The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

IN RE TRIGGS AND TRIGGS.

These bankrupts, Edward and William Triggs, had car-
ried on business as upholsterers, cabinet makers, &c., in
High-street, Southwark, and came up and passed their
examinations.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-( THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SHOPLIFTING AT MESSRS. SWAN AND EDGAR'S.—AIida
Blackmann, 13, Park-place, Clarence-gate, Regent's-park,
and Marie Lecomte, 11, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, gover-
ness, were charged with stealing, at 49, Regent-street,
black lace lappet, the property of Messrs. Swan and Edgar,
silk mercers, &o.

The prisoners having made some purchase were observed
by the assistant, a young man named Calder, lifting up the
article, and on his looking over the counter he saw the
article in question on the prisoner Blackmann's knee, aid
on afterwards being called into the private room it was
found in her bag.

Sergeant Draper said the prisoners said it was "a mis.
take" when taken by him.

The prisoners are both very respectable looking females.
Mr. Charles Albert, the interpreter, read over the evi-
dence to the prisoners, during which the prisoner Black-
mann conducted herself in a very excited manner.
The prisoners both denied the charge and said they were
innocent of it. Blackmann said it fell on her knee and she
put it by accident into her bag.
The prisoners were committed.

A PICKPOCKET AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.—
Robert Owen, 22, who gave a false address, was charged
with attempting to pick pockets at the Haymarket Theatre.
Brown, 304 A, who is doing duty at the theatre, said
that on the previous afternoon, as the audience were leaving
the theatre, about 4 o'clock, there having been a day per-
formance, he noticed the prisoner enter the theatre with a
pair of gloves and an umbrella in his hand. The prisoner
thon went to the passage of the dress circle, and
hung the umbrella up the sleeve of his coat,
and this caused him to suspect the prisoner. The
prisoner then followed two ladies, who were leaving,
placing himself on the right hand side of one, and putting
his left hand in the pocket of one of the ladies. He then
saw him niake some other attempts, and at last caught his
hand in the pocket of an old lady► and on his asking her if
she had lost anything, she replied that she had not ; for
she had fortunately got her purse secure in her hand. On
searching him ho found on him a gold watch, a chain, and
a ring, with the initials "W. R. P." The address the
prisoner gave was false.

Sergeant Cole, 13 C, said he knew the prisoner to be a
thief. On the 23d of January, 1858, he was convicted at
this court of robbing a female of her purse, and was sen-
tence dto three months' imprisonment. He then found
on the prisoner a valuable gold ring belonging to a captain
in the Indian army, who owned it through the publicity
given to the case in the newspapers. He then gave another
name.

Mr. Lewis, jun., having addressed a few remarks on the
prisoner's behalf,
The prisoner was committed for three months with hard
labour.

A MANCHESTER COTTON MILL
DESTROYED BrFIRZ

Yesterday morning a serious fire broke out in the
spinning mills of the Hanover Mills Company,
London-road, Manchester. The mills are two in
number, an old one seven stories high, and a new
one abutting against the other eight stories high,
built on the fire-proof principle, the communica-
tion between the two being cut off by a heavy iron
door. The mills started an usual at six o'clock in
the morning, with nearly 600 workpeople in the
two buildings. The fire commenced about a quar-
ter past seven o'clock, through the friction of a
pulley in the fifth story of the old mill. The flames
spread with a rapidity almost inconceivable, but
fortunately the workpeople escaped without acci-
dent, and the energetic manager lost no time in
sending for Mr. Rose and his firs brigades, taking
such steps in the meantime as were at his command,
in the hope of arresting the flames. These, how-
ever, were quite ineffectual, and when, half an
hour later, the fire brigades arrived, the flames were
bursting from nearly 100 windows in either front
of the old mill, and the whole building appeared
to be wrapped in a blaze. All Mr. Rose and his
firemen could do was to save the new mill and the
engine and boilers. In this they succeeded to a
great extent, but not entirely, the top story and
roof of the new building being destroyed. In little
more than an hour the building in which the fire
broke out was a heap of ruins, floor after floor giving
way in quick succession before the detroying flames
and the great weight of machinery upon them, and
dragging down the greater portion of the outer
walls upon them. The machinery consisted of 24
pair of mule spinning frames, averaging 650 spin-
dles each—total, 13,600 ; 30 throstle frames of 280
spindles each—total, 8,400 ; making altogether,
22,000 spindle. There were also 138 carding engines.
The loss upon this valuable machinery will be great,
and the entire destruction by fire, including build-
ing, machinery, and cotton, will probably be from
£25,000 to £30,000, the greater part of which will
most likely be covered by the insurances. This,
however, will not be the whole loss. The company
were supplied with orders for the whole produce of
the mill for upwards of three months forward, and
at a time like this, when the production of such
mills is remunerative to an extent almost without
parallel in living memory, the loss, which no insur-
ances will cover, must be very great—probably not
under £20,000 in addition to the sum above stated.
In estimating the loss from stoppage, it must be
note& that though the engines and boilers are safe,
yet the machinery in the fireproof mill will have
suffered great damage through the water thrown
in to put out the fire when it had spread to the top
story, and a considerable time must elapse ere it
will be in working order again. As regards the
workpeople, the loss to them will probably be of a
temporary character, the great demand for labour
rendering it probable that they will soon regain
employment.