The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-23 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

Yesterday Edward Fowler, the driver of the
hackney-coach, No. 820, was summoned to this
office, before Messrs. SELLON and LAING, charged
with having furiously driven his coach against
Thomas Fisher, and several other soldiers, belong-
ing to the 31 regiment of Foot Gu.ads, so as to
ndariger their lives.
Fisher being sworn, deposed that on Tuesday,
the 15 h ;nal., he was proceeding through Broad
stree', Sr. Giles's, with the Brrti-h Mus. um guard,
in company with his officer and Sergeant Mackaster,
in single file. On pa-sing by Piiimtree-stieet itii
ilefeudatit drove his horses in a furious miamer, and
although called to sever..l times, he did not pull up,
but wilfully drove through the line. The pole of
the carriage struck witness on the arm, and he must
have been knocked down and run over had he not
seized hold of the end of the poll to save him-elf.
Ttie defendant denied having driven negligen.ly
or furiously. The street had a descent, and on be-
ing called to, he found it impo,sible to stop h:s
horses; and the soldiers pricked the horse,' heads
with heir bayonets, which alarmed them, and he
was obliged to whip them on.

Sergeant Macka;ter denied this statement, saying
that the soldiers merely held up their fire-locks ,t,
keep the horses off.

Mr. Serg••ant SELLON said, that soldiers, march.
ing in single file through the streets of London,
were conducted as prudently as possible, and it wa•
he duty of coachmen to suffer the line to pas., and
to stop their horses. If the wheels had happene
to have passed over the complainant, the defendant
would have been placed in an awkward situation.
He would now fine him 20s. and cots, and he
might consider himself very fortunate that a heavier
penalty was not inflicted.

S.,rgeatit Mack ister delivered over the moiety of
he penally to the office poor-box.

UNION-HALL.

Yesterday a man named Halligan was brought
before Mr. CHAMBERS, on a charge of " gutting a
house," the term given to an offence now very pre-
valent in and about the metropolis.
It appeared th it several new houses have been
lately erected at Brixton, by a person who became
a bankrupt before they were finished. The affairs
of the bankrupt were, therefote, placed in the hands
of assignees, and their agent had the unfinished
houses closed until matters were arranged for com-
pleting them. In the interval, however, the fixtures
of some of the houses were stolen, and from one of
them in particular, which was most easy of access,
not only were the fixtures carried off, but also the
doors of the different rooms, the shelves,the window-
-hutters, the wood wc,rk of the cupboards, and
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this system of depredation been carried, that at
ieegth a watchman was employed to look after the
houses, but all in vain, for it was soon discovered
that the empty buildings were entered at the rear,
from whence the property must have been taken
into some of the adjoining houses. The prisoner,
who resides near the spot, was suspected, and a
search-warrant having been obtained, his house was
examined, and a great portion of the wood work be-
longing to the gutted house was discovered. Amongst
the stolen property found on his premises was the
drawing-room door of the unfinished hou,e, and the
use he converted it to was a side-board in his par-
lour. The prisoner, however, had forgotten to
erase certain marks before he had converted the
door into a piece of fuiniture, and these having
been identified, he was fully commited for trial.

WINES'S Two YEARS AND A HALF IN
THE AMERICAN NAVY.—" Why is it that we have been
much amused with ail; production ? It is true that the
book is only an,account of a few European post towns;
but then they are by a Yankee, and it imports us to know
of what these Yankees are made, with what feelings they
come to Europe, and in what spirit they report their ex-
perience. We will in a few words show that this Ame-
rican citizen bas deserved much of his country, and has
impressed us generally with an amiable notion of his class.
Let any one recollect the feelings with which he has ap-
proached, for instance, the remains of a classical ruin—or,
fir the first time, his University, or other venerable insti-
tution, endeared to him by the experience of his ancestors,
or the tr ditions of his youth ; he will then clearly compre-
hend the teeiings of an educated United Statee man on ap.
proaching tile ancient shores of Europe."—Spectator.

ORIGIN AND SERVICES OF THE COLD.
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scene, and over many 4
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MARLBOROUGH, GEORGE the SECOND, and WELLING-
TON, (I, SCliiied in a way which shows a love of simple and
unetnb.ilished trot!'; he cites vod authorities as he pro
ceeds, and entitles him.-elf to the praise of a clear, clever,
and sensible historian."..../thenteunt.