The Sun.
London, England, 1834-10-18 00:00:00

QUEEN-SQUARE.

Yesterday, after the night charges had been gone through,
a number of persons were brought before Mr. WHITE, the
Sitting Magistrate, from the station-house of the A divi-
sion, charged with committing various depredations and rob-
beries during the disastrous fires at the Houses of Parlia-
ment during the preceding evening.
James Leech was placed at the Bar, charged with steal-
ing a silver sugar basin and milk ewer from the fire at the
House of Lords.

A police constable of the D division, No. 117, stated,
that being directed to look after a number of suspicious
and loose characters that had got into Westminster Hall,
he saw the prisoner coming down a ladder, and the sugar-

basin dropped from him. He took him into custody, a 6
found the silver milk ewer in his pocket.
Mr. WHlTE—Where do you live?
H orse-shoe-alle v.
Who do you work for ? For iNfr. Ashley, of Struttos'
ground.
said
What do you say to this charge ? The prisoner to
that he had been lending his assistance at the fire, and,..tv
certainly took the articles produced, but it was for 63'
aacl he intended to give them up.
Mr. WHITE ordered him to be remanded. • 1 vlng
John Young and David it were charged with la
property in their possession stolen from the are. ' s•
It appeared that Weldy was taken into custody otrop,
blue bag, in which were found a quantity of locks and u. •
worl. belonging to the House of Lords.

They were both remanded. --
d fan.
Thomas Johnson, David Deer, William Cramp, and lit,
Craven were charged by the police constables with atteinr .
ing to pick pockets at the fire. ar
The constables observed them try severe Fe--
pockets, and took them into custody.
Mr. WHITE ordered them all to be. remanded. , bite-
Francis Palmer was charged with stealing a roll of
crape from the fire.
The property was found upon him by the officers, sncib'e.
was remanded.
William Guest was placed at the bar charged pith
tempting to pick pockets. On searching him three srlile
boxes and two 1-.andkerchiefs were found in his
was also remanded.
Samuel Cox, a private soldier, belonging to the
to
Guards, was charged with stealing some flannel, an 00
and a napkin, belonging to the housekeeper
of Lords.
The property was found upon him, and he was reran at
lrlilliant Atkins was charged with stealing a ,riass,,
memorandum books, and a box containing a looking's
at the fire.
The prisoner was stopped by the police, and the props
found upon him. d sr*
George Pitts was charged with being in liquor an
saulting the Under Secretary of State. of the P°
The complainant did not appear, and the prisoner
pockets.
discharged. aN
John LWason and Robert Taylor were charged 111
tempting to rob a gentleman of his watch at the fire'
They were both remanded. resPe°
As elderly man, named James Brown, of rather
table appearance, but who refused to give his address,
charged with the following disorderly conduct dist•
It appeared from the evidence, that during the thnrioper
the fire was raging at the House of Lords, the 11-,
conducted himself in the most violent manner, and in V
ulting tone cried out, 44 This is what we wanted! this °of $
to have happened years ago !" and other expressionisigoo
similar nature. The constable added that it was `vi! to the
difficulty the prisoner was prevented from rushing in
flames. 01,
There being considerable doubt as to the Prisnuemr•eiis
nity, he was ordered to be taken care of until hill m"
could be discovered. , At
Wm. Blackinore,James Pie, Win. Wood, Sang'
ingale, John Green, James Turner, Win. Breeeher, soo
May, Patrick Clarey, Win. Anderson, Peter Brooch l 0
Michael Day, were severally charged with stealing r"
from the fire.
It appeared that during the confusion at the firP,liserf
of every description were thrown out of the wisn°,"polier
the prisoners were taken into custody by differen; ietterh
men, and in their pockets were found packages Ctlier,.
petitions, and other papers, quite saturated with sis'hoar,
The prisoners said that they picked up the papers tor,
curiosity merely, to read them at their leisure ; they
it was no harm as others were doing it. tit tO
Mr. WHITE ordered them all to be remanded u
Tuesday.
An application was made to bail some of the la-
tter
fendants, but

Mr. WiriTE refused to take bail. .
Some of them were highly respectable tradesmen'.
pas 01
.., ~e,
On Thursday last, at Stocken Hall, the ,s„ntiro
G. J. Heathcote, Esq., one of those acts if not Of itTboot
of secreting the birth of a child, took place. ir--inn,-
keeirr, Mrs. Rusher, who had been about three nacti,dechta
service of Mr. Heathcote, delivered herself of a fe°3„-0 tic
which she afterwards placed in a trunk, and meant, ',v. $e
to have conveyed the infant away at a fitting opportsfliresfr
design was, however, discovered by one of the femm eery saii:4
ho, in the absence of the mother, found the child. A ositi..4
picious circumstance connected with the affair is, cotton to
round the neck of the child, and that the navel strirgeer t:
and left unsecured. A coroner's inquest was belt' i. of ,
body of the child on Friday, which took up the wh°'-by ..
•..o0'•
day. Mr. Jackson, surgeon, of St. Martin's, assisted'p
Jones, of Oakham, conducted the post mortal OP- toeh,
and by their experiments and physiological investigtori
was most satisfactorily ascertained that the child;ioP:
alive. We understand that the evidence of Mr. Jac, hisho
considerable weight with the jury, in consequence eALestb 1.1.4
ing stated that it was very probable that the chitd's ". g v_a
caused by the hemorrhage from the untied navel string,'"
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not entirely from the chord round the neck. This ° .hscio,
made the crime one of omission and not of commissiSjcl;,,,,'
the jury acquitted the mother of the murder of the c toorj
we hear that further steps will be taken to puuish t,,hhediear
ral parent, for the concealment of the birth.--v
Journal. 01
Died yesterday (September 23), at Hobckenjeets
b I op,
a protracted illness, Comfort Sands, Esq., in the 87160,,,,,,0
his age. Mr. Sands was one of the earliest, most len, S,!;*
per severing of the patriots of the American revolutio to 4.,
the storm of civil war began to gather in the eastern ;roc;
he was one of the first to mark and prepare for its toe!tt
Of the committee of 100 merchants, organized as a "I;
tee of Safety, he has for many years been the 001 Y fort'
j 4
member. When the citizens organized as volunteers,;ostir.,
paratory drills, he commanded a company ; and bell.'" theticit
on duty in the College-yard, Alexander Hamilt°lllo stts3
youthful student, came out and asked pernaissionbs'eeio
hi:l:self to the corps, and fall into the ranks. Suoiseicitf
M:. Sands assisted him in procuring his first came thls,tbs
the army. The first seizure of the stamp paper 1 t pewboi
was made by him. He took the parcels into the 11,001 t toll
battery, rowed round into the East river, and who Pod
among the hills towards Corlaer's Hook. When ootsPetbs
arsenal was seized by the citizens, Mr. Sands first virbestet
the surrender of the keys, and led the assault.,,,, lc, be or
n.'ws of the battle of Lexington arrived in New ,I °rd catfolls,
t) arms, and marched to join his brave New EngiacirateD_A" of
men. He was in the army with Washington, at disebarld
near Boston. Subsequently he was called to the gr. d'ilicti
civil trusts, and since the decease of John JaY' trop ' re
has been the only survivor of the State Convel/e stegdof
formed the glorious old Constitution of 1777. the cl°;ost
peatedly a Member of the Legislature, and after of tb°,o tl3°
the revolution, was, for a long series of years, cae.t, i'',l)/
extensive and enterprising merchants of this °Vertsitolest
midst of a successful career, however, he was °.For 1 1 St.
adversity, and the clouds were never dispelled. bers 000,
number of years he alone has survived of them ery:r!..?
George's church, with whom he first united. —Nett
.......
BIRTHS. f Jamb
On the 17th inst., in Bruton-street, the lady 0 flee.
Hoclg, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 17th inst., in Connaught-square, the ladY °f joie
shaw, Esq., of a son. Altai° 17°ft'f
On the 17th inst., in Belgrave-square, Mrs. WYri- polY -
of a daughter. es, tile
AI
On the 15th inst., at Teddington House, Midu'eß Of of
J. C. Baird, Esq., of a (laughter. A the
On the 29th ult., in Wentworth-place, Mile-0" 5 qt3S.
George Suniev, Esq., of a son. Deaf°rd-
On the 15th inst., Mrs. Oriel, of Alfred-plat.',wile°,
of a son, t 1
ailtop"
On the 15llth inst., Mrs. E. D. Puddicombe, of ie d- W. I‘
ere
St. John's Wood, of a son. gob__
On the 15th inst., at the Grove, Hackney, Mrs.
tt
nerd, of a daughter. 'Pe°
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MARRIED. 11 Aft'iste i°'
On the 16th inst., at St. Giles's, Camber° i the
Green, of Lambeth, to Emma, fourth daughter 0 To&onbste'
te
Ilepburn, Esq., of Southwark.
On the 16th inst., at the Friends' Meeting-1101;er of the
....
John Pryor, of Finsbury-circus, to Rebecca, daug Nrillty
tllg
John Phillips, of Tottenham. 'born, ._, .
go goatot
On the 16th inst., at St. Andrew's Church, , 0 to ~,,
Henry Whittaker, Esq., of Bampton, 0xf0r(1311,',,,, of ''''-
youngest daughter of the late William Humfrey,.r-''' pee
vobert ett
house, Wokingham, Berks.
On the 16th inst., in the chapel of the Toc7Vii; gap%
wood, Esq., surgeon, of Beccles, Suffolk, t ration' °
only daughter of the late Alex. Barry, Esq., of Fr
cited bl
id'
DIED. deeply reelCF
Lately, at the Pigeon House Fort, Dublin, ,
ti, xei •
her family and friends, Mary, relict of the late Lie 1• oflb
if,_
Reynolds, of the E. I. C. S. lkir,h
Rev. bn
TthheninHatshi3hilystth. ~
`.'" at Knowle, Warwickshire'
n,
On the 12th inst., at Strand-on-the-Gree,:iek, Ilf;
or 401
Anne Dickel, in her 90th year. .
son, Cer- Por
On the 16th inst., in his 74th year,
On the 15th inst., at the house of her son,
the
,_te voi.
Resident Apothecary to Guy
R.N., High Beech, Essex, Mary, widow of 'a
n her 75th Yet.: foe
Esq., of Sewardstone, in the same county,l
of the Rev. r _
On the 22d ult., Frances Maria, the wife . cbor
Nixon.
On the 14th inst., at Newbury, s 0°
side, London. wife of Mr. Jame ~
On the 17th inst., Mrs. Gotobed, , ,7. „eil
•thitiAns.t.•inof Cambridge, abed , $9.00.„,2,"
brewer and coach-proprietor,
,s Hespitabßich. Stocker:,..;fn
sot,..b,ebbil:
youngest .„0, 04''
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thedanlgterunitf., at Liege,
Wither
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aged 24. Forbes
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Kingston Mr.
John
Afarriner'
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Coto
On the 10th inst., in
A t Lower - h i I I the,
Elisabeth, laouitzrreasrbeeLteYi-t.eshut,rt Elizabetheeent
Portman-I'l°r' enof•
Tringliam, Esq., aged 65., •s aged 85, Elizabeth, wi-° to.
On the 9th inst., in an ,
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hisOn 3thsethly4,ethar.inst., at Ilastings, Mr. Henry A
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of
Auger, timber-merchant, _eso,
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