The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-11 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY

J. and T. Maclean, Dundee, cabinet makers, to we,
within the British Hotel, Dundee, June 16 and July 7
at one. •

D. Stewart, Inverness, silk mercer, to meet within II
New Royal Hotel, Inverness, June 16 and July 7, tt
twelve.
J. Glass, Newburgh, Fifesbire, baker and spir t
dealer, to meet within the writing chambers of W.
Chrystal, Newburgh, June 19 and ;July 10, at one.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.
Mr. James Huggins, a solicitor, was brought before
Alderman Wire upon the charge of having set fire to
the premises Xo. 52, Lime-street.
The case excite d a great deal of interest. Mr. Braid-
wood, the director of the fire brigade, was present during
the investigation. Mr. Humphrey's attended to conduct
the prosecution. Mr. Lovell appeared for the defence.
Mr. Humphreys consented, at the request of Mr.
Lovell, to postpone the details of the charge until Mr
Bodkin, who was engaged for the prisoner, should be
able to attend, and stated that he should merely upon
the present occasion call evidence sufficient to justify a
remand.

Mr. Lovell—lt is to be understood that we shall have
,he power, on the next examination, to cross-examine
any witness you may think proper to call upon a charge
of so much importance ?
Mr. Humphreys—Certainly, and I shall go no fur-
ther to-day than will be neces•ary to show to the Al-
derman the nature of the charge and the grounds of th,
proceedings upon it. The charge against Mr. Buggies
is, that he set fire to the premises No. 52, Lime-street.
I appear upnn the part of the Atlas Insurance Com-
pany, in which the premises were insured, to watch th.
investigation which has been instituted by the police. I
is well known that the assurance companies are re-
luct, except upon very good grounds, to appear as pro-
secutors, and they do not jump unadvisedly to a conclu•
assn as to the criminality of parties accused. At the
same time they
.are not backward in prosecuting if they
find they are perfectly justified by the circumstances of any
case. The Present charge is brought by the City police,
who having had reason to suspect that an offence ha,
been committed, pursued an investigation, and gave
notice to the Atlas Fire Office, in which an insurance
hid been effected, but not by the prisoner, of the remit.
of the Inquiry. The Guardian Assurance Office was
likewise interested in the investigation. I shall merely
call one or two witnesses to introduce the case, which
shall be brought forward in a perfect form on the next
examination.
James Bradley, of Jeffrey-square, St. Mary-axe, fire-
man of the brigade, said—On Saturday, the 31st of May,
I was sent fur to the prisoner's, No. 52, Lime-street. I
went there at six minutes after eleven o'clock at night,
and got there immediately. I found the premises full of
smoke. Upon opening the door of the passage I found
the flames coming through a trap-door and flooring, and
I succeeded in extinguishing them so far as to enable
me to open the trap-door.
Mr. Humphreys—Upon opening the trap-door did
you meet with anything which excited your suspicion?
Witness—l did. I descended into the cellar, and I
found the smell of smoke, which appeared to me to be
like the smell Of turpentine or cawphine, and I found
certain articles which attracted my attention. Tne first
article I fouud was a wooden block, with an iron funnel,
having a hole in the side to admit air, and a flanched
hole in the centre. I found a piece of a wax candle in
side the block, and after the fire was extinguished I
found another piece of wax candle in the cellar. The
block was placed under the steps of the ladder of the
cellar. I found besides two iron troughs, and one of
them contained some wadding saturated with spirits,
which appeared to me to be spirits of turpentine.
lovas directly above the candle in the funnel in the
wooden block, and within a few inches of the candle. so
that a train could he laid, if any person wore so minded,
from the wadding to the bottom of the funnel. There
was a bit of wire is the hole in the bottom of the funnel.
I found a hole in the block corresponding exactly with
the hole in the tube. I produce the second iron trough.
which I found lying alongside the ladder under the floor-
ing and jeistingi. The wadding in the second iron
trough had been burnt to tinder.
Mr. flunaPhreP—You limed that the fire came up the
trap-door from the place in which you found those arti-
cles? Witness—l did. The rafters underneath the
trap door were berm, and that was the direction which
the flames would have taken supposing that the burning
had taken place from the wadding in the two troughs. I
also found in the cellar a decanter, which was empty, but
it smelt exactly like the smell which attached to the
wadding in the iron troughs.
William Kemp, Cold-harboar-lane, Brixton, carpenter,
said I know Mr. flerans. About the Ist of May he
called upon me. I hat done some jobs for him before
that time. It was to make such an article as this (point-
ing to the wooden block and the funnel). I was to.
_turn
the centre part of the funnel to fit the block. I din so.
This is the block, to the best of my belief. There is a
small hole in the centre of it. The entire was made by
me to order. I took it to No. 7, Loughborough-park
Cottages, Brixton, and left it there for Mr. Huggins with
the servants, within the first week of May. I saw Mr.
Huggins a few days afterwards, I think. passing my
place, and I asked him whether the block salted him. He
said " Yes."
Mr. Humphreys—Did he tell you what the article was
for? Witness—lie did not.
Mr. Humphreys—Did you ever make such a thing be-
fore? Witness—Never.
The witness then gave further proof that he had
turned the block, by fitting the instrument called a
chuck or driving plane, which ho had lased to a parti-
cular part of it.

. -
Elisabeth Strong, wire of William Strong, said I re-
side and have resided at the house No. 52, Lime-street,
upwards of two years, with my husband. I was in the
horse on the night of the fire on the 31st of May. My
husband firet discovered it.
The prisoner, who said not a word during the exami-
nation, was then remanded.
CL ERKEN WELL.
Charles Merton, alias Flash Charley, and George
Sleigh, alias Geo. Mountford. who have undergone se-
veral examinations on extensive and numerous charges
of swindling, were finally examined before Mr. Combe,
when Mr. Wakeling conducted the proiecation.
The court was crowded by respectable goldsmiths,
jewellers, and other respectable tradesmen, who had
been duped by the prisoners.
The particulars have been briefly detailed in the news-
papers,

- Mr. Robert James Chaplin, jeweller, of No. 17, Red
Cross-square, City, jeweller, identified the prinners as

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES
At the Court, Basinghall street.
J. tiorwell, Lower Marsh, Lsmbeth, cheesemonfzer,
June 23, at twelve—J. Pennycad, Woolwich, grocer,
July 3, at twelve.

In the Country.
Ann Viralkden, Horkstow, Lincolnshire, carrier, July
2, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Leeds—T. WilliamA,
Sandiway, Cheshire, innkeeper, July 2, at twelve, at the
Court, Liverpool—W. Parkinson, Blackburn, Lanca-
shire, cotton manufacturer, July 1, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester—G. Sayce, Heywood, Lancashire,
grocer, July 1, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—H.
H. Preston, Derby, laceman, July 11, at ten, at the
Court, Birmingham.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Chisholm and W. Chisholm, airking, Surrey, and
Ludgate-hill, City, wholesale perfumers, certificate of
the third class—H. Collings, Wickwar, Gloucestershire,
innkeeper, certificate of the first class—H. B. M'Millan
and R. S. Wilson, Preston, and Accrington, Lancashire,
drapers, certificate of the second class—W. Newby,
Manchester, joiner—J. Suker and H. Suker, Birken-
head, Cheshire, carpet and furniture dealers, certificate of
the first class—J. Johnson, Coventry, wine and spirit
merchant, certificate of the second class.
PAR FNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Hamil,on, W. Adams, and J. J. Miles, Paternos-
ter-row, booksellers (so far as regards T. Hamilton)—J.
Hepworth end J. Royston, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and
Bishopwearmouth, clothiers—R. Williamson and J.
Coldbeck, Manchester, silk finishers—H. P. Sleath and
I). J. Betts, Nottingham, boxinskers—S. Morris and G.
Morris, Portsea and Landport, curriers—J. Veevers and
H. Veevers, Preston, grocers—J. Williams and J.
Sowerby, Oxford-street, silk mercers—J. Duncan and J.
Smith, Bread•street, Cheapside, warehousemen—J. B.
Wathen and A. L. Philips, Basingnall-street, attorneys
—G. Frith, C. Birk.eshead, and J. Elkin, Dewsbury,
machinemikers—J. Covington, J. Covington, jun., and
J. W. Maude, Macclesfield strest, City-road, and Lime-
house,
wharfingers—F. Flower and W. H. Hall, Ware-
ham, Doraetshire—J. Smith and J. Grainger, Leeds,
worsted spinners—J. Southgate, jun., and W. Alcock,
Watling street, and George-yard, Bow-lane, trunk-
makers—J. L. Hancock and W. L. Hancock, Welch-
pool, Montgomeryshire, cabinetmakers —W. J.
Smellie and R. Green, Oxford-street, fancy sta-
tioners—J. Thompson and T. Cunningham, Liver-
pool, plumbers—J. C. Taylor and J. T. James, Liver-
pool, commission agents—J. Shepley and E. Galibert,
Kettering, Northamptonshire, and London—J. Ferin-
hough and J. C. Ferinhough, Liverpool, tobacconists—
E. R. Luken, R. Palmer, J. Clayton, T. L. Hunt, G.
Dswson, R. Toynbce, W. Fisher, jun., R. Congreve. J.
T. Marston, J. J. Metcalfe, T. Bstlentyne, G. J. Holy-
oake, G. H. Lewes, L. Heymann, and W. J. Linton,
Crane Court, Leader Newspaper Company (so far as
regards R. Palmer, J. Clayton, T. L. Hunt, W. Fisher,
jun., R. Congreve, J. T. Marston, J. J. Metcalfe, T.
Ballantyne, G. H. Lewes, and W. J. Linton)—J. Dyson,
C. Walker, and W. Poole, Leeds, leather dressers—E.
Payton and E. L'onard, Birmingham, factors.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Alexander Wm. Alihell, Margate, boot and shoe maker.
John Ing, Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire, beaker.
Samuel Bryant, Kingswood-hill, Gloucestershire, grocer.
John Marks, Bristol, sailmaker.
Amelia Holmes Reid, Bristol, teacher of dancing.
Edward Gillett, Bristol, shopman.
Thomas Clee, Bristol, beer retailer.
Joseph Young, Bristol, retailer of beer.
Richard Millman, Bristol, milkman.
Thomas William James, Canterbury, saddler.
Wm. H. Walshaw, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, tailor.
Lase Curtis, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire.
Joel Carter, Earpford, Devonshire, farmer.
Henry Griffin, jun.. Sidmouth.
George Cooper, North Warnborough, Southampton.
Jervis Williams, Crossycylog, Monmouthshire, labotirer.
Charles Juno, Trevethin, Monmouthshire, blacksmith.
Henry John Dixon, Oxford, clergyman.
Henry Kenney, Great Massingham, Norfolk, shoemaker.
John Banister, Wolverhampton, attorney's clerk.
Hyld Cope, Walsall, Staffordshire, bridle bit maker.
Joseph Henry Moore, Walsall, Staffordshire, attorney
at law.
George Cattell Stringer, Walsall, Staffordshire, attor-
ney's clerk.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Galloway, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within
Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow, June 18 and July 8,
at one.