The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-21 00:00:00

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MA.NSIONEOUSE.—Geo'rqc TarnerAl charged
with stealing a qutntity of liori,e-hair out of cushions in
the seats of the church of St. Mary Woolnoth.
Mr. 1. R. Fre'ver deposed that on Sunday evening be
caw the prioner in a pew by-hiniself. During the whole
of the service witne4s helr:l a strange rustling noise, and
observed the prislner moving about- in a very nnu,nal
way, and at the end of the service-leaving the pew in a
very hurried manner. Witness folbwed and tool: him
into the vestry, where he found in his tl,)ckets a quantity
of horse-hair. Prisoner said be was very sorry that he
had taken the horse-hair, but he did not know what made
him take it.. _

W. Tayinr, beadle, said that besides the horse-;lair in
the prisoner'R pocket, he had found a quantity of hene-
hair behind the door of the pew. The cushions were in
a perfect condition when the prisoner entered the pow,
but when he left, it was found that they had been opened
and the horso-hair taken cut.

The prisoncr woe c3riviiittel for trial.
AU77. IVilson was charged with having stolen a quan-
tity of papers, some of which were important.
Mr. Grant, merchant; Great St. Helen's, said the pri-
soner was employed occasionally to assist his housekeeper.
He had lost many papers and books, among which were
policies of insurance. H's went to a cook-shop in St.
Mary.:..xe, and took away a, largo quantity of paper be.
loni-ling to hi m, several being existing policies, bearing
stamps according to t!-,&r amounts,
The papers were produced-and indentified.
Mary Bathurst, provision dealer, St. Miry-axe, said
she had bouc:ht a very large number of papers from the
prisoner, who said they came from Mr. Marshall's house-
keeper, or she would not have bought them. She had
sold some, but others shs had got back.
Prisoner was remanded.

BOW-STREET.--Javw Ours aged 14, one of the
rai‘geil barefooted little outcasts who -swarm about
George-street, St. Giles' s, and iti vicinity, was charged
with stealing a coat, the property of Col. P. J. Yorke,
Of 89, Eaten-plz.ce.
PoLeeman 156 E kated that about half-past 6 the pre-
vious evening he saw the prisoner in George-street with
the great coat now produced in his posseSF:ien. The pri-
soner tried to avoid him, but witness took him in charge.
At the station he first stated that he found it in Oxford-
stree, but, afterwards admitted that it was in a gentle-
raan's brougham he " found " it.
Mrs. H. Yorke, wife of the prosecutor, stated that
she was shopping inOieord street, and left the brougham
waiting in front of a shop for about a quarter of an hour,
while the made some purchss:s. Oa re-entering the car-
riage the ruisecd the great coat, which had been left by
her hu•baaci in the carriage.

It was stated teat the prisoner was well known to the
constables of the F division, but bad never been con-
victed of felony. He admitted, however, that ho ha I
orOy just come out of prison for begging. He pleaded
guilty, and elected to In trie I by this court.
Mr. Jardine sentenced him to 4 iminths' imprisonment.

SOUTHWARK.—Win. •ucktherpe, a master-butcher,
was charged with attompting to set fir c to the premises
of Mr. W. White, a broker, at 95, Bermondsey street.
The prosecutor said the prisoner was a lodger of his,
and lived with his wife in the two rooms above the shop.
On Saturday evening shortly after 6 o'clock. witness
heard the p isoner's wife call out that the room was on
fire, when witness rushed up a-A endeavoured to open
the door, hut it was fa.steaed, and the prisoner refused to
open it. Witness than went into the street, and saw
smoke coming out of the window. He called in a con-
stable, and proceeded up stairs egain. On the prisoner
refusing to open the door then the officer broke it open,
and on entering the room, which was full of smoke, thee
perceived something blazing in the fire-place. Having
extingui-hed the fire, he gave the prisoner into custody
Mr. A'Beckett asked him what it was he saw in flames?
The prosecutor replied a pillow-case, and had it not
bees extinguished it might have set the house on fire, as
the mantel piece was all wool.
Mr. A'Beckett asked whether there was any one fas•
tened in the room with the prisoner?
Complainant replied that he had his child with him,
and he suppescd he meant to suffocate them both, as he
was not right in his head.
The prisoner, who is well known at this court from
his frequent quarrels with his wife and others, statel,
that he was right enough in his mind, and it was all
nonsense what Mr. White had uttered. The fact wag
tie had had a quarrel with his wife on Saturday evening'
in the room, and ho thr,w the pillow-case at her which
accidentally fell in the fire, but no harm was done.
Polies-constable. 228 M said he saw smoke in the
room and attempted to open the door, but it was fas•
tenel. As soon as they gained an entrance he saw the
pillow-case blazing in the fire-place.
Mr. A'Beckett asked whether any part of the room
was on fire ?

The constable replied that there was not, but the pro-
secutor gave the prisoner into custody for attempting to
set his house in fire. ,
Mr. A:Beckett inquired whetiker t.l*.-Air-k4:ty evi•
;dam?. -of thial
ThUteestable—All he had was the pitow, w!aft. was
burning at the time. Pie did not know/how it baine to
be on the fire.

The pri,oner's wife here stepped forward and said she
was ia the room at the time, acid having a quarrel with
her husband he threw the pillow-case at her and it fell
in the fire. Thore was not any intention of setting the
house on fire.

Mr. A'Beckett said that as there was no evidence to
support the charge the prisoner mast be discharged, but
he should advise him to be more careful is future.

L IMBETlL—Frederick Ph ill i ps, alias Angular, an
crc-policeman, who hav been alnvinted of felony; Wil
liam, Jacobs, alias Arnold, alias Armstrong, John. Miller,
and &hob?, tiardener, who had been in custody for some
days on a charge of fratri, were again placed at the bar
Lefore Mr. Elliot for further examination.

Mr. Sleigh, instructed be Mr. Caipp.-rfield, attended
for Phillips and Jacobs. It wiii be recollected that the
former chnree against the prisoners vats that of obtaining
tram Mr. Mutten, a confectioner at Brighton, and who
has a farm in Suseex, six to d: of hay, of the value of about
301., by fraud and false pcetences. Mr. Mutton, having
a quantity of bay and clover to dispose of, caused an ad•
vertisement to be inserted in a Sussex paper, offering both
at a certain price per had. In reply to this advertisement
he received a letter dated 3, Arnold's-place, Frances-
street, Newington-butts, and steed " J. B. Arnold,"
.ffering to take the whole of the hay and clover at a slight
reduction of the price stated, and offering to send a clieqee
on delivery. In consequence of the receipt of this letter
N.lr, Mutton sent a friend to town with a sample of the ha)
and clover, anti fir the purpose of making the necessar)
inquiries respecting the reenectability, &a, of Mr. Ar•
nold, its writer. This person called at the house No. 8,
Arnold's-place, and there saw the prisoner Phillips, who
informed him that ho was employed by Mr. Arnold to
prepare the li tuse, then empty, for the reception of him
and his family ou the following Tuesday, and further
-tated that Mr. Arnold was a Government contractor,
that he kept two horses, and was a most respectable
map. On this representation the hay and clover were sent
by the rail way ta the Bricklayers' Arms station, and from
there taken away by the prisoners. Mr. Mutton, re-
ceiving neither cash nor cheque in payment, communi
sated with the police, and aecertaned that he was deal-
ing with practised swindlers. The last load of hay he
forwarded was in consequence watched, and all the pri-
soners
were found engaged in taking it away from the
railway, and were in consequence taken into custody
rne evidence against the prisoners Mdltr end Gardener
went only to chow that the former had been employed
to assist in loading and the latter to cart away the pro-
perty, and they were admitted in evidence against Ja
cob., and Phillip, as th..y called themselves, and gave
testimony of the fact. Neither witness, however, was
ahle to say where the property was delivered, as Phillips
and Jacebia they said, were in the habit of taking the
vehicle away, and leaving them at a public-house while
they disposed of the property.
A. secrnd charge of obtaining a quantity of valuable
turnip seed from Mr. Taber, a seed grower at Ravenhall,
Essex, by means precisely similar to those resorted to in
the last case, was goLe into. The railway delivery
tickets of the property and other memoranda relating to
it were found on Arnold when taken into custody. It
was also stated in relatien t him that he had been the
associate of the notorious blind swindler Riccaby, and
had been convicted and sentenced to twelve months'
im-
prisonment for a swindling transaction with that accom-
plished cheat. It was also in evidence that Phillips had
been convicted of felony, and after a lengthened exami-
nation the prisoners were again remanded.

ROYAL COLLEGE. OF SURGEoNs.—The following
gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations
for the diploma, were admitted members of the College
at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 19th
inst.:—Messrs. John Johnson, Dalkeith, near Edin-
burgh ; Andrew Charles Johnston, Rathmines, near
Duh'in ; Henry Fagan, Waterford ; Roger Hampson,
Bolton-le-Moore, Lancashire; William Sovverby Wallen,
\Valker-place, Rotherhithe ; and James Alexander
Skene, Aberdeen.
MELANcHoIA DEATH OF A CLERMIAN.—The Rev.
J. G. Moddisor, formerly rector of West Monkton,
Somersetshire, died at Doe Castle, county Donegal, on
Sunday last, in consequence of injuries accidentally re-
ceived by him en the previous Friday. It appears the
rev, gentleman had been fishing in the neighbourhood
of his residecce when his foct slipped from the place en
which he stood, and that in falling the back of his head
came in ,contact with the rock, fracturing his skull.
Ile lingered till the 11th inst , when he expired. Mr.
Maddison was 64 years of age:
THE COLLIERS' STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.—Early on
Thursday morning, in Hamilton, special constables were
sent for to Quarter Colliery, as a deputation of stranger
colliers had taken possession of the pits, and would not
allow the men who were willing to work to go down.
The same system of compulsory prevention was adopted
at Carfin, where something like a regular row took
place. On Friday, however, the Carfin men were allowed
to go down, under the protection of a posse of constables.
This style of intimidation is depriving the colliers of
much of the sympathy L.f the geuer4l public,--Nwa
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