The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-22 00:00:00

ALARMING FIRES.

This (Monday) morning between the hours of one and
two o'clock, great alarm was caused in the neighbourhood
of Islington in consequence of a fire breaking out in the
premises belonging to Mr. G. A. Crabbe, a chandler, and
carrying on basiness at No. 20, Popham. street, in the
beforenamed parish. The discovery was made by a police-
constable a the N division seeing smoke pouring out
of the shop windows. The constable at once sounded an
alarm in the usual way, and sent for the Royal Society's
escapes and engines. After the lapse of a few minutes the
inmates were sensible of their impending danger, and they
happily succeeded in reaching the street in safety. Two
of the Royal Society's escapes, three parish engines, and
three others of the London Brigade were soon in attend-
ance, but the fire could not be extinguished until con-
siderable damage was done to the building and its contents
by fire and water. The origin of the misfortune was un-
known, but fortunately Mr. Crabbe was insured in the
General Fire Office.

A fire also took place during Sunday night, in the pre-
mises belonging to Messrs. Boulcott and Co., timber
merchants, situate at Regent's-canal wharf, Limehouse,
which at one time threatened very serious results. The
fire commenced from some unexplained cause in the
counting house on the ground floor, the most important
part of the building, wherein the books and other valuable
documents were deposited connected with the establish-
ment. Two private engines quickly attended, as well ac
the Royal Society's escapes, followed in rapid succession by
three manual power engines, and one of the land steamers
by Shaud and Mason of Upper Ground street, Blachfriara,
under the command of Captain Shaw, the superintendent
of the London Brigade. Fortunately, the mains of the
East London Company yielded a good supply of water,
from which the firemen went to work, but although they
succeeded in saving the upper part of the premises, the
damage done below was very extensive, but not so serious
as to impede the business from being carried on as here-
tofore. Fortunately, the firm was insured in the Phcenix
Fire Office.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-SATURDAY.

Beyond settling for the past week, the business of the
day was almost confined to the support given to Silkstone
for the Cesarewitch. 30 to lin ponies was booked against
Guiding Star, but afterwards 500 to 15 was offered. 20 to
1 was offered bar one, and 33 to 1 bar two. Closing
prices :

CESAREIVITCH.
10 to 1 agst Silkstone (taken)
20 to 1 agst Duleibella (offered)
33 to 1 agst Guiding Star (taken and offered)
33 to 1 agst Henham Lass (offered)
33 to 1 agst Audrey (offered)
33 to 1 agst Catch 'em Alive (offered)
40 to 1 agat Rising Sun (taken)
60 to 1 eget My Mary (taken and offered)

KELSO MEET
The rtoxburghe H andical

TING—OcT. 7.
Lp. One mile and a half.

Age et lb
Caller Oa
Cape Flyaway
Eidolon
Montrose
Joey Jones
Lady Ripon
Tattoo
Johnny Armstrong 3 7 0
Prologue
Imperatrice
Welcome .
Virgilius
MYMary
Invader 4 6 6

Age st lb
Captain Crow 3 6 6
Silkstone
Lord Stanley....., 3 6 6
Town Councillor
King of Kars 3 6 0
Gammon .. a 6 0
Pilot
Bedouin 3 5 13
Haddington
Flytrap
Bonny Breast-knot 3 5 10
Fairy King .. 3 6 7
Oberon ..... 3 5 7
PembrGke 3 paid
Sept. 20, at 11 a.m.

Weights published
Forfeits to be declared to
the 27th of September, at 5 p.

Messrs. Weatherby only on
.ra.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

- -
LONDON, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon—North•
Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

BELFAST, Sept. 20.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—St. Selena,
for St. John's, N.B.
GRIMSBY, Sept. 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ca"ur'
from Alexandria.
NEWPORT Sept. 21.—Arrived—Helene Dondors,
and
Progreestve, from St. Thomas.
—Sailed---George
CARDIFF, Sept. 20.—Wind
Henry, for Shanghai; Colleen Bawn, for St T
ho
ved—Her
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind N.E.—Aaed Defence,
Majesty's ships Revenge, Emerald, Galatea'
from the Atlantic.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL)
steamer,Evasr
screw
:
SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning.
Arrived—Bedouin, from Beyrout ; Jane Cochrane, horn
Cardiff; Isabella Croll, steamer, from Cardiff.
Sailed—John and Polly, for Yarmouth; Lady Constance,
nuie Scott, from Rio Janeiro
..,; J es:ifna
for Sunderland.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
Seine, from Boulogne .
GRAVESEND, Monday Merniir,
Arrived, Sept. 21
Edward's Island ;
Deviers, from Groningen;
from Antwerp. i -Dolphin,
Sept. 2l—Chester, screw
DEAL, Monday Morning.
Passed,
Quiver, for Nassau ; Uranus, for Princeor ,enea ;
Citizen, screw steamer, for Bordeaux;
of Sunderland, for Malia—all from London.
Sailed, Sept. 22--Oregon, flteamr,
for the west. Ad, from tite:noith,

LAW-THIS DAY.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commisaioner Fonblanque.)
IN RE WM G. HOWARD.

This was an application for discharge from custody under
peculiar circumstances—the grounds of the application were
that the debtor had filed a deed of composition, signed by
the requisite number of creditors, whereby he had assigned all
his property to trustees for the benefit of creditors, Which
was to be available in all matters of bankruptcy.
His Honour did not see that he had any power to inter-
fere.

Mr. Bagley opposed, and said that Howard had been
bankrupt and obtained his release, but a subsequent claim
against him arose, on which he was taken in execution, and
he then signed the deed of composition for the benefit of the
new creditors to pay ls. in the pound, but no property had
been given. He was not in prison, but in Sloman's Spong-
ing House.

His Honour said he could not interfere. An assignment
alone was not sufficient ; there must be an actual posses-
sion. It was not a case in which he had any power.
Application refused.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

The September Sessions of the Central Criminal Court
commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Re-
corder, Sheriffs and Under-sheriffs.

The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said the cases
to be considered by them were not more numerous than
might have been expected, considering the period that has
elapsed since the court last sat. The first case which he
considered it necessary to call their attention to was that of
a man named Cooper, who was charged with the murder of a
woman who passed as his wife, at Isleworth. The pri-
soner, who was supposed to have been married previously,
went to Isleworth and proposed to live again with the de-
ceased, but she refused. They had a quarrel, and after-
wards they were walking together. A report of a pistol-
shot was heard, and in a few minutes afterwards
the deceased was found in a dying state, a bullet being,
after death, found in her head. The prisoner had car-
ried three bullets with him, and when he was asked what
they were for he said one was for Annie (the deceased), one
for her mother, and the other for the person who might
take him. When he was taken into custody a loaded pistol
was found in his possession. The next case of wilful
murder was one against Adelaide Cole. She went up
stairs with her child, and shortly afterwards the infant was
found dead, its throat having been cut. There appeared to
be but little doubt that the prisoner was insane, but that
would be a question for the jury who tried the case to
decide. The next case was that of Susan Harter, who
stood charged with the murder of her new born child at
Wimbledon. She informed a fellow-servant of the fact of the
child's death, and afterwards the body was found in a box
belonging to the prisoner. According to the medical evi-
dence, the death of the child must have been caused by a
stick or some other instrument being thrust down its throat.
The next case was that against Mary Ryley, Emma Rose,
and Mary Flynn, who were charged with the murder of a
child be onging to Riley, who left it in charge of a girl,
who gave it some laudanum. When Riley came back and
ascertained what had been done she slapped the girl's face,
upon which she ran away, and had not been heard of since.
The coroner's jury found a verdict of wilful murder against
the three prisoners, but there did not appear to be any evi-
dence against them, and he was surprised at the ver-
dict. The learned Recorder then went at some length
into the cases preferred against Mrs. Catherine Wilson, of
poisoning two persons, and remarked that there was some
difficulty in the cases, as there was no direct evidence that
poison had been administered. There were several cases of
manslaughter. The only other case to which it was neces-
sary to call their attention was that of William Roupell,
who was charged with forging a deed, and also his father's
will. He did not know what evidence might be laid before
them; the only evidence apparently laid before the magis-
trate in Surrey,who committed the prisoner for trial, was his
own voluntary statement. There was the evidence of the
short hand writer, from which it appeared that the prisoner
distinctly stated that he was guilty of the forgery of which
he was charged, A voluntary statement such as that made
upon oath, raised a presumption against the prisoner, which
if not explained, would justify the grand jury in finding a
true bill against him on those charges of which he had
admitted himself to b guilty.
The Grand Jury then retired to their room.

The trial of Mrs. Catherine Wilson has been fixed for
Friday. The Attorney General, Mr. Welsby, Mr. Clark,
and Mr. Orridge will conduct the prosecution, and Mr.
Montague Williams has been retained for the defence.

THE ROUPELL FORGERY.

The Attorney General, Mr. AVelsby, Mr. Clarke, and.
Mr. Orridge, prosecute in the case.
UNLAWFULLY WOUNDING.

Edward Sandover was found guilty of unlawfully wound-
ing Etnrna Spurgeon, at Ilford,

It was proved that he had been drinking to excess, and
was in a state of delirium tremens.
The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment,
with hard labour.