The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-29 00:00:00

scantly besieged by gangs of thieves to plunder
strangers, especially those arriving by the
Great
Northern Railway.
Mr. Mould coocurred in this from his own persona
observation.
The prosecutor hoped the worthy magistrate won
deal with the case in a summary manner.
Mr. TYnwairr remarked, that in such a case he'
could not possibly yield to such a request. He fully
committed the prisoner fur trial, and said be would
grant warrants for the apprehension of any of thea
party who could be identified as having been e'
cerned in the outrage.

LAMBETH. charged
Susan Harvey, a woman of the town, was d
before Mr. Elliott with feloniously cutting' and
wounding the person of Alfred Jackson.
From the evidence of the complainant, it 9 ppelir,ea,
that on the night before, af•er leaving the Ira iuxhaw
gardens, he went into the George and Dragon public;
house, near the water-gate entrance, and, whe n abot_ll,
to seat himself on a char, the prisoner object ed to n 1
doing so, saying that it had been occupied by a frier
of hers, whom she expected back. The complain t
said he should occupy it until the return of her trier
ddl
but this the prisoner objected to, and words -ensued'
when the pri.oner flung a quantity of beer in t beam;
plaivaut's face. See also flung a tumbler at 17 is lien 't
and the complainant, throwing up his arm to protect
himself, caught the blow on his wrist, and, so, grey
was the force, that it divided the tendons, and coltd
a serious wound and a considerable loss of blo "';
fore the haemorrhage could be stopped. The witt'es„
added that a part of the broken glass struck bira
his nose, between his eyes, and caused a woun d the"
also.
The prisoner, who seemed to treat the ci‘large
rather lightly, said she had been insulted by the' l:
plainant, who told her she used to walk in the tie ig
bourhood of the Old Bailey. 06
Mr. ELLIOTT, who considered the assault to be on
of a serious nature, remanded the prisoner to a f 4 tuts
day.

EXPLOSION at WASHINGTON COLLLE'IIir;
Tne adjourned inquest on the bodies of the suttlilL,
by this dreadful calamity was resumed on Wedne:
morning, at nine o'clock, in the national school.rc'a;
before Mr. Ewell, one of the coroners for the out,:
of Durham. Mr. Matthias Dunn, one of the Govt'-A
(Dent inspectors of mines, was present, and took 01)7,01
in the examination of the witnesses and the gene'd
proceedings. There was a numerous attendsneetba
coalminers and other persons connected with
neighbourhood, as well as several of the rn°,Vr,
viewers in the counties et Northumberland and Pilto
ham. Mr. Philipson, of Newcastle, was preseil:ttbe
watch the evidence on behalf of the ownell tid
colliery, Messrs. W. Bell and Co., and the :Eictts-b.
Rev. Mr. Denman, the rector of the parish of l'—
ington, was in the room part of the morning.- tied
Several witnesses were examined by the corolle%te.
The Government Inspector, having made hii;stiiby
went, added that notice ought to be given to Ill—, is
pitmen who apprehended danger at the mir'efili:
which they worked, and then he would Rot t°
them.

Int. Coroner summed up the evidence, and , he.
The jury did Lot arrive at their verdict
tween eleven and twelve o'clock last night. 'cll.. 11
as follows:—"We are of opinion that Willigite;o4o
dud the thirty-two others named in the dep 014
came by their deaths by the firing of the NV.eSP7;
ton Pit, in 111...Nare's board, on the 18th •AU,,g;Pig
hist.; and we are of opinion that the air, b!„bil
been Lighly charged with gas previous, and Pr°'''p•
receiving a sudden check, has caused the fi re W ihace
crease outside this board; that lamps ough t t°, beoe
been used instead of candles; and there shooln
been more brattice, as recommended by Mr. P1111i;
It should be remarked that Mr. Data:a renec',
sts
mendatiun was made alter the explosion, as fl.kPr,,pit
from the evidence, he not having examined ""
previously.
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A subscription has been started on beb alf f
families of the unfortunate men killed, of w honl tm"
are thirty five altogether. .cept
The inquest on the two furnace-men 9v110.0"00.
down the pit after the explosion will be held D 0
day next.