The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

METROPOLITAN ARABS.—,Tames Woolf°, Charles Byron,
Alfred Rossiter, and Samuel Simpkins, four ragged boys,
varying in age from 9 to 14 years, were placed at the bar
charged with unlawfully possessing some property.
Police-constable Fright, 275 A, stated that between five
and six o'clock last evening he was surprised by observing
a light in ono of the cellar arches of the old houses in
Ranelagh-street, which have been recently pulled down
for the Pimlico improvements, and immediately proceeded to
the spot, where in the arch he found the prisoners sitting
round a fire on the ground, with a supply of fuel at hand.
On searching the Arab witness found some broad and meat,
a jug containing water, and several pairs of fancy stock-
ings, of which there could be no doubt they had dishonestly
possessed themselves. He asked where they came from
and they said they know nothing about them. On search-
Woolfe a cork-screw and " Parliamentary Companion"
were found upon him.

Sergeant Purchase, 10 B, said that Rossiter, ;and the
gang of boys who were constantly with him, were the
terror of the tradesmen of the neighbourhood who were
plundered daily by them.
Police-constable Fright said he found the covers of a
great !many books in ;the archway, the insides of which
had no doubt beet, burnt. He produced the covers of
" The Log of the Water Lily."
Mr. Selfe—What were you boys doing there?
Boys—Nothing.
Mr. Selfe—What is known of them ?

Police—Rosseitr is a notorious thief, who has been often
in custody for felony. Byron has also been here twice.
Rossiter is the ruin of the other boys of the neighbour--
hood.

The friends of two of the boys said they could do no-
thing with the:n. They had good homes, but preferred a
vagabond life.

It was stated that Rossiter was only discharged from
custody yesterday for a robbery.
The prisoners were all remanded, but Simpkins,who was
the youngest.

AMATEUR PRIZE FIGHT.--Considerable sensation
has been created in sporting circles by the rumour
of a forthcoming pugilistic encounter between two gallant
members of a West End Military Club, for the large sum
of £l,OOO a side, £2OO of which has, we hear, been depo-
sited. The combatants are both in active training ; and
Capt. C., the elder of the two, has secured the services of
the celebrated "second," Jack Macdonald. Captain K.'s
"mentor" is at present a secret, as is likewise the "fixture.'
—Sporting Gazette.
The following paragraph is going the round of
the French journals ; "Archaeological discoveries are nu-
merous in the present day. An Italian collector, return-
ing from Egypt, has brought back the statue of no less a
personage than Potiphar's wife. An inscription on the
base leaves no doubt as to its authenticity. The features
are said to be exceedingly ugly."

FRUIT—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house gripes, 2s 6d to
Gs ; foreign do, 9d to is 6d ; filberts, is 6d to is 9d per lb ;
apples, is 9d to 3s 6d per half sieve ; new oranges, 4s
to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s• walnuts, is to 2s per 100.
VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is 6d to 2s 6d; white do.,
9d to is 3d; Savoys, 10d to is 4d; celery, 8d to is 6d;
horseradish, is to 2s 6d per doz heads ; greens, 2s 6d to
35; turnips, is 6d to 2s 6d ; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; onions,
is 6d to 2s ; brocoli, Os to Os per doz bunches ; Brussels
sprouts, is 3d to 2s per half sieve.