The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-30 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE THIS DAY.

A BARONET FINED FOR AN ASSAULT.-Sir Claude de
Crespigny, Bart., of 20, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, was
charged, at Marlborough-street Police-court, before Mr.
Knox, with assaulting Jules Dachot, a waiter at the Hotel
de l'Europe, Leicester-square. The complainant said the
defendant struck him because he could not find his master.
Sir Charles said the complainant, last night, brought him
a putrid lobster to table, and on his remonstrating he was
abusive and he pushed him away. The complainant then
took up the pepper-box and threw some of the contents in
his face. Sir Charles considered himself the injured party.
Mr. Knox said an assault had been made out, but as the
complainant had suppressed all about the pepper he should
not order him any compensation. The fine inflicted for
the assault was £5.

RUSHING INTO THE LION'S MOUTH.—Patrick Sullivan,
aged 21 years, Frederick Smith, 26, and Edward Davis,
25, were brought before Mr. Paget at the Thames Police-
court, charged with stealing 631 b of lead piping, the pro-
perty of some person er persons unknown. Last night
at ten o'clock the prisoners were outside the door of the
station-house of the K division, adjoining the court, and
being suspected by a constable were taken into custody.
When searched there was 251 b of 251 b of lead piping in
front of Sullivan, forming a kind of breast plate, on Davis
281 b of lead piping similarly disposed, and on Smith about
91b of lead piping arranged about his body. On being
asked to account for their possession of the lead they
said they picked it up on Stepney-green. They all came
from the notorious thieves' colony Flower and Dean-street,
Mr. Paget asked what business the prisoners had in front
of the station-house, and was informed that they were
waiting to see the night-relief go out, and would, no doubt,
follow one section to ascertain how many men there were
in a particular district. A skeleton key was found on
Davis. It would open half the doors in London. The
prisoners were remanded.
SERI

OUS FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS OF

LIFE.
A fire attended with a considerable destruction o.
property took place at an early hour this morning in the
premises belonging to Mr. C. M`Carthy, a wholesale and
furnishing ironmonger, carrying on business at No. 5,
Edwin-terrace, Burdett-road, Mile-end-road. The flames
commenced in the front shop, and rapidly extended up the
stairs, almost to the roof. The fire was extin-
guished in lees than an hour, but not until Mr.
M`Carthy's premises were nearly destroyed, and the
adjoining premises of Mr. Knight severely damaged by
fire and smoke. The origin of the disaster is unknown.
Another fire also occurred in the premises belonging to
Mr. J. J. Weise, a hat manufacturer, No. 82, Bishops-
gate-street-without. The fire commenced in the shop,
and soon reached the upper floors in the building.
The flames were not conquered until the fire had entered
every room in the building, and had done a considerable
amount of damage--in fact the whole amount of the
stock in trade was all but destroyed. A fire of a dis-
tressing character also happened in the private residence
of Mr. W. George, No. 14, Little Carlisle-street, Church-
street, Edgware Road. It was caused by the upsetting
of a paraffin lamp, which set fire to a quantity of wearing
apparel, and the blazing spirit shot about the room, and,
falling upon Mr. S. George, aged 23, so severely burnt
him that he was obliged to be removed to St. Mary's
Hospital, Paddington, where he at present remains. The
engines soon attended, and the fire was confined to the
lower part of the building.
ve t In-.

_lave authority for stating that Inspector
Penn, who received such injuries at the Elackfrials
station of the Metropolitan Railway yesterday, is not
dead, as stated by a contemporary. The inspector is
going on favourably, and hopes are entertained that he
may recover.