The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

"jemmy," and which had been the handle of a
large trying pan. tie also had a stone, which
could have been used in the hand as a deadly wea-
pon, and a quantity of silent matches. On examin-
ing the premises at the Cedars, it was found that
several of the windows had been tried, and one at
the rear was open, but the bars inside prevented an
entrance. The iron instrument found upon the
prisoner corresponded with the marks upon the
windows. A second burglary was traced to the
prisoner by a number of tradesmen's bills found
upon him. On Sunday morning the back door of
No. 2, Brook-green-terrace, was found open by the
servant, and a coat belonging to her master, Mr.
Boys, was stolen from the lobby. The bills found
upon the prisoner had been taken off a file which
hung by the side of the coat. An inner door was
strongly barred, and the burglar was unable to pro-
ceed any further.
Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner for a week,
and expressed his determination of sending him for
trial on the two cases of burglary.

THE LATE ETRE AND LOSS OF LIFE
IN FOUSYTAIN -COURT, STILLY D.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

Yesterday afternoon IN. J. Payne, Esq., the cor-
ner for the Duchy of Lancaster, held an inquest at
the George Tavern, Strand, on the bodies of Frede-
rick Wm. Howlett, aged our years and ten months ;
Elizabeth J. Howlett, apd two years and nine
months; and Rebecca Hannah 'Howlett, aged one
year and three months, who lost their lives by a
fire which broke out on the premises of Mr. Joseph
T. Price, machine ruler, No. 6, Fountain-court,
Strand, on Friday afternoon last, the particulars of
which appeared on Saturday.
The jury were empannelied from the leading in-
habitants of the Duchy, 14 in number.
Capt. Shaw, superintendent, and Mr. Fogo, chief
officer of the B division of the London Fire Brigade,
were in attendance. _ _

Thejury, having been sworn, proceeded to view
the bodies, which were lying in the crypt of St.
Clement Danes Church, and presented a sickening
aspect. On their return,
Geo. Fred. Howlett, the father of the deceased
children, stated he was a working engineer, and
rceidod at No. 6, Fountain-court, Strand, and iden-
tified the bodies of the deceased. The poor man gave
his evidence with poignant grief. He was at the
Tower at work at the time of the accident, where he
went to work at 8 in the morning. He left his wife
and children at home. They occupied the entire of
the second floor. Mr. Price occupied the floor above,
and Mr. Mark the floor below. He first heard of
the fire at half-past four.
Elizabeth Howlett, the wife of the witness and
mother of the children, deposed that she left the
children in the front room on the second floor at 25
minutes past 2. There was no one in the room but
the children. She shut the door but did not lock
it. The key was inside. There is a slip on the
inside of the lock. She had been absent not
more than a quarter of an hour when the acci-
dent happened. There was no fire in the room.
There was a bed and bedstead, but there were some
;ucifer matches in the room, they were on the
mantelpiece, and the children must have got on a
stool or chair to have got them.
Ann Hinds, living at No. 2, Fountain-court, said
she saw Mrs. Howlett go out about 25 minutes past
two, and soon after she saw smoke and flames in
the front mom of the second floor of No. 6. A coal-
heaver and Mr. Hunt, the tobacconist, were the first
persons to go upstairs.
Henry Drake, one of the Fire Brigade, said it was
about 5 minutes to three when he arrived at the fire,
which was confined to the first flier and upper part,
when the fire was put out. He enter( d the room
and found the youngest child, Rebecca Hannah,
lying near the fire-place in the remains of a cradle.
George Howlett, a little and somewhat diminutive
child, only six years old, was introduced and exa-
mined by the Coroner, and stated in a very clear
manner that when his mother went out his brothers
and sisters were at play. The baby was in the
cradle. His mother shut the door. He did not
fasten it. They were playing with a ball, which
run under the bed. His brother tried to find it,
but could not see it. His brother got on a chair
and got a inciter match off the mantel-piece and
struck it with a hammer. When it was alight he
let it fall, and set fire to the clothes. He got into
bed with his little sister, and covered himself with
the clothes, but when the bed was on fire he ran
across the room, and somebody kicked at the door
and opened it; he ran down stairs and met his
mother. They were all playing in the front room.
After the fire his brother and sister went into the
back room and got into the bed. His little brother
had fastened the door, _ _

Capt. Eyre Massy Shaw, superintendent of the
Brigade, stated he went up stairs, and pushed
through the front room, where the fire commenced,
and sjxw the body of one child on the bed, and the
little boy was lying on his face on the floor.
The Coroner said he thought they had all the
history of the case ; there could be no doubt that
it was an accident. The mother did not appear in
any way to blame. _ . _

The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."

COUNI la MA RA .L

OLC;isdii'.Alt—JAN. 4.

A moderate business in English wheat, at about previous
prices. Foreign may be considered a trifle lower. The
American arrivals have no doubt had some influence on our
market to-day, the prospect of peace being considered more
hopeful than ever.