The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-29 00:00:00

HATT ON- G ARDEN.

Yesterday Mr. John Nicol Walters., the surgeon,
was finally examined before Mr. ROGERS, on a charge
of having enticed Mr. R. B. Steele to set fire to
his house.

Mr. James Toplis deposed—l am a surveyor to
the Sun Fire-office, and reside at 22, St. Paul's
Church-yard. This morning I went to the premises
lately said to have been occupied by the prisoner,
No. 211, Tottenham court• road. There is an apothe-
cary's shop, aid a back sitting-room behind, and
two rooms on the first floor. I examined the fix-
tures and utensils in the shop, which I value at 41/.
9s. The household furniture and apparel in the
back sitting-room I value at 101. 15s. The rooms
up stairs and the kitchen were quite bare of furniture
with the exception of two chairs.
Mr. List, the inspector, deposed—l way present
with Mr. Toplis when he valued the property in
the prisoner's place. I took possession of the
prisoner's premises on the night of Tuesday, the
15th of November, and the articles then on the
premises where the same as when Mr. Toplis formed
the valuation. . _ _

Walsh, the constable, said, that when Mr. Steele
first applied to him, he said, " You are the first
constable that I have mentioned it to"--(meaning
the proposition that the prisoner had made to him.)
Mr. ROGERS asked him to be sure of that.
Walsh said he was, and
Mr. Milieu, the chief clerk, was ordered to put
it with his depositions.
It appeared that the prisoner insured for 3501.
This was the whole of the evidence,- and the pri-
soner was committed for trial.

John Holmes wits charged with stealing six valu-
able pieces of silk:bandkerchiefs,the property of some
person unknown. It appeared from the evidence of
Mr. Davies, hosier, of 19, Oxford-street, that about

a week ago the prisoner called at his shop and or-
dered a quantity of goods to be sent to Mr. Watson,
watchmaker, of Little Queen-street, High Holborn.
On leaving the shop the prosecutor missed several
valuable articles, and, suspecting the prisoner,
he determined to call upon Mr. Watson to ascer-
tain whether he had deputed any body to make
such an order. Mr. Watson informed him that a
host of hosiers had been to make similar inquiries,
and that it must have been the work of some im-

postor or thief.
On Saturday last, Mr. Davies was walking along
Holborn, when he met the prisoner and collared him,
knowing him to be the person who had robbed him.
Inspector Oakley, of the E division, was passing
by and took custody of the prisoner and conveyed
him to the station-house, where he searched him,
anu found several pieces of valuable silk handker-
chiefs of the same quality as those that were stolen
from Mr. Davies.
The prisoner, in his defence, said, I know nothing
of the robbery ; I received the silk from " Long
Bill," of Brick-lane.
Mr. Oakley said he had no doubt but several
tradesmen would come forward if the prisoner were
remanded, as it was evident, from the many inquiries
that had been made at Mr. Watson's, the watch-
maker, that the prisoner had practised his depreda-
tions upon others.
UNION-HALL.

Mr. Peachey, a whartinger, and his wife, were
brought before Mr. MURRAY, charged with having►
violently assaulted Mary Haylan, a young girl living
in their service.
The complainant had been for the last three
months in the defendants' service, and upon a
recent occasion her mistress desired her to bring up
a clean plate, and that when she did, the latter,
without further ceremony, " chucked it bang" at
her head, and cut her in the face. She added, that
she had been subsequently locked up in a room
against her will and inclination.
In her cross-examination by Mr. Harmer for the