The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-18 00:00:00

CLE R KEN WE L L.

Moses Isaacs and John Hall were placed at the bar
before Mr. Greenwood, on the charge of being riotous
and disorderly i❑ the gallery of Sadler's-Wells Theatre,
and with assaultingacheck•taker,:named Dawes, and also
police-constable Doyle, 197 G, who was on duty at the
theatre.

Dawes stated that about the middle act of the tragedy
of King or No King, he heard considerable noise and
confusion in the gallery, and expressions of the grossest
and most indecent description uttered in such a loud
tone of voice as to be perfectly audible in every part of
the house. Upon entering the gallery, he found that
they were uttered by the two prisoners, who sat in the
front row, and having in vain attempted to induce them
to be quiet, he seized hold of Isaacs, who was by far the
most violent and offensive, and succeeded in dragging
him to the back of the gallery, where they both fell, and
Isaacs struck and kicked him several times so violently
about the head and face as to almost saturate all the
upper part of his dress with blood. D,,yle came to his
assistance, and with considerable difficulty they removed
the prisoners from the gallery, and conveyed them to
the station-house.

Doyle 107 G, confirmed the previous statement.
Mr. J. C. Greenwood, the lessee of the theatre, was in
attendarce, and said he sought for the infliction of no
heavier punishment upon the prisoners than Mas neces-
sary to compel orderly conduct on the part of the
audience.

Reynolds, a constable of the theatre, said, in reply to
the magistrate, the prisoner Isaacs had been sentenced to
seven days imprisonment about two years ago for disor-
derly conduct at the theatre ; and that last night as he
was observed to be under the influence of liquor, he was
cautioned upon entering the theatre by the money taker,
and only admitted on promising to behave himself
properly.
The MAGISTRATE said, that from what he had heard,
he believed that there was not a theatre in London con-
ducted in a more orderly, and in every way, a more
creditable manner, than Sadler's Wells. It was also—
and he regretted to say it—the only theatre where the
legitimate drama found a resting place in London after
it had been driven from all the larger theatres. If
such language as that used by Isaacs were per
mittad, the beneficial effects from a theatre con-
ducted in such a manner, must be lost, and those em-
barking in it ruined, for no man would bring his
wife or children there at the hazard of having their ears
so offended and polluted. As it appeared that Hall was
but little to blame in comparison with his companion, he
should order him to be discharged, but with respect to
Isaacs, his conduct had been so disgraceful, that he
should send him to the House of Correction for one
month, without the alternative of a fine.
Isaacs, who boasted at the station-house that he did
not care for the magistrate, as he could pay double the
highest fine which could be imposed, seemed quite be-
wildered as he was led off to the van by 'Waddington.
MARYLEBONE.

EXTENSIVE PLUNDER BY A LAUNDRESS.— On Satur
day Esther Hughes, who had been brought before this
court on Thursday last, charged with pawning a con-
siderable quantity of linen and other articles, the pro-
perty of Edward Cif:NTH, E,q., 3, Whitehall-gardens,
and two of his domestic servants, was again brought up
for examination, when a similar charge was preferred
against her by W. Ssott Kenney, 37, Bryanstone-
square.

It appeared that in the latter part of the last month
the prisoner was intrusted with those articles for laun-
dry purposes. She then resided at Kensall New, town.
Not returning the articles after the expiration of a week,
suspicion was excited, and it was found she bad left her
lodgings. On Thursday morning last she was taken
into custody, and twenty duplicate tickets of the pro-
perty pawned were found upon her. The value of the pro
perty which was given up by the pawnbrokers was be-
tween 1.51. and 20/.

The prisoner said she had pawned the property with
the intention of redeeming it.
Mr. LONG sentenced her for each offence to pay a fine
of s.,or in default of payment to be committed to the
House of Correction for a uaonth.

The prisoner was removed by Mitchell, the gaoler,
crying bitterly.

CROYDON.

William West, who has for a number of years filled
the office of beadle to the parish of Mitcham, attended
before Messrs. Lucas, Barclay, and Sutherland, the pre-
siding magistrates, to answer a charge of violently as-
saulting a young girl named Emily Ridley, in Mitcham
Church.

For a considerable time past West appears to have
acted in a very extrordinary manner, and he has been
before the ben; so many times, either as complainant
or defendant, that the magistrates have repeatedly ex-
pressed their disgust at his violent and outrageous con-
duct; but notwithstanding this, it would seem that he is
still retained in his (Ace.

The complainant in the present case, a respectable
girl, deposed that on Sunday, the 31 instant, she went,
accompanied by a child, to the church at Mitcham, and
proceeded to a pew, which she had been in the habit of
occupying. but she had hardly taken her seat before the
defendant, who was in the middle of the church, called
to her in a violent tone and manner to come out of the
pew. She took no notice of what he said, thinking she
bad a right to the seat, when the defendant came to the

pew, forced open the door with great violence, and seized
her by the shoulders and thrust her out, and she tell to
the ground fr: m the force he used towards her.

The defendant said the complainant had no right in
the pew, and he, therefore, had desired her to come out.
She, in return, had used a very disgusting expression to
him, and he turned her out of the pew, but he denied
having used violence.

The complainant most earnestly denied having used
the expression imputed to her.
The magistrates considered the charge of assault
clearly made out, and did not believe that the com-
plainant had used the expression sworn to by the
defendant. They had seen repeated instances of the
great violence and tni,conduct of the defendant, and they
considered it extraordinary that he should be retained in
the office. The bench, therefore, felt it their duty to
inflict a fine of 40s. and costs, and in default a month's
imprisonment.

FIRE AND DEPLORABLE ACCI-
DENT AT AN IRON FOUNDRY.
Friday -night, shortly before 10 o'cki,k, a frightful oc-
currence took place in the extensive iron foundry belong.
ing to Messrs. Ainger and Co., Upper Ground-street,
Blackfriars. It appears that a number of persons were
engaged in casting a heavy piece of metal, and they had
just succeeded in filling a pan with molten iron, which
was attached to a crane. The weight of the iron was
upwards of seventy hundred pounds. The persons en-
gaged in the work had succeeded in shifting the hot
metal to about the middle of the spzike between the fur-
nace and mould, when the ladle toppled over, and the
whole of the hot liquid iron was scattered over the floor
of the foundry, running amongst the men, and firing
sundry portions of the building, and then rushed through
the windows and doors like a discharge of. a thousand
rockets. Fur some time, the utmost excitement pre
vailed in the neighbourhood, and it was feared that
every man on the premises had been burned to
death. Such was the power of the fire, that
no one could enter for some time to render assist-
ance, and intelligence was forthwith sent to the engine-
stations. In the course of a few minutes Mr. Connorton
reached the scene, with the West of England engine, and
was followed by Mr. Hatnb!eton, with the Brigade en•
gine from Waterloo-road, and the escape belonging to
the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire.
With buckets of water the firemen succeeded in putting
the fire out, and the hot metal on the floors cooled, w hen
a dreadful sight presented itself. One of the workmen,
named George Richardson, was found in a corner of the
foundry, burnt in a most shocking manner. His shoes
and portions of his dress were stripped by the action of
the fire from his person, and the injuries he received
were of such a nature that no hopes were entertained of
his recovery. He was placed in a cab and removed to
the hospital. Two other persons, named Thomas Hobbe
and Martin Ryan, were also extensively burned about
their bodies, and were likewise obliged to be removed to
the hospital. Two children, belonging to Mr. Billing-
burst, one of the partners, were also injured, but not to
any great extent. At eleven o'clock the fire was extin-
guished; but it was expected that one person, if not more,
would die during the night.

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.
STREET-CLEANSlNG.—OniSaturday, at the Marylebone
Vestry, Mr. SODEN brought forward a motion for the
appointment of a committee to consider the necessity of
adopting measures for the more effectual cleansing of the
thoroughfares of Mirylehone, and stated that this object
had become necessary from the increased traffic which
had taken place in some of the principal streets.
Mr. HARBERT opposed the motion, on the ground
that those persons residing in the principal thoroughfares
ought to pay the expenies wir!ch would be incurred by
this proposition, since it would be for their comfort in
particular.
Mr. DANIELL suggested that the paupers in the parish
might be employed in cleansing the streets, as they used
to be form( Hy.
The resolution was carried, and a committee;appointed
A communication having been read from th• -Lord'
Chancellor, expressing his willingness to receive a depu-
tation on the subject cf the Small Debts Bill, the vestry
separated.

ACCIDENT AT TUE LIVERPOOL AMPLIITFIEATRE.
—On Monday night, a m in in the gallery of the Amphi-
theatre, who had left his pl ice during one ot the acts, missed
to spring into his lonner seat,
his footing while
_endeavout ing
was preeipitated over the railing into the pit, a depth of at
least thirty feet, and fell upon two ladies. The bench upon
which they were sitting was split, but marvellous to relate,
with the exception of a few bruises, the man and the lathe.
were, we believe, uninjured.—Liverpoolllercury.