he had
lost, he found in the prisoner's trunk the articles in ques-
tion. lie had not, however, then done more than dismiss
the prisoner from his se:vice. The prisoner summoned
him to the Court of Requests for a month's wages. The
Commissioner decided that a servant dismissed for felony
had no right to any warning, and further, that the Count
was bound to prosecute him for the theft; which was ac-
cordingly done.
The prosecutor having been called, an objection was
raised, that the name had been spelt in the indictment
" Salvateri," and that the error was fatal.

The RECORDER said, if there was any such name in Ita
Tian as " Salvateri" the objection was allowable. Bu
otherwise it would not be.

The Interpreter said there was such a word as " Salva

terri ;" but he did not know if there was such a name as
" Salvateri ;" at least, with the accent on the " e." He
thought there might be such a word with the accent on the

" va."

The objection was disallowed, and the prosecutor proved
the facts stated by Mr. Phillips.
Cross-examined—l bought some land in Sicily, to which
the title was attached. I sent the prisoner into France with
a lady of my acquaintance.
The RECORDER-But that gave the prisoner no right to
to try on his masters silk stockings.—(Laughter.)
Cross-examination continued.— I never gave the prisoner
any of the articles. I live upon money I have in the bank.
Several of the Jury said they did not believe the
witness.

Mr. PAYNE, addressing the Jury for the defence, told
them it would be better that they should restrain them-

selves from such observations till they had heard the whole
case. He animadverted strongly on the joking way in
which he said the Learned Recorder had treated the case,
complaining of the feeling against a prisoner which was
always sure to be the result of a laugh excited at his ex-
pense. He &eared his belief that the whole affair was
the consequence of some vindictive feeling created in the
prosecutor's mind against the prisoner by a quarrel touching
the lady who had been alluded to; and he submitted that
enough of suspicion attached to the evidence of the prose-
cutor to warrant the Jury in giving the prisoner the bene-
fit of the doubt. _ _ .

The RECORDER said he deemed the remarks of the
Learned Counsel beneath the dignity of the Bench, ex-
cept so far that he did not consider my person would have
thought the observation which had particularly been
alluded to, as a jest at the prisoner's expense, but as a
well-merited rebuke of the Counsel's irrelevant cross-
examination. Unless the Jury believed that the prosecutor
had put the articles in the prisoner's box himself, from
vindictive purposes, they must find the prisoner Guilty.
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment, with hard
labour, for three calendar months. The Jury recommend.
ing him to mercy on account of previous good character.