The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-07 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

James Minchin was placed at the bar before the
sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, on the charge of having
wilfully set fire to a hayrick, the property of Mr.
Robert Young, Brent-street, Hendon, and thereby
caused damage to the amount of upwards of 601.
Police-constable Field, 300 S, said—Yesterday
evening, as I was on duty in the New Finchley-
road, by Golder's-grsen, I saw a hayrick on fire, and
on repairing to the spot I observed that the rick had
been lighted at the bottom. On looking round I
observed, at a distance of 20 yards, the Lea of a shoe
protruding from a heap of rubbish, and on my laying
hold of it I drew forth the prisoner. I asked him if
he knew anything of the fire, and he replied that he
did not. I told him that I should take him into
custody upon suspicion of having fired the rick, and
on my searching his pockets I found in one of them
six lucifer-matches, which he said he carried for the
purpose of lighting his pipe. He had neither pipe nor
tobacco in his possession.
The prisoner declined to put any questions to the
witness.

Other evidence was gone into, from which it was
shown that the loss sustained by Mr. Young was no
less than 651.

The prisoner, who had nothing tosay, was committed
for trial.

The inspector mentioned to the Magistrate the
singular and painful fact that one of his constables,
named Sibley, who was at the scene of conflagration,
and who for some time past had been suffering from
a disease of the heart, died at three o'calioickprottaa!
(yesterday) morning, his death having,
bility, been accelerated by the exteintecniesenibatettct)hwrohwicnh.
he had, under the peculiar circumstances,
at 2, Little
Margaret Keefe, an IrjsliwTmv.lnivging
i violently as-
Park street, was charg d
eof beekeepers of the poor, at
saulted Mr. Kirby,
the Marylehone workhouse. Complainant's evidence
was, that on the same morning he received a medical
certificate of the death of one of defendant's children
by cholera, and the document set forth that the body
should be instantly removed. Complainant accordingly
repaired to the place, and on his demanding that the
body should be delivered up, and deposited in the
dead-house until the burial should take place, de-
fendant abused him most grossly, and struck him
several times. He said he had no wish to press harshly
against the prisoner, as regarded the assault upon him.
He did not succeed in his attempt to bring the child
away, and he wished to call his Worship's atu-nticei to
the fact that in the room where the dead child was
lying, there were six other children living with
the father and mother. Every room in the house
had a family in it, and the place altogether was most
unhealthy and likely to engender cholera.
The MAGISTRATE (Mr. Long) impressed w.3on the
defendant the necessity of her suffering the child to
be removed by the parish officers, who were quite

willing to let her bury it in her own w ijita it het-,
own expense.
Th s ;.;.; ;"
Richard Mahoney and John Blake Cse\thate...d.
with misconduct at the house of Riciitrd--Harrison,
grocer, Coleshill street, Pimlico; and ..To7V-porn-pith
attempting to rescue the prisoner Mahoney. 'S.
Mr. l3eckerson, an inspector of the A division,
before the charges were proceeded with, intbrmed the
magistrate that the complainant in this instance was
the person who, with his wife, was held to bail about
a fortnight ago at this court, to answer the charge of
cruelty to their child at the next Middlesex sessions,
sad ever since their appearance before the magistrate
there had been continually a large crowd of persons
opposite their shop, the presence of three or four con-
stables at a time toting necessary to preserve order.
The evidence went to show that the moment Har-
rison put his head out of the door to close his shop
shutters, a number of missiles were discharged at
him by the mob, and he was suddenly justled into
the shutter box, and struck on the head. The bay
Mahoney was seen to throw a handful of something
at Harrison, and the latter appeared to entertain a
strong opinion that Blake was one of those who thrust
him into the shutter-box , while the police clearly,
proved that Thorn laid hold of Mahoney, endea-
voured to pull him away from the constable, and said
he should not be taken.

Mahoney admitted he threw a bundle of small
sticks at complainant; but Blake denied in the most
positive terms that he had touched the complainant,
and Thorn said he meant no harm. _ _

Mr. BURRELL fined Mahoney and Thorn 10s.
each, or, in default, 10 days ; but as there appeared to
be some doubt with respect to Blake, he would give
him the benefit of it and discharge him. The worthy
Magistrate observed, that if any more of this sort of
conduct took place he should feel it his duty to punish
it with the utmost severity.
WORSHIP-STREET.
A donation of 101. was received by the magistrates
from " A Lady at Merton," who desired that the
amount might be applied to the relief of the numerous
poor families in Bethnal-green and Shoreditch who
had been placed in a state of destitution from the ra-
vages of the prevailing epidemic. The half of a 51.
note (No. 69,436, 14th July, 1849) was also received
from an anonymous correspondent, who promised to
transmit the remaining moiety upon seeing the first
acknowledged in the daily papers.
Mary Ann Davis, an elderly woman of repulsive
aspect, who was well known to the police, was placed
at the bar, before Mr. Arnold, charged on suspicion of
having administered some stupifying ingredients to a
young orphan girl, named Sarah Hunt, 14 years of
age, and with having subsequently robbed her of the
greater part of her clothing.
Mr. ARNOLD said that it was a very serious charge,
and as the positive testimony of the complainant,
which he saw no reason to discredit, was corroborated
to some extent by the evidence of other impartial
witnesses, he should order the prisoner to be remanded
until Tuesday next.

THE POISON SHOP.
(From Punch.)
SCENE.—The shop of Mr. Upas, chymist and druggist.
Bottles, his assistant, behind the counter.
Enter Widow Woman, with infant in arms, seemingly
in gr€at distress.
Widow (much agitated)—Threepenn'orth of Lau-
danum, please, Sir.
Bottles Laudanum, Ma'am ; yes, Ma'am—Six.
penn'orth, I think you said, Ma'am.
Widow (sighing)—Threepenn'ortb. Thr( ep nce is
all I have in the world!

Bottles—Sorry for it, Ma'am. (Serves her.) (*Exit
Widow frantically.)
Enter ragged Little Girl, and several other persons of
squalid, wretched, and sinister appearance.
Bottles—Now then, little girl, what's for you?
Gitl—Mother says, please will you let her have as
much Arsenic as you can for twopence-halfpenny to
kill rats.

Bottles—Ries, eh? Father belong to a burial club?
Girl—Yes Sir, please, Sir.
Bottles—So I thought. (llaivers the Arsenic.) [Exit
Little Girl.] Now Sir, what can Ido for you (to a
Stranger with his face mined and his hat over his ayes)?
Stranger—Thank'ee; I'll wait.
Bottles (to several customers)—You for Arsenic?—
you ?—you ?—all of you Arsenic? Six Arsenics; and
you?—oh! one Corrosive Sublimate. (Serves them out
packets ready made up.) [Exeunt with the poison.]
Stranger (having watched them al out)--I wantiso ne
of the strongest poison you have got.
Bottles—Well, Sir, I think prussic acid will suit you
better than any.
Stranger—That smells, eon't

Bottles—Why yes, Sir. Protab'y strychnine would
answer your purpose?
Stranger—ls that pretty stiffish?.
Bottles—(smiling)—Oh! yes, Sir. I should be sorry
to take two grains of it.
Stranger—Let's have have half an ounce.
Bottles—Half an ounce, Sir? (Weighs it out.) What
is the next article, Sir?
Stranger—Nothing.
Bottles—Allow me to tempt you with a little bella-
donna; very killing, Sir, I assure you. Or would you
try our digitalis? I could recommend our colchicum, Sir.
Stranger—No, no!
Bottles—Or anything in the vitriol way, Sir?
Stranger (with an oath)—No, I tell you. The
strychnine will do the job. .Hand it over, will you, and
make haste.

Bottles—Directly, Sir. (Folds and presents the
packet.) Thank you, Sir. (Takes the money and
sweeps in into the till. Exit Stranger.) Ha! a pretty
good morning's work; and if the undertakers don't get
a job or two out of it—and perhaps Jack Ketch too—l
shall be astonished rayther. (Exit.)

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, SEPT. 6.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was firmer to-day
although, from the disinclination to sell, there may be said
to have hem no business done.
LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6. .

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STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened' rather
firmly to-day, but towards the close prices had a downward
tendency, and closed heavily at the quotations. The sales
are Eastern Counties, 7% Lancashire and Yorkshire,
Consol. Fifths, 5% dis.—London and North-Western, 118—
t)itto, New Quarters, 1% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 3 p. Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters (No. 2), gua-
ranteed 7th till 1833, 6% Ditto, Eighths, 34—Midland,
58— Ditto, Halves, 16% dis.—North Union (A), 223
Shrewsbury and Chester (N.W.M.), Preferen e, guaranteed
8 per cent., 151,2—South-Eastern and over, Consol. ( No.
3), 19%—Ditto (No. 4), 6% York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick ((1. N. E. Purchase), 45,,,di5.