The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-17 00:00:00

MABLBOROUGH-STREET.

RECAPTURE OF A PERSON CRARGEDWITH DEFRAUD-
ING MESSRS. HOWELL AND JAMES.-011 the Bth of Feb-
ruary, 1864, two persons named Wm. Arnati and Henry
Jones, were committed from this court on the charge of
obtaining, by conspiring together, a quantity of property
from Messrs. Howell and James, silk mercers, Regent-
street. Arnati and Jones were allowed to go at large, on
bail, and a true bill was found against them. Arnati failed
to surrender to take his trial, and had been at large ever
since ; Jones remaining out on bail till called upon to take
his trial. Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Matthews, 13 F,
mot Arnati in the Strand, and, addressing him by name,
told him that he had a warrant, signed by the judge, for
his apprehension, and he then took him into custody.
Mr. Levy, of Bow-street, appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Yardley ordered Sergeant Matthews to be sworn,
and hearing from him that the signature to the warrant was
that of the Assistant Judge (Mr. Bodkin), and that the
prisoner was the person mentioned in the warrant, com-
mitted him for trial.

Mr. Levy asked that some money found on the prisoner
might be given up to him.

Mr. Yardley said he could not interfere. It was a matter
or the judge.
The prisoner was then committed.

THAMES.

A VERY TROUBLESOME OFFENDER.-James Bash, a hay
dealer, of liornchurch, in Essex, was brought before Mr.
Partridge charged with two offences—the first for being
at a distance from his horse and cart and not having proper
control over the horse in a public road ; the other with not
having his Christian and surname painted on his cart.

A police-constable named Beer, No. 189 K, said that on
the 2d of September last he saw the prisoner's horse and
cart proceeding along the Bow-road, and no one attending
to the animal. He met the prisoner 400 or 500 yards from
the cart and spoke to him. He accompanied the prisoner
to the cart. There was no name or address upon it.
Inspector Kerresey, of the K division, said the prisoner
had given much trouble and expense to the police. A
summons was served upon him, to which he did not ap-
pear. Ancither summons met with no better success. Two
warrants were granted, and the prisoner was apprehended
yesterday at Hornchurch by two police constables. The
expenses had been at least 10s., and the time of the sum-
moning officer of the court was sacrificed for two days, and
two other policemen for two days more.
The prisoner made a long defence. He could not deny
substantially the offences alleged against him.
Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was a foolish and obsti-
nate man to give so much trouble. He fined him 10s., and
10s. in addition for costs.
TEAR. UPS.—Two batches of "tear ups" were brought
before Mr. Partridge. The first batch consisted of Wm.
Coal, aged 28, George Smith, 14, Thomas Jones, 14, and
John Williams, 12, who were admitted to the Poplar
Workhouse last night as " casuals," and tore up all their
clothes. The second batch consisted of Thomas Roberts,
50, James Roberts, 45, and James Simpson, 37, who sought
a night's refuge in Ratcliff Workhouse last night, and also
tore up their clothes. Each of the prisoners put the
parishes to the expense of new clothing.
Mr. Partridge sentenced the adult prisoners to 21 days'
imprisonment and hard labour, and said the boys Smith,
Jones, and Williams, were . friendless and fatherless, and
must be passed to their respective parishes.
Merrick, the superintendent of labour at Poplar, said a
great number of boys were admitted as casuals last night.
Mr. Paget had said that the boys—
Mr. Partridge interrupted, and said he did not care what
other people said. He was responsible for his own actions.
Ho would not send boys like those before him to prison.
If they were not taken to the workhouses to which they
belonged, he would send them there under the Industrial
Schools Act.

Police-sergeant Gamble, of the division, said there was
another batch of tear-ups at the station-house, who had
destroyed their clothes in a casual ward of one of the work-
houses and been supplied with others. They had again
torn up their clothes in the police cell, and could not be
brought before the magistrate, until more clothes bo sup-
plied to them.
Mr. Partridge said the parishes were not bound to supply
casual paupers with clothes as fast as they tore them up.
The casual paupers must be taught they could not set the
laws at defiance with impunity. The police had no occa-
sion to hurry the case. If the casual paupers had torn up
their clothes, thoy ought to be detained without any as long
as possible. They could be brought up at four o'clock in
the afternoon. They would be cool by that time. (Laughter.)

ENCOUNTER WITH A BURGLAR.—About one o'clock
on Wednesday morning, Mr. Atkinson Pickering,
druggist, Hull, was disturbed by hearing a noise. He
called to Mr. Raymond, his assistant, and asked him if
anything had fallen. Mr. Raymond answered in the nega-
tive, and they both proceeded to search the dwelling-
house, but nothing was found to create alarm or suspicion.
They then ascended the steps leading to the warehouse,
and after reaching a room on the third flight, Mr. Raymond
was knocked down by a man who had been concealed in a
room. The burglar then got through a window which
overlooks the roofs of some houses, and as he was escaping,
Mr. Raymond, who had recovered himself, threw a poker
at him, but missed his mark. The police were called in,
but an ineffectual search was made for tho man.

A LADY CHARGED WITH THEFT.—Thewife of a
gentleman who possesses considerable property in Lam-
beth was yesterday, at the Southwark Police-court, com-
mitted for trial on a charge of attempting to steal a velvet
mantle, the property of a draper in Newington-causeway.
The shopman affirmed that he saw her secrete the mantle
beneath her dress, and that when he impeached her with
the theft the stolen property fell on the floor. The de-
fence was that the mantle was hanging on the back of a
chair, and that it fell as the lady rose. She was admitted
to bail.

AN EXPRESS TRAIN IN PERIL.—On Tuesday
night, the passengers b; the evening express train from
Newcastle to Sunderland, on the North Eastern branch
line, had a narrow escape. As the train neared Cleadon-
lane station, and when running at the rate of forty miles
an hour it ran into a horse and cart left standing upon the
line. Tho vehicle belonged to Mr. Robert Ifarnet, potato
merchant, who in going from Tyne Dock to Cleadon, had
to cross the railway on a level. While he was opening a
gate to pass through he left the horse and cart standing
right across the rails, without taking the precaution to
look along the line. At that moment the train came up,
and,, it being quite dark, the engineman was unable 'to see
the obstruction until right upon it. The horse was killed
and the cart smashed to pieces, while the train itself with
difficulty kept the line, and the passengers experienced a
severe jolting.—Leeds Mercury.