The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-28 00:00:00

HATTON-GARDEN.

William Childe was re-examined, charged with
having been concerned in the extensive robbery in
the Caffe Colosseum Tavern in the New-road, and
also with a burglary in the house of Mr. Keyser,
zinc manufacturer, of Keppel-street, New-road.—
Remanded.

BOXING DAY.—A ruffianly-looking fellow was
charged by Mr. Fielding, the proprietor of the Lamb
and Flag public-house, Clerkenwell-green, with an
outrageous and unprovoked assault, and with wan-
tonly breaking his windows.

"Air. Fielding deposed that on Thursday morning
last the prisoner entered his house in a state of in-
toxication, and in a most impudent manner said,
" Give me a Christmas-box." Witness said, " I
do riot know you; even if 1 did I should not feel
disposed to give you one in your present state."
" Oh," said the prisoner, " you won't, won't you
then take that," and lie thrust his fist through the
window and broke two panes of glass, value ten
shillings. Witness went after him to give him into
custody, when he rushed at him like a lion, struck
him violently on the head, seized hold of him by
the colLir, tore his shirt and broke his brooch ; and,
were it not for the interference of his friends and
the police, he would have been seriously injured by
him. He resisted violently when taken into custody.
The prisoner denied the charge with great ef-
frontery.
Mr. ROGERS and Mr. Sergeant SELLON ordered
the prisoner to pay 10s. for the windows which he
broke, and to find excellent bail for the assault.

A FLEET OF EELS.—A physician, when
visiting a friend at Deeside, in Aberdeenshire, saw a
shoal of young eels, so closely joined together as to appear
at the first glance one continued body, moving briskly
against the stream. It proceeded at the rate of about a
mile an hour, night and day, for several weeks. Whence
they came, or whither they went, is unknown. The place
where they were observed was six miles from the sea;
and the same phenomenon is said to occur there every
year.—Mrs. 11011's Juvenile Forget Me Not.
THE BILLS OF MORTALITY.—At a Coro-
ner's Inquest held yesterday in Shoreditch, on a child who
died in consequence of its clothes having been acciden-
tally set on fire, some curious circumstances were stated as'
to the worthy matrons who fill the office of "searchers.'
I❑ the case in question they had made a report to the
parish clerk that the child died of " mortification,"
though it appeared by surgical evidence that there was no
mortification ; and that the extensive burns were the sole
cause of death. One of the Jury stated that he knew of
one parish in London in which a blind woman had ac-
tually held office as " a searcher," and she was led about
in the fulfilment of her office by a lume woman ; and it
was further stated that it is upon the reports of these
searchers that the bills of mortality are made out.
Soule curious evidence was adduced before
the Corporation Commissioners at East Retford. The
Aldermen, it was stated, are in general retail tradesmen,
and the junior bailiff generally a very small tradesman. It
has sometimes happened that the junior bailiff has degraded
his office by evincing an intimacy with persons brought
before him in the character of culprits; and :magistrates
and the culprits sometimes acted with the greatest famili-
arity towards each other. Persons who had bee❑ defend-
ants had been very abusive, to the junior bailiff pal ticularly ;
and, on many occasions, great a! xiety was expressed by
the latter officer to convince insolent defendants that he
was fulfilling an unwilling office, and ought not to be
reg'rded with feelings of resentment. On one occasion a
mart was brought before it former junior bailiff, to whom
he was exceedingly insolent. The witness, who related
the anecdote to the Commissioners, was present at this
man's examination, but left the room for a few minutes
whilst it was proceeding. Wh: nbe returned, lie found
the justice and the prisoner holding each other by the
collar, and both rolling o❑ the floor